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Sanitary fitting with a lightguide outflow pipe

US7794095B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KWC AG · CH

Inventors

Christian Gautschi · Reinach, CH
Stefan Brunner · Freising, DE
Michael Lehner · Gränichen, CH
Daniel Baumann · Sheboygan, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 8, 2008
Grant date	Sep 14, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/0008
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sanitary fitting includes a light-permeable water-carrying outflow pipe that has (i) an exposed end face and (ii) an input face located upstream of the exposed end face. A light source, preferably including light emitting diodes (LED), inputs light into the outflow pipe through the input face. The light emerges from the outflow pipe at the end face, and may also emerge at an exposed outer peripheral surface area of the outflow pipe. The outflow pipe has a stationary first outflow pipe piece with the input face and a rotatable second outflow pipe piece with the exposed end face.

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