SANITARY FITTING WITH AN OUTLET MADE OF GLASS

• US 20110209781A1
• Filed: 07/18/2008
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hansgrohe AG
• Original Assignee: Hansgrohe AG
• Inventors: Fath, Andreas
• Application Number:
  US12/673,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20110209781A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 137/551
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/04 Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths valves, faucets, mixing valves, taps F16K
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8158 With indicator, register, recorder, alarm or inspection means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8376 Combined
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/9464 Faucets and spouts

Abstract

A sanitary fitting (1) has a housing (2), an outlet (3) and functional parts (4) for carrying water. In this case, the outlet (3) is formed on the housing (2) or is connected or can be connected to the housing (2). The functional parts (4) are preferably arranged inside the housing (2). In the case of this sanitary fitting, as claimed in the invention the outlet (3) is substantially free from water-carrying functional parts (4), and at least the outlet (3) and preferably also the housing (2) are produced substantially completely from glass.

Claims

1. A sanitary fitting, comprising:

a housing,

an outlet, wherein the outlet is one of formed on the housing, connected to the housing and connectable to the housing (2;

12), and

functional parts for carrying water,

wherein the outlet is substantially free from water-carrying functional parts and at least the outlet is produced substantially completely from glass.

2. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the glass comprises an inorganic glass.

3. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the housing and the outlet is at least partially provided on at least one of an inner side and an outer side thereof with a coating.

4. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coating is provided only on the outer side of said at least one of the housing and the outlet.

5. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coating comprises one of a metal and a metal alloy.

6. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 5, wherein the metal is zirconium.

7. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 5, wherein said one of the metal and the metal alloy comprises one of a precious metal and a precious metal alloy.

8. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 7, wherein the metal alloy comprises a ruthenium-containing alloy.

9. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coating is applied in one of a PVD (physical vapor deposition) process and a CVD (chemical vapor deposition) process.

10. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein a mixer cartridge is provided as one of the functional parts.

11. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 10, wherein the mixer cartridge forms a structural unit together with at least one other of the water-carrying functional parts.

12. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one element for at least one of actuating the fitting and sensing at least one attribute of water flowing through the fitting.

13. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 1, further comprising connecting elements for connecting the functional parts to at least one of the housing and the outlet (3;

13).

14. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 13, wherein the connecting elements comprise plastic.

15. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 1, further comprising lighting means to achieve optical effects.

16. The sanitary fitting of claim 1, wherein the functional parts are arranged inside the housing.

17. The sanitary fitting of claim 1, wherein the housing also is produced substantially completely from glass.

18. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 2, wherein the glass comprises one of soda-lime silicate glass and borosilicate glass.

19. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 8, wherein the metal alloy comprises a nickel-chromium-ruthenium alloy.

20. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one element comprises a sensor element responsive to at least one of flow, speed and temperature of the water flowing through the fitting.

21. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 14, wherein the connecting elements are adhesively fixed in one of the housing and the outlet.

22. The sanitary fitting as claimed in claim 15, wherein the lighting means comprise at least one light-emitting diode.