Sanitary fluid conversion device and sanitary shower device

Abstract

The invention relates to a sanitary fluid conversion device and a sanitary shower device equipped with the sanitary fluid conversion device. The fluid conversion device comprises a base body with a fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet, a second fluid outlet, a first fluid path and a second fluid path; and a switching element for blocking and releasing the first fluid path and the second fluid path. The fluid conversion device comprises: an actuating unit formed on the conversion element for moving the conversion element between a first conversion position and a second conversion position; and a rotation stop which is adjusted between a locking state and a release state, and in the locking state, the rotation stop locks the switching element to prevent the switching element from moving between a first setting position and a second setting position in a user-operated manner. In the release state, the switching element is released for movement between the first and second set positions in a user-actuated manner. The invention further relates to the use of an overhead shower device in a shower room.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a sanitary fluid conversion device (Fluidumstellvorrichtung) according to the preamble of claim 1 and a sanitary shower device (Sanitārbrause) equipped with such a sanitary fluid conversion device according to the preamble of claim 7. Background Art

[0002] The sanitary fluid conversion device accordingly comprises: a base body having a fluid inlet, at least one first fluid outlet and a second fluid outlet, a first fluid path from the fluid inlet to the first fluid outlet and a second fluid path from the fluid inlet to the second fluid outlet; and a conversion element arranged in the base body so as to be movable between a first set position and a second set position, which is used to selectively block and release the first fluid path and the second fluid path. The conversion element at least partially releases the first fluid path and at least partially blocks the second fluid path in the first set position, while the conversion element at least partially blocks the first fluid path and at least partially releases the second fluid path in the second set position. In a particular embodiment, the conversion element completely or maximally releases the first fluid path and / or completely blocks the second fluid path and / or completely blocks the first fluid path and / or completely or maximally releases the second fluid path in the second set position in the first set position. It goes without saying that, depending on requirements and application scenarios, the fluid conversion device may also have one or more additional fluid outlets in addition to the two fluid outlets mentioned, and the user can switch between them by means of the conversion element.

[0003] A fluid supplied via the fluid inlet, such as water, can be selectively discharged via the first fluid path at the first fluid outlet and / or via the second fluid path at the second fluid outlet by means of this fluid conversion device. When the conversion element completely blocks one of the fluid paths in a respective set position, the fluid is only discharged at the other outlet, and in the case of only partial blocking, the fluid can be distributed to both outlets. Due to this functionality, such a fluid conversion device is used, for example, in the form of a manually operated fluid conversion valve in bathtub fittings in order to selectively discharge water at the bathtub drain or at a hand-held shower device, and in overhead shower devices and hand-held shower devices, which are designed to selectively discharge shower jets in different jet types. By means of the conversion valve, the user can set the respectively desired shower jet type or switch between different shower jet types.

[0004] Typically, a movable valve body is formed for this conversion element, which can be manipulated by the user via an associated operating mechanism. The operating mechanism includes an operating element accessible to the user for manipulation (which thus acts as a user interface of the operating mechanism) and a transmission mechanism that transmits the manipulation of the operating element by the user to the conversion element, which can be configured, for example, as a rotatable and / or axially movable valve disk body. This type of fluid conversion device (in which a button acts as the user interface and a disk-shaped, rotatable and in some cases additionally axially movable valve body acts as the conversion element) is disclosed in the patent documents DE 101 37 611C1, US6.622.945B1, EP 2 213918B1 and DE 10 2016 213 489 B3. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The technical problem of the present invention is to provide a sanitary fluid conversion device of the type mentioned at the beginning (which provides novel and advantageous functionality compared to the prior art mentioned above) and a sanitary shower device with such a fluid conversion device.

[0006] The present invention solves this problem by providing a sanitary fluid conversion device with the features of claim 1 and a sanitary shower device with the features of claim 7. Advantageous improvements of the present invention are given in the dependent claims, the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference into the specification. This particularly also includes all embodiments of the present invention obtained from the combinations of features defined by the back-reference in the dependent claims.

[0007] The sanitary fluid conversion device according to the present invention includes: a user-accessible manipulation unit constructed at the conversion element for moving the conversion element in a user-manipulated manner between a first conversion position and a second conversion position; and a rotational stop that can be adjusted in a user-manipulated manner between a locked state and a released state, which locks the conversion element in the locked state against movement in a user-manipulated manner between a first set position and a second set position and releases the conversion element in the released state for movement in a user-manipulated manner between a first set position and a second set position.

[0008] Typically, the user-accessible manipulation unit (via which the user can move the conversion element to cause a conversion function) is constructed at the conversion element itself in the case of this fluid conversion device. The transmission mechanism between the user-accessible manipulation unit and the conversion element that causes the desired fluid conversion is thus eliminated, which keeps the complexity of the fluid conversion device correspondingly low.

[0009] Furthermore, the fluid conversion device typically has a rotational stop that can be manipulated by the user, by means of which the user can ensure that the conversion element can be held in its temporary setting position and not be adjusted. When the rotational stop is in the corresponding locked state, the user is also unable to move the conversion element via the operating unit. Conversely, the user first brings the rotational stop into the released state, which then releases the user-manipulated movement of the conversion element caused via the operating unit.

[0010] The fluid conversion device according to the invention can be used, for example, very advantageously in sanitary shower devices, the structure of which is in principle designed to selectively discharge shower jets in different shower jet types, but which should mainly only operate in one of the shower jet types in the respectively envisaged usage cases. The user, and possibly also the manufacturer or fitter in this case, can continuously set the sanitary shower device to the desired jet type in this usage by bringing the conversion element to the associated setting position via the operating unit accessible to him when the rotational stop is in the released state, and then ensuring that the conversion element maintains this setting position by adjusting the rotational stop to the locked state. The use of the fluid conversion device according to the invention is particularly suitable when the same sanitary shower device should never or at most rarely be switched between shower jet types.

[0011] Thus, for example, an overhead shower device type or a hand-held shower device type (the structure of which is selectively configured to discharge shower jets in a first or second shower jet type and is equipped with the fluid conversion device according to the invention) can be configured as an overhead / hand-held shower device for discharging the first shower jet type in a first usage case and as an overhead / hand-held shower device for discharging the second shower jet type in a second usage case. It remains possible for the user to switch the relevant shower device to a respectively different shower jet type at a later time by correspondingly converting the fluid conversion device, that is to say by bringing the rotational stop from its locked state to its released state and adjustably manipulating the conversion element at the operating unit.

[0012] In an improved embodiment of the present invention, the base body has a base contact surface which has at least one first discharge opening leading to a first fluid outlet and at least one second discharge opening leading to a second fluid outlet, and the switching element comprises a mating contact surface which contacts the base contact surface and which has a through-opening profile which is in fluid connection with the fluid inlet and which, in a manner known per se, comprises one or more through-openings. This represents a design-wise advantageous embodiment of the fluid switching device. By correspondingly setting the switching element, the fluid can be led from the fluid inlet via the through-opening profile to one and / or the other fluid outlet. Alternatively, the switching element can be, in a manner known per se, a valve body without through-openings, which valve body selectively blocks the one or the other discharge opening.

[0013] In one design embodiment of the present invention, the switching element is a switching pot-shaped part with a pot bottom which forms the mating contact surface, wherein the actuating unit projects radially outwards from the circumferential surface of the switching pot-shaped part and the movement of the switching pot-shaped part between a first set position and a second set position is a rotational movement about the longitudinal axis of the switching pot-shaped part. This represents a design-wise and functionally advantageous implementation of the switching element. Alternatively, the switching element can be constructed in a different way, for example as a rotatable disk-shaped body or as a translatable element.

[0014] In another design embodiment of the present invention, the base body has a sleeve part which surrounds the switching pot-shaped part on the peripheral side and which has a crescent-shaped track (Kulissenbahn, sometimes called a chute track) extending in the sleeve circumference, and the actuating unit is an actuating projection which engages into the crescent-shaped track. This represents an implementation of the base body which is advantageously matched to the configuration of the switching pot-shaped part. The base body simultaneously serves here as a crescent-shaped guide for the actuating unit formed as an actuating projection. Alternatively, another structure can be selected for the base body, for example with a sleeve part surrounded on the peripheral side by the switching pot-shaped part.

[0015] In a further design embodiment of the present invention, the crescent-shaped track has: a first axial notch into which the actuating projection engages when the switching pot-shaped part is in the first set position and the rotational stop is in the locked state; and / or a second axial notch into which the actuating projection engages when the switching pot-shaped part is in the second set position and the rotational stop is in the locked state.

[0016] The design has the following advantages: The conversion can component is stopped against displacement by engaging the actuating projection in a relevant axial crescent-shaped track recess in a relevant set position. The separate axial recesses furthermore simplify the precise arrival at and retention in the respective set positions. For adjustment, the conversion can component must first be axially moved out of the recess with its actuating projection, and then the conversion can component can be moved circumferentially along the crescent-shaped track with its actuating projection in the direction of another set position. Alternatively, if this is not beneficial for the relevant application case, the crescent-shaped track can be provided without such axial recesses.

[0017] In yet another design of the invention, the rotary stop has a pressure element which can be arranged at the base body in a manner which can be adjusted by the user between a locked state and a released state, and which exerts an axial pressure on the conversion can component in its locked state, and which axially presses the conversion can component against the base contact surface with its can bottom and / or presses its actuating projection into the first or second axial recess of the crescent-shaped track in a manner which acts as a rotational stop. This represents an advantageous embodiment of the rotary stop. The user can press the conversion can component against the base contact surface of the base body with its can bottom and / or press its actuating projection into the relevant axial recess of the crescent-shaped track via the pressure element. The locked state of the rotary stop is obtained in the former case by the frictional engagement between the can bottom and the base contact surface, and in the latter case by the form-fit between the actuating projection and the crescent-shaped track recess. Alternatively, other known embodiments for the rotary stop can be used, such as a locking pin which can be inserted into aligned openings on the one hand at the conversion can component and on the other hand at the base body.

[0018] A sanitary shower device according to the invention comprises: a shower device head which is configured to selectively discharge fluid in one of a plurality of shower jet types and has a shower device inlet and a first shower device outlet for a first shower jet type and a second shower device outlet for a second shower jet type; and a fluid conversion device according to the invention which is configured to selectively place the first or second shower device outlet in fluid connection with the shower device inlet.

[0019] Thus, for the purpose of enabling the sanitary shower device to be converted between different possible shower jet types, the sanitary shower device advantageously uses a fluid conversion device according to the invention. As explained above, the use of a fluid conversion device according to the invention is particularly beneficial for shower devices in which conversion between shower jet types never or only very rarely takes place.

[0020] In an improved embodiment of the present invention, the sanitary shower device is an overhead shower device, and the base body is formed by the inlet side portion of the shower device head. This represents a design - advantageous use of the fluid conversion device according to the present invention in an overhead shower device. By integrating the base body into the inlet side portion of the shower device head, the space requirement for the fluid conversion device can be kept small. Accordingly, the corresponding overhead shower device according to the present invention can in particular have substantially the same external dimensions as a conventional overhead shower device without a fluid conversion device according to the present invention but with a shower device head structure that is otherwise similar.

[0021] In a design embodiment of the present invention, the sanitary shower device includes a ball joint (Kugelgelenk) for pivoting the shower device head about a coupling body, wherein the coupling body includes a hollow joint ball (Gelenkkugel) and a pipe coupling section, the joint ball being part of the base body and the conversion canister being received in the joint ball. Additionally, in this case, the sanitary shower device includes a pipe coupling nipple that can be inserted into the pipe coupling section, the pipe coupling nipple acting as a pressure element for a rotation stop. Thus, the ball joint advantageously used for pivoting the shower device head is additionally used for integrating the fluid conversion device according to the present invention. It should be noted here that the current term "pipe" is used in a general sense and thus in particular includes not only rigid but also flexible pipes and hoses or parts thereof. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] Advantageous embodiments of the present invention are presented in the drawings. These and other embodiments of the present invention are explained in more detail below. Here:

[0023] Figure 1 A perspective exploded view of a fluid conversion device suitable for use in a shower device is shown,

[0024] Figure 2 A perspective view of a conversion element of the fluid conversion device configured as a conversion canister is shown,

[0025] Figure 3 A perspective view of the base body of the fluid conversion device with an integrated shower device joint ball is shown,

[0026] Figure 4 A top view of the fluid conversion device with the conversion element in a first set position is shown,

[0027] Figure 5 A view of the... with the conversion element in a second set position is shown Figure 4 ...

[0028] Figure 6A partial longitudinal sectional view of a sanitary shower device configured as a head shower device is shown, the sanitary shower device having Figures 1 to 5 a fluid conversion device and a conversion element in a second set position,

[0029] Figure 7 in a sectional plane perpendicular to Figure 6 shows a longitudinal sectional view of Figure 6 the part containing the fluid conversion device of

[0030] Figure 8 a similar Figure 7 longitudinal sectional view with the conversion element in a first set position is shown, and

[0031] Figure 9 in a sectional plane rotated relative to Figure 6 and 7 a longitudinal sectional view shows a longitudinal sectional view of the fluid conversion device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] As elucidated in the figures according to the embodiments shown therein, the sanitary fluid conversion device according to the invention comprises a base body 1, a conversion element 7 in the base body 1, and a rotation stop 9. The base body 1 has a fluid inlet 2 and a first fluid outlet 3 and a second fluid outlet 4. A first fluid path 5 leads from the fluid inlet 2 to the first fluid outlet 3, and a second fluid path 6 leads from the fluid inlet 2 to the second fluid outlet 4. One or more additional fluid outlets with the associated fluid paths can be provided as required and depending on the application.

[0033] The conversion element 7 is arranged in the base body 1 in such a way that it can move between a first set position E1 (for example see Figure 4 and 8 ) and a second set position E2 (for example see Figure 5 , 6 and 7) so that the first fluid path 5 and the second fluid path 6 can thereby be selectively blocked or released. For this purpose, the conversion element 7 in the first set position E1 at least partially, in the example shown completely releases the first fluid path 5 and at least partially, in the example shown completely blocks the second fluid path 6. Similarly, the conversion element 7 in the second set position E2 at least partially, in the example shown completely blocks the first fluid path 5 and at least partially, in the example shown completely releases the second fluid path 6. In addition, the fluid conversion device comprises a user-accessible actuating unit 8 constructed at the conversion element 7 for moving the conversion element 7 in a user-actuated manner between the first conversion position E1 and the second conversion position E2.

[0034] Furthermore, the fluid conversion device has a rotational stop 9 which can be adjusted in a user-operated manner between a locked state and a released state. In the locked state, the rotational stop 9 locks the conversion element 7 against user-operated movement between a first set position E1 and a second set position E2. In the released state, the rotational stop 9 releases the conversion element 7 for user-operated movement between the first set position E1 and the second set position E2.

[0035] In an advantageous embodiment, the base body 1 comprises a base contact surface 10 which has at least one first discharge opening 11 (which leads to the first fluid outlet 3) and at least one second discharge opening 12 (which leads to the second fluid outlet 4), and the conversion element 7 comprises a mating contact surface 13 which contacts the base contact surface 10 and which has a through-opening profile 14 which is in fluid connection with the fluid inlet 2 and which comprises at least one through-opening. In the example shown, the fluid conversion device is configured in such a way that the through-opening profile 14 comprises two through-openings 141, 142.

[0036] In an advantageous embodiment, the conversion element 7 is configured as a conversion pot-shaped part 15 as in the example shown, which has a pot bottom 15a which forms the mating contact surface 13. The actuating unit 8 projects radially outwards from the peripheral surface 15b of the conversion pot-shaped part 15, as can be seen, for example, from Figure 1 , 2 , 7 and 8. The movement of the conversion pot-shaped part 15 between the first set position E1 and the second set position E2 is in this case realized as a rotational movement about the longitudinal axis TL of the conversion pot-shaped part 15.

[0037] In a corresponding embodiment, the base body 1 has, as in the example shown, a sleeve part 1a which surrounds the conversion pot-shaped part 15 on the peripheral side and which has a crescent-shaped track 16 which extends in the sleeve circumference, as can be seen, for example, from Figure 1 . Specifically, the crescent-shaped track 16 extends in the example shown over a pot circumferential angle of approximately 90° between the two set positions E1, E2. The actuating unit 8 is in this case configured as an actuating projection 17 which engages into the crescent-shaped track 16.

[0038] In an advantageous embodiment, the crescent-shaped track 16 includes: a first axial notch 18 into which the actuating projection 17 engages when the conversion can 15 is in the first set position E1 and the rotation stop 9 is in its locked state; and / or a second axial notch 19 into which the actuating projection 17 engages when the conversion can 15 is in the second set position E2 and the rotation stop 9 is in its locked state. In the illustrated example, there is not only the first axial notch 18 but also the second axial notch 19. In an alternative embodiment, only one of the two notches 18, 19 is present or neither is present.

[0039] In an advantageous embodiment, the rotation stop 9 has a pressure element 20 which can be arranged on the base body 1 and can be adjusted by the user between a locked state and a released state in order to provide the associated locked state or released state of the rotation stop 9. In the locked state, the pressure element 20 exerts an axial pressure on the conversion can 15, which axially presses the conversion can 15 with its can bottom 15a against the base contact surface 10 in a rotation-preventing manner and / or presses its actuating projection 17 into the first axial notch 18 or the second axial notch of the crescent-shaped track 16. The illustrated example has a rotation stop 9 in this configuration, in which the conversion can 15 is locked against rotation not only by the frictional engagement of the can bottom 15a pressed against the base contact surface 10 but also by the form-fitting engagement of its actuating projection 17 held pressed into the associated axial notches 18, 19.

[0040] As also illustrated in the figures according to an exemplary embodiment, the sanitary shower device according to the invention includes a shower device head 21 which is configured to selectively discharge fluid in one of a plurality of shower jet types and for this purpose has a shower device inlet 22 in a manner known per se and a first shower device outlet 23 for a first shower jet type and a second shower device outlet 24 for a second shower jet type. Figure 6 An exemplary embodiment of the sanitary shower device is shown in a partial longitudinal sectional view of the currently interesting part of the sanitary shower device, which can in particular be an overhead shower device. Two different shower jet types can be, for example, a gentle jet and a massage jet or a nebulous fine shower jet and a rain shower jet. The two shower device outlets 23, 24 are represented by the associated jet exit openings of the shower device head 21, where, depending on the system embodiment, different jet types can be respectively associated with dedicated jet exit openings or the same jet exit opening can discharge the two jet types by different fluid supplies and suitable design.

[0041] The sanitary shower device according to the invention is equipped with a sanitary fluid conversion device 25, which is a sanitary fluid conversion device according to the invention, and in the illustrated example is in particular a fluid conversion device of the type shown in Figures 1 to 5 and 9. The fluid conversion device 5 is configured to selectively place the first or second shower device outlet 23, 24 in fluid connection with the shower device inlet 22. For this purpose, the first shower device outlet 23 is in fluid connection with the first fluid outlet 3 of the fluid conversion device 25, and the second shower device outlet 24 is in fluid connection with the second fluid outlet 4 of the fluid conversion device 25.

[0042] In particular, the sanitary shower device can be an overhead shower device, in which the base body 1 of the fluid conversion device 25 is formed by the inlet-side part 21a of the shower device head 21, as implemented in the illustrated example.

[0043] In an advantageous embodiment, the sanitary shower device includes a ball joint 26 for pivoting the shower device head 21 about the coupling body 27, which has a hollow joint ball 28 and a pipe or hose coupling section 29. The hollow joint ball 28 is part of the base body 1 and houses the conversion pot-shaped part 15, that is to say the fluid conversion device 25 is integrated into the ball joint area of the sanitary shower device in this case.

[0044] Furthermore, the sanitary shower device includes a pipe or hose coupling adapter 30 that can be inserted into the pipe coupling section 29 in a manner known per se. For example, the pipe coupling adapter 30 can be screwed into or inserted into the pipe / hose coupling section 29 and held therein in a manner that prevents axial displacement by means of positioning bolts or clamping bolts 31. The pipe coupling adapter 13 acts as a pressure element 20 of the rotation stop 9 in the illustrated example. For this purpose, the pipe coupling adapter presses axially against the facing end side of the conversion pot-shaped part 15 in its inserted state in the pipe coupling section 29, whereby the conversion pot-shaped part 15 presses its pot bottom 15a against the base contact surface 10 of the base body 1 and presses its actuating projection 17 into one of the two axial notches 19 of the crescent-shaped track 16, whereby the rotation stop 9 is in its locked state.

[0045] To release the rotation stop 9, the user moves the pipe connection adapter 30 axially out of the pipe connection section 29 by at least a certain length, for example by unscrewing the associated thread or after loosening the positioning bolt 31, so that the friction fit between the tank bottom 15a and the base contact surface 10 is cancelled and the user can move the conversion tank part 18 axially back by operating the operating projection 17 to such an extent that the operating projection 17 can emerge from the relevant axial notch 18, 19 and the conversion tank part 15 can then be rotated about its longitudinal axis TL from one set position E1, E2 to another set position E1, E2. For this purpose, the user moves the operating projection 17 along the crescent-shaped track 16 accordingly. To simplify the operation, the operating projection 17 can be provided with a tool interface 32 as in the example shown, for example for attaching an operating pin or a screwdriver.

[0046] In the illustrated embodiment, the base body 1 is formed as substantially cylindrical and, as already mentioned, includes a sleeve part 1a (which surrounds the conversion tank part 15 on the peripheral side), a joint ball 28 for the ball joint 26 of the shower device, and also a pipe connection section 29 for receiving the pipe connection adapter 30. The first fluid outlet 3 axially exits from the cylindrical base body 1, and the second fluid outlet 4 radially exits from the cylindrical base body 1.

[0047] In the example shown, the base contact surface 10 is provided with two first discharge openings 11 and two second discharge openings 12, which are respectively diametrically (sometimes called exactly oppositely) opposed and respectively extend triangularly at a circumferential angle of slightly less than 90° radially inwards from the radial outer edge of the exemplary circular base contact surface 10 and spaced apart from the midpoint of the base contact surface 10. Correspondingly, the through-opening profile 14 of the conversion element 7 includes two diametrically opposed triangular through-openings 141, 142 in the illustrated embodiment, as can be seen for example from Figure 1 、 4 and 5.

[0048] In the illustrated embodiment, the tank bottom 15a of the conversion tank part 15 is provided with a sealing body 33, which can be axially clamped onto the tank bottom surface from the outside and ensures the necessary fluid tightness and a rotation-stopping friction fit with the base contact surface 10 of the base body 1. It can be clearly seen in Figure 9 that the disc-shaped sealing body 33 is frictionally and sealingly applied to the base contact surface 10 of the base body 1.

[0049] The conversion tank part 15 has an accommodation space in the corresponding embodiment for accommodating one or more additional functional elements. In the example shown, a particle filter 34 and a flow restrictor 35 are accommodated in the conversion tank part 15, for example see Figure 9Additionally or alternatively, a reflux preventer or a check valve can also be accommodated, for example, in the conversion can 15.

[0050] Figure 4 The fluid conversion device in the first set position E1 of the conversion element 7 is shown in a top view, in which the conversion element releases the fluid connection from the upstream fluid inlet 2 to the first discharge opening 11 and thus to the first fluid path 5 through its through openings 141, 142, and this first fluid path leads to the first fluid outlet 3.

[0051] Figure 5 The fluid conversion device with the conversion element 7 in the second set position E2 rotated 90° thereto is shown, in which the fluid connection from the fluid inlet 2 through the through openings 141, 142 to the second discharge opening 12 of the base body 1 and thus to the second fluid path 6 is released, and this second fluid path leads to the second fluid outlet 4. When the conversion element is in the first or second conversion position E1, E2, the respectively other fluid path 6 or 5 is completely blocked by the conversion element 7 in the illustrated example.

[0052] As is clear from the illustrated and further explained embodiments, the present invention advantageously provides a sanitary fluid conversion device and a sanitary shower device that can be equipped with this sanitary fluid conversion device for use, wherein the fluid conversion device in the case of use in a sanitary shower device in particular provides the following feasibility: configuring the sanitary shower device in its structure to be suitable for a plurality of different shower jet types and then maintaining or setting in an optional and, if necessary, also variable manner the actually provided shower jet type by the shower device through the fluid conversion device. This allows for problem-free integration into the structure of the sanitary shower device without additional significant space requirements.

[0053] The sanitary fluid conversion device can in particular be used, as explained, in a shower head device (Duschbrausen) and especially in an overhead shower device. However, it is obvious that the fluid conversion device can also be beneficially used in a hand-held shower device and bathtub fittings and other applications, such as in garden irrigation engineering, as long as there is a corresponding need to be able to limit a fitting designed for a plurality of operating types, such as shower jet types, to a certain operating mode, and this limitation can also be changed again if necessary.

Claims

1. A sanitary fluid conversion device, particularly for shower equipment, having - a base body (1) with a fluid inlet (2), at least one first fluid outlet (3) and a second fluid outlet (4), a first fluid path (5) from the fluid inlet (2) to the first fluid outlet (3) and a second fluid path (6) from the fluid inlet (2) to the second fluid outlet (4), a switching element (7) arranged in the base body (1) in a manner movable between a first setting position (E1) and a second setting position (E2), for selectively blocking and releasing the first fluid path (5) and the second fluid path (6), wherein the switching element (7) at least partially releases the first fluid path (5) and at least partially blocks the second fluid path (6) in the first setting position (E1), and at least partially blocks the first fluid path (5) and at least partially releases the second fluid path (6) in the second setting position (E2), It is characterized by - a user-accessible operating unit (8) configured on the switching element (7) for moving the switching element (7) between the first switching position (E1) and the second switching position (E2) in a user-operated manner, and - A rotation stop (9) that can be adjusted between a locked state and a released state in a user-operated manner, wherein the rotation stop locks the conversion element (7) in the locked state to prevent movement between the first set position (E1) and the second set position (E2) in a user-operated manner, and releases the conversion element (7) in the released state for movement between the first set position (E1) and the second set position (E2) in a user-operated manner.

2. The sanitary fluid conversion device according to claim 1 is further characterized in that the base (1) has a base contact surface (10) with at least one first discharge opening (11) leading to the first fluid outlet (3) and at least one second discharge opening (12) leading to the second fluid outlet (4), and the conversion element (7) has a mating contact surface (13) contacting the base contact surface (10) with at least one through-opening profile (14) which is in fluid connection with the fluid inlet (2) and includes at least one through-opening (141, 142).

3. The sanitary fluid conversion device according to claim 2 is further characterized in that the conversion element (7) is a conversion pot-shaped part (15) with a pot bottom (15a), which forms the mating contact surface (11), wherein the operating unit (8) protrudes radially outward from the circumferential surface (15b) of the conversion pot-shaped part (15) and the movement of the conversion pot-shaped part (15) between the first setting position (E1) and the second setting position (E2) is a rotational movement around the longitudinal axis (TL) of the conversion pot-shaped part (15).

4. The sanitary fluid conversion device according to claim 3, further characterized in that the base body (1) has a sleeve portion (1a) surrounding the conversion can-shaped member (15) on the peripheral side, which is provided with a crescent-shaped track (16) extending in the circumferential direction of the sleeve, and the actuating unit (8) is an actuating projection (17) that engages into the crescent-shaped track (16).

5. The sanitary fluid conversion device according to claim 4, further characterized in that the crescent-shaped track (16) has: a first axial notch (18) into which the actuating projection (17) engages when the conversion can-shaped member (15) is in the first set position (E1) and the rotation stop (9) is in the locked state; and / or a second axial notch (19) into which the actuating projection (17) engages when the conversion can-shaped member (15) is in the second set position (E2) and the rotation stop (9) is in the locked state.

6. The sanitary fluid conversion device according to claim 4 or 5, further characterized in that, The rotation stop (9) has a pressure element (20) that can be arranged at the base body (1) in a manner that can be adjusted by the user between a locked state and a released state, and the pressure element applies an axial pressure to the conversion can-shaped member (15) in its locked state, and this axial pressure axially presses the conversion can-shaped member against the base contact surface (10) with its can bottom (15a) and / or presses its actuating projection (17) into the first or second axial notch (18, 19) of the crescent-shaped track (16) in a manner that acts as a rotation stop.

7. A sanitary shower device, in particular a sanitary overhead shower device, having - a shower device head (21) which is configured to selectively discharge fluid in one of a plurality of shower jet types and has a shower device inlet (22) and a first shower device outlet (23) for a first shower jet type and a second shower device outlet (24) for a second shower jet type, and - a sanitary fluid conversion device (25) which is configured to selectively place the first shower device outlet (23) or the second shower device outlet (24) in fluid connection with the shower device inlet (22), characterized in that - the sanitary fluid conversion device (25) is the sanitary fluid conversion device according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. The sanitary shower device according to claim 7, further characterized in that the sanitary shower device is an overhead shower device and the base body (1) is formed by an inlet-side portion (21a) of the shower device head (21).

9. The sanitary shower device according to claim 8, further characterized in that, The sanitary shower device comprises: a ball-and-socket joint (26) for pivoting the shower device head (21) about a coupling body (27) having a hollow joint ball (28) and a pipe coupling section (29), the joint ball being part of the base body (1) and the conversion pot-shaped part (15) being received in the joint ball; and a pipe coupling nipple (30) that can be inserted into the pipe coupling section (29), the pipe coupling nipple acting as a pressure element (20) of the rotational stop (9).

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