Oblamatik Ag

Viega Technology Gmbh & Co. Kg

Franke Water Systems Ag

Daniel Knupfer

Roland Obrist

Thomas Knupfer

Philipp Triet

Stefan Brunner

Roland Gloor

Patric Cathomas

A water circulation system having a feed line, a return line, a string that connects the feed line to the return line is disclosed. A temperature control unit connects the feed line to the return line, a consumer, a valve, at least one temperature sensor and a system control. A method is disclosed which includes the steps of determining a first temperature, a second temperature and a lowering time; detecting the water temperature; controlling the first temperature by controlling the valve; and controlling the second temperature by controlling the valve during the lowering time.

Method for operating a water circulation system

An energy transmission system for a fluid line having a generator unit with a power supply unit that can be arranged at a first location of the fluid line and at least one consumer unit having at least one consumer that can be arranged at a second location of the fluid line spaced apart from the first location is disclosed. The generator unit has a pressure surge generator connected to the power supply unit and the pressure surges can be generated and introduced into the fluid located in the fluid line, and the consumer unit has a pressure surge transducer that is connected to the at least one consumer by the pressure surges introduced into the fluid and can be converted into electrical energy that can be supplied to the at least one consumer.

Energy transmission system and installation with a such energy transmission system

A functional unit for sanitary facilities having a cold water and hot water inflow and one mixed water outlet that has a mixer, a distributor connected by a connection channel and an electronic control to which are connected sensors and electromotive actuators, the mixer and the distributor are designed as cartridges having electromotive actuators and the cartridges are designed as valves that can be flowed through axially, having axial and/or radial inlets and outlets that have disks arranged in the interior radially and on top of one another and each have at least one outlet opening, one of these disks being rotatable on a stator disk, the rotatable disk engages with an axially rotatable sleeve axially arranged in the respective valve and the cavity can be flowed through, and the outer circumference of the sleeve is operatively connected to the respective electromotive actuator, is disclosed.

Functional unit

A fitting, in particular an outlet fitting, for a sanitary installation has a control unit, a sanitary element controllable with the control unit, and at least one imaging sensor. The control unit is adapted to trigger an action of the sanitary element depending on an object recognition based on at least one output signal from the at least one imaging sensor. A fitting arrangement with such a fitting as well as a method for controlling such a fitting are also provided.

Fitting with automatic object recognition and method for controlling a fitting by means of automatic object recognition

A motor-driven axial-flow control valve is disclosed that has a valve body with an inlet and an opposite outlet and a passage located between having a substantially axial alignment relative to the inlet and outlet, and a flow control path arranged in the passage with an operative connection to a motor drive in a switch housing resting on the valve body. The flow control valve is formed by two radially arranged discs lying on one another and each having at least one passage opening where one disc is a stator disc permanently arranged in the valve body, and the other disc lies axially rotatably on the stator disk, and the rotatable disc is in engagement with an axially rotatable sleeve that is arranged axially in the passage and through which flow can pass in the cavity of the rotatable disc.

Motor-driven axial-flow control valve

A mounting sleeve for mounting in a recess in a wall having a first sleeve with a longitudinal axis, wherein a flange is arranged in the region of a first free end of the first sleeve, the flange projects radially outwards beyond the circumference of the sleeve-shaped body as a result that can abut against an outside of the wall, wherein the mounting sleeve has a second sleeve that is arranged displaceably along the longitudinal axis in the first sleeve and the mounting sleeve has a tensioning element which the two sleeves can be brought from a non-tensioned position into a tensioned position, wherein the first sleeve and/or the second sleeve has at least one clamping element which, in the tensioned position, projects radially outwards beyond the circumference of the body of the first sleeve, as a result of tensioning of the mounting sleeve with the wall can be achieved.

Mounting sleeve

A water outlet for installation in a recess in a wall having an inner pipe designed as a throughflow pipe, an outer pipe designed as an outflow pipe, where the outer pipe partially surrounds the inner pipe, and a connection unit has a connection plate and a bezel where the inner pipe is arranged on the connection plate, and the bezel is arranged around the outer pipe at a distance from the connection plate, where the outer pipe is displaceable along a longitudinal axis, and a fixing means is provided, by which a previously adjusted relative position between the inner pipe and the outer pipe can be fixed, where the fixing means is arranged between the connection plate and the bezel.

Adjustable water outlet

An installation device for installing flush-mounted fixtures on/in a wall, where the installation device has a wall plug and a retainer that can be screwed therein. The wall plug and the retainer have a sleeve-shaped body, and a relative rotation between the wall plug and the retainer in a first direction of rotation leads to a reduction in the distance between a first free end and a second free end of the wall plug, and that a relative rotation between the wall plug and the retainer in a second direction of rotation, opposite the first, leads to an increase in the distance between the first free end and the second free end of the wall plug.

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Trimmis, Switzerland

Daniel Knupfer