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Pressure reducer () having a housing () with a valve () positioned in said housing (), wherein in closed position the valve () separates an inlet pressure chamber () of the housing () from an outlet pressure chamber () of the housing (), and in open position connects the inlet pressure chamber () and the outlet pressure chamber (), wherein the valve () has a diaphragm () acting on a valve tappet (), on which diaphragm, by providing a pressure reducing function, a spring force of a spring element () acting in the opening direction of the valve () acts on the one hand and a force that is a function of the pressure prevailing in the outlet pressure chamber () acting in the closing direction of the valve () acts on the other hand, wherein the valve () has, attached to the valve tappet (), a valve body () which, in closed position, bears against a valve seat () in a sealing manner and which in open position is raised off the valve seat (), and wherein the spring element () is arranged between spring plates (), namely between a spring plate () facing the diaphragm () and a spring plate () facing away from the diaphragm (). A sensor () for detecting leakage is integrated into the pressure reducer.

Pressure reducer

A leakage detection device for detecting water leakage in a water pipe of a water system after a stop valve of the water system is closed. The leakage detection device may be part of a stop valve, and may include an interior chamber connectable to the water pipe in such a way so as to receive a stagnation volume of the water when the water flow through the water pipe is stopped by the stop valve. An actuation element provides a force acting on a diaphragm or a piston in the direction of the first interior chamber and against or into the stagnation volume of water. If water leakage is present in the water pipe, the diaphragm or piston will move under the applied force to compensate for the leakage in the water pipe. A sensor unit may detect water leakage in the water pipe based on the movement.

Leakage detection device and water system comprising a leakage detection device

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Aalen, Germany

Kurt Weidner