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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Grohe Ag, Hemer, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Grohe AG, Hemer, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/057 (2013.01); E03C 1/055 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a sanitary fitting, and to a sanitary fitting. The sanitary fitting is equipped to deliver a water jet and has at least one manual actuator for manual regulation of at least one water jet flow rate or a water jet temperature, and a sensor arrangement that is equipped for sensor-controlled regulation of a predefined water jet flow rate and a predefined water jet temperature. The sensor arrangement is equipped to detect the presence of an object in an external detection area and a control unit is provided to distinguish whether the object detected first is a water jet or a different object.