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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Franz Schorn, Schiltach, DE;
Gerd Blessing, Villingen-Schwenningen-Obereschach, DE;
Hansgrohe AG, Schiltach, DE;
Abstract
A description is given of a sanitary article or object, particularly a hand-operated shower, having a changeover device ( ) for controlling a liquid flow, the sanitary article having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, as well as an air suction device which can be turned on or off by operating the changeover device in the manner of a water jet pump. The changeover device is so constructed that a passage cross-section formed between the liquid inlet ( ) and liquid outlet ( ) can be widened on turning off the air suction device. For this purpose, in addition to the pump jet opening ( ) of the air suction device, it is possible to open a ring channel-like, further passage cross-section ( ) arranged concentrically thereto. Whereas with the air suction device turned on and limited water consumption it is possible to produce a highly aerated, soft-feeling water jet, with the air suction device turned off roughly twice the water quantity can be delivered in the form of a powerful water jet suitable for massaging purposes.