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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Horst Kunkel, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Hansa Metallwerke AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/35 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/35 ;
Abstract
A sanitary installation ( ) has a sanitary fitting ( ) with an electrically actuable device, in particular a solenoid valve. Furthermore, it comprises a rechargeable battery ( ) fed by a solar cell device ( ) which is part of a supply device. The solar cell device ( ) is integrated in a mirror ( ) situated in the vicinity of the sanitary fitting ( ). Ambient light which is regularly present during the operation of the sanitary appliance suffices for the self-sufficient operation of the sanitary installation ( ).