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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Horst Kunkel, Stuttgart, DE;
Erwin Reich, Stuttgart, DE;
Hansa Metallwerke AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A device for sterilizing water flowing through a sanitary appliance, e.g. a bathtub outlet ( ), comprises a UV lamp ( ), which is disposed in a housing ( ) having a housing jacket ( ) and the radiation of which is directed towards the water flowing through. Disposed in the housing ( ) is a throughflow chamber ( ), which surrounds the UV lamp ( ). The UV lamp ( ) has a substantially rod-shaped lamp body ( ). The latter is surrounded by a protective tube ( ) made substantially of a material which transmits UV light. The protective tube ( ) prevents a flow directly against the lamp body ( ). The lamp body ( ) is supported against the protective tube ( ) via supporting means ( ), which allow only a low heat transfer between the protective tube ( ) and the lamp body ( ).