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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Herbert Gloor, Unterkulm, CH;
KWC AG, Unterkulm, CH;
Abstract
The sanitary fitting is intended for two different qualities of water and, for this purpose, has outlet connecting branches ( ) which are separate from one another and into which two channel systems ( ), which are routed separately from one another through a common fitting housing ( ), open out. Each channel system ( ) is provided with a valve arrangement ( ), each valve arrangement being functionally separate from the other and of which the top valve arrangement ( ), assigned to the channel system ( ), has a closure body ( ) which executes a lifting movement and of which the actuating element ( ) forms the top termination of the sanitary fitting. In order for it to be possible for the actuating element to be easily operated even with a comparatively high pressure in the channel system ( ) which is to be closed, as is the case, for example, in drinking water enriched with carbon dioxide, a pressure-equalizing channel ( ), which is routed through the valve closure body ( ), connects the channel system ( ) to a pressure-equalizing space ( ), which is provided on the rear end surface ( ) of the valve closure body ( ).