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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Stefan Brunner, Moosleerau, CH;
Pascal Henzmann, Reinach, CH;
Inventors:
Stefan Brunner, Moosleerau, CH;
Pascal Henzmann, Reinach, CH;
Assignee:
KWC AG, Unterkulm, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The sanitary fitting has an outflow pipe and a mounting base. The outflow pipe is arranged galvanically isolated from the mounting base and serves as the electrode of a sensor device. The sensor device detects whether an object, for example a hand, is present in a sensor zone or not and thereupon generates a presence or an absence signal. An electronic control system controls, in accordance with the presence or absence signal, a valve device, which controls a water flow. The electronic control system can also actuate light sources which illuminate the mounting base and the nozzle region.