Patents Assigned to Ideal-Standard GmbH & Co. OHG
  • Patent number: 6957778
    Abstract: A sanitary mixing unit (1), in particular for wall installation, has a cartridge (6) with an outer housing (12), a flow adjustment device, a temperature adjustment device and a thermostatic device, in which the flow adjustment device has a fixed valve disc (13) and a rotatable valve disc (14) which co-acts with the fixed valve disc. A sanitary mixing unit which is of simple and economical construction and in which a functional matching of the inlet connections for hot and cold water can be matched to the locations of the hot and cold water supplies is provided by an inner housing (15), which can be coaxially rotated relative to the outer housing (15) having the thermostat device arranged in it, the rotatable valve disc (14) being fixed to the inner housing (15) and the fixed valve disc being fixed to the outer housing (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Ideal-Standard GmbH & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Konrad Bergmann, Josef Ems
  • Patent number: 6886755
    Abstract: A sanitary mixing unit (1), in particular for wall installation, has a thermostatic device with a thermostatic element (16), and an excess travel spring (40) and a return spring (41) which act on the thermostatic element (16). A a sanitary mixing unit which is of simple and economical construction and with a low installation depth may be provided by the excess travel spring (40) and the return spring (41) acting on the thermostatic element (16) in the same direction, such that, in the case of excess travel, the spring forces of the excess travel spring (40) and the return spring (41) are additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Ideal-Standard GmbH & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Konrad Bergmann, Josef Ems
  • Patent number: 6478285
    Abstract: An electrically operated fitting with a fitting body that has a valve arrangement and an electrically operated drive arrangement for operating the valve arrangement. In order to produce an electrically operated fitting which is of simple and economic construction while having an attractive aesthetic design, a housing is provided for mounting purposes, in particular, for sealing abutment with an installation wall. Disposed on the housing is an actuating arrangement for an electronic unit for controlling the drive arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Ideal-Standard GmbH & Co. OHG
    Inventor: Konrad Bergmann
  • Patent number: 6360774
    Abstract: A sanitary fitting including a fitting body with at least one supply channel and at least one discharge channel, at least one supply line which is flow-connected to the supply channel for providing flow connection to a supply network, a drain arm which is flow-connected to the discharge channel, at least one actuating element for adjusting the amount of flow and/or flow temperature, and a fastening element for fastening the fitting body to a base, the fastening element including at least one receiver for frictionally engaging the at least one supply thereby removably securing the fitting body to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Ideal-Standard GmbH & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Albert Becker, Josef Behr
  • Patent number: 6305036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flow controlling arrangement having at least one valve (3, 12) with a valve box (14) and with an adjustable valve gate (15) which is located in the valve box (14), the valve box (14) having a supply (16) and at least one discharge (17, 18), the at least one valve (3, 12) varying the water flow amount supplied from the discharge (17, 18) to a bathing vessel (1), especially a bathtub or a whirlpool, or to a fitting (11). In order to make provide a flow controlling arrangement which has an expanded scope of application for the user, there is an actuator (29) which is connected to the valve gate (15) for resetting the valve gate (15) and a control (9) connected to the actuator (29) which triggers the actuator (29) depending on a tune chosen by the user or according to a preset actuating pulse pattern for setting the valve gate (15). Thus, according to the setting of the valve gate (15), a regular or irregular change of the water flow amount through the discharge (17, 18) arises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Ideal-Standard GmbH & Co. OHG
    Inventor: Konrad Bergmann