Patents Assigned to Neoperl GmbH
  • Publication number: 20120223446
    Abstract: A water-carrying line section having at least one aerating duct (2), the aerating duct (2), on the inlet side, having at least one duct opening (5) open to atmosphere and, on the outlet side, having at least one duct opening (6) that can be flushed by the water flowing past and/or is adjacent thereto, and in which aerating duct (2) a water jet aerator (7) is provided. The line section is characterized in that the water jet aerator (7) has a filtering or separating device (8) which is configured to be permeable to air in the direction from the at least one duct opening (5) on the inlet side toward the at least one duct opening (6) on the outlet side but is impermeable to water in the opposite direction. With the aid of the water jet aerator (7) which is used in the line section (1) and which serves to aerate the water flowing through a sanitary outlet fitting or the like, the undesired emergence of water can be prevented with certainty in any installation situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Schürle
  • Patent number: 8230882
    Abstract: A telescoping water outlet includes an inner pipe, at least a longitudinal portion of which is enclosed by an outlet pipe, forming an annular space between the two pipes. An inner pipe head is mounted to and closes the end of the inner pipe that is nearest the outlet opening, and includes an annular flange that bears displaceably against an inner wall of the outlet pipe. A blocking device that is slidably mounted between the inner pipe and the outlet pipe delimits a longitudinal end of the annular space, and a braking element delays or prevents a telescoping movement of the water outlet, in response to either a pressure change in the annular space, or a relative movement between the inner pipe and the outlet pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Wolf-Dieter Lacher
  • Publication number: 20120168534
    Abstract: A jet regulator, having a non-circular profile when viewed in a flow direction, is provided. The jet regulator includes a jet regulator housing configured to be inserted into a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting from an outlet end side. The housing includes a latching part, which has at least one spring arm integrally formed on an outer periphery of the jet regulator housing, the at least one spring arm extending tangentially away from the housing, in the flow direction, toward a free arm end. The at least one spring arm is resiliently biased away from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Georg Stadtler
  • Patent number: 8205810
    Abstract: A sanitary water outlet (1) having a conduit (4) at the discharge end. The conduit (4) is provided with at least one perforated plate (5) and/or a grid structure or lamellar structure with a number of discharge holes or discharge openings (7) which are bordered by flow guide walls (6). The water outlet is characterized in that it has a joint sleeve (2) which is adjustably or pivotally disposed in a socket (3) while the conduit (4) is provided inside the joint sleeve (2). The water outlet allows the water jet that is discharged from a water discharging plumbing fixture to be oriented as needed without requiring a ball-and-socket joint which uses a lot of space and may not be aesthetically appealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf-Dieter Lacher, Oliver Denzler, Alexander Stein
  • Publication number: 20120138839
    Abstract: A valve (101) that can be used as a pressure limiter, for example in a sanitary supply line. The valve (101) according to the invention includes a valve housing (1), a fluid line piece (2) being provided in the housing interior thereof, the downstream side circumferential edge area thereof forming a valve seat (3) for a valve body (4), wherein the valve body (4) can be displaced between an open position and a closed position, in which closed position the valve body (4) acts on the downstream circumferential edge area of the fluid line piece (2), by the pressure of the fluid flowing in through the fluid line piece (2) on one side, and a downstream side pressure acting on the valve body (4) opposite to the regular flow-through direction on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Fangmeier
  • Publication number: 20120097715
    Abstract: An outlet nozzle is configured to be attached to a sanitary water line outlet end, and includes a valve unit movable between a blocking position, closing the water line, and an open position, releasing the water line. The outlet nozzle includes a two-part construction with a connection part configured to be attached to the outlet end of the water line and an adjacent holder part. The holder part is configured to receive at least one jet regulator unit, which includes at least one of: a jet divider, homogenizing device, or flow rectifier, a shower unit, or a jet former.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Weis, Oliver Denzler, Alexander Stein, Martin Fangmeier
  • Publication number: 20120091232
    Abstract: A jet aerator (1) having an aerator housing (8) that can be installed in the water discharge of a sanitary outlet fitting, and having a jet splitter (12) in the interior of the housing, dividing the inflowing water flow into a plurality of individual jets, a mixing zone (14) being disposed downstream of the splitter for aerating the individual jets, wherein at least one aerator duct (16) is provided that ends in the mixing zone (14). The jet aerator has a throttle or closing piece (18) for reducing and/or optionally activating or deactivating the aerating function, the throttle or closing piece being displaceable between an open position opening the at least one aerating duct (16) and a throttle or closing position at least partially closing the at least one aerating duct (16) by a rotary and/or sliding movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Grether, Alexander Stein, Daniel Oechsle, Christoph Weis
  • Patent number: 8109449
    Abstract: An outlet nozzle (1) which can be attached to an outlet fitting, or to a similar outlet end of a sanitary water line, which includes a valve unit (3), which is displaceable between a blocking position, closing the water line, and an open position, releasing the water line, wherein at least one aerator unit having a jet divider, homogenizer, and/or flow rectifier, a shower unit, or similar jet former, is provided in the outlet nozzle (1). The outlet nozzle (1) is characterized by the low space requirement and production costs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Weis, Oliver Denzler, Alexander Stein, Martin Fangmeier
  • Publication number: 20110309167
    Abstract: A manual spray head can be connected with a flexible hose line by means of a coupling that has a ball-and-socket joint inserted between the manual spray head and the hose line. This arrangement not only increases the mobility and flexibility between the manual spray head and the flexible hose line, but also permits twisting of the manual spray head relative to the hose line without fear of unscrewing the screw-type connection or similar coupling provided between the manual spray head and the hose line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann GRETHER, Christoph Weis
  • Publication number: 20110309616
    Abstract: A sanitary hose coupling (1) including a tubular coupling base body (2) which, in at least one of the base body end regions thereof, has a hose connector (3) profiled in at least one sub-region for a flexible water hose (4) to be pushed on, and also includes a crimp sleeve (6) which, when deformed, fixes an end (5) of the water hose (4) encompassed by the crimp sleeve (6) on the hose connector (3). The hose coupling (1) provides that the end (5) of the water hose (4) encompassed by the crimp sleeve (6) can be fixed in a rotationally fixed manner on the hose connector (3), and that the end (5) of the hose can be pushed onto a profiled section (7) of the hose connector (3) that is not round in the circumferential direction. Since the hose coupling permits a torque transmission between the water hose (4) and the coupling base body (2), the hose coupling is able to substantially facilitate the mounting and dismantling of a water hose (4) even under restricted spatial conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventors: Kevin Mager, Werner Kury
  • Publication number: 20110278380
    Abstract: A sanitary unit (1) is provided, which is configured for insertion into a discharge fitting. The sanitary unit (1) includes an upstream sieve (2) and a throughflow regulator (3), which includes a control gap (10) and a throttle body (8) that deforms under pressure to regulate throughflow varying the control gap (10). The sanitary unit (1) also includes a jet fractionating plate (4), having a plurality of axial openings (20) in a throughflow direction positioned downstream, in a flow direction, from the throughflow regulator (3) and the sieve, the throughflow regulator (3) is arranged within an interior space (6) between the sieve (2) and the jet fractionating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Uwe ZOLLER
  • Publication number: 20110266369
    Abstract: A functional plumbing unit is provided, which is configured as an insertion cartridge insertable into a fluid conduit of a discharging plumbing fixture. The insertion cartridge includes a housing and a jet regulator. The housing includes an external thread on an outside thereof, configured to be screwed into an internal thread of the discharging plumbing fixture, a height of the housing, in a flow direction, generally corresponds to the external thread, a ring seal located in a downstream position therefrom and an upstream housing edge, the external thread is arranged between the downstream ring seal and the upstream housing edge, and at least a jet fractionating part, is arranged at an inlet end configured to be connected to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Hermann GRETHER
  • Publication number: 20110247702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flow volume regulator (1) having at least one throttle body (2) which is composed of elastically deformable material and which is arranged in the throughflow duct (3) of a regulator housing (4) and which delimits a control gap (5) between itself and a regulating profiling provided on an inner circumferential and/or outer circumferential duct wall, the clear throughflow cross section of which control gap (5) can be varied as a result of the throttle body (2) which can be deformed under the pressure of the medium flowing through, with the regulating housing (4) bearing on its outer circumference a clamping edge region for clamping the flow volume regulator (1) between two line sections or line components which are connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Fabian Wildfang
  • Patent number: 8006922
    Abstract: An aerator for a plumbing fixture is provided, especially for a washstand, water basin or tub. The plumbing fixture includes a water outlet that leads to a forward outlet end in which an aerator that is penetrated by the water is pivotally mounted via a swiveling mechanism, particularly a joint, which is removably fixed. The pivotable aerator is mounted within an outer ring that is screwed into the outlet end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Katzer
  • Patent number: D641839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Grether
  • Patent number: D642662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Grether
  • Patent number: D650051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Holger Schurle
  • Patent number: D652896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Grether
  • Patent number: D656602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Fabian Wildfang
  • Patent number: RE43347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Grether