Patent ID: 7107631
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: E03C

Abstract:
1. A washstand comprising: a basin; a supply unit for supplying a medium to the basin for washing parts of the body, the supply unit including at least one shut-off member for regulating a supply of the medium; an actuating element connected to the shut-off member for bringing the shut-off member into a closed position for stopping the supply of the medium, and into a plurality of different flow regulating open positions for supplying different quantities of the medium; a controlling device connected to the actuating element for controlling the supply of the medium from the supply unit, the controlling device comprising a sensor device for contact-less determination of the presence of the parts of the body to be impinged upon by the medium at the basin, the sensor device including at least two sensor cells for generating an electrical field that changes as a function of the presence of the parts of the body with respect to the basin, and relative positions of the parts of the body with respect to the basin, the controlling device outputting signals which act on the actuating element to bring the shut-off member into different ones of the open positions which correspond to the presence and the relative positions of the parts of the body with respect to the basin.