Patent ID: 6404111
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: C02F,H01R

Abstract:
Device for sterilizing water flowing through a sanitary appliance, havinga) a housing, which comprises an inlet and an outlet for the water; b) a UV lamp, which is disposed inside the housing and the radiation of which is directed towards the water flowing through; c) a connection backplate, which is connectable to an external power source and has a location opening, into which a cap region of the UV lamp is insertable, wherein location opening and cap region have contacts which lie against one another in the operating position of the UV lamp, characterized in that d) the connection backplate (10) is subdivided into two detachable, intermateable parts (10a, 10b), of which the one is fastened to the housing (2, 3, 4) and the other has the location opening (15); e) the two parts (10a, 10b) of the connection backplate (10) each contain a coil (23, 26), which coils are adjacent to one another in the intermated state of the backplate (10), wherein the coil (23) in the part (10a) fastened to the housing (2, 3, 4) is connectable to the external power source and the coil (26) in the other part (10b) is connected directly or indirectly to the contacts (32, 33) of the location opening (15) of said part (10b), wherein f) the location opening (15) of the connection backplate (10) is sealed against the cap region (13) of the UV lamp.