Patent ID: 6892964

Claim:
A jet regulator ( 1 ) comprising a jet regulator housing ( 2 ) having an interior in which a jet regulation device ( 4 ) is provided that has passage openings ( 11 ) that extend approximately across a passageway cross section of the housing, said openings being offset with respect to one another in a circumferential direction about the jet regulator housing ( 2 ) or in a direction of flow (Pf 1 ) of the jet regulator ( 1 ), wherein the jet regulation device ( 4 ) has at least one insertable component ( 9 , 10 , 23 ) containing the passage openings ( 11 ), and wherein the at least one insertable component comprises a number of insertable components ( 9 , 10 , 23 ) that can be inserted one after another in the direction of flow (Pf 1 ) into the jet regulator housing ( 2 ), the insertable components ( 9 , 10 , 23 ) have a peripheral external support ring ( 12 ) and ribs ( 13 ) that are connected to the support ring on an inside thereof and that extend from one end to another across a flow cross section of the components, and the ribs ( 13 ) of the insertable components ( 9 , 10 , 23 ) are approximately parallel so that the passage openings ( 11 ) are unidirectionally oriented.