Patent ID: 8561922

Claim:
A faucet aerator, comprising: an aerator housing with a housing interior containing a flow-dispersing device with a plurality of through-flow holes that disperse an incoming flow of water into a corresponding number of individual streams; at least one grid and/or lattice structure spaced apart from the flow-dispensing device in a direction of the incoming flow of water; a plurality of pins in a housing subregion situated between the flow-dispersing device and the grid and/or lattice structure, the plurality of pins are oriented in the direction of the incoming flow of water, spaced apart from one another, and extend essentially over a distance between the flow-dispersing device and the at least one grid and/or lattice structure, wherein the plurality of pins each have an evaporation surface situated outside a region that is struck directly by the individual streams but can be wetted by the water flowing through the aerator housing, the plurality of pins are situated laterally outside a projection of the through-flow holes oriented in the a direction of the incoming flow of water, wherein the plurality of pins are formed onto an outflow side of the flow-dispersing device or onto an inflow side of the grid and/or lattice structure.