Patent ID: 8528840

Claim:
A sanitary insert ( 1 ), for a plumbing water outflow fitting, comprising a housing ( 8 ) and a flow guide ( 4 ), the housing ( 8 ) having a generally cylindrical shape, an inner wall portion thereof having a concavity ( 3 ) around its periphery, the flow guide ( 4 ) having generally a disc shape with an outer wall portion thereof having a convexity ( 2 ) around its perimeter, the housing ( 8 ) being configured to pivotally secure the flow guide ( 4 ) within it by a ball and socket type engagement thereby allowing an articulating movement of the flow guide ( 4 ) within the housing ( 8 ), the housing ( 8 ) being configured to be inserted into a plumbing outflow fitting, wherein at an upstream side of the flow guide at least one spacer is provided, which contacts an upstream arranged component, the spacer having a surface structure contour, which faces the component to define a pivot axis of the flow guide for pivotal movement of the flow guide in the housing.