Patent ID: 6902123

Claim:
Sanitary fitting ( 1 , 3 , 4 , and 5 ) comprising an external housing ( 2 ) that has at least one housing section ( 6 , 7 , 30 ), said housing section ( 6 , 7 , 30 ) having an insertion opening ( 10 ) at an inlet side through which at least one functional unit can be inserted into an interior of the housing up to at least one insertion stop ( 18 , 19 , 29 ), a housing clearance ( 20 , 21 , 22 ) being situated upstream and downstream from the at least one insertion stop ( 18 , 19 , 29 ) in a direction of insertion, in order to accept a projecting part, which protrudes past the insertion stop ( 18 , 19 , 29 ), of the at least one functional unit, the fitting ( 1 , 3 , 4 , and 5 ) is of modular construction, and the at least one housing section comprises at least two housing sections ( 6 , 7 ) that can be connected with one another, into which a plurality of different ones of the functional units can each optionally be inserted up to a respective one of the at least one insertion stop ( 18 , 19 , 29 ), of each of the housing sections, and the housing clearance ( 20 , 21 , 22 ) situated upstream and downstream has a longitudinal extension that is greater than or equal to a maximum distance between the insertion stop ( 18 , 19 , 29 ) and a front side, protruding into the housing clearance ( 20 , 21 , 22 ), of the functional units allocated to the respective housing section ( 6 , 7 , 30 ).