CA1090739A

CA1090739A - Upper frame section of a shower partition with clothes and laundry holder

Info

Publication number: CA1090739A
Application number: CA318,484A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Heinz G. Baus
Original assignee: DUSCHOLUX HOLDING AG
Current assignee: DUSCHOLUX HOLDING AG
Priority date: 1977-12-27
Filing date: 1978-12-22
Publication date: 1980-12-02
Also published as: FR2413515B1; IT1106848B; GB2010672A; ATA929478A; DE2854176A1; BR7808513A; ES476327A1; AT364928B; NL7812259A; IT7852422A0; CH626933A5; FR2413515A1; SE7813249L; DE2854176C2; BE872975A; GB2010672B

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE:
Shower cabin constructed of partitions with an upper frame section of a partition on the side of the section facing the shower room, a one-piece mounting holder for a clothes and laundry holder suitable for use with varying wall thicknesses, the mounting holder comprising an angle section with a hori-zontal leg fastened at the upper frame from the top and with a vertical leg which on one side rests against the upper frame section and on the other side has two brackets on which hinge pins formed on and extend from the brackets, are arranged opposite each other, The clothes and laundry holder have two holding plates disposed close together and form a chamber, which holding plates on one side surround and are rotatable about the hinge pins and on the other side surround and fixedly hold the inner end of a carrying rod in the chamber by bolting the holding plates to the carrying rod, the clothes and laundry holder being swivelably mounted in the one-piece mounting holder and extended from the upper frame section when in a useable position to hang clothes and laundry and retracted toward the upper frame section when not in useable position.

Description

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This invention relates to a shower cabin constructed or partitions with an upper frame section o a partition on the scale-of the section acing the shower room, and more particu-larly refers to shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder.
Different ways o instaLling shower partitions are known from Swiss Patent 578 659 corresponding to German Patent

2 407 230~ The sliding partition of the bath or shower cabin can be instalLed between two fixed parallel room walls. The shower or bath cabin can aLso be designed as a corner cabin, where at least one o the necessary sectional partitions is in the form of a sliding partition. The shower or bath cabin can also be connected to a single room wall, a sliding partition being connected to the room wall by means of twb fixed parti-tions. These possibilities are mentioned in order to show that the term "upper frame section" can be understood to mean the upper guide section of a sLiding partition as well as the upper frame section of one o~ the fixed partitions by which the shower or bath cabin is connected to a room wall. From the drawings of Swiss Patent 578 659, an overall view of the various possibilities of installation can be gained.
The construction of a shower partition from two sliding ;
partitions at right angles to each other is also shown in -German Petty-Patent (Gebrauchsmuster) 7 306 920. This known arrangement, which has no support at the exposed corner, makes it possible to enter the shower or bath cabin diagonally. The panes on the outside of the sliding doors, which face the dry space, are bridged by gripping bars which can also be used as towel racks.
It is further known t~ put the shower partition on the rim of an already existing bath tub, adapting the lower guide rail accordingly (German Patent 2 314 444). In this patent an ,,, 1 ,~a -109~)~39 upper guide section also is shown.
The invention can be applied to all these known and similar arrangements.
It is often desired to hang up dripping wet pieces of clothing or laundry; for this purpose,'various known aids are used which are fastened above the bath or shower tube. This causes unsightly drill holes or cement spots.
It is an object of the invention to improve the use value of a shower cabin by providing an extendible and retractable clothes and laundry holder on a shower partition.
According to the present invention, there is provided a shower cabin'constructed of partitions with an upper frame section of a partition on the side o the section facing the shower room, a one-piece mounting holder for a clothes and laundry holder suitable for use with varying wall thicknesses, the mounting holder comprising an angLe section with a hori-zontal leg fastened at the upper frame from the top and with a vertical leg which on one side rests against the upper frame section and on the other side has two brackets on which hinge ' pi'ns formed on and extend from the brackets, are arranged opposite each other, the clothes and laundry holder having two holding plates disposed close togethér and form a chamber, which holding plates on one side surround and are rotatable about the hinge pins and on the other side surround and fixedly ' ho'ld the inner end of a carrying rod in the chamber by bolting the holding plates to the carrying rod~ the clothes and laundry holder swivelably moun'ted in said one-piece mounting holder and extended from said upper-frame section when in a useable posi-tion to hang clothes and laundry and retracted toward said upper frame section when not in useable position.
The invention, together with additional objects and ~' .

lV90~39 advantages thereo~ will be best understood from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
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1090~.39 . FIG. 1 is a frontview of a shower partition as seen from the wet or shower room side, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. l with the clothes and laundry holder swung out, FIG. 3 is a top view onto the upper guide rail of the shower partition according to FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a top view similar to FIG. 3, where, however, the clothes and laundry holder can be swungaway in a recess in the upper frame section, FIG. 5 is a side view of a clothes or laundry holder according to the invention in which plastic plugs are inserted in the upper support surface of the holder to retard movement of clothes hangers along the carrier rod, FIG. 6 is a partial cross section taken along the -.
line VI-VI of FIG. 5 in the direction of the arrows, FIGS. 7 and 8 are a side and front view, respectively, of the angle section of the joint mounting, FIG. 9 is the cross section through FIG. 7 taken along the line A-B, FIG. 10 is a front view of one holding plate from which the holder extends, FIG. 11 is a side view of the holding plate of FIG. 10, - FIG. 12 is a front view of the second holding plate, FIG. 13 is a side view of the holding plate of FIG. 12, FIG. 14 is the view onto the lower end face of the two placed--together holding plates (direction of arrow C in FIG. 11), FIGS. 15 and 16 are a side elevation and front view, respectively, of the carrying rod, and FIGS. 17 and 18 are the front view and a cross section, respectively, of the terminating stub.
In accordance with the invention, the upper frame - :i

- 3 -, logor~;3g section on the section side facing the shower room side is provided with at least one clothes and laundry holder, which can be changed between a useable position (operating position) and at least one position not in use (rest position).
This clothes and laundry holder, located in the wet or shower room, advantageously allows one to hand up dripping wet pieces of clothing or laundry above the bath or shower tube.
The clothes and/or laundry are at the same time shielded from view by the shower partition if the sliding doors of the shower or bath cabin are closed.
The clothes and laundry holder can also be designed as a telescoping rod. In its pushed-in position, it can advantageously serve as a wash cloth holder. However, the ~-telestoping rod can also be connected additionally to the upper frame section via a joint, so that it can be swung flat against the section side also in the pushed-in position.
The clothes and laundry holder is preferably mounted hinged at the upper frame section.
The swivel axis of the respective joint is advantage- ~-ously located by at least one-half the width of the clothes and laundry holder, i.e., by the thickness of the rod, in front of the inside of the section. This has the advantage that the clothes and laundry holder can be swung until it is flat against the frame section side and therefore is not visible in the rest position from the dry room.
As an alternative thereto, the upper frame section can have a recess for receiving the swung-in clothes and laundry holder. In that case, the joint is located in the recess.
For attachment to the upper frame section the clothes and laundry holder has advantageously an angle section with ..
a horizontal leg which can be bolted to the upper frame section 1090 ~39 and a vertical leg which rests against the one side of the upper frame section and is braced against the latter. The other side of the vertical leg carries two brackets, on which hinge pins are arranged opposite each other.
The joint, together with these hinge pins, is advanta-geoùsly formed, by two holding plates of the clothes and laundry holder. One side of the two plates rotatably surround the two hinge pins and the other side support a carrying rod.
The holding plates, which are adjacent to each other, surround the two hinge pins and also surround the inner end of the carrying rod in a chamber. The connection between the holding plates and the carrying rod is established by bolting the plates to the rod.
Advantageously, one holding plate has at least one hollow post with an internal thread, while the other holding plate has a hole opposite the hollow post. Furthermore, the inner end of the carrying rod has a hole accepting the hollow post, and the two holding plates are connected to the inner end of the carrying rod by a screw which is screwed through the hole of the one holding plate into the hollow post of the other holding plate. The indicated design of the angle section, the two holding plates and the carrying rod makes it possible in a particularly simple manner to assemble the joint, and to hold at the same time the carrying rod by placing the two holding plates at the same time around the hinge pins and around the carrying rod, and by then screwing them together.
In order that the clothes and laundry holder occupies clearly defined positions, it is advantageous to arrange detent ribs and detent slots in such a manner that the clothes and laundry holder snaps-in in the two rest positions parallel to the upper frame section as sell as in the operating position .

which is perpendicular to the upper frame section. The detent ribs and the detent slots are advantageously arranged at the surfaces facing each other of the two brackets and of the end faces of the holding plates resting against these bracket surfaces. With this design, the two brackets are sprung apart when the detent is released, so that the spring force of the brackets causes the snap-in action into the three detent ~-positions. The detent slots are advantageously arranged at the-end faces of the holding plates, since the gap between the two holding plates is already available for realizing two slots.
From a manufacturing point of view it is particularly - simple to make the carrying rod as a hollow section, preferably as an extruded hollow aluminum section with rectangular cross section. A terminating plug is press-fitted into the open outer end of the carrying rod. The upward-extending flange of the former prevents clothes hangers from sliding off. -To deter suspended clothes hangers from moving along the carrier rod, the latter has holes in its upper support surface, into which plastic plugs are placed. These plastic plugs prevent the clothes hangers from sliding.
The fabrication of the individual parts of the clothes and laundry holder according to the invention is particularly simple if the angle section, the two holding plates, the terminating plug and the plastic plug are injection-molded of plastic. The carrying rod is advantageously an extruded aluminum section.
The invention will be explained in further detail in the following with the aid of the embodiment examples shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a shower partition in the form of a sliding partition with the upper frame section 12 as the guide 1090'739 rail. The shower partition designated generally by numeral 10 has lateral posts 14 and 16 which can be connected, directly or via connecting sections, to room walls or to further sectional shower partitions oriented perpendicularly to the shower partition 10. The shower partition 10 further has a lower guide rail 18 and three sliding doors 20 which are hung in the frame section 12 designed as a guide rail, and are guided in or at the lower guide rail 18, secured against transversal displacement out of the plane of the panel. A
clothes or laundry holder 22 is held at the upper frame section 12. A piece of clothing 26, for instance, a shirt, is hung on a clothes hanger 24, which in turn is hung on holder 22.
In FIG. 2, the clothes and laundry holder 22 is designed in the form of a rod and is connected via a joint 28 (hinged about the geometric swivel axis 30) and via a corres-ponding joint mounting 32 to the upper frame section 12. The joint mounting 32 can be bolted or cemented to the upper frame section 12 or also integrated permanently in the frame section 12.
FIG. 3 shows that it is advantageous to have the swivel axis 30 of the joint 28 located by at least one-half the width b of the clothes and laundry holder 22 in front of the side 34 of the section facing the shower room side. In that case, rest positions (shown in dashed-dotted lines) of the clothes and laundry holder 22 are possible, laying against the section side 34. In the rest position the holder 22 is out of the way when taking a shower and also is not visible from the dry room side. In line with the last-mentioned esthetic advantage, it is still more advantageous to locate the joint 28 and the holder 22 in the rest position in a recess in the upper frame section.

`-- 1090~39 FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment similar to FIG. 3 except that the upper frame section 12 has a recess 36 for receiving the swung-in clothes and laundry holder 22.
Further embodiments of the swing-out clothes and laundry holder within the scope of the invention are possible, for instance, designing the holder as a clamped bar which extends in the lengthwise direction of the upper frame section, is hinged about its upper longitudinal edge and obtains its clamping force by a spring, or acts as a sticky fastener due to a covering with a suitable te~tile fabric.
The clothes holder as assembled according to the invention is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. In the sectioned regions, FIG. 6 shows a cross section taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 5. In the central unsectioned parts, FIG. 6 is a top view of the holder of FIG. 5.
The clothes and laundry holder is assembled as follows:
The holes of the inner and 66 of the carrying rod 60 -are pushed on the corresponding hollow posts 68 and 70 (see FIG. 11) of the first holding plate 56. The hinge pins 52 and 54 (FIGS. 7 and 8) of the angle section 38 are inserted into the half-cylindrical recesses (which together form the cylin- -drical hole 97 as shown in FIG. 14). The second holding plate 58 is put on so that the inner end 66 of the carrying rod 60 and the hinge pins 52 and 54 of the angle section 38 are enclosed between the two holding plates. Finally, screws are screwed through the holes 72 and 74 of the second holding plate 58 into the hollow posts 68 and 70 of the first holding plate and in this manner, the four mentioned parts are securely connected to each other. Finally, the terminating plug 100 is plugged into the open outer end of the carrying rod 60.
In the assembly, it should be noted that according to FIG. 5, the flange 102 of the terminating plug 100, the ` 1C)90739 -plastic plugs 106, 108, 110, 112, 114 and 116 as well as the horizontal leg 40 are arranged at the top, while the detent ribs and the detent slots are at the bottom.
FIG. 7 shows the joint mounting 32 as an angle section 38, see FIGS. 5 and 6, as seen from the side. The angle section 38 is bolted from above to the upper frame section 32 (FIG. 2), with an upper horizontal leg 40, in which a hole 41, shown in cross section, is arranged. One side 44 of the vertical leg 42 of the angle section 38 then rests against the upper frame section and is braced there. The other side 46 of the vertical leg 42 has two brackets 48 and 50. The upper bracket 48 is a continuation of the horizon-tal leg 40 and lies in the same plane as the latter. The lower bracket 50 is arranged in a parallel plane shifted down.
A hinge pin 52 protrudes downward from the upper bracket 48.
The lower bracket 50 carries the upward-projecting hinge pin 54. The two hinge pins 52 and 54 are arranged rotation-symmetrically to the joint axis 30.
FIG. 8 shows the angle section 38 shown in FIG. 7 in a view toward the side 46. The two hinge pins 52 and 54 which are arranged on the bracket surfaces 92 and 94 of the brackets 48 and 50, can also be seen here.
FIG. 9 shows the cross section taken along line A-B
of FIG. 7, the vertical leg 42 is shown in cross section and the hinge pin 54 in top view. On the lower bracket surface 94, four detent ribs 76, 78, 80 and 82 are seen, of which the two detent ribs 80 and 76 are arranged parallel to the plane of the vertical leg 42, while the other two detent ribs 78 and 82 are perpendicular to the vertical leg. The height of these detent ribs can be seen from FIGS. 7 and 8 r The height is, for instance, about lmm.
FIGS. 11 and 12 show the two holding plates 56 and _ g _ 109~ 39 58 from the side with which they are placed together, i.e., FIGS. 11 and 12 show the insides of the two holding plates.
FIGS. 10 and 13 show views of the two holding plates from the direction in which the holding rod 60 protrudes from the assembled holding plates.
In FIG. 10 is seen the chamber 62 in which is disposed the hollow post 68, which has an internal thread. In the view of FIG. 11, it will be noted that in addition to the hollow post 68, another hollow post 70 is provided. The holes 72 and 84 disposed in recess or chamber 64 of the holding plate 58 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 line up with the two hollow posts 68 and 70.
Both holding plates 56 and 58 each have an end face 96 at top and bottom. In FIG. 14, the two holding plates are shown in a placed-together position, the two end faces 96 join to form a single surface which surrounds a cylindrical hole 97. Both holding plates surround such a hole, at top and bottom into which holes the hinge pins 52 and 54 fit and form the joint.
A number of slots 84, 86, 88 and 90 are arranged in the end face of the two placed-together holding plates, around the hole 97. Their arrangement and dimensions correspond to the detent ribs 76, 78, 80 and 83 or FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 in such a way that the clothes and laundry holder can snap into two rest positions parallel to the upper frame section and into one operating position perpendicular to the upper frame section. -Snapping out of the detent is made possible by the spring - action of the brackets 48 and 50 which cause the detent action in the detent positions by their spring force.
FIG. 15 shows the carrying rod 60. Holes are made in the upper support surface 104. Plastic plugs 106, 108, 110, 112, 114 and 116 sit in these holes. The fit of the plug 114 -~ 1090739 in the associated hole is shown better in cross section. The plug 116 is shown in a pulLed-out position rom which its mushroom shape can readily be seen~ FIG. 16 shows a front view of the carrying rod 6~ in which the box-like hollow sec- ~-tion can be seen.
A terminating plug 100, which is shown in a longitudinal cross section in FIG. 18 and in a front view in FIG. 17, is plugged into the outer open end 98 (FIGS. 5 and 6) of the carrying rod 60. This pLug has on the one side four ribs which fill the rectangular inside contour of the carrying rod with clamping action and provide a secure fit of the termi-nating plug~ This is ollowed by a terminating surface 101, the upper part of which orms a flange 102. This flange prevents suspended clothes hangers from sliding over the end of the carrying rod and falling down.
Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodied in an-upper frame section of a shower partition with clothes and laundry holder, it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.

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Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. Shower cabin constructed of partitions with an upper frame section of a partition on the side of the section facing the shower room, a one-piece mounting holder for a clothes and laundry holder suitable for use with varying wall thicknesses, said mounting holder comprising an angle section with a hori-zontal leg fastened at the upper frame from the top and with a vertical leg which on one side rests against the upper frame section and on the other side has two brackets on which hinge pins formed on and extend from the brackets, are arranged opposite each other, said clothes and laundry holder having two holding plates disposed close together and form a chamber, which holding plates on one side surround and are rotatable about the hinge pins and on the other side surround and fixedly hold the inner end of a carrying rod in the chamber by bolting the holding plates to the carrying rod, said clothes and laundry holder swivelably mounted in said one-piece mounting holder and extended from said upper frame section when in a useable posi-tion to hang clothes and laundry and retracted toward said upper frame section when not in useable position.

2. Shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder according to claim 1, wherein the holder is connected to the mounting by a joint with swivel axis located at a distance of at least one-half the width of the clothes and laundry holder in front of the upper frame section to permit the holder to lay at rest against the upper frame section when not in use and to extend out from the upper frame section when in use.

3. Shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the upper frame section has a recess for receiving the swung-in clothes and laundry holder.

4. Shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder according to claim 1, wherein one holding plate has at least one hollow post with internal thread, projecting into the chamber, wherein the other holding plate has a hole opposite the hollow post, wherein the inner end of the carrying rod has a hole accepting the hollow post, and wherein the two holding plates are con-nected to the inner end of the carrying rod by a screw which is screwed through the hole of the one holding plate into the hollow post of the other holding plate.

5. Shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder according to claim 1, wherein the two hinge pins and the two holding plates form a joint having detent slots arranged so that the clothes and laundry holder snaps-in the two rest positions parallel to the upper frame section and in the operating position which is perpendicular to the upper frame section.

6. Shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder according to claim 10, wherein the detent slots and corresponding detent ribs are arranged at the surfaces facing each other of the two brackets on which the hinge pins are arranged, and the end faces of the holding plates resting against these bracket surfaces.

7. Shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder according to claim 11, wherein the detent ribs are arranged at the bracket surfaces and the detent slots at the end faces of the holding plates.

8. Shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder according to claim 1, wherein the carrying rod has a hollow rectangular cross section, and wherein a terminating plug with an upward-projecting flange for preventing clothes hangers from sliding off, is press-fitted into the open outer end of the carrying rod.

9. Shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder according to claim 8, wherein the carrying rod has holes in its upper support surface in which plastic plugs sit, which plugs prevent clothes hangers from shifting on the carrying rod.

10. Shower cabin with clothes and laundry holder according to claim 9, wherein the angle section, the two holding plates, the terminating plug and the plastic plugs are injection-molded parts.