DE202007019491U1 - drinking fountain - Google Patents

Abstract

Drinking fountain (10) having a water collecting area (40) and a drinking faucet (20) coupled to the water collecting area (40), characterized in that associated with the water collecting area (40) is a base (30) which extends upwards over the upper edge of the water collecting area Protruding (40), wherein the drinking fitting (20) in the upper end region of the base (30) is arranged.

Description

The invention relates to a drinking fountain with a water collecting area and a drinking faucet coupled to the water collecting area.

Drinking fountains that are usually placed in public areas to provide free drinking water are known. They have a drinking faucet that emits a stream of drinking water on request, the request usually being done manually, for example by actuating a lever or knob. Excessive or non-drunken drinking water is supplied to a suitable water collecting area to prevent contamination of the drinking fountain environment by running water.

In known drinking fountain systems, the drinking faucet is mounted on the edge of a water collecting area. The water catchment area known drinking fountain systems is usually pronounced sink-shaped, to ensure the best possible collection of excess or not drunk drinking water. However, this also regularly means that the water collection area of these drinking wells contrary to their proper destination for the disposal of other liquids, eg. B. for the disposal of the water from cleaning buckets, is abused, creating hygienic or acceptance problems in drinking fountains.

The invention has for its object to provide a drinking fountain that allows unimpeded direct drinking of a jet of water and does not encourage users and passers-by to use it to dispose of wastewater. In addition, an attractive look of the drinking fountain should be made possible.

To solve the problem, a drinking fountain with the features of claim 1 is provided. Preferred embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims.

The drinking fountain according to the invention is characterized by a base which protrudes beyond the upper edge of the water collecting area. In the upper end of this base, the drinking faucet is mounted so that a water jet emerging from the drinking faucet is collected by the water collecting area. The water collecting area can surround the base trough-shaped.

The increased in relation to the water collecting area arrangement of the drinking faucet offers the advantage that the drinker can approach the emerging from the drinking faucet drinking water easier, which ultimately means that he has to bend down less than conventional drinking fountains. In addition, according to the invention, the distance that the drinking water jet travels before impinging on the water collecting area or the base can be lengthened, which in turn facilitates the drinker's access to the drinking water. The at least partially running around the base around water collection area prevents distracted from the base of drinking water can run on the ground and so contaminated the environment of the drinking fountain. In addition, such a water collection area does not have the typical wash-basin characteristics and thus does not entice to dispose of any wastewater therein.

According to a preferred embodiment of the drinking fountain according to the invention, the drinking faucet is arranged at the highest point of the base in order to facilitate the drinker so access to the drinking water jet in a special way.

In a further preferred embodiment of the drinking fountain according to the invention, the drinking water stream exits from the drinking faucet upwards. In addition to the visually appealing fountain characteristics that the drinking fountain receives, the drinker is thus provided with a freestanding drinking fountain that allows access to the water jet from each side of the drinking fountain.

In a further embodiment, the vertical projection of the base over the edge of the water collecting area is set to at least 5 cm, but preferably at least 10 cm to the advantages of better access of the drinker to the drinking water jet and the longer route, the drinking water jet in the air to reinforce.

Further preferred embodiments provide that the base of the drinking water well tapers with increasing distance from the water collecting region, wherein a plurality of possible formations, in particular a hemispherical shape, a pyramid shape and a conical shape of the base are to be emphasized. A tapered base ensures a quick drainage of splashing water and good accessibility of arranged in the upper region of the base drinking faucet.

A further preferred embodiment of the drinking fountain according to the invention has a base with at least one inclined or convexly curved surface to the vertical. Such surfaces are realized in particular by the aforementioned hemisphere, pyramid and a conical shapes of the base. These inclined or convex curved surfaces ensure that the stream of drinking water hits the respective surface obliquely or even tangentially, so that splashes of water can be largely avoided. This leads on the one hand to increasing the acceptance of the drinking fountain and on the other hand to reduce the likelihood of contamination of the drinking fountain environment by splashing.

In a further preferred embodiment, the water collecting area of the drinking fountain according to the invention is channel-shaped, wherein such a water collecting channel can surround the base in particular annular. It is possible to let the water collecting channel seamlessly pass into the base. These measures contribute with appropriate dimensioning to a balanced overall visual impression of the drinking fountain and does not mislead to misuse the drinking fountain for the disposal of wastewater.

Hereinafter, the drinking fountain according to the invention will be described purely by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show it:

1 a side view of a drinking fountain according to the invention in a stand-mounted;

2 a perspective view of the drinking fountain of 1 ; and

3 a perspective view of a drinking fountain according to the invention in wall mounting.

1 shows a side view of a drinking fountain 10 with a pedestal 50 and a bottom plate 52 attached to the ground. The drinking fountain 10 includes a drinking faucet 20 , a hemispherical pedestal 30 and a water catchment area 40 ,

In the 2 shown perspective view of the drinking fountain of 1 clarifies that the water catchment area 40 a trough-shaped shape and the hemispherical base 30 surrounding horizontally, with the water surface 42 In the water catchment area can produce a certain fountain optics. By pressing an operating button 22 the drinking faucet 20 gives the drinking faucet 20 a stream of drinking water 26 through a water outlet 24 upwards. The water jet 26 follows an arcuate path and hits the hemispherical pedestal 30 , which at its top end the drinking faucet 20 wearing. Because the railway, which is the drinking water stream 26 describes, essentially tangential to the pedestal 30 impinges, is the probability of spattering by the drinking water jet 26 minimized. From the pedestal 30 the water runs into the channel-shaped water collecting area 40 , In the embodiment shown, the water collecting area is used 40 also to attach the drinking fountain to the base 50 , which by means of the attached bottom plate 52 on the ground, z. B. by screws, is attached.

3 shows in a perspective view of a drinking fountain 10 in wall mounting. The drinking fountain 10 whose pedestal 30 and water catchment area 40 analogous to the 1 and 2 are formed is by means of a wall mounting bracket 60 attached to a wall.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10

drinking fountain

20

drinking faucet

22

Operating knob of the drinking faucet

24

Water outlet of the drinking faucet

26

waterjet

30

base

40

Water collection area

42

water surface

50

stand

52

baseplate

60

Wall mount bracket

Claims (10)

Drinking fountain ( 10 ) with a water collecting area ( 40 ) and one with the water catchment area ( 40 ) coupled drinking faucet ( 20 ), Characterized in that the water collection area ( 40 ) a socket ( 30 ) which is located above the upper edge of the water collecting area (FIG. 40 protruding), wherein the drinking faucet ( 20 ) in the upper end region of the base ( 30 ) is arranged. Drinking fountain ( 10 ) according to claim 1, characterized in that the drinking faucet ( 20 ) at the highest point of the base ( 30 ) is arranged. Drinking fountain ( 10 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drinking faucet ( 20 ) for generating an upward emerging water jet ( 26 ) is trained. Drinking fountain ( 10 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the base ( 30 ) at least 5 cm, in particular at least 10 cm above the upper edge of the water collecting area ( 40 protruding). Drinking fountain ( 10 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the base ( 30 ) at least in its upper end region with increasing distance from the water collecting region (FIG. 40 ) rejuvenated. Drinking fountain ( 10 ) according to claim 5, characterized in that the base ( 30 ) has the shape of a hemisphere, a pyramid or a cone. Drinking fountain ( 10 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the base ( 30 ) has at least one inclined to the vertical or convex curved surface and the drinking faucet ( 20 ) is designed such that its water jet ( 26 ) on the at least one inclined to the vertical or convex curved surface of the base ( 30 ). Drinking fountain ( 10 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the water collecting area ( 40 ) the base ( 30 ) circumscribes horizontally, in particular circularly around the base ( 30 ). Drinking fountain ( 10 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a base ( 50 ). Drinking fountain ( 10 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a wall mounting bracket ( 60 ).

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