DE202017106899U1 - Shower rod with integrated light source - Google Patents

Abstract

Shower stall bar with integrated light source, whereby the shower stall bar can be mounted as a curtain holder and / or as a holding bar.

Description

TECHNICAL PART

The present invention relates to shower stall rods according to the preamble of the independent claims.

The technical area can be roughly outlined with the use of lighting in the sanitary area. 'Sanitary' includes both private bath and toilet rooms as well as larger shower, sauna and swimming pool installations.

The illumination of basins, baths and rooms has long been subject of research and development. So revealed the US 4, 535, 489 A as early as 1985 basic measures and devices with which a bathtub can be illuminated. The US 4,875,958 A develops these consistently using transparent plastic materials and glasses on. The WO 98/10219 A discloses technically established measures and available features for LED light strips.

Generic objects provide for integration of lighting into an established subject of the sanitary field. So that beats EP 0 446 365 A to integrate an LED lighting in a shower head. Equally beats the US 5 276 595 A to equip a toilet lid with an LED lighting device. Meaningful principles, measures and features for power supply, regulation, control and sensor control are disclosed in this document. The DE 44 00 071 A proposes to equip pneumatic lines additionally with bulbs.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

Similar innovations of recent date are in the EP 1 038 434 A2 , of the EP 1 075 815 A2 , of the DE 10 2004 004 217 B4 and the EP 1 910 738 B1 disclosed.

A disadvantage of the generic, established objects and the newer innovations that they do not provide easy retrofitting an existing shower room or sanitary room; the established devices and facilities always provide for specific, local integration or even complete replacement of entire sanitary facilities.

The object of the present invention was therefore to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a module which, despite integrated lighting, is able to provide simple retrofitting of a sanitary area.

The solution of this object is achieved according to the features of the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments will become apparent from the dependent claims and the following description.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to the invention, a shower stall bar with integrated light source is proposed, wherein the shower stall bar can be mounted as a curtain holder and / or as a holding bar.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AND ADVANTAGEOUS CHARACTERISTICS

Shower rods have been known for some time. This is what the DE 7207925 U , the DE 30 48 047 A1 or even the DE 83 25 385 U typical construction methods. The presently proposed shower stall rod thus includes established designs and forms of training such as curtain rods, handle bars and rods for mounting and / or alignment of shower heads; the corresponding uses may be provided individually or in combination in the components of the rod. Mounting options depending on the corresponding tensile load are also established and are for example in the DE 23 31 467 A1 illustrated.

Despite many years of using such shower rods as an addition or retrofit kit, the market lacks a sensible combination of such a shower stall bar with an integrated light source. Thus, the present developed object covers a long-standing and until now unrecognized needs: The equipped with integrated bulbs shower stall bar allows both an easy retrofitting of a sanitary area and / or shower room as well as meaningful and no additional space consuming illumination in the sanitary area.

The light-emitting means advantageously comprises LEDs as lighting means, particularly preferably identical, inexpensive LEDs with a set primary color such as, for example, warm white, cold white, evening red, forest green or morning blue.

It is particularly advantageous for multicolor LEDs to be set and / or regulated for specific colors, matching the individual, user-side spatial configuration, and therefore for color shades. Advantageously, the shower stall bar is designed for this purpose such that the illuminant has at least one LED light which can be adjusted to different light colors. Bulb assembly includes. User-selectable basic tones make it particularly preferred to additionally illuminate certain areas of the room and / or to set decorative highlights.

Preferably, the shower stall bar comprises at least one power source, which is advantageously also integrated. The at least one power source is selected from the group consisting of photovoltaic cell, accumulator, condenser, hydrodynamic generator, battery, thermocouple, dynamo, manually operable dynamo, non-contact exciter coil with an application field generator and separate power source. Particularly advantageously, a combination of power storage, power generator and power source is provided, whereby an emergency lighting is always guaranteed in case of power failure via the power storage.

Preferably, the shower stall bar comprises a one-piece, transparent, tubular housing. Such a housing allows light to escape from an inside arranged light bulbs almost undamped to the outside and allows a complete, independent illumination of a shower cubicle or a sanitary area.

Preferably, the housing of the shower stall rod made of waterproof, heat-resistant plastic with outside, scratch-resistant and water-repellent seal. A scratch-resistant seal with a hydrophobic outer surface increases the life of the product and, in the long run, provides the hydrophobic finish with a readily available light emission that is not affected by limescale or water marks.

Preferably, in the housing of the shower stall bar, a strip extending substantially over the entire length of the transparent housing is arranged with LED illuminants distributed uniformly thereon. This allows a uniform and full-surface radiation of light and is able to completely replace an established light source such as a warm light neon tube. The power-saving LEDs make this possible with significantly lower power consumption and can provide a constant and reliable lighting function even over relatively small power storage for the usual usage time in the sanitary area.

The integrated illuminants are preferably controllable and / or regulatable, particularly preferably switchable between at least two emission regions, the emission regions comprising emission regions from the group consisting of warm light, cold light, soils indicating UV blue light, cold white, sunset red, forest green, morning blue.

Preferably, the shower stall bar has an assembly for wireless control, preferably wireless control and regulation on. In a particularly advantageous embodiment allows an associated and encrypted remote control, alternatively by mobile phone and application program aufschaltbare remote control, the programming and / or rules of the bulbs. Particularly preferably, the control and / or regulation takes place with the involvement of a motion sensor, as is already established in the technical field for deviating bath applications.

Preferably, scattering structures and / or translucently adjusted areas are arranged on the shower stall bar, at least on the housing terminating on the outside, which are designed to diffuse the light of the integrated light source over a broad area. Diffuse surface coupling surfaces produce a uniform and almost shadow-free lighting. In addition, a glare effect, which can often occur especially with bright to very bright dot LEDs, so surely avoided.

The integrated lamps are preferably arranged splash-proof in at least one section of the shower stall bar. An arrangement in sections advantageously allows the illumination of certain areas, such as the foot area when using the shower stall bar as a vertical handle in a shower cubicle.

Further advantages emerge from the exemplary embodiments. It is understood that the above-described, preferred features, advantages and subsequent embodiments are not restrictive. Advantageous or preferred, additional features and additional feature combinations, as explained in the description and explained in the technical field by quotation and also established, can be realized in the context of the independent claims in the claimed subject both singly and deviant combined, without the range would leave the invention.

DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION BY HAND OF EXAMPLES

In an advantageous embodiment, a shower stall bar has integrated lighting means. The shower stall bar is mountable as a curtain holder and / or as a support bar in a conventional manner known from the field of shower cubicles, and can be used as a handle and / or as a horizontal curtain holder. The integrated bulbs combine this meaningfully with a lighting function. The light source comprises at least one adjustable to different light colors LED lamp assembly. At least one power source supplies the LED illuminant assembly with electricity via a control and / or regulating module. The power source is selected from the group consisting of photovoltaic cell, accumulator, condenser, hydrodynamic generator, battery, thermocouple, dynamo, manually operable dynamo, contactless exciter coil with applicable field generator and separate power source. In a preferred variant, such a light source for the sanitary area comprises power storage devices, particularly preferably modular accumulators, in combination with a device for inductive charging, wherein the power storage devices are exchangeable and / or removable; Particularly advantageously, such an energy system can be used in a group of corresponding devices and / or in a home automation system with smart home applications and IOT applications. Preferably, the power source is a combination of power source and memory, the memory energized emergency or failure of the power source emergency lighting, which on the one hand indicates the emergency power supply but on the other hand ensures emergency lighting, which the respective user sufficient illumination of the environment guaranteed. The shower stall bar comprises a one-piece, transparent, tubular housing, which consists of transparent plastic. The waterproof, heat-resistant plastic is equipped on the outside with a scratch-resistant and water-repellent siloxane-based seal. In the housing a substantially over the entire length of the rod extending strip is arranged with evenly distributed LED bulbs. Preferably, the strip consists of a multi-sided metal profile, which can be rotated by magnets and / or levers in the housing against gentle resistance and aligned with areas to be illuminated. The integrated lighting means are additionally controllable and / or controllable and can be switched particularly preferably between at least three emission areas, including warm light, cold light and soiling indicating UV blue light. Advantageously, the shower stall bar includes a wireless controller assembly, preferably wireless controller and controller in a smart home network. In addition, at least in the directly visible sections, the housing which terminates on the outside may have optical lattice structures and / or translucently set regions which are arranged to diffuse the light of the integrated luminous means over a wide area.

In an advantageous embodiment, the shower stall bar comprises a plastic housing, which consists of a transparent, stable and externally water-repellent plastic. A metallic, longitudinally extended tube profile with at least one groove is used stabilizing as endoskeleton in the housing. In the at least one groove LED bulbs are arranged at a uniform distance. The LED bulbs are powered by an integrated power source, preferably replaceable batteries. The switching of the energization preferably takes place via an optical proximity sensor, preferably a proximity sensor with a coupled timer, which energizes the LEDs from the signal for the duration of a shower process, for example for 10, 15 or 30 minutes. Particularly preferably, the remote control in this case allows the control and / or regulation of RGB-capable LED modules. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the shower stall bar can serve as a time indicator, which switches slowly and steadily from green to red, at least in one section, so as to indicate an ecological and / or pre-paid service life.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The problem with the established sanitary modules with integrated lighting that they do not allow easy retrofitting a sanitary area with a lighting function.

Task was to overcome this disadvantage and to propose a device that meets the long-term needs.

The solution is done with a shower stall bar, which has integrated lighting.

Especially in the field of private household sanitary facilities such a device allows a meaningful and extremely space-saving combination with the above-described bulb function. Advantageously supplemented with a power source, an emergency power buffer and a control assembly, the presently disclosed device in this use also increases user-related safety and comfort.

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

This list of the documents listed by the applicant has been generated automatically and is included solely for the better information of the reader. The list is not part of the German patent or utility model application. The DPMA assumes no liability for any errors or omissions.

Cited patent literature

• US 4535489A [0003]
• US 4875958 A [0003]
• WO 98/10219 A [0003]
• EP 0446365 A [0004]
• US 5276595 A [0004]
• DE 4400071 A [0004]
• EP 1038434 A2 [0005]
• EP 1075815 A2 [0005]
• DE 102004004217 B4 [0005]
• EP 1910738 B1 [0005]
• DE 7207925 U [0010]
• DE 3048047 A1 [0010]
• DE 8325385 U [0010]
• DE 2331467 A1 [0010]

Claims (10)

Shower stall bar with integrated light source, whereby the shower stall bar can be mounted as a curtain holder and / or as a holding bar. Shower stall bar according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the lighting means comprises at least one adjustable to different light colors LED lighting device assembly. Shower stall rod according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shower stall rod comprises at least one power source selected from the group consisting of photovoltaic cell, accumulator, condenser, hydrodynamic generator, battery, thermocouple, dynamo, manually operable dynamo, contactless exciter coil with an application field generator and separate power source. Shower stall bar according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shower stall bar comprises a one-piece, transparent, tubular housing. Shower stall rod according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the housing consists of waterproof, heat-resistant plastic with outside, scratch-resistant and water-repellent seal. Shower stall bar according to one of the two preceding claims, characterized in that in the housing a substantially over the entire length of the housing extending strip is arranged with uniformly distributed LED bulbs. Shower stall bar according to one of the three preceding claims, characterized in that the integrated lighting means are controllable and / or controllable, preferably between at least two emission areas are switchable, the emission areas comprising emission areas from the group consisting of warm light, cold light, pollution indicating UV Blue light, cold white, sunset, forest green, morning blue. Shower rod according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shower cubicle has a rod assembly for wireless control, preferably wireless control and regulation. Shower stall rod according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one externally terminating housing has optical scattering structures and / or translucently set areas, which are arranged diffusely decoupling the light of the integrated light emitting means. Shower stall rod according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the integrated lighting means are arranged splash-proof in at least a portion of the shower stall bar.