EP0091032B1 - Douche de massage - Google Patents

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EP0091032B1
EP0091032B1 EP83102970A EP83102970A EP0091032B1 EP 0091032 B1 EP0091032 B1 EP 0091032B1 EP 83102970 A EP83102970 A EP 83102970A EP 83102970 A EP83102970 A EP 83102970A EP 0091032 B1 EP0091032 B1 EP 0091032B1
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Heinz Georg Baus
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/06—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath
    • E03C1/063—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath with reciprocating mechanisms

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  • the invention relates to a massage shower with a guide rail, along which a slide for a massage head can be moved back and forth, with a reversing control device and with a piston-cylinder arrangement which can be connected to a water pipe and with which the slide is connected .
  • a massage shower of the type mentioned is described in US-A-3 768 462.
  • the known massage shower has two vertically aligned and spaced-apart cylinders, a piston being arranged in one cylinder and being connected to the slide for the massage head via a cable or the like.
  • the cylinder has a chamber on both sides of the piston, which are optionally acted upon by the water pressure.
  • a reversing control device with a control slide is also provided, via which the connection of the water line to one or the other chamber of the cylinder is optionally carried out.
  • the guidance of the slide is freely accessible, so that limescale deposits or other dirt easily lead to malfunctions.
  • the cable, the switch rod for actuating the control slide and water hoses are freely accessible and visible, which not only adversely affects the overall aesthetic impression, but also the functional safety is endangered by dirt, pinching and the like.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the massage shower with a low cost and manufacturing costs in such a way that a high level of functional reliability is achieved with a simple construction and in particular the risk of contamination or damage to the guide rail is largely avoided .
  • the massage shower should have a high level of stability and a shallow depth, and a long service life should also be achieved.
  • the massage shower should also meet the safety requirements and be easy to service. After all, the massage shower should be reliable and able to cope with operational requirements and operating conditions.
  • a profile rail is provided with an interior in which the piston-cylinder arrangement is arranged, that the interior is closed by a front wall and that behind the front wall, the guide rail with a longitudinally extending opening for a guide element the carriage is arranged.
  • the massage shower according to the invention has a simple, constructive structure and ensures high functional reliability and a long service life.
  • the piston-cylinder arrangement is largely protected in the interior of the profile rail from external influences, with a reliable closure of the interior being achieved by means of the front wall.
  • the cylinder can consequently be made with a small wall thickness and, if appropriate, also from plastic, whereby the overall weight and also the construction volume are not insignificantly reduced. Since the guide rail is also arranged behind the front wall, the risk of contamination and malfunctions for the movement of the slide is largely excluded.
  • the profile rail has a transverse wall, the piston-cylinder arrangement being arranged between the transverse wall and the front wall.
  • This transverse wall expediently has an approximately semi-cylindrical recess for receiving the cylinder.
  • the front wall can be detached from the profile rail in an essential embodiment.
  • the front wall can be formed in one piece with the profile rail and / or the guide rail. Due to the detachability of the front wall proposed according to the invention, the components mentioned are accessible in a particularly simple manner, so that on the one hand the manufacture and assembly of the massage shower is not insignificantly facilitated and on the other hand possible maintenance work can also be carried out with little effort.
  • the massage shower can remain fully installed and only the front wall has to be removed so that the various components are freely accessible.
  • the front wall can be designed as a profile rail which is suitably detachably connected to the profile rail and / or the guide rail mentioned.
  • the front wall has side regions rounded to the rear, which at least partially cover the front corners of the profile and / or guide rail reach around.
  • the front wall is also equipped with locking elements or the like, which are particularly effective as a snap connection and allow easy assembly or removal of the front wall without special tools.
  • a guide rail is provided in the area of the front corners of the profile rail, which has a substantially cylindrical outer and / or inner contour.
  • Profile rail and guide rails are formed in one piece, the approximately cylindrical outer surfaces of the guide rails also serving to support and fasten the front wall at the same time.
  • the interior with the piston-cylinder arrangement and other components is thus laterally delimited by the guide rails and there is an overall very compact, yet stable structure.
  • the deflection rollers for the cable pull by means of which the slide is connected to the piston, are fastened to the transverse wall of the profile rail. It can be seen that this creates a particularly stable and functional arrangement, especially since the tongue is easily accessible for re-tensioning, adjustment or revision when the front wall is removed.
  • the slide has an intermediate part, which surrounds the rear wall of the profile rail on the outside, and also two guide elements arranged in the two guide rails.
  • the carriage is therefore essentially behind the front wall.
  • the intermediate part is located between the rear wall and a room wall to which the profile rail is attached.
  • the massage heads are expediently arranged on the side of the front wall or the profile rail and therefore do not protrude forward over the front wall. Even in confined spaces, the massage shower designed in this way can be used without difficulty, since overall only a comparatively small installation depth is required.
  • the profile rail and the guide rail are formed in one piece. The manufacture is thus considerably simplified and a high degree of stability is also achieved.
  • the profile rail and guide rail or guide rails have an essentially trapezoidal cross section, the side walls being arranged at an obtuse angle to the rear wall of the profile rail.
  • the rear wall has a smaller width than the transverse wall and the front wall.
  • the openings for the guide elements of the slide expediently lie in the region of the side surfaces mentioned or in an extension thereof.
  • the openings mentioned are covered and point to the rear, in particular to a wall of the room, so that the risk of contamination of the guide rails is very low.
  • the piston-cylinder arrangement is arranged behind the front wall, which is closed towards the front, in particular to form a shower or bathtub.
  • the piston-cylinder arrangement, the guide rail and a guide element for the slide are arranged behind the front wall and / or in the interior of the profile rail. This results in a particularly compact and functional design with a low overall weight.
  • the cylindrical outer surface of the cylinder can also be designed as a guide rail, which is at least partially encompassed by the guide element of the slide.
  • the cylinder has a double function, whereby further space and weight savings can be achieved.
  • the front wall has an opening through which the shaft of an adjustment valve for a valve is guided, which is connected upstream of the piston-cylinder arrangement.
  • the massage shower is actuated by means of the aforementioned setting tap, the setting tap possibly being easily pulled forward so that the front wall can also be detached from the profile rail.
  • the water line is connected directly to the massage head via a control valve, a non-return valve or the like being provided in a collecting line which is connected to the piston-cylinder arrangement.
  • a control valve only specifies the amount of water emerging from the massage head, without influencing the adjustment speed.
  • the check valve prevents undesirable effects. Water can also emerge from the massage head when it is at a standstill, the pressure of the water supply network being practically undiminished and possibly also a turbine for emitting a pulsating water jet can be contained in the massage head.
  • the check valve or the like it is ensured that even when the valve is shut off or the massage head is at a standstill, there is no effect on the piston-cylinder arrangement.
  • At least one pressure relief valve is assigned to the piston-cylinder arrangement.
  • the pressure relief valve is preferably arranged in the piston, as a result of which a particularly inexpensive and space-saving arrangement with high functional reliability is achieved.
  • the pressure is reduced from one chamber to the other, with pressure equalization taking place in both directions within the scope of the invention.
  • the leadthroughs for the cable pull in the base and cover of the cylinder are of such a length that a low leakage rate is achieved with sufficient pressure reduction.
  • This length is advantageously at least twenty times, preferably fifty times, greater than the diameter of the cable.
  • a narrow annular gap is present between the cable pull and the wall surface of the bushing.
  • the diameter of the passage mentioned is expediently larger than the diameter of the cable pull in the range from 3/100 to 7/100 mm, preferably in the range from 4/100 mm to 6/100 mm and preferably about 5/100 mm. Pressure reduction takes place in such an annular gap and the cable pull is practically always in the center of the bushing, so that contact between the cable pull and the wall surface is practically avoided.
  • the massage head is magnetically coupled to the piston of the piston-cylinder arrangement. Due to the magnetic coupling, there is no need for the implementation, as is required, for example, with a cable pull. In the area of the outer surface of the piston and / or a guide element which at least partially surrounds the cylinder, an at least partially annular permanent magnet is provided for this. If only a single permanent magnet is provided, a corresponding yoke ring or the like is provided on the other assigned part. With permanent magnets of this type, the required magnetic forces can be specified without difficulty and the manufacture and assembly also become particularly simple. Finally, the magnetic forces can be specified in such a way that the massage head is separated from the piston even when handled improperly or when the load is too high, and therefore no damage due to overload is to be expected.
  • a cable connected to the piston is guided through deflecting rollers through the one guide rail and thus detachably coupled to the guide element of the slide, the coupling elements present between the guide element and cable being automatically released when an adjustable force is exceeded.
  • the guide element is expediently designed as a hollow body in which a coupling element which is fixedly connected to the cable is arranged. A further coupling element of the guide element acts on this coupling element, in particular under the pretensioning force of a spring. In the event of an overload, the slide is automatically released from the cable and a high level of functional reliability is achieved with a simple construction.
  • the reversing control device has a control slide which can be actuated by the slide by means of a switching rod.
  • the shift rod is guided by the other guide element of the carriage, springs being arranged in the guide element designed as a hollow body such that an immediate switchover takes place when a preselectable end position is reached.
  • Energy is stored by means of the springs when the slide reaches the end position.
  • the spring is pretensioned until the reversing control device can be switched over immediately after overcoming the holding or frictional forces. This eliminates inadmissible dead centers. It is ensured that the carriage is always moved in one direction or the other without it stopping in any intermediate position when switching.
  • a fixed partition is provided in the interior of the guide element, on which a spring rests with its inner end on both sides. Furthermore, a body which is displaceable with respect to the shift rod and the guide element is arranged at the outer end of the springs.
  • the shift rod is passed through the guide element and its intermediate wall and also through the springs and said bodies. Normally, the guide element can be moved freely with respect to the shift rod.
  • Well-known adjustment bodies are arranged on the shift rod, which serve to limit the movement. If one of the displaceable bodies comes into contact with such an adjusting body, the associated spring is initially pretensioned without the switching rod being moved. Only when a holding force is exceeded is there a sudden and immediate actuation of the shift rod in such a way that the control slide is immediately switched to the desired position. Reliable switching is ensured with minimal effort.
  • the spool a toothed segment rotatably connected, which is in engagement with a rack of the shift rod.
  • the direct connection between the switching rod and the control slide is achieved with little effort, with the control slide also advantageously being assigned a spring element which optionally holds the control slide in one of the two end positions and / or brings it into it.
  • a defined two-point behavior is predefined in a simple manner, and in combination with the energy store explained above, an immediate and inevitable switchover is ensured under all operating conditions and undesired intermediate positions are avoided.
  • a cylinder 2 receives a cylinder 2, in which a piston 4 is movably arranged.
  • two sealing rings 6 and 8 are provided in the outer surface of the piston 4.
  • the cylinder 2 is closed at the bottom with a bottom 10 and at the top with a cover 12, so that two separate and closed chambers 14, 16 are present.
  • Two lines 18, 20, which are connected to a reversing control device 22, are passed through the base 10 and the cover 12.
  • This device 22 contains a control slide 24, and it is connected via a valve 26 to a water line 28. If the control slide 24 is in the position shown, the water flows via the line 20 into the upper chamber 16, as a result of which the piston 4 is moved downward. The water present there flows out of the chamber 14 via the line 18 and reaches a collecting line 30 via the control device 22. It can be seen that, depending on the position of the valve 26, the adjustment speed of the piston 4 can also be predetermined.
  • a slide 38 or a massage head 40 arranged thereon is connected to the piston 4 via a cable 32 which is guided over deflection rollers 34, 36.
  • the carriage 38 is assigned an upper stop 42 and a lower stop 44, by means of which a shift rod 46 can be actuated. If, for example, due to the downward movement of the piston 4 via the cable 32, the slide 38 reaches up to the stop 42, the latter is moved upward, so that the lower lever 48 will then assume the position shown in broken lines. As a result, the control slide 24 is also moved into the dashed position. Subsequently, the water will then flow according to the dashed arrow 50 from the reversing control device 22 via the line 18 into the lower chamber 14, whereby the piston 4 will be moved up again. In this case, the water in the chamber 16 is then pressed out via the line 20 and into the collecting line 30.
  • Water is supplied to the massage head 40 via a flexible water hose 52 and a control valve 54.
  • the control valve is also connected to the water line 28.
  • a mixing valve can also be installed upstream to mix cold and warm water in the desired manner. For this reason, no direct connection of the inputs of the valve 26 and the control valve 54 is shown here in the drawing. It is not necessary to emphasize that, depending on the setting of the control valve 54, the amount of water emerging from the massage head 40 can be adjusted.
  • the manifold 30 is also routed to the water hose 52 downstream of the control valve 54. Thus, the water originating from the piston-cylinder arrangement 2, 4 and required for the adjustment of the massage head 40 also reaches the massage head 40.
  • a check valve 56 is provided in the manifold 30. In the event that the valve 26 is shut off and thus the massage head 40 is to remain in a predetermined position, impermissible movements due to the pressure otherwise acting on the piston-cylinder arrangement 2, 4 via the manifold 30 are prevented.
  • preheated service water B is supplied to the massage head 40 via the control valve 54.
  • the valve 26 of the control device 22 and the piston cylinder 4, 2 only cold control water S is supplied. Consequently, above all, the piston-cylinder arrangement needs to be designed for comparatively small changes in temperature, so that the cylinder 2 can easily be made from aluminum or plastic, without the risk of difficulties due to changes in length or diameter.
  • the piston-cylinder arrangement 4, 2 can also be designed for correspondingly small amounts of the control water S, thereby achieving not inconsiderable costs and space savings.
  • Fastening elements 110, 112 connected to the piston 2 are provided at the upper and lower ends. These fastening elements are used for fastening to the room wall 58. It should be noted that the fastening elements can also be connected directly to the profile rail 60 and thus ensure reliable support of the entire massage shower. In the context of this invention, these fastening parts 110 and 112 are designed as head or base parts, which if necessary completely close off the profile rail and also the guide rail at the top and bottom.
  • the dashed line 58 is intended to indicate a room wall or the like to which the massage device is attached.
  • the reversing control device, shift rod 46, etc. are shown in the drawing on the left of this dashed line 58, but are actually located on the right of this dashed line 58, in front of or behind the drawing plane.
  • a profile rail 60 can be seen, with which the piston-cylinder arrangement 2, 4, the deflection rollers 34, 36 and the other components are connected in a suitable manner.
  • the profile rail only indicated here forms the housing of the massage shower according to the invention, so to speak, and it is connected at its upper and lower ends to the room wall indicated by the dashed line 58.
  • Fig. 2 shows an enlarged section through the piston 4, with which the cable 32 is connected.
  • the two sealing rings 6, 8 are located in the outer surface of the piston 4.
  • the piston 4 contains a longitudinal bore 62 with a pressure relief valve 64.
  • the pressure relief valve 64 which is shown here only in principle, contains a closure body 66 designed as a ball, which is provided by a Spring 68 is pressed against the valve seat 70 is pressed. If the pressure in the chamber above the piston 4 exceeds a value specified by the pressure relief valve 64, the pressure relief valve 64 opens.
  • a passage 74 formed as a bore in the bottom 10 of the cylinder 2 is shown enlarged.
  • the cable 32 has a diameter d1
  • the bushing 74 has a diameter d2.
  • the diameter d2 of the bushing 74 is larger in the range from 3/100 to 7/100 than the diameter d1 of the cable pull.
  • the length 1 of the leadthrough 74 is at least 10 times larger and preferably about 20 times larger than the diameter d1 of the cable pull 32. Due to the dimensioning essential to the invention, a comparatively low leakage rate is ensured, the pressure reduction taking place over the length 1. It is particularly important here that the cable 32 practically does not slide on the wall surface of the bushing 74, but is guided in the narrow annular gap 76 approximately in the center of the bushing 74 due to the pressure cushion.
  • a massage head 40 is arranged on each side of the profile rail 60.
  • the profile rail has a closed front surface 78 and is closed at the top by means of an end cap 80.
  • the adjusting taps 82, 84 are expediently at a suitable distance above the lower end of the profile rail, not shown here, so that an adult person can effortlessly operate them.
  • Behind the front surface 78 or inside the profile rail 60 there is the water hose 52, via which the massage heads 40 are supplied with water.
  • a connection 86 via which the connection to the water pipe, not shown here, is established.
  • the water hose 52 hangs in the interior of the profile rail 60 in such a way that a type of loop always forms at the bottom.
  • suitable guiding in channels ensures that kinking of the water hose 52 is avoided.
  • the profile rail 60 has the closed front surface 78 or a front wall, to which the side walls 88, 90 connect laterally.
  • the dashed line 58 in turn indicates the room wall to which the profile rail 60 is fastened in a suitable manner at its upper and lower ends. It is particularly important that the carriage 38 is arranged, so to speak, behind the profile rail 60 or between the profile rail 60 and the wall 58.
  • the slide 38 engages with a guide element 92 in the interior 94 of the profile rail 60, specifically through a rear opening 108 extending in the longitudinal direction thereof.
  • the guide element 92 partially encompasses the cylinder 2, which is only indicated schematically here, and which thus represents the guide rail for the slide 38 or the massage heads 40.
  • the interior 94 there are also two channels 96 and 98 which are arranged opposite one another on the side walls 88 and 90.
  • the above-mentioned channels 96, 98 serve to guide and receive the water hose 52, the end of the water hose 52 shown here on the right being connected to the slide 38 in order to guide water into the slide 38 or to the massage heads 40.
  • the other end of the water hose 52 is indicated in the drawing on the left, which is led to the water connection already mentioned above.
  • the upper stop 42 and the deflection roller 36 for the cable can also be seen.
  • the massage shower designed in this way has an extremely simple and compact structure, the essential components being arranged in the free interior of the profile rail 60. Above all, the arrangement of the guide rail or the guide element and also the water hose in the interior achieves a high degree of functional reliability, since soiling or damage to the same is practically impossible. In addition to the high level of functionality, a particularly elegant and easy-to-clean structure of the massage shower is achieved due to the profile rail, which is closed towards the front, and the closed front surface.
  • the piston 4 has in the region of its outer surface an annular permanent magnet 100 which is magnetized in the longitudinal direction.
  • a further permanent magnet 102 is provided on the carriage 38, but is magnetized in the opposite direction.
  • the direction of magnetization is indicated by arrows 104 and 106.
  • the bushings through the bottom or the cover of the cylinder explained above are thus eliminated, so that the difficulties and conditions to be observed in this regard do not occur here.
  • the pressure relief valves not shown here are present in the piston 4.
  • FIG. 7 shows an essential embodiment of the massage shower according to the invention.
  • the profile rail 60 has an essentially trapezoidal cross section, the rear wall 114 being the shortest.
  • a transverse wall 116, on which the cylinder 2 is arranged, is provided in the interior of the profile rail.
  • the cylinder 2 can be connected directly to the transverse wall 116 or else to the fastening elements mentioned above.
  • In the two front corner areas there are two hollow cylindrical guide rails 118, 120, in which the guide elements 92, 93 are arranged so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the profile rail, that is to say perpendicular to the plane of the drawing.
  • the slide 38 here has a central part 122, which is located between the rear wall 114 and the room wall 58.
  • the openings 124, 126 of the guide rails face rearward to the aforementioned room wall 58, so that the risk of contamination is comparatively low.
  • the side walls 88, 90 are arranged at an obtuse angle 128 to the rear wall 114.
  • the holding bodies 130, 132 are pivotable about axes of rotation 134, 136, so that the massage heads which can be plugged onto bolts 138, 140 can be pivoted into the respectively desired position.
  • the front wall 78 is designed here as an essentially flat plate or profile rail and it has side regions 142, 144 which are rounded to the rear. With these side areas, the front wall rests on the cylindrical outer surfaces of the guide rails and engages with latching elements 146, 148 on the edges. There is therefore a simple snap connection between the front wall and guide rails or profile rail. This snap connection is very easy to release and the front wall 78 can be removed very easily.
  • the valve 26 is shown schematically here, which is also attached to the transverse wall 116.
  • the connection to the outer setting tap 152 is established via a shaft 150, the front wall 78 having a corresponding opening for the shaft 150.
  • the setting tap can be easily removed from the shaft or from the valve, so that the front wall 78 can then also be moved forward.
  • With the transverse wall 116 the shaft 154 of the upper deflection roller 36 is also connected.
  • the cable pull 32 is guided over the deflection rollers, which is connected on the one hand to the cylinder 2 or its piston, and on the other hand is also guided into the guide rail 120 and is connected there to the guide element 93 of the slide.
  • the switching rod 46 and the upper stop 42 can be seen in the other guide rail 118 within the guide element 92.
  • the lines 18, 20 and also the feed line 28 are indicated schematically as water hoses.
  • Figure 8 shows a section of the guide element 93, which is designed here as a cylindrical hollow body.
  • the cable 32 with which a coupling element 156 is firmly connected, is located within the guide element.
  • the guide element 93 also has a coupling element 158 which has a cam 160.
  • This cam engages in an annular groove 162 of the coupling element 156, a suitable preload being specified by means of a spring 164.
  • This preload can be varied by means of a screw 166. If, for example, a predetermined force is exceeded by holding the slide, the cam 160 disengages and the guide element 93 with the slide is decoupled from the cable tongue 32.
  • Coupling element 156 which is fixedly connected to cable 32, has conical outer surfaces 168, which make coupling considerably easier.
  • the other guide element 92 can be seen, which is also designed as a hollow body.
  • the shift rod 46 is guided through the guide element 92, an intermediate wall 170 of the guide element 92 also being recognizable here.
  • two springs 172, 174 are provided in the interior of the guide element 92, on the outer ends of which cylindrical bodies 176, 178 rest. These bodies 176, 178 are arranged displaceably both with respect to the shift rod 46 and with respect to the guide element 92. If, for example, when the carriage moves upward, the body 176 reaches the stop 42 fastened on the switching rod 46, the body 176 is pressed into the interior of the guide element 92. In this case, the spring 172 is preloaded until frictional forces, holding forces or otherwise are overcome. Then there is an immediate and complete switchover or movement of the shift rod 46.
  • FIG. 10 shows an embodiment of the control device 22, in which the control slide 24 is designed as a rotary piston.
  • the shift rod 46 is articulated on the rotary piston 24 via a flexible rubber-metal element 180.
  • the control device 22 has a housing 182, on the rear side of which is not visible here, the lines explained below and indicated by dash-dotted lines are arranged.
  • the collecting line 30 is located in the center and the water line 28 is connected radially outside. Lines 18 and 20, which lead to the chambers of the piston-cylinder arrangement, also open on both sides of line 28.
  • Rotary piston 24, which is rotatable in the direction of arrow 184, has recesses or grooves 186, 188 on its end face. Depending on the position of the rotary piston 24, the desired connection between the different lines is established.
  • In the housing 182 there are bores assigned to the lines mentioned, which open into a surface which is closely opposite the end wall of the rotary piston 24.
  • a spring element 190 which is connected at its lower end to the housing 182 and at its upper end to the rotary piston 24.
  • the spring element holds or pulls the rotary piston 24 into its respective end position. If the rotary piston 24 is rotated into the respective other end position when actuated by means of the switching rod 46, the spring element is first preloaded until it pulls the rotary piston 24 into the other end position after the middle position has been exceeded. A certain holding force is thus predetermined, which is matched to the energy storage explained above with reference to FIG. 9 by means of the springs there.
  • This combination which is essential to the invention, ensures reliable switching at all times.
  • the switching rod 46 is coupled to the rotary piston 24 via a toothed rack 192.
  • the toothed rack 192 is in engagement with a toothed segment 194 which is connected to the rotary piston 24 in a rotationally fixed manner.
  • the rotary piston 24 is also assigned a spring element 190, which is designed here as a leaf spring.
  • This leaf spring is connected to the housing 182 in a suitable manner, an arm 196 connected to the rotary piston 24 abutting the leaf spring at its end.
  • the leaf spring is designed such that when the rotary piston 24 rotates from one end position to the other end position, a certain holding or pretensioning force must first be overcome. After a certain angle of rotation, the rotary piston is increasingly turned to the other end position.
  • the two end positions are thus predefined and, in particular in connection with the energy store explained above, a particularly functionally reliable switchover is ensured.

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1. Douche de massage comprenant un rail de guidage (118, 120) le long duquel peut se déplacer en va-et-vient un chariot (38) portant une tête de massage (40), un dispositif d'inversion- commande (22) et un dispositif à piston et cylindre (4, 2) qui est raccordé à une conduite d'eau (28) et avec lequel le chariot (38) est en liaison, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu un profilé (60) dans le volume intérieur (94) duquel est agencé le dispositif à piston et cylindre (4, 2) ; en ce que le volume intérieur (94) est fermé au moyen d'une paroi avant (78) ; et en ce que le rail de guidage (180, 120) présente une ouverture (124, 126) située derrière la paroi avant (78) qui s'étend dans la direction longitudinale du profilé (60) et dans laquelle est disposé un élément de guidage (92, 93) du chariot (38).
2. Douche de massage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le profilé (60) présente une cloison transversale (116) et en ce que le dispositif à piston et cylindre (4, 2) est agencé entre la cloison transversale (116) et la paroi avant (78).
3. Douche de massage selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que la paroi transversale (116) présente un évidement à peu près semi-cylindrique dans lequel est disposé le cylindre (2).
4. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la paroi avant (78) est assemblée au profilé (60) et/ou au rail de guidage (118, 120).
5. Douche de massage selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que la paroi avant (78) est fermée vers l'avant, en particulier vers un bac à douche ou une baignoire, et présente des régions latérales (142, 144) recourbées vers l'arrière qui embrassent au moins partiellement les régions d'angle avant du profilé et/ou les rails de guidage (118, 120).
6. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu, dans chacune des régions d'angle du profilé, un rail de guidage (118, 120) qui présente au moins partiellement un contour extérieur cylindrique.
7. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que des poulies de renvoi (34, 36) destinées à recevoir un câble (32) sont fixées à la paroi transversale (116) du profilé (60).
8. Douche de massage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le chariot (38) présente une partie centrale (122) qui embrasse la paroi arrière (114) du profilé (60) et deux éléments de guidage (92, 93) disposés dans les rails de guidage (118, 120).
9. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la ou les tête(s) de massage (40) sont disposées latéralement à côté du profilé (60) et/ou des rails de guidage (118, 120).
10. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le profilé (60) et le rail de guidage (118, 120) sont construits en une seule pièce.
11. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le profilé (60) et le rail de guidage (118, 120) présentent une forme sensiblement trapézoïdale, les parois latérales (88, 90) étant disposées en formant un angle obtus (128) avec la paroi arrière (114).
12. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'ouverture (124, 126) du rail de guidage (118, 120) est disposée dans la région de la paroi latérale (88, 90) et est dirigée vers l'arrière, en particulier vers un mur (58) auquel est fixé le profilé (60).
13. Douche de massage selon l'une de revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif à piston et cylindre (4, 2) est disposé derrière la paroi avant (78) du profilé (60) qui est fermée vers l'avant, en particulier vers un bac à douche ou une baignoire, et en ce que le rail de guidage (118, 120) ainsi qu'un élément de guidage (92, 93) servant pour le chariot (38) sont disposés derrière la paroi avant (78) et/ou dans le volume intérieur du profilé (60).
14. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la surface extérieure cylindrique du cylindre (2) forme un rail de guidage et en ce que l'élément de guidage (92) entoure au moins partiellement le cylindre (2).
15. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la paroi avant (78) présente une ouverture à travers laquelle fait saillie l'arbre (150) d'un croisillon de réglage (152) agissant sur un robinet (26, 54) intercalé en amont du dispositif à piston et cylindre (4).
16. Douche de massage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la conduite d'eau (28) est directement raccordée à la tête de massage (40) par l'intermédiaire d'un robinet de réglage (54) et en ce qu'un clapet anti-retour (56) ou équivalent est prévu dans la conduite collectrice (30).
17. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins une soupape de surpression (64) est associée au dispositif à piston et cylindre (4, 2).
18. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le chariot (38) est relié par un câble (32) au piston (4) du dispositif à piston et cylindre, en ce que, dans un fond (10) et/ou dans un couvercle (12) du cylindre (2), sont prévues des traversées (74) donnant passage au câble et en ce que la longueur des traversées (74) est calculée pour donner une perte de charge définie.
19. Douche de massage selon la revendication 18, caractérisée en ce que la longueur (L) de la traversée (74) est au moins vingt fois et avantageusement cinquante fois plus grande que le diamètre (d1) du câble (32).
20. Douche de massage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les moyens magnétiques (100, 102) sont prévus pour accoupler magnétiquement le chariot (38) au piston (4).
21. Douche de massage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu, dans la surface extérieure du piston (4) et/ou dans l'élément de guidage du chariot (38), un aimant permanent (100, 102) de forme au moins partiellement annulaire.
22. Douche de massage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le câble (32) relié au piston (4) passe sur des poulies de renvoi (34, 36), à travers l'un (120) des rails de guidage est relié à l'élément de guidage (93) du chariot (38) qui se trouve à cet endroit au moyen d'éléments d'accouplement (156, 158), les éléments d'accouplement (156, 158) se séparant automatiquement lorsqu'on dépasse une force réglable.
23. Douche de massage selon la revendication 22, caractérisée en ce que l'élément de guidage (93) est constitué par un corps creux dans lequel est disposé l'élément d'accouplement (156) qui est relié rigidement au câble (32).
24. Douche de massage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'inversion- commande (22) présente un tiroir (24) qui peut être actionné par le chariot (38) au moyen d'une tringle de manoeuvre (46), en ce que la tringle de manoeuvre (46) est guidée à travers l'autre élément de guidage (92) du chariot (38) et en ce que, dans l'élément de guidage (92), sont disposés des ressorts (172, 174) au moyen desquels, lorsqu'on atteint une position extrême pouvant être présélectionnée, il se produit un actionnement direct de la tringle de manoeuvre (46).
25. Douche de massage selon la revendication 24, caractérisée en ce que dans le volume intérieur de l'élément de guidage (92) est disposée une paroi intermédiaire (170) sur laquelle les ressorts (172, 174) sont appuyés des deux côtés par une de leurs extrémités et en ce qu'à l'autre extrémité de chaque ressort (172, 174) est disposé un élément (176, 178) qui peut coulisser par rapport à la tringle de manoeuvre (46) ainsi que par rapport à l'élément de guidage (92).
26. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'au tiroir de commande (24) qui est avantageusement constitué par un piston tournant, est fixé solidairement en rotation un secteur denté (194) qui est en prise avec une crémaillère (192) de la tringle de manoeuvre (46).
27. Douche de massage selon la revendication 26, caractérisée en ce qu'au tiroir de commande (24) est associé un élément élastique (190) qui maintient et/ou attire le tiroir de commande (24) sélectivement dans l'une des deux positions extrêmes.
28. Douche de massage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le tiroir de commande présente des rainures (186, 188) sur une surface frontale axiale et en ce que, dans un boîtier (182), sont prévues des ouvertures qui sont en communication avec les conduites (18, 20, 28, 30) qui font face à ladite surface frontale.
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