EP0305263A1 - Protecting device against the splashing of liquid cleaning or disinfecting products - Google Patents

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EP0305263A1
EP0305263A1 EP88402080A EP88402080A EP0305263A1 EP 0305263 A1 EP0305263 A1 EP 0305263A1 EP 88402080 A EP88402080 A EP 88402080A EP 88402080 A EP88402080 A EP 88402080A EP 0305263 A1 EP0305263 A1 EP 0305263A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
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    • A47K1/12—Wash-basins attachable to sinks; Collapsible washing stands attachable to sinks
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    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
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  • the present invention relates to a device for protection against splashes of liquid products providing, in combination with a tap, preferably with automatic control. a hand wash particularly suitable for the surgical environment.
  • the handwashing equipment usually available to them generally consists of a washbasin comprising a tank and a foot-operated tap in most cases; in this way the operator has no contact with the hand washing machine and thus avoids any risk of contamination.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device for protecting operators against splashing, the maintenance of which is considerably facilitated by removing all parts of the hand wash basin which are not immediately accessible.
  • a device for protection against splashing characterized in that it comprises the combination of the following means, preferably made of stainless steel: - a vertical rectangular panel supporting the taps on the front, mounted on a wall-mounting frame comprising the liquid inlets, - A rectangular plate of small width comprising a passage for the evacuation, the edges of said plate being folded over a small height vertically and upward, to constitute after welding of the angles a bottom receptacle extending perpendicularly over the entire width bottom of the vertical panel to which said receptacle is secured in a known manner, an advantageously flat and rectangular front plate whose upper edge, parallel to the vertical panel, is such that its length is equal to the width of said vertical panel and whose width is substantially equal to the half-height of said vertical panel, said front plate being inclined relative to the vertical in such a way that the edge of its lower part plunges inside the bottom receptacle, preferably without contact therewith and that the edge of the upper part is suit
  • the hand basin 1 is mounted vertically by means of a metal frame 2 fixed to the wall 3 by four screws 4; the frame 2 consists of a "U" frame formed by a square section tube 5 in a known manner and closed at the base by a spacer plate 6 cooperating in the stiffening of the frame, the general dimensions of which depend on the desired size of the hand basin 1.
  • the chassis 2 comprises means 7 for fixing the water inlet 8 advantageously provided with a stop valve 9.
  • a sheet of stainless steel 13 of adequate size linked to the size of the hand wash basin 1 comprises conventional notches 10, 11 and 12 and folds, previously carried out in the direction of the arrows f in the figure. 4 along axes A, B, C, D, E. so as to cover the wall fixing frame 2 to constitute on the one hand the vertical front panel 130 intended to receive the tap 14 and, on the other hand, after a bending at right angles to the lower part of said sheet 13 following the axis A in the direction of the arrow F in FIG. 4, a bottom receptacle 15 receiving the discharge plug 16.
  • the notches 10 and 11 of the sheet 13 determine on the one hand vertically the flanges 131 which, by bending at right angles, along axes C come exactly to cover the outer vertical edges of the frame 2, on the other hand horizontally, the flange 132 comes by rectangular bending along an axis B to exactly cover the upper face of the fixing frame 2 which, after a simple welding along their contact lines 11 of the edges 131, 132, are thus completely wrapped in the stainless steel sheet 13.
  • the notches 10 and 12 formed on the plate 150 folded along the axis A determines first flanges 151 brought vetically by folding along the axes E and a second flange 152 of the same height as the flanges 151 also brought vertically by folding along the axis D; the flanges 151 and 152 are welded together vant their vertical contact lines at 12 to form the bottom receptacle 15 from which the evacuation of the handwash 1 starts by means of a plug conventionally mounted in the orifice 16 of the bottom plate 150.
  • the hand wash 1 is provided with a plate 17 which is advantageously flat and rectangular, arranged in such a way that the upper edge 18 of said plate 17 is parallel to the vertical panel 130; the length of the plate 17 is equal to the width of the vertical panel 130 and its width substantially equal to the half-height of said panel 130; the plate 17 is advantageously inclined relative to the vertical so that the edge 19 of its lower part 20 runs along inside the bottom receptacle 15 and that the upper edge 18 is suitably spaced from the front panel 130 to provide a zone of washing 21 sufficient in line with the taps 14.
  • the maintenance and tilting of the front plate 17 are obtained by the set of four bolts 22 screwed two by two in each of the vertical uprights 5 of the chassis 2: two long bolts 220 are located substantially in the middle of the two vertical uprights 5 and two short bolts 221 are located over a length barely greater than the width of the receptacle 15 in each of the uprights, just above the edges 151 of the same bottom receptacle 15.
  • the two bolts long 220 have a length sufficient to pass through the washing zone 21; on the bolts 220 and 221 are respectively arranged spacers preferably in stainless steel 230 and 231 which counter-clamp the plate 17 on the panel 130 by means of two four clamping nuts 24 coming to bear on vertical strips 171 and 172 provided longitudinally for this purpose at the edge 18 and 20 of the plate 17. It appears from such an assembly that the four nuts 24 come to stiffen the whole of the hand basin 1 on its fixing frame 2.
  • the plate 17 advantageously has a non-projecting upper rim obtained by a first folding in 18 and a second folding of the sheet in 25 also covers part the nuts 24 to add to the aesthetics of the whole without detracting from the disassembly which we have understood all the ease.
  • each long spacer 230 a lateral flange 26 of substantially rectangular trapezoidal shape conforming to FIG. 5; the flanges 26 come to bear vertically on the spacers 230 by means of two hooks 27, or in another variant of construction, by means of a semi-cylindrical rim obtained by the press in accordance with the dotted diagram in FIG. 5.
  • the flanges 26 come to rest horizontally a positive support on the short spacers 231, while plunging their lower end 27 inside the receptacle 15, thus receiving all the vertical runoffs coming from the washing zone 21 like of the rim 19 of the front plate 17.
  • the shapes of the flanges 26 matching the intermediate surface between the panels 17 and 130 without, however, that there is no contact of the edges of the flanges 26 on the internal faces of the plates 17 and 130 opposite.
  • the hand wash 1 thus constructed is remarkably simple in that it requires no sealing and that it is entirely removable; coupled to an automatic device for controlling the opening and closing of the tap 14 by a detection, for example with infrared cells, the hand wash 1 according to the invention is particularly suitable for clean rooms such as surgery blocks, and more generally all medical offices and rooms in clinics or hospitals ...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for protection against the splashing of liquid cleaning or disinfecting products, providing a wash handbasin suitable for a surgical environment. <??>This device comprises a vertical rectangular panel supporting, at its front (130), the tap fitting (14), mounted on a wall-mounted fixing frame (2), a rectangular plate of small width comprising a passage (16) for draining, the edges of the said plate being folded over a short vertical height and towards the top, in order to form a bottom receptacle (15), a front plate (17) inclined in relation to the vertical so that the edge (19) of its lower portion (20) is immersed inside the bottom receptacle (15) and bolts (220,221) coming out perpendicularly from each vertical upright of the wall-mounted frame (2). <IMAGE>

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de protection contre les éclaboussures de produits liquides procurant, en combinaison avec une robinetterie de préfé­rence à commande automatique. un lave-main particulièrement adapté au milieu chirurgical.The present invention relates to a device for protection against splashes of liquid products providing, in combination with a tap, preferably with automatic control. a hand wash particularly suitable for the surgical environment.

Dans le contexte particulier d'un bloc chirurgical ou encore d'un cabinet médical, les chirurgiens ou les mé­decins ont sans cesse besoin de se laver les mains de maniè­re à opérer dans les conditions de stérilité que requiert l'excercice de la profession. Le matériel lave-main habi­tuellement à leur disposition est généralement constitué d'un lavabo comprenant une cuve et une robinetterie à com­mande au pied dans la plupart des cas; de cette façon l'opé­rateur n'a aucun contact avec le lave-main et évite ainsi tout risque de contamination On comprend aussi l'intérêt de fréquents nettoyages de tels sanitaires, qui, pour cette raison, doivent être particulièrement faciles d'entretien, sans recoins inutiles ou difficiles d'accès, sièges naturels de prolifération bactérigènes.In the particular context of a surgical unit or even a medical office, surgeons or doctors constantly need to wash their hands so as to operate under the sterile conditions required for the exercise of the profession. The handwashing equipment usually available to them generally consists of a washbasin comprising a tank and a foot-operated tap in most cases; in this way the operator has no contact with the hand washing machine and thus avoids any risk of contamination. We also understand the advantage of frequent cleaning of such sanitary facilities, which, for this reason, must be particularly easy to maintain, without unnecessary corners or difficult to access, natural seats of bacterial proliferation.

On a observé par ailleurs que les cuves des lavabos traditionnels installés en milieu chirurgical ou médical ne sont jamais utilisées, pour leur fonction essentielle de contenir un liquide par exemple de l'eau; il apparaît que la seule fonction nécessaire et suffisante requise pour ces installations est bien la seule protection de l'opérateur contre les éclaboussures de l'eau de lavage et des produits détergents associés sans qu'il soit besoin pour la cuve du lavabo d'une étanchéité au sens habituel du terme.It has also been observed that the tanks of traditional sinks installed in a surgical or medical environment are never used, for their essential function of containing a liquid, for example water; it appears that the only necessary and sufficient function required for these installations is indeed the only protection of the operator against splashing of the washing water and the associated detergents without the need for the basin of the sink sealing in the usual sense of the term.

Le but de la présente invention est de procurer un dispositif de protection des opérateurs contre les éclabous­sures, dont l'entretien soit considérablement facilité en supprimant toutes parties du lave-main non immédiatement accessible.The object of the present invention is to provide a device for protecting operators against splashing, the maintenance of which is considerably facilitated by removing all parts of the hand wash basin which are not immediately accessible.

Ce but est atteint conformément à la revendication principale de l'invention qui décrit un dispositif pour la protection contre les éclaboussures caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend la combinaison des moyens suivants, réalisés de préférence en acier inoxydable :
- un panneau rectangulaire vertical supportant en façade la robinetterie, monté sur un châssis de fixation murale comportant les arrivées des liquides,
- une plaque rectangulaire de faible largeur compor­tant un passage pour l'évacuation, les bords de ladite pla­que étant repliés sur une faible hauteur verticalement et vers le haut, pour constituer après soudure des angles un réceptacle de fond s'étendant perpendiculairement sur toute la largeur inférieure du panneau vertical auquel ledit ré­ceptacle est solidarisé de façon connu,
- une plaque frontale avantageusement plane et rec­tangulaire dont le bord supérieur, parallèle au panneau vertical, est tel que sa longueur soit égale à la largeur dudit panneau vertical et dont la largeur est sensiblement égale à la demi-hauteur dudit panneau vertical ladite pla­que frontale étant inclinée par rapport à la verticale de telle façon que le bord de sa partie inférieure plonge à l'intérieur du réceptacle de fond, de préférence sans con­tact avec celui-ci et que le bord de la partie supérieure soit convenablement écartée du panneau vertical pour cons­tituer une zone de lavage suffisante, au droit de la robi­netterie,
- des boulons issus perpendiculairement de chaque montant vertical du châssis mural qui viennent d'une part maintenir la plaque frontale par le moyen de deux entretoi­ses courtes disposées en parties inférieures du panneau vertical juste au-dessus des rebords du réceptacle de fond et deux entretoises longues disposées à mi-hauteur des mon­tants verticaux du châssis et, d'autre part en association avec des écrous contreserrés et donc solidarisés, à la fois la plaque frontale et le panneau vertical sur le châssis mural
- deux flasques latéraux. disposés verticalement dans un plan perpendiculaire au panneau vertical de part et d'autre de la plaque frontale, intercalés juste de pré­férence sans contact entre ladite plaque et ledit panneau de telle manière que la partie supérieure des flasques com­portant des moyens adéquats reposent sur les deux entretoi­ ses supérieures et que leurs parties inférieures en appui contre les entretoises inférieures se situent à l'intérieur du réceptacle de fond,
- procurant ainsi un lave-main particulièrement économique et facilement démontable pour l'entretien.This object is achieved in accordance with the main claim of the invention which describes a device for protection against splashing characterized in that it comprises the combination of the following means, preferably made of stainless steel:
- a vertical rectangular panel supporting the taps on the front, mounted on a wall-mounting frame comprising the liquid inlets,
- A rectangular plate of small width comprising a passage for the evacuation, the edges of said plate being folded over a small height vertically and upward, to constitute after welding of the angles a bottom receptacle extending perpendicularly over the entire width bottom of the vertical panel to which said receptacle is secured in a known manner,
an advantageously flat and rectangular front plate whose upper edge, parallel to the vertical panel, is such that its length is equal to the width of said vertical panel and whose width is substantially equal to the half-height of said vertical panel, said front plate being inclined relative to the vertical in such a way that the edge of its lower part plunges inside the bottom receptacle, preferably without contact therewith and that the edge of the upper part is suitably separated from the vertical panel to constitute a sufficient washing area, in line with the taps,
- bolts coming perpendicularly from each vertical upright of the wall frame which, on the one hand, hold the front plate by means of two short spacers arranged in the lower parts of the vertical panel just above the edges of the bottom receptacle and two long spacers arranged at mid-height of the vertical uprights of the chassis and, on the other hand in combination with locknuts and therefore secured, both the front plate and the vertical panel on the wall chassis
- two side flanges. arranged vertically in a plane perpendicular to the vertical panel on either side of the front plate, preferably just inserted without contact between said plate and said panel so that the upper part of the flanges comprising adequate means rest on the two spacers its upper and that their lower parts pressing against the lower spacers are located inside the bottom receptacle,
- thus providing a particularly economical and easily removable hand wash for maintenance.

On comprend dès lors que ce dispositif constitué de plaques métalliques simples, et sans contact entre elles, exclut les accumulations diverses, et offrent une facilité de nettoyage considérable par simple enlèvement des plaques latérales donnant tout accès au lave-main.It is therefore understandable that this device consisting of simple metal plates, and without contact between them, excludes various accumulations, and offer considerable ease of cleaning by simple removal of the side plates giving full access to the hand wash.

Un avantage particulier ressort de la conception du dispositif qui ne nécessite aucune opération coûteuse de soudure ou de polissage voir même de mise en oeuvre d'outil­lage lourd bien connu dans l'emboutissage des éviers en inox classiques; à ces réductions de coûts de fabrication s'ajou­tent des gains importants dans le transport à plat de tels dispositifs qui constituent ainsi une solution efficace particulièrement économique, au problème de lave-main en milieu médical et surtout chirurgical.A particular advantage emerges from the design of the device which does not require any costly welding or polishing operation or even the implementation of heavy tools well known in the drawing of conventional stainless steel sinks; to these reductions in manufacturing costs are added significant gains in the flat transport of such devices which thus constitute a particularly economical effective solution to the problem of hand washing in medical and especially surgical environment.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages ressortiront de la description qui va suivre d'un mode d'exécution préfé­ré, quoi que non limitatif, du dispositif selon l'inven­tion en référence aux dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • La figure 1 représente une vue de droite d'un lave-­main assemblé selon l'invention.
  • La figure 2 représente une vue frontale du lave-main assemblé comme dans la figure précédente.
  • La figure 3 représente une vue en perspective du châssis de fixation mural du lave-main suivant l'invention.
  • La figure 4 représente une vue en perspective du panneau vertical du lave-main supportant frontalement la robinetterie et procurant horizontalement le réceptacle de fond du lave-main suivant une variante de construction du lave-main particulièrement économique.
  • La figure 5 est une représentation en perspective du flasque latéral venant selon une variante de l'invention un appui vertical sur une entretoise supérieure et un appui horizontal sur les entretoises inférieures.
Other characteristics and advantages will emerge from the description which follows of a preferred embodiment, although not limiting, of the device according to the invention with reference to the appended drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 shows a right view of a hand wash assembled according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a front view of the hand wash assembled as in the previous figure.
  • FIG. 3 represents a perspective view of the wall-mounting frame of the handwashing machine according to the invention.
  • Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the vertical panel of the handwashing frontly supporting the valve and providing horizontally the bottom receptacle of the handwashing according to a construction variant of the handwashing particularly economical.
  • Figure 5 is a perspective representation of the side flange according to a variant of the invention a vertical support on an upper spacer and a horizontal support on the lower spacers.

Conformément aux figures 1,2 et 3, le lave-main 1 selon l'invention est monté verticalement au moyen d'un châssis métallique 2 fixé à la paroi 3 par quatre vis 4; le châssis 2 est constitué d'un cadre en "U" formé d'un tube à section carrée 5 d'une manière connue et fermée à la base par une plaque entretoise 6 coopérant à la rigidification du cadre, dont les dimensions générales dépendent de la taille souhaitée du lave-main 1.In accordance with Figures 1,2 and 3, the hand basin 1 according to the invention is mounted vertically by means of a metal frame 2 fixed to the wall 3 by four screws 4; the frame 2 consists of a "U" frame formed by a square section tube 5 in a known manner and closed at the base by a spacer plate 6 cooperating in the stiffening of the frame, the general dimensions of which depend on the desired size of the hand basin 1.

Le châssis 2 comporte des moyens 7 de fixation de l'arrivée de l'eau 8 muni avantageusement d'un robinet d'ar­rêt 9.The chassis 2 comprises means 7 for fixing the water inlet 8 advantageously provided with a stop valve 9.

Conformément à la figure 4, une feuille d'acier inoxydable 13 de dimension adéquate liée à la taille du lave-main 1, comporte des encochages classiques 10,11 et 12 et des pliages, préalablement exécutés dans le sens des flèches f de la figure 4 suivant des axes A,B,C,D,E. de manière à venir coiffer le châssis de fixation mural 2 pour constituer d'une part le panneau frontal vertical 130 desti­né à recevoir la robinetterie 14 et, d'autre part, après un pliage à angle droit de la partie inférieure de ladite feuille 13 suivant l'axe A dans le sens de la flèche F en figure 4, un réceptacle de fond 15 recevant la bonde d'éva­cuation 16. A cet effet, les encochages 10 et 11 de la feuille 13 déterminent d'une part verticalement des rebords 131 qui, par pliage à angle droit, suivant des axes C vien­nent recouvrir exactement les bords verticaux extérieurs du châssis 2, d'autre part horizontalement, le rebord 132 vient par pliage rectangulaires suivant un axe B recouvrir exacte­ment la face supérieure du châssis de fixation 2 qui, après une simple soudure suivant leurs lignes de contact 11 des rebords 131,132, se trouvent ainsi totalement enveloppés dans la feuille inox 13.In accordance with FIG. 4, a sheet of stainless steel 13 of adequate size linked to the size of the hand wash basin 1, comprises conventional notches 10, 11 and 12 and folds, previously carried out in the direction of the arrows f in the figure. 4 along axes A, B, C, D, E. so as to cover the wall fixing frame 2 to constitute on the one hand the vertical front panel 130 intended to receive the tap 14 and, on the other hand, after a bending at right angles to the lower part of said sheet 13 following the axis A in the direction of the arrow F in FIG. 4, a bottom receptacle 15 receiving the discharge plug 16. For this purpose, the notches 10 and 11 of the sheet 13 determine on the one hand vertically the flanges 131 which, by bending at right angles, along axes C come exactly to cover the outer vertical edges of the frame 2, on the other hand horizontally, the flange 132 comes by rectangular bending along an axis B to exactly cover the upper face of the fixing frame 2 which, after a simple welding along their contact lines 11 of the edges 131, 132, are thus completely wrapped in the stainless steel sheet 13.

De même, les encochages 10 et 12 pratiqués sur la plaque 150 pliée suivant l'axe A détermine des premiers rebords 151 amenés veticalement par pliage suivant les axes E et un second rebord 152 de même hauteur que les rebords 151 également amené à la verticale par un pliage suivant l'axe D; les rebords 151 et 152 sont soudés entre eux sui­ vant leurs lignes de contact vertical en 12 pour constituer le réceptacle de fond 15 d'où part l'évacuation du lave-­main 1 au moyen d'une bonde montée classiquement dans l'ori­fice 16 de la plaque de fond 150.Likewise, the notches 10 and 12 formed on the plate 150 folded along the axis A determines first flanges 151 brought vetically by folding along the axes E and a second flange 152 of the same height as the flanges 151 also brought vertically by folding along the axis D; the flanges 151 and 152 are welded together vant their vertical contact lines at 12 to form the bottom receptacle 15 from which the evacuation of the handwash 1 starts by means of a plug conventionally mounted in the orifice 16 of the bottom plate 150.

Frontalement, le lave-main 1 est muni d'une plaque 17 avantageusement plane et rectangulaire disposée de telle manière que le bord supérieur 18 de ladite plaque 17 soit parallèle au panneau vertical 130; la longueur de la plaque 17 est égale à la largeur du panneau vertical 130 et sa largeur sensiblement égale à la demi-hauteur dudit panneau 130; la plaque 17 est avantageusement inclinée par rapport à la verticale de façon telle que le bord 19 de sa partie inférieure 20 longe à l'intérieur du réceptacle de fond 15 et que le bord supérieur 18 soit convenablement écarté du panneau frontal 130 pour procurer une zone de lavage 21 suffisante au droit de la robinetterie 14. Le maintien et l'inclainaison de la plaque frontale 17 sont obtenus par le jeu de quatre boulons 22 vissés deux à deux dans chacun des montants verticaux 5 du châssis 2 : deux boulons longs 220 sont implantés sensiblement au milieu des deux montants verticaux 5 et deux boulons courts 221 sont implantés sur une longueur à peine supérieure à la largeur du réceptacle 15 dans chacun des montants, juste au-dessus des rebords 151 du même réceptacle de fond 15. Les deux boulons longs 220 ont une longueur suffisante pour traverser la zone de lavage 21; sur les boulons 220 et 221 sont disposées respectivement des entretoises de préférence en inox 230 et 231 venant contreserrer la plaque 17 sur le panneau 130 au moyen deux quatre écrous de serrage 24 venant en appui sur des bandeaux verticaux 171 et 172 prévus longitudinalement à cet effet en bordure 18 et 20 de la plaque 17. Il ressort d'un tel mon­tage que les quatre écrous 24 viennent rigidifier l'ensemble du lave-main 1 sur son châssis de fixation 2.At the front, the hand wash 1 is provided with a plate 17 which is advantageously flat and rectangular, arranged in such a way that the upper edge 18 of said plate 17 is parallel to the vertical panel 130; the length of the plate 17 is equal to the width of the vertical panel 130 and its width substantially equal to the half-height of said panel 130; the plate 17 is advantageously inclined relative to the vertical so that the edge 19 of its lower part 20 runs along inside the bottom receptacle 15 and that the upper edge 18 is suitably spaced from the front panel 130 to provide a zone of washing 21 sufficient in line with the taps 14. The maintenance and tilting of the front plate 17 are obtained by the set of four bolts 22 screwed two by two in each of the vertical uprights 5 of the chassis 2: two long bolts 220 are located substantially in the middle of the two vertical uprights 5 and two short bolts 221 are located over a length barely greater than the width of the receptacle 15 in each of the uprights, just above the edges 151 of the same bottom receptacle 15. The two bolts long 220 have a length sufficient to pass through the washing zone 21; on the bolts 220 and 221 are respectively arranged spacers preferably in stainless steel 230 and 231 which counter-clamp the plate 17 on the panel 130 by means of two four clamping nuts 24 coming to bear on vertical strips 171 and 172 provided longitudinally for this purpose at the edge 18 and 20 of the plate 17. It appears from such an assembly that the four nuts 24 come to stiffen the whole of the hand basin 1 on its fixing frame 2.

La plaque 17 présente avantageusement un rebord supérieur non saillant obtenu par un premier pliage en 18 et un second repli de la tôle en 25 vient en outre couvrir en partie les écrous 24 pour ajouter à l'esthétique de l'ensem­ble sans nuire au démontage dont on a bien compris toute la facilité.The plate 17 advantageously has a non-projecting upper rim obtained by a first folding in 18 and a second folding of the sheet in 25 also covers part the nuts 24 to add to the aesthetics of the whole without detracting from the disassembly which we have understood all the ease.

De façon à protéger l'environnement des éclaboussu­res pouvant survenir de part et d'autre du lave-main 1, on a prévu de disposer à cheval sur chaque entretoise longue 230 un flasque latéral 26 de forme sensiblement trapézoïdale rectangle conformant à la figure 5; les flasques 26 vien­nent en appui vertical sur les entretoises 230 grâce à deux crochets 27, ou dans une autre variante de construc­tion, grâce à un rebord semi-cylindrique obtenu à la presse conforme au schéma en pointillé de la figure 5.In order to protect the environment from splashing that may occur on either side of the handwash basin 1, provision has been made to have astride on each long spacer 230 a lateral flange 26 of substantially rectangular trapezoidal shape conforming to FIG. 5; the flanges 26 come to bear vertically on the spacers 230 by means of two hooks 27, or in another variant of construction, by means of a semi-cylindrical rim obtained by the press in accordance with the dotted diagram in FIG. 5.

Ainsi suspendus, les flasques 26 viennent reposer horizontalement un appui positif sur les entretoises courtes 231, tout en plongeant leur extrémité 27 inférieure à l'in­térieur du réceptacle 15, recevant ainsi tous les ruissel­lements verticaux provenant de la zone de lavage 21 à l'ins­tar du rebord 19 de la plaque frontale 17. Naturellement, les formes des flasques 26 épousant la surface intercalaire entre les panneaux 17 et 130 sans toutefois, qu'il n'y ait aucun contact des tranches des flasques 26 sur les faces internes des plaques 17 et 130 en regard.Thus suspended, the flanges 26 come to rest horizontally a positive support on the short spacers 231, while plunging their lower end 27 inside the receptacle 15, thus receiving all the vertical runoffs coming from the washing zone 21 like of the rim 19 of the front plate 17. Naturally, the shapes of the flanges 26 matching the intermediate surface between the panels 17 and 130 without, however, that there is no contact of the edges of the flanges 26 on the internal faces of the plates 17 and 130 opposite.

On comprend, de lors, qu'aucune accumulation de quelque origine que se soit, ne puisse apparaître, ce qui favorise la propreté du lave-main 1 par ailleurs très vite démontée pour une plus complète stérilité.We understand, therefore, that no accumulation of any origin whatsoever, can appear, which promotes the cleanliness of the hand wash 1 also quickly dismantled for more complete sterility.

De nombreuses variantes peuvent être considérées sans que l'on sorte de l'esprit de l'invention : on peut concevoir par exemple, un réceptacle de fond 15 entièrement rapporté et soudé en partie inférieure du panneau 130; cette solution ne peut résulter que de considérations économiques dans le processus de fabrication.Many variants can be considered without departing from the spirit of the invention: one can conceive, for example, a bottom receptacle 15 fully attached and welded to the lower part of the panel 130; this solution can only result from economic considerations in the manufacturing process.

On notera également que le lave-main 1 ainsi cons­truit est remarquablement simple par le fait qu'il ne re­quiert aucune étanchéité et qu'il est entièrement démonta­ble; couplé à un dispositif automatique de commande d'ouver­ture et de fermeture de la robinetterie 14 par une détec­tion, par exemple à cellules infrarouge, le lave-main 1 suivant l'invention est particulièrement adapté aux salles blanches telles que les blocs de chirurgie, et plus généra­lement tous les cabinets médicaux et chambres de clinique ou d'hôpital...It will also be noted that the hand wash 1 thus constructed is remarkably simple in that it requires no sealing and that it is entirely removable; coupled to an automatic device for controlling the opening and closing of the tap 14 by a detection, for example with infrared cells, the hand wash 1 according to the invention is particularly suitable for clean rooms such as surgery blocks, and more generally all medical offices and rooms in clinics or hospitals ...

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1.- Dispositif de protection contre les éclaboussu­res de produits liquides ou de nettoyage ou d'aseptisation, procurant en combinaison avec une robinetterie adéquate munie de préférence d'une commande automatique, un lave-main particulièrement bien adapté au milieu chirurgical caracté­risé en ce qu'il comprend la combinaison des moyens sui­vants, réalisés de préférence en acier inoxydable :
- un panneau rectangulaire vertical (13) supportant en façade (130) la robinetterie (14), monté sur un châssis de fixation murale (2) comportant les arrivées des liquides (7,8,9),
- une plaque rectangulaire (150) de faible largeur comportant un passage (16) pour l'évacuation, les bords (151,152) de ladite plaque (150) étant repliés sur une fai­ble hauteur verticalement et vers le haut, pour constituer après soudure des angles (10,12) un réceptacle de fond (15) s'étendant perpendiculairement sur toute la largeur infé­rieure du panneau vertical (130) auquel ledit réceptacle (15) est solidarisé de façon connu,
- une plaque frontale (17) avantageusement plane et rectangulaire dont le bord supérieur (18), parallèle au panneau vertical (13), est tel que sa longueur soit égale à la largeur dudit panneau vertical (130) et dont la lar­geur est sensiblement égale à la demi-hauteur dudit panneau vertical (130), ladite plaque frontale (17) étant inclinée par rapport à la verticale de telle façon que le bord (19) de sa partie inférieure (20) plonge à l'intérieur du ré­ceptacle de fond (15), de préférence sans contact avec celui-ci et que le bord (18) de la partie supérieure soit convenablement écartée du panneau vertical (130) pour cons­tituer une zone de lavage (21) suffisante, au droit de la robinetterie (14),
- des boulons (220,221) issus perpendiculairement de chaque montant vertical (5) du châssis mural (2) qui vien­nent d'une part maintenir la plaque frontale (17) par le moyen de deux entretoises courtes (231) disposées en parties inférieures du panneau vertical (130) juste au-dessus des rebords (151) du réceptacle de fond (15) et deux entretoises longues (230) disposées à mi-hauteur des montants verticaux (5) du châssis (2) et, d'autre part en association avec des écrous (24) contreserrés et donc solidarisés, à la fois la plaque frontale (17) et le panneau vertical (130) sur le châssis mural (2),
- deux flasques latéraux (26), disposés verticale­ment dans un plan perpendiculaire au panneau vertical (130) de part et d'autre de la plaque frontale (17), intercalés juste de préférence sans contact, entre ladite plaque (17) et ledit panneau (130) de telle manière que la partie supé­rieure des flasques (26) comportant es moyens adéquats (27) reposent sur les deux entretoises supérieures (230) et que leurs parties inférieures en appui contre les entretoises inférieures (231) se situent à l'intérieur du réceptacle de fond (15),
- procurant ainsi un lave-main (1) particulièrement économique et facilement démontable pour l'entretien.1.- Device for protection against splashes of liquid products or for cleaning or asepticization, providing in combination with a suitable tap, preferably fitted with an automatic control, a hand wash particularly well suited to the surgical environment, characterized in that '' It includes the combination of the following means, preferably made of stainless steel:
- a vertical rectangular panel (13) supporting the front panel (130) of the taps (14), mounted on a wall-mounting frame (2) comprising the liquid inlets (7,8,9),
- A rectangular plate (150) of small width comprising a passage (16) for the evacuation, the edges (151,152) of said plate (150) being folded over a small height vertically and upwards, to form angles after welding (10,12) a bottom receptacle (15) extending perpendicularly over the entire lower width of the vertical panel (130) to which said receptacle (15) is secured in a known manner,
- A front plate (17) advantageously planar and rectangular, the upper edge (18) of which is parallel to the vertical panel (13), is such that its length is equal to the width of said vertical panel (130) and whose width is substantially equal at the half-height of said vertical panel (130), said front plate (17) being inclined relative to the vertical so that the edge (19) of its lower part (20) plunges inside the bottom receptacle (15), preferably without contact therewith and that the edge (18) of the upper part is suitably separated from the vertical panel (130) to constitute a sufficient washing area (21), in line with the taps (14 ),
- bolts (220, 221) coming perpendicularly from each vertical upright (5) of the wall frame (2) which, on the one hand, hold the front plate (17) by means of two short spacers (231) arranged in parts lower of the vertical panel (130) just above the edges (151) of the bottom receptacle (15) and two long spacers (230) arranged halfway up the vertical uprights (5) of the frame (2) and, on the other hand, in association with nuts (24) counter-tightened and therefore secured, both the front plate (17) and the vertical panel (130) on the wall frame (2),
- two lateral flanges (26), arranged vertically in a plane perpendicular to the vertical panel (130) on either side of the front plate (17), just preferably inserted without contact, between said plate (17) and said panel (130) in such a way that the upper part of the flanges (26) comprising the appropriate means (27) rest on the two upper spacers (230) and so that their lower parts in abutment against the lower spacers (231) are located at the interior of the bottom receptacle (15),
- thus providing a particularly economical and easily removable hand wash basin (1) for maintenance. 2.- Dispositif de protection contre les éclaboussu­res selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que le ré­ceptacle de fond (15) est constitué par une plaque de fond (150) formée par le repli, sur une faible largeur, de la partie inférieure du panneau vertical (130) suivant un plan perpendiculaire à sa façade et par le prolongement (151) des deux parties latérales (131) dudit panneau vertical (130) rabattues sur le châssis mural (2) en vue de son habillage, qui, repliées à la verticale et vers le haut, dans un plan perpendiculaire à la largeur de la plaque de fond (150), coopèrent avec un repli longitudinal (152) et perpendicu­laire à ladite plaque (150), suivant une même hauteur que les plis latéraux (151), pour constituer ledit réceptacle (15) par soudure des angles en (10) et en (12) formés par lesdits replis (151,152).2.- splash protection device according to claim 1 characterized in that the bottom receptacle (15) is constituted by a bottom plate (150) formed by the folding, over a small width, of the lower part of the panel vertical (130) along a plane perpendicular to its facade and by the extension (151) of the two lateral parts (131) of said vertical panel (130) folded over the wall frame (2) for its covering, which, folded to the vertical and upwards, in a plane perpendicular to the width of the bottom plate (150), cooperate with a longitudinal fold (152) and perpendicular to said plate (150), at the same height as the lateral folds (151) , to form said receptacle (15) by welding the angles at (10) and at (12) formed by said folds (151,152). 3.- Dispositif de protection contre les éclaboussu­res suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2 ca­ractérisé en ce que le bord horizontal supérieur des flas­ques latéraux (26) sont munis d'au moins deux crochets (27) demi-cylindriques venant coiffer chaque entretoise supérieu­re (230) grâce auxquels lesdits flasques (26) sont maintenus verticalement.3.- splash protection device according to any one of claims 1 or 2 characterized in that the upper horizontal edge of the side flanges (26) are provided with at least two hooks (27) semi-cylindrical from covering each upper spacer (230) by which said flanges (26) are held vertically. 4.- Dispositif de protection contre les éclaboussu­res suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2 ca­ractérisé en ce que le bord horizontal supérieur des flas­ques latéraux (26) et recourbés suivant un profil semi-cy­lindrique, à ouvertures vers le bas, venant coiffer chaque entretoise supérieure (230) assure ainsi le maintien verti­cal desdits flasques (26).4.- splash protection device according to any one of claims 1 or 2 characterized in that the upper horizontal edge of the side flanges (26) and curved in a semi-cylindrical profile, openings downwards, coming to cap each upper spacer (230) thus ensures the vertical maintenance of said flanges (26). 5.- Dispositif de protection contre les éclaboussu­res suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes est caractérisé en ce que la plaque frontale (17) comporte sur toute la longueur du bord supérieur (18) un premier pli déterminant un bandeau vertical (171) de hauteur juste suf­fisante pour l'appui des entretoises (230) et des écrous de serrage (24) et un deuxième pliage (25) inverse du premier, pour constituer un rebord non saillant et couvrir avantageu­sement les écrous de serrage (24).5. A device for protection against splashes according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the front plate (17) comprises over the entire length of the upper edge (18) a first ply defining a vertical strip (171) of height just sufficient to support the spacers (230) and the clamping nuts (24) and a second folding (25) reverse of the first, to form a non-protruding rim and advantageously cover the clamping nuts (24). 6.- Dispositif de protection contre les éclaboussu­res suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes est caractérisé en ce que le bord inférieur (20) de la pla­que frontale (17) comporte un pliage longitudinal détermi­nant un bandeau vertical (172) de hauteur suffisante pour l'appui des entretoises courtes (231) et des écrous de ser­rage (24).6. A device for protection against splashing according to any one of the preceding claims is characterized in that the lower edge (20) of the front plate (17) comprises a longitudinal folding determining a vertical strip (172) of sufficient height for the support of the short spacers (231) and the clamping nuts (24).
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