EP0484748B1 - Whirlpool-Badewanne - Google Patents

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EP0484748B1
EP0484748B1 EP91118124A EP91118124A EP0484748B1 EP 0484748 B1 EP0484748 B1 EP 0484748B1 EP 91118124 A EP91118124 A EP 91118124A EP 91118124 A EP91118124 A EP 91118124A EP 0484748 B1 EP0484748 B1 EP 0484748B1
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rotary knob
receiver
whirlpool
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Heinz-Werner Mersmann
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Franz Kaldewei GmbH and Co KG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/60—Components specifically designed for the therapeutic baths of groups A61H33/00
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/005—Electrical circuits therefor
    • A61H2033/0058—Electrical circuits therefor controlled by the user
    • A61H2033/0079—Electrical circuits therefor controlled by the user using remote control signal transmission devices, e.g. ultrasonic, infrared
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/02—Bathing devices for use with gas-containing liquid, or liquid in which gas is led or generated, e.g. carbon dioxide baths

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  • the invention relates to a whirlpool bath with a wireless remote control consisting of a portable transmitter that is separate from the whirlpool system and a receiver attached to the bath for controlling the suction pump and / or the blowers of the whirlpool system.
  • a whirlpool bath of this type the bathing person can operate and control the whirlpool system by means of the portable transmitter, without having to leave the bath, and can even maintain the massage position in the bath.
  • the receiver is accommodated with additional operating elements and display elements in a control unit which is fastened on the edge of the bath.
  • the whirlpool system can also be operated and controlled directly on the control unit.
  • This type of attachment of the control device on the edge of the bathtub has the disadvantage that it depends on the installation and orientation of the bathtub in the bathroom. The location of the control unit is therefore changing and requires individual adjustment. In addition, this attachment of the control unit is not optimal from a design point of view.
  • DE 37 03 273 C1 describes a device for controlling the air supply to the nozzles and for switching one on and off Pump of a bathtub whirlpool system is known, in which a manually adjustable actuator is used, which can be axially adjusted and rotated in a housing and thereby performs the various switching functions. It is operated by means of a rotary knob which protrudes over the tub rim when the device is installed in an opening in the tub rim.
  • EP 0 286 941 A1 shows a bathtub whirlpool system with a remote control.
  • the remote control is separate from the central control unit, which is located under or next to the bathtub.
  • the remote control device When using the remote control in the bathtub, the remote control device must be encapsulated in a watertight manner, e.g. is known from DE 37 38 543 A1.
  • a water drain valve with a valve housing which has a liftable and lowerable valve cone.
  • the overflow set of the bathtub has a rotating device that operates a slide on the valve housing via a Bowden cable.
  • the slide is connected to the actuating lever of the valve cone via a lever arm.
  • drain valves can also be operated from a rotary handle fitting via Bowden cables.
  • the rotary handle fitting is separated from the drain valves and is arranged at a distance from them.
  • the bathtub has a rotary overflow set with overflow housing for actuating a waste set
  • the rotary knob is rotatably mounted on a hollow shaft which is led out of the overflow housing on the outside of the bathtub
  • the rotary knob has a chamber accessible for the control commands of the transmitter, which receives the receiver, and that the connecting cable for the receiver is inserted through the hollow shaft and connected to the receiver.
  • the receiver for remote control is built into the overflow set and therefore always has the same position regardless of the installation and installation of the bathtub in the bathroom.
  • the whirlpool bath is therefore independent of installation and installation and the portable transmitter only needs to transmit the control commands to the receiver housed in the chamber of the twist grip.
  • the hollow shaft allows the receiver to be connected and connected to the devices of the whirlpool system which are arranged under the built-in bathtub or on the outside of the bathtub.
  • the remote control has an infrared transmitter and an infrared receiver and that the chamber of the rotary knob is closed towards the inside of the bathtub by means of a membrane switch with an infrared window in front of the infrared receiver.
  • the membrane switch allows additional direct operation the whirlpool system in the area of the overflow set.
  • the membrane button is provided with display elements outside the button areas.
  • the structural design of the knob with the chamber for the receiver is solved according to one embodiment so that the knob is completed by a screwed cap that is provided with a recess that is inserted into the recess of the membrane switch with infrared window and that between the membrane button and the rotary knob the chamber is formed.
  • the attachment of the rotary knob on the hollow shaft and the connection between the rotary knob and the cap with the membrane button are carried out according to one embodiment so that the rotary knob has a bearing sleeve which is fixed on the hollow shaft by means of a clamping ring and by means of grub screws that the rotary knob one has circumferential ring collar which is provided with an internal thread and that the cap is provided with an external thread and can be screwed to the rotary knob.
  • the cap overlaps the membrane button on the circumference and that the membrane button is supported by a support ring within the ring collar on the disk-shaped rotary knob and forms the chamber for the infrared receiver with it, then the cap can be screwed onto the rotary knob until the Support ring limits the unscrewing movement.
  • the sealed housing of the receiver is achieved in that the membrane button is sealed towards the cap and the cap towards the rotary knob by means of sealing rings.
  • an overflow set is installed in a known manner.
  • This overflow set has the cap-like overflow housing 12, which is tightly supported by the sealing element 13 on the outside of the bathtub around the opening 11.
  • the shaft bearing 17 is screwed into the overflow housing 12, as the threaded connection 20 shows.
  • the sealing ring 19 seals this junction.
  • the shaft bearing 17 defines the bearing shell 21 for the hollow shaft 16 in the overflow housing 12.
  • the hollow shaft 16 is sealed to the shaft bearing 17 by means of a sealing ring.
  • the hollow shaft 16 carries in the area of the bearing shell 21 the Bowden cable driver 22, which is coupled to the Bowden cable leading to the drain fitting.
  • the connection bracket 23 is attached, which enables the connection cable 33 to be inserted into the hollow shaft 16.
  • the screw connection 15 with its internal thread is screwed onto the external thread of the shaft bearing 17.
  • the screw connection 15 is supported by the support ring 145 around the opening on the inside of the tub wall 10 and releases the overflow channel to the overflow pipe 24 via the opening 25.
  • the rotary knob 38 is disc-shaped and closed on the circumference with an annular collar which protrudes toward the inside of the bathtub and has an internal thread. As the threaded connection 35 shows, the cap 30 is screwed to the rotary knob 38, the sealing ring 34 sealing this connection.
  • the cap 30 is provided with the recess 37 into which the membrane switch 31 is inserted.
  • the cap 30 overlaps the membrane button 31 on the circumference, the sealing ring 39 sealing the transition from the cap 30 to the membrane button 31.
  • the membrane switch 31 is supported via the support ring 36 on the disk-shaped rotary knob 38 within the ring collar.
  • the support ring 36 ensures that the cap 30 with the membrane switch 31 can only be screwed on to the extent that a sufficiently large chamber 40 for receiving the receiver 32 is formed between the rotary knob 38 and the membrane switch 31.
  • the connecting cable 33 connected to the receiver 32 is passed through the hollow shaft 16 and emerges from the overflow housing 12 via the connecting bracket 33, so that it can be routed to the devices of the whirlpool system.
  • the membrane switch 31 has an infrared window in front of the infrared receiver 32, which ensures that the infrared rays enter the chamber 40 and thus to the infrared receiver 32.
  • the transmitter designed as an infrared transmitter is then directed at this infrared window when control commands are transmitted.
  • the key areas of the membrane switch 31, which can also be provided with display elements, are also connected to the devices of the whirlpool system via the connecting cable 33.
  • the whirlpool system can also be operated and controlled directly from this point, i.e. without the infrared transmitter.
  • the receiver 32 is housed absolutely sealed in the overflow set and can be controlled via the membrane switch 31 in the cap 30 of the rotary knob 38.

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EP91118124A 1990-11-05 1991-10-24 Whirlpool-Badewanne Expired - Lifetime EP0484748B1 (de)

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DE4035074C1 (enExample) 1992-01-02
ATE109347T1 (de) 1994-08-15

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