EP0589931B1 - Gleitstütze für einen massageduschenkopf - Google Patents

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EP0589931B1
EP0589931B1 EP92911538A EP92911538A EP0589931B1 EP 0589931 B1 EP0589931 B1 EP 0589931B1 EP 92911538 A EP92911538 A EP 92911538A EP 92911538 A EP92911538 A EP 92911538A EP 0589931 B1 EP0589931 B1 EP 0589931B1
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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
    • E03C1/066—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath allowing height adjustment of shower head
    • 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

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  • the present invention is in the field of sanitary installations and more particularly domestic conveniences, in particular baths, shower trays or the like, and its subject is a vertical to-and-fro device for a shower head, comprising a jet called " masseur "for example.
  • shower head supports intended to be fixed above a tray, such as a bathtub or shower tray, and to provide a guided vertical movement of the shower head shower for water massage.
  • These supports comprise a tube fixed vertically to the wall at each of its ends by two fixing members, in order to make the shower head slide along the tube by means of a slide supporting it.
  • the tube is of a determined length, and the slide is equipped with locking means by clamping on the tube at a desired height.
  • the slide is formed by a sleeve of short length intended to be threaded on the tube and to slide along its external surface.
  • the device of the invention intended to be attached to a wall above a tray, such as a bathtub, shower tray or the like, for supporting a massaging shower head and providing a guided movement back and forth to said shower head, is of the type of device comprising a slide supporting the shower head and circulating along a tube fixed to the wall by its ends by means of respective fixing members, said slide being maneuverable by a chain to which it is connected and which extends partially inside the tube to its upper end through which it exits from it.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks and to propose a device of the kind mentioned above equipped with reliable and ergonomic means for guiding and blocking the shower head.
  • the device is characterized in that the slider is of generally elongated cylindrical shape, which shape is given to it by the fact that it comprises, at each of its ends, washers so as to guide the slider axially in and the along the tube attached to the wall; it follows from this arrangement that the slide can circulate inside the tube, the slide comprising a radially projecting part, said part extending out of the tube through a slot made at least partially along the latter and being provided with means for connecting with the shower head comprising a support and a clamp, and said projecting part of the slide being flattened and having a thickness corresponding to the width of the slot, so as to guide the slide radially along the tube .
  • the slide preferably has a cruciform section comprising at each of its ends the two washers.
  • the connecting means of the slide with the chain consist of a yoke integral with the upper washer of the slide, said yoke supporting an axis on which the chain is fixed.
  • the device comprises an adjustable stop for holding the slide in the low position, formed by a cylindrical cursor circulating inside the tube, said cursor being provided with a projecting operating pushbutton extending out of the tube through the slot.
  • the latter is forced into the interior of the tube.
  • the cursor has on the one hand a conical axial expansion slot, formed in its upper part, emerges on a radial hole formed in its lower part, and on the other hand at least one radial guide boss formed opposite the pusher.
  • the cursor is naturally blocked inside the tube, its unlocking resulting from a pressure exerted on the pusher which induces a deformation of the cursor thanks to the conical slot with which it is provided.
  • the lower washer of the slider comprises a cone intended to cooperate with the slider slot in order to maintain the slider in the low position, the cone inducing an expansion of the slider slot in order to tighten it inside of the tube.
  • each tube fixing member is composed of two elements, one of the elements, said first, fixing to the wall and the other, said second being connected to the tube.
  • the first element is screwed into the wall and has a flange on which the lower part of the second element bears, the latter comprising a return engaging behind a housing formed on the first element.
  • the first and second elements are assembled together by means of a screw.
  • the second element of each of the tube fixing members comprises two concentric sockets, one said to be internal and the other external, providing between them a space in which is housed the respective end of the tube.
  • the chain exits through the upper end of the tube through the inner sleeve of the upper fixing member of the tube.
  • the tube is locked in rotation by means of an axial expansion screw provided with an operating button.
  • Said screw is assembled with the lower fixing member of the tube and supports an expansion cone of the socket of the lower fixing member so as to clamp the lower end of the tube between the two sockets concentric.
  • Said inner sleeve has a slot facilitating its deformation.
  • a set 1 of vertical back-and-forth of a shower head 8 is fixed above a shower tray 2 by two fixing members 3 and 3 ', out of one 3 from which, said upper, comes out a chain 10. Between these two fixing members 3 and 3 ′ extends a tube 4 comprising over its entire length a slot 5 out of which comes out a shower support 6 with a clamp 7 in which shower head 8 is engaged.
  • the upper fixing member 3 is composed of two elements 14 and 20.
  • One 14 of these elements is fixed to the wall by a screw 15 passing through a hole 16 and screwing into a dowel 17.
  • This item 14 has a rim 18 on which the lower part 19 of the element 20 is supported.
  • the two elements 14 and 20 are hooked to each other by a return 21 of the element 20 which comes to engage in a housing 22 of the element 14, and are fixed to each other by a screw 23 which passes through a hole 24 in the element 14 to come and screw at 25 in the element 20.
  • the element 20 comprises two sockets, one external 26, forming the end of the element 20, the other internal 27, through which the chain 10 passes.
  • the space 13 between the two sockets receives the tube 4.
  • the element 20 comprises an expansion cone 28 supported by an expansion screw 29 provided with a tightening button 12 which is supported on a washer 31.
  • a tightening button 12 By screwing or unscrewing the button 12, we blocks the rotating tube 4, the cone 28 deforming the sleeve 27, the latter being provided for this purpose with a slot 32.
  • a slide 33 has at each of its ends a cylindrical part 34, its central part 35 being cruciform.
  • one of the wings, such as 50 has at 36 a flat part 37 which prevents the slide from turning.
  • This flat part 37 is extended by a flange 38 which ends in an axis 39, the end of which includes a flat 40.
  • the axis is pierced along its length with a tapped hole 41.
  • This axis 39 receives the shower support 6 by the hole 42, and also a flange 43 by a flat hole 44.
  • a screw 45 assembles these elements, the blocking being done by a button 9.
  • the upper part of the slide 33 is surmounted by a yoke 47 to which the chain 10 via an axis 48.
  • the lower part of the slide 33 ends in a cone 49.
  • the four wings 50 are inscribed in a smaller diameter than the cylindrical parts 34, thus avoiding friction in the tube 4.
  • the flat part 37 is extended by the flange 38, the axis 39 and its flat 40, and is pierced with the tapped hole 41.
  • a cursor 51 of cylindrical shape is housed in the tube 4.
  • This cursor has at its upper part a conical slot 52 opening into a hole 53.
  • two bosses 54 allow easy sliding when pressing a push button 11 secured to the cursor 51 by a flat part 55 which slides in the slot 5 of the tube 4.
  • the cone 49 of the slide 33 comes at the end of its travel to be housed in the slot 52 blocking the slide 33 in its low position.

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Claims (8)

  1. Tragvorrichtung (1) für einen Massageduschkopf, der dazu bestimmt ist, an einer Mauer oberhalb eines Beckens (2), wie einer Badewanne, Duschwanne oder dergleichen, angeordnet zu werden, um eine hin- und hergehende, geführte Bewegung für den Duschkopf (8) vorzusehen, wobei die Vorrichtung einen Schlitten (33) aufweist, der den Duschkopf (8) trägt und der entlang einer Hülse (4) verfahrbar ist, die an ihren Enden mittels Befestigungselementen (3, 3') an der Wand befestigt ist, wobei der Schlitten (33) mittels eines Zugorganes (10) manövrierbar ist, an dem er befestigt ist und das sich teilweise in das Innere der Hülse (4) erstreckt bis zu deren oberem Ende, über welches es hinausragt, dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der Schlitten (33) von im wesentlichen langgestreckter zylindrischer Form ist,
    daß der Schlitten (33) an seinen beiden Enden Rundlinge (34) aufweist, die den Schlitten (33) entlang der Hülse (4) in axialer Richtung führen, daß der Schlitten (33) einen radial vorspringenden Teil (36) aufweist, der über die Hülse (4) durch einen Schlitz (5) hinausragt, der wenigstens teilweise entlang der Hülse angeordnet ist und Verbindungsmittel (38, 39, 40, 41) mit dem Duschkopf (8) aufweist, umfassend einen Träger (6) und eine Zwinge (7), und
    daß der herausragende Teil (36) des Schlittens (33) abgeflacht ist und eine Stärke aufweist, die der Weite des Spaltes (5) entspricht, so daß der Schlitten (33) in radialer Richtung entlang der Hülse (4) geführt ist, so daß der Schlitten in der Hülse verfahrbar ist.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schlitten einen kreuzförmigen Querschnitt aufweist und an seinen beiden Enden die beiden Rundlinge trägt.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verbindungsmittel des Schlittens (3) mit dem Zugorgan (10) aus einer Kappe (47) bestehen, die mit dem oberen Rundling (34) des Schlittens (33) einteilig ist, und die eine Achse (48) trägt, an welcher das Zugorgan (10) befestigt ist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß diese einen einstellbaren Halteanschlag des Schlittens (33) in unterer Position aufweist, gebildet aus einem zylindrischen Schieber (51), der im Inneren der Hülse (4) läuft und der mit einem vorspringenden Bedienungshandgriff (11) versehen ist, der durch den Spalt (5) hindurch über die Hülse (4) hinausragt.
  5. Vorrichtung nach den Ansprüchen 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schieber (51) im Preßsitz in das Innere der Hülse (4) eingeführt ist, daß der Schieber (51) einen konischen, axialen Expansionsspalt aufweist, der in seinem oberen Teil vorgesehen ist und der in eine Radialbohrung (53) in seinem unteren Teil mündet, und
    daß der Schieber (51) wenigstens einen radialen Führungsnippel (54) auf der dem Bedienungshandgriff (11) gegenüberliegenden Seite aufweist,
    so daß der Schieber (51) auf natürliche Weise im Inneren der Hülse (4) blockiert ist und seine Freisetzung durch Druck erfolgt, der auf den Bedienungshandgriff (11) ausgeübt wird, welcher eine Verformung des Schiebers (51) aufgrund der Konizität (52) des Spaltes herbeiführt, und daß der untere Rundling des Schlittens (33) einen Konus (49) aufweist, der dazu bestimmt ist, mit dem Spalt (52) des Schiebers (51) zusammenzuarbeiten, um den Schlitten (33) in unterer Position zu halten, wobei der Konus (49) eine Expansion des Spaltes (52) des Schiebers (51) im Hinblick auf dessen Einzwängen im Inneren der Hülse (4) zufolge hat.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jedes Befestigungselement (3, 3') der Hülse (4) aus zwei Elementen aufgebaut ist, deren eines (14), das sogenannte erste Element, an der Mauer befestigt wird, und deren anderes (20), das sogenannte zweite Element, mit der Hülse (4) verbunden ist,
    daß das erste Element (14) in die Wand eingeschraubt ist und einen Flansch (18) aufweist, auf dem sich der untere Teil (19) des zweiten Elementes (20) abstützt, daß das zweite Element (20) eine Umbördelung (21) aufweist, die hinter einer Aussparung (22) eingreift, die im ersten Element (14) vorgesehen ist, und
    daß das erste (14) und das zweite (20) Element mittels einer Schraube (23) zusammenmontiert sind.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das zweite Element (20) eine jeden Befestigungselementes (3, 3') der Hülse (4) zwei konzentrische Tüllen (26, 27) aufweist, deren innere (27) und deren äußere (26) zwischeneinander einen Raum (13) bilden, der das entsprechende Ende der Hülse (4) aufnimmt.
  8. Vorrichtung nach den Ansprüche 1 und 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Zugorgan (10) aus dem oberen Ende der Hülse (4) durch die innere Tülle (27) des oberen Befestigungsorganes (3) der Hülse herauskommt, und
    daß die Hülse (4) drehfest ist mittels einer axialen Expansionsschraube (29), die einen Drehknopf aufweist, und daß die Schraube (29) mit dem unteren Befestigungsorgan (3') der Hülse verschraubt ist und einen Expansionskonus (28) der inneren Tülle (27) des unteren Befestigungsorganes (3') trägt, derart, daß das untere Ende der Hülse zwischen den beiden konzentrischen Tüllen (26 und 27) eingespannt wird, wobei die innere Tülle (27) einen Schlitz (32) aufweist, der ihre Verformung erleichtert.
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FR9106676A FR2677056B3 (fr) 1991-05-28 1991-05-28 Support avec va et vient pour douche masseuse.
FR9106676 1991-05-28
PCT/FR1992/000466 WO1992021829A1 (fr) 1991-05-28 1992-05-26 Support avec va-et-vient pour douche masseuse

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