EP0635235A2 - Ensemble de charnière pour la fixation de siège de toilette - Google Patents

Ensemble de charnière pour la fixation de siège de toilette Download PDF

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EP0635235A2
EP0635235A2 EP94305362A EP94305362A EP0635235A2 EP 0635235 A2 EP0635235 A2 EP 0635235A2 EP 94305362 A EP94305362 A EP 94305362A EP 94305362 A EP94305362 A EP 94305362A EP 0635235 A2 EP0635235 A2 EP 0635235A2
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Paul Palmer-Baker
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POLYPIPE BATHROOM & KITCHEN PRODUCTS LIMITED
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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
    • A47K13/00—Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A47K13/12—Hinges

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  • the present invention relates to a hinge assembly for releasably mounting a toilet seat, a method of mounting a hinge assembly and a toilet seat incorporating a hinge assembly.
  • the hinge assembly in a hinge assembly for releasably mounting a toilet seat on a toilet bowl, the hinge assembly comprises a base mounting arranged, in use, to be attached to a toilet bowl and a hinge portion about which a toilet seat, in use, is arranged to move, the hinge portion being arranged to be detachably mounted on the base mounting by causing turning movement of a retaining portion.
  • the hinge assembly may be arranged to at least partially and possibly substantially conceal the base mounting when the hinge portion is mounted on the base mounting, and the retaining portion may so conceal the base mounting.
  • the hinge portion when it is desired to clean the hinge assembly the hinge portion can be detached and cleaned and the base mounting, which has been concealed and which is not at a convenient location for thorough cleansing, will not require cleaning or will not require as thorough a cleaning as would be the case if the base mounting had been exposed during use of the toilet.
  • the hinge portion may be arranged to be located in position relative to the base mounting by causing downwards movement of the hinge portion relative to the base mounting.
  • the hinge portion By locating the hinge portion in position on the base mounting by causing downwards movement of the hinge portion, the hinge portion can first be mounted on a toilet seat and then subsequently lowered onto the base mounting.
  • the need to simultaneously locate the hinge portion with the base mounting and seat is obviated and the need for the hinge portion to be brought into cooperation with the seat at the relatively in excisable location at the rear of a toilet bowl is obviated.
  • the hinge assembly may be arranged to be connected to the base and may be arranged to be indirectly connected to the base.
  • the hinge assembly may include an intermediate portion.
  • the hinge portion may include a rod arranged, in use, to extend into a socket of a toilet seat.
  • the retaining portion may be arranged to surround the base mounting, when the hinge portion is mounted on the base mounting.
  • the retaining portion may be arranged to restrict fluid flow from the surface of a bowl on which the assembly may be mounted and the base mounting.
  • the assembly may include a seal arranged to be located between a bowl on which the assembly may be mounted and the retaining portion.
  • the retaining portion and the hinge portion may be arranged to substantially cover the base mounting.
  • the hinge portion may be arranged to project upwardly through an opening in the retaining portion.
  • the retaining portion may be arranged to be connected with the base mounting by means of cooperating the screw threads.
  • the retaining portion may be arranged to cooperate with the base mounting by pivotal movement of the retaining portion relative to the base, and such pivotal movement may be arranged to occur without any relative translational movement.
  • Pivotal movement may be arranged to be restricted by parts of the retaining portion and the base mounting abutting each other, and the parts may extend in the general direction of pivotal movement.
  • the hinge portion may be pivotally moveable relative to the retaining portion before the hinge portion is connected to the base mounting and, alternatively or additionally, when the hinge portion is connected to the base mounting. Such pivotal movement may allow for adjustment of the direction in which the hinge portion extends and the cooperating part of the toilet seat, even though the orientation of the base mounting may be fixed in order that stresses arising out of misalignment may be reduced.
  • the location of the base mounting may be adjustable relative to the bowl in at least one relative translational direction and preferably in at least one further relative translational direction extending at an angle to the first translational direction.
  • the base mounting may also be arranged to occupy one of a plurality of rotational positions relative to the base for a given position of extent of the hinge axis.
  • the base may include a slot to assist in attaching the base to a bowl with provision for adjustment.
  • the assembly may include a pair of spaced base mountings connected together with the pair of hinge portions each being arranged to cooperate with a different one of the bases.
  • a method of mounting a toilet seat on a toilet bowl in order that the seat can hinge relative to the bowl comprises attaching a base mounting of a hinge assembly on a toilet bowl and locating a hinge portion of the hinge assembly to cooperate with the seat and detachably mounting the hinge portion on the base mounting by causing turning movement of a retaining portion.
  • the method may comprise the hinge assembly at least partially or substantially concealing the base mounting.
  • the method may comprise moving the hinge portion downwardly towards the base mounting when locating the hinge portion relative to the base mounting.
  • the present invention also includes a toilet seat including at least one hinge assembly as herein referred to hinging the seat to the bowl and, alternatively or additionally, a toilet seat incorporating a hinge assembly which has been mounted by a method as herein referred to.
  • the present invention includes any continuation of the herein referred to features or limitations.
  • the hinge assembly 1 comprises a base 5 arranged to be secured to the bowl 4, an intermediate hinge portion 6, about which the seat and lid pivot, and a cap 7 arranged to be detachably connected to the base.
  • a pair of bases 5 are fastened to a bowl 4 by passing a nut and bolt (not shown) through an elongate slot 12 in the base and tightening a nut (not shown) onto the bolt from the underside of the bowl to clamp the base firmly onto the bowl.
  • the slot allows the base to be slid relative to the bowl in the direction of extent of the slot. Accordingly the position of the base can be moved from side to side or from back to front by pivoting and sliding the base to ensure accurate location of the base for the seat.
  • a rawl nut can be used beneath the bowl into which the bolt can be passed and tightened into to retain the base.
  • the bowl With the bases clamped to the bowl, the bowl itself can then be manoeuvred and located such that the back of the bowl, and therefore at least one operative part of the nut and bolt, are inaccessible.
  • the bases may remain permanently attached to the bowl.
  • the cap 7 is of larger diameter than the base and is arranged, in use, to extend around and over the base.
  • the cap may either contact the bowl directly around the base or may trap an annular seal between the base and the bowl.
  • the cap is detachably connected to the base by twisting the cap to bring cooperating parts on each into engagement, when the base is overlapped, to prevent the cap from moving away from the base.
  • These cooperating portions comprise a series of four spaced outwardly projecting arcuate ribs 8 on the base, each of which terminate at one end in an axially extending downwardly projecting flange 9 and four spaced, inwardly extending flanges 10 located on the bottom of the cap (as shown in Figure 1), each of which terminates in an axially extending upwardly projecting rib 11.
  • the hinged attachment of the seat 2 and cover 3 to the bowl 4 is achieved as follows.
  • the cap 7 is placed over the hinge portion 6, as shown in Figure 2, such that the open end of a horizontally extending rod 13 extends towards a socket 14 extending into the seat and cover.
  • the cap 7 is then moved towards the cover and seat to locate the rod 13 within the socket.
  • the rod 13 of another portion 6 is also moved into the other end of the socket 14 such that the rods extend along a common axis.
  • the seat and the caps 7 are then manoeuvred to bring the caps 7 over the already fixed bases 5.
  • the flanges 10 of the caps slide between the ribs 8 of the base until the flanges 10 are located just beneath the ribs 8 with the flanges 10, either contacting or being closely spaced from the surface of the bowl.
  • the caps 7 are then rotated to cause the flanges 10 to slide under the ribs 8 until the axially extending ribs 11 abut the correspondingly extending ribs 8 to prevent further rotation in that direction.
  • the base is then completely concealed with a skirt 16 of the cap 7 surrounding the base 5.
  • the lid and seat With the lid and seat mounted on the base, the lid and seat can pivot or hinge about the longitudinal axis of the rods 13.
  • the upwardly facing surface of the hinge portion 6 includes an annular band of reduced height (not shown) at its outer extremity. That band is located beneath a narrowed waist 15 of the skirt such that the remainder of the upwardly facing surface of the hinge portion can be generally flush with the corresponding surface of the cap, as shown in Figure 2.
  • the cap 7 is shown as being able to undergo a limited amount of relative rotation.
  • the cap and base can be screwed together by providing screw threads on their overlapping surface.
  • a common base member may be provided which is arranged to receive both of the caps.
  • Removal of the lid and base is achieved by reversing the above described sequence of operations. In the removed position, the lid and seat can be separated for replacement or cleaning as required.

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EP19940305362 1993-07-23 1994-07-20 Ensemble de charnière pour la fixation de siège de toilette Expired - Lifetime EP0635235B1 (fr)

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GB9315263 1993-07-23
GB9315263A GB2280219B (en) 1993-07-23 1993-07-23 Hinge assembly for toilet seat fixing

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EP0635235A2 true EP0635235A2 (fr) 1995-01-25
EP0635235A3 EP0635235A3 (fr) 1995-06-14
EP0635235B1 EP0635235B1 (fr) 1998-08-26

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DE (1) DE69412722T2 (fr)
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GB (1) GB2280219B (fr)

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DE19603588A1 (de) * 1996-02-01 1996-07-04 Pesch Heinrich Otto Toilettendeckelhalter "TD-Halter"
WO2002034099A1 (fr) * 2000-10-25 2002-05-02 Pressalit A/S Ensemble siege et couvercle de toilette comportant des yeux ce charniere integres

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AU7514174A (en) * 1973-11-14 1976-05-13 Commw Moulding Pty Ltd Toilet seat hinge mountings
FR2506595A1 (fr) * 1981-06-01 1982-12-03 Allibert Sa Embase de fixation d'abattant de cuvette de wc
EP0156967A1 (fr) * 1984-02-15 1985-10-09 Roman Dietsche KG Dispositif pour la fixation d'un couvercle de WC et/ou d'un siège sur une cuvette de WC de manière pivotante
DE4409516A1 (de) * 1993-03-23 1994-09-29 Saniplast Spa Scharnier zum Anbringen einer aus Deckel und Sitz bestehenden Baugruppe am Körper einer Klosettschüssel

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AU7514174A (en) * 1973-11-14 1976-05-13 Commw Moulding Pty Ltd Toilet seat hinge mountings
FR2506595A1 (fr) * 1981-06-01 1982-12-03 Allibert Sa Embase de fixation d'abattant de cuvette de wc
EP0156967A1 (fr) * 1984-02-15 1985-10-09 Roman Dietsche KG Dispositif pour la fixation d'un couvercle de WC et/ou d'un siège sur une cuvette de WC de manière pivotante
DE4409516A1 (de) * 1993-03-23 1994-09-29 Saniplast Spa Scharnier zum Anbringen einer aus Deckel und Sitz bestehenden Baugruppe am Körper einer Klosettschüssel

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19603588A1 (de) * 1996-02-01 1996-07-04 Pesch Heinrich Otto Toilettendeckelhalter "TD-Halter"
WO2002034099A1 (fr) * 2000-10-25 2002-05-02 Pressalit A/S Ensemble siege et couvercle de toilette comportant des yeux ce charniere integres

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GB2280219A (en) 1995-01-25
DE69412722D1 (de) 1998-10-01
GB2280219B (en) 1996-09-11
EP0635235A3 (fr) 1995-06-14
DK0635235T3 (da) 1999-05-25
GB9315263D0 (en) 1993-09-08
DE69412722T2 (de) 1999-03-18
EP0635235B1 (fr) 1998-08-26

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