EP0643939B1 - Bac à douche, en particulier pour une cabine de douche autoporteuse - Google Patents

Bac à douche, en particulier pour une cabine de douche autoporteuse Download PDF

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EP0643939B1
EP0643939B1 EP94110558A EP94110558A EP0643939B1 EP 0643939 B1 EP0643939 B1 EP 0643939B1 EP 94110558 A EP94110558 A EP 94110558A EP 94110558 A EP94110558 A EP 94110558A EP 0643939 B1 EP0643939 B1 EP 0643939B1
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Lucio Colussi
Mario D'andrea
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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
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
    • A47K3/40—Pans or trays

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  • This invention relates to an improved type of shower-bath basin and, particularly, to a basin for a shower-bath booth of the self-bearing or self-supporting type.
  • self-bearing shower-bath booths are known to be generally provided with a substantially monolithic structure which mainly comprises a metal framework, with blind walls and semitransparent doors, as well as a shower basin of a rigid material which is attached to the metal framework of the booth and is installed at a certain height above the floor.
  • a substantially monolithic structure which mainly comprises a metal framework, with blind walls and semitransparent doors, as well as a shower basin of a rigid material which is attached to the metal framework of the booth and is installed at a certain height above the floor.
  • the periphery of the basin is supported by the floor through a plurality of upright members equipped with resting feet; for a greater structural strength, said upright members shall additionally be interconnected and fastened together by means of appropriate brackets or similar strengthening or stiffening means.
  • bottom side panels reaching down to the floor (according to the shape and the type of installation of the shower booth), which are generally made of metal and are fixed in their position by screwing or snap-fitting them on the remaining structure of the shower booth which thus takes the afore cited self-bearing, monolithic appearance.
  • this assembly of said bottom side panels which anyway are unable to ensure a satifactory full-height sealing, requires the use of appropriate fastening and/or hook-on means.
  • a bathtub including a concave portion fixed, for instance by welding, to a support base which is shaped with a plurality of alternately concave and convex sections having respective lower surfaces, which constitute an area resting on the floor, and upper surfaces which support the bottom of said concave portion.
  • An isolating layer may be interposed between the support base and the concave portion for heat and sound insulating purposes.
  • the general shape of the shower-bath basin in particular as far as its plan outline is concerned, is variable according to requirements, with an inner concave zone 4 which is provided with at least a drain hole 5 and is delimitated by a substantially plane, raised peripheral edge 3.
  • the basin is mainly constituted by two portions 6, 7 arranged upon each other and joined together, preferably in a water-tight manner, which may be made, for instance, of moulded methacrylate ester or the like.
  • the upper portion 6 includes the edge 3 and the concave zone 4 of the basin, which has a preferably plane bottom.
  • the lower portion 7 is shaped with an upper peripheral fascia 8 which is preferably plane and adapted to support said upper portion 6 in correspondence of its raised edge 3.
  • said fascia 8 blends externally into a peripheral side wall 9 which extends downwards, preferably reaching down to the floor, so as to substantially enclose the whole shower-bath basin all around it.
  • a peripheral side wall 9 which extends downwards, preferably reaching down to the floor, so as to substantially enclose the whole shower-bath basin all around it.
  • At least the outer surface of the side wall 9 can be easily treated and/or shaped so as to give it an adequately attractive aesthetical appearance.
  • the fascia 8 blends into a downwards reaching wall or floor-mount base 10 comprising a plurality of alternately concave and convex sections which have respective, preferably plane lower surfaces 11 and upper surfaces 12.
  • the lower surfaces 11 constitute (preferably together with the lower edge of the wall 9) an area for the shower-bath basin to rest on the floor, whereas the upper surfaces 12 extend up to a height situated between said surfaces 11 and the fascia 8 and constitute an area adapted to support the portion 6 of the basin in correspondence of the bottom of the concave zone 4 thereof.
  • the upper portion 6 of the basin joins thus together with the lower portion 7, which is adapted to accomodate the concave zone 4 thereof.
  • the bottom of the concave zone 4 rests in a substantially direct manner on the upper surfaces 12 of the floor-mount base 10, with which it delimitates respective recesses 13 in correspondence of the lower surfaces 11.
  • a sound-deadening material such as foamed polyurethane or the like (not shown for greater simplicity) is foamed into such recesses 13, said material serving the further purpose of mutually “bonding" together said two portions 6 and 7 of the shower-bath basin.
  • the shower-bath basin according to the present invention is therefore a light-weight, high-strength construction which is very simple to manufacture. Furthermore, its installation can be carried out in an extremely simple, quick manner, by for instance making use of simple wall-mount brackets, which are not shown here and are not a part of the present invention.
  • a rigid panel 14 of an appropriate sound-deadening material such as for instance pressed wooden shavings or the like, is arranged between the floor-mount base 10 of the basin and the bottom of the concave zone 4.
  • the upper and lower surfaces of the panel 14 are in respectively bonded, such as for instance by glueing, to the bottom of the concave zone 4 and the corresponding upper surfaces 12 of the floor-mount base 10.
  • the panel 14 replaces in this embodiment the foamed-in material and confers further strength to the whole shower-bath basin.
  • the shower-bath basin according to the invention In the present case in which the shower-bath basin according to the invention is used in conjunction with a self-bearing shower-bath booth, as previously considered, the walls of the booth (not shown in the Figure for greater simplicity) would rest in a substantially traditional manner upon the peripheral edge 3 of the basin. Therefore, the shower-bath basin according to the invention will act as a complete and finished mounting base for the whole shower-bath booth, so that the latter will be enabled to be installed in a substantially simple, quick and unexpensive manner.
  • the upper portion 6 of the shower-bath basin is furthermore shaped to include at least a recessed area 15 provided in correspondence of the bottom of said concave zone 4 and comprising the drain hole 5.
  • said recessed area 15 extends over the whole periphery of the bottom of the concave zone 4, adjacently to the raised edge 3.
  • said upper portion 7 of the shower-bath basin will be shaped accordingly.
  • the bottom of the recessed area 15 rests upon at least an upper surface 12' of the floor-mount base 10 which is lowered accordingly with respect to the similar surfaces 12.
  • the recessed area 15 rests on the contrary directly upon at least one of the adjacent surfaces 12 of the floor-mount base 10.
  • a contrivance enables dirty water to be prevented from immediately filling up the whole bottom of the concave portion 4 in the case that the outlet of the water through the drain hole 5 proves to be difficult for any reason whatsoever. Even in such a circumstance, therefore, the user will be able to keep his or her feet in a substantially clean central zone of the shower-bath basin.

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  1. Bac à douche, en particulier pour l'usage en association avec des cabines de douche du type autoporteur, comprenant une première partie (6) qui est façonnée avec une zone concave (4) délimitée par un bord périphérique rehaussé (3) et est disposée sur une seconde partie (7) qui est formée avec un bandeau périphérique supérieur (8) apte a soutenir ledit bord (3) et se raccordant avec une base (10) d'installation au sol de ladite seconde partie (7) comprenant une pluralité de sections alternativement concaves et convexes ayant des surfaces inférieures (11), qui constituent une zone d'appui du bac au sol, et respectivement des surfaces supérieures (12) qui sont aptes à soutenir la dite première partie (6) du bac en correspondance du fond de ladite zone concave (4), cette dernière s'appuyant d'une façon essentiellement directe sur les surfaces supérieures (12) de ladite base d'installation au sol (10) avec laquelle elle délimite, en correspondance des surfaces inférieures (11), des cavités respectives (13), caractérise en ce que ladite première partie (6) et ladite seconde partie (7) du bac de la douche sont jointes l'une à l'autre par une matière d'insonorisation qui est moussée dans lesdites cavités (13).
  2. Bac à douche, en particulier pour l'usage en association avec des cabines de douche du type autoporteur, comprenant une première partie (6) qui est façonnée avec une zone concave (4) délimitée par un bord périphérique rehaussé (3) et est disposée sur une seconde partie (7) qui est formée avec un bandeau périphérique supérieur (8) apte à soutenir ledit bord (3) et se raccordant avec une base (10) d'installation au sol de ladite seconde partie (7) comprenant une pluralité de sections alternativement concaves et convexes ayant des surfaces inférieures (11), qui constituent une zone d'appui du bac au sol, et respectivement des surfaces supérieures (12) qui sont aptes à soutenir la dite première partie (6) du bac en correspondance du fond de ladite zone concave (4), cette dernière s'appuyant d'une façon essentiellement directe sur les surfaces supérieures (12) de ladite base d'installation au sol (10) avec laquelle elle délimite, en correspondance des surfaces inférieures (11), des cavités respectives (13), un panneau de matériau d'insonorisation étant disposé entre la dite base d'installation au sol et le fond de la zone concave, caractérisé en ce que ledit panneau (14) est un panneau rigide ayant une surface supérieure et un surface inférieure qui sont unies au fond de la zone concave (4) et, respectivement, aux surfaces supérieures (12) de la base d'installation au sol (10).
EP94110558A 1993-09-21 1994-07-07 Bac à douche, en particulier pour une cabine de douche autoporteuse Expired - Lifetime EP0643939B1 (fr)

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ITPN930022 1993-04-01
ITPN930022U 1993-09-21
IT93PN000022U IT231975Y1 (it) 1993-09-21 1993-09-21 Piatto per doccia, in particolare per box doccia autoportante

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EP0643939A3 EP0643939A3 (fr) 1995-08-30
EP0643939B1 true EP0643939B1 (fr) 1998-09-23

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IT231975Y1 (it) 1999-08-10
CA2132481A1 (fr) 1995-03-22
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ATE171354T1 (de) 1998-10-15
ITPN930022U1 (it) 1995-03-21

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