EP0839235B1 - Duschvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0839235B1
EP0839235B1 EP96909456A EP96909456A EP0839235B1 EP 0839235 B1 EP0839235 B1 EP 0839235B1 EP 96909456 A EP96909456 A EP 96909456A EP 96909456 A EP96909456 A EP 96909456A EP 0839235 B1 EP0839235 B1 EP 0839235B1
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shower head
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D9/00—Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells
    • E03D9/08—Devices in the bowl producing upwardly-directed sprays; Modifications of the bowl for use with such devices ; Bidets; Combinations of bowls with urinals or bidets; Hot-air or other devices mounted in or on the bowl, urinal or bidet for cleaning or disinfecting

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  • This invention relates to a shower device for a toilet seat according to the preamble of appended claim 1.
  • the term "give a shower” here used should be seen in a wide perspective. Accordingly, it is supposed to comprise anything from a well spread shower to a rather concentrated spraying or washing.
  • the invention also includes that the shower head is variable in the meaning that the character of the shower can be adjusted in a way known per se or optionally.
  • the carrier is turnably arranged around a horizontal axis, which will lead to the shower head being pivoted in a vertical plane. This gives the disadvantage in that the spraying direction of the shower head will vary as a function of the turning position of the turnable carrier around the horizontal axis.
  • the object of the present invention is to further develop a device of the type defined in the introduction in such a way that the shower device associates an uncomplicated and thereby cheap constructional embodiment with good manoeuvrability.
  • a vertical pivot axis will be located substantially in the intermediate region of the toilet bowl. This clearly increases the range of operability of the shower head and makes it possible, in particular to move the shower head back and forth relative to the toilet seat by combined pivoting movement, so that in practice the shower head can be brought to move back and forth generally in the middle region of the toilet bowl in a straight path. This ensures that the shower head can be adjusted into a position where optimum shower action is required.
  • US 3 513 487 describes a device having an arm which not fulfil the tasks prescribed for the link in accordance with the present invention.
  • the arm described therein is relatively short.
  • the arrangement in US 3 513 487 is basically different from the structure according to the invention.
  • US 3 605 124 describes another shower device belonging to the prior art and to be mentioned here.
  • that device is of a different type than that of the present invention and has the disadvantage that the shower head has to be moved to a position comparatively closely under the edge if a protected position shall be reached, which means that the shower head will be located comparatively close to the person sitting on the toilet seat, which may be experienced as unpleasant and also makes it difficult to obtain an appropriate spraying distribution from the shower head.
  • the shower device comprises a shower head 1, a water supply conduit 2 leading thereto, and a carrier 3 on which the shower head 1 and at least a portion of the conduit 2 are arranged.
  • the carrier 3 is movably arranged in relation to a support construction 4 to move the shower head 1 in a pivoting motion between an active position, seen in Fig. 1, in which the shower head is located to give a person sitting on the toilet seat, which is generally referred to with 5, a shower from beneath in his or her seat region, and an inactive position, not shown, in which the shower head 1 is brought aside.
  • the carrier 3, and thereby the shower head 1, are pivotable around a generally vertical axis 6 to effect the pivoting of the shower head 1.
  • the device comprises a mantle 8 protruding down into a bowl 7 of the toilet seat.
  • this mantle has a tube-like shape.
  • the shower head In its active position, the shower head is, as seen from above, located within the width of the lower opening of the mantle 8, and in its inactive position the shower head is located beside this width. More precisely, the shower head 1 is thereby supposed to be located in-pivoted behind a rear portion of the mantle 8, so that a person sitting on the toilet seat can execute his or her needs that are normally executed on the toilet seat without the shower device, and particularly the shower head 1 thereof and the conduit running up to the latter, being in the way.
  • a valve 9 for regulation of the water supply to the shower head 1 is arranged on the pivotable carrier 3.
  • a handle for manoeuvring the pivoting movement of the carrier is arranged on the pivotable carrier 3.
  • the water supply conduit 2 extends over the toilet seat edge and is movable inside a space between this edge and a part 16 which forms a sitting surface and is arranged thereover. Normally, this one has the character of a seat ring.
  • the support construction 4 is attachable to the toilet seat 5 by means of the attachment members 18 (see Fig. 1) which also attaches the part 16, which forms a sitting surface, to the toilet seat.
  • These attachment members 18 normally have the character of shafts projecting into and/or through holes arranged in the toilet seat edge behind the toilet bowl 7. These shafts can either present means which by means of friction engage with the limitation walls in the holes in the toilet bowl edge or, alternatively, these shafts can extend totally through the holes and, at the bottom, be engaged with nuts or other fixing elements.
  • the support construction 4 presents holes or slots arranged to be protruded by the described attachment members 18, so that the portion presenting the holes or slots will be fixed by the support construction 4 against the toilet seat in a position between the upper edge surface thereof and portions of the attachment members 18 or parts belonging to the seat ring unit 16.
  • the seat ring 16 can be a tiltable lid 21. As can be seen in Fig. 1, the seat ring 16 with the mantle 8 belonging thereto can be tilted up while the attachment members 18 still retain the seat ring 16 in relation to the toilet seat.
  • the mantle 8 is fastened in relation to the part 16 forming a sitting surface.
  • the mantle 8 could be designed in one piece with the part 16 which forms a sitting surface.
  • the mantle 8 is, however, arranged to have the character of separate part or additional part which, by means of holders 22, is fixed to the underside of the part 16 which forms the sitting surface.
  • the holders 22 may have the character of blocks which, by means of screws or the like, are fixed to the part 16 which forms the sitting surface. Thereby, the blocks 22 may engage maintainingly with a flange arranged on the mantle 8.
  • the holders or blocks 22 form distance members which locate the underside of the part 16 which forms the sitting surface at a level above the upper surface of the edge of the toilet bowl, so that the already described space is formed therebetween.
  • the distance keeping members are designed in one piece with the part 16 which forms the sitting surface as projections from the latter, whereby it is of course equivalent to, instead, provide the space by means of a recess designed in the underside of the part 16 which forms the sitting surface.
  • the shower device is used in the following way: when a person is to execute his or her needs at the toilet seat the shower device is located in the position with the shower head 1 pivoted outside the width of the lower opening of the mantle 8. As said needs accordingly have been executed, the user can use the shower device for cleaning purposes. Thereby, the user initially sees to that a certain water spraying takes place so that the right temperature of the water reaching the shower head 1 can be obtained. Thereafter the user can comfortably pivot the shower head 1 forward to a required position by pivoting the carrier 3 around the axis 6. As the right position has been obtained, the user can easily open the valve 9 to a required degree, and thereby, through the shower head 1, a pleasant cleaning shower is obtained at the required place. As the user finds that the cleaning operation has obtained the required result, the valve 9 is shut and the carrier 3 is pivoted so that the shower head 1 once again is located in the start position.
  • the support construction 4a is shown as formed by two parts 31, 32, which are moveable in relation to each other and the first 31 of which forms a base part which is attachable to the toilet seat, while the other 32 is pivotable in relation to the base part around a second, generally vertical axis 33.
  • the carrier 3 is pivotably arranged in relation of the second part 32 around the generally vertical axis 6 first mentioned.
  • the two axes 6a and 33 are located at mutual distance, which means that the movements of the shower head 1 will be formed by the sum of two pivoting movements, namely the pivoting movement of the carrier 3 around the axis 6 in relation to the part 32 and the pivoting movement of the latter around the axis 33 in relation to the base part 31. Thereby the maneouver possibilities of the user also increase as to the position of the shower head 1a.
  • the pivotable part 32 has the character of a link extending from the region of the rear part of the toilet bowl in a forward direction to approximately the intermediate region of the toilet bowl, the part 32 being located on one side of the toilet bowl.
  • the base part 31 presents a screen piece 34 which projects down into the toilet bowl in the area of the rear part of the toilet bowl.
  • the shower head 1 can be pivoted behind this screen piece so that, accordingly, the shower head 1 obtains a position in which it is protected by the screen piece 34 also when the part 16 which forms the sitting surface and the mantle 8a connected thereto are swung up to the position according to Fig. 1.
  • the handle 35 has a generally rod-like shape, the diametrical axis of the rod-shape extending generally horizontally.
  • a valve 9 is arranged for regulation of the water supply to the shower head 1.
  • the valve could, in a simple embodiment, only permit on and off turning of the water supply, but could, in a more advanced embodiment, also permit flow volume regulation.
  • the user can manoeuver the shower head 1 by holding the handle 35, not only by means of pivoting movement around the vertical axis 6 but also by bringing the part 32 to pivot in relation to the part 31 around the axis 33.
  • This means that the shower head 1 is substantially moved in the forward/backward direction of the toilet seat by pivoting around the axis 6a.
  • the shower head 1 will, in the main, be movable in the cross-wise direction of the toilet bowl.

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  1. Duschvorrichtung für einen Toilettensitz, umfassend einen Duschkopf (1a), eine zum Duschkopf hinführende Wasserzufuhrleitung (2a) und einen Träger (3a), auf dem der Duschkopf (1a) und wenigstens ein Teil der Leitung (2a) angeordnet sind und der in Bezug auf eine Stützkonstruktion (4a) beweglich angeordnet ist, um den Duschkopf mit einer Schwenkbewegung zwischen einer aktiven Position, in der dieser so positioniert ist, dass eine auf dem Toilettensitz sitzende Person von unten her eine Dusche auf ihr Gesäß erhält, und einer inaktiven Position, in der der Duschkopf zur Seite verlagert ist, zu bewegen, wobei der Träger (3), und damit der Duschkopf (1), um eine im allgemeinen vertikale Achse (6) schwenkbar ist, um das Schwenken des Duschkopfes in einer im allgemeinen horizontalen Schwenkebene zu bewirken, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Stützkonstruktion (4a) aus zwei Teilen (31, 32) gebildet ist, welche relativ zueinander beweglich sind, dass ein erstes (31) der genannten Teile ein Basisteil bildet, das an dem Toilettensitz befestigt werden kann, während ein zweites (32) der Teile in Bezug auf das Basisteil um eine zweite, im allgemeinen vertikale Achse (33) schwenkbar ist, dass der Träger (3a) in Bezug auf das zweite Teil (32) um die erstgenannte, im allgemeinen vertikale Achse (6a) schwenkbar angeordnet ist, wobei das zweite Teil (32) den Charakter eines Verbindungsgliedes hat und sich dieses Verbindungsglied (32) von dem Bereich des hinteren Teils der Toilettenschüssel nach vorne bis ungefähr zum mittleren Bereich der Toilettenschüssel erstreckt, und wobei sich das Verbindungsglied (32) auf einer Seite der Toilettenschüssel befindet.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einen Mantel (8) umfasst, der nach unten in eine Schüssel (7) des Toilettensitzes hineinreicht, und dass sich der Duschkopf (1), von oben betrachtet, in seiner aktiven Position innerhalb der Peripherie einer unteren Öffnung des Mantels befindet und in seiner inaktiven Position neben dieser Peripherie.
  3. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Ventil (9) zur Regulierung der Wasserzufuhr zum Duschkopf (1) auf dem schwenkbaren Träger (3) angebracht ist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Griff zum Manövrieren der Schwenkbewegung des Trägers (3) auf dem schwenkbaren Träger (3) angeordnet ist.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ventil (9), oder wenigstens ein Teil (10) davon, einen Griff bildet.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Träger (3) und der Duschkopf (1) mit der zugehörigen Leitung (2) einen zweiarmigen Hebel bilden, auf dessen einem Arm (11) der Duschkopf (1) und auf dessen anderem Arm (12) der Griff (10) angeordnet ist.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schwenkachse (6) des Trägers (3) außerhalb der Kante (14), welche die Öffnung (13) der Schüssel (7) des Toilettensitzes begrenzt, angeordnet ist.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Wasserzufuhrleitung (2) über die Kante (14) der Toilettenschüssel erstreckt und in einem Raum (15) zwischen dieser Kante und einem Teil (16), das eine Sitzfläche bildet und darüber angeordnet ist, beweglich ist.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Stützkonstruktion (4) an dem Toilettensitz (5) befestigt werden kann, und zwar durch Befestigungselemente (18), mit denen auch ein eine Sitzfläche bildendes Teil (16) an dem Toilettensitz befestigt ist.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Ansprüchen 2 und 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Mantel (8) in Bezug auf das Teil (16), das eine Sitzfläche bildet, fest angeordnet oder mit diesem in einem Stück ausgebildet ist.
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SE9501223A SE507210C2 (sv) 1995-04-03 1995-04-03 Duschanordning för WC
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PCT/SE1996/000440 WO1996031666A1 (en) 1995-04-03 1996-04-03 A shower device
CA002217432A CA2217432A1 (en) 1995-04-03 1997-10-03 A shower device

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