EP0892873B1 - Urinal - Google Patents

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EP0892873B1
EP0892873B1 EP96925585A EP96925585A EP0892873B1 EP 0892873 B1 EP0892873 B1 EP 0892873B1 EP 96925585 A EP96925585 A EP 96925585A EP 96925585 A EP96925585 A EP 96925585A EP 0892873 B1 EP0892873 B1 EP 0892873B1
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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
    • A47K11/00—Closets without flushing; Urinals without flushing; Chamber pots; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets
    • A47K11/12—Urinals without flushing
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D13/00—Urinals ; Means for connecting the urinal to the flushing pipe and the wastepipe; Splashing shields for urinals
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D11/00—Other component parts of water-closets, e.g. noise-reducing means in the flushing system, flushing pipes mounted in the bowl, seals for the bowl outlet, devices preventing overflow of the bowl contents; devices forming a water seal in the bowl after flushing, devices eliminating obstructions in the bowl outlet or preventing backflow of water and excrements from the waterpipe
    • E03D11/12—Swivel-mounted bowls, e.g. for use in restricted spaces slidably or movably mounted bowls; combinations with flushing and disinfecting devices actuated by the swiveling or sliding movement of the bowl

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  • the invention relates to a urinal that can be equipped with a Flushing device, attachable to a wall, consisting of a a collecting tray arranged in the lower area open to the front, existing walls forming a cavity Middle part, which opens up into a head part, such a urinal with a Flushing device and at the lowest point with a drain is provided.
  • WO-A-88 04344 can be found in the generic urinal, which has a tubular hollow body with a slot-shaped input opening.
  • Wall urinals are known in various designs. What they have in common is that they mostly consist of a spacious drip pan at the bottom with a drain and a raised rear wall with a flushing water inlet at the top, the urine inlet opening of which is surrounded by a flushing rim, the drain of which opens into a siphon, and which is provided by the customer with the entire surface of the back wall forming a mounting surface to be assembled.
  • a wall urinal is proposed in the document DE 27 57 759 C2, which is characterized by a particularly narrow construction, which is achieved in that the molded siphon is pivoted through 90 ° into a plane lying parallel to the mounting surface.
  • a wall urinal is proposed in the document DT 2 204 317, which is characterized by a double-shell drip tray, the front or top wall being divided into two half-shells provided with a gradient towards the center by a column-shaped opening arranged in the middle. The urine volume is taken up by the upper shell, guided to the center and passed through a column-shaped opening into a collecting shell forming a lower shell in a known arrangement.
  • a large number of urinals are known in the medical field, which are characterized by small dimensions, some of which are also provided with drains and flushing devices, but due to their small, if appropriate, also adjacent urine inlet openings, according to their conception, can only be used for personal use.
  • the known urinals and in particular wall urinals, have significant disadvantages:
  • the common disadvantage of the wall urinals lies in the fact that splashes and spray mist that cannot be avoided spread freely due to the spacious input opening. Contamination, especially clothing, can hardly be prevented in the vicinity of such devices. This effect is particularly pronounced when a wall-mounted urinal is used by tall men, because either the distance between the delivery point and the impact surface increases or the splashes that fall back on the impact surface spread out freely in all directions from the level of the impact surface can. Due to the relatively large dimensions, these urinals require large amounts of flushing water. In addition, the large dimensions do not allow for an often desired installation in small rooms, especially bathrooms and guest toilets.
  • urinals mounted at a certain height Another major disadvantage of the urinals mounted at a certain height is that the usage properties deteriorate as the body length of the user increases.
  • the urinals known in the medical field are suitable for at least partially counteracting the above-mentioned weak points, they are unsuitable for a changing group of users, in particular for hygienic reasons.
  • the invention is based on this prior art based on the task of creating a urinal that has contaminants reduced by urine splashes in its environment, while maintaining the advantages that it is users of different sizes have equally good usage properties offers, due to its small dimensions is also suitable for small rooms and as a urinal Rinsing device uses little rinsing water.
  • the advantages achieved with the invention are in particular in keeping the area of the entry opening to a minimum can be reduced with the result that the impact of the urine spray essentially reflected in the only interrupted by the relatively narrow input opening tubular hollow bodies remain.
  • the slot-like nature of the entry opening reveals itself this advantage varies from a relatively large group tall users alike, being the narrow Design allows the user to be sufficiently close to the entry opening step up to the urine stream safely into the To direct urine inlet.
  • the relatively small and thus also lightweight construction enables the installation of a such urinals in the smallest of spaces and in many variations in terms of connectivity.
  • the advantage of the design lies in the optimization of the above advantages through the selection in particular suitable dimensions of the longitudinal slot of the invention Urinal.
  • the urinal according to the invention can also be regarding its technical properties and design the design in a variety of ways.
  • the urinal body has an approximately constant width along the longitudinal slot, which does not exceed three times the slot width. It is advantageous here that the enclosed space of the urinal remains visible to the user and at the same time the surface to be rinsed does not exceed a maximum dimension in relation to the slot width.
  • the longitudinal axis of the tubular structure straight or curved.
  • the advantage here is that the urinal is geometrical diverse in terms of functionality and design according to the invention can change and adapt, so that even with special long urine inlet openings at least in the lower area Inclination of the slot plane can be provided.
  • the urinal body between the head part and the drip tray consists of a tube. It is advantageous here that the urinal can also be produced inexpensively, if necessary, from common semi-finished products.
  • the depth of the urinal body increases from top to bottom and the width of the urinal body along the longitudinal slot remains approximately the same. It is advantageous here that even in the case of a urinal according to the invention, the assembly surface can be formed in a simplified manner from the rear wall with a simultaneous inclined arrangement of the input opening.
  • the longitudinal slot merges in the area facing the collecting bowl into a bead-like drop collecting tongue protruding from the tubular structure and provided with a slope on the upper side. It is advantageous here that drops of urine falling directly in front of the urine inlet are collected and directed into the urinal, which is particularly useful when the urinal is arranged vertically.
  • the urinal body can be fastened at the rear, bottom, top or to the side, or a holder is provided for fastening to a wall or a stand. It is advantageous here that the urinal can be mounted in a variety of configurations as an additional device on existing sanitary objects, which can be expanded to include a urinal function, due to the five-sided possible attachment.
  • a flushing device is arranged in the head part. It is advantageous here that the rinsing water is not only introduced into the basin through a rinsing opening, which is usually arranged rearward in the basin shell of a urinal, but can be introduced almost over the entire surface via several or a correspondingly long rinsing opening along the transition to the tubular wall.
  • the longitudinal slot is surrounded by a flushing water guide channel which projects into the tubular structure. It is advantageous here that the urinal can be flushed over a large area without flushing water being able to escape from the urine inlet opening.
  • the longitudinal slot is surrounded by an internal pipe which carries flushing water and in which flushing openings directed towards the inner walls are arranged. It is advantageous here that the wall of the urinal can also be flushed over the entire area in the lower region, which may not be located vertically below the flushing device arranged above.
  • rinsing water guiding ribs with a maximum profile height of 10 mm are arranged lengthwise on the inside of the tubular wall, or a rinsing water guiding rib with a larger profile height is arranged laterally running approximately parallel to the longitudinal slot. It is advantageous in this case that the rinsing water only reaches regions of the wall which are not perpendicularly below the rinsing device arranged above due to the geometry of the wall.
  • the urinal has a holder which can be pivoted in the horizontal plane and or which can be inclined in the vertical plane by 0 to 30 °, with the flushing water inlet and the waste water outlet being flexible as supply or disposal hose or as pipes in the embodiment with flushing device Joints are arranged pivotably or inclinably. It is advantageous here that the urinal can be swiveled from a use position into a rest position in a space-saving manner and it is also possible to optimally adapt the position of the longitudinal slot to the user.
  • the urinal has a waste water drainage system with a low cross-section. It is advantageous here that even small amounts of rinse water are sufficient to ensure an adequate exchange of dirty water in the drain system.
  • the urinal has a storage container for rinsing water and a collecting container for used water. It is advantageous here that the urinal can also be designed as a portable urinal which can be used independently of an existing water supply or waste water disposal.
  • the urinal body 1 of the urinal according to the invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 consists of a collecting bowl 2 arranged at the bottom, here provided with an integrated drain 4 opening into a siphon 3, which is extended upwards by a tubular wall 5 and at the top in a Headboard 6 merges.
  • the tubular wall 5 is broken through on the side facing away from the wall 7 by a vertically arranged longitudinal slot 8, which serves as a urine inlet.
  • a flushing device 9 is arranged in a known design, consisting of a flushing water inlet 10, a distribution chamber 11 and outlet openings 12.
  • the flushing water cannot escape uncontrollably from the urine inlet opening designed as a longitudinal slot 8, it is surrounded by an inwardly projecting flushing water guide channel 13 , in which a pipe 14 carrying rinsing water can be integrated, which in turn releases rinsing water in a targeted manner via rinsing openings directed towards the inner wall.
  • a bead-like drop catch tongue 16 which is provided on the top with a slope to the rear, is also arranged in a stepless manner below the input opening designed as a longitudinal slot 8.
  • the urinal shown here is mounted with the mounting surface 17 against a wall 7 with a corresponding inlet and outlet.
  • the assembly is carried out by means of suitable fastening elements, such as screws or bolts, through the fastening bores 18.
  • suitable fastening elements such as screws or bolts
  • the attached head part 19 of the urinal according to the invention shown in FIG. 4 is provided with a flushing device in accordance with FIGS. 1 to 3 and can optionally be produced from a urine-resistant material to be machined.
  • This head part 19 is placed on a tube 20 with a round cross-section, which has the lengthwise entry opening designed as a longitudinal slot 8, with a bottom part 21 underneath, which is designed on the inside as a collecting tray 2 with a drain 4.
  • These three parts can be individually made in different variants, possibly also assembled according to a modular principle, from different or the same materials and then, depending on the material, put together, glue, weld, solder, screw, press or the like.
  • this urinal body held in a clamping ring 22, is mounted on a pivotable holder 23, the urine input opening designed as a longitudinal slot 8 lying opposite the wall 7 and the body being inclined at the top to the wall 7.
  • a flushing water supply pipe 24 with a shut-off valve 25 is arranged on the outside of the wall.
  • the tube 20 can also have an oval, square, rectangular, triangular, polygonal or a cross section composed of these shapes.
  • a U-profile can also be used if necessary.
  • the flushing water guiding channel 13 surrounding the urine inlet opening consists of a pre-assembled, flexible or rigid profile.
  • the pivotable holder 23 is pivotally arranged with the pivot hinge 26 in the horizontal plane, so that the urinal can be placed laterally to the wall 7 in a space-saving position.
  • the pivotable holder 23 has a joint 27 below the urinal body 1, which makes it possible to incline the urinal at an angle up to 30 ° above the wall 7 and to fix it, for example, by means of a clamping screw 28 arranged in the pivot point.
  • the pivot hinge 26 is preferably to be provided with a travel limitation and detents generating preferred positions.
  • the flushing device of this urinal is connected via a flexible supply hose 29 to the on-site water connection or, alternatively to the shut-off valve 25, to a flush valve to be mounted on the wall 7.
  • the outlet 4 opens into a disposal hose 30 which may be bent into a siphon and which opens into a drain pipe provided on site.
  • the urinal is fastened to the wall 7 by means of conventional fastening elements through the fastening holes 18.
  • the embodiment of the urinal shown in FIG. 4 can be provided in a simple manner with a cover closing the input opening.
  • a second larger tube or tube segment surrounding the tube 20 which is provided with a congruent longitudinal slot and is rotatably mounted in its body axis, can be pivoted about the inner tube in such a way that the urine inlet opening is closed.
  • the urinal shown in Fig. 5 is constructed like that in the Fig. 1 to 3 described urinal, the components of the collecting tray 2, tubular wall 5 and head part 6 into each other pass.
  • the tubular wall 5 is here the Center line L following bent so that the urinal body 1 in the upper part is vertical and the lower part is down increasingly removed from the wall 7.
  • Rinsing the walls is on the inside 5 rinsing water guide ribs 31 arranged on the tubular wall, which deviates the rinse water along the wall from the vertical down.
  • the tubular wall 5 internally profiled wavy or there may be a larger rinse water guide rib just below or behind the entry opening, comparable to the 3 pipe 14 shown in Fig. 3 arranged be, advantageously the vertical or upper portion the rinse water guide rib 31 merges into a tube.
  • the urinal shown in Fig. 6 is also constructed as the urinal described in FIGS. 1 to 3, the Cross section of the generated by the tubular wall 5 tubular structure changed from top to bottom, here the Depth T increases, the width as seen in FIG. 7 is the same.
  • the urinal according to the invention can be omitted make any urine resistant material.
  • the design and material can in particular be machined, forming without cutting or using casting or injection molding processes, with common semi-finished products such as pipes in the Have the manufacture of the urinal body included.
  • the embodiment of the urinal shown in Fig. 4 enables a modular system, for example the holder, the lower Bottom part and the attached head part the same remain and, as desired, different colored tubes as the middle part be used.
  • the mounting surface 17 of the urinal shown in FIG. 1 on the underside provide the urinal body 1 or the holder 23 of the in the Fig.
  • urinals with downward facing fasteners provided so that an assembly on or on a Stand, base or the like becomes possible.
  • the urinal according to the invention can be transported Design version, where here a rinse water reservoir, preferably in a foot below the urinal with a Pump equipped for rinsing water delivery, and below a collecting container for dirty water is provided in the drip tray becomes.
  • a device for carrying the urinal would have to be provided.
  • the urinal can be provided with a lid that closes the urine inlet opening in any configuration. It is also possible to advantageously let the urinal into the assembly wall when it is mounted on the wall, the urinal body being provided all around with a collar-shaped wall connection arranged parallel to the assembly wall.

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