EP1083266A2 - Vorrichtung zur Körperhygiene, insbesondere für Badezimmer - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Körperhygiene, insbesondere für Badezimmer Download PDF

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EP1083266A2
EP1083266A2 EP00119539A EP00119539A EP1083266A2 EP 1083266 A2 EP1083266 A2 EP 1083266A2 EP 00119539 A EP00119539 A EP 00119539A EP 00119539 A EP00119539 A EP 00119539A EP 1083266 A2 EP1083266 A2 EP 1083266A2
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Lucio Doria
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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
    • 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
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/0408—Water installations especially for showers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/20—Arrangements of several outlets along elongated bodies, e.g. perforated pipes or troughs, e.g. spray booms; Outlet elements therefor
    • B05B1/205—Arrangements of several outlets along elongated bodies, e.g. perforated pipes or troughs, e.g. spray booms; Outlet elements therefor characterised by the longitudinal shape of the elongated body

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  • the present invention relates to fittings used in bathrooms or toilets for personal hygiene and lower limbs cleaning.
  • the bath-tube is often fitted with or substituted by a shower, so as to limit the waste of water and/or minimize the space occupied thereby.
  • the bathrooms are equipped with an additional fitting, better known as bidet, on which one usually sits astride for personal hygiene, and which is usually fastened to the floor.
  • the bidet usually includes a ceramic oblong bowl, connected with water supplies and discharging ducts.
  • the bidet is generally situated near the toilet bowl, so as to optimize its use.
  • the bidet is particularly functional and of rapid use, it is not always possible to install it in a bathroom, because of many disadvantages deriving from insufficient bathroom surface and/or from the necessity to provide a suitable refluent water discharge system connected to the bidet, which requires building work.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose a fitting for bathroom, which avoids the above mentioned drawbacks, allows personal hygiene and lower limbs cleaning also in small bathrooms, without necessarily installing a water discharge system.
  • Another object of the present invention is to propose a particularly strong and reliable fitting of reducible size, as will be explained in the following description.
  • a further object of the present invention is to propose a fitting which assures best functionality and a versatile use, in particular for elderly and handicapped people.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to propose a fitting obtained by a simple and cheap technical solution, which optimizes its frequent use, specially in caravans and airplanes, together with chemical water closets, and in all situations requiring easy transportability.
  • the reference numeral 1 indicates the proposed fitting for bathroom, basically including a support structure 5, substantially ring-like, e.g. open, and equipped inside with a duct 6.
  • the duct 6, preferably extending symmetrically with respect to the structure 5, is supplied with water by a sleeve 7 and opens in a plurality of channels 6a formed by the structure 5 and oriented in such a way as to direct the fed water toward the center, i.e. toward the inner part of the structure 5.
  • the sleeve 7, formed by the side part of the structure 5, is connected, by a flexible pipe 8, to a mixer 9, which supplies water with controlled temperature.
  • the support structure 5 which bears lower limbs and/or bottom parts (not shown), is hinged along a horizontal axis Y to relative supporting means 2.
  • the supporting means 2 are fastened to the rear vertical wall 3a of a hydraulic shower equipment, situated near the refluent water discharge means 4, e.g. making part of the same hydraulic shower equipment.
  • the support structure 5, hinged along the axis Y to the supporting means 2, moves from a working configuration B, in which the support structure 5 is orthogonal to the rear vertical wall 3a, and a rest configuration A, in which the support structure 5 is parallel thereto.
  • the support structure 5 When in the working configuration B, the support structure 5, preferably a self-supporting structure, allows the personal hygiene and lower limbs cleaning, preferably with suitable cleansing substances.
  • the user regulates the flow and/or temperature of the water supplied by the channels 6a by acting on the mixer 9.
  • the produced refluent water is conveyed to the collecting base of the shower system and flows through the discharge thereof.
  • the user can stop the water supplied by the channels 6a by acting on the mixer 9, and possibly bringing the support structure 5 back to the rest configuration A.
  • suitable means 10 stabilizing the working configuration B of the support structure 5 are situated in the part opposite to the supporting means 2.
  • the stabilizing means 10 can include a pair of bars 90 hinged to an end of the support structure 5, along a relative axis 90a.
  • the bars 90 assume relative operation positions U, substantially orthogonal with respect to the support structure 5. In this position, the other ends of the bars 90 rest on a horizontal support surface 3b, while the support structure 5 is in the working configuration.
  • the bars 90 assume also non-operation positions V, in which they are substantially parallel to the support structure 5, when the latter is in the rest configuration A.
  • the working configuration B is firmly stabilized and possible structural breakings of the support structure 5 are maximally reduced.
  • safety means 91 of known type are connected to each bar 90, so as to further stabilize the operation position U thereof.
  • the support structure 5, when in rest configuration A, can be situated completely over ( Figure 1) or completely under (not shown) the corresponding supporting means 2, i.e. it can be respectively in a raised or in a lowered position.
  • a niche or an outer room is made in the vertical wall 3a for receiving the support structure 5 when it is the rest configuration A.
  • the supporting means 2 of the structure 5 can include a hinge having horizontal axis Y ( Figures 1, 2), or a pair of vertical guides, fastened to the inner part of the niche or room, so as to guide the structure 5.
  • the support structure 5 is preferably obtained symmetrically with respect to a surface orthogonal to the vertical wall 3a passing through the supporting means 2 and the upper part thereof can be shaped anatomically.
  • the support structure 5 is advantageously interchangeable with respect to the supporting means 2, so as to facilitate possible changes of the structure 5 size.
  • the special shape of the proposed fitting for bathrooms assures high functionality and security standards for its use by elder people, children, people with motory disorders and/or any form of handicap.
  • the particular advantage of the proposed fitting lies in fact that it can be used in caravans and/or airplanes, together with chemical water closets, as well as a portable fitting, possibly closed in a suitable container.
  • the discharge means 4 can be either made in the base of the hydraulic shower equipment, or in the floor of the bathroom.
  • the proposed fitting 1 can be installed in an already existing bathroom without any changes of building works and therefore, without any additional costs.
  • the proposed fitting in its many embodiments, is substantially solid and reliable, very practical and versatile, and moreover, it can be used frequently.

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  • Hydrology & Water Resources (AREA)
  • Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Epidemiology (AREA)
  • Devices For Medical Bathing And Washing (AREA)
  • Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
  • Footwear And Its Accessory, Manufacturing Method And Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Bathtubs, Showers, And Their Attachments (AREA)
EP00119539A 1999-09-08 2000-09-07 Vorrichtung zur Körperhygiene, insbesondere für Badezimmer Withdrawn EP1083266A3 (de)

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ITBO990481 1999-09-08
IT1999BO000481A IT1310440B1 (it) 1999-09-08 1999-09-08 Articolo per locale da bagno destinato all'igiene ed alla puliziadelle parti intime e degli arti inferiori.

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FR2829374A1 (fr) * 2001-09-13 2003-03-14 Thomas Vidal Dispositif rabattable pour laver les parties intimes dans les douches ou autres
EP1247911A3 (de) * 2001-04-06 2003-07-23 Yusuf Altinisik Reinigungsvorrichtung
WO2006134391A2 (en) * 2005-06-17 2006-12-21 Matthew Dickson Multiple outlet water mixing unit and shower unit for use in hydrotherapy

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US3879769A (en) * 1973-12-26 1975-04-29 Michael F Slawinski Bidet toilet seat
FR2724550A1 (fr) * 1994-09-19 1996-03-22 Davoudi Farhooman Dispositif ergonomique de projection d'eau sous forme de jets, destine a se doucher, se laver ou se masser, tout ou partie du corps
JPH10309242A (ja) * 1997-05-12 1998-11-24 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd シャワー浴装置

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US3879769A (en) * 1973-12-26 1975-04-29 Michael F Slawinski Bidet toilet seat
FR2724550A1 (fr) * 1994-09-19 1996-03-22 Davoudi Farhooman Dispositif ergonomique de projection d'eau sous forme de jets, destine a se doucher, se laver ou se masser, tout ou partie du corps
JPH10309242A (ja) * 1997-05-12 1998-11-24 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd シャワー浴装置

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 02, 26 February 1999 (1999-02-26) -& JP 10 309242 A (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD), 24 November 1998 (1998-11-24) *

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1247911A3 (de) * 2001-04-06 2003-07-23 Yusuf Altinisik Reinigungsvorrichtung
FR2829374A1 (fr) * 2001-09-13 2003-03-14 Thomas Vidal Dispositif rabattable pour laver les parties intimes dans les douches ou autres
WO2006134391A2 (en) * 2005-06-17 2006-12-21 Matthew Dickson Multiple outlet water mixing unit and shower unit for use in hydrotherapy
WO2006134391A3 (en) * 2005-06-17 2007-12-21 Matthew Dickson Multiple outlet water mixing unit and shower unit for use in hydrotherapy

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