EP1087065B1 - Cabine de douche comprenant un dispositif de génération de cascades d'eau - Google Patents

Cabine de douche comprenant un dispositif de génération de cascades d'eau Download PDF

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EP1087065B1
EP1087065B1 EP00116366A EP00116366A EP1087065B1 EP 1087065 B1 EP1087065 B1 EP 1087065B1 EP 00116366 A EP00116366 A EP 00116366A EP 00116366 A EP00116366 A EP 00116366A EP 1087065 B1 EP1087065 B1 EP 1087065B1
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Antonio Cadamuro
Raffaele Palmieri
Helmut c/o Domino S.p.A. Baltes
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    • 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
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    • 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
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  • the present invention refers to a fitted-type shower booth comprising a fluctuating water cascade generator.
  • shower booths of the fitted-type are known in the art to be variously equipped with devices adapted to deliver water and/or steam, scents, sounds, chromatic rays, etc., in view of ensuring a beneficial combined treatment of the human body.
  • various delivery devices the practice is in particular known in the art of equipping such booths with a generator of a cascade-like flow of water coming out with a substantially laminar flow from a delivery wall arranged at a certain height in correspondence of an inner support surface.
  • a solution of this kind is disclosed for instance in the Italian industrial model application PN95 O 000001, filed by this same Applicant.
  • said water cascade should preferably be delivered in a fluctuating manner (ie. in a sequence of successive waves) and, to this purpose, the practice is known of providing a water-carrying circuit with a circulation pump that is appropriately controlled so as to supply the delivery wall with a variable water flow.
  • a circulation pump that is appropriately controlled so as to supply the delivery wall with a variable water flow.
  • US 5,820,471 discloses a participatory water play system incorporating a plurality of water play elements for creating various desired water effects.
  • a dominant feature of the participatory water play system is a giant bucket balanced on top of the play structure.
  • the bucket is pivotably mounted on the play structure such that when it is filled with water the bucket becomes unstable and tips forward, spilling its load of about 1000 gallons of water on play participants below.
  • the giant bucket is pivotably mounted so as to be conditionally stable when empty or filled to less than full capacity. In its stable condition, the pivot axis of the bucket is above the combined center of gravity of the bucket and the water contained in the bucket.
  • the combined center of gravity of the bucket and the water becomes elevated to a point above the pivot axis. This causes the bucket to become unstable and to eventually spill.
  • the conditions for stability and direction of spilling can each be controlled by selectively weighting the bucket to slightly bias it forwards or backwards, as desired.
  • the bucket may be mounted slightly off axis in order to bias it in a particular desired direction.
  • GB 712 766 relates to automatic tissue processors of the kind in which the tissues (human, animal or plant) are automatically passed through a series of liquids in preparation for microscopy.
  • the time during which the tissues are immersed in a processing liquid and the automatic change of the tissue from one liquid to the next may be controlled by a tipping water bucket carried by a horizontal shaft.
  • the water bucket is counterbalanced by a counterbalance weight which may, if desired, be adjustable.
  • Above the water bucket is a constant drip device through which water drips into the water bucket.
  • GB 1 408 402 relates to a tipping bucket for sampling a liquid as it flows from an outfall such as a pipe or channel.
  • the tipping bucket is a bucket which is pivoted in such a way that as it fills with liquid from a stream of liquid flowing continuously from a pipe or channel it reaches a point of inbalance. The bucket then swings about its pivot and empties rapidly. When it is empty it returns to a normal upright position, sometimes with the assistance of a counterweight, and commences to fill again, thus repeating the cycle. By its action, therefore, a tipping bucket converts a continuous flow into an intermittent one.
  • GB 165 134 relates to baths of the kind having a tip-up basin fitted at one end thereof on swivel trunnion joints on which the basin can be tilted.
  • the fitted-type shower booth comprises a fluctuating water cascade generator. It can be noticed to mainly comprise at least a vessel 1 that is freely rocking about a longitudinal axis 2 defined by two side pins 3. These pins are mounted, by means of respective ball bearings 4, on respective side brackets 5 attached to a rear support wall 6.
  • each such bracket 5 is so shaped in its upper portion as to feature a recessed seat 9 adapted to accommodate the respective ball bearing 4, which may be simply locked in position by means of an adjacent screw 10, or the like, inserted in the bracket in such a manner as to enable at least the enlarged head portion 11 thereof to interfere with the same bearing.
  • the vessel 1 is adapted to be filled by a tap 7 provided thereabove with a preferably constant flow of water 8.
  • a tap 7 is mounted on the wall 6 and must be understood as being associated to appropriate adjustment means that are not shown here for reasons of greater simplicity.
  • the upper portion of the vessel 1 is open and has at least a front overflow wall 12.
  • the centre of gravity of the vessel 1 is such (with respect to the hinging axis 2 thereof) that it is capable of moving, when it is substantially empty, into an angular resting position that is normally erect, as shown in Figure 2, so as to enable the same vessel to substantially collect the water delivered by the tap 7.
  • the centre of gravity of the vessel 1 is staggered , ie. offset with respect to the axis 2 in the opposite direction with respect to the overflow wall 12, in such a manner that the vessel itself tends to turn towards the above mentioned resting position (in the anti-clockwise direction, in Figure 2), which is defined by a proper abutment.
  • the latter is preferably constituted by a threaded stud 13, or the like, mounted in an adjustably protruding manner on a central bracket 14 that is firmly joined to the support wall 6 below the vessel 1.
  • the rear surface of the vessel strikes against the abutment 13, thereby determining the normal resting position.
  • the vessel 1 has walls having a constant thickness, as shown in the Figures, and has a substantially U-shaped cross-section that is longitudinally variable from a maximum at the centre, to a minimum towards the sides, in correspondence of the pins 3.
  • such a staggered arrangement can be obtained through a corresponding offset arrangement of the hinging axis 2 with respect to the geometric centre of the cross-section of the vessel.
  • the overflow edge or spillway of the overflow wall 12 will preferably extend to a lower level with respect to the remaining portions of the upper edge of the vessel 1, so as to suitably unbalance the mass of the same vessel.
  • the thickness of the walls of the vessel 1 is sufficient for the thickness of the walls of the vessel 1 to be given an uneven profile in such a manner as to bring about a suitable unbalance of the same vessel with respect to the hinging axis 2 thereof.
  • the vessel 1 has a water collecting cavity 15 that is so shaped and/or arranged as to make it possible, when said vessel 1 is substantially full of water, for the weight of the water collected in the same cavity to determine an unbalance of the vessel, with respect to the hinging axis 2, which is opposite to and greater than the unbalance of the same vessel when the latter is empty.
  • the resulting centre of gravity thereof is offset, ie. staggered with respect to the hinging axis 2 in the direction of the overflow wall 12.
  • the vessel 1 By commutating into such an unstable position, the vessel 1 is capable of rapidly emptying by pouring its water content through the overflow wall 12. In this way, it therefore is capable of automatically rocking back into its resting position shown in Figure 2.
  • the rate of the "waves”, ie. the fluctuating flushes of the so produced water cascade can be varied in a most simple manner by either adjusting the abutment or limit stop 13 and, therefore, the angle of rotation of the vessel 1 towards the resting position shown in Figure 2, or by varying the flow-rate of the tap 7.
  • the operation of the water cascade generator itself may be further improved, in view of making it capable of delivering the water flushes in a more sudden and impetuous manner, by providing the overflow wall 12 in correspondence of a protruding portion 16 of the vessel 1, in which the cross-section of the same vessel abruptly widens out outwardly.
  • the weight of the so collected water mass rapidly shifts outwardly, thereby bringing about a sudden imbalance state of the vessel and causing the latter to tilt towards the delivery unstable position shown in Figure 3.
  • the bottom of the vessel 1 is provided with at least a calibrated port 18 which enables the remaining water to fully flow off, ie. the vessel to be fully emptied, when the operation of the generator is stopped, thereby avoiding any undesired water stagnation in the same vessel 1.

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  1. Cabine de douche équipée comprenant un dispositif de génération de cascades d'eau variables, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif comprend au moins une cuve (1), qui peut être basculée autour d'un axe de charnière (2) de celui-ci qui est pourvu d'au moins une cavité (15) adaptée pour recueillir un écoulement (8) d'eau délivré par au moins un robinet (7), et comprend au moins une paroi de débordement (12), ladite cuve étant adaptée pour commuter alternativement, de façon à délivrer ladite cascade d'eau variable, entre une position normale de repos, lorsqu'elle est sensiblement vide, dans laquelle ladite cavité (15) peut recueillir ledit écoulement d'eau (8), et une position instable, lorsque ladite cuve (1) est sensiblement pleine, dans laquelle l'eau recueillie dans ladite cavité (15) est évacuée par ladite paroi de débordement (12).
  2. Cabine de douche équipée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que, lorsque la cuve (1) est sensiblement vide, le centre de gravité de celle-ci est déstabilisé, c'est à dire décalé par rapport audit axe de charnière (2) dans la direction opposée par rapport à ladite paroi de débordement (12), d'une manière propre à maintenir ladite cuve dans ladite position de repos.
  3. Cabine de douche équipée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que, lorsque la cuve (1) est sensiblement pleine, le centre de gravité de celle-ci est déstabilisé, c'est à dire décalé par rapport audit axe de charnière (2) dans la direction de la paroi de débordement (12), d'une manière propre à faire basculer ladite cuve dans ladite position instable de celle-ci.
  4. Cabine de douche équipée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite paroi de débordement (12) s'étend en correspondance avec une partie en saillie (16) de la cuve basculante (1) dans laquelle la coupe transversale de ladite cuve s'élargit soudainement vers l'extérieur.
  5. Cabine de douche équipée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite position de repos est définie par un arrêt limite (13) contre lequel la cuve basculante (1) est conçue pour venir buter.
  6. Cabine de douche équipée selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que ledit arrêt limite ou butée (13) est réglable de manière à permettre de faire varier le débit des jets de la cascade d'eau délivrés par la paroi de débordement (12).
  7. Cabine de douche équipée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite cuve (1) a un fond pourvu d'au moins un orifice calibré (18) pour vider le reste d'eau de ladite cavité (15).
  8. Cabine de douche équipée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit axe de charnière (2) est défini par au moins une broche (3) montée au moyen d'un roulement à billes (4), ou d'un système similaire, dans une assise de support (9) dans lequel ledit roulement est maintenu en place au moyen d'une vis (10), ou d'un moyen similaire, adapté pour interférer avec ledit roulement.
  9. Cabine de douche équipée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite cuve (1) a des parois présentant une épaisseur constante et a une coupe transversale essentiellement en forme de U qui est variable longitudinalement d'un maximum au centre à un minimum vers les côtés.
  10. Cabine de douche équipée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit bord de débordement, ou le déversoir de la paroi de débordement (12) s'étend à un niveau inférieur par rapport aux parties restantes du bord supérieur de la cuve (1), afin d'équilibrer de manière appropriée la masse de ladite cuve.
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IT1999PN000037U IT248143Y1 (it) 1999-09-27 1999-09-27 Generatore di cascata d'acqua fluttuante, in particolare percabina attrezzata per doccia

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