EP1197176A2 - Ecran de douche - Google Patents

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EP1197176A2
EP1197176A2 EP01308655A EP01308655A EP1197176A2 EP 1197176 A2 EP1197176 A2 EP 1197176A2 EP 01308655 A EP01308655 A EP 01308655A EP 01308655 A EP01308655 A EP 01308655A EP 1197176 A2 EP1197176 A2 EP 1197176A2
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spindle
shroud
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Alan c/o Esl Healthcare Limited Mills
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ESL Pressalit Care PLC
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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
    • A47K3/30—Screens or collapsible cabinets for showers or baths
    • A47K3/36—Articulated screens
    • A47K3/362—Articulated screens comprising sliding and articulated panels

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  • the present invention relates to a screen for a shower above a shower tray or bath.
  • shower screens are well known to prevent egress of water from a shower area, whether above a shower tray or above a bath. Designs range from simple curtain arrangements to solid, usually glass, panels which sit upon the upper surface of the tray or bath with a compressible seal therebetween. Simple designs merely pivot away from the shower area about a wall-mounted axis. More complicated designs enable the panel to be lifted prior to pivoting so that the panel may be stowed out of the user's way, such as above the taps of the bath. The present invention seeks to provide an alternative arrangement for lifting a shower screen.
  • the present invention provides a shower screen including means to lift the screen out of contact with a surface, such as the edge of a shower tray or bath.
  • the screen is mounted for vertical movement between upper and lower positions upon an element including a spindle having an annular collar towards the upper end thereof and wherein the spindle engages a pivot mount through a vertical spindle shroud.
  • An actuating member is slidably mounted upon the spindle shroud and includes adjacent upper and lower internal communicating annular chambers, the upper chamber being of greater diameter than the lower chamber.
  • the spindle shroud includes at least a pair of equally spaced apertures for receipt of respective engagement means.
  • each engagement means engages the annular collar of the spindle, a respective aperture of the spindle shroud and the lower annular chamber of the actuating member.
  • the engagement means is disengaged from the annular collar of the spindle.
  • the panel is biased into the upper position by means of a biasing means and the engagement means are biased into the lower panel configuration by means of a spring member.
  • each engagement means comprises a ball bearing or race of ball bearings.
  • the biasing means is a spring or a gas strut.
  • a shower screen 10 comprising a main panel 11 alongside which is slidably mounted a sliding panel 12 to which is pivotally mounted a door panel 13.
  • the shower screen In the lowered position shown in Figure 1, the shower screen is held against the upper surface of the periphery of a shower tray compressing a seal (not shown) provided therebetween to prevent the egress of water from the shower area.
  • the screen In order to move the screen, sliding the sliding panel 12 and opening door panel 13, the screen is raised on a mount 14 secured to a wall 15 adjacent the shower area. Whether panels 12 and 13 slide or pivot will be dependent upon the installation in question and is irrelevant for the purposes of the present invention.
  • the main panel 11 of the screen is mounted upon a tubular sleeve 20.
  • Sleeve 20 fits at its lower end over a piston mount 21 secured to a lower pivot plate 22.
  • At its upper end sleeve 20 slides within a shroud 23 secured to an upper pivot plate 24.
  • Upper and lower pivot plates 22,24 form a part of a wall mounting plate 25.
  • the sleeve 20 moves between a lower position in which its lower end is adjacent the lower pivot plate 22 and an upper position in which its lower end is substantially adjacent the upper pivot plate 24.
  • spindle 30 mounted axially within the top end of the sleeve 20 and projecting upwardly therefrom is a spindle 30.
  • Spindle 30 slides within a spindle bush 31' and spindle shroud 31" mounted within the upper pivot plate 24 and shroud 23 with the spindle shroud 31" extending upwardly therefrom.
  • spindle bush 31' and spindle shroud 31" are suitably formed as a unitary component 31.
  • a collar 33 of reduced diameter is formed in the spindle 30 towards the upper end thereof
  • a release knob 32 is slidably mounted upon the spindle shroud, 31" above the upper pivot plate 23.
  • Release knob 32 comprises two spaced concentric cylindrical formations, an inner cylindrical formation 32A and an outer cylindrical formation 32B.
  • Inner formation 32A has a lower circular edge 35 which does not extend down as far as the corresponding lower edge 36 of outer formation 32B.
  • a spring shroud 40 comprising a cylinder projecting upwardly from the outer edge of a base having the form of a washer, is provided above the upper pivot plate 24 with the spindle shroud 31" projecting through the aperture of the base. The cylindrical portion of the spring shroud is received within the space between the concentric formations 32A, 32B of the release knob 32.
  • Release knob 32 is biased into an extended position wherein the knob is spaced from the upper pivot plate 24 by means of a spring 34.
  • the spring 34 acts between the base of spring shroud 40 and the lower circular edge 35 of inner release knob formation 32A to bias the knob upwardly (as viewed in the Figures).
  • Inner cylindrical formation 32A of release knob 32 is provided with upper 41 and lower 42 communication annular chambers.
  • Upper annular chamber 41 is of greater diameter than lower annular chamber 42.
  • At least two equally spaced apertures 43 are provided in the cylindrical wall of spindle shroud 31" at a point which allows communication with both upper and lower annular chambers 41,42 as release knob 32 is depressed.
  • Spindle 30 is biased into an upper position within the head of the release knob 32 by means of a gas strut 50 mounted within tubular sleeve 20 acting against a plug 51 secured within the sleeve 20.
  • Gas strut 50 is conventional and comprises a piston having a piston rod 52, which piston acts against a chamber (not shown) containing a compressible gas.
  • a compression spring is equally suitable.
  • the panel 11 is lowered by pushing downwardly upon its upper edge. In the lowered position, then panel is held in place by means of ball bearings 53,54 associated with the annular chambers 41,42 of the release knob 32.
  • ball bearings 53,54 are located in the lower, smaller diameter annular chamber 42 of the inner cylindrical formation 32A of release knob 32, penetrate apertures 43 of spindle shroud 31" and are received in annular recess 33 of spindle 30.
  • Spring 34 acts to retain the ball bearings 53,54 in this engaged position.
  • the shower panel 11 can be raised by a slight depression on release knob 32 and lowered by downward pressure on the panel itself. It will be appreciated that the biasing force of the gas strut 50 need exceed that of the spring strut 34.
  • the height by which the shower screen is lifted depends upon a number of factors, primarily the balance between the downwardly acting weight of the screen and the upward force provided by the gas strut 50.
  • the mechanism of the present invention is primarily intended to raise the panel by 3-5cm, sufficient to release contact between the shower tray and the seal along the bottom edge of the panel.

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EP01308655A 2000-10-10 2001-10-10 Ecran de douche Expired - Lifetime EP1197176B1 (fr)

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GBGB0024816.1A GB0024816D0 (en) 2000-10-10 2000-10-10 Shower screen
GB0024816 2000-10-10

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EP1197176A2 true EP1197176A2 (fr) 2002-04-17
EP1197176A3 EP1197176A3 (fr) 2003-11-12
EP1197176B1 EP1197176B1 (fr) 2006-12-13

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Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2683441A1 (fr) * 1991-11-07 1993-05-14 Borstcher Georges Pare-douche pour appareil sanitaire.
EP0553466A1 (fr) * 1992-01-31 1993-08-04 Altura Leiden Holding B.V. Volet pare-douche
FR2718630A1 (fr) * 1994-04-13 1995-10-20 Motte Ateliers Paroi pour cabines de douche ou baignoire.
FR2804857A1 (fr) * 2000-02-11 2001-08-17 Motte Atel Pare-douche equipe d'un dispositif de relevage

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2683441A1 (fr) * 1991-11-07 1993-05-14 Borstcher Georges Pare-douche pour appareil sanitaire.
EP0553466A1 (fr) * 1992-01-31 1993-08-04 Altura Leiden Holding B.V. Volet pare-douche
FR2718630A1 (fr) * 1994-04-13 1995-10-20 Motte Ateliers Paroi pour cabines de douche ou baignoire.
FR2804857A1 (fr) * 2000-02-11 2001-08-17 Motte Atel Pare-douche equipe d'un dispositif de relevage

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EP1197176B1 (fr) 2006-12-13
GB0024816D0 (en) 2000-11-22
ATE347843T1 (de) 2007-01-15
DE60125121D1 (de) 2007-01-25

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