EP1245744B1 - Ablaufventil für ein Spülkasten - Google Patents

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EP1245744B1
EP1245744B1 EP02007091A EP02007091A EP1245744B1 EP 1245744 B1 EP1245744 B1 EP 1245744B1 EP 02007091 A EP02007091 A EP 02007091A EP 02007091 A EP02007091 A EP 02007091A EP 1245744 B1 EP1245744 B1 EP 1245744B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D1/00—Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
    • E03D1/02—High-level flushing systems
    • E03D1/14—Cisterns discharging variable quantities of water also cisterns with bell siphons in combination with flushing valves
    • E03D1/142—Cisterns discharging variable quantities of water also cisterns with bell siphons in combination with flushing valves in cisterns with flushing valves

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  • the present invention relates to a flush device for a lavatory flush tank.
  • flush devices for simply discharging all the water from the tank; dual-flush devices for selectively discharging all or only part of the water from the tank; and single- or dual-flush devices designed to cut off discharge as required.
  • Known dual-flush devices normally feature a valve fitted to the bottom end of a movable member (which normally also functions as an overflow pipe) and associated with a float for delaying closure of the valve to discharge all the water. Conversely, to discharge only part of the water, an additional weight is connected reversibly to the valve to close the valve faster.
  • a major drawback of known devices of this type lies in the reversible connection of the additional weight to the valve involving relatively complex, delicate mechanisms, which are subject to frequent malfunctioning or damage. Moreover, such mechanisms are normally located at the free surface of the water in the tank, where, as is known, a film of lime tends to deposit on the mechanisms, thus damaging them or impairing performance. In the event the mechanism is damaged, the additional weight normally remains connected unreleasably to the valve, thus enabling only partial-discharge operating mode (whereas, in the event of breakage, full-discharge mode would be preferable).
  • the float cooperates with the valve movable member to discharge only part of the water, while the total discharge is obtained by connecting to the valve an auxiliary float which delays the valve closure; this kind of device too requires relatively complicated and sometimes not fully reliable connecting mechanism between the auxiliary float and the valve
  • a flush device for a lavatory flush tank as claimed in claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to a modular system of flush devices for lavatory flush tanks, as claimed in claim 11.
  • number 1 indicates as a whole a flush device for a known flush tank 2 (not shown in detail for the sake of simplicity), and of the type for selectively discharging all or only part of the water in tank 2.
  • Device 1 comprises a supporting structure 3 having an externally threaded, tubular bottom portion 4 insertable in fluidtight manner, according to a known solution, inside a drain hole in tank 2.
  • Supporting structure 3 also comprises a cylindrical top portion 5 connected to the bottom portion by four radial segments 6 defining four ample openings 7 through which water flows out of tank 2 into bottom portion 4.
  • Top portion 5 is closed at the top by a lid 8 having a central through hole 9.
  • Device 1 also comprises a valve 10 carried by a movable member 11 to selectively assume a closed position and an open position inside a relative sealing seat 12 defined, in the example shown, inside bottom portion 4 of supporting structure 3.
  • Movable member 11 is housed and slides inside supporting structure 3, is fitted through hole 9, may comprise a number of connected parts, and also functions as an overflow pipe.
  • Valve 10 is located at the bottom axial end 13 of movable member 11; and movable member 11 is fitted integrally with a toroidal float 14 housed in top portion 5 of supporting structure 3.
  • Device 1 also comprises a connecting member 15 - shown in detail in Figure 3 - fitted integrally to movable member 11 and preferably defined by a one-piece body made of plastic material and having fast-fit fastening means 16 (of any known type) for removable connection to movable member 11.
  • connecting member 15 comprises a head 17 having a tooth 18 which is insertable inside a seat 19 formed at the top axial end 20, opposite end 13, of movable member 11; an anchor 21 projects from head 17 and comprises a root portion 22 connected radially to and projecting from head 17, and a contoured arm 23 substantially parallel to movable member 11 and terminating with a free end 24; and free end 24 has a radial projection 25 crosswise to arm 23 and having a bottom face 26 facing supporting structure 3, and a top face 27 facing head 17 and in which is formed a seat 28.
  • Device 1 also comprises an additional member 31 connectable to movable member 11; and reversible connecting means 32 for selectively connecting and disconnecting additional member 31 and movable member 11 as explained later on.
  • additional member 31 comprises a tubular body 34 fitted coaxially and sliding freely about movable member 11; and a radial collar 35 carried by the top axial end 36 of tubular body 34.
  • the bottom axial end 37 of tubular body 34 rests on lid 8 of supporting structure 3; a support 38 projects radially from an outer lateral wall of tubular body 34, just below collar 35; collar 35 extends radially so as to interfere axially with projection 25 of connecting member 15; and projection 25 is located just over collar 35, at a contact portion 39 of collar 35 designed to exert axial thrust on face 26 of projection 25.
  • Reversible connecting means 32 comprise a rocking body 40 hinged to support 38, e.g. by a pin defining a hinge 41.
  • Rocking body 40 comprises a central portion 42 hinged to support 38; and two arms 43, 44 diverging from central portion 42, and the respective free ends of which support a buoyancy member 45 and, respectively, a hook 46 for engaging seat 28 on connecting member 15.
  • Hook 46 engages seat 28 in the opposite axial direction to that in which contact portion 39 of collar 35 exerts axial thrust on projection 25, and has a rounded or beveled head 47 also defining the free end of arm 44.
  • Arm 43 is a curved arm extending in a semicircle about movable member 11; arm 44 is substantially straight and perpendicular to arm 43; and buoyancy member 45 and hook 46 are located diametrically opposite each other about movable member 11.
  • Buoyancy member 45 is sized so that rocking body 40 selectively assumes a rest position - shown by the dash line in Figure 1 - in which hook 46 does not engage seat 28 when the water in tank 2 is above a predetermined level H, and a work position - shown by the continuous line in Figure 1 - in which hook 46 engages seat 28 when the water in tank 2 falls below level H.
  • Device 1 also comprises a tie 51 connected integrally to end 20 of movable member 11; and a tie 52 connected integrally to collar 35 of additional member 31.
  • Ties 51, 52 are connectable, in known manner not shown, to respective user control members for implementing full or partial discharge.
  • Tie 51 may be formed integrally in one piece with movable member 11, or, as shown in Figure 3, be formed as a separate component and connected removably to movable member 11, e.g. by means of an elastic collar 53 which clicks on to end 20 of movable member 11.
  • Connecting member 15 in turn may be formed in one piece with tie 51 and collar 53, or be connected removably to collar 53 as described previously.
  • Device 1 operates as follows:
  • tank 2 At rest, tank 2 is full of water up to a predetermined level h (determined, as known, by a float for closing a feed tap) equal to or higher than the level H at which rocking body 40 is rotated about hinge 41, so that rocking body 40 is in the rest position in which hook 46 does not engage seat 28, and valve 10 closes sealing seat 12.
  • h predetermined level (determined, as known, by a float for closing a feed tap) equal to or higher than the level H at which rocking body 40 is rotated about hinge 41, so that rocking body 40 is in the rest position in which hook 46 does not engage seat 28, and valve 10 closes sealing seat 12.
  • connecting member 15 is defined by a one-piece body of plastic material in the form of a gripper which clicks on to movable member 11.
  • Connecting member 15 comprises two side by side arms 60 projecting obliquely from a crosspiece 61; respective free ends 62 of arms 60, opposite respective ends 63 connected to crosspiece 61, support respective arc-shaped portions 64 which click inside a groove 65 ( Figure 2) formed on movable member 11 and defined axially by two opposite shoulders 66;
  • crosspiece 61 comprises two radial projections 25 having respective top faces 27, and respective bottom faces 26 for cooperating, in use, with the contact portion of collar 35; and seat 28 for hook 46 is formed between arms 60.
  • device 1 is extremely cheap and easy to produce, is extremely easy to use, and is highly reliable.
  • the component parts reversibly connecting movable member 11 and additional member 31 - in particular, rocking body 40 and hook 46 - are located beneath the free surface of the water in the tank, thus safeguarding the components against lime deposits.
  • Device 1 also ensures full-discharge mode even in the event of damage to rocking body 40, which, in fact, would remain in the rest position disconnecting movable member 11 and additional member 31.
  • the modular system according to the invention comprises a single-flush device 100; and a conversion kit 101 for converting single-flush device 100 to a dual-flush device 102.
  • the single-flush device 100 is substantially defined by a first preassembled unit 103 comprising supporting structure 3, movable member 11 with tie 51 (here shown in the form of an appendix integral with movable member 11), valve 10 and float 14 as described previously.
  • Kit 101 comprises a second preassembled unit 104 and connecting member 15.
  • Second preassembled unit 104 in turn comprises additional member 31, rocking body 40, and tie 52 as described previously; and connecting member 15 may be any one of the embodiments already described, or other variations such as the one shown in Figure 5, in which fast-fit fastening means 16 are defined by an elastic collar which clicks on to movable member 11.
  • Single-flush device 100 can be fitted, as it is, to tanks 2 designed to operate in full-discharge mode (possibly also with a flow cut-off function), and can be converted to a dual-flush device 102 by simply fitting second preassembled unit 104 and connecting member 15 to first preassembled unit 103.
  • the modular system according to the invention therefore provides for obtaining both single- and dual-flush devices by producing and assembling only a very small number of different components, thus affording considerable advantages in terms of production, installation and storage/trasport.

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  1. Ablaufventil bzw. -vorrichtung (1) für einen Spülkasten, umfassend ein Ventil (10), das durch ein bewegbares Glied (11) getragen ist, um selektiv eine geschlossene Position und eine offene Position im Inneren eines entsprechenden dichtenden bzw. Dichtsitzes (12) einzunehmen; einen Schwimmer (14), der durch das bewegbare Glied getragen ist, um eine Rückkehr des Ventils zu der geschlossenen Position zu verzögern; ein zusätzliches Glied (31), das mit dem bewegbaren Glied (11) verbindbar ist, um die Geschwindigkeit zu verändern, mit welcher das Ventil zu der geschlossenen Position zurückkehrt; und reversible bzw. umkehrbare Verbindungsmittel (32) zum selektiven Verbinden/Lösen des zusätzlichen Glieds (31) und des bewegbaren Glieds (11), wobei die Vorrichtung dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, daß das zusätzliche Glied (31) frei in bezug auf das bewegbare Glied (11) gleitet und mit dem bewegbaren Glied (11) durch die reversiblen Verbindungsmittel (32) verbunden ist, um das bewegbare Glied (11) und das Ventil (10) schneller zu der geschlossenen Position zu bewegen, wobei die reversiblen Verbindungsmittel (32) hilfsweise bzw. Hilfsauftriebmittel (45) umfassen, die durch das zusätzliche Glied getragen sind, und zum Bewegen von entsprechenden Rückhaltemitteln (46), um selektiv das zusätzliche Glied (31) und das bewegbare Glied (11) gemeinsam mit einer Änderung in dem Niveau des Wassers in einem Spültank bzw. -behälter zu verbinden und zu lösen.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die reversiblen Verbindungsmittel (32) einen Schwingkörper (40) umfassen, der an einem Support (38) angelenkt ist, der durch das zusätzliche Glied (31) getragen ist; wobei der Schwingkörper (40) an entsprechenden Enden ein Auftriebsglied (45) und einen Haken (46) aufweist, welcher einen entsprechenden Sitz (28) auf dem bewegbaren Glied (11) ergreift.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Auftriebsglied (45) so dimensioniert ist, daß der Schwingkörper (40) selektiv eine Ruheposition, in welcher der Haken (46) nicht den Sitz (28) ergreift, wenn das Wasser in dem Tank über einem vorbestimmten Niveau ist, und eine Arbeitsposition einnimmt, in welcher der Haken (46) den Sitz (28) ergreift, wenn das Wasser in dem Tank unter das Niveau fällt.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Haken (46) den Sitz (28) axial so ergreift, daß, wenn der Haken (46) den Sitz (28) ergreift bzw. in diesen eingreift, das zusätzliche Glied (31) das bewegbare Glied (11) nach unten zieht.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schwingkörper (40) einen zentralen Abschnitt (42), der an dem Support (38) angelenkt ist; und einen ersten und einen zweiten Arm (43, 44) umfaßt, die von dem zentralen Abschnitt(42) divergieren und an ihren entsprechenden freien Enden das Auftriebsglied (45) bzw. den Haken (46) unterstützen.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der erste Arm (43) ein gekrümmter Arm ist, der sich in einem Halbkreis um das bewegbare Glied (11) erstreckt, und daß der zweite Arm (44) im wesentlichen senkrecht zu dem ersten Arm ist; wobei das Auftriebsglied (45) und der Haken (46) diametral gegenüberliegend zueinander um das bewegbare Glied (11) angeordnet sind.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das zusätzliche Glied (31) Kontaktmittel (39) zum Ausüben eines axialen Schubs auf das bewegbare Glied (11) in der entgegengesetzten Richtung zu jener umfaßt, in welcher der Haken (46) den Sitz (28) ergreift.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kontaktmittel einen Kontaktabschnitt (39) umfassen, der durch das zusätzliche Glied (31) getragen ist, und welcher axial einen Vorsprung (25) kontaktiert, der radial von dem bewegbaren Glied (11) vorragt.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Vorsprung (25), welcher mit dem zusätzlichen Glied (31) kooperiert bzw. zusammenwirkt, und der Sitz (28) zum Aufnehmen des Hakens (46) durch ein verbindendes bzw. Verbindungsglied (15) getragen sind, das einstückig bzw. integral mit dem bewegbaren Glied (11) verbunden ist.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Verbindungsglied (15) durch einen einstückigen Körper definiert ist, der aus einem Kunststoffmaterial gefertigt ist, und schnell paßbare Festlegungsmittel (16) für eine entfernbare Verbindung an das bewegbare Glied (11) aufweist.
  11. Modularsystem aus Ablaufventilen bzw. -vorrichtungen für Spültanks, wobei das System eine Einzelspülvorrichtung (100) und einen Umwandlungsbausatz (101) zum Umwandeln der Einzelspülvorrichtung (100) in eine Doppelspülvorrichtung (102) umfaßt, und das System dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, daß:
    die Einzelspülvorrichtung (100) eine erste vorher zusammengebaute Einheit (103) umfaßt, umfassend ein Ventil (10), das durch ein bewegbares Glied (11) getragen ist, um selektiv eine geschlossene Position und eine offene Position innerhalb eines relativen Dichtsitzes einzunehmen, und einen Schwimmer (14), der durch das bewegbare Glied getragen ist, um eine Rückkehr des Ventils zu der geschlossenen Position zu verzögern;
    wobei der Bausatz (101) eine zweite vorab zusammengebaute Einheit (104) und ein verbindendes bzw. Verbindungsglied (15) umfaßt; wobei die zweite vorab zusammengebaute Einheit (104) ein zusätzliches Glied (31) umfaßt, das umkehrbare bzw. reversible Verbindungsmittel (32) zum selektiven Verbinden/Lösen des zusätzlichen Glieds (31) und des bewegbaren Glieds (11) aufweist; wobei das zusätzliche Glied (31) frei in bezug auf das bewegbare Glied (11) gleitet und mit dem bewegbaren Glied (11) durch die reversiblen Verbindungsmittel (32) verbindbar ist, um das bewegbare Glied (11) und das Ventil (10) schneller zu der geschossenen Position zu bewegen; wobei die reversiblen Verbindungsmittel hilfsweise bzw. Hilfsauftriebsmittel (45) umfassen, die durch das zusätzliche Glied (31) getragen sind und zum Bewegen entsprechender Rückhaltemittel (46), um selektiv das zusätzliche Glied (31) und das bewegbare Glied (11) gemeinsam mit einer Änderung in dem Niveau des Wassers in dem Tank bzw. Behälter zu verbinden/zu lösen; und wobei die Verbindungsmittel (15) durch einen einstückigen Körper, welcher aus einem Kunststoffmaterial gefertigt ist und schnell paßbare Festlegungsmittel (16) zur entfernbaren Verbindung an dem bewegbaren Glied (11) aufweist, und einen Sitz (28) zum Kooperieren bzw. Zusammenwirken mit den Rückhaltemitteln (46) definiert sind.
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