EP1342442B1 - Duschkabine mit einer nach aussen öffnenden Tür während eines Notfalls - Google Patents

Duschkabine mit einer nach aussen öffnenden Tür während eines Notfalls Download PDF

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EP1342442B1
EP1342442B1 EP02425118A EP02425118A EP1342442B1 EP 1342442 B1 EP1342442 B1 EP 1342442B1 EP 02425118 A EP02425118 A EP 02425118A EP 02425118 A EP02425118 A EP 02425118A EP 1342442 B1 EP1342442 B1 EP 1342442B1
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Giuseppe Vismara
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/26—Suspension arrangements for wings for folding wings
    • E05D15/264—Suspension arrangements for wings for folding wings for bi-fold wings
    • E05D15/266—Suspension arrangements for wings for folding wings for bi-fold wings comprising two pivots placed at opposite edges of the wing
    • 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/0604—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane allowing an additional movement
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/48—Suspension arrangements for wings allowing alternative movements
    • E05D2015/482—Suspension arrangements for wings allowing alternative movements for panic doors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/10—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
    • E05Y2900/114—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof for showers

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  • the present invention regards a shower cubicle comprising at least one wall in which the passage for the user to enter and exit is formed, said passage being defined by vertical side stanchions and by at least one horizontal rectilinear cross-rod connecting the upper ends of the stanchions, said cross-rod being equipped with a longitudinal guide facing towards said passage, a door, for closing and opening said passage, said door comprising a series of foldable panels coupled swivel together along respective adjacent vertical sides, the first panel of the series of panels also being connected so as to be able to rotate about a vertical axis arranged in correspondence with one of said side stanchions defining said passage, whereas the last panel of the series of panels, in correspondence with the upper edge of its free end, is equipped with a device for sliding engagement with said longitudinal guide.
  • the movement of the panels which make up the door shall be blocked by the body of the user, who may be unconscious inside the cubicle, with the consequence that the passage cannot be opened or can only be partly opened, in any case not enough to let the rescuer and to remove the body of the unconscious user.
  • a good method is that of providing the doors, of the type heretofore specified, with a manually operated device through which, in case of an emergency, the foldable doors can be opened with a movement towards the outside of the cubicle.
  • the manually operated device comprises a L-shaped latching member which is pivotally supported and rest upon a bracket secured to the upper edge of the door panel.
  • One end of the L-shaped member is in form of a handle extension whereas the remaining section is provided with a recess for engaging and disengaging the cylindrical section of a vertical pin which is a part of a carriage used for hanging the door panel to a longitudinal guide in which the carriage is caused to move during the normal use of the door.
  • the purpose of the present invention is that of realising a shower cubicle equipped with a door, of the type heretofore specified, which, during normal use moves remaining inside the cubicle, thus avoiding the drawback of dripping on the floor outside of the shower platform, but which is equipped with a device through which, in the case of an emergency, it can be opened with a movement towards the outside of the cubicle and it can be easily restored in previous normal condition of use.
  • the purpose is achieved with a shower cubicle of the type indicated in the preamble which is characterised in accordance with claim 1 hereinafter exposed.
  • a conventional shower cubicle which comprises a base platform 2 with a plughole 3 and vertical side walls 4 which can all be realised in masonry or else all with conventional frames carrying panes of glass or sheets of plastic material, transparent or not, according to the requirements and the wishes of the user.
  • the vertical side walls 4 of the cubicle can be flat, as in the case illustrated in the drawings, or else they can also be curved.
  • a pair of them defines a passage, indicated with 5, through which the user gains access to the inside of the cubicle.
  • the passage 5 is equipped with two vertical side stanchions 6 and 7 and with a horizontal rectilinear cross-rod 8 which connects the upper ends of the vertical stanchions.
  • a guide is associated with the cross-rod 8 said guide, in the illustrated example, consisting of a groove 9 which extends longitudinally in the cross-rod and which faces, with its opening 10, towards the passage 5.
  • the door for closing the passage 5 is wholly indicated with 11. It consists of a series of panels, opaque or transparent, hinged one to the other and capable of folding along the adjacent sides.
  • the series of panels consists of a first panel 12 and of a second panel 13, this latter being connected to the first through hinges 14 the vertical axis of which extends parallel to the stanchions 6 and 7.
  • the first panel 12, of the series of panels is connected, in correspondence with its vertical side 15, to the stanchion 6, for example through pins, not illustrated, which engage in respective supports 16 and 17 arranged at the upper and lower ends of the stanchion 6 and which allow the panel 12 to be capable of making angular movements in both clockwise and anticlockwise directions of rotation about the vertical axis X-X.
  • Such a device comprises a substantially parallelepiped body 21 equipped with a groove 22 of a width slightly greater than the thickness of the sheet which constitutes the panel 13.
  • the body 21 is enclosed for a distance on the edge 18 of the panel 13 and is locked in position through a pair of threaded dowels 23 which engage in threaded through-holes which lead into the groove 22 and which act against the underlying surfaces of the panel 13.
  • the body 21 also comprises a housing 25 which opens towards the guide 9 of the cross-rod 8.
  • a rod-shaped element 26 is inserted into the housing 25, a part of which protrudes from the housing and slidably engages with the end 27 in said guide 9.
  • the housing 25 and the relative element 26 are arranged as close as possible to the vertical free side 19 of the panel 13 so as to guarantee that the movement of all of the panels constituting the door 11 takes place inside the cubicle.
  • the body 21 can extend cantilevered with respect to the vertical side 19 of the panel 13 so that the housing 25, and with it the axis of movement of the element 26, are outside of said side 19.
  • the element 26 is capable of sliding in the housing 25 and is pushed towards the outside of it by a spring 28 which is arranged between the base 29 and the rear end 30 of the element 26.
  • the body 21 is equipped with at least one side slot 31, opened both towards the outside of the body 21 itself and towards the housing 25.
  • Such a slot 31 has an upper closed end 32 facing towards the cross-rod 8 and a closed lower end 33 facing towards the edge 18 of the panel 13.
  • a rod 34 is mounted which engages with its threaded portion 35, in a corresponding threaded hole 36 formed radially in the element 26 and which protrudes out from the body 21 for a distance sufficient to be grasped with the fingers of a hand.
  • the body 21 is equipped with two slots 31 which are faced by the same number of respective rods 34.
  • the panels 12 and 13 of the door during their movement and when they are folded against one another, remain inside the cubicle space. Therefore, when they are wet, they drip onto the shower platform 2.
  • the element 26, with its end 27, thus behaves substantially like a latch suitable for taking up two positions which are spaced from each other. In one position, the end 27 is engaged with the guide groove 9 whereas in the other position it is set back and outside of said groove.

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  1. Duschkabine mit zumindest einer Wand, in der der Einlass (5) für den Zugang und das Verlassen des Benutzers eingerichtet ist, wobei der Einlass (5) durch seitliche vertikale Pfosten (6,7) und zumindest eine gerade, horizontale Querstange (8), die die oberen Enden der Pfosten verbindet, gebildet wird und die Querstange (8) mit einer dem Einlass zugewandten Längsführung (9) ausgestattet ist, mit einer Tür (11) zum Verschließen und Öffnen des Einlasses (5), wobei die Tür (11) eine Reihe von faltbaren Tafeln (12, 13) aufweist, die drehbar entlang der jeweils aneinander liegenden senkrechten Seiten miteinander verbunden sind, und die erste Tafel der Reihe von Tafeln so angelenkt ist, dass sie sich um eine vertikale, in Bezug auf einen (6) den Einlass (5) bildenden seitlichen Pfosten ausgerichtete Achse (X-X) drehen kann, wobei die letzte Tafel (13) der Reihe von Tafeln in Bezug auf das obere Ende ihres freien Endes (19) mit einer Vorrichtung (20) zum verschiebbaren Eingriff in die Längsführung (9) ausgestattet ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Tafel (12) der Tür (11) mit der vertikalen Achse (X-X) derart frei verbunden ist, dass sie sowohl im Uhrzeigersinn als auch im Gegenuhrzeigersinn verstellbar ist und die Vorrichtung (20) manuell betätigte Mittel (26, 27, 34) zum Eingriff in die Längsführung (9) und zum Lösen von dieser aufweist sowie diese ein Gehäuse (21) umfasst, das mit Mitteln (22, 23, 24) ausgestattet ist, um es an der Kante (18) der letzten Tafel (13) der die Tür (11) bildenden Reihe von Tafeln der Führung (9) zugewandt zu befestigen, mit verschiebbar an diesem montierten Verriegelungsmitteln (26, 27), die geeignet sind, zwei getrennte Stellungen einzunehmen, in einer von denen die Verriegelungsmittel (26, 27) verschiebbar in der Längsführung (9) eingreifen, wobei diese in der zweiten von diesen außerhalb der Führung (9) zurückgesetzt sind, ebenso wie Mittel (28, 32) zur Betätigung der Verriegelungsmittel, wobei die Gehäusebefestigungsmittel (21) an der Kante (18) der Tafel (13) der Tür (11) eine in dem Gehäuse (21) gebildete Nut (22) aufweisen, in die ein Abschnitt der Tafel (13) eingesetzt ist, ebenso wie eine Mehrzahl von Schrauben, die von außerhalb des Gehäuses (21) betätigt werden können, in die Nut (22) hineinragen und an die darunter liegende Oberfläche der Tafel (13) anliegen.
  2. Duschkabine nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verriegelungsmittel ein stabförmiges Element (26) aufweist, das verschiebbar in einer in dem Gehäuse (21) der Vorrichtung ausgebildeten Aufnahme (25) montiert ist und mit einem Ende (27) ausgestattet ist, das in die Führungsnut (9) eingeführt und aus dieser herausgezogen werden kann, wobei das stabförmige Element (26) die herausgezogene Stellung mittels manueller Steuermittel (34), die von außerhalb der Kabine (1) zugänglich sind, und die eingezogene Stellung auf eine Schubbewegung hin einnehmen kann, die durch ein elastisches Element (28) bewirkt wird.
  3. Duschkabine nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuermittel, die zumindest von außerhalb der Kabine zugänglich sind, zumindest aus einem Stab (34) bestehen, der radial mit dem stabförmigen Element (26) verbunden ist und aus dem Gehäuse (21) durch einen in diesem ausgebildeten Schlitz (31) vorsteht.
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DE60200446T DE60200446T2 (de) 2002-03-04 2002-03-04 Duschkabine mit einer nach außen öffnenden Tür während eines Notfalls
ES02425118T ES2218512T3 (es) 2002-03-04 2002-03-04 Cabina de ducha con puerta de apertura hacia fuera en cado se emergencia.
AT02425118T ATE265819T1 (de) 2002-03-04 2002-03-04 Duschkabine mit einer nach aussen öffnenden tür während eines notfalls
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