EP1616519A2 - Dispositif de charnière pour toilette pour la fixation amovible d'un dispositif de couvercle de toilette - Google Patents

Dispositif de charnière pour toilette pour la fixation amovible d'un dispositif de couvercle de toilette Download PDF

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EP1616519A2
EP1616519A2 EP05388053A EP05388053A EP1616519A2 EP 1616519 A2 EP1616519 A2 EP 1616519A2 EP 05388053 A EP05388053 A EP 05388053A EP 05388053 A EP05388053 A EP 05388053A EP 1616519 A2 EP1616519 A2 EP 1616519A2
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Martin Wiig
Benny Ornholdt Nielsen
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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
    • A47K13/00—Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A47K13/12—Hinges

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  • the invention relates to a toilet hinge arrangement for releasable fastening of a toilet cover assembly including a toilet seat and/or a toilet cover to a toilet bowl according to the preamble to claim 1.
  • EP 0 853 916 B1 discloses a toilet hinge arrangement, wherein the shaft members extending upwardly from the member and provided with radial projections are received in cavities in a common transverse shaft and are secured herein by means of "slide bars", which are slideable on the transverse shaft between a locking position in which the slide bars engage the projections on the shaft members and a non-locking position in which the slide bars are placed distally in relation to the projections of the shaft members so that the transverse shaft can be removed with the toilet cover assembly.
  • One drawback of this structure is that it requires a displacement of the slide bars on securing and releasing the cover assembly. Due to dirt or tolerance errors it can be difficult to displace the slide bars on the transverse shaft and there is no protection from releasing the toilet cover assembly unintentionally.
  • US 4.159.548 discloses a toilet hinge arrangement including a hinge block which can be secured to the toilet and a demountable hinge member with a transverse shaft pin.
  • the hinge member snaps into engagement with an opening in the hinge block.
  • One of the legs is accessible via an opening in the hinge block and by pushing the leg so that it bends the hinge member is snapped out of engagement with the hinge block.
  • One drawback of this structure is that it includes a plurality of corners and recesses for dirt to gather in. Furthermore there is the risk of damaging the resilient legs on securing or when the toilet cover assembly is handled while released. If the toilet cover assembly with its protruding resilient legs lies on the floor, one might step of legs unintentionally and thus they might break.
  • US 6.643.851 B1 discloses a hinge arrangement including female clip members which are secured to the toilet bowl and male clip members connected to the hinge bodies which are connected to the toilet cover assembly.
  • One drawback of this structure is that it requires two fingers to release each male clip member. Due to the design of the arrangement which includes several notches and recesses it is difficult to clean the hinge arrangement per se completely.
  • DE 44 09 516 A1 discloses a toilet hinge arrangement according to the preamble of claim 1, After inserting the shaft member which extends upwardly from the base member into the cavity of the transverse shaft member, the two shaft members can be locked in relation to each other by means of a locking ring which is moveable between a locking position and a release position.
  • a locking ring which is moveable between a locking position and a release position.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a new and improved toilet hinge arrangement enabling quick and secure mounting and demounting of the toilet cover assembly.
  • the toilet hinge arrangement includes a substantially U-shaped spring, which is placed in the cavity and which includes a first and a second resilient leg extending from a connecting member, where at least the first leg is positioned in the locking position below the radial projection of the first shaft member and prevents the first shaft member from being removed, and where via an activation opening in the second shaft member the connecting member of the U-shaped spring is accessible to exterior pressure in the direction of the resilient legs as the cavity includes a contact face arranged in relation to the free end of the first leg so that the above pressure causes a movement of the U-shaped spring from the locking position to a release position, during this movement the free end of the first leg is deflecte away from the first shaft member on abutting the contact face so that the leg is moved radially away from the projection, hereby the first shaft member is released from the second shaft member.
  • the first shaft member is the shaft member extending upwards from the base member and the second shaft member is the transverse shaft member.
  • first shaft member is the transverse shaft member and the second shaft member is the shaft member extending upwards from the base member.
  • the contact face is an inclined surface being inclined in relation to the longitudinal axis of the second shaft member. As a result less pressure is required to bring the U-shaped spring into the release position. The inclined surface will guide the legs of the spring away from the projection.
  • the resilient legs of both U-shaped springs are in a locking position below a projection of the first shaft member.
  • a more secure locking is obtained in the locking position.
  • the cavity includes a first inclined contact face for the first leg of the U-shaped spring and a second inclined contact face for the second leg of the U-shaped spring.
  • the coupling end of the first shaft member tapers from the projection so that it can be entered between the resilient legs and push these outwards until the resilient legs spring back into the locking position.
  • the first shaft member has a non-circular cross-section in the area of the projection and a seat to receive the shaft member in the cavity has a corresponding cross-section.
  • the second shaft member is secured against pivoting about the longitudinal axis of the first shaft member.
  • the activation opening is provided in the axial end surface of the second shaft member.
  • the activation opening is preferably covered by a movable button.
  • the button is preferably made from flexible material, e.g. rubber. As a result a closed structure can easily be achieved in which the penetration of dirt is prevented from causing failure of the movable parts.
  • the U-shaped spring is preferably made from bent metal strip, preferably from spring steel. This ensures good resilient properties together with secure fastening.
  • Fig. 1 shows how a usual toilet cover assembly 15 including a toilet seat 16 and a toilet cover 17 by means of two toilet hinge arrangements 1 according to the invention is pivotal secured to all flange on a toilet bowl 18.
  • the toilet bowl 18 is only shown diagrammatically as a rectangular plate for the sake of clarity.
  • the seat 16 and the cover 17 are pivotal between the shown horizontal position in which the seat 16 rests on the toilet bowl and the cover 17 rests on the seat and the vertical position in which the cover 17 and optionally the seat 16 rest on a not-shown cistem or wall.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a toilet hinge arrangement according to a preferred embodiment, a horizontal cut being inserted in the transverse shaft member 8.
  • Fig. 3 is a side view of the toilet hinge arrangement 1.
  • the toilet hinge arrangement 1 includes a circular disc-shaped base member 2 and a shaft member 7 extending upwards therefrom.
  • An upper coupling end 6 of the shaft member 7 is releasably secured in a coupling end 13 of a transverse shaft member 8.
  • Fig. 4 is a sectional view along line IV-IV in fig. 3.
  • the base member 2 includes an oblong slot 10 by means of which the base member can be secured to the toilet bowl with a bolt, the head of which can be inserted into an expanded upper part of the slot 23.
  • a casing 20 covers the slot and thus the head in the mounted stage of the hinge when the lower face 3 of the base member abuts the surface of the toilet bowl.
  • the upwardly extending shaft member 7 includes a base 24 which is received in a shaft hole 9 in the base member.
  • the base 24 includes an upwardly facing contact face 12 and the shaft hole 9 includes a downwardly facing contact face 11.
  • the shaft member 7 When mounted the shaft member 7 is retained such in the base member 2 that the contact faces 11, 12 prevent the shaft member 7 from being upwardly displaced and the toilet bowl prevents the shaft member 7 from being downwardly displaced. Furthermore the shaft member 7 is prevented from rotating in the shaft hole 9, the upwardly facing contact face 12 of the base 24 being provided with projections 14 (cf. fig. 13) and the downwardly facing contact face 11 of the shaft hole being provided with correspondingly shaped recesses (not shown). A plurality of recesses is provided along the circumferential, downwardly facing contact face 11 so that the pivotal position of the shaft member can be adjusted accurately set precisely.
  • the combination of the oblong mounting slot 10 and the option for adjusting the pivotal position of the shaft member 7 make it possible to a just the toilet hinge arrangement accurately.
  • Fig. 5 is a partial sectional vie of the toilet hinge arrangement along line V-V in fig. 3.
  • the cut extends through the transverse shaft member 8 about which the toilet cover assembly 15 can pivot.
  • the transverse shaft member 8 is retained on the upper free end of the shaft member 7 by means of a U-shaped spring 22 which engages below projections of the shaft member 7 and which can be moved to the right in fig. 5 by pushing a rubber button 33 a explained in greater detail below.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the toilet hinge arrangement, the push button 23 being seen clearly, the shaft member 7 and the shaft member 8 being releasable from each other on activating the push button.
  • Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sections view through the transverse shaft member 8. At its first end the shaft member 8 is provided with a cavity 4, which is accessible via a radial opening 5 and in the axial end face 32 an axial activation opening 29.
  • Fig. 8 is a side view of the transverse shaft member 8.
  • a circumferential recess 38 serves to secure the rubber button 33, as is explained in greater detail below.
  • Fig. 9 shows the transverse shaft member 8 from the coupling end 13.
  • the guide passages 41, 42 serve to receive the resilient legs 26, 27 of the U-shaped spring 19 (cf. fig. 12).
  • the inclined face 45 at the entrance to the guide slots 41, 42 ease the insertion of the resilient legs 26, 27 during assembly.
  • Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the transverse shaft member 8 along line X-X in fig. 8. As it can be seen, the guide passages 41 42 end in inclined contact faces 30 31 extending towards the outer face of the shaft member. The radial opening 5 extends into the shaft member 8 and has the cross section as shown in fig. 10.
  • Fig. 11 shows the transverse shaft member 8 along the sectional line XI-XI in fig. 8. As it can be seen, the radial opening 5 widens downwardly and tapers upwardly for reasons appearing from the below explanations.
  • Fig. 12 shows the U-shaped spring which serves to lock the coupling end 6 of the upwardly extending shaft member 7 in the cavity 4 of the transverse shaft member 8.
  • the U-shaped spring 19 includes a curved connecting member 22 from which two resilient legs 26, 27 extend. The free ends of the resilient legs 26, 27 are bent so that they have inclined faces 43 inclining outwardly from the centre of the U-shaped spring. These inclined faces 43 partly serve to ease the insertion of the spring into the guide passages 41, 42 and partly they serve to ensure that the resilient legs 26, 27 slide more easily on the inclining contact faces 30, 31 at the bottom of the guide slots 41, 42. The legs 26, 27, however, do not need to bend at their free ends.
  • Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the upwardly extending shaft member 7.
  • the shaft member 7 is cast together with the above base 24 provided with an upwardly facing contact face 12 with projections 14.
  • these projections 14 serve to lock the shaft member 7 in an arbitrary pivotal position.
  • the upper coupling end 6 of the shaft member 7 is non-rotational symmetrical, but has two parallel lateral faces. Upwards the shaft member 7 tapers by means of bevellings 9 extending upwards from two projections 28. Below the projections 28 the shaft member 7 has a narrowed area which is downwardly delimited by two inclined shoulders 44.
  • Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a rubber button 33 and fig. 15 is a vertical sectional view of the same.
  • the button 3 has a hollow interior 35 to receive the connecting member 22 of the U-shaped spring 19.
  • the button 33 When mounted the button 33 is secured to the coupling end 13 of the transverse shaft member 8.
  • the button 33 has a circumferential recess 36 with a bead 37 which may engage with the circumferential recess 38 in the coupling end 13 of the transverse shaft member 8 (cf. fig. 8).
  • the resilient legs 26, 27 of the U-shaped spring 19 are arranged in the guide passages 41, 42 and grip around the narrowed area of the coupling end 6 of the upwardly extending shaft member 7.
  • the resilient legs 26, 27 engage below the projections 28 of the shaft member 7 and prevent the shaft member 7 from being removed from the cavity 4 of the transverse shaft member 8.
  • the rubber button 33 By pressing the rubber button 33 the U-shaped spring 22 is moved to the right in fig. 5.
  • the resilient legs 26, 27 yield outwards as a result of their abutting the inclined contact faces 30, 31.
  • the resilient legs 26, 27 move away from the narrowed area of the coupling end 6 of the shaft member 7.
  • the resilient legs 26, 27 have been moved so far away from the shaft member 7 that they are no longer positioned below the projections 28 whereby the coupling end 6 of the shaft member 7 can be pulled out of the cavity 4 via the opening 5.
  • the U-shaped spring 19 moves to the left in fig. 5 due to the spring effect and adopts the locking position.
  • the transverse shaft member 8 is simply led back down over the upwardly extending shaft member 7 until they click in engagement with each other.
  • the bevellings 39 on the upwardly extending shaft member 7 spread the legs 26, 27 and at a point when the projections 28 have passed the legs 26, 27 they spring in below the projections 28.
  • the inclined contact faces 30, 31 each define an angle of approx. 40° in relation to the longitudinal axis of the transverse shaft member 8.
  • a "button movement" of approx. 3 - 5 mm is achieved before the release position is reached.
  • the U-shaped spring 19 is preferably made from spring steel. In the embodiment shown the distance between the resilient legs is approx. 5 mm.
  • the legs 26, 27 and the connecting member 22 have a width of approx. 3.5 mm and a thickness of approx. 0.5 mm.
  • the length of the spring is approx. 17.5 mm.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiment shown here.
  • the upwardly extending shaft member 7 and the transverse shaft member 8 can for example interchange positions so that the cavity 4 with the U-shaped spring 19 is positioned in the upwardly extending shaft member 7.
  • the button 33 points upwards.
  • both legs of the U-shaped spring are in locking engagement with projections 28.
  • only one leg engages a projection 28.
  • U-shape is to be understood very broadly as the spring 19 may also be V-shaped or have any other shape whatsoever in which two resilient legs 26, 27 with free ends extend from a connecting member 22.
  • the connecting member 22 can e.g. be straight and form right angles to the legs 26, 27.
  • the spring is preferably band-shaped with two wide lateral faces which are substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the upwardly extending shaft member 7.
  • the U-shaped spring may, however, also be made from bent metal wire.
  • the spring can be made from plastics.

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EP05388053A 2004-07-12 2005-06-29 Dispositif de charnière pour toilette pour la fixation amovible d'un dispositif de couvercle de toilette Not-in-force EP1616519B1 (fr)

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EP3135167A4 (fr) * 2014-04-24 2017-10-18 Tok Bearing Co., Ltd. Dispositif détachable, et dispositif à charnière faisant appel à celui-ci
EP3851004A1 (fr) * 2020-01-20 2021-07-21 Geberit International AG Dispositif de montage destiné au montage amovible d'une pièce de garniture sur un corps de wc

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US6643851B1 (en) 2002-05-16 2003-11-11 Timothy T. Janes Easily removable and replaceable toilet seat and lid

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DE4409516A1 (de) 1993-03-23 1994-09-29 Saniplast Spa Scharnier zum Anbringen einer aus Deckel und Sitz bestehenden Baugruppe am Körper einer Klosettschüssel
EP0853916B1 (fr) 1997-01-21 2003-06-04 Cavagna & Sipex International S.r.l. Dispositif d'accouplement rapide, notamment de fixation du siège-couvercle à une toilette
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CN101744563B (zh) * 2008-12-21 2011-08-24 龚斌华 一种马桶盖板安装机构
EP3135167A4 (fr) * 2014-04-24 2017-10-18 Tok Bearing Co., Ltd. Dispositif détachable, et dispositif à charnière faisant appel à celui-ci
CN104433944A (zh) * 2014-12-09 2015-03-25 天津思耐德精密机械有限公司 一种用于缓冲器的快速插接结构
EP3851004A1 (fr) * 2020-01-20 2021-07-21 Geberit International AG Dispositif de montage destiné au montage amovible d'une pièce de garniture sur un corps de wc

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