Classifications

• • 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
  • E03C1/0408—Water installations especially for showers
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
  • E03B1/00—Methods or layout of installations for water supply
  • E03B1/04—Methods or layout of installations for water supply for domestic or like local supply
  • E03B1/041—Greywater supply systems
  • E03B1/042—Details thereof, e.g. valves or pumps
• • 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
  • E03C1/01—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks for combinations of baths, showers, sinks, wash-basins, closets, urinals, or the like
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
  • E03B1/00—Methods or layout of installations for water supply
  • E03B1/04—Methods or layout of installations for water supply for domestic or like local supply
  • E03B1/041—Greywater supply systems
  • E03B2001/045—Greywater supply systems using household water

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of sanitary appliances and, more particularly, the shower systems, and relates to a closed-circuit shower device and a shower installation equipped with said device.
• a conventional shower comprises means for splashing water, such as shower head or hand shower, ramp hydro-massage nozzles or other means of water projection in the field of balneotherapy, connected to a apparatus for controlling and / or stopping water consisting of one or more mixer taps or mixers which are connected to the water supply network, consisting of hot and cold water supply pipes .
• a shower space is delimited by at least one wall wall and / or at least one prefabricated partition element and that a shower tray intended to recover the shower water, generally consisting of a shower tray. square or rectangular shape, quarter round or cutaway, is reported in the bottom of the shower, the water being evacuated by the bung of the shower tray in the wastewater evacuation circuit.
• showers are also known in which all of the water projection means and shower faucets are integrated into a shower panel or shower column, extending vertically substantially above the rim of the shower tray. shower.
• some showers have a closed circuit water distribution device to reduce water consumption, recycling it in the shower.
• a closed circuit water distribution device is generally composed of a water intake socket in the shower tray, connected to a pump outside said receiver and supplying means for spraying water.
• closed circuit shower facilities which provide for placing the shower tray pump near and away from the shower tray to avoid the use of additional piping, i.e. said pump, substantially at the same level as the receiver, so that the body of the pump is located below the water level contained in said recipient, so as to be completely filled with water to be able to prime said pump.
• the water is sucked by the pump, via a short conduit opening into the bottom of the receiver and a filter retaining the particles, to then feed separate projection means of water through a closed circuit of water redistribution.
• the present invention aims to overcome these disadvantages by providing a closed circuit shower device for shower installation for the implementation of a shower tray of low height to retain a low water and can, advantageously , be recessed while allowing easy maintenance of said device.
• the closed-circuit shower device is intended, more particularly, to be installed in a shower of the type provided with a shower tray, of at least one water projection means connected to a shower network.
• said device comprising, on the one hand, a set of suction means and redistribution means connected to at least one clean means for splashing water provided with means for starting and stopping and, secondly, a means for closing the shower drain of the shower tray, and is essentially characterized by said suction means consist essentially of a suction pump positioned at the bottom of the shower tray, so that said suction pump is adapted to sucking the water from the shower tray, in particular a small height (h) of water, and discharging it, via the water redistribution means, to the at least one own means of splashing water, in that the suction pump is isolated from the shower space by being disposed in a housing space provided in the shower tray or, substantially, at the rim of said shower tray and in that said housing space
• Closed circuit means a circuit that does not consume the mains water in operation but only the recycled water contained in the shower tray.
• the shower tray will preferably be of low height and more particularly intended to be recessed and the suction pump will be isolated from the shower space in a housing space housing said pump.
• FIG. 1 represents a partial cross-sectional view of a shower incorporating a closed circuit shower-water distribution device, according to the present invention
• FIG. 2a represents a perspective view of a shower cabin comprising a device according to the present invention in a preferred embodiment of a housing space housing the suction pump,
• FIG. 2b shows a detail view of a shower column of the device according to the present invention allowing access in the accommodation space
• FIG. 3a shows a plan view of a particular arrangement, in a shower tray, of the accommodation space of the device according to the present invention, in the shower tray 1.
• FIG. 3b represents a plan view another arrangement of the accommodation space shown in the previous figure, in the shower tray 1 - AT -
• FIG. 4 shows a detail view in perspective on a larger scale of the upper part of the shower enclosure shown in Figure 2a.
• FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a shower installation in a particular mode of the shower space housing the suction pump of the device according to the present invention.
• FIG. 7 represents a perspective view of a variant of the accommodation space according to FIG. 5,
• FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of a shower tray according to the present invention installed in a wall space comprising a wall reserve for receiving a recess of said receiver.
• FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of a shower installation comprising a housing space integrated into a shower seat located in the shower area of the receiver.
• FIG. 1 show a closed circuit shower device, according to the present invention, intended, more particularly, to be installed in a shower of the type provided with a shower tray 1, at least one water projection means 2 connected to a water supply network 3 by means of an apparatus for controlling and / or stopping the water, represented by arrows, such as mixer taps 4 and / or mixers, comprises on the one hand, a set of suction means 5 and water redistribution means, such as pipes 6, connected to at least one own means of splashing water 2 ', 15', which assembly is provided with a start-up and stop means, not shown, and on the other hand, a closing means, not shown, of the drain plug 7 of the shower tray 1.
• said suction means consist, essentially, of a suction pump 5, positioned directly on the bottom 1 'of the shower tray 1, preferably at the level of the waste outlet 7 of the wastewater or a slightly higher level, so that said suction pump 5 is able to suck the water, preferably a small height h of water, from the receiver of shower 1 and discharge, via the water redistribution means 6, to the means or the own water projection 2 ', 15'.
• the suction pump 5 is isolated from the shower space by being disposed in a housing space or cabin 8 housing said suction pump 5 which can be provided in the shower tray 1 (Figure 3a and Figure 3b), or substantially at the rim 1 "of the shower tray 1 ( Figure 1 and Figure 5) In the latter case, the suction pump 5 will be located, preferably, at the median level of one of the sides of the shower tray 1 receiver 1 ( Figure 3a) or in an angle ( Figure 3b).
• the housing space 8 housing the suction pump 5 advantageously comprises an access means 15, in particular, to the suction pump 5 and at least one communication opening 10 situated substantially at the from the bottom 1 'of the shower tray 1 allowing the passage of water to said suction pump 5 (Figure 6 and Figure 7).
• the shower tray 1, according to the present invention is a receiver of low height, preferably shallow, intended, more particularly, to be recessed.
• a receiver of low height preferably shallow, intended, more particularly, to be recessed.
• such a receiver can nevertheless be placed on a finished floor with a suitable holding structure.
• 3b can be a realization of traditional shower cabin then equipped with a closing device, not shown, the bung of the receiver to constitute the water reserve necessary to operate the device according to the present invention.
• the accommodation space 8 housing the suction pump 5 can be formed, partially or totally, by a shower column 15 and / or by a shower partition 13. Respectively, such a shower column 15 or such a shower partition 13 may comprise at least one own means of splashing water 2 ', 15'.
• a specific means of spraying water 2 ', 15' is intended, more particularly, to be used in the recirculating configuration of the shower water, for example for the purpose of using water.
• balneotherapy or hydro-massage the time of a shower is relatively long. It may consist of for example, in nozzles 2 'or other hydromassage and balneotherapy means such as micro-perforations 15' made, respectively, in the shower column 15 and / or in the shower partition 13.
• column shower 15 a vertical structure, preferably planar or substantially planar, such as an elongated plate, or a profiled structure, for example U-shaped.
• a shower column 15 may also have a section-type chimney structure, globally, polygonal or round, especially when it is installed in the internal space of the receiver, for example centrally.
• shower wall 13 will be understood to mean a partition which may have a flat or curved shape and be connected to or associated with one or more other shower partitions 13 possibly forming angles between them.
• Such a shower partition 13 may constitute one side of the shower or two adjacent sides forming between them a certain angle, preferably an angle of about 90 °.
• a shower partition 13 may be disposed above the shower tray at a distance from a wall wall 12 or other partition wall, in contact or not with the bottom 1 'of the shower tray 1, so as to create a housing space 8 between the shower partition 13 and the wall wall 12 or other partition wall, for accommodating the suction pump 5 (Figure 2a) and, advantageously, the technical elements associated with said pump 5.
• the housing space 8 housing the suction pump 5 can be formed, partially or totally, by a shower column 15 integrated in a shower partition 13.
• the shower partition 13 and / or the column shower 15 may comprise, respectively, a clean shower water projection means 2 ', 15' connected to the water redistribution means 6 and, optionally, a water projection means 2 connected to the supply network water 3.
• a shower partition 13 it may comprise a notch 14, made over all or part of the height of said shower partition 13, preferably axially.
• the notch 14 is intended, more particularly, to be closed, with sealing, on the inner space side of the shower tray 1, by a shower column 15 (FIG. 2a, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5), preferably flat or substantially flat so as to create a surface continuity with the shower partition 13.
• a shower partition 13, partially or totally, and / or a shower column 15, partially or totally are advantageously made removable to allow access to the interior of the housing space 8 housing the pump 5 and close the latter, with sealing, this in order to easily ensure the maintenance of the device according to the present invention.
• a U-shaped shower column 15 can be secured by its two free ends, respectively, at the two longitudinal edges 16 of the notch 14 formed in FIG. shower partition 13 and, advantageously, via profiles 15 "having grooves 15 '" for sealingly receiving the free ends of said U.
• the suction pump 5 can be housed in a recess 9 formed in the rim 1" of the shower tray 1, so that the bottom 1 'of the shower tray 1 extends into the recess 9 which forms an integral part of said housing space 8 ( Figure 1, Figure 5 and Figure 8).
• the recess 9 for receiving the suction pump 5 frees the internal space of the shower tray 1.
• the recess 9 may in particular form a projecting portion of the outer side of the receiver 1 ( Figure 8).
• the shower tray 1 provided with a recess 9 can be implemented in a wall socket ( Figure 8) and the recess 9, more particularly adjacent to one or more wall walls 12, can be inserted, advantageously, in a reserve 12 'practiced in the corresponding wall wall 12 of said wall grip.
• the reserve 12 ' is, with the recess 9, a housing space 8 for accommodating the suction pump 5 and, advantageously, elements associated with said pump 5.
• a shower column 15, not shown, is flat, substantially flat or U-shaped, can come close the reserve 12 'in being secured to the corresponding wall wall 12, on either side of said reserve 12 '.
• a communication opening 10 can be made by the space delimited between the bottom or bottom edge, respectively, of the shower partition 13, or the shower column 15, and the bottom 1 'of the shower tray 1.
• the shower partition 13 and / or the shower column 15 can be positioned, substantially, at the inner edge of the shower tray 1, above the recess 9 as can be seen in Figure 6.
• the shower partition 13 and / or the shower column 15 can be positioned in the shower tray 1, in contact or not with the bottom of the shower tray 1 ( Figure 7).
• the comunication opening 10 may be a cut made substantially in the lower edge, respectively, of the shower partition 13 (FIG. 8) or the shower column 15.
• a thick shower partition 13 can be seen that is pressed against a wall wall 12 or other partition wall, above the rim 1 "on one side of the shower tray 1 adjacent to the wall wall 12 or other wall
• a shower partition 13 advantageously comprises a notch 14, made in its base and extending over all or part (broken lines) of its height.
• the thickness of the shower partition 13 is determined so that it extends beyond the rim 1 "of the shower tray 1 in the internal space of the latter, which allows, on the one hand, forming, thanks to the longitudinal notch 14, a housing space 8 in the shower tray 1 for receiving a suction pump 5, not shown, so as to isolate the latter from the shower space and, secondly, between the lower part of the shower partition 13 and the bottom 1 'of the receiver 1, a communication opening 10 for the passage of water to the suction pump 5.
• the housing space 8 thus created also makes it possible to accommodating the technical elements associated with said pump 5.
• the notch 14 is intended, more particularly, to be closed, with sealing, internal space side of the shower tray 1, by a shower column 15.
• the shower partition 13 which occupies one side of the shower tray 1, of rectangular shape, leaves the other three sides available to be able to support a shower floor such as a grating 1 '', shown in FIG. Figure 2a.
• Such a thick shower partition 13 thus makes it possible to provide a housing space 8 housing the suction pump 5 located in the shower tray 1 which does not require a recess 9 and therefore applies to all types of current receivers. It will be the same for a shower partition 13 and / or a shower column 15, described above, disposed at a distance from a wall wall 12 or other partition wall and being located above the internal space of the shower tray 1.
• the water redistribution means 6 can be connected, via a connecting means 6 ', to the water supply network 3 and a valve device, controlled by means of switching on or off, can ensure the redistribution of water from the suction pump 5 or the distribution of water from the water supply network 3, respectively, to the at least one own projection means water 2 ', 15' and / or the at least one water splashing means 2.
• the communication opening 10 comprises a means for filtering the water coming from the shower tray 1, preferably consisting of a perforated element, such as a grid filter or a screen 11 ( Figure 6).
• FIG. 5 shows a shower installation intended to receive the device according to the invention which consists of a shower space 18 integrating a shower tray 1, preferably of shallow depth and, more particularly, recessed, and a housing space 8 intended to house the suction pump 5.
• the shower space 18 can be formed in a monobloc shower cabin, recessed or not.
• a shower tray of low height or shallow depth will be understood to mean a shower tray whose height is between approximately 5 to 12 cm.
• Such a shower space 18 may have a generally polygonal shape, for example rectangular or square, or mixed, for example quarter-round.
• the housing space 8 housing the suction pump 5 can be formed by the space defined by a shower partition 13 and two wall walls 12, which partition 13 overcomes the inner edge of a recess 9, practiced in the rim 1 "of the shower tray 1, intended to receive the suction pump 5.
• a side wall 13 '" closes one of the lateral sides of the accommodating space 8 above the shower tray 1 and that the other opposite lateral side is closed by a wall wall
• a notch or longitudinal window 14 is made axially in the shower partition 13, separating the latter in two portions 13 'and 13 "located on either side of the recess 9 formed in the rim 1" of the shower tray 1.
• the window 14 is intended to be closed, with sealing, by a shower column 15, preferably flat or substantially flat, surmounting the rim 1.
• the gap between the lower edge of the shower column 15 and the bottom 1 'of the receiver 1 '' then defines a communication opening 10 which allows the passage of water to said suction pump 5 via a filtering means 11 of said water (FIG. 6) integrated in the communication opening 10.
• a shower space 18 may advantageously include a seating element such as a shower seat 20, for example of rectangular parallelepipedal shape, incorporating a housing space 8 housing a suction pump 5, according to the invention, not shown.
• a seating element such as a shower seat 20, for example of rectangular parallelepipedal shape, incorporating a housing space 8 housing a suction pump 5, according to the invention, not shown.
• the seat 20 may also be surmounted by a shower column 15, attached or integral with the assembly consisting of the seat 20 and the accommodating space 8 housing the suction pump 5.
• a communication opening 10 is made in the accommodation space 8 forming the seat 20, at the bottom 1 'of the shower tray 1, to allow the passage of the water from the latter to said suction pump
• the communication opening 10 may comprise a filtering means 11, not shown, of the water entering the accommodation space 8 housing the suction pump 5.

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