EP2672028B1 - Toilet with a cistern double-flush device - Google Patents

Toilet with a cistern double-flush device Download PDF

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EP2672028B1
EP2672028B1 EP12742677.3A EP12742677A EP2672028B1 EP 2672028 B1 EP2672028 B1 EP 2672028B1 EP 12742677 A EP12742677 A EP 12742677A EP 2672028 B1 EP2672028 B1 EP 2672028B1
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Mercedes FOMINAYA GONZÁLEZ
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system
    • E03D5/02—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated mechanically or hydraulically (or pneumatically) also details such as push buttons, levers and pull-card therefor
    • 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
    • E03D1/144—Cisterns discharging variable quantities of water also cisterns with bell siphons in combination with flushing valves in cisterns with flushing valves having a single flush outlet and an additional float for delaying the valve closure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system
    • E03D5/02—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated mechanically or hydraulically (or pneumatically) also details such as push buttons, levers and pull-card therefor
    • E03D5/09—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated mechanically or hydraulically (or pneumatically) also details such as push buttons, levers and pull-card therefor directly by the hand
    • E03D5/094—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated mechanically or hydraulically (or pneumatically) also details such as push buttons, levers and pull-card therefor directly by the hand the flushing element, e.g. siphon bell, being actuated through a cable, chain or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a toilet comprising a device for flushing toilet tanks that is of the type allowing to select a partial flush or a full flush of the tank by pressing down on a double pushbutton with two buttons, so that pressure on one of the two buttons of the double pushbutton is transmitted to the flush system through a wire made of steel, similar to that employed in bicycle brakes.
  • the invention improvements focus on characteristic linking means between the bell of the flush system and an outlet fixed at the bottom of the tank.
  • patent of invention number ES2136547 of the same applicant of the present invention refers to a partial or full, double flush device, without the user having to interrupt the flush.
  • the pushbutton incorporates a first button associated with a top float for partial flush and a second button associated with a bottom float for full flush.
  • a drain valve for a cistern comprising a housing, which is provided with a valve seat defining an outlet opening, an overflow pipe, the lower end of which is provided with a seal which cooperates with the valve seat, an upper float, which is adjustable in height relative to the overflow pipe, a lower float, and a trigger device for selectively triggering a partial flush or complete flush, the lower float being provided with a stop on which the overflow pipe is placed in a raised position, associated with a complete flush, via a projection provided on the overflow pipe, it being possible to fix the upper float on the overflow pipe by means of a height adjustment element, said upper float being dimensioned in such a way that when it is immersed, after brief raising of the overflow pipe from the closed position thereof, the buoyancy of said upper float automatically raises the overflow pipe selectively into a position associated with a partial flush or complete flush, the upper float maintaining a set position relative to the overflow pipe both
  • the document EP 0 796 954 discloses a device for operating discharge valves for water storage cisterns of sanitary installations comprising an element movable axially inside guide means under the thrusting action of a bellows attached to said guide means and made to expand by a predetermined quantity of compressed air introduced therein via control means of the operating device, wherein said bellows comprises rigid means movable therewith and designed to cooperate with a first seat and a second seat of a lever rotating about a fixed fulcrum designed to cooperate with elements of said rod so as to cause respectively starting or controlled stoppage of discharging.
  • the invention provides a toilet comprising a device for flushing toilet tanks according with claim 1.
  • a toilet comprising a device for flushing toilet tanks according with claim 1.
  • the intermediate coupling base comprises a separate body that connects at its bottom part with the outlet of the tank.
  • the intermediate coupling base and corresponding outlet comprise a single one-piece element.
  • the first mechanism associated with the pushbutton is characterized in that it comprises a top tilting trigger with angular structure, one of whose branches articulates at its free end on an anterior axis integral to a housing of the pushbutton assembly, while at the joining area of the two branches of the cited trigger, it connects articulately with a terminal lug integral to one end of the wire, the free end of the other matching branch of the top tilting trigger connecting to a vertical rod of the pushbutton, the downward movement of which makes the top tilting trigger rotate against the resistance of a recovery spring that is part of a second mechanism associated with the overflow pipe.
  • the second mechanism associated with the overflow pipe of the flush system is characterized in that it comprises a bottom tilting trigger which articulates into an intermediate part attached to the top of the bell, such trigger having an angular structure consisting of a vertical branch that incorporates the recovery spring and a double horizontal bent branch that is in contact with the underside of a ring seat of the overflow pipe, a terminal lug integral to one end of the wire connecting at the free end of the vertical branch of the bottom tilting trigger.
  • connection articulated in the anterior axis of the top tilting trigger is characterized in that it comprises an open extension mountable and detachable by virtue of a movement perpendicular to the direction of the anterior axis.
  • the bottom tilting trigger has lateral appendages as means of articulation of such bottom tilting trigger, such lateral appendages coupling to the intermediate part, while they are in the area of confluence of the two branches of the above-mentioned bottom tilting trigger.
  • the recovery spring of the bottom tilting trigger is characterized in that it comprises at least one elastic fin, in the active position of which it comes into contact at its free end against an inner part of the bell, so that in this active position of the at least one elastic fin, it tends to position the assembly of the overflow pipe and both first and second mechanisms towards its initial resting position corresponding to the obturation of the outlet of water from the tank.
  • the end sections of the flexible tube that protects the wire are anchored, in a split top extension fixed to the housing of the pushbutton and in a split bottom extension fixed to the intermediate part attached to the bell of the flush system.
  • This split structure of such extensions facilitates mounting and positioning of the flexible tube.
  • Another feature of the invention is that the end sections of the flexible tube where the wire is guided, incorporate some retaining protuberances that are embedded in slots established in such split extensions.
  • the inside of the neck of the fixed housing of the pushbutton comprises a first pair of opposing grooves that go through the entire length of said neck and a second pair of opposing grooves that only affect a lower section of said neck, some end protrusions integral to the vertical rod in the mounted position of the assembly of the pushbutton being fit in the second pair of opposing grooves, while, during its assembly, the end protrusions of the vertical rod go through the first couple of opposing grooves, the latter substantially facilitating assembly and disassembly of the vertical rod associated with the two buttons of the pushbutton without having to assemble and disassemble other elements.
  • At least one of the battlemented protuberances of the lower part of the bell comprises at least one hole in the bottom of the same for the draining of water from the inside of the device.
  • the device for flushing toilet tanks comprises in principle a pushbutton 1 with a first button 2 for a partial flush and a second button 3 for a full flush of the tank, a flush system 4 and an outlet 5-5'-5" fixed in the bottom 6 of the tank, the system flush 4 being connected to an intermediate coupling base 43-43'-43" associated to the outlet 5-5'-5" through a bell 7 that is part of the above-mentioned flush system 4.
  • the flush system 4 includes in addition to the above-mentioned bell 7, an overflow pipe 8, in the lower section of which an obturating rubber 9 is fixed that rests on the closing position on a ring lip 10 of the outlet 5-5-5", said lip delimiting an outlet of the water outflow from the tank into the toilet when such outlet is released by pressing on one of the two buttons of the pushbutton 1.
  • the overflow pipe 8 is associated in turn with a top float 11 for the partial flush and with another bottom float 12 for the full flush.
  • both floats 11-12 are housed within the bell 7, more specifically within the bottom part 7', which together with another top part 7" make up the bell 7.
  • the elevation of the overflow pipe 8 when actuating one of the buttons of the pushbutton 1 is transmitted through a wire 13 protected by a flexible tube 14, a first mechanism 15 that links one end of the wire 13 to the pushbutton 1 and a second mechanism 16 linking the other matching end of the wire 13 to the upper section of the above-mentioned overflow pipe 8.
  • the bell 7 has a battlemented lower structure arranged in the top part thereof 7', formed by anchoring extensions 21, alternating with intermediate gaps 33, wherein battlemented protuberances or tongues 17 of the bottom part are coupled 7". At least one of the battlemented protuberances or tongues 17 has at least one hole 52 on its bottom for the entry of air inside the bell 7 which ensures the emptying of the same during the flushing operation of the device object of the invention.
  • the at least one hole 52 is on the bottom line of the complementary battlements or latches 19 such that when rising the bell 7 it will always allow the entry of air into the above-mentioned bell 7.
  • Said bottom part 7" comprises gaps or recesses 18 where some battlements or latches 19 are adjusted, the latter alternating in turn with recesses 20 of an intermediate coupling base 43-43', said battlements or latches 19 being complementary to the anchoring extensions 21 of the top part 7' of the bell 7; the recesses 20 and the battlements or latches 19 being arranged in the upper section of the intermediate coupling base 43-43'.
  • Said anchoring extensions 21 are provided with inner ribs 23 engaged to external protrusions 22 incorporated in the battlements or latches 19 of the intermediate coupling bases 43 43'.
  • the flush system 4 couples in the battlements of the intermediate coupling base 43-43' associated to the respective outlet 5-5' that is attached to the flush system 4 by the clipping action of the two anchoring extensions 21 on the upper edges of said battlements or latches 19, for which they have the above-mentioned external tabs 21, on which the inner ribs 23 of such anchoring extensions 21 are engaged.
  • the bottom part 7" of the bell 7 is retained by the interaction of the top part 7' and the coupling base 43-43'.
  • the bell 7 comprises inverted "U”-shaped cuts 44 that delimit actuating portions 45 to tilt the cited anchoring extensions 21, in such a way that pressing on such actuation portions 45 manages to disengage the flush system assembly 4 with respect to the intermediate coupling base 43-43' thus achieving only axial disconnection.
  • the first mechanism 15 associated with the pushbutton 1 comprises a top tilting trigger 26 with angular structure, one branch of which articulates at its free end on an anterior axis 27 integral to a support 28 of the pushbutton assembly 1, while at the joining area of both branches of such top tilting trigger 26 it articulately connects with a terminal lug 29 integral to one end of the wire 13.
  • the connection articulated in the anterior axis 27 comprises an open extension 42 to facilitate its extraction perpendicular to the direction of such anterior axis 27, also allowing a good lever arm without affecting the anchorage of the wire 13.
  • the free end of the other matching branch of the top tilting trigger 26 is in contact with a vertical rod 34 of the pushbutton 1, so that when actuating on the same, the vertical rod 34 descends against the resistance of a spring 35, such vertical rod 34 pushing by its bottom end to the above-mentioned top tilting trigger 26 by pulling the wire 13 and actuating the second mechanism 16 associated with the overflow pipe 8 thus raising it upwards to cause the emptying of the tank.
  • the pushbutton 1 comprises a fixed housing 47 provided with a neck 48, said neck 48 inwardly incorporating a first pair of opposing grooves 49 going throughout the length of said neck 48 and a second pair of opposing grooves 50 only affecting a lower section of said neck 48; end protrusions 51 integral to the vertical rod 34 in the mounted position of the pushbutton assembly 1 fitting in the second pair of opposing grooves 50, while during its assembly the end protrusions 51 go through the first pair of opposing grooves 49.
  • the first pair of opposing grooves 49 go through the interior of the neck 48 in its entirety, such that facing on them the end protrusions 51 of the vertical rod 34, said vertical rod 34 is introduced, by the top, during its assembly, until it emerges by the lower end of the neck 48, overcoming the resistance of the spring 35, thereby achieving that the cited end protrusions 51 of the vertical rod 34 exceed said lower end of the neck 48, in order to then rotate 90° said vertical rod 34 and thus be able to introduce such end protrusions 51 in the second pair of smaller length opposing grooves 50, that go internally only through a small portion of the neck 48, such as described above.
  • a split top extension 30 is connected, wherein an end section of the flexible tube 14 is fixed provided with retaining protuberances 31 that are embedded in small slots 32 of such split extension 30, thus facilitating the attachment and assembly of the flexible tube 14.
  • the opposing end section of the flexible tube 14 has other retaining protuberances 31' that are embedded in other slots 32' located in another split bottom extension 30' connected to the top of the bell 7 of the flush system 4.
  • the second mechanism 16 associated with the overflow pipe 8 includes a bottom tilting trigger 36 that articulates at the top of the bell 7 through lateral appendages 37 that are part of such bottom tilting trigger 36. It has in principle an angular structure consisting of a vertical branch 38 and a double horizontal bent branch 39 which is in contact with a ring seat 40 of the overflow pipe 8.
  • a terminal lug 29' articulates where the free end of the wire 13 is connected, so that when actuating the pushbutton 1, the wire 13 pulls the bottom tilting trigger 36 making it tilt against the resistance of a recovery spring 41 that is part of such trigger 36, therefore the double horizontal bent branch 39 pushes the overflow pipe 8 upwards to proceed with the flushing of the tank.
  • the first mechanism 15 and the second mechanism 16 return to their resting position thanks to the recovery spring 41 formed by a pair of elastic fins 41 that come into contact in the active position against the inner face of a part of the bell 7, position in which such elastic fins are stressed and tend to position the bottom tilting trigger 36 towards its resting position.
  • This bottom tilting trigger 36 that receives the traction of the wire 13 of the pushbutton 1 and recovery spring 12, have a one-part configuration, thereby avoiding the need to mount separate springs as it occurs in other conventional flush systems.

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ES201130118A ES2399899B1 (es) 2011-01-31 2011-01-31 Dispositivo para la descarga de cisternas de inodoros.
PCT/ES2012/070009 WO2012104453A1 (es) 2011-01-31 2012-01-10 Dispositivo de descarga doble de cisternas

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GT201300171A (es) 2014-09-26
SA112330216B1 (ar) 2014-06-25
WO2012104453A1 (es) 2012-08-09
TN2013000268A1 (en) 2014-11-10
EP2672028A4 (en) 2017-12-13
ES2399899B1 (es) 2014-02-11
ZA201304632B (en) 2014-09-25
PL2672028T3 (pl) 2021-12-13
MA34758B1 (fr) 2013-12-03

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