EP2913448B1 - Ablaufbetätigungsvorrichtung, Verfahren zur Betätigung eines Ablaufventils und Werkzeug zur Montage und Voreinstellung der Ablaufbetätigungsvorrichtung - Google Patents

Ablaufbetätigungsvorrichtung, Verfahren zur Betätigung eines Ablaufventils und Werkzeug zur Montage und Voreinstellung der Ablaufbetätigungsvorrichtung Download PDF

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EP2913448B1
EP2913448B1 EP15000481.0A EP15000481A EP2913448B1 EP 2913448 B1 EP2913448 B1 EP 2913448B1 EP 15000481 A EP15000481 A EP 15000481A EP 2913448 B1 EP2913448 B1 EP 2913448B1
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    • 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
    • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
    • E03C1/22—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks
    • E03C1/23—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms
    • E03C1/2304—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms the actuation force being transmitted to the plug via flexible elements, e.g. chain, Bowden cable
    • 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
    • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
    • E03C1/22—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks
    • E03C1/23—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms
    • E03C1/232—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms combined with overflow devices
    • 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
    • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
    • E03C1/22—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks
    • E03C1/23—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms
    • E03C2001/2315—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms the actuation force created by a turning movement of a handle
    • 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
    • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
    • E03C1/22—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks
    • E03C1/23—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms
    • E03C2001/2317—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms transmission of actuation force involves a spring

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  • the present invention relates to a drain operating device according to the preamble of claim 1, a method for operating a drain valve according to the preamble of claim 9 and a tool for assembling and presetting the drain operating device according to the preamble of claim 11.
  • Actuators are from the documents DE 10 2010 022 246 A1 . DE 20 2005 018 958 U1 . US 6,145,136 . DE 539 548 C and US 2011/000014 A1 known.
  • drain actuator It is an object of the present invention to further develop such drain actuators such that they are safer to operate for a user while avoiding malfunctions and defects.
  • the drain actuator should be structurally simple and inexpensive to produce.
  • the drain actuator can then operate much safer when the actuator automatically returns to an initial position after the operation, wherein the actuator is rotationally actuated, because then a malfunction is not possible. When actuated in a wrong direction, the actuation then has no effect, whereby the user feels no resistance and thereby intuitively tried in the other direction of actuation.
  • the drain actuator blends creatively advantageous in bathtubs, sinks, sinks and the like.
  • the drainage device according to the invention for drainage valves of bathtubs, sinks, sinks and the like.
  • an actuating element is therefore characterized by the fact that the actuating element returns automatically after operation in a starting position, wherein the actuating element is rotatably actuated.
  • the actuator for realizing the return function to a freewheel wherein the freewheel is preferably in the range 70 ° to 100 °, preferably 85 ° and / or at least as large as the Hubverstellfeldwinkel the drain valve.
  • the "Hubverstellfeldwinkel" is that angle of rotation in a rotary control element, which is required for a complete stroke of the drain valve from the fully closed to the fully open state or vice versa.
  • the freewheel is realized by a floating mounting of an engagement element relative to the actuating element. Then he is particularly easy to represent.
  • This floating bearing can be realized, for example, by engagement of two corresponding impellers, each having at least one wing, wherein preferably two oppositely arranged wings are used.
  • the return means are designed for centering the actuating element to the starting position.
  • the return means as a) spring element, in particular torsion spring with two free legs, b) at least two oppositely polarized rectangular magnets opposite in the starting position and / or c) two oppositely disposed, diametrically opposite polarized Ring magnets are formed.
  • the variants a) and b) are combined with each other, because then the spring provides a bias over the entire actuation path and ensure the magnets exact positioning in the starting position, wherein preferably two pairs of magnets are used, said the pairs are arranged opposite to the direction of rotation opposite. If the magnates are so polarized that they attract each other in the initial position and the position rotated by 180 °, the best return properties are revealed.
  • the drain actuating device has an inlet and an overflow, wherein the inlet is preferably rectangular and in particular has a rectangular aerator.
  • the drain actuation device according to the invention is particularly preferably used.
  • independent protection is claimed for the tool according to the invention for mounting and presetting the drain actuating device according to the invention, which is characterized in that an engagement means for a fastening means of the drain actuator is provided on the bathtubs, sinks, sinks and the like., And an engaging means for adjusting the basic position of the drain valve.
  • Such a tool can be improved even further if, furthermore, a disassembly element for disassembly is provided for the aerator, in particular the rectangular aerator, which in particular is detachably arranged on the tool.
  • a disassembly element for disassembly is provided for the aerator, in particular the rectangular aerator, which in particular is detachably arranged on the tool.
  • a disassembly element is indeed offered by the pearling manufacturer, but is easily lost.
  • Fig. 1a is purely schematically illustrated the drain actuating device 1 according to the invention in cooperation with a drain valve 3 and a drain device 5 and Fig. 1b and 1c show the drain valve 3 in two different positions, namely Fig. 1b the closed state and Fig. 1c the opened state of the drain valve. 3
  • the drain operating device 1 has an overflow pipe 7, which opens into the drain device 5, wherein the drain device 5 in addition to the drain valve 3 also has a siphon 9 and a drain 11.
  • the drain actuator 1 and the drain valve 3 are connected in a manner conventional in the art with a bathtub, which is why this bathtub is not shown separately.
  • these elements can also be arranged on any other suitable sanitary device such as sinks, sinks and the like.
  • the drain actuating device 1 is further connected via a Bowden cable 13 with the drain valve 3 (see also Fig. 4 ), so that by the drain operation device 1 directly the state of the drain valve 3 from the closed (see. Fig. 1b ) in the open state (see. Fig. 1c ) can be changed.
  • the coupling of the Bowden cable 13 with the drain valve 3 is also carried out in a manner conventional to those skilled in the art, for example according to the DE 10 2010 011146 A1 whose corresponding content is fully incorporated.
  • the drain actuating device 1 has an overflow head 15, which opens into the flexible overflow pipe 7, a collar seal 17, a tensioning disk 19 with a Facultyeckperlator 21, a locking nut 23 and a control unit 25 overflow head 15 in this respect adapted collar seal 17 are behind arranged a not shown bath and seal in conjunction with the clamping plate 19 and the locking nut 23, the drain actuator 1 relative to the bath wall from a lateral fluid passage from. It attacks the external thread (not shown) of the locking nut 23 in a corresponding internal thread (not shown) of the threaded insert 24 in the overflow head 15 a.
  • the Facultyeckperlator 21 is connected via an inlet pipe 22 on the clamping plate 19 with the inlet 25 at the overflow head 15, wherein the inlet 25 is in turn connected to a water inlet 27.
  • the overflow 29 of the overflow head 15 in turn opens into the interior 31 of the overflow head 15, wherein the interior 31 communicates with openings 33, 35 in the clamping plate 19 and above with an annular gap 37 between the control unit 25 and clamping disk 19, as in Fig. 2b can be seen.
  • excess liquid in the bathtub behind the operating unit 25 can pass through the clamping disk 19 into the interior 31 of the overflow head 15 and be transferred into the drain 11 through the overflow 29 connected to the flexible overflow pipe 7 and the drainage device 5.
  • control unit 25 is shown in more detail in different views. It can be seen that the operating unit 25 has a rotary handle 39 and a cover unit 41, wherein the cover unit 41 has an inner space 43 which communicates with the annular gap 37 and the openings 33, 35. Rotary handle 39 and cover unit 41 are connected to each other via a lock washer 43 which engages on the shaft 45.
  • the operating unit 25 comprises four rectangular magnets 47a, 47b, 49a, 49b, which are arranged opposite one another in pairs, wherein the parallelepiped magnets 47a, 47b located in a plane of the cover unit 41 have the same polarization and the block magnets 49a, 49b arranged in the plane of the rotary handle 39 likewise have the same polarization.
  • the block magnets 47a, 49a and 47b, 49b which are opposite to one another in the initial position of the rotary handle 39 shown are oppositely polarized.
  • torsion spring 51 with two grippable legs 53 a, 53 b, a spring cover 55 which is locked to the cover 42 of the cover unit 41 and thereby the Torsion spring 51 holds on the cover 42, a shaft cover 57 which is locked to the rotary handle member 40 and a wing member 59 which is fixed to the rotary handle member 40 in the vertical orientation of the wings 61 by gluing or latching provided, and the rotary handle member 40 has a decorative trim element 63, which indicates the starting position of the rotary handle member 40 in its vertical orientation.
  • teeth 65 are mounted, which mesh with a corresponding toothing 67 of a pinion 69 which is connected via a rack 13 a with the Bowden cable 11.
  • the shaft 45 has a further groove 73, in the mounted state of the drain operating device 1, two spring tabs 75 of the locking nut 23 (see. Fig. 2 ) rest.
  • an engaging means 77 is provided, which has a central recess 79 and two wings 81, wherein a central mandrel 83 of the wing member 59 engages in the central recess 79 and so centering engagement means 77 and wing member 59 to each other.
  • the first block magnets 47a, 47b are pressed or glued into corresponding recesses 85 of the cover 42 and thus form together with the cover 42, the torsion spring 51 and the spring cover 55, the cover unit 41st
  • the second block magnets 49a, 49b are latched or glued into corresponding recesses 87 of the shaft cover 57 and together with the shaft 45 form the first wing element 59, the rotary grip element 40 and the trim element the rotary handle 39.
  • the two free legs 53a, 53b of the torsion spring 51 are held behind projections 89a, 89b of the cover 42 and gripped by drivers 91a, 91b of the rotary handle element 40, wherein the drivers 91a, 91b are rotatable about the projections 89a, 89b.
  • the upper free leg 53a on the projection 89a is entrained by the driver 91a and runs away from the projection 89a.
  • the lower free leg 53b remains on the projection 89b and builds up a restoring force of the spring 51 relative to the projection 89b, which wants to move the rotary handle 39 back counterclockwise to its starting position.
  • the lower driver 91b passes the projection 89b, behind which the lower free leg 53b engages.
  • the lower free leg 53b is engaged by the cam 91b and moved counterclockwise, whereby a restoring force of the spring 51 relative to the projection 89a builds up, which wants to move the rotary handle 39 back in the clockwise direction to its original position.
  • the exact position of the starting position is determined by the square magnets arranged in pairs 47a, 47b, 49a, 49b, wherein the respective opposite pairs 47a, 49a and 47b, 49b respectively attract.
  • the spring tension thus supports the return of the rotary handle 39 in the starting position until the block magnets 47a, 47b, 49a, 49b tighten in pairs.
  • Fig. 3d is an enlarged view of the section A from Fig. 3b shown. It can be seen that a pointer 93 is arranged on the shaft 45, which indicates the assembly position of the operating unit 25 in cooperation with the marking 95.
  • Fig. 7a to 7f in connection with the sectional views of Fig. 5 and 6
  • Fig. 6 shows a partial cross section corresponding to the section line FF Fig. 5 by the drain actuating device 1 according to the invention.
  • Fig. 7a is the setting of the drain actuator 1 to recognize, in which the drain valve 3 in the fully open state after Fig. 1c is located and the rotary handle 39 accordingly Fig. 1a in its initial position.
  • the wing member 59 is with his two wings 61 vertically aligned and the shaft 45 is located with its two wings 81 in a spaced apart by 5 ° rotational position thereto.
  • the rotary handle 39 can thus perform a free movement by 5 ° clockwise before the wings 61 of the wing member 59, the wings 81 of the shaft 45 touch.
  • This idle stroke is provided in order to prevent, on the one hand, that a rotational bias is exerted in the initial position of the rotary handle 39, so that optimum centering on the initial position by the block magnets 47a, 47b, 49a, 49b can take place.
  • production-related tolerances can be easily compensated.
  • the entire rotational adjustment angle of the rotary handle 39 is compared to the starting position 85 °, wherein minus the 5 ° idle stroke (see. Fig. 7b ) A stroke angle of 80 ° for the complete movement of the drain valve 3 is provided.
  • a freewheel of 85 ° between the wing member 59 of the rotary handle 39 and engagement means 77 of the shaft 45 is thus that angle of rotation of the rotary handle 39, in which there is no interaction between the wings 61, 81 ,
  • the tool 100 includes a handle 101 by the hand of an installer has tangible finger depressions 103 to transmit a torque by means of the tool 100.
  • a key 105 is arranged with a toothing 107, which is formed corresponding to the teeth 109 of the locking nut 23 (see. Fig. 8b ). With this key 105, the locking nut 23 can be tightened and released, so as to attach the drain actuator 1 to the bathtub and to solve again.
  • a shaft 111 is arranged with a toothing 113, which is identical to the toothing 65 of the shaft 45 is formed (see. Fig. 8a ).
  • the drain valve 3 can be moved via the toothing 67 of the pinion 69 into the basic position shown Fig. 1b be transferred "closed".
  • a detachable disassembly key 117 is also arranged for the rectangular beater 21, which is supplied by the pearling manufacturer.
  • the operating unit 25 can be locked with the overflow head 15 mounted on the bathtub, wherein the spring tabs of the clamping disc 19 on the cover 41 and the spring tabs 75 of the locking nut 23 with the groove 71 of the shaft 45 lock.
  • the backup of the control unit 25 at the overflow head 15 while the first-mentioned locking on the clamping plate 19 of the support and especially centering of the control unit 25 is used. This support and centering is still supported by the projecting webs 115 of the clamping plate 19 which bear against the cover 41 inside.

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