EP3456230A1 - Dispositif de fixation pour fixer un siege de wc ainsi que une garniture de siege de wc - Google Patents

Dispositif de fixation pour fixer un siege de wc ainsi que une garniture de siege de wc Download PDF

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EP3456230A1
EP3456230A1 EP18178825.8A EP18178825A EP3456230A1 EP 3456230 A1 EP3456230 A1 EP 3456230A1 EP 18178825 A EP18178825 A EP 18178825A EP 3456230 A1 EP3456230 A1 EP 3456230A1
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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
    • A47K13/24—Parts or details not covered in, or of interest apart from, groups A47K13/02 - A47K13/22, e.g. devices imparting a swinging or vibrating motion to the seats
    • A47K13/26—Mounting devices for seats or covers
    • 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 fastening device for fastening a toilet seat to a toilet bowl, which fastening device has at least one joint carrier, which is connectable via a pivot joint with the toilet seat and having a connecting pin which can be inserted into an insertion opening of a counterpart of the fastening device and therein is displaceable, which counterpart can be inserted into a mounting hole of the toilet bowl.
  • the invention also deals with a toilet seat set.
  • a toilet seat which regularly consists of a toilet seat and possibly also a toilet lid, to a toilet bowl. Since the toilet lid or the toilet seat on the toilet bowl to open and be closed again, appropriate joints must be attached to the toilet seat or toilet lid, to be able to pivot them separately.
  • the toilet lid has a lid joint and the toilet seat has a seat joint. Usually that is The axis of rotation of the toilet lid is equal to that of the toilet seat, so that the seat hinge and the cover joint interlock.
  • toilet lid and toilet seat can be pivotally attached to the toilet bowl
  • two brackets are attached to the rear edge, each having a mandrel, which is defined in corresponding recesses, for example in the form of a plug hole at the rear edge of the usually ceramic toilet bowl. Then toilet lid and toilet seat with the toilet bowl are connected so that they can be pivoted on the toilet bowl.
  • the mandrel In conventional simple fastening devices, the mandrel is slightly over at the lower end and has a thread, so that the connection can be secured with a union nut.
  • the attachment of the toilet seat is in principle also solvable again, albeit often only with tools.
  • To facilitate the replacement of toilet lid and toilet seat there are efforts to make the attachment of the toilet seat to the toilet bowl reversibly detachable.
  • Because of increased hygiene requirements in clinics, nursing homes, etc. there are also demands to regularly clean and disinfect the recesses in the toilet bowls. For this purpose, these recesses must be freely accessible for manual cleaning by the toilet seat and its fastening devices are completely removed.
  • each fastening device has at least one joint carrier, which is connectable via a pivot joint with the toilet seat and having a connecting pin which is insertable in an insertion of a counterpart of the fastening device and slidable therein.
  • the counterpart receiving the connecting pin in its insertion opening can be inserted in a fastening hole of the ceramic toilet bowl.
  • the fastening device according to the invention is usually used in pairs to attach a toilet seat to the toilet bowl.
  • the fastening device according to the invention has for this purpose a joint carrier, which is connectable via a pivot joint with the toilet seat.
  • This joint carrier has a connecting pin, which can be inserted into an insertion opening of a counterpart of the fastening device and slidable therein, which counterpart in turn can be inserted into a mounting hole of the toilet bowl.
  • the counterpart of the fastening device is designed as a plug-in dowel, which spreads when advancing the connecting pin in the insertion.
  • the plug-in plug spreads in such a way that the plug-in dowel is held frictionally and / or positively in the associated attachment hole of the toilet bowl.
  • the plug-in dowel and held in the plug hinge carrier can be securely and firmly mounted on the toilet bowl.
  • the connecting pin of the joint carrier in contrast, at least partially pulled out of the insertion of the plug, the frictional and / or positive connection of the plug in the mounting hole of the toilet bowl is released and the plug can, together with the other components of the fastening device, from the mounting position remove the toilet bowl. This substantially facilitates cleaning of the toilet bowl, even in the insertion openings and in their area.
  • the plug can be in unaufgesp Drowntem state particularly easy to remove from the mounting hole of the toilet bowl again when the plug is made of an elastic material and when the plug when retracting the connecting pin in the insertion assumes its original unaufgesp Drowne shape again.
  • a simple installation of the fastening device according to the invention and a trouble-free operation of the provided on the mounting device pivot joint is favored when the hinge carrier and in particular at its connecting pin a plug stop is provided which limits the insertion or sliding path of the connecting pin in the insertion of the plug.
  • the plug has a dowel stop on its the toilet seat facing dowel end to limit the insertion of the plug in Attachment hole of the toilet bowl.
  • Preferred embodiments according to the invention provide that the insertion stop on the joint carrier and / or the anchor stop on the plug is designed as an annular flange / are.
  • a particularly simple embodiment according to the invention provides that the insertion stop of the connecting pin inserted into the insertion opening rests on the dowel stop of the plug-in dowel.
  • the connecting pin has a front in the plug-in first pin portion and a plug behind arranged second pin portion, the one compared to the first pin portion enlarged journal cross section has. Since the second pin portion of the connecting pin has a larger compared to the first pin portion pin cross section, the plug-in dowel of the fastening device according to the invention is mainly spread by the second cross-section enlarged pin portion of the connecting pin.
  • a particularly easy-to-use and preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that the plug-in starts to spread when the connecting pin penetrates with its second pin portion in the insertion opening during the insertion or sliding operation.
  • the transition between the first pin portion and the second pin portion of the connecting pin forms a plug-in direction preferably conically widening pin cross-section.
  • the first-time insertion and pushing through of the connecting pin in plug-in dowel is substantially facilitated when the free pin end portion of the connecting pin is formed as tapered in the insertion direction and in particular arrow tip-like plug-in cone.
  • a particularly advantageous development according to the invention of its own worth-worthy significance provides that the insertion hole passes through the plug-in plug in the insertion direction and that the inserted into the insertion opening connecting pin projects with the plug-in cone on the plug frontally. It is particularly advantageous if the connecting pin engages with its insert cone the adjacent front end of the plug-in dowel. If now pulled on the connecting pin, first pushes the second pin portion of the plug, so that the plug returns to its unstretched starting position. The plug passing through the plug connecting pin can then be moved so far in the plug until the provided on the connecting pin plug-in cone rests against the adjacent end face of the plug.
  • the plug-in cone lies against the adjacent front end of the plug-in dowel, the applied tensile force is transmitted via the connecting pin and its plug-in cone to the plug-in dowel, which thus also moves out of the attachment hole of the toilet bowl.
  • the toilet seat which is usually held by at least two fastening devices on the toilet bowl, is separated from the toilet bowl by a mere pulling force, and the toilet bowl is then also cleaned or disinfected in the area of the fastening holes without any counterpart of the fastening devices being held there.
  • the front end of the plug-in plug adjacent to the plug-in cone is designed as a dowel ring which has a ring circumference tapering in the insertion direction.
  • the annular design of the plug in the area of his the plug cone adjacent front end is able to absorb the applied tensile force particularly well. Since the dowel ring tapers conically in the insertion direction, the plug-in dowel can be used particularly well in the mounting hole of the toilet bowl during assembly of the fastening device according to the invention.
  • a repeated assembly and disassembly of the held with at least one fastening device according to the invention on the toilet bowl toilet seat is much easier if the taper of the plug cone continues seamlessly in the conicity of the dowel ring on the circumference.
  • the plug-in anchor of the fastening device according to the invention has, in particular in the insertion direction a sufficiently high stability, when the dowel ring is connected via connecting webs with the annular dowel stop.
  • these expanding webs may form a funnel-shaped or cone-shaped height body on their opposite end of the insertion direction oriented end face, which substantially facilitates the advancement of the connecting pin with its querroughserweiternden second pin portion.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that on the side facing away from the connecting pin of the Einsteckanschlags the pivot joint of the fastening device is provided.
  • a joint sleeve of the swivel joint oriented transversely to the longitudinal extent of the joint carrier is provided on the front end region of the joint carrier facing away from the connecting pin.
  • the joint sleeve can define the rotational or pivot axis of the toilet seat and possibly also a toilet lid of the toilet seat when the pivot joint has a pivot pin which passes through the joint sleeve.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that a toilet seat and preferably also a toilet lid of the toilet seat is pivotally connected via at least one tab with the pivot joint / which at least one tab on the toilet seat and possibly on the toilet lid protrudes and a pin opening has, which passes through the pivot pin.
  • a toilet seat is shown in rear views, which includes a toilet seat 2 and a toilet lid 3.
  • the toilet seat 2 and the toilet lid 3 of the toilet seat 1 are hingedly connected to each other via fastening devices 4, which fastening devices 4 are arranged at a distance from each other at the back of the toilet seat.
  • the fastening devices 4 have pivot joints 5, which form a common axis of rotation for the toilet seat 2 and the toilet lid 3 of the toilet seat 1.
  • Each of the fastening devices 4 has an in Fig. 3 closer articulated support 6, which is connected via a pivot joint 5 with the toilet seat 1 and which has a connecting pin 7.
  • This connecting pin 7 can be inserted into an insertion opening of a counterpart of the fastening device 4 and displaceable therein, which counterpart can be inserted into a fastening hole 9 of the toilet bowl 10, which is only indicated here.
  • plug-in dowel 11 which spreads when advancing the connecting pin 7 in the insertion opening 8.
  • This plug-in anchor 11 is made of an elastic material and takes on the pushing back of the connecting pin 7 in the insertion his originally unaufgesp Sonte shape again.
  • a plug-in stop 12 is provided on the joint support 6 and in particular on the connecting pin 7, which limits the insertion or sliding path of the connecting pin in the insertion openings 8 of the plug-in anchor 11.
  • the plug-in anchor 11 has on its the toilet seat 1 facing dowel end face a dowel stop 13, which limits the insertion of the plug-in plug 11 in the mounting hole 9 of the toilet bowl 10.
  • Both the insertion stop 12 on the joint support 6 and the anchor stop 13 on the plug-in anchor 11 are here each formed as an annular flange. In this case, the insertion stop 12 of the inserted into the insertion opening 8 connecting pin 7 is located on the anchor stop 13 of the plug-in anchor 11.
  • the connecting pin 7 has a first pin portion 14 in the insertion direction and a second pin portion 15 arranged downstream in the insertion direction, which second pin portion 15 has a larger pin cross-section compared to the first pin portion 14.
  • a pin section 16 which preferably widens conically in the plug-in direction forms the transition between the first pin section 14 and the second pin section 15 of the connecting pin 7.
  • Fig. 1 to 3 It is shown that the free pin end region 1 is formed in the plug-in direction tapering and in particular arrow tip-like plug-in cone 17. From a comparison of Fig. 1 to 4 It can be seen that the insertion opening 8 passes through the plug-in dowel 11 in the insertion direction and that the connecting pin 7 inserted into the insertion opening 8 protrudes with the plug-in cone 17 on the plug-in dowel end face. If the toilet seat 1 to the mounting holes 9 of the ceramic toilet bowl 10 are fastened, the plug-in dowel 11 are first inserted into the mounting holes 9 of the toilet bowl 10. In this case, the plug-in dowels 11 are located on the edge portions of the toilet bowl 10 surrounding the fastening holes 9 with their flange-like dowel stops 13.
  • the joint carrier 6 of the fastening devices 4 can now with their connecting pin 7 in the insertion openings 8 of Plug-in dowel 11 are inserted so far until the insertion stop 12 of each joint carrier 6 rests on the anchor stop 13 of the plug-in anchor 11.
  • the connecting pin 7 is so far inserted with its second pin portion 15 in the insertion opening 8 of the plug-in anchor 11, that the plug-in dowel 11 of the fastening devices 4 has been spread.
  • the plug-in dowels 11 of the fastening devices 4 sit frictionally and / or positively in the associated mounting holes 9 of the toilet bowl, so that the toilet seat 1 is held immovably to the toilet bowl 10.
  • the applied tensile force on the connecting pin 7 and its plug-in cone 17 is also transmitted to the plug-in dowel 11 until the plug-in dowel 11 together with the hinge support 6 and the toilet seat 1 pivotally held thereon are removed from the mounting holes 9 of the toilet bowl 10 and separated can.
  • the connecting pin 7 has a pin length which is so dimensioned is that the plug-in dowel 11 is not spread apart when the plug-in cone 17 abuts the adjacent end face of the plug-in dowel 11 (see. Fig. 2 ).
  • each plug-in dowel 12 is formed as a dowel ring 18, which has a conically tapered in the insertion direction ring circumference.
  • the taper of the male cone 17 in the conicity of the anchor ring 18 continues on the ring circumference transitionless.
  • the dowel ring 18 is connected via connecting webs 19 with the annular dowel stop 13, wherein these connecting webs 19 are arranged on opposite sides of the plug-in dowel 11.
  • Spaced at 90 ° to the connecting webs 19 11 are provided on the plug-in dowel 20 which rebend when advancing the connecting pin 7 in the insertion opening 8 and cause the spreading of the plug-in plug 11.
  • These expanding webs define at their end edge facing the dowel stop 13 an approximately conical or funnel-shaped enveloping body, whereby the input or advancement of the connecting pin 7 in the insertion opening 8 of the plug-in dowel 11 is facilitated.
  • a joint sleeve 21 of the pivot joint 5 oriented transversely to the longitudinal extent of the joint support is provided.
  • the pivot joint 5 has a pivot pin 22 which passes through the joint sleeve 21.
  • two mutually associated tabs 23 are provided on the toilet seat 2, each having a pin opening, which passes through the pivot pin 22.
  • These pairs of mutually associated tabs 23 each take a joint sleeve 21 between them.
  • tabs 23 are provided, which at the bottom of the toilet lid 3 protrude.
  • These tabs 24 each have a pin opening, which passes through the pivot pin.
  • Each of the pivot pins 22 of the fastening devices 4 has on the outer sides of the toilet seat 1 a Einsteckanschlag, while in contrast opposite ends of the pivot pin 22 each spring webs are provided, the locking projections engage behind the pin opening bounding edge region of the adjacent tabs 23.
  • the toilet seat 1 shown here can be tool-free, save time and with little effort to the mounting holes 9 of the toilet bowl 10 and, if necessary, if a cleaning or disinfection is provided, disassemble again.

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US3568223A (en) * 1969-02-24 1971-03-09 American Standard Inc Hinge assembly
EP0997097A2 (fr) * 1998-10-31 2000-05-03 Maria-Luise Goetz Dispositif de fixation de lunettes et/ou de couvercles de cuvettes de toilettes
GB2426256A (en) * 2005-04-28 2006-11-22 Polypipe Bathroom & Kitchen Pr Hinge mounting for a toilet seat
US20060260029A1 (en) * 2003-04-09 2006-11-23 Kelly Joseph S Toilet seat fitting
EP2371254A2 (fr) 2010-03-31 2011-10-05 MKW Kunstsstofftechnik GmbH Articulation
WO2016001371A1 (fr) 2014-07-04 2016-01-07 Indesas Sàrl Dispositif de montage

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US3568223A (en) * 1969-02-24 1971-03-09 American Standard Inc Hinge assembly
EP0997097A2 (fr) * 1998-10-31 2000-05-03 Maria-Luise Goetz Dispositif de fixation de lunettes et/ou de couvercles de cuvettes de toilettes
US20060260029A1 (en) * 2003-04-09 2006-11-23 Kelly Joseph S Toilet seat fitting
GB2426256A (en) * 2005-04-28 2006-11-22 Polypipe Bathroom & Kitchen Pr Hinge mounting for a toilet seat
EP2371254A2 (fr) 2010-03-31 2011-10-05 MKW Kunstsstofftechnik GmbH Articulation
WO2016001371A1 (fr) 2014-07-04 2016-01-07 Indesas Sàrl Dispositif de montage

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