EP3517006B1 - Toilet lid fitting with releasable cover and seat part - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a toilet seat set for a toilet and a toilet.

Toilets (water closets) have a toilet body, often made of ceramic, with a toilet bowl. Furthermore, a toilet seat and a lid are usually provided. The toilet seat is used by the user to sit on and can regularly be folded up around an axis that is transverse to the rear of the toilet. The same applies to a toilet lid that is also usually provided for closing the toilet bowl, which usually also covers the seat.

It goes without saying that toilets have to be cleaned particularly frequently and thoroughly and that cleaning is an essential aspect in terms of usage properties. This also applies to the toilet seat and toilet lid. Accordingly, it is basically known to provide fastening devices with which these parts can be removed from the toilet body in a simplified manner. "Simplified" means that, for example, loosening screw connections with which hinge parts are mounted so that they extend through vertical holes in the toilet body is too cumbersome for regular cleaning and cleaning staff and therefore dismantling is not necessary.

In contrast, shows z. B. the DE 28 42 148 A1 a solution in which spring-loaded and displaceable latches can be operated using adjusting pins that can be gripped by hand. In this way, a lid set with a seat and a lid can be removed from the toilet body.

Analogously shows the DE 10 2006 020 205 A1 as a much more recent document, a variant with a matching axis of rotation of the lid and seat and an operating option on the back and outside of the lid on both sides. When the two operating devices are operated, the cover with the seat can also be removed there.

In the WO 2016/142302 A1 a sleeve with a helical ramp provided therein is responsible for releasing the lid and seat from the toilet body when it is folded up. The ramp moves a spring which releases a locking engagement with a fastening pin on the toilet body.

the EP 2 679 127 A1 shows a solution in which folding up also opens a form fit and thus the cover and seat can be removed.

For the state of the art, reference is also made to US 2010/275353 A1 on which the preamble of claim 1 is based. There is shown on the one hand a lid set and on the other hand a complete toilet equipped with it, wherein the lid set can be completely removed. For this purpose, elongated holes are used, each with an enlarged end, through which the respective upper end of the fastening pin can be pushed through and snaps into place.

Reference is also made to the GB 922 795 A , which shows a separability of the seat part from the cover part in a certain angular position to one another in a lid set, but only if both parts have already been removed from the toilet together.

In addition, the DE 298 16 122 U1 a lid set, in which a lid part and a seat part are each held by an angle-selective form fit on a toilet body, with the mediation of fastening supports each having an eye through which an axis as a separate component passes. Openings in the cover part and in the seat part are also threaded onto this axis.

Finally, the DE 21 2011 100 175 U1 referenced, which shows a lock of a lid set on a toilet with a central actuation by a button.

The invention is based on the object of specifying a toilet seat set and a toilet with further improved usage properties.

This object is achieved by a toilet seat set according to claim 1 and a toilet according to claim 12.

According to the invention, not only are the cover part and seat part removable together and in the connected state, but each separately. This z. B. the cover part can be cleaned as such in the removed state without the seat part interfering, and vice versa. In contrast, the prior art has concentrated on improving the accessibility of the toilet body by removing the seat and cover together as a unit. This is also achieved by the present invention when the seat part and cover part are removed.

In the present context, by the way, seat part and cover part are spoken of in order to emphasize that one aspect of the invention involves elements of a cover set, that is to say a part that belongs together and is mounted on a toilet body as a whole, with a seat and around it to equip a lid. Another part of the top fitting is used for assembly, namely the assembly part. In the assembled state, this should be, so to speak, the immovable part; in other words, the cover part and the seat part are pivoted relative to the mounting part. Incidentally, the mounting part does not necessarily have to be in one piece, but could, for. B. also consist of two elements, which are each assigned to one of the two typical mounting points on the toilet body. Preferably, however, it is a uniform overall assembly part that extends from one of the two assembly points to the other.

Furthermore, if the invention is designed as a (complete) toilet, the assembly part can also be integrated into the toilet body or the toilet body can form the assembly part, so that a distinction between the toilet body and the assembly part does not necessarily make sense got to.

According to the invention, the cover part and the seat part are each detachable by releasing a form fit, with the cover part and / or seat part being moved for this purpose and a lock not having to be released at the same time.

For example, the fastening could be a snap fastening with simultaneous rotatability and, when a certain minimum force is applied, the respective part could be pulled out of this snap fastening.

However, it is preferably a form-fit connection that can be released in a specific rotational position (in relation to the rotatable mounting of the parts on the assembly part or WC) and not in other rotational positions. In addition, there may be a certain snap effect or a certain clamping force. For example, more vertical rotary positions can lead to solvability and more horizontal ones to unsolvability, such as e.g. B. the ensemble of seat and cover in the EP 2 679 127 A1 can only be pulled off upwards in a vertical position. If z. If, for example, the user is sitting on the seat or a person is sitting on the closed lid and horizontal forces are exerted, the form fit cannot then be released. Nevertheless, the user can dismantle a cover and / or seat part simply by moving these parts himself, and a simultaneous activation of an unlocking device can be dispensed with.

For example, the cover part can be pivotably connected in this way by a (in particular angle-selective) form fit to the seat part and one of the two in an analogous or similar manner to the mounting part or directly to the toilet body. Then you can remove the cover part from the seat part or vice versa and then the remaining of the two parts from the assembly part or from the toilet body. The rotatable connection between the cover part or the seat part and the mounting part (or toilet body) can be mediated by the respective other (seat part or cover part). In contrast to this, the prior art does not even deal with the separability of seat and cover and would be with the EP 2 679 127 A1 at best to think of dismantling the two connecting bearing parts, which hardly seems realistic in the everyday cleaning process.

According to the invention, at least one rotary damper is also provided, which serves to dampen one of the rotational mobility; Both rotational movements are preferably damped, with one rotary damper each being sufficient for the seat part and the cover part. According to the invention, the rotary damper (s) are preferably provided in the seat part or cover part itself, including the case that a rotary damper for the cover part (also) is provided in the seat part or vice versa. In the exemplary embodiment, a rotary damper is provided approximately on both sides in an element of the seat part which is used for the rotatable holder, one of which serves to dampen the seat part and the other serves to dampen the cover part. According to the invention, the at least one rotary damper is part of the form-fitting connections described, thus reducing the number of different parts and thus simplifying construction and assembly.

The axes of rotation of the rotational mobility of the cover part on the one hand and the seat part on the other hand are preferably identical, that is to say the two rotational movements are coaxial. This leads to more compact, e.g. B. flatter solutions than with spaced axes of rotation.

Preferably, those elements of the seat part and cover part that are used for the rotatable mounting, and an area of the assembly part that surrounds the coaxial axis of rotation (intended to be continued as a geometric axis), are arranged in an axial sequence, i.e. in series along the axis of rotation. The sequence is not necessarily decisive, but the distinction between a purely radial sequence, i.e. with the same axial position and only radially inside and outside of each other. The sub-assembly area is preferably surrounded on both sides by the elements of the seat part and the cover part, which in turn are provided in pairs, that is to say on the left and right of the assembly part. In the exemplary embodiment, the elements of the cover part are on the outside and those of the seat part are located between the latter and the mounting part.

Another preferred embodiment also provides an easily detachable connection between a mounting part (which is separate from the toilet body) and the toilet body. For this purpose, fastening elements of the mounting part are mounted on the toilet body (quite conventionally, if desired). The rest of the mounting part can then be snapped onto these fasteners, e.g. B. with an engaging in an undercut or a notch elastic locking device, and can also be released again from this attachment by simply pulling it off. Alternatively, a magnetic frictional connection (magnet in the fastening element and in the rest of the assembly part) could also be used. In any case, the assembly part (with the exception of the fastening elements on the toilet body) can be loosened by pulling it hard, so that the toilet body can be practically completely exposed for cleaning. That improves the Usage properties beyond the measures described above.

A further embodiment provides a locking device which locks the cover part and seat part or cover part and mounting part or also seat part and mounting part (preferably the middle or the last case) with one another. This is intended to mean that the rotatable form fit between the two interlocked parts remains rotatable, but can no longer be released. So if the cover part or seat part on the one hand and the mounting part on the other hand are locked together, as long as the lock is not released, they can only be removed together, which can be particularly advantageous in connection with the fastening of the mounting part just described above. It can then be more manageable not only to have to pull off the assembly part, but also to be able to use the part locked with it, which can perhaps be better reached or more easily applied with greater force. It can also be helpful to remove all three parts together under certain circumstances, for example because only the toilet body should be better reached and no separation at all is desired.

If then z. B. the cover part is attached to the seat part (or vice versa) via an angle-selective form fit, this form fit can be designed so that if these two parts are simultaneously in the rotational position to be released (with respect to the mounting part), this also means that they lie relative to one another in a rotational position that cannot be released, namely because the angle between them is approximately 0 ° (while it would have to be at least 80 ° for releasing, for example). If, in this situation, the locking device also prevents loosening of the part positively connected to it, all three parts can be removed in one.

In these explanations, the assembly part has been viewed as one part, the argumentation also applying to the case of a two-part assembly part. Then these two parts are to be regarded as coupled to one another by their fastening on the toilet body. In a variant, the locking device can be brought into the locking position or release position by an operating element provided specifically for this purpose, for example by a slide. This operating element can in particular be provided on or in the mounting part, in one embodiment for example on the underside of the mounting element.

Another variant provides instead not to provide a separate, manually operated control element, but instead to use the presence or absence of the third part (that is to say, for example, the cover part if the lock concerns the seat part and the assembly part). Accordingly, the locking device is actuated in one direction when the form fit between the third part (cover part) and one of the two parts to be locked (e.g. seat part) is established, and in the other direction when it is released therefrom. For example, when the cover part is removed, there is no interlock between the seat part and the mounting part, and when the cover part is mounted, there is absolutely no locking. Together with the explanations above, it then results that when the seat part and cover part are folded up together, all three parts can be pulled off together.

For this purpose, the locking device can have an actuating element on an outer surface which faces the third part in the assembled state of the third part. Accordingly, the actuating element can then be displaced, in particular pushed in, through the third part. In particular, an outer surface which is approximately perpendicular to the axis of rotation and which faces an element serving to hold the third part in a rotatable manner in its assembled state and is correspondingly adjacent to it, comes into consideration. This is also shown more clearly in the exemplary embodiment.

As already explained, the invention also relates to a complete toilet and not just a lid set. This, of course, applies first of all to a toilet consisting of a lid set and a toilet body, which preferably only consists of it.

However, the invention also relates to toilets without a mounting part separated from the toilet body, in which an area of the toilet body is then to be understood in the sense of the mounting part according to the above explanations and, of course, statements about the removability of the mounting part from the toilet body are omitted.

Figur 1

zeigt in den Teildarstellungen a bis h die Funktionsweise eines ersten Ausführungsbeispiels, wobei ein Deckelteil, ein Sitzteil, ein Montageteil und Befestigungselemente in unterschiedlichen Relativpositionen und teils gekoppelt sowie teils entkoppelt dargestellt sind;

Figur 2

zeigt in den Teildarstellungen a bis h analog die Funktionsweise für ein zweites Ausführungsbeispiel;

Figur 3

zeigt in den Teildarstellungen a bis g analog die Funktionsweise eines dritten Ausführungsbeispiels;

Figur 4

zeigt eine Frontansicht in einem Schnitt längs der Drehachse zum zweiten Ausführungsbeispiel;

Figur 5

zeigt in perspektivischer und teils geschnittener Darstellung den linken Bereich in Fig. 4;

Figur 6

zeigt diesen linken Bereich in Seitenansicht und im Schnitt quer zur Drehachse;

Figur 7

zeigt eine Frontansicht eines analogen linken Abschnitts im Schnitt längs der Drehachse, jedoch zum dritten Ausführungsbeispiel; und

Figur 8

zeigt eine analoge Ansicht zu Fig. 7, jedoch in Draufsicht und bei abgenommenem Deckelteil.

The invention is explained in more detail below with the aid of exemplary embodiments. Show in detail:

Figure 1

shows in the partial representations a to h the mode of operation of a first exemplary embodiment, a cover part, a seat part, a mounting part and fastening elements being shown in different relative positions and partly coupled and partly decoupled;

Figure 2

shows in the partial representations a to h analogously the mode of operation for a second embodiment;

Figure 3

shows in the partial representations a to g analogously the mode of operation of a third exemplary embodiment;

Figure 4

shows a front view in a section along the axis of rotation for the second embodiment;

Figure 5

shows a perspective and partially sectioned representation of the left area in Fig. 4 ;

Figure 6

shows this left area in side view and in section transverse to the axis of rotation;

Figure 7

shows a front view of an analogous left section in section along the axis of rotation, but for the third exemplary embodiment; and

Figure 8

shows an analogous view to Fig. 7 , but in plan view and with the cover part removed.

Fig. 1 shows a sequence of perspective views a to h to illustrate the mode of operation of a first exemplary embodiment. In this embodiment, no locking device is provided. In the individual illustration 1 a, a folded-up cover part 1.1 and a seat part 2.1 of the cover set that is still folded down are shown, the rounded arrow symbolizing the upward movement of the cover part 1.1. In Figure 1b the arrow shows that the cover part 1.1 can be pulled upwards from an angle-selective positive connection and the seat part 2.1 remains. In this and the following figures, one must imagine a toilet body made of ceramic (not shown) under the lid fitting.

In Figure 1c the seat part 2.1 has also been folded up and can be turned into Fig. 1d can be withdrawn upwards. Remains in Fig. 1d a mounting part 3.1 on the toilet body, which is also in the Figures 1a to 1c is shown and is located in the middle with respect to the area of the flat top which surrounds the axis of rotation. The figures also show that the rotatable mounting elements of the seat part 2.1 frame this assembly part 3.1 on the right and left and that these elements are in turn framed further outside on the right and left by the corresponding elements of the cover part 1.1.

According to Fig. 1e the assembly part 3.1 can also be pulled upwards, overcoming the force threshold of a latching connection between fastening elements 4.1 on the ceramic and the rest of the assembly part 3.1. The fastening elements 4.1 are essentially vertical pins.

In Fig. 1f you can see that both the seat part and the cover part are folded up, and in Fig. 1g they are pulled up together. In Fig. 1h you see again as in Fig. 1e that the assembly part 3.1 can then also be removed, but individually and differently than in the two following embodiments in the Fig. 2 and 3 . The removed ensemble of cover part 1.1 and seat part 2.1 could be separated if the relative position enclosing approximately 90 ° according to FIG Fig. 1a would be set in between.

In this embodiment, all three parts, cover part 1.1, seat part 2.1 and assembly part 3.1 (apart from the fastening elements 4.1) can be dismantled, initially all individually and furthermore the seat part and cover part 1.1 also together. In any case, the assembly part 3.1 must be grasped independently and pulled off upwards.

Different in the second embodiment in the Fig. 2a to h , which initially behaves identically in the partial representations a to c. The cover part 1.2 can therefore be folded up and then pulled off upwards, on the basis of an analog angle-selective form fit as in the first exemplary embodiment. The seat part 2.2 can of course also be folded up. How Figure 2d illustrated, however, the middle part 3.2 moves with the seat part 2.2 when the latter is pulled up. The middle part 3.2 is released from the snap connection with the fastening elements 4.2, which were already shown in the first exemplary embodiment in FIG Fig. 1e have led to a detachment of the middle part 3.1, but there the assembly part 3.1 for itself. In the second embodiment, however, the seat part and mounting part 3.2 are locked together, as Fig. 2d indicates. In the removed state, seat part 2.2 and assembly part 3.2 can then be released from one another, namely after unlocking the locking device in between, which will be discussed in greater detail below. In this exemplary embodiment, this can be done by actuating a slide on the underside of the mounting part 3.2 if a separation of the seat part 2.2 from the mounting part 3.2 is desired at all. In any case, the seat part 3.2 is not operated the locking device removable from the toilet body, according to Fig. 2d also separately from the cover part 1.2.

If starting from Fig. 2a If the cover part 1.2 is not removed, but instead the seat part 2.2 is also folded up, both can also be removed together and then together with the assembly part 3.2. In this embodiment, the relative position of the cover part 1.2 and the seat part 2.2 to each other does not play a role for the locking, but this is solved in a manner to be explained in more detail below, depending on the actuation of the operating element on the mounting part 3.2. Accordingly, according to Fig. 2h Lid part 1.2 and seat part 2.2 can also be removed together from assembly part 3.2, namely after appropriate operation, that is, analogously to Fig. 2e .

In the third embodiment from the Figures 3a-g the locking between the cover part 1.3 and the seat part 2.3 takes place depending on the relative angular position between them. Accordingly, according to the Figures 3a and b the cover part 1.3 can be folded up and then pulled off vertically upwards as in Figure 1b . The same then applies to the seat part 2.3 according to Figures 3c and d , see also Figure 1c and d. Here, too, the assembly part 3.3 is again according to this Figure 3e and analog Figure 1e can be pulled out of the toilet body individually upwards from the snap connection with the fastening elements 4.3.

However, leads accordingly Figures 3f and g a folding up of both the cover part 1.3 and the seat part 2.3 then to a lock with the mounting part 3.3, so that all three can be pulled up together from the snap connection with the fastening elements 4.3. This is due on the one hand to the locking state of the locking device between the seat part 2.3 and the assembly part 3.3 and on the other hand to the fact that the cover part 1.3 and seat part 2.3 are positively connected in this relative position, i.e. specifically the seat part 2.3 prevents the cover part 1.3 from being pulled off. They show an analogous situation Figures 2f and G.

In the following, the second embodiment is based on the Figures 4 to 6 explained in more detail, reference being made to the end of the description for the first exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 shows a section along the axis of rotation in a front view, that is, in relation to FIG Fig. 2a seen from below, front left. In the lower area you can see the toilet body with two vertical openings through which the fastening elements 4, shown here much more clearly, with threaded sections, reach from top to bottom. Nuts with washers are screwed on from below, but not shown. Accordingly, the fastening elements 4 each contain a hexagonal engagement at their upper end. Approximately in the middle of their vertical extension they show a mushroom-like widening, with a soft washer adapted in shape to this widening for pressure distribution being placed between this and the toilet body and also shown.

The fastening elements 4 are provided approximately at the vertical height of the bottom of the hexagonal engagement with a circumferential respective groove 5 into which a fine detent spring, not shown in the figure, engages from the outside and is held in a mounting part 3.2 placed on the upper sides of the fastening elements 4 . The flanks of the grooves 5 are slightly inclined so that the mounting part 3.2 can be lifted upwards from the fastening elements 4 with a certain amount of force in the vertical direction, the engagement of the springs in the grooves 5 being released with a snap or snapping when it is replaced is restored.

It can be seen how the assembly part 3.2 connects the two fastening elements 4, which is already in the Fig. 2a to h you can see. In addition, one recognizes in Fig. 4 a slide 6 as a locking device, whose in Fig. 4 left, so to the middle of the mounting part 3.2 proximal part on the underside of the mounting part 3.2 is exposed and a corresponding and in Fig. 4 has downward-facing trough. This allows the slide in the removed State of the assembly part 3.2 can be moved further to the left from the position shown.

In the assembled state of the assembly part 3.2, this is blocked in that the right fastening element 4 penetrates an opening in the slide 6. This is a specific embodiment of the more general idea that the locking device, specifically in the form of a slide, can be blocked in the locking position by fastening the mounting part 3.2 on the toilet body and can only be actuated in the dismantled situation of the mounting part 3.2. This ensures that the seat part 2.2 (or, alternatively, in another embodiment, the cover part) cannot be unlocked with respect to the assembly part 3.2 when the latter is in an assembled state, so that the assembly part 3.2 can be safely removed with the seat part 2.2 without the risk of damage.

Evidence Fig. 4 a right-facing receiving area of the slide 6 engages in an opening of a part of the seat part 2.2 containing the axis of rotation and holds one end of a rotary damper 7 there in a form-fitting manner. On the other end there is again a form-fit (what Fig. 4 does not show well) a cap is put on, which forms a pin 8. This points to the right (with respect to the sectional plane) beyond the seat part 2.2 and engages in a receptacle 9 in the axially outer cover part 1.2. This last-mentioned engagement is rotatable, the receptacle 9 and the pin 8 thus form a pivot bearing for the cover part 1.2.

On the other hand, the cap forming the pin 8 is not only positively connected to the right-hand end of the rotary damper 7, but also clamped in the corresponding part of the seat part 2.2 in such a way that torque is transmitted. The rotary damper 7 thus forms a rotary damping between the seat part 2.2 and the mounting part 3.2.

On the opposite side, i.e. in Fig. 4 left, there is no locking device. A rotary damper 10 is provided there, which is made somewhat longer is than the rotary damper 7, and which is held in a press clamp in a cap that forms a further pin 11 to the left and can transmit torques. This cap with the pin 11 at its left end is rotatably held in the seat part 2.2; but the pin 11 is positively seated in an associated receptacle 12 of the cover part 1.2, so that the rotary damper 10 relates to relative rotations of the cover part 1.2 with respect to the assembly part 3.2. This is because the rotary damper 10 is also held in a form-fitting manner with respect to rotations in the assembly part 3.2 at its right-facing, ie inner end.

Overall, the assembly part 3.2 can be snapped upwards and removed from the fastening elements 4, which in turn are fastened to the toilet body by a conventional screw connection. The seat part 2.2 and the cover part 1.2 are rotatably connected to the mounting part 3.2, a rotary damper 7 on the right in the figure damping the rotary movement of the seat part 2.2 and a left damper 10 damping the rotary movement of the cover part 1.2. After folding up the cover part 1.2 according to Fig. 2a this can be pulled off upwards because the receptacles 9 and 12 are open on a side opposite to the elongated actual cover section of the cover part 1.2 (ie U-shaped). Since this is in Fig. 4 cannot be seen, the cover part 1.2 is in Fig. 4 not vertically, but rather horizontally.

Fig. 5 but shows the corresponding U-shape (analogous to a spanner) with a vertical cover part 1.2. The in Fig. 5 The pin 11 shown is not rotationally symmetrically and positively connected to the cover part 1.2, but the pin 8 on the other side is rotationally symmetrical just like the receptacle 9, so that there is a rotational mobility there. Otherwise, the statements on the U-shape of the receptacle 9 also apply to the in Fig. 4 right side.

The seat part 2.2 is in turn corresponding after removal together with the assembly part 3.2 Fig. 2d then releasable from the latter after the slide 6 has been moved so that the in Fig. 4 right part of the slide 6 out of engagement with the rotary damper 7 in the seat part 2.2 and the seat part 2.2 on this Page releases. The seat part 2.2 on the other side can thus be pulled out of the assembly part 3.2 together with the rotary damper 10 there.

The assembly is reversed, with the rotary damper 10 first engaging with the in Fig. 4 left part of the assembly part 3.2 is brought and then the other side is aligned so that the slide 6 is moved and with its in Fig. 4 right end can be brought into the illustrated engagement. The assembly part 3.2 can then be snapped onto the toilet body.

The cover part 1.2 can be mounted before or after the dismantling described, in which case a relative position of approximately 90 ° between the cover part 1.2 and the seat part 2.2 corresponds to its mountability Fig. 5 is necessary. Otherwise the seat part 2.2 blocks with the in Fig. 5 shoulder 13 shown (which exists analogously on the opposite side) pulling off the cover part 1.2. There is therefore a form-fitting securing of the connection between the cover part 1.2 and the seat part 2.2 depending on the angular position between them.

Fig. 6 shows a side view of a section transverse to the axis of rotation, approximately in the plane in which the cover part 1.2 in Fig. 5 is shown in section. Here, however, the other parts are also cut and the toilet body is also shown. This forms the below in Fig. 6 Drawn ceramic wall on which a foot part (not cut) of the assembly part 3.2 rests, which is also shown in Fig. 5 and, a little less clearly, Fig. 4 you can see. A region of the mounting part 3.2, which essentially forms a cylinder around the axis of rotation, rises above the foot part 3.2, a clipped-on cover being omitted in a left upper region (approximately between the positions 9 o'clock and 11 o'clock). In the center of the figure one recognizes a section through the pin 11, which is held in a form-fitting manner by the corresponding receptacle 12 of the cover part 1.2. The seat part 2.2 can be seen in the right part of the figure. The representation in Fig. 6 would be very similar for the opposite side with the exception of the round shape of the pin 8 and the receptacle 9. This also applies to Fig. 5 .

Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 show the third embodiment, which has already been based on Fig. 3 was explained. Fig. 7 is a section along the axis of rotation through the rear right area, with seat part 2.3 and cover part 1.3 both standing vertically, so as in FIG Fig. 3f , whereas Fig. 8 shows a corresponding section of the left rear area. There, however, the cover part 1.3 is removed.

First shows Fig. 7 on the right the cover part 1.3 and above and below in the middle the seat part 2.3 and finally the assembly part 3.3 on the left Fig. 3 . In between there is a damper 20 with a cap pointing to the right, which ends in a pin 21, similar to the damper 7 with a cap and pin 8 in FIG Fig. 4 . On the outside, the pin 21 is cylindrically symmetrical to the longitudinal axis and thus engages as a pivot pin in a receptacle 22 of the cover part 1.3, which is approximately U-shaped, similar to the second exemplary embodiment. From this rotatable connection, the cover part 1.3 can only be lifted upwards in its vertical position if the seat part 2.3 does not produce a form-fitting securing as this is also due to a position that is also too steep or vertical Fig. 7 clearly shows at the top right.

The same applies to the opposite side, which is still based on Fig. 8 is explained in more detail. If (also) the seat part 2.3 is not in the way there due to the horizontal position, the vertical cover part 1.3 can be pulled off upwards (and is in Fig. 8 already deducted). The later explained fact that the corresponding bearing journal is not cylinder-symmetrical there and produces a torque transmission to the cover part 1.3, does not stand in the way of removal (as in the second exemplary embodiment, cf. Fig. 5 and 6th ). As in the second exemplary embodiment, the rotational positions of the cover part and seat part are important for the removability of the cover part 1.3.

The rotary damper 20 in Fig. 7 is positively, but basically removable upwards at its other end, mounted in an upwardly open (U-shaped) receptacle of the mounting part 3.3, which forms the mounting part 3.3 to the right. To this extent, there is a torque transmission between the assembly part 3.3 and the corresponding end of the rotary damper 20 instead. Accordingly, the connection between the rotary damper 20, namely its opposite end pointing to the right (outward), and the sleeve carrying the pin 21 is positively locked and the sleeve is held radially outside it with sufficient frictional connection in the seat part 2.3 (where the rotary damper 20, sleeve or pin 21 and seat part 2.3 follow one another radially), so that a torque coupling takes place and the rotary damper 20 can develop its effect between the assembly part 3.3 and the seat part 2.3.

Approximately along the axial length of the rotary damper 20, radially outside of it and also radially outside of the described sleeve, there is a locking element 23, which is comparable in its function to the slide 6 from Fig. 4 . However, it is essentially arranged in the seat part 2.3 and not in the mounting part, as in the second exemplary embodiment in FIG Fig. 4 . This locking element 23 is axially displaceable both in relation to the sleeve lying therein (which in turn is on the right in Fig. 4 is clamped in the seat part 2.3), as well as with respect to the parts of the seat part 2.3 located axially outside it. In this axial displaceability, the locking element 23 is acted upon by a compression-loaded helical spring 24, that is, to the right (or outside). It can also be seen that the upper right shoulder of the locking element 23 is pressed to the left by an approach slightly radially outside of the receptacle 22 of the cover part 1.3, which is why a lower left shoulder of the locking element 23 (i.e. pointing inward) is part of the axial direction Mounting part 3.3, which forms the receptacle for the rotary damper 20, overlaps. Accordingly, the seat part 2.3 (with the cover part 1.3) cannot be pulled off upwards.

However, if the seat part 2.3 were positioned approximately horizontally, the cover part 1.3 would be according to FIGS Figures 3a and b folded up and pulled off, the helical spring 24 would hold the locking element 23 up to its stop (against the part of the seat part 2.3 that holds the sleeve and the pin 21 clamped) to the outside, so that the described overlap of the left lower shoulder of the locking element 23 would be absent. Then the seat part 2.3 would be unlocked and could be deducted upwards. Strictly speaking, the described U-shape of the receptacle in the assembly part 3.3 is responsible for the fact that this pulling off can only take place upwards, whereas what Fig. 7 does not show that the seat part 2.3 in turn has a complementary U-shape encompassing the receptacle in the mounting part 3.3, because of which the seat part 2.3 can only be pulled upwards in an approximately vertical position.

Overall, a lock is provided as in the second embodiment, which is not actuated by manual actuation of a slider or other operating element (only when the cover is removed), but rather automatically by placing and removing the cover part 1.3. As a result of this locking can with existing cover part 1.3 according to the Fig. 3f and g the top fitting can only be pulled off the fastening elements 4.3 upwards as a whole and together with the assembly part 3.3. The fastening elements otherwise correspond to the second exemplary embodiment and are not shown further here; Fig. 7 shows on the far left the corresponding recording in assembly part 3.3.

Fig. 8 shows the situation according to Fig. 7 with removed cover part 1.3 and in contrast to Fig. 7 in plan view, but again in section along the axis of rotation and with respect to the right rear end of the flat top clothing. Furthermore, the seat part is 2.3 in Fig. 8 horizontally, i.e. extends from the bearing shown in Fig. 8 downward. In this situation, the cover part 1.3 could be folded up into the vertical and according to Figure 3b subtracted from. Accordingly, this is in Fig. 7 from the cover part 1.3 to the left in acted upon shoulder piece of the locking element 23 moved somewhat outward, which in Fig. 8 can be seen at the lower right end of the locking element 23. The coil spring 24 has relaxed somewhat and the in Fig. 7 bottom left and in Fig. 8 The area recognizable at the top left now no longer shows any overlap between the receptacle of the assembly part 3.3 for the rotary damper 20 and the locking element 23.

Note that this inclusion is in Fig. 7 vertical and in Fig. 8 is cut horizontally and shows its U-shape in it. So if now the seat part 2.3 from the position in Fig. 8 would be folded up (and would then be perpendicular to the plane of the drawing), it could be peeled off upwards.

The situation at the opposite left end is analogous, i.e. mirror-symmetrical to a vertical plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation and in the middle through the flat top and toilet, different from in Figures 4 to 6 .

By the way, you can see in the Fig. 7 and 8th one already based Fig. 6 cover 25 mentioned and existing in a similar form in both exemplary embodiments on the mounting part 3.3.

If you look at the third embodiment and specifically in the unlocked situation Fig. 8 the locking element 23 thinks away or integrates it into the seat part 2.3, this results in a simplified embodiment of the invention without a locking device, namely the one in FIG Fig. 1 illustrated first embodiment. This is not shown separately in the drawing, but can be omitted Fig. 8 read off.

Claims (13)

1. A toilet cover fitting for mounting on a toilet body with a toilet bowl, which cover fitting comprises:

   a cover part (1.1-1.3) for covering the toilet bowl,

   a seat part (2.1-2.3) as a seat for a user and

   a mounting part (3.1-3.3), which is adapted for mounting the cover fitting on the toilet body and rotatably mounts the cover part (1.1-1.3) and the seat part (2.1-2.3),

   wherein the cover part (1.1-1.3) and the seat part (2.1-2.3) can be removed from the mounting part (3.1-3.3) by releasing a positive locking,

   namely by moving the respective cover part (1.1-1.3) or seat part (2.1-2.3), wherein at least in one of the elements of the seat part (2.1-2.3) and/or of the cover part (1.1-1.3) serving the rotatable mounting, a rotational damper (7, 10, 20) is provided for damping the rotational movement of the respective part and includes the axis of rotation,

   characterised in that the cover part (1.1-1.3) and the seat part (2.1-2.3) can each be removed separately independently of one another from the mounting part (3.1-3.3) by releasing a positive locking by respectively moving the cover part (1.1-1.3) or seat part (2.1-2.3), and the rotary damper (7, 10, 20) is a component of a rotatable positive locking.
2. The cover fitting according to claim 1, in which at least one of the cover part (1.1-1.3) and seat part (2.1-2.3) is kept mounted by an angle-selective positive locking with respect to the rotational movement of the cover part (1.1-1.3) or of the seat part (2.1-2.3) relative to the mounting part (3.1-3.3) and therefore, at certain rotational positions of the rotational movement, can be removed by releasing the positive locking and at other rotational positions, cannot be removed.
3. The cover fitting according to claim 1 or 2, in which the rotational movement of the cover part (1.1-1.3) and that of the seat part (2.1-2.3) are coaxial.
4. The cover fitting according to claim 3, in which the element of the seat part (2.1-2.3) serving the rotatable mounting, the element of the cover part (1.1-1.3) serving the rotatable mounting, and the region of the mounting part (3.1-3.3) surrounding the coaxial axis of rotation follow one another along the axis of rotation.
5. The cover fitting according to claim 4, in which the elements of the seat part (2.1-2.3) and of the cover part (1.1-1.3) serving the respective rotatable mounting are each provided in pairs and are arranged on both sides of the mounting part (3.1-3.3) with respect to the axis of rotation.
6. The cover fitting according to one of the preceding claims with additional fastening elements (4) for mounting on the toilet body, wherein the fastening elements (4) and the mounting part (3.1-3.3) are adapted so that the mounting part (3.1-3. 3) can be snapped onto the fastening elements (4) in a state of the fastening elements (4) being mounted on a toilet body or can be placed thereon with the creation of a magnetic force connection, wherein preferably the fastening elements (4) are adapted to pass through a vertical opening in a toilet body in the mounted state.
7. The cover fitting according to one of the preceding claims with a locking device (6, 23, 24) for mutual locking of two (parts) (2.2, 2.3, 3.2, 3.3) of the three parts, which are the cover part (1.2, 1.3), the seat part (2.2, 2. 3) and the mounting part (3.2, 3.3), in such a way that the positive locking between the two locked parts can no longer be released, wherein one of the two parts to be locked is preferably the mounting part (3.2, 3.3).
8. The cover fitting according to claim 2, optionally in connection with a further one of the preceding claims, in which the cover part (1.1-1.3) and the seat part (2.1-2.3) are connected to one another by an angle-selective positive locking with respect to the relative angle between these parts.
9. The cover fitting according to claim 7, in which the locking device (6) can be operated manually by an operating element, preferably a slide (6), provided specifically for this purpose, wherein the operating element is preferably provided on or in the mounting part (3.2).
10. The cover fitting according to claim 7, in which the locking device (23, 24) is actuated by releasing and producing the positive locking which mounts the third (1.3) of the parts in a rotatable manner, wherein the locking occurs preferably by producing the positive locking and the locking is cancelled by releasing the positive locking.
11. The cover fitting according to claims 4 and 10, wherein the third part (1.3) actuates the locking device (23, 24), when establishing the positive locking, by pressing a movable element of the locking device (23, 24) into a surface facing the element, with respect to the direction of the axis of rotation, serving the rotatable mounting of the third part (1.3) in its mounted state.
12. A toilet with a toilet body comprising a toilet bowl and:

    a cover part (1.1-1.3) for covering the toilet bowl,

    a seat part (2.1-2.3) as a seat for a user, and

    a mounting device (3.1-3.3), which mounting device (3.1-3.3) is adapted for mounting the cover part (1.1-1.3) and the seat part (2.1-2.3) on the toilet body and rotatably mounts the cover part (1.1-1.3) and the seat part (2.1-2.3), and

    which mounting device (3.1-3.3)

    is either implemented by a mounting part (3.1-3.3) separate from the toilet body, wherein the mounting part (3.1-3.3), the cover part (1.1-1.3) and the seat part (2.1-2.3) form a toilet cover fitting according to one of claims 1 to 11

    or is integrated in the toilet body,

    wherein the cover part (1.1-1.3) and the seat part (2.1-2.3) can be removed from the mounting device (3.1-3.3) by releasing a positive locking,

    namely by respectively moving the cover part (1.1-1.3) or the seat part (2.1-2.3),

    wherein at least in one of the elements of the seat part (2.1-2.3) and/or of the cover part (1.1-1.3) serving the rotatable mounting, a rotational damper (7, 10, 20) is provided for damping the rotational movement of the respective part and includes the axis of rotation,

    characterised in that the cover part (1.1-1.3) and the seat part (2.1-2.3) can each be removed separately independently of one another from the mounting device (3.1-3.3) by releasing a positive locking by respectively moving the cover part (1.1-1.3) or the seat part (2.1-2.3), and the rotary damper (7, 10, 20) is a component of a rotatable positive locking.
13. The toilet according to claim 12, wherein the mounting device (3.1-3.3) is implemented by a mounting part (3.1-3.3) separate from the toilet body, wherein the toilet consists of the toilet body and the cover fitting.

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