EP3530165A1 - Basket for cleaning and care products - Google Patents

Abstract

Basket (6) for cleaning and care products to be placed on a surface-mounted mixer tap (4) and storage system (2), comprising a surface-mounted mixer tap (4) and a basket (6) deposited on the surface-mounted mixer tap (4). The basket (6) comprises two clamps (16A, 16B) fastened to the basket (6), which clamp the union nuts (18A, 18B) of a surface-mounted installation of the surface-mounted mixer tap (4) with tension.

Description

The invention relates to a basket for cleaning and care products for storage on a surface-mounted mixer tap and a storage system comprising a surface-mounted mixer tap and a basket.

In a shower or a bathtub, there is often the need to store cleaning and care products, such as shampoo bottles or a bar of soap, temporarily or permanently. In many cases, such sanitary utensils are placed or laid on the floor of the wet room, but where they pose a potential safety hazard. Even if it was only short-term storage on not originally intended for this purpose, such as wall projections, is not a satisfactory solution.

There are various storage solutions for sanitary utensils known. document DE 20 2006 017 420 U1 discloses a shower tray, which is attached by means of clamps from above on a mixer tap or is connected directly in the production of rigidly connected to the mixer tap.

A removable shelf for shower items, such as shampoo bottles, is from the DE 20 2012 009 687 U1 known. The so-called "shower folder" known from this document is folded out of a molded part and hung on two hook-shaped incisions on the water connection piece of a shower fitting. The storage room for sanitary items is located below the faucet.

Moreover, from the DE 20 2009 001 722 U1 a removable holder for sanitary articles, such as soap and disinfectant known. The holder is placed from above on the connections of a valve. The recordings for, for example, a soap dispenser and a bottle of disinfectant are located below the fitting.

In these known storage solutions is always the safe and reliable mounting of the storage solutions to the fitting in conflict with a comfortable and easy handling and installation.

It is an object of the invention to provide a basket for cleaning and care products for placement on a surface-mounted mixer tap, which is easy and comfortable to handle and at the same time reliably and safely received on the valve.

The object is achieved by a basket for cleaning and care products for storage on a surface-mounted mixer tap, wherein the basket is formed by two brackets fastened to the basket, which clamp the union nuts of a surface-mounted installation of the surface-mounted mixer tap with tension.

Advantageously, the basket according to aspects of the invention can be stored on the mixer tap, wherein the brackets fix the basket at its storage location. In this assembled state, the basket is reliably and securely held in place. Advantageously, the basket is placed on top of the mixer tap, which means that the weight of the excluded in the basket utensils directly on the Mixer tap works. Since the basket does not have to absorb the weight of the utensils itself, it can be made to be material-saving and delicate. The provided brackets ensure that the basket is fixed in its intended place. The brackets are not intended to support the weight of the basket or the items received therein. Thus, it is possible, when using a clamping bracket, which is easy to use, to provide a basket with high capacity, which is securely held in position.

In addition, the basket is located on top of the mixer tap and can therefore be easily equipped with the stored cleaning and care products, such as a shampoo bottle. In contrast to storage solutions in which the receiving space is arranged below the mixer tap, this is not hindering the loading of the basket according to aspects of the invention. The stored items are easily and conveniently accessible to the user.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the basket is further developed in that the brackets are starting from a starting position reversibly bendable. In their initial position, they clamp around the union nuts of the surface-mounted installation with tension.

When placing the basket, the clips are temporarily bent or swung out of their original position. They return to their original position after the basket is in its intended position. The starting position is chosen so that the clamps, if they are in this position, with a predetermined voltage applied to the union nuts of the surface-mounted installation. This ensures a firm and reliable fit of the basket. The distance of the union nuts of a surface-mounted installation has always at least approximately the same value due to the general building codes, regardless of the specific application. This circumstance is exploited in an advantageous embodiment by the Starting position of the brackets is adapted to this measure.

The basket is further advantageously formed by the fact that the clamps each comprise a C-shaped bent portion which clasps the union nuts. A C-shaped configuration has been found in practice to be a very good compromise between ease of manufacture and good retention effect.

In particular, the C-shaped bent portions extend predominantly below a receiving space for the cleaning and care products. In other words, therefore, the components that provide the clamping action are arranged almost completely below a receiving space. This clear spatial separation of the functional units, a basket can be provided, in which the receiving space is well accessible from above always above the surface-mounted mixer tap.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, it is provided that the C-shaped sections are opened in opposite directions pointing away from each other and clasp the union nuts from an inner side. The C-shaped sections extend in sections along an inner side of the union nuts. This type of holder from the inside has in practice also decisive advantages. In fact, due to the internal brackets, the likelihood of one of the brackets being inadvertently released from the mixer tap, so that the basket could fall, is extremely low.

The basket is also advantageously formed by the fact that the clamps are connected to an upper edge of the basket. By the connection of the clamps at the top edge of the basket, ie a location which is relatively far away from the place of attachment, namely the union nuts of the surface-mounted installation, a lever arm between the region in which the clamping action is provided is advantageously provided. and the edge created. So For example, a relatively large deflection of the staples can be provided with relatively little bending.

This construction of the basket is particularly advantageous if, according to a further embodiment, the clips comprise a rod-shaped section and a bent C-shaped section. In this case, a C-shaped portion facing away from the end of the rod-shaped portion is connected to the edge of the basket. The rod-shaped portion can be approximately identified with the aforementioned lever arm.

In order to secure the basket even more reliable and secure is further provided in particular that the C-shaped portions facing away from the ends of the rod-shaped portions of the brackets are connected via a parallel to the edge extending rod, wherein two in particular displaceable sleeves enclose the rod and the edge ,

The sleeves may be slidable or fixed at said positions.

The two C-shaped sections and the rod-shaped sections of the brackets together with the parallel to the edge extending rod form a staple unit. When placing the basket, i. In the elastic bending of the brackets, part of the required elastic deflection takes place in the rod. For this purpose, according to a further embodiment, the rod of the stapling unit, at least approximately centrally mounted on the edge, that is at a position which at least approximately in the middle between the positions at which the rod-shaped portions of the brackets in the rod. After successful placement of the basket and a corresponding elastic deflection of the rod present in accordance with a further embodiment sleeves give the basket in the suspended state additional stability.

To mount the basket, the sleeves can first be positioned in the middle near a point of attachment to the edge of the basket.

Subsequently, the basket is placed under primarily elastic deformation of the rod between the rod-shaped portions and reducing the distance of the two C-shaped portions of the mixer tap. When the clamps are no longer compressed and the C-shaped portions are clamped against the union nuts, the sleeves will be displaced outwardly to the positions where the rod merges into the rod-shaped portions of the clamps. Depending on the design of the basket in terms of its material and the thickness of the material used, it can not be ruled out with complete certainty during assembly of the basket that the bar deforms slightly plastically between the clamps. This is especially true if according to a further embodiment, the rod is at least approximately centrally attached to the edge. The sleeves force the rod to its original shape, which increases the clamping force of the clips against the union nuts. The sleeves can be fixed after installation, for example by gluing.

A basket that already includes factory-fixed sleeves may also have a higher or improved clamping force. The sleeves are preferably located at a right and left position where the rod merges into the rod-shaped portions of the brackets.

According to a further embodiment it is provided that the basket made of a stainless material, in particular made of stainless steel, and further in particular chromed, wherein the material used is in particular a wire. A stainless material, such as stainless steel, especially if it is additionally chromed, meets the highest hygienic requirements. A basket made of such material is easy to clean and, for example, dishwasher safe.

The basket has, according to a further embodiment, a receiving space which, from the top side, that is to say through an upper access opening, and from the front side, that is accessible through a front access opening. This has the advantage that, depending on the type of male utensils, they can be placed in the basket from the top or put into the basket from the front. For example, a shampoo bottle can be placed in the basket from above while a piece of soap is placed in the basket from the front.

Favor the basket is made of wire rods. For example, a basket having an upper and a forward access opening includes a wire-bent upper edge that encloses the upper access opening. Starting from this upper edge extends, for example, a Schaar at least approximately parallel led rods. These are connected to a first side of the edge and extend from this side of the edge over a first sidewall, a bottom and a second sidewall of the basket before they abut an opposite side of the edge.

In particular, only one material thickness is used for such a wire-bent basket, i. All wire sections have at least approximately the same cross section. Also, preferably only one type of wire is used. The basket is therefore made of only one material. Stainless steel wire has proved to be suitable.

The object is also achieved by a storage system comprising a surface-mounted mixer tap and a basket deposited on the surface-mounted mixer tap according to one or more of the aforementioned embodiments.

Same or similar advantages apply to the storage system as they have already been mentioned with regard to the basket itself, so that repetitions should be dispensed with.

In the storage system are preferably the dimensions of the basket on the Dimensions of the surface-mounted mixer tap. This relates in particular to a width and depth of the basket, that is to say a base area of the receiving space, and the spacing of the clamps, in particular the C-shaped sections. The basket adapts optimally to the shape of the mixer tap, ensuring a perfect fit and hold.

Further features of the invention will become apparent from the description of embodiments according to the invention together with the claims and the accompanying drawings. Embodiments of the invention may satisfy individual features or a combination of several features.

FIG. 1

ein Aufbewahrungssystem aus einer Aufputz-Mischbatterie und einem Korb für Reinigungs- und Pflegeprodukte in einer schematisch vereinfachten Frontalansicht,

FIG. 2

dieses Aufbewahrungssystem in einer schematisch vereinfachten Ansicht von der Rückseite her,

FIG. 3

das aus den FIG. 1 und 2 bekannte Aufbewahrungssystem in einer schematisch vereinfachten Ansicht von der Seite her,

FIG. 4

den Korb für Reinigungs- und Pflegeprodukte in einer schematisch vereinfachten perspektivischen Ansicht,

FIG. 5

diesen Korb in einer weiteren schematisch vereinfachten perspektivischen Ansicht,

FIG. 6

ein weiteres Aufbewahrungssystem aus einer Aufputz-Mischbatterie und einem Korb für Reinigungs- und Pflegeprodukte in einer schematisch vereinfachten Frontalansicht,

FIG. 7

dieses Aufbewahrungssystem in einer schematisch vereinfachten Ansicht von der Rückseite her,

FIG. 8

das aus den FIG. 6 und 7 bekannte Aufbewahrungssystem in einer schematisch vereinfachten Ansicht von der Seite her,

FIG. 9

einen weiteren Korb für Reinigungs- und Pflegeprodukte in einer schematisch vereinfachten perspektivischen Ansicht,

FIG. 10

diesen Korb in einer weiteren schematisch vereinfachten perspektivischen Ansicht.

The invention will be described below without limiting the general inventive idea by means of embodiments with reference to the drawings, reference being expressly made to the drawings with respect to all in the text unspecified details of the invention. Show it:

FIG. 1

a storage system of a surface-mounted mixer tap and a basket for cleaning and care products in a schematically simplified frontal view,

FIG. 2

this storage system in a schematically simplified view from the back,

FIG. 3

that from the FIG. 1 and 2 known storage system in a simplified schematic view from the side,

FIG. 4

the basket for cleaning and care products in a schematically simplified perspective view,

FIG. 5

this basket in another schematically simplified perspective view,

FIG. 6

Another storage system consisting of a surface-mounted mixer tap and a basket for cleaning and care products in a simplified schematic frontal view,

FIG. 7

this storage system in a schematically simplified view from the back,

FIG. 8th

that from the FIG. 6 and 7 known storage system in a simplified schematic view from the side,

FIG. 9

another basket for cleaning and care products in a schematically simplified perspective view,

FIG. 10

this basket in another schematically simplified perspective view.

In the drawings, the same or similar elements and / or parts are provided with the same reference numerals, so that apart from a new idea each.

FIG. 1 shows a storage system 2, which comprises a surface-mounted mixer tap 4, and a basket 6 for receiving cleaning and care products. By way of example, a mixer tap with a single-lever mixer is shown as a surface-mounted mixer tap 4. The basket 6 comprises a receiving space 8 in which cleaning and care products, for example a shampoo bottle or a bar of soap, are at least partially received. The cleaning and care products are placed or laid from an upper side through an upper access opening 14 or from the front through a front access opening 15 into the basket 6.

The basket 6 is made of a plurality of bent bars, all of which may have the same diameter. Also, all rods can be made of the same material, such as stainless steel.

The receiving space 8 is bounded on the right and left sides and at the bottom by a pair 10 of bars guided at least approximately parallel (cf. FIG. 3 ). In addition, the basket 6 comprises an upper edge 12 which surrounds the upper access opening 14 at least in sections. The blade 10 of parallel rods extends from one side of the edge 12 along one side, the bottom, the opposite side back to the edge 12. Preferably, the blade 10 extends from a small side of the edge 12 to the opposite small side of the edge 12, so that The large sides, which adjoin the front and back of the receiving space 8, each one access opening remains free In addition to the upper access opening 14, the basket 6 also has a front access opening 15. The also present rear access opening should not be considered further, as it faces a wall on which the surface-mounted mixer tap 4 is mounted, and therefore is not accessible.

The basket 6 further comprises two brackets 16A, 16B, which in FIG. 1 Clasp invisible union nuts of a surface-mounted installation of the surface-mounted mixer tap 4. With the aid of the brackets 16A, 16B, the basket 6 is fixed on an upper side 17 of the surface-mounted mixer 4. A weight of the objects received in the receiving space 8 is transferred directly to the mixer 4 via the bottom of the basket 6 resting on the upper side 17. The holding force to be applied by the brackets 16A, 16B is needed to hold the basket 6 in the desired position, not to accommodate its weight or that of the picked up items.

FIG. 2 shows that off FIG. 1 known storage system 2 in a simplified schematic view from the back. In this illustration, the union nuts 18A, 18B are visible. With dashed lines cover caps 20A, 20B are also indicated, which cover part of the surface-mounted installation.

The brackets 16A, 16B are reversibly bendable starting from the starting position shown in the figures. They clasp the union nuts 18A, 18B of the surface-mounted installation in this initial position with a predetermined voltage. To set the basket 6 on the surface-mounted mixer 4, the brackets 16A, 16B are bent towards each other, so that the free ends of the brackets 16A, 16B, the union nuts 18A, 18B can happen. If no force is exerted on the brackets 16A, 16B, they move back to the illustrated starting position and the basket 6 is securely and reliably fixed to the surface-mounted mixer 4.

The brackets 16A, 16B each include a C-shaped bent portion 22A, 22B, with which the brackets 16A, 16B clamp around the union nuts 18A, 18B. These C-shaped bent portions 22A, 22B extend for the most part below the receiving space 8. The C-shaped bent portions 22A, 22B are opened in directions away from each other and clamp around the cap nuts 18A, 18B from inside thereof.

FIG. 3 shows that from the FIG. 1 and 2 known storage system 2 in a simplified schematic view from the side. It is clearly visible how the basket 6 is arranged on the upper side 17 of the surface-mounted mixer tap 4. In this illustration, too, the blade 10 bent rods, which limit the receiving space 8 on three sides, well visible. The rods are at least approximately parallel to each other. For reasons of clarity, only some of these bent bars of the blade 10 are provided with reference numerals.

The FIG. 1 to 3 it can also be seen that, above all, a width B ( FIG. 1 and 2 ) but also a depth T ( FIG. 3 ) of the basket 6 are adapted to the dimensions of the surface-mounted mixer 4. Thus, the basket is aligned on its small sides with an outer edge of the mixer tap 4. Its depth T is chosen so that it would not tower over the mixer tap in this direction or hinder their operation.

FIG. 4 shows the basket 6 for cleaning and care products in a schematically simplified perspective view. The upper edge 12 has on its rear side two curved spacers 24A, 24B, with which the basket 6 in the mounted state on a wall in which the surface-mounted installation is present (see also FIG. 3 ). The position of the wall can be easily determined by the position of the cover caps 20A, 20B.

FIG. 5 shows that off FIG. 4 known basket 6 in a further schematically simplified perspective view, in this case from the back. The brackets 16A, 16B each have a rod-shaped portion 26A, 26B and the aforementioned C-shaped bent portions 22A, 22B. The brackets 16A, 16B are connected to each other via a parallel to the edge 12 of the basket 6 extending rod 28. This rod 28 is connected at one or more points with the edge 12, for example, welded.

FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of a storage system 2, which in addition to a surface-mounted mixer tap 4 comprises a further basket 6 for cleaning and care products. Again, the system 2 is shown in a simplified schematic frontal view.

This further storage system is in the FIG. 7-10 in an analogous representation to the FIG. 2-5 shown. FIG. 7 shows it in a simplified schematic view from the back. That from the FIG. 6 and 7 known storage system 2 is in FIG. 8th shown in a simplified schematic view from the side. The FIG. 9 and 10 show a further basket 6 according to one embodiment in two different schematically simplified perspective views.

The storage system 2 and the basket 6 are similar to the storage system 2 and the basket 6, which / which in the FIG. 1-5 , was explained. It should therefore only focus on the differences This first embodiment will be discussed.

The basket 6 according to the further exemplary embodiment comprises two, in particular displaceable, sleeves 30A, 30B. These enclose the rod 28, with which the rod-shaped portions 26A, 26B of the brackets 16A, 16B are connected, and which runs parallel to the edge 12 of the basket 6. The sleeves 30A, 30B are either designed displaceable or they are fixed at the locations shown. The sleeves 30A, 30B increase the clamping force of the clips 16A, 16B and thus ensure a secure and reliable fit of the basket 6.

The basket 6 is preferably made of a stainless material, such as stainless steel. The basket 6 may also be made in particular as a whole from chromed wire. A basket 6, which is made of stainless steel, for example, is easy to clean and is dishwasher-safe, for example.

All mentioned features, including the drawings alone to be taken as well as individual features that are disclosed in combination with other features are considered alone and in combination as essential to the invention. Embodiments of the invention may be accomplished by individual features or a combination of several features. In the context of the invention, features which are identified by "particular" or "preferably" are to be understood as optional features.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

2

Storage system

4

Surface-mounted mixer

6

basket

8th

accommodation space

10

curved bars

12

edge

14

upper access opening

15

front access opening

16A, 16B

clinch

17

top

18A, 18B

Union nuts

20A, 20B

caps

22A, 22B

C-shaped bent sections

24A, 24B

spacer

26A, 26B

rod-shaped sections

28

Rod

30A, 30B

sleeves

B

width

T

depth

Claims (10)

Basket (6) for cleaning and care products for placement on a surface-mounted mixer tap (4), characterized by two clamps (16a, 16b) attached to the basket (6), the union nuts (18a, 18b) of a surface-mounted installation Clamp on the mixer battery (4). Basket (6) according to claim 1, in which the clamps (16a, 16b) are reversibly bendable starting from a starting position and clamp in their initial position the union nuts (18a, 18b) of the surface-mounted installation with tension. A basket (6) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the brackets (16a, 16b) each comprise a C-shaped bent portion (22a, 22b) which clasps the cap nuts (18a, 18b). A basket (6) according to claim 3, wherein the C-shaped bent portions (22a, 22b) extend for the most part below a receiving space (8) for the cleaning and care products. Basket (6) according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the C-shaped bent Sections (22a, 22b) are opened in directions away from each other opposite directions and the union nuts (18a, 18b) clasp from an inner side. A basket (6) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the brackets (16a, 16b) are connected to an upper edge (12) of the basket (6). A basket (6) according to claim 6, wherein the brackets (16a, 16b) comprise a rod-shaped portion (26a, 26b) and a curved C-shaped portion (22a, 22b), wherein a portion (22a, 22b ) facing away from the end of the rod-shaped portion (26 a, 26 b) with the edge (12) of the basket (6) is connected. A basket (6) according to claim 7, wherein the ends of the bar-shaped portions (26a, 26b) of the clamps (16a, 16b) facing away from the C-shaped portions (22a, 22b) are connected by a bar (28) extending parallel to the rim are, with two in particular displaceable sleeves (30a, 30b) enclose the rod (28) and the edge (12). Basket (6) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the basket (6) made of a stainless material, in particular made of stainless steel, and further in particular chromed, wherein the material used is in particular a wire. Storage system (2), comprising a surface-mounted mixer tap (4) and a basket (6) placed on the surface-mounted mixer tap (4) according to one of Claims 1 to 9.

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