Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H1/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
  • E04H1/12—Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
  • E04H1/1205—Small buildings erected in the open air
  • E04H1/1216—Public W.C.s
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
  • E03D9/00—Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells

Definitions

• the invention relates to a sanitary cabin, in particular a toilet cabin, comprising at least one floor section, at least one ceiling section, and a plurality of side wall sections, further comprising at least one sanitary fitting and at least one tank for wastewater and/or feces.
• the invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a sanitary cabin.
• the sanitary cabin according to the invention is a mobile or transportable sanitary cabin.
• Such mobile sanitary cabins can be transported, in particular, on transport vehicles. They are especially flexible and can be used in locations where no permanently installed sanitary facilities are available.
• the mobile sanitary cabins are therefore generally set up for specific periods of time, for example, on construction sites or at events such as markets, fairs, festivals, and the like.
• the mobile or transportable sanitary cabins are subsequently removed and cleaned.
• Sanitary cubicles commonly used in practice include at least one sanitary fixture, such as a toilet. It is also generally accepted that sanitary cubicles should be equipped with additional features to promote user hygiene. These include further sanitary facilities such as hand basins or hygiene features like soap dispensers. Such sanitary cubicles have proven their worth in terms of their compactness, flexible deployment, and the hygiene features they provide. However, experience with these sanitary cubicles has shown that, over time, the surfaces of the cubicle's components can become soiled.
• Microbes such as bacteria
• many known sanitary cabins have features designed to promote user hygiene, the accumulation of microbes on the cabin's components is nonetheless undesirable. This is especially true for cabins that lack additional features like hand basins, soap dispensers, and the like.
• the invention addresses the technical problem of providing a sanitary cubicle, in particular a toilet cubicle, of the type mentioned above, in which the disadvantages described above can be effectively and reliably avoided, and in which, in particular, the accumulation of microbes on the building components of the sanitary cubicle can be at least reduced and preferably largely avoided. Furthermore, the invention addresses the technical problem of providing a method for manufacturing such a sanitary cubicle.
• the invention teaches a sanitary cubicle with the features of claim 1.
• construction component of the sanitary cubicle refers in particular to a component of the sanitary cubicle, which is composed of a plurality of components.
• construction components of the sanitary cubicle include the floor section, the ceiling section, the individual side wall sections, at least one sanitary fixture or individual parts thereof, or the tank for wastewater and/or feces.
• Further construction components of the sanitary cubicle may include, for example, support posts or corner posts, hygiene function devices, a cubicle door, a door handle, or a locking device. These construction components are explained in more detail below.
• surface area of a construction component refers in particular to an area extending from the surface of a construction component to a certain depth within the component.
• the user of the sanitary cubicle may come into contact with the surfaces of the construction components, for example, when entering and exiting the sanitary cubicle and during its use.
• the surface area of the component equipped with antimicrobial properties, made from a material containing at least one antimicrobial additive has a thickness of at least 0.5 mm, preferably at least 0.8 mm, more preferably at least 1 mm, and particularly preferably at least 2 mm.
• the entire component equipped with antimicrobial properties, or substantially the entire component is Made from a material containing at least one antimicrobial additive.
• the sanitary cabin according to the invention is a mobile or transportable sanitary cabin, in particular a mobile or transportable toilet cabin. Therefore, the sanitary cabin according to the invention is advantageously designed to be relatively compact, and in this context, it is within the scope of the invention that the volume of the interior of the sanitary cabin is only 1 to 4 m3 , preferably 1.25 to 3.5 m3 , and particularly preferably 1.25 to 3 m3 .
• the term "antimicrobial additive” refers in particular to an additive capable of destroying microbes, such as bacteria, present on the surface of the building component and/or reducing their ability to multiply.
• the antimicrobial additive is an additive containing or releasing antimicrobial metal ions.
• the antimicrobial additive is an additive containing or releasing silver ions and/or zinc ions and/or copper ions. It is possible that the antimicrobial additive is a silver salt and/or a zinc salt and/or a copper salt.
• the antimicrobial additive is a silver phosphate, and particularly preferably a silver phosphate glass.
• the additive containing or releasing antimicrobial metal ions releases the metal ions and that these metal ions migrate to the surface of the building component and exert their antimicrobial activity there.
• the antimicrobial additive containing or releasing metal ions is a zeolite.
• a particularly preferred embodiment of the sanitary cubicle according to the invention is characterized in that a plurality of support posts or corner posts are provided, wherein the side wall parts of the sanitary cubicle connect the support posts or corner posts to one another, and wherein preferably the at least one structural component of the sanitary cubicle equipped with antimicrobial properties is at least one support post or corner post.
• the sanitary cubicle has four support posts or four corner posts.
• the sanitary cubicle has a ceiling section and four support posts designed as corner posts, wherein the corner posts connect the ceiling section to the floor section.
• the at least one structural component of the sanitary cubicle equipped with antimicrobial properties is at least one support post or corner post, and preferably all support posts or all four corner posts of the sanitary cubicle are equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• the support posts or corner posts, preferably all support posts or corner posts of the sanitary cubicle are formed in one piece with respect to their longitudinal extent and are particularly preferably formed as one-piece plastic parts.
• a tongue-and-groove connection be provided between a support post or corner post and the ceiling section and/or the floor section.
• the support posts or corner posts each have a spring element at their ends, which interacts with a complementary groove element on the ceiling section or floor section by engaging in this groove element.
• the tongue-and-groove connection on the support posts or corner posts and on the ceiling section or floor section has a tongue-and-groove joint.
• the tongue-and-groove connecting elements provided for the base section each have aligned bores. In this way, the respective support post or corner post can be connected to the ceiling section or the base section by means of at least one connecting element that passes through the aligned bores.
• a connecting element is a connecting bolt or a connecting screw.
• a recommended embodiment of the invention is characterized in that four support posts or corner posts of the cabin each have at least one spring element at both ends, and that the ceiling and/or floor sections each have four groove elements for interaction with the associated four spring elements of the posts.
• the aforementioned bores and the connecting element extending through each bore are provided at each tongue-and-groove connection between the posts and the ceiling or floor sections.
• a connecting screw extends through the bore that passes through the spring element and the groove element, and preferably at least one nut is then tightened onto the thread of the connecting screw from inside the cabin to secure the tongue-and-groove connection.
• a side panel of the sanitary cubicle connects two support posts or corner posts.
• This connection is preferably achieved using tongue-and-groove joints between the side panel and the two support posts or corner posts.
• the side panel expediently has at least one tongue element on each of its outer edges facing the support posts or corner posts, which engages in a The complementary groove of the support post or corner post engages.
• the at least one spring element then extends over at least a large part of the vertical length of the side wall section.
• the complementary groove in the support post or corner post associated with the spring element preferably also extends over at least a large part of the vertical length of the post.
• vertical refers in particular to the vertical installation state of the sanitary cubicle according to the invention, in which the floor section is arranged on a mounting surface.
• two posts are connected to each other via a side wall section when there are three of these posts.
• the sanitary cubicle according to the invention is rectangular or square in plan view, preferably with rounded corners.
• the corner posts arranged at these corners are expediently rounded on their outer surface.
• At least some of the components of the sanitary cubicle are made of plastic, preferably thermoplastic plastic, or consist substantially of it.
• the thermoplastic plastic is preferably polyethylene.
• the at least one sanitary fitting and/or the at least one tank are made of plastic, preferably thermoplastic plastic, or consist substantially of it.
• the thermoplastic plastic is preferably polyethylene. That a component of the sanitary cubicle is made of Within the scope of the invention, "consists of” or "essentially consists of” plastic means, in particular, that additives or fillers may be added to the plastic.
• the structural component then preferably consists of at least 95% by weight, and more preferably at least 98% by weight, of the at least one plastic or thermoplastic material. It is within the scope of the invention that the base section and/or the ceiling section and/or the side wall sections and/or the tank and/or the support posts or corner posts are designed as one-piece plastic components.
• the material containing at least one antimicrobial additive in the at least one component equipped with antimicrobial properties is polyethylene. If, according to the invention, at least one surface area of the at least one component equipped with antimicrobial properties is made of the material containing at least one antimicrobial additive, then at least this surface area is preferably made of a thermoplastic containing at least one antimicrobial additive, preferably a polyolefin, and particularly preferably polyethylene. Most preferably, the entire or substantially the entire at least one component equipped with antimicrobial properties is made of a thermoplastic containing at least one antimicrobial additive, preferably a polyolefin, and particularly preferably polyethylene. This embodiment has proven particularly successful within the scope of the invention.
• the material of the entire at least one antimicrobial component contains 0.05 to 2.5 wt.%, preferably 0.07 to 2.0 wt.%, preferably 0.1 to 1.5 wt.%, particularly preferably 0.12 to 1.0 wt.%, most preferably 0.15 to 0.6 wt.%, for example 0.2 to 0.5 wt.% of the at least one antimicrobial additive.
• the material of this surface area contains the antimicrobial additive in the specified proportion. If, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the entire component or substantially the entire component is made of the material containing at least one antimicrobial additive, then the material of the entire component or substantially the entire component contains the at least one antimicrobial additive in the aforementioned proportion.
• the material of the surface area of the component or of the entire component, which is endowed with antimicrobial properties is a polyolefin, preferably polyethylene, containing the antimicrobial additive in the aforementioned proportion.
• the at least one component(s) of the sanitary cubicle with antimicrobial properties prefferably be made of polyethylene containing 0.1 to 1.5 wt.%, preferably 0.12 to 1.0 wt.%, particularly preferably 0.15 to 0.6 wt.%, and most preferably 0.2 to 0.5 wt.%, for example 0.4 wt.% or approximately 0.4 wt.% of the at least one antimicrobial additive.
• the at least one component of the sanitary cubicle with antimicrobial properties consists of at least one polyolefin, preferably polyethylene, containing the at least one antimicrobial additive in the aforementioned proportion.
• the at least one component of the sanitary cubicle equipped with antimicrobial properties is at least a sanitary facility in the form of a toilet bowl and/or a urinal and/or a hand basin.
• the at least one component of the sanitary cubicle equipped with antimicrobial properties is a toilet seat attached to or on the toilet bowl.
• the at least one component of the sanitary cubicle equipped with antimicrobial properties is a toilet lid, which in particular closes the toilet bowl.
• the entire component unit consisting of the toilet bowl and/or the toilet seat and/or the toilet lid is equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• all sanitary fixtures of the sanitary cubicle, in particular the toilet bowl – or the component unit consisting of the toilet bowl and/or toilet seat and/or toilet lid – and/or the urinal and/or the hand basin, are equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• This embodiment of the invention in which at least one component of the sanitary cubicle equipped with antimicrobial properties is at least one sanitary fixture, is based on the understanding that such components, like the toilet bowl, toilet seat, and toilet lid, as well as the urinal, can come into contact with feces. Therefore, equipping these components with antimicrobial properties is particularly advantageous because it significantly reduces microbial accumulation on the surfaces of these components.
• the handwashing basin provided according to the preferred embodiment is also subject to special hygiene requirements. Therefore, equipping the hand basin with antimicrobial properties is highly preferred and has proven particularly effective.
• a side wall part of the sanitary cubicle be formed by a cubicle door, wherein at least one door handle and/or at least one locking element is preferably arranged on the cubicle door, and wherein the at least one component of the sanitary cubicle equipped with antimicrobial properties is preferably the cubicle door and/or the door handle and/or the locking element.
• the cubicle is preferably a four-sided cubicle, in which the fourth side is designed such that the cubicle door is arranged between two support posts or corner posts.
• the door is advantageously hinged to one of the two posts, preferably by means of hinges.
• a stop bar for the cubicle door is preferably provided on the other of the two posts, and the cubicle door can preferably be closed here by means of at least one locking element.
• the cubicle door has also proven advantageous for the cubicle door to be made of plastic, preferably thermoplastic, and preferably polyethylene. It is recommended that the at least one door handle be arranged on the outside side of the cubicle door. The user can open the cubicle door by means of the door handle.
• the at least one locking element is preferably arranged on the inside side of the cubicle door, facing the interior of the cubicle.
• the user can lock the cabin door using the locking element.
• This locking element could, for example, be a rotary latch. It has proven effective for the entire assembly of components, consisting of the cabin door and/or the...
• the door handle and/or locking element are equipped with antimicrobial properties. This embodiment is based on the understanding that the user comes into contact with these components when entering and leaving the sanitary cubicle, and therefore it is advantageous to provide these components with antimicrobial properties to reduce or prevent microbial accumulation.
• the sanitary cubicle comprises at least one hygiene function, in particular at least one disinfectant dispenser and/or at least one soap dispenser and/or at least one paper towel dispenser, and that preferably the at least one component of the sanitary cubicle equipped with antimicrobial properties is the at least one hygiene function, in particular the disinfectant dispenser and/or the soap dispenser and/or the paper towel dispenser. It has proven advantageous for all hygiene functions of the sanitary cubicle, in particular the disinfectant dispenser and/or the soap dispenser and/or the paper towel dispenser, to be equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• This embodiment is based on the understanding that the user of the sanitary cubicle comes into contact with parts of the respective hygiene function when operating it, so an antimicrobial design of these components is very advantageous and contributes in particular to reducing the accumulation of microbes on the components or the surfaces of the components of the sanitary cubicle.
• the component of the sanitary cabin equipped with antimicrobial properties is at least one side wall section and/or the tank.
• all side wall sections of the sanitary cabin are equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• the three side wall sections and/or the cubicle door are preferably equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• a plurality of the cubicle's components are equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• at least two, in particular at least three, preferably at least four, more preferably at least five, and particularly preferably at least six components of the sanitary cubicle are equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• the sanitary fittings of the cubicle preferably the toilet bowl – or the component assembly consisting of the toilet bowl, toilet seat, and toilet lid – and/or the hand basin and/or the urinal, and further preferably the wastewater and/or fecal tank, and further preferably the support posts or corner posts of the cubicle, and further preferably the side wall sections, and/or the cubicle door, and/or the door handle, and/or the locking element, and further preferably the hygiene function devices of the sanitary cubicle, preferably the disinfectant dispenser, and/or the soap dispenser, and/or the paper towel dispenser, are equipped with antimicrobial properties. It is further preferred that all structural components of the sanitary cabin according to the invention, with the exception of the ceiling part and/or the floor part, are equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• At least one component of the sanitary cubicle preferably at least one part of the components with antimicrobial properties, preferably the components with antimicrobial properties, is equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• the sanitary cubicle is/are manufactured using rotational molding. This could include, for example, the support posts or corner posts, the side wall panels, the cubicle door, the toilet bowl, the toilet seat, the toilet lid, and/or the urinal. Individual components of the sanitary cubicle may also be manufactured using other processes, such as injection molding, thermoforming, and the like. It is also possible that at least one component of the sanitary cubicle with antimicrobial properties is manufactured using injection molding or thermoforming. These components, manufactured using injection molding or thermoforming, could include, for example, the door handle and/or the locking mechanism.
• the invention further teaches a method according to claim 11 for manufacturing a sanitary cubicle.
• the invention is produced from finely divided or powdered thermoplastic material and at least one finely divided or powdered antimicrobial additive, and is subsequently used in rotational molding.
• the thermoplastic material is polyethylene.
• the proportion of the at least one antimicrobial additive in the mixture or in the material consisting of at least one thermoplastic polymer and the at least one antimicrobial additive is 0.05 to 2.5 wt.%, preferably 0.07 to 2.0 wt.%, more preferably 0.1 to 1.5 wt.%, particularly preferably 0.12 to 1.0 wt.%, most preferably 0.15 to 0.6 wt.%, for example 0.2 to 0.5 wt.%.
• the invention is based on the understanding that, with the sanitary cabin according to the invention, it is possible to equip at least one or more components of the sanitary cabin with antimicrobial properties, so that the accumulation of microbes, for example bacteria, on the components or on the surfaces of these components can be effectively and reliably reduced.
• This allows for a surprisingly effective reduction in microbial accumulation even between cleanings of a sanitary cabin or a mobile sanitary cabin.
• hygienic requirements are met surprisingly easily and reliably, especially between cleanings of the sanitary cabin.
• the inventive equipping of the sanitary cabin components with antimicrobial properties is characterized by a very advantageously long service life – for example, compared to coatings of components with antimicrobial substances.
• the prevention or reduction of microbial accumulation on the surfaces of the sanitary cubicle's components is achieved according to the invention using simple means, so that the sanitary cubicle according to the invention, or the method for manufacturing the sanitary cubicle, is overall simple and, in particular, inexpensive.
• the sanitary cubicle according to the invention, or the method for manufacturing the sanitary cubicle is overall simple and, in particular, inexpensive.
• the figures show a sanitary cubicle according to the invention, which is preferably and in the exemplary embodiment is designed as a toilet cubicle 1.
• the sanitary cubicle or toilet cubicle 1 preferably has a floor section 2, a ceiling section 3, three side wall sections 4, a cubicle door 9, and four support posts designed as corner posts 6.
• a door handle 10 is preferably arranged on the cubicle door 9 in the exemplary embodiment. The user can open the cubicle door 9 or the toilet cubicle by means of this door handle 10. 1.
• the floor section 2 is connected to the ceiling section 1 via the four corner posts 6. More preferably, and in the exemplary embodiment, the floor section 2 and the ceiling section 3 are connected to each other via the three side wall sections 4 and via the cabin door 9.
• the corner posts 6 are provided at both ends with a spring element 11 for a tongue-and-groove connection with the base part 2 and with the ceiling part 3, respectively.
• Both the floor section 2 and the ceiling section 3 have a complementary groove element 12 for the engagement of the associated spring element 11 of the corner post 6.
• the cabin door 9, located at the front of the sanitary cubicle or toilet cubicle 1 according to the invention, is pivotally connected to a corner post 6 via hinges (not shown).
• a stop bar (not shown) for the cabin door 9 is provided on the second of the two corner posts 6, between which the cabin door 9 is located.
• the cabin door 9 can be closed against this stop bar via a locking element (also not shown).
• the door handle 10 on the cabin door 9 is located on the outside side of the cabin door 9.
• the locking element (not shown) is located on the inside side of the cabin door 9.
• a toilet bowl 7 and a urinal 8 are preferably arranged as sanitary facilities in the exemplary embodiment.
• a toilet seat 14 and a toilet lid 15 are provided on or attached to the toilet bowl 7.
• the sanitary cubicle or toilet cubicle 1 according to the invention also has a tank 5 for wastewater and/or feces.
• a plurality of components of the sanitary cubicle or toilet cubicle 1 are equipped with antimicrobial properties.
• all or substantially all components equipped with antimicrobial properties are made of a material containing at least one antimicrobial additive.
• the at least one antimicrobial additive may, as is known and in the exemplary embodiment, be a silver phosphate glass.
• the three side wall sections 4, the tank 5, the four corner posts 6, the toilet bowl 7, the toilet seat 14, the toilet lid 15, the urinal 8, and the cubicle door 9 are equipped with antimicrobial properties, and for this purpose, the entire component, or substantially the entire component, is made of a material containing silver phosphate glass.
• the door handle 10 and the locking element (not shown) on the cubicle door 9 are also equipped with antimicrobial properties, and for this purpose, these components are made of a material containing at least one silver phosphate glass.
• the material from which the components equipped with antimicrobial properties are made may be polyethylene containing 0.2 to 0.5 wt.% of silver phosphate glass.
• the components of the sanitary cubicle or toilet cubicle 1 that possess antimicrobial properties consist of polyethylene containing at least one silver phosphate glass, or consist essentially of this material. Furthermore, it is within the scope of the invention that the components of the sanitary cubicle that do not possess antimicrobial properties are made of polyethylene or consist essentially of polyethylene.

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