ES2409081B1 - Bus-bar with public toilets - Google Patents

Abstract

Bus-bar with public toilets. # It allows to meet food, beverage and physiological needs of attendees at outdoor festive events. It comprises: a cabin (1); a rear part, with a warehouse (10); a central part, with an area of toilets (5), on one side, equipped with sanitary facilities such as a toilet (15), wall-mounted urinal (14) and / or washbasin (16), and with a care area (4) for serve customers (31) from the bar on the opposite side, with openings (6) to serve customers; gray water tanks (21) to collect water from sanitary facilities; and white water tanks (22) for use in the service area (4) and in sanitary facilities. Additionally you can incorporate a handicapped toilet (24) in the cabin (1), with: a handicapped toilet (25) and a handicapped toilet (26), located adjacent to the central part, and a ramp to allow access.

Description

Bus-bar with public toilets

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The main object of the present invention is a bus-bar equipped with public toilets, especially indicated for use during the celebration of events and events of all kinds, such as fairs, concerts, festivities, etc., in which it is necessary cover the food and drink needs of the attendees and at the same time facilitate public services.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

It is currently known that, when outdoor acts or shows are held, regardless of whether they are artistic, sports or popular parties, it is common to find a booth that performs the functions of bar.

In addition, public toilets are often scarce in these places. This implies that the streets or areas where these events are held are subsequently affected and soiled, not to mention the unpleasant stench located in those areas.

To solve this problem, the fair booths are known, which are enabled as a bar, as well as portable toilet modules, installed in different parts of the cities in order to cover the physiological needs of people during the celebration of large events or shows , such as concerts, street fairs, popular races, etc.

The main drawback presented by urban booths and portable modules is that they have to be previously transported in a truck, trailer or similar, and then, by means of a crane, be installed and mounted at the final location point. All this entails significant economic costs, both in transport and assembly / disassembly and labor.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

By the present invention, the aforementioned drawbacks are resolved by providing a bus whose interior space is configured to incorporate a service area to serve bar customers and a public toilet area. In this way, the food, beverage and physiological needs of those attending large events, shows or fairs can be covered quickly, easily and economically, helping to keep the environment clean and free of bad odors, also avoiding incurring the high costs derived from the transport of current urban houses, and their assembly and disassembly.

In general, the bus-bar comprises a front part, with a cabin, just as the bus-bar comprises a central part and a rear part, where the central part comprises a bar side, preferably on the driver's side, and a side cleaning, preferably on the opposite side of the driver. The side of the bar includes openings to serve the customers of the bar, which will be located outside the bus-bar, while the service area is reserved for bar staff (waiters). The toilet side comprises the toilets area, where sanitary facilities such as wall urinals, toilets and / or toilets are located. Additionally, tanks are incorporated to contain both clean water (either for use in sanitary facilities and / or in the service area) and gray water, to collect, through, for example, at least one pump, and accumulate gray water from sanitary facilities and, where appropriate, from a sink located in the service area.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows a plan view of a bus-bar according to the invention.

Figure 2.- Shows a profile view of the bus-bar represented in figure 1, from the side of the bar.

Figure 3.- Shows a profile view of the bus-bar represented in figures 1 and 2, from the side of toilets.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Next, a detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention is provided with the aid of Figures 1 to 3 above.

As shown in Figure 1, the bus-bar with public toilets according to the present invention comprises

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a front part, in which a cabin (1) is located, equipped with a driver's compartment (2) and a cabin door (3), to allow access to the cabin (1), as well as the bus- bar comprises a rear part and a central part, the central part comprising a service area (4) for serving bar customers (31) and a toilet area (5), located respectively on one side of the bar and one side of toilets , opposite the bar side. Preferably, the bar side corresponds to the driver's side, while the toilet side is the side opposite the driver's.

The bar side comprises openings (6), shown in Figure 2, to serve the customers of the bar, which are outside the bus-bar, where the service area (4) comprises at least one of the following facilities usual bar: bar (7) bar, taps (8) for beer and / or soft drinks, kitchen facilities, for example iron, soda chamber, food display cabinet, sink, dishwasher and lighting (not shown). Preferably, the service area (4) incorporates a first bar door (9), see figures 1 and 3, to allow access to the service area (4) of the bar staff from outside. The first bar door (9) is preferably located on the side of toilets, see figure 3, so that, in a section of the central part, the service area (4) occupies the entire width of the bus-bar

The rear part comprises a warehouse (10), which is configured to accommodate, where appropriate, for example, shelves

or cabinets (not shown), at least one of the following: beverage bottles, barrels (11) of beer and / or soft drinks, both full and empty, and refrigerators (not shown) for refrigerated food. Additionally, the store (10) may contain a control panel (not shown) of an electrical installation. The warehouse (10) and the service area (4) are preferably communicated internally through a second bar door (12). Also preferably, the provision of a warehouse entrance (13), preferably located on the side of toilets, is provided to allow access to the warehouse (10) from outside. The warehouse entrance (13) can be either a single leaf door, a double leaf door, which preferably open outwards, a window, etc. A window has been shown in figure 3.

Of the barrels (11), those that are in use can be located in the attention zone (4), while those that are empty and those that have not yet been punctured are stored in the warehouse (10). Alternatively, all barrels (10) may be in the warehouse, those in use being connected to the taps (8) from the warehouse (10).

The area of toilets (5), preferably located in a part of the side of toilets, comprises sanitary facilities such as at least one of: wall urinals (14), toilets (16) and sinks (15). By way of example, the toilet area (5) can comprise at least a first compartment (19) with a toilet (16) and a second compartment (18) with at least one wall urinal (14). There may be a third compartment (17) with at least one sink (15). Alternatively, there may be at least one sink (15) in at least one of the first compartments (19) and / or the second compartment (18). The busbar incorporates two toilet doors (20) to allow access to the compartments (17, 18, 19), see figure 3.

The bus-bar additionally comprises water tanks (21, 22) that are preferably located on the wheel axles (23). The tanks (21, 22) comprise at least one gray water tank (21) to collect gray water from the sanitary facilities and, where appropriate, from the sink. Additionally, at least one pump is included to feed the gray water tank (s) (21). The tanks (21, 22) additionally comprise at least one white water tank (22), intended to store water for use as drinking water in the service area (4), and / or for the sink and sanitary facilities. Preferably, at least a first white water tank (not shown) can be provided for storing drinking water and at least a second white water tank (not shown) for storing water, preferably non-potable, intended to be expelled to through sanitary facilities.

Preferably, the bus-bar incorporates a handicapped toilet (24) located in the cabin (1), which is accessed through the cabin door (3), and which is separated from the driver's cabin (2) by means of a partition or a removable partition (not shown). During the time that the bus-bar is in service, the partition or the screen is installed. When the service ends, the partition or screen is removed to allow visibility of the driver. The handicapped toilet (24) comprises a handicapped toilet (25) and a handicapped hand basin (26), which are located adjacent to the central part, so as not to reduce visibility to the driver. The incorporation of a ramp (not shown) is foreseen to allow access to the disabled toilet (24).

To prevent unwanted access to the service area (4) outside of service hours, the openings (6) are preferably closed with folding or removable (not shown) enclosures. Preferably, awnings can be used as enclosures to protect customers (31) from rain and sun. Additionally, the wheels (23) can be covered, at least in part, during office hours, with folding or removable protection panels (27), to prevent acts of vandalism and theft on the wheels (23), which can happen in festive environments with massive alcohol intake. Also, to prevent vandalism on the front (28) and / or rear (29) moons of the bus-bar, the preferred installation of blinds (30) is provided.

Preferably, the bus-bar can incorporate a plate (not shown) to change diapers, preferably deployable from a wall, which can be located in one of the compartments (17, 18, 19) and / or in the toilet

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disabled (24).

The aforementioned devices that consume electrical energy, such as lighting, cameras, dishwashers, can be fed in many different ways. A first possibility is through a first generator connected to the bus-bar engine; Another second possibility is through a second generator, which can be installed in the warehouse (10), and

5 powered by a fossil fuel or by photovoltaic solar panels (not shown) located on the roof of the bus-bar; You can also get electricity from the local network. The possibility of using batteries (not shown), well autonomous, well connected to the generators is foreseen.

The bus-bar can have speakers (not shown) that can be connected to a sound system to provide musical ambience. Also, the installation of Wi-Fi Internet is also planned.

10 Preferably, the visible exterior surface of the bus-bar, for example, roof, body, sides, enclosures, awnings, protective panels (27), blinds (30), etc., can be used as a support for displaying messages informative, in particular advertising messages (not shown).

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Claims (13)

1.-Bus-bar with public toilets, characterized in that it comprises:

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 a cabin (1) in the front, equipped with a cabin door (3) and a driver's compartment (2):

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a warehouse (10) in the rear;

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a central part, comprising:

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a side of toilets comprising an area of toilets (5) provided with at least one sanitary installation selected from a list consisting of:

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at least one wall urinal (14)

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at least one toilet (16), and

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at least one sink (15);

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 a side of the bar, opposite the side of toilets, comprising at least one opening (6) to serve customers located outside the bus-bar;

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 a service area (4), inside the bus-bar, to serve bar customers (31), connected to the outside through the openings (6);

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at least one gray water tank (21), to collect gray water from sanitary facilities; Y

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at least one white water tank (22), to contain clean water for use in the service area (4) and / or in sanitary facilities.

2.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally incorporates a handicapped toilet (24) located in the cabin (1), accessible from the cabin door (3) and separated from the passenger compartment of the driver (2) by a removable partition or partition, where the handicapped toilet (24) comprises:

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a handicapped toilet (25) and a handicapped toilet (26), which are located adjacent to the central part, so as not to reduce visibility to the driver; Y

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a ramp to allow access.

3.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to claim 1, characterized in that the toilet area (5) comprises at least one compartment (17, 18, 19) selected from a list consisting of:

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 at least a first compartment (19) provided with a toilet (16);

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a second compartment (18) provided with at least one wall urinal (14); Y

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 a third compartment (17) provided with at least one sink (15).

4.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to claim 3, characterized in that it incorporates a washbasin (15) in at least one of the first compartments (19) and / or the second compartment (18). 5.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to any one of claims 1, 3 and 4, characterized in that it additionally incorporates toilet doors (20) to allow access to the compartments (17, 18, 19). 6.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that it additionally incorporates a diaper changing plate, which is located in one of the compartments (17, 18, 19) and / or in the disabled toilet (24). 7.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that, the side of the bar is the side corresponding to the driver, while the side of toilets is the side opposite to that of the driver. 8.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises folding or removable enclosures to close the openings (6). 9.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to claim 8, characterized in that the enclosures comprise awnings. ES 2 409 081 A1 10.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally incorporates protective panels (27) to cover wheels (23) of the bus-bar at least in part. 11.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally incorporates protective blinds (30) to cover a front moon (28) and / or a rear moon (29) of the bus-bar. 12. 12.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to claim 1, characterized in that the tanks (21, 22) are located on the axles of the wheels (23). 13.-Bus-bar with public toilets, according to any one of claims 1 and 12, characterized in that it comprises:

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 at least a first white water tank to store drinking water, and

10 -at least a second white water tank to store water destined to be expelled through sanitary facilities. ES 2 409 081 A1 ES 2 409 081 A1 ES 2 409 081 A1 SPANISH OFFICE OF THE PATENTS AND BRAND Application no .: 201330370 SPAIN Date of submission of the application: 03/14/2013 Priority Date: REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE 51 Int. Cl.: B60P3 / 025 (2006.01) RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

Category

56 Documents cited Claims Affected

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GB 2033940 A (HARRISON P et al.) 29.05.1980, pages 1-6; Figures 1-3. 1-13

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US 4666204 A (REINHOLTZ RICHARD B) 05/19/1987, the entire document. 1-13

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EN 1049782 U (HANKING SPAIN S L) 16.01.2002, pages 1,2; figures 1,2. 2-5.12

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ES 292266 U (HIGUERAS PASQUAU, P.A.) 16.12.1986, the whole document. 1-13

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CN 201659918 U (DENGXIANG HU) 01.12.2010, figure & Summary of the WPI database. Recovered from EPOQUE; Accession No. 2011-A13560. 1-13

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BR MU8402033 U (MEIRELES LEANDRO ALFEU) 04.25.2006, the whole document. 1-13

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EN 263620 U (GIETMAN, C.A.M) 01.11.1982, the whole document. 1-13

Category of the documents cited X: of particular relevance Y: of particular relevance combined with other / s of the same category A: reflects the state of the art O: refers to unwritten disclosure P: published between the priority date and the date of priority submission of the application E: previous document, but published after the date of submission of the application

This report has been prepared • for all claims • for claims no:

Date of realization of the report 10.06.2013

Examiner M. Á. Martín-Falquina Garre Page 1/5

REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE Minimum documentation sought (classification system followed by classification symbols) B60P Electronic databases consulted during the search (name of the database and, if possible, terms of search used) INVENES, EPODOC  WRITTEN OPINION Date of Completion of Written Opinion: 06.10.2013 Statement

Novelty (Art. 6.1 LP 11/1986)

Claims Claims 1-13 IF NOT

Inventive activity (Art. 8.1 LP11 / 1986)

Claims Claims 1-13 IF NOT

The application is considered to comply with the industrial application requirement. This requirement was evaluated during the formal and technical examination phase of the application (Article 31.2 Law 11/1986).  Opinion Base.- This opinion has been made on the basis of the patent application as published. WRITTEN OPINION  1. Documents considered.- The documents belonging to the state of the art taken into consideration for the realization of this opinion are listed below.

Document

Publication or Identification Number publication date

D01

GB 2033940 A (HARRISON P et al.) 05/29/1980

D02

US 4666204 A (REINHOLTZ RICHARD B) 05/19/1987

D03

ES 1049782 U (HANKING SPAIN S L) 01/16/2002

D04

ES 292266 U (HIGUERAS PASQUAU, P.A.) 16.12.1986

D05

CN 201659918 U (DENGXIANG HU) 12/01/2010

 2. Statement motivated according to articles 29.6 and 29.7 of the Regulations for the execution of Law 11/1986, of March 20, on Patents on novelty and inventive activity; quotes and explanations in support of this statement The invention relates to a bus-bar equipped with public toilets The following documents have been taken into consideration: D01 discloses an internally equipped vehicle with everything necessary to provide catering services in outdoor enclosures. It has side openings by means of mobile panels to serve the public, means to wash the dishes and tanks for both clean water and used water. D02 discloses a restaurant bus that has a driver's area, several storage areas, area with tables and seats for customer service and amenities such as a sanitary installation with toilet and sink. It lacks an area to serve customers connected to the outside since customers are served in the Inside the vehicle during the trip. D03 describes a sanitary vehicle that can be towed by a tractor unit to be installed in places where the use of toilets is required temporarily. It has toilets, toilets, urinals and showers. Each of the toilets It includes the appropriate means for use by people with disabilities. You can include a bedroom as a service additional, but does not disclose that it can provide bar service. D04 relating to a vehicle to provide complete roadside hospitality services. It consists of cabin area of driving and customer service area. It is also provided with a water tank to meet the needs of the service for which it is planned and a receiver deposit of drains and solid waste properly crushed. In a Annex vehicle toilets with toilets and shower are arranged. As D02 lacks an area to serve customers communicated with the outside since those are taken care of during the trip. D05 refers to a vehicle that combines the functions of sale or distribution of goods with that of services or toilets public It has a tank to collect water from the toilet and a tank to store clean water. Do not discloses a customer service area inside the vehicle. None of documents D01-D05 jointly discloses all the technical characteristics of claim 1, in consequently said claim meets the requirement of novelty according to art. 6 LP. D01 is considered the closest prior art document in relation to claim 1. Describe (the references in brackets refer to this document) a road vehicle (page 2, lines 59 and 60) comprising a central part with: -a bar side comprising at least one opening to serve customers located outside (page 2, line 30-32, fig. 1-3, Nos. 23-24 and p. 5, line. 34-37) and an area inside to serve customers connected to the outside through openings (p. 4, line 20-22 and line 126-129 and figs. 1-3, no. 100, 122 and 124), -a side with at least one washbasin (page 1, line 124-130, page 4, line 28-30, fig. 3, No. 105). It also discloses a warehouse at the rear of the vehicle (page 6, line 10-11), a gray water tank (page 4, line 4044) and a white water tank containing drinking water (page 4 , line 38-40). Since D01 refers to a road vehicle, it is implied that, in addition to the above, it also discloses a cabin in its front part equipped with a door and driver's compartment (see figure 1). On the other hand, as claimed in claim 1, there are no differences between the sanitary installation of the invention and the sinks of D01 (fig. 3, no. 105). Consequently, the only difference between D01 and the invention according to claim 1 is that it refers to a bus, while D01 describes a truck or trailer. However, this difference is considered an alternative. obvious to an expert in the field in view of the bus-bar disclosed in D02 (see figures 1 and 2).  WRITTEN OPINION A more concrete wording of claim 1 regarding the characteristics of the sanitary installation of the invention could be equally obvious to a person skilled in the art in view of the D02 bus since this document It shows a toilet with toilet and sink on one side of the vehicle (see figure 2, no. 31). The rest of the characteristics set forth in claim 1 relating to the arrangement of the toilets, the warehouse and the area of bar inside the bus, are considered mere obvious design options for an expert in the field. Consequently, claim 1 lacks inventive activity and does not comply with art. 8 LP. The rest of claims 2-13 as dependent on claim 1, meet the requirement of novelty according to art. 6 LP. However, they do not contain any technical characteristics that, in combination with the characteristics of any claim on which they depend, comply with the requirements of art. 8 LP in relation to inventive activity. The reasons They are as follows: - claims 2-5 and 12 are obvious to a person skilled in the art in view of D03 (see page 3 and figs. 1 and 2), - claims 6, 7 and 11 are simple design options and -the technical characteristics referred to in claims 8-10 and 13 are disclosed in D01 (see page 2, line 75-78, P. 3, lines 55-57 and 107-111 and fig. 2, Nos. 82 and 69).