FR2478702A1 - Spillway for water supply to e.g. domestic bath - may have U=section made in marble cantilevering from box receiving feed from mixer taps - Google Patents

Abstract

The cantilevering trough section spillway (4a) feeds mains water to e.g. a domestic bath (1) in a steady cascade with a facility for introducing bath salts etc. at input. The trough invert (4d) extends the floor of box (4) which receives the open end (3a) of a water supply pipe (3). Mixer valves (2) control the temperature of water traversing the pipe, and mains pressure is dissipated when the supply is projected onto the floor of the box. Both box and spillway (4a) may be constructed of dressed marble.

Description

 The present invention relates to a device for supplying a sanitary appliance such as a bathtub, a washbasin or the like.

 The object of the present invention is to create a supply device, less noisy at high flow rate, making it possible to add additives to bath water, etc. more regularly.

 To this end, the device is characterized in that it comprises a weir formed by a trough and a box, the outlet pipe of the valves opening into the box, this box opening out into the trough at the front. open at the front and above.

 Thanks to the invention, the water is no longer projected from the spout of the tap, in particular at high flow rate, but on the contrary, it flows regularly from the weir, since all the projections are collected in the housing which feeds the weir.

 It is possible to add bath additives, which require mixing with water, for example in the weir.

As the weir is open at its upper part, it is also possible to hang elements which dissolve more or less quickly in the water, so that the water can lick them and entrain part of them.

The invention will be described in more detail using the accompanying drawings, in which
FIG. 1 is a partial vertical section view of a water supply device for a sanitary appliance,
FIG. 2 is a top view corresponding to FIG. 1,
- Figure 3 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the invention.

 According to Figures 1 and 2, the water supply device of a sanitary appliance is applied to a bathtub 1 equipped with a tap 2 for the supply of hot and cold water as well as the switching between the supply from the bathtub and the supply of a hand shower. The outlet 3 of the mixer opens, at its end 3a, into a weir 4, part of which protrudes relative to the front wall 5 of the frame of the sanitary appliance.

 The overflow 4 consists of a trough-shaped part 4a terminated at its rear end by a housing 4b provided with an orifice 4c in which the end 3a of the outlet tube 3a of the mixer of the tap 2 is passed. The overflow is partly hidden and partly visible with respect to the front wall 5.

The length of the spout of the front part 4a of the weir is chosen appropriately, according to practice and usage, in general so that the water which drips falls on the upper part of the drain closing the bathtub.

 Finally, under the lower edge of the front part 4a of the weir, there is provided a drop of water 4b intended to stop the trickle of water or the drops after the tap is closed, so that these drops fall into the bathtub and do not not move to the right (Figure 1) under the bottom wall of the front part 4 to reach the rim of the bathtub or the like.

 Finally, the upper part 4e of the front part 4a is inclined downwards.

 The orifice 5a through which the supply device according to the invention passes and which is produced in the wall 5 of the lining of the bathtub is large enough so that, whatever the flow rate of the piping 3, the water poured into the rear part 4b of the device can escape from the front.

 The shape of the supply device according to the invention is arbitrary insofar as this shape consists of an open part, forming a trough, terminated at the rear by a housing. Thus in the first embodiment, according to Figures 1 and 2, the trough-shaped part has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, open at the front and on top. This trough-like part could also have a rounded shape, a conch shape, etc.

 The variant embodiment of FIG. 3 relates to a supply device intended for a bathtub placed at right angles and adjacent to the bench 6 of the sink 7.

 As previously, the device comprises a tap 2. The weir 4 is located in the extension of the front wall 6a of the sink and can be cut in the plate of this front wall of the sink, for the edge 41 located on the most visible side, the other edge 42 being attached as well as the bottom 43.

 For the remaining part, this device is similar to that described above.

 The feed device according to the invention, in particular the part forming the weir, can be made of a material such as a stone and in particular marble. I1 is particularly interesting to make this element in the same marble or the same material as that used for the realization of the dressing of the sanitary appliance. However, it is also conceivable to produce this spillway in another material, for example in the form of a foundry piece.

Claims (3)

R E V E N D I C A T I O N S  10) Device for supplying water to a sanitary appliance such as a bathtub, device comprising a tap (2) in particular hot and cold water to be able to mix the water and obtain water of adequate temperature, device characterized in what it includes a weir (4) formed of a trough (4a, 4c, 4d) and a box (46), the outlet piping (3a) of the valves opening into the box (4c), this box opening at the front in the open gauge at the front and above.  20) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the weir is formed by the assembly of pieces of marble  30) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the weir is formed 'by cut marble.