FR2524279A1 - CABIN WITH THE DOOR DEFINING A COMPOSITE FURNITURE FOR STORAGE AND SUPPORT OF EQUIPMENT - Google Patents

Abstract

1. A parallelepiped-shaped booth with one wall-free face closed by a door swivellingly mounted on the vertical axis located at the centre of said face, wherein said door is shaped as a semi-cylinder housed in the open space of the booth which swivels around said central vertical axis, said semi-cylinder forming a multivalent cabinet equipped to bear sanitary ware, and/or household appliances, and/or cloakroom facilities, and wherein said booth provides an open space either for housing said semi-cylinder of the door or for forming a three-dimensional space used as a private cabinet when said semi-cylinder is swivelled outside the booth.

Description

The invention relates to installations uniting in a single unit with

  reduces the amount of sanitary equipment and

art of cooking.

  The development of caravanning in recent years has become apparent

  to be on the market of more and more sophisticated fittings in the interior furniture of the caravans which are used for its practice and in particular in the arrangement of sanitary ware washbasin, shower, toilet, bidet -, in the kitchen appliances hob, oven, refrigerator and in that of cabinets intended for

  storage utensils of these devices.

  These arrangements have focused on different combinations of

  several devices to minimize their footprint.

  However, the proposals that have been made to date do not seem

  provide a sufficient solution to this congestion problem.

  In view of this state of affairs, the applicant has therefore conducted research which led to the development of a cabin of the type having an access opening closed by a pivoting door about a vertical axis installed at the door. center of said opening This cabin is original in that the aforesaid door is a volume which adopts more particularly the form of a half-cylinder pivoting on the central axis of its flat wall and defining a composite furniture support sanitary appliances and of

  kitchen, and storage utensils said apparatus.

  This cabin has a significant advantage over known devices because it defines a volume which, while allowing to accommodate the hemicyclic part of the door, can be transformed into a free space three-dimensional privacy cabinet, when the party hemicyclic

  door rotates a half-turn to stand outside the cabin.

  Thus, the cabin of the invention is not limited to providing a solution to the problem of congestion of sanitary appliances and kitchen but also aims to improve the conditions of use of these

  the last, especially sanitary appliances.

  The installation of appliances for sanitary and / or culinary use in the half-cylinder of the door and more particularly that of the water supply and energy supply pipes and wastewater evacuation does not raise significant difficulties because it is of the type used in turntable sanitary blocks, such as that described in French Patent No. 02 297 960 Accordingly, it can be easily performed by a skilled person and, without object with the invention in question,

  will not be discussed further in this memo.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the aforesaid 2 2524 t 7 hemi-cylindrical door consists of several half-cylinders superimposed and each mounted pivoting independently of others This dissociation of the

  The door offers a great advantage because each half-cylinder can be offset

  angularly compared to others.

  Although the aspects of the invention considered new are expressed above, further details concerning preferred methods and other features thereof will be better understood by referring to

  to the above detailed description and accompanying drawings o:

  Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabin according to the invention.

  Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the drawing of Figure 1.

  Figures 3 to 8 are perspective views of such a cabin

  each showing a particular use of the latter.

  As illustrated in all the drawings, the cabin 1 of the invention

  in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped forming enclosure and one of the faces (la) is open and is a means of access to the interior of the cabin This opening is closed by a door 2 adopting the shape of a half-cylinder contained in said enclosure and pivotally mounted (arrow F) about a vertical axis XX 'installed in the center of said opening Thus, when a person (see Figure 3) prints a pushing movement on the flat face of the half -cyclindre of the door 2, the latter pivots on itself (arrow F), allows said person to access the interior of the cabin 1

  and defines a privacy closet when it has rotated half a turn (see

Figures 4 and 5).

  According to a particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, the door 2 consists of several superimposed half-cylinders 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, each mounted pivoting independently of the others These semi-cylinders constitute the support of sanitary apparatus and kitchen and also define storage elements, the assembly being arranged so as to offer the greatest possible user convenience by allowing an offset

  angular of said half-cylinders (see Figures 6 and 7).

  According to a preferred embodiment of the invention the first half-cylinder 2 has at its upper part the support of a cooking plate 3 and a sink or sink 4 and has at its lower part storage drawers 5, 6 7 and a toilet 8, articulated around the axis XX '; the second half-cylinder 2b constituted by a plate defines a work plane; the third half-cylinder 2 c open at its upper part defines an additional storage drawer especially for toiletries; the fourth half-cylinder 2 d, whose vertical plane wall is constituted

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  of elements 9, 10, 11 forming shelves or support of an aerator 11a, defines a storage cabinet, especially for utensils and supplies

of the kitchen.

  In the first half-cylinder 2a, it will be noted, in accordance with a particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, that the hob 3 and the sink 4 on the one hand, and the drawers 5, 6, 7 and the cabinet of ease 8 on the other hand, define juxtaposed elements that can rotate

  each independently (see Figures 2, 5 and 7).

  It goes without saying of course that these half-cylinders 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d,

  are equipped with accessories (locking means, handles, etc.), not

  on the drawings and allowing them to be positioned angularly

compared to others.

  It is useful to add that the walls of the cabin 1 can also be the support of other devices such as appliances

  required for shower water heater 12, showerhead 13, shower tray 14 -

  (See Figure 4) Similarly for reasons of convenience, it is possible to give another configuration to the enclosure of the cabin 1, for example a

trapezoidal section.

  The embodiment described above and shown in its simplest form to illustrate the basic concepts of the invention, allows to consider other modes and other forms of execution of the latter such as these will be apparent to those skilled in the field of

  different techniques implemented.

  Thus, it can also concern (cf FIG. 8) the installations bringing together in a reduced space assembly the equipment for sanitary and / or cloakroom use and intended to be placed more particularly in the workshops, shops, bedrooms and bathrooms. such, construction booths, city halls, etc.

  The present invention has a wide range of industrial applications.

  trielles and especially as it is said at the beginning of the present description,

  it relates to the installations bringing together in a space-saving assembly the equipment for sanitary and / or culinary use, and intended to be placed both in the caravans for the practice of "caravanning" as in small living rooms such as those that in rural areas, bungalows, student rooms, construction and ship cabins, etc.

Claims (5)

R E V E N D I C A T I ONS   1 cabin having an access opening closed by a door pivotally mounted about a vertical axis installed in the center of said opening, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid door adopts the shape of a volume contained in the enclosure of the cabin and defining a composite piece of furniture   storage and equipment support.   2 cabin according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the volume of the aforesaid door adopts the shape of a half-cylinder pivoting on the central axis of its flat wall.   3 cabin according to claims 1 and 2, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT   the aforementioned hemi-cylindrical door consists of several semi-cylinders   stacked, each being pivoted independently of the others.   Cabin according to any one of claims 1, 2 and 3, CHARACTER-   RISEE BY THE FACT that the aforesaid door hemi-cylindrical consists of several elements juxtaposed, each being pivoted independently of the others.   Cabin according to all of claims 1 to 4, CHARACTERIZED BY THE   FACT THAT the superimposed half-cylinders and the juxtaposed elements of the aforesaid door constitute the support of sanitary equipment and / or culinary.   Cabin according to all of claims 1 to 4, CHARACTERIZED BY THE   FACT THAT the superimposed half-cylinders and the juxtaposed elements of the aforesaid door constitute the support of sanitary equipment and / or Cloakroom.