US20080066226A1 - Sink for insertion into a cut-out opening in a work top - Google Patents

Sink for insertion into a cut-out opening in a work top Download PDF

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US20080066226A1
US20080066226A1 US11/854,705 US85470507A US2008066226A1 US 20080066226 A1 US20080066226 A1 US 20080066226A1 US 85470507 A US85470507 A US 85470507A US 2008066226 A1 US2008066226 A1 US 2008066226A1
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Bernd Elsinger
Michael Osterroth
Petra Sohn
Gert Von Mertz
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
    • E03C1/18—Sinks, whether or not connected to the waste-pipe
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
    • E03C1/32—Holders or supports for basins
    • E03C1/33—Fastening sinks or basins in an apertured support

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  • the present invention relates to a sink for insertion into a cut-out opening in a work top, wherein the sink comprises an edge region which rests upon the work top in the installed state of the sink.
  • Such a sink is known from EP 0 685 021 B1 for example.
  • the edge region of the sink is inclined as a whole at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal surface of the work top when the sink is installed.
  • the upper surface of the edge region of this sink which is inclined relative to the horizontal ends at a lower edge which is spaced from the upper surface of the work top by a distance that virtually corresponds to the total material thickness of the edge region of the sink.
  • this object is achieved in the case of a sink incorporating the features indicted in the preamble of claim 1 in that the edge region of the sink is provided with a chamfer.
  • the edge region of the sink tapers from an initial material thickness H down to a smaller material thickness h at an outer end of the edge region. Consequently, the section of the edge region that is inclined to the horizontal is located at a distance from the upper surface of the work top which is significantly smaller than the initial material thickness H so that, in correspondence therewith, the contaminants can be moved more easily from the upper surface of the work top onto the edge region of the sink.
  • the edge region has an inclined surface which is inclined with respect to the upper surface of the work top in the installed state of the sink.
  • This inclined surface is preferably substantially flat.
  • the inclined surface prefferably be inclined at an angle ⁇ of approximately 20° to approximately 40° with respect to the upper surface of the work top.
  • the end face has a height of at most approximately 0.4 mm.
  • the end face it has proved to be advantageous for the end face to have a height of at least approximately 0.1 mm.
  • the end face has a height of at least approximately 0.2 mm.
  • edge region may have a substantially flat bearing surface with which the edge region rests upon the upper surface of the work top in the installed state of the sink.
  • the edge region in a preferred embodiment of the invention, provision is made for the edge region to comprise an inclined surface which is inclined with respect to the bearing surface of the edge region.
  • the chamfering of the edge region can be produced by machining the edge region of the sink for example.
  • the edge region of the sink to comprise a metallic material and preferably to be formed entirely from a metallic material.
  • the edge region of the sink may comprise a synthetic material, a ceramic material or a composite material.
  • the edge region of the sink may be formed entirely from a synthetic material, a ceramic material or a composite material.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective illustration of a sink inserted into a cut-out opening in a work top
  • FIG. 2 a schematic plan view from above of the sink of FIG. 1 when inserted into the cut-out opening in the work top;
  • FIG. 3 a schematic vertical longitudinal section through the work top and the sink of FIGS. 1 and 2 when inserted into the cut-out opening in the work top, parallel to the front sink edge of the sink;
  • FIG. 4 an enlarged illustration of the region I of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 an enlarged illustration of the region II of FIG. 4 .
  • a sink bearing the general reference 100 which is illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5 comprises a main bowl 102 having a waste opening 104 and a smaller auxiliary bowl 106 having a waste opening 107 which are both embedded in a substantially horizontally aligned sink surface 108 from which there arises in the upward direction a tap-fittings seat 10 incorporating through openings 112 for accommodating a fitting and/or an operating knob for opening or closing a bowl closure means which is arranged behind the auxiliary bowl 106 , and there is also a raised draining surface 114 which is arranged on the side of the main bowl 102 remote from the auxiliary bowl 106 .
  • the lower surface of the edge region has a substantially flat and substantially horizontally oriented bearing surface 122 with the aid of which, in the installed state thereof, the sink rests flatly upon a substantially flat and substantially horizontally aligned upper surface 124 of a work top 126 which comprises a cut-out opening 128 (see FIG. 3 ) that is matched to the outer contour of the sink 100 and into which the sink 100 is inserted.
  • the lower surface of the edge region 120 of the sink 100 is provided with angled mounting brackets 130 (see FIG. 4 ) which are each latched by a fixing clip 132 that is clamped against a retaining claw 136 by means of a tightening screw 134 , whereby the retaining claw 136 is supported on the lower surface 138 of the work top 126 .
  • the edge region 120 of the sink 100 can be pulled against the upper surface 124 of the work top 126 .
  • the outwardly pointing end region 140 of the edge region 120 of the sink 100 is provided with a chamfer 142 due to which the edge region 120 tapers down from an initial material thickness H to a material thickness h and comprises a bevelled or inclined surface 144 which is substantially flat and is inclined at an angle ⁇ with respect to the substantially horizontally aligned upper surface 146 of the edge region 120 and with respect to the horizontal upper surface 124 of the work top 126 .
  • This angle ⁇ lies in a range of approximately 20° to approximately 40°, and preferably within a range of approximately 25° to approximately 35°. In a preferred embodiment of the sink 100 , the angle ⁇ amounts to approximately 30°.
  • the inclined surface 144 adjoins the horizontal upper surface 146 of the edge region 120 along an upper edge 148 , and adjoins an end face 152 of the edge region 120 which is arranged between the chamfer 142 and the bearing surface 122 of the edge region 120 along a lower edge 150 .
  • the end face 152 is preferably aligned substantially perpendicularly relative to the bearing surface 122 of the edge region 120 and, in the installed state of the sink 100 , is substantially vertical.
  • the height h of the end face 152 lies within a range of approximately 0.1 mm to approximately 0.6 mm, and preferably within a range of approximately 0.2 mm to approximately 0.4 mm.
  • the width b of the chamfer 142 i.e. the extent thereof (in the installed state of the sink 100 ) in a horizontal direction transverse to the end face 152 , is preferably greater than the height h of the end face 152 .
  • the edge region 120 of the sink 100 can, in particular, be formed from a metal sheet of material thickness H.
  • the sink 100 can also be made of a synthetic material, a ceramic material or a composite material for example, and in particular, by means of a casting process.
  • the chamfer 142 can be produced within the end region 140 of the edge region 120 of the sink 100 during the casting process by an appropriate complementary shaping of the mould, or else it could be produced after the casting process by a machining operation.
  • the inclined surface 144 formed by the chamfer 142 of the edge region 120 offers the advantage that contaminants, crumbs for example, that are disposed on the upper surface 124 of the work top 126 outside the region occupied by the sink 100 can be moved upwardly along the inclined bevelled surface 144 onto the horizontal upper surface 146 of the edge region 120 and then from there into the inner region of the sink 100 that is surrounded by the edge of the sink, and in particular into the main bowl 102 or the auxiliary bowl 106 in a particularly easy manner in the course of a cleaning process being effected by the user.
  • the height h of the step to be surmounted during such a cleaning process is significantly reduced as compared with the material thickness H of the edge region 120 , this thereby significantly simplifying the transportation of the contaminants in a direction towards the inner region of the sink 100 comprising the basins 102 , 106 that is surrounded by the edge of the sink.
  • the cleaning process can be effected here, in particular, with the help of a dish cloth.

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