US20140020173A1 - Sectional modular system for making sanitary plumbing fixtures - Google Patents

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US20140020173A1
US20140020173A1 US14/009,974 US201214009974A US2014020173A1 US 20140020173 A1 US20140020173 A1 US 20140020173A1 US 201214009974 A US201214009974 A US 201214009974A US 2014020173 A1 US2014020173 A1 US 2014020173A1
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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
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/021—Devices for positioning or connecting of water supply lines
    • 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
    • E03C1/01—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks for combinations of baths, showers, sinks, wash-basins, closets, urinals, or the like
    • 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
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/021—Devices for positioning or connecting of water supply lines
    • E03C1/023—Devices for positioning or connecting of water supply lines with flow distribution, e.g. diverters

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  • the present invention relates to a sectional modular system for making sanitary plumbing fixtures according to the preamble of claim 1
  • sanitary plumbing systems will be used to designate the fixtures required to ensure feeding and proper delivery of water to a shower, a sink, a wash basin and/or other water delivery points in a bathroom, a kitchen, a laundry and the like.
  • sanitary fixtures and particularly those used in showers or tub sets, have been increasing their complexity. This is because, in addition to simple water delivery through one outlet or shower head, these fixtures may have multiple water delivery outlets (e.g. front and upper outlets or rinsing spray sets) adapted to be activated selectively and/or in various combinations.
  • water delivery outlets e.g. front and upper outlets or rinsing spray sets
  • wall mounting of these plumbing means is somewhat troublesome, in that it requires both compliance with distances, alignments, planarities and tolerances between the various parts and the outer wall of the building frame and combined and sometimes substantially simultaneous work by a plumber, a mason and/or an electrician. This is because installation of these plumbing components requires the steps of forming special receptacles in the wall, positioning and connecting together the components and finally restoring and finishing masonry units.
  • these plumbing components shall be wall-mounted when the wall surface in which these plumbing components have to be embedded is still in the raw state, particularly when it has not been completed and finished yet.
  • the portion of these plumbing components that juts out of the wall stands in the way and may incur damages due to accidental impacts with tools and masonry debris or to contact with the wall finishing raw materials.
  • the present invention is based on the problem of providing a sectional modular system for making sanitary plumbing fixtures, that has such structural and functional characteristics as to fulfill the above needs, while obviating the above prior art drawbacks.
  • the solution is to create built-in parts substantially common to various applications, i.e. designed to be prearranged for use in different modes/configurations, and to interface with external parts that, in spite of their different structural and functional characteristics, can interface in the same manner, i.e. interchangeably, with the common built-in part, thereby affording a considerable reduction of the number of components to be manufactured.
  • FIG. 1 is a partially sectional perspective view of an exemplary portion of a sectional modular system of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a base component and a removable component of the sectional modular system of the invention
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are partially sectional perspective views of the base component of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a planar cross sectional view of the base component of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 6 is a planar cross sectional view of a different embodiment of a base component
  • FIG. 7 is a partially sectional perspective view of an exemplary portion of a sectional modular system of the invention according to a different embodiment
  • FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 7 ;
  • FIG. 9 shows a sectional modular system of the invention according to a possible implementation configuration.
  • numeral 1 generally designates a sectional modular system for making a sanitary plumbing fixture.
  • the sectional modular system 1 comprises:
  • the back wall 2 b of the box-like body lies against the metal plate that forms the support and centering structure 4 , whereas the front wall 2 a of the box-like body faces toward the back wall 3 a of the removable component associated with the particular external element 2 .
  • the support and centering structure 4 consists of a metal supporting plate 4 which is made of a ribbed sheet and has a plurality of holes for mounting thereof to the wall 13 and especially for allowing easy fastening of the base components 2 thereto.
  • the support and centering structure 4 may be formed of a framework or other functionally similar structures.
  • the support and centering structure 4 is entirely held within the thickness of the wall 13 (as shown in FIG. 1 ), although embodiments may be also provided in which said support and centering structure is externally mounted to and may be even spaced from the wall (not shown), to accommodate piping in the space defined between said wall and the back of said support structure.
  • the base components 2 are substantially identical modular elements having engagement means for fixation to said support and centering structure 4 , namely said metal plate.
  • said engagement means may consist of holes or slots formed in the box-like body and/or jutting out of it for the passage of engagement means such as screws or the like.
  • each water chamber of the base components is prearranged to have a respective front water passage 6 at the front wall 2 a and is prearranged with lateral water passages 7 at said side walls 2 c of the box-like body of the base component.
  • the lateral water passages 7 of each base components are all coplanar.
  • the front water passages 6 and the rear water passages 5 can be effectively used to put the water chambers of the base component 2 in fluid communication (as shown in the exploded view of FIG. 2 ) with the removable component 3 , which may be a two- or more way diverter, a mixer, a mechanical and/or motorized thermostatic mixer, a fluid shut-off valve means, a multiple-way regulator/diverter and a water delivery outlet with which a wash basin or tub spout, a shower head, a rinsing spray set may be connected.
  • the removable component 3 which may be a two- or more way diverter, a mixer, a mechanical and/or motorized thermostatic mixer, a fluid shut-off valve means, a multiple-way regulator/diverter and a water delivery outlet with which a wash basin or tub spout, a shower head, a rinsing spray set may be connected.
  • the lateral water passages 7 in the side walls 2 c of the box-like body of the base components 2 are designed to put the water chambers of a base component 2 in fluid communication:
  • the base components 2 are designed to accomplish various different mixing and/or hydraulic connection tasks, they are conceived as pieces manufactured substantially in the same manner. This is possible because the structural characteristics of the individual base components 2 , i.e. the presence of multiple independent water chambers each prearranged with a front water passage 6 and lateral water passages 7 , allow them to be combined together for use in various positions of a plumbing fixture, and be associated in fluid communication with removable components 3 of different types, as well as to the water supply system or other base components 2 . As mentioned above, connection to the water supply system or other identical base components 2 is established by connection pipes that engage the lateral water passages 7 of the individual water chambers of the box-like body of the base components 2 .
  • each rear water passages 5 of each removable component 3 is in fluid communication with a respective front water passage 6 of a water chamber of the respective base component.
  • a seal preferably an O-ring seal.
  • tubular joints afford connection of two parts by mutual press fitting of a tubular male part to a predetermined extent into a tubular female part, clamp screws or screw dowels being provided to secure connection of the two tubular parts.
  • each base component 2 comprises a first water chamber 14 and at least four remaining water chambers 15 , each being prearranged to have at least two lateral water passages 7 at the side walls of the body of the base component 2 .
  • the first water chamber 14 and its prearrangements for the at least two lateral water passages 7 advantageously divide the body of the base component 2 into a plurality of portions, each having at least one of said remaining water chambers 15 therein.
  • the first water chamber 14 is prearranged to have at least two opposed lateral water passages 7 .
  • the first chamber 14 is prearranged to have two pairs of opposed lateral water passages 7 , which divide the body of their respective base component 2 into four quadrants, each accommodating one of said four remaining water chambers 15 .
  • the first water chamber 14 is located in the central region of the box-like body, which has a substantially four-sided, preferably square, parallelepipedal shape in this example, and the four lateral water passages 7 , orthogonally extend in a cross arrangement from said first chamber to overreach the side walls at their center line. Therefore, the first water chamber 14 has a central position relative to the remaining water chambers 15 .
  • said remaining water chambers 15 are prearranged to have two orthogonal lateral water passages each.
  • both the first water chamber 14 and each of the remaining water chambers 15 are prearranged to have a rear water passage 16 at the back wall 2 b of the body of their respective base component 2 .
  • These rear passages may be conveniently used to establish a fluid communication with the water chambers 14 and 15 if the base component is mounted to the wall in a semirecessed position or even located external thereto.
  • each base component 2 may be conveniently manufactured with said water passages sealed by removable or pierceable diaphragms o by closure plugs. As needed, if a particular water passage has to be used for access to a respective water chamber, what is simply needed is to pierce the diaphragm that obstructs such water passage, or remove the diaphragm or the closure plug. Conversely, the irrelevant water passages may be left closed as they are of no hindrance.
  • FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of a base component 2 according to a different embodiment. Particularly, in this embodiment, there are eight remaining water chambers 15 , which are located in pairs at each of the four quadrants.
  • each of them is defined by two parts joined together by a watertight mating form fit.
  • each removable component 3 comprises a rear body 8 and a front body 9 , which are sealingly joined together by a mating form fit.
  • the rear body 8 of the removable component 3 is a rear body 8 of the removable component 3 :
  • the front body 9 of the removable component 3 is a component selected from the group comprising: a two- or more way diverter, a mixer, a mechanical and/or motorized thermostatic mixer, a fluid shut-off valve means, a multiple-way regulator/diverter and a water delivery outlet with which a wash basin or tub spout, a shower head, a rinsing spray set may be connected, and has said end portion 9 a of such a shape and size as to sealingly and matingly fit in said front housing 10 of the rear body 8 .
  • said end portion 9 a of the front body 9 has channels for establishing fluid communication between said rear water passages 5 of the rear body 8 and the water passages and/or the chambers of the diverter, the mixer, the fluid shut-off valve means, the multiple-way regulator/diverter of the water delivery spout that forms the front body 9 of the removable component.
  • each removable component 3 is divided into:
  • a mixer, a fluid shut-off valve means, a multiple-way regulator/diverter or a water delivery spout forms an element that, in spite of its own structural and/or functional peculiarity, can be easily associated in fluid communication with any base component 2 embedded in the wall.
  • the rear body 8 acts as an interface element for associating in fluid communication an element such as a mixer, a fluid shut-off valve means, a multiple-way regulator/diverter or a water delivery spout to the water chambers of the box-like body of the base component 2 embedded in the wall.
  • an element such as a mixer, a fluid shut-off valve means, a multiple-way regulator/diverter or a water delivery spout to the water chambers of the box-like body of the base component 2 embedded in the wall.
  • FIGS. 1 and 7 and especially FIG. 9 show a few possible examples of sanitary plumbing fixtures made from simple combinations of these components of the sectional modular system of the invention.
  • front bodies 9 which, apart from the rear end 9 a , are required to be formed through various types, as a diverter, a mixer, a fluid shut-off valve means, a multiple-way regulator/diverter or a water delivery spout.
  • the removable components 3 may be formed as single pieces, i.e. with the part that forms the mixer, the fluid shut-off valve means, the multiple-way regulator/diverter or the water delivery spout being equipped with the rear water passages 5 required for interfacing with the front water passages 6 of the box-like body of the base components. This will provide the advantage of simplifying the set of components to be used, but will also affect stock flexibility, as the removable body 3 will be designed as a particular water control/delivery component.
  • the sectional modular system for making sanitary plumbing fixtures for water delivery also comprises finishing boxes 11 that are designed to be placed in the wall in semirecessed position where the various removable components 3 jut out from the wall.
  • each fixing box comprises a tubular portion 11 a designed to be embedded in the wall in such a position as to encircle and protect the portion of the removable component 3 that is embedded in the wall, namely the rear body 8 .
  • the tubular body 11 a is open at both opposed ends.
  • the end of the finishing box 11 which is designed to jut out of the wall has a front opening from which a peripheral flange 11 b (see FIG. 8 ) juts out and covers a predetermined portion of the wall surface in the area from which it projects.
  • this opening of the tubular portion has a front plug, which is designed to be removed or pierced to allow insertion of said removable component, once masonry or wall finishing works have been completed.
  • sectional modular system for making sanitary plumbing fixtures according to the present invention fulfills the above mentioned need and also obviates prior art drawbacks as set out in the introduction of this disclosure. Namely, the sectional modular system for making sanitary plumbing fixtures according to the invention affords:
  • sectional modular system of the invention may be conveniently utilized to make aggregate assemblies at the factory, which are ready to be placed in the building frame in a recessed, semirecessed or externally mounted position, while allowing the end installer to replace one or more removable parts with other removable parts.
  • This is useful, for instance, to replace a set of taps and fittings while leaving the building frame unaffected. Such replacement may occur by driving the screws or dowels that act upon the tubular joints.

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