WO1997022287A1 - Cabine de douches - Google Patents

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WO1997022287A1
WO1997022287A1 PCT/AU1996/000814 AU9600814W WO9722287A1 WO 1997022287 A1 WO1997022287 A1 WO 1997022287A1 AU 9600814 W AU9600814 W AU 9600814W WO 9722287 A1 WO9722287 A1 WO 9722287A1
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shower recess
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shower
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Allen Joseph House
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Allen House Mirror & Glass Pty. Limited
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
    • A47K3/30—Screens or collapsible cabinets for showers or baths
    • A47K3/36—Articulated screens

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  • the present invention relates to shower recesses and, in particular, to shower recesses formed from panels formed from glass or equivalent material Background Art 5
  • the doors generally take either one of two forms
  • the more common door is a sliding door normally composed of a number ot narrow panels which slide in overlapping relationship to close the access opening It is common for such a sliding door to have one fixed panel and two sliding i o panels and tor the width of the access opening to be just less than the combined width of the two sliding panels
  • the aim of one aspect of the present invention is to provide a relatively low cost shower recess arrangement with a pivoted door which does not leak
  • a further aim of another aspect of the present invention is to provide a shower recess able to be fabricated from panels ot predetermined width which can therefore be packaged in kit form and used irrespective of small variations in the physical size of the area of the bathroom to become the shower recess
  • shower recess comprising a pair ot substantially co-planar walls having an access opening therebetween, and a door pivoted to open or close said access opening, wherein said pair ot walls are not aligned and the width of said door exceeds the width of said access opening
  • a i o shower recess having an access opening closed by a pivoted door and having a fixed wall formed trom two overlapping substantially parallel arranged panels
  • a method of adjusting the length of a fixed wall of a shower recess the wall being formed from panels of predetermined width said method comp ⁇ sing the steps of forming said i 5 wall from two overlapping substantially parallel arranged ones of said panels, and adjusting the degree of overlap of said panels to determine the length of the wall formed thereby Description of the Drawings
  • Fig 1 is a perspective view of a first type of prior art shower recess
  • Fig 2 is a perspective view of a second type of prior art shower recess
  • Fig 3 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a shower recess in accordance with the present invention
  • 25 Fig 4 is a cross-sectional view through the base of the shower recess of Fig 3 taken along the line IV-IV of Fig. 3,
  • Fig 5 is a cross-sectional view taken through the base of the shower recess along the line V-V of Fig 3
  • Fig 6 is a schematic perspective view of a tongue used to join the various members which form the base and top frames of the arrangement of Fig 3,
  • Fig 7 is a perspective view of a shower recess of the second embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig 8 is a schematic horizontal cross-sectional view taken though a shower recess of a third embodiment which is essentially similar to Fig 7,
  • Fig 9 is a view similar to Fig 8 but of a shower recess of a fourth embodiment.
  • Fig 10 is a perspective view of a shower recess of a fifth embodiment of the i o present invention.
  • Fig 11 is a perspective view ot a shower recess ot a sixth embodiment ot the present invention.
  • Fig 12 illustrates in schematic fashion via Figs 12A-12F six possible door arrangements 15
  • Fig 13 illustrates in schematic fashion via Figs 13A-13J ten possible configurations for shower recesses formed in a corner, and
  • FIG 14 illustrates in schematic fashion via Figs 14A-14H eight possible configurations tor shower recesses formed from a single wall rather than a corner Detailed Description 0
  • the shower recess 1 has two fixed glass panels 2, 3 and a glass door 4
  • Each of the glass panels 2, 8 has an extruded aluminium frame member 5 on at least three sides and thus a substantial amount of aluminium is utilised in the construction
  • the vertical aluminium 5 members, particularly that member 6 at the corner of the shower recess are not particularly strong and thus the overall arrangement is generally flimsy
  • the door 4 edge abuts the smaller of the fixed glass panels 3 and the aluminium frame member 6 forming the corner of the shower recess
  • the door 4 is essentially co-planar with the smaller fixed glass panel 3 Clearance gaps between the door 4 and the panel 2 and member 6 are required to enable the door 4 to move between its open and closed
  • FIG. 1 A second prior art shower recess 11 is illustrated in Fig 2 Again there are fixed glass panels 12 and 13 and a glass door 14 There are no aluminium frame members, however, there are six mounting brackets 15 which are each relatively expensive
  • the hinges 18 for the door 14 are also expensive both to purchase and to install This is because the hinges 18 must be installed on the glass of the door 14 by drilling holes in the glass door 14 and the glass panel 12 and this requires the action of a skilled glazier
  • the glass panels 12, 13 are sealed with silicone rubber or like material, to the walls 16 and flooi 17 ot the shower recess 1 1 This results in the glass panels 12 and 13 being substantially rigidly mounted and so a substantial structure is created
  • the overall arrangement is relatively expensive to construct and therefore such shower recesses 11 have hitherto been installed mainly in high cost buildings such as five star hotels
  • the arrangement is aesthetically pleasing, there are, as before, small clearance gaps between the door 14 and the glass panels 12 and 13
  • the floor 17 of the bathroom is not flat This is in order to allow drainage of water to two waste outlets (only one illustrated) located one inside and one outside the shower recess 11
  • the door 14 must have a lower edge which is sufficiently high to ensure clearance above the floor 17 in all positions
  • the inevitable result of the above mentioned gaps or clearances is that the shower recess leaks water even when the door 14 is closed As a result, an unsightly, and slippery, hazard on the bathroom floor 17 is created
  • a first side wall 22, a second side wall 23 and a glass door 24 are provided
  • the outer edges of the first and second side walls 22, 23 are each mounted in a U-shaped aluminium channel 25
  • the lower edges of the side walls 22 and 23 are mounted in a base frame 26 whilst the upper edges of the side walls 22 and 23 are mounted in a top frame 27
  • the door 24 is inexpensively pivoted by means of two pivots 28 which are respectively mounted in the base frame 26 and top frame 27 and connected to the door by fasteners which pass through the glass
  • the remaining members are two side panels 29 and 30 which are relatively narrow in width and which edge abut the first and second side walls 23 and 22 respectively
  • the base frame 26 is an extruded aluminium member which sits on, and is sealed to, a base foundation 31 in substantially conventional fashion
  • the base frame 26 includes two longitudinally extending grooves 32 and 33
  • the grooves 32, 33 and the splash rail 34 and sealing strip 35 each have a pair of indentations 26 and a pair of protrusions 37 which provide a locating means.
  • a small amount of silicone rubber is applied prior to installation of both the splash rail 34 and sealing strip 35 so as to form a water tight seal between these two items and the base frame 26
  • the splash rail 34 is located to the exterior side of the door 24 As a result, any drops of water which fall downwardly into the space between the base frame 26 and the door 24 and bounce outwardly, are intercepted by the splash rail 34 As a result, this water is redirected downwardly towards the upper surface of the base frame 26 Since, as seen in Fig 4, this upper surface slopes inwardly, such water drains inwardly into the shower recess 21
  • the base frame 26 at the location of the second side wall 23 has the glass panel 39 which forms the second side wall 23
  • the glass panel 39 is located in the inner groove 33
  • preferably a small amount of silicone rubber is located in the inner groove 33 immediately prior to installation of the glass panel 39 5 so as to provide a suitable seal
  • a further sealing strip 40 is located in the outer groove 32 in order to close this groove off
  • the sealing strip 40 (and also strips 34 and 35 if desired) can be provided with extended legs which reach to the base of the
  • the side panels 29 and 30 are not co-planar but instead are located in substantially parallel planes spaced apart by the spacing determined by the spacing between the grooves 32 and 33
  • the door 24 has a width which exceeds the width of the access
  • the base frame 26 is provided with two mitred joints at the corners between the first side wall 22 and the side panel 30 and the second side wall 23 and the side panel 29 respectively
  • Such joints are easily formed by hack sawing the aluminium extrusion used to form the base frame 26 and inserting a preformed V-shaped dual tongue member 43 (Fig. 6) into a rectangular apermre 44 formed in the lowermost portion of the base frame 26.
  • a tongue member 43 so inserted, some simple fasteners such as pop rivets can be used to secure the tongue member 43 in the recess 44 prior to positioning of the base frame 43 above the base 5 foundation 31 .
  • the top frame 27 (not illustrated in cross section) is essentially the same as the base frame 26 save that the uppermost surface opposite the grooves 32 and 33 is flat as illustrated in Fig. 3.
  • the fasteners can be obscured from view by passing from below (and above) into the aperture 44 on the base frame 26 (and top frame 27) respectively.
  • the second side wall 23 can be formed in identical fashion to the first side wall 22. However, in many installations it will be desired to form an overlapping wall arrangement as illustrated in Fig. 3. In this arrangement the second side wall 23 as seen in Fig. 3 is formed from two glass panels 38 and 39.
  • the inner glass panel 39 is as illustrated in Fig. 5 and is located in the inner groove 33.
  • the i s outer glass panel 38 is, as illustrated in Fig. 3, located in the outer groove 32 but overlaps the inner glass panel 39. Those portions of the inner and outer grooves not filled by either of the glass panels 38, 39 are provided with a sealing strip 35 or 40. It will be apparent that because of the overlap between the panels 38 and 39, the second side wall 23 remains water tight as far as water splashing on the inner surfaces of the 0 panels 38, 39 during the showering process, is concerned.
  • the main advantage of constructing one or other, or both, of the side walls 22. 23 in overlapping fashion as illustrated in Fig. 3 has to do with the inherent variability of bathrooms and the desirability of providing cut glass panels of predetermined size in a kit form suitable for installation in a wide range of applications. If standard size glass 5 panels are used, the cost of each panel is substantially reduced. In addition, there is no need to cut glass and thus this skill of a glazier is not required. Any difference between the length of, for example, the second side wall 23 from one installation to the next can be easily accommodated by adjusting the degree of overlap of the glass panels 38 and 39.
  • a second, and somewhat simpler embodiment of the second invention is illustrated in Fig 7 Here the shower recess 51 is provided with first and second side walls 52.
  • the door 54 extends 5 between two glass panels 58 and 59 which are respectively located in the inner groove 33 and outer groove 32 of the base frame 56 This again provides the overlapping arrangement in which the access opening between the panels 58 and 59 is of a lesser width than the width of the glass door 54
  • Fig 7 The details ot the door arrangement of Fig 7 are illustrated in Fig 8 in which i o it will be seen that the glass door 54 is pivoted so as to open outwardly with the pivots being adjacent the glass panel 58
  • the glass door 64 is pivoted from the other side and thus the second side wall 63 is located in the outer groove 32 and the glass panel 68 which is adjacent the first side wall 62 is located in the inner groove 33
  • the first side wall 52 has the glass panels forming the corner of the shower recess in the outer groove 33 and the glass panels abutting the walls of the shower recess located in the inner groove 33
  • these roles are reversed with the glass panel forming the corner ot the shower recess being located in the inner groove 33 and the glass
  • FIG. 10 A further embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in Fig 10 in which a shower recess 71 is formed adjacent one end of a bath tub 80 In this embodiment the
  • first side wall 72 is short and is supported in a U-shaped aluminium channel (partly obscured) which is fixed to the end wall 81 of the bath tub 80 just below the upper surface of the nm of the bath tub and opens upwardly
  • a similar aluminium channel 75 is positioned vertically and extending upwardly at the front edge ot the end wall 81 This channel opens away from the bath and carries the glass panel 78 adjacent to the door 74
  • the remainder ot the shower recess 71 is substantially as before
  • FIG. 1 1 a still further embodiment similar to Fig 7 is
  • the shower recess 81 has a glass door 84 which closes against a generally U-shaped aluminium extrusion 85 which opens towards the door 84
  • the extrusion 85 has an inner arm which is bigger than its outer arm
  • the door 84 when closed lies between the two arms and the outer edge of the door 84 overlaps the inner arm of the extrusion 85
  • This arrangement saves the expense of an i o additional glass panel between the wall and the outer edge of the door 85 yet still provides a substantially watertight seal when the door 85 is closed
  • Figs 12C and 12D illustrate an arrangement in which one edge only of the door overlaps a glass panel and the other edge is spaced from, for example, an extrusion by a small clearance aperture 0
  • Fig 13 illustrates ten possible shower recesses formed by utilizing a corner of the bathroom
  • Fig 13B is the arrangement of Fig 11 Fig 131 that of Fig 9, Fig 13J that of Fig 8. and Fig 13F that of Fig 7
  • Other arrangements are possible since, for example, the arrangement ot Fig 3 is not illustrated in Fig 13
  • the overlapping nature of the side wall formed from two overlapping glass panels enables a range of physical sizes within a shower recess to be io accommodated by a single kit In this way advantage is able to be taken of the reduced cost ot pre-cut glass panels of standard sizes and the avoidance of the need to cut glass
  • edge abutted corners formed by edge abutted sheets of glass sealed with silicone rubber provide an extremely strong structure which overcomes the flimsy nature of many prior art shower recesses i s
  • the overlapping arrangement of the door and the deliberate mis ⁇ alignment of the panels forming the "jambs" of the door mean that an essentially water tight arrangement is provided which does not leak water onto the floor of the bathroom during the showering process

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Une cabine de douches (21) comprend une paire de parois sensiblement co-planaires (22, 23) entre lesquelles se trouve une ouverture d'accès, ainsi qu'une porte (24) pivotant pour ouvrir ou fermer ladite ouverture d'accès, lesdites parois (22, 23) n'étant pas alignées et la largeur de ladite porte (24) dépassant celle de ladite ouverture d'accès.
PCT/AU1996/000814 1995-12-20 1996-12-18 Cabine de douches WO1997022287A1 (fr)

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DE19833649A1 (de) * 1998-07-25 2000-06-15 Guenter Dudek Tragelement mit Duschabtrennungen
EP0960592A3 (fr) * 1998-05-25 2000-11-08 Hüppe GmbH & Co. Cloison de douche
EP1174067A2 (fr) 2000-07-18 2002-01-23 Koralle Sanitärprodukte GmbH Profilé pour bord de bacs de douche affleurant le sol et son procédé de fabrication
EP1424031A1 (fr) * 2002-11-29 2004-06-02 ESL Healthcare Limited Ensemble formant écran de douche
EP2264271A3 (fr) * 2009-06-15 2012-08-22 Friedrich Brucker Installation de porte en verre
CN106030014A (zh) * 2015-01-28 2016-10-12 佛山市理想卫浴有限公司 连接装置及具有该连接装置的淋浴门组件
CN107905564A (zh) * 2017-11-26 2018-04-13 黄萍 一种淋浴房

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FR2252073A1 (en) * 1973-11-26 1975-06-20 Dumas Jean Extensible shower cabinet - has intersliding wall panels locating in peripheral grooves on a recessed base
DE3310139A1 (de) * 1983-03-21 1984-09-27 Joachim 2400 Lübeck Groth Duschabtrennung
DE3445642A1 (de) * 1984-12-14 1986-06-26 Paul-Jean 7816 Münstertal Munch Trennwand fuer dusche
DE3530463A1 (de) * 1985-08-26 1987-03-05 Antti Koivula Zusammenschiebbare sauna
EP0327154A1 (fr) * 1988-02-03 1989-08-09 VISMARAVETRO s.r.l. Cabine de douche à largeur ajustable
FR2627225A1 (fr) * 1988-02-11 1989-08-18 Borstcher Georges Panneau a double mouvement pour cabines de douche
EP0386276A1 (fr) * 1989-03-04 1990-09-12 LEIFHEIT Aktiengesellschaft Fermeture de douche
AU2576392A (en) * 1991-09-06 1993-04-05 JW International Holdings, Inc. A screening assembly

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FR2252073A1 (en) * 1973-11-26 1975-06-20 Dumas Jean Extensible shower cabinet - has intersliding wall panels locating in peripheral grooves on a recessed base
DE3310139A1 (de) * 1983-03-21 1984-09-27 Joachim 2400 Lübeck Groth Duschabtrennung
DE3445642A1 (de) * 1984-12-14 1986-06-26 Paul-Jean 7816 Münstertal Munch Trennwand fuer dusche
DE3530463A1 (de) * 1985-08-26 1987-03-05 Antti Koivula Zusammenschiebbare sauna
EP0327154A1 (fr) * 1988-02-03 1989-08-09 VISMARAVETRO s.r.l. Cabine de douche à largeur ajustable
FR2627225A1 (fr) * 1988-02-11 1989-08-18 Borstcher Georges Panneau a double mouvement pour cabines de douche
EP0386276A1 (fr) * 1989-03-04 1990-09-12 LEIFHEIT Aktiengesellschaft Fermeture de douche
AU2576392A (en) * 1991-09-06 1993-04-05 JW International Holdings, Inc. A screening assembly

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EP0960592A3 (fr) * 1998-05-25 2000-11-08 Hüppe GmbH & Co. Cloison de douche
DE19833649A1 (de) * 1998-07-25 2000-06-15 Guenter Dudek Tragelement mit Duschabtrennungen
DE19833649C2 (de) * 1998-07-25 2001-05-23 Guenter Dudek Tragelemente für Duschabtrennungen
EP1174067A2 (fr) 2000-07-18 2002-01-23 Koralle Sanitärprodukte GmbH Profilé pour bord de bacs de douche affleurant le sol et son procédé de fabrication
EP1424031A1 (fr) * 2002-11-29 2004-06-02 ESL Healthcare Limited Ensemble formant écran de douche
EP2264271A3 (fr) * 2009-06-15 2012-08-22 Friedrich Brucker Installation de porte en verre
CN106030014A (zh) * 2015-01-28 2016-10-12 佛山市理想卫浴有限公司 连接装置及具有该连接装置的淋浴门组件
CN106030014B (zh) * 2015-01-28 2017-07-21 佛山市理想卫浴有限公司 连接装置及具有该连接装置的淋浴门组件
CN107905564A (zh) * 2017-11-26 2018-04-13 黄萍 一种淋浴房

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