WO2004109020A1

WO2004109020A1 - Sanitary connecting and draining device

Info

Publication number: WO2004109020A1
Application number: PCT/EP2003/008079
Authority: WO
Inventors: Marc Sadler
Original assignee: Ideal-Standard Gmbh
Priority date: 2003-07-23
Filing date: 2003-07-23
Publication date: 2004-12-16
Also published as: EP1646754A1; US20070130687A1; MXPA06000864A; AU2003254578A1; CA2533319A1

Abstract

Disclosed is a sanitary connecting and draining device that is to be mounted inside a basin (1), e.g. a wash basin, bidet, or kitchen sink, and comprises an inlet (2) via which water can be delivered to the sanitary connecting and draining device and can then be fed into the basin (1), and a drain (3) for water fed into the basin (1), said drain (3) being integrated into the sanitary connecting and draining device. The inventive connecting and draining device makes it possible to provide the basin (1) with only one port which is used for fastening the sanitary connecting and draining device and as a drain for the basin (1).

Description

Sanitary connection and drain device

The invention relates to a sanitary connection and drain device for mounting in a basin, such as a sink, a bidet or a kitchen sink.

Sanitary fittings are known from the prior art which have one or two inlets for supplying the water to be dispensed. If two inlets are provided, one of the inlets serves for the supply of cold water and the other inlet for the supply of hot water. To dispense the water, a sanitary valve is also typically provided, which generally has an outlet arm and a mixing device, such as a single-lever mixer, which controls the amount of water and, in the case of two inlets for cold or hot water, also for controlling the water temperature serves.

In the arrangement and assembly of the sanitary fittings known from the prior art on a basin, it is generally provided that the assembly of the sanitary fitting takes place in a specially provided opening in the basin. In addition to this opening provided for the installation of the sanitary fitting, the basin has further openings, such as a drain opening which can generally be shut off so that the basin can be filled with water, and an overflow opening at a predetermined distance from the bottom of the basin. The overflow opening ensures that when the water runs in and the drain opening is blocked, no water can go out over the edge of the pool, since there is a drain through the overflow opening beforehand. The water running off via the overflow opening generally arrives via a specially provided guide into a drain pipe, via which water which has flowed off through the discharge opening is also conducted away.

Particularly in the case of ceramic wash basins, but also in the case of acrylic or stainless steel basins, the provision of the three previously mentioned openings and the connection of the overflow to the drain mean that there is a considerable outlay in terms of construction and production technology. In addition, to shut off the process are relatively complicated measures

BESTATIGUNGSKOPIE required, you do not want to use a simple rubber plug to be inserted into the drain opening.

Accordingly, it is the object of the invention to provide such a sanitary connection and drain device for mounting in a basin, on the basis of which the basin can be constructed in a structurally simple manner.

The previously derived and shown object is achieved by a sanitary connection and drain device, which has an inlet through which the sanitary connection and drain device water can be supplied and subsequently discharged into the basin, and an integrated into the sanitary connection and drain device Drain for water released into the pool.

According to the invention, the drain is thus integrated into the sanitary connection and drain device, so that in the basin on which the sanitary connection and drain device is mounted, only one common opening is required for the installation of the sanitary connection and drain device and as a drain opening is. This is preferably arranged at the deepest point of the pool floor, as is conventionally the case with regard to the drain opening, in order to avoid the remaining water remaining.

In the sanitary connection and drain device according to the invention, it is preferably provided that the drain comprises a drain opening and a drain pipe. This drain pipe is then passed through the only opening provided in the basin and can be connected to a drain pipe system. In addition, according to a preferred development of the invention, it is provided that the drain opening can be shut off by means of a shut-off device integrated in the sanitary connection and drain device and movable in front of the drain opening.

A basin on which the sanitary connection and drain device according to the invention is mounted can in principle have its own overflow. According to a preferred development of the invention, however, it is provided that the sanitary connection and drain device itself has an overflow, so that the provision of an overflow in the basin can also be avoided. With regard to the overflow of the sanitary connection and drain device according to the invention, it is preferably provided that it has an overflow opening and an overflow pipe leading from the overflow opening into the drain. For this purpose, it is preferably further provided that the sanitary connection and drain device has a basic housing and the overflow pipe is arranged within the basic housing.

The base housing itself could form the overflow pipe. According to a preferred development of the invention, however, a separate overflow pipe is provided. The provision of a separate overflow pipe makes such a development of the invention possible that the overflow pipe can be rotated along its longitudinal axis and has an opening in its wall below the overflow opening that is spaced from the overflow opening, so that the drain can be selected by rotating the overflow pipe around its longitudinal axis can be opened or blocked by the wall of the overflow pipe. The rotatable overflow pipe thus represents the shut-off device mentioned above. This preferred development of the invention thus not only elegantly integrates the drain and overflow in the sanitary connection and drain device, so that they are no longer additional to the opening for the installation of the sanitary connection and drain device in the basin must be provided, - but it also creates a possibility to shut off the drain at the same time.

Basically, the cross section of the sanitary connection and drain device is arbitrary. The cross section can therefore not only be rotationally symmetrical but also triangular, square, rectangular, etc. Particularly when a non-rotationally symmetrical cross-section of the sanitary connection and drain device and in particular the base housing and the overflow pipe is provided, it can be provided according to a preferred development of the invention that the overflow pipe can be displaced along its longitudinal axis, so that the drain can be selected by longitudinally displacing the overflow pipe can be opened or blocked by the wall of the overflow pipe. In principle, this means that essentially the same elegant locking possibility created, as with the rotatability of the overflow pipe described above.

It can be provided that the overflow pipe is visible, that is, it forms an outer closure of the sanitary connection and drain device. According to a preferred development of the invention, however, it is provided that the sanitary connection and drain device comprises a cover which covers at least the overflow pipe, which leaves the drain free and is arranged at a distance from the overflow pipe. In this way, a uniform, visually appealing outer housing of the sanitary connection and drain device is achieved without losing its functionality. The fact that the drain remains free, namely the function of the drain is guaranteed in any case, in addition, by arranging the cover at a distance from the overflow pipe when the drain is blocked, the water in the basin also rise between the cover and the overflow pipe and when the corresponding height is reached can flow over the overflow.

As already stated above, only a single opening in the basin is required for the assembly of the sanitary connection and drain device according to the invention, namely such an opening which allows the outflow of water from the basin via the drain opening and provided in the sanitary connection and drain device if necessary also ensured via the overflow opening also provided in the sanitary connection and drain device. In principle, it can be provided that either a supply pipe to be connected to the inlet of the sanitary connection and drain device runs visibly above the basin or "invisibly" below the basin through the only opening of the basin in or next to the drain pipe of the sanitary connection and drain device is passed through. According to. A preferred development of the invention, however, provides that the basin has a passage opening for. Carrying out the inlet of the sanitary connection and drain device or an inlet pipe to be connected to the inlet of the sanitary connection and drain device. A corresponding design of the sanitary connection and drain device and basin will generally be simpler than the guidance of the inlet pipe to be connected to the inlet of the sanitary connection and drain device in or next to the outlet pipe. In particular, it can be provided that the feed-through opening for the passage of the inlet or an inlet pipe to be connected to the inlet of the sanitary connection and drain device is directly connected to the receiving opening of the basin, which receives the sanitary connection and drain device and through which the Drain pipe is passed. All in all, there is then only a single opening, its part assigned to the outlet pipe typically being provided in the pool floor and its part assigned to the inlet pipe typically being provided in a pool wall.

There are a multitude of possibilities for sealing the transitions between the sanitary connection and drainage device on the one hand and the boundaries of the receiving opening and the passage opening on the other hand. According to a preferred development of the invention, however, it is provided that the transitions between the sanitary connection and drain device on the one hand and the boundaries of the receiving opening and the passage opening on the other hand are sealed by means of an elastic plastic film. A plastic film that is self-adhesive on both sides is preferably used.

In particular, there are now a multitude of options for designing and developing the sanitary connection and drain device according to the invention. This is based on the claim _. 1 subordinate claims and to the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention with reference to the drawing. In the drawing shows

1 shows the arrangement of a sanitary connection and drain device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention with attached sanitary valve in a basin, in a perspective view,

2 shows the sanitary connection and drain device according to the preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention with attached saddle. perspective valve and cover in front of the overflow pipe,

3 shows the sanitary connection and drain device according to the preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention with attached sanitary valve in the blocked state of the drain, in section,

4 shows the sanitary connection and drain device according to the preferred embodiment of the invention with attached sanitary valve in the open state of the drain in section and

Fig. 5 shows the sanitary connection and drain device according to the preferred embodiment of the invention with an elastic plastic film for sealing the transitions between the sanitary connection and drain device on the one hand and the

Limitations of the receiving opening and the passage opening on the other hand, in a disassembled state in a perspective view.

The drawing shows a sanitary connection and drain device mounted on a basin 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention with two inlets 2, namely one for cold water and one for hot water. Furthermore, a drain 3 with a drain opening 4 and a drain pipe 5 opening into the drain 3 is provided. The sanitary connection and drain device according to the preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention also has an overflow 6 which comprises an overflow opening 7 and an overflow pipe 8 leading from the overflow opening 7 into the drain pipe 5. Furthermore, the sanitary connection and drain device comprises a base housing 9 which is open towards the front and within which the overflow pipe 8 is arranged so as to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis. The overflow opening 7 is formed in that the overflow pipe 8 ends in front of the upper end of the grand housing 9, which is open towards the front, so that water which has risen accordingly can flow into the upper mouth of the overflow pipe 8.

In the wall of the overflow pipe 8 below its upper mouth there is an opening spaced apart from it, which forms the drain opening 4, when facing forward, as shown in Fig. 1. By rotating the overflow pipe 8 about its longitudinal axis, this opening can be guided to the rear so that the outlet 3 is blocked off by the wall of the overflow pipe 8. The change between these two states, namely “drain blocked” and “drain open” can be seen in particular from FIGS. 3 and 4. A rotating ring 10, which is firmly connected to the overflow pipe 8 and is accessible from the outside, serves to rotate the overflow pipe 8.

Although not further shown in the drawing, a similar principle, as described above, can also be implemented to shut off the drain 3 in that the overflow pipe 8 can be displaced along its longitudinal axis, so that the drain 3 can be opened or opened by longitudinally displacing the overflow pipe 8 can be shut off by the wall of the overflow pipe 8. In this case, no opening in the lower area of the overflow pipe 8 is required; the drain opening 4 is in fact formed when the overflow pipe 8 is moved upward by opening an opening below the overflow pipe 8 so that the water in the basin 1 can flow off.

A sanitary valve 11 is detachably fastened on the sanitary connection and drain device, whereby it could in principle also be provided that the sanitary valve 11 with the sanitary connection and drain device. is formed in one piece. The sanitary valve 11 has a single lever mixer with mixer lever 12 for controlling the amount of water and water temperature and an outlet arm 13. The function and structure of the sanitary valve 11 are essentially as known from conventional sanitary valves. In particular, the sanitary connection and drain device according to the preferred embodiment of the invention can be constructed in such a way that conventional sanitary valves can also be attached to it.

2 and FIGS. 3 and 4, the sanitary connection and drain device according to the preferred embodiment of the invention has a cover 14 which covers the base housing 9 with the rotatable overflow pipe 8. The cover leaves the drain 3 free, so that water can continue to drain through the drain 3. In addition, it is provided that the cover 14 is arranged at a distance from the overflow pipe 8. is net, which leads to the fact that when the drain 3 is shut off, that is to say the rear opening in the wall of the overflow pipe 8, water also rises between the cover 14 and the overflow pipe 8 and flows out when the overflow opening 7 is reached, namely through the Overflow pipe 8 into the drain pipe 5.

As the figures show, the sanitary connection and drain device according to the preferred embodiment of the invention is attached to the basin 1 by the sanitary connection and drain device with its basic housing 9 in a in the basin 1 provided opening is fitted. This opening is formed together by a receiving opening 17 provided in the pool floor 16 and a through opening 19 provided in a pool wall 18. The feed-through opening 19 serves on the one hand to feed the inlets 2, but on the other hand is dimensioned so large that it forms a common opening in the basin 1 with the receiving opening 17 and at least partially accommodates the basic housing 9 of the sanitary connection and drain device. In this way, the sanitary connection and Abi on device according to the preferred embodiment of the invention is integrated into the pool wall 18. In principle, it is of course also possible for the receiving opening 17 on the one hand and the feedthrough opening 19 on the other hand to form separate openings.

In order to ensure the required sealing of the transitions between the sanitary connection and drainage device, namely the basic housing 9, on the one hand, and the boundaries of the receiving opening 17 and the passage opening 19, on the other hand, an elastic plastic film 20 is provided in between, which is self-adhesive on both sides is and can be easily attached. This can be seen in particular from FIG. 5, which shows the sanitary connection and drain device according to the preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention together with the sanitary valve 11 and the plastic film 20 in the unassembled state.

Claims

Claims:

1. Sanitary connection and drain device, for mounting in a basin (1), such as a sink, bidet or kitchen sink, with an inlet (2) through which the sanitary connection and drain device can be supplied with water and subsequently into the basin (1) can be dispensed, and with a drain (3) integrated into the sanitary connection and drain device for water released into the pool (1).,

2. Sanitary connection and drain device according to claim 1, characterized in that the drain (3) has a drain opening provided in the sanitary connection and drain device (4) and the drain (3) by means of an integrated in the sanitary connection and drain device and can be shut off in front of the drain opening (4).

3. Sanitary connection and drain device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the sanitary connection and drain device has an overflow (6).

4. Sanitary connection and drain device according to claim 3, characterized in that the overflow (6) has an overflow opening (7) and an overflow pipe (8) leading from the overflow opening (7) into the outlet (3).

5. Sanitary connection and drain device according to claim 4, characterized in that the sanitary connection and drain device has a basic housing (9) and the overflow pipe (8) is arranged within the basic housing (9).

6. Sanitary connection and drain device according to claim 5, character- ized in that the overflow pipe (8) is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and in its wall below the overflow opening (7) has an opening spaced from the overflow opening (7), so that by rotating the overflow pipe (8) about its longitudinal axis, the drain (3) can either be opened or blocked from the wall of the overflow pipe (8).

7. Sanitary connection and drain device according to claim 5, characterized in that the overflow pipe (8) is displaceable along its longitudinal axis, so that by longitudinally displacing the overflow pipe (8) the drain (3) optionally opened or from the wall of the overflow pipe ( 8) can be locked.

8. Sanitary connection and drain device according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the sanitary connection and drain device comprises an at least the overflow pipe (8) covering cover (14) which leaves the drain (3) free and is arranged at a distance from the overflow pipe (8).

9. Sanitary fitting, with a sanitary connection and drain device according to one of claims 1 to 8 and a sanitary valve.

10. Sanitary fitting according to claim 9, characterized in that the sanitary valve is releasably attached to the sanitary connection and drain device.

11. Sanitary facility, with a basin (1) and a sanitary fitting according to spoke 9 or 10, characterized in that the basin (1) in the basin floor (16) has a receiving opening (17) for receiving the sanitary fitting.

12 .. Sanitary facility according to claim 11, characterized in that the basin (1) has a through opening (19) for the passage of the inlet (2) or an inlet pipe to be connected to the inlet (2) of the sanitary fitting.

13. Sanitary facility according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the transitions between the sanitary connection and drain device on the one hand and the limits of the receiving opening (17) or the through opening (19) on the other hand are sealed by means of an elastic plastic film (20) ,

14. Sanitary facility according to claim 13, characterized in that the plastic film (20) is self-adhesive on both sides.