Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
  • E03D7/00—Wheeled lavatories
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
  • E03D9/00—Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells
  • E03D9/002—Automatic cleaning devices
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H1/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
  • E04H1/12—Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
  • E04H1/1205—Small buildings erected in the open air
  • E04H1/1216—Public W.C.s

Definitions

• the invention relates to public health. More specifically, it relates to public health configured to be accessible to people with disabilities traveling in a wheelchair.
• this type of sanitary has a sanitary compartment delimiting a maneuvering area - in which the disabled person must be able to rotate their chair - bordered by a side wall and by a partition separating the sanitary compartment from a room technical, the sanitary compartment being equipped with a toilet bowl anchored in the partition on the side of the side wall.
• the problem of access for disabled people to the toilet bowl has been known for a long time, and many solutions have been proposed to solve it taking into account the imperatives of cost and size.
• the invention proposes a public sanitary comprising a sanitary compartment delimiting a maneuvering zone bordered by a side wall and by a partition separating the sanitary compartment from a technical room, the sanitary compartment being equipped with a toilet bowl. anchored in the partition on the side of the side wall, sanitary in which the toilet bowl extends along an axis forming an angle with said side wall, so as to provide between the bowl and the side wall an access for a person disabled in a wheelchair. In this way, access for disabled people in a wheelchair is easier and can be done on both sides of the bowl, without the need to make any major changes to the structure of the sanitary block.
• the angle formed between the axis of the toilet bowl and the side wall is between 20 ° and 70 °, and preferably equal to approximately 35 °.
• the bowl is mounted in the partition in such a way that the axis of the WC bowl is substantially perpendicular to said partition.
• the sanitary comprising a bottom wall located opposite the partition, we will arrange the sanitary so that the distance separating the end of the toilet bowl from this bottom wall is at least 80 cm, so as to free up sufficient space for the movements of the disabled person in a wheelchair in front of the toilet bowl.
• the sanitary compartment is equipped with a sink which adjoins the toilet bowl opposite the side wall.
• a recess may be provided under the sink for the legs of a disabled person in a wheelchair, for the benefit of ease of access for this person to the sink.
• the toilet bowl is for example mounted on a retractable support in the partition.
• Figure 1 is a sectional top view of a public sanitary
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of the sanitary of Figure 1
• Figure 3 is a side view, in direction III, of the toilet of Figure 2
• Figure 4 is a perspective view, partially broken away, of the toilet of Figure 2, from another angle of view
• Figure 5 is a perspective view, partially broken away, of the sanitary facility of Figures 2 and 4, from yet another angle of view
• Figure 6 is a partial perspective view of the sanitary of the previous figures, equipped with an access door
• Figure 7 is a partial sectional view of the sanitary block of Figure 1, along the section plane VII-VII.
• FIG. 1 a sanitary 1 intended to be placed on the public highway in order to meet the needs of passers-by.
• this bathroom 1 is designed to allow easy access for disabled people traveling in a wheelchair.
• This sanitary 1 comprises a frame 2 of generally prismatic shape, which comprises two side walls 3, 4 terminated and connected at their ends by two bottom walls 5, 6.
• the sanitary 1 is compartmentalized: it in fact comprises a sanitary compartment 7, equipped with a toilet bowl 8 and a sink 9, and a technical room 10 separated from the sanitary compartment 7 by a partition 11 which prohibits the public from accessing the technical room 10 from the compartment sanitary 7.
• the equipment necessary for the functioning of the sanitary namely, in particular: the water pump (s) (not shown), the evacuation conduits 12 from the sink and / or from the toilet bowl 8, as well as an electrical cabinet 13 containing, in addition to the electrical connections, the automatic control system for the functioning of the sanitary 1.
• One 3 of the side walls of the frame 2, called the front wall is pierced with a first opening 14 equipped with 'a door (not shown) and forming an entrance giving access (possibly limited by a toll system) to the sanitary compartment 7, while the opposite wall 4 is blind.
• the bottom wall 5 delimiting the technical room 7 is, for its part, pierced with a second opening 15 equipped with a pivoting door 16 (which could be sliding) and forming an entrance giving access (closed to the public) to the technical room 10, while the opposite bottom wall 6 is blind.
• the door 16 of the technical room 10 which has certain features presented below, will be described later.
• This compartment 7 delimits a maneuvering zone 17, bordered by the blind side wall 4, the front wall 3, the blind bottom wall 6, and the partition 11, and equipped with a floor (not shown) covering the pipes 18 with a system for cleaning the floor by spraying water, which connect the technical room 10 to the blind bottom wall 6, as shown in FIG.
• the partition 11 is in two parts 19, 20. It thus comprises a first panel 19 which forms or supports the sink 9, as well as a second panel 20 which supports the toilet bowl 8.
• the first panel 19 is located on the side of the front partition 3, near the inlet 14 , while the second panel 20, which adjoins the first 19, is on the side of the blind side wall 4.
• the toilet bowl 8 is on the side of the blind side wall 4, while the sink 9 adjoins the bowl 8 opposite the blind side wall 4, that is to say on the side of the entrance 14.
• the first panel 19 extends substantially perpendicularly to the side walls 3, 4. It has, in its upper part, a planar facade 21 housing, on the side of the technical room 10, the technical part of the sink (soap distribution, water supply, possibly dryer - equipment not shown). In its lower part, the panel 19 forms a niche 22 in which the sink 9 extends.
• the niche 22 forms a space 23 providing sufficient space for the hands of the person who wishes to wash them , while below the sink 9, the recess 22 forms a recess 24 ( Figure 4) providing sufficient space for the legs of a disabled person in a wheelchair 25.
• the second panel 20 has an upper part 26 which forms a door allowing partial access (prohibited to the public) to technical room 10, particular to the sanitary equipment of the WC bowl 8 and to the electrical cabinet 13, as well as a lower part 27 in which the WC bowl 8 is anchored. More precisely, the bowl 8 is mounted on a retractable support 28 likely, during cleaning of the sanitary compartment 7, to tip inside a washing box 29 placed behind the panel 20, on the side of the technical room 10 ( Figure 1).
• the bowl 8 extends along an axis X, perpendicular to the panel 20, which forms an angle ⁇ with the blind side wall 4.
• the second panel 20 is angularly offset relative to a plane perpendicular to the blind side wall 4
• the toilet bowl 8 although anchored on the side of the blind side wall 4 (in order to facilitate access, on the opposite side, for a disabled person in a wheelchair), extends ( along its axis) towards the center of the maneuvering area 17.
• various arrangements make it possible to optimize the space available according to the configuration of the sanitary compartment 7.
• the toilet bowl 8 there is provided between the toilet bowl 8 and the side wall 4 sufficient space for the chair to be parked in the immediate vicinity and to the right of the toilet bowl 8 (as shown in Figure 1) and that the person can without difficulty moving from his chair to the bowl, 8 and vice versa.
• One (or more) support bar (possibly retractable) anchored in the wall 20 near the bowl 8 can help the disabled person in these maneuvers. This results in increased comfort and better safety conditions for people with disabilities, and this in a maneuvering area 17 whose surface does not need to be increased.
• the space provided between the bowl 8 and the opening 14 is also chosen to be sufficient for the chair to be temporarily stored there under the same conditions.
• the distance d separating the end of the WC bowl 8 from the blind bottom wall 6 is adjusted as a function of the volume of the space which it is desired to provide between them.
• This distance d will be chosen at least equal to 80 cm, which ensures relatively easy access to the toilet bowl 8 from the side of the side wall 4.
• a distance of between 95 cm and 125 cm nevertheless allows even more comfortable access.
• the evolution circle C here with a diameter greater than 150 cm, which ensures complete freedom of movement for disabled people in wheelchairs (circle here drawn in lines mixed), is strictly included in the maneuvering area 17. It should be noted that the distance separating the edge of the bowl 8 from the side wall 3 (that is to say, in practice, from the opening 14, which is indeed facing -sa ⁇
• the bowl 8) is also chosen to be greater than 80 cm, for the benefit of comfort and sanitary safety.
• the chair of a disabled person can thus be easily stored on the left side of the bowl 8.
• the partition 11 is preferably at least partially attached.
• the partition 11 being in two parts 19, 20, it is possible to removably mount at least one of the panels 19, 20, or both, as provided in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1.
• the first panel 19, for example made of concrete is here mounted on a base 31 formed in the floor of the sanitary 1, then screwed to the front wall 3.
• the upper 26 and lower 27 parts of the second panel 20 they can be fixed on vertical uprights, one of which is adjacent to the first panel 19, and the second of which is adjacent to the blind side wall 4.
• the part upper 26 - preferably metallic - being intended to form a door, it suffices for this purpose to articulate it on one of the uprights.
• the sanitary 1 comprises, in addition to the sanitary compartment 7 in which the bowl 8 makes it possible to satisfy all the needs of the public, a urinal 32 separated from the sanitary compartment 7 and accessible from outside the sanitary 1, independently of the latter.
• this urinal 32 is accessible by a second opening 15, distinct from the first opening 14 allowing access to the sanitary compartment 7, so that two people can satisfy their needs simultaneously.
• the urinal 32 extends, at least in part, into the technical room 10 which, in fact, is only occupied daily, the time to evacuate the waste (mainly paper, newspapers, cans) drained by the floor wash water (this water coming to accumulate in a reserve 33 provided for this purpose behind the first panel 19), and, occasionally, the time to perform the necessary repairs or checks on the technical equipment of the sanitary 1.
• the waste mainly paper, newspapers, cans
• the floor wash water this water coming to accumulate in a reserve 33 provided for this purpose behind the first panel 19
• door 16 which closes the technical room 10, door 16 in which the urinal 32 is formed at least in part.
• the urinal 32 comprises, on the one hand, a collecting basin 34 which encroaches on the floor of the technical room 10, as well as a front wall 35, against which men will urinate, and which is formed in the door 16 itself of the technical room 10 (this door 16 is shown closed in Figures 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 and open in Figures 4 and 5).
• the basin 34 has a semicircular contour, while the front wall 35, which extends along the contour of the basin 34, is substantially cylindrical.
• the wall front 35 is in the form of a vertically oriented gutter.
• the basin 34 and the front wall 35 constitute two separate elements spaced from one another, the gap 36 thus formed avoiding friction during the opening of the door 16 while being narrow enough not to generate turbulence in the flow of the cleaning liquid 37 (in practice, running water, possibly added with detergents), so that it is drained in a laminar manner towards the basin 34.
• the basin 34 has a conical bottom 38 (with a very open conicity, however), the lowest zone of which is pierced with a hole 39 for the flow of the liquid 37 to an evacuation pipe 40 (only sketched in FIG. 7).
• the basin 34 further comprises a rim 41 with a semicircular profile which delimits a housing 42 for a grid or a grating 43 capable of supporting the weight of a person while letting pass the liquid liable to splash it. This results in good hygiene of the urinal 32.
• the sanitary 1 is equipped with a waterway 44 dedicated to the urinal 32, designed to form an aqueous curtain 45 flowing over the surface 46 of the front wall 35. More specifically, the waterway 44 is shaped so that the front wall 35 is covered with an aqueous curtain 45 over an angular (centered) portion only of its surface 46 , in order to avoid the risks of deflection of the flow towards the outside of sanitary 1 (figure 7).
• the waterway 44 includes a reservoir of water 47 which, overcoming the urinal 32, forms an inclined weir 48 which has a flap 49 conforming to the surface
• valve mechanism with manual or automatic control (for example equipped with a photoelectric cell detecting the presence and / or absence of a user) which will trigger the emptying of the reservoir 47 if necessary as well as its replenishment of water.
• the tank can be permanently supplied
• the front wall 35 is preferably coated with a hydrophilic product which promotes a laminar flow of water against the wall 35. This coating can be renewed periodically, or be in the form of an attached film pressed against the surface 46 of the front wall 35.
• the sanitary 1 can be equipped with a maneuverable gate (either automatically or manually) between a closed position ( Figure 6) in which it prevents access to the urinal and a position open (not shown) in which, for example when the toll has been settled, it allows the passage of a person.
• a maneuverable gate either automatically or manually between a closed position ( Figure 6) in which it prevents access to the urinal and a position open (not shown) in which, for example when the toll has been settled, it allows the passage of a person.
• a step 54 which, in the extension of the grating 43, increases the useful floor area of the urinal 32.
• sanitary 1 can also equip sanitary 1 with a canopy 55 surmounting urinal 32 and intended to protect the user from bad weather.

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