WO2006102662A1 - Bonde deportee et son mecanisme de fermeture - Google Patents

Bonde deportee et son mecanisme de fermeture Download PDF

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WO2006102662A1
WO2006102662A1 PCT/US2006/011162 US2006011162W WO2006102662A1 WO 2006102662 A1 WO2006102662 A1 WO 2006102662A1 US 2006011162 W US2006011162 W US 2006011162W WO 2006102662 A1 WO2006102662 A1 WO 2006102662A1
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Scott Duncan
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The Westbrass Company, Inc.
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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
    • E03C1/22—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks
    • E03C1/23—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms
    • E03C1/2304—Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks with mechanical closure mechanisms the actuation force being transmitted to the plug via flexible elements, e.g. chain, Bowden cable
    • 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
    • A47K1/00—Wash-stands; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K1/14—Stoppers for wash-basins, baths, sinks, or the like

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  • the present invention relates generally to plumbing fixtures, and more particularly to drain closures for use with bathtubs, sinks, laundry tubs, and the like, employed to control the retention and discharge of fluids through the basin drain hole.
  • Conventional drains typically employ a vertically movable stopper which seats over a drain hole to prevent the discharge of fluids from a sink or basin. When actuated by a lift lever, the stopper moves upwardly to expose the drain hole to allow fluids (usually water) to drain. When the stopper is elevated, a generally circular opening is created with a clearance defined by the height of the underside of the stopper. This presents a sizable opening through which articles may be inadvertently allowed to pass.
  • the use of such an apparatus also entails that there will be an object present on, and projecting upwardly from, the floor of the basin every time the basin is used without the need of retaining water, that object being the elevated stopper.
  • the present invention is a drain closure assembly for use in controlling the discharge of fluids from a catch basin or sink.
  • the apparatus fundamentally comprises an offset grid drain which includes a strainer member fixed and disposed in the drain hole of a basin and having a grid pattern; a vertically movable stopper member disposed beneath the strainer member and having a grid pattern complementary to the grid pattern of the strainer member; and a gasket disposed immediately underneath the strainer member and having a matching grid pattern.
  • the stopper member is operably connected to an actuation device, either mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic, whereby when the actuation device is actuated, the stopper member is selectively lowered downwardly from the gasket or raised up to approximate and engage the gasket; lowered to allow fluid to drain from the basin, and raised to prevent fluid from draining.
  • the closure is effected by the approximation of the upper side of the stopper member with the underside of the gasket, such that the grid pattern of the stopper member and the grid patterns of the gasket and strainer member create a complete closure that prevents fluids from draining from the basin.
  • a further object or feature of the present invention is a new and improved offset grid drain that provides a fluid tight closure owing to the approximation of a stopper member with the underside of a drain strainer member, rather than the upper surface of a drain strainer.
  • An even further object of the present invention is to provide a novel drain stopper that is elegant and attractive in appearance by virtue of its functional features.
  • Other novel features which are characteristic of the invention, as to organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages thereof will be better understood from the following description considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawings are for illustration and description only and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention.
  • the various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming part of this disclosure. The invention resides not in any one of these features taken alone, but rather in the particular combination of all of its structures for the functions specified.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the strainer, gasket, and stopper members comprising the offset grid drain of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view in elevation taken along the section lines shown in FIG. 3, and showing the functional elements of a first preferred embodiment of a drain closure mechanism employing the offset grid drain of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the mechanism of FIG. 2
  • FIG. 4a is a cross-sectional side view in elevation of the mechanism of FIGS. 2 and 3 shown in a closed configuration and as used in a pneumatically actuated mechanism; and
  • FIG. 4b is a cross-section side view in elevation of the apparatus of FIG. 4a shown in an open configuration.
  • FIGS. 1 through 4 wherein like reference numerals refer to like components in the various views, there is illustrated therein an offset grid drain and drain closure mechanism.
  • the inventive apparatus first includes an offset grid drain 100, which comprises a strainer member 110 having a rim portion 120 and a body portion 130 having a threaded interior side.
  • the strainer member is adapted for installation in the drain hole of a basin and for threadable installation over the threaded upper end 140 of a drain body 150.
  • the underside 160 of the rim portion is seated on the floor of the basin.
  • the strainer member includes a grid pattern of holes 170.
  • the apparatus further includes a stopper member 180, which includes a shaft portion 190 and a head 200.
  • the head is sized with side 210 having an exterior circumference 220 such that the head fits snugly but slidably within the interior of the drain body.
  • the head includes a plurality of holes 230 forming a pattern that is offset from the grid pattern of the strainer member.
  • the seal in the drain closure is aided by a gasket 240 interposed between the strainer member and stopper member, which gasket has a grid pattern of holes 250 matching and aligned with those of the strainer member.
  • the stopper member head 200 has structure that covers the holes 250/170 in the gasket and stopper members.
  • the offset grid drain is preferably operatively connected to a drain closure mechanism 300 of the kind illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • This mechanism includes a mounting platform 310 adapted for installation on the upper surface of a sink, tub, or basin, or alternatively in a back splash, wall, sink pedestal, or the like.
  • the mounting platform includes a horizontal surface 310a and a vertical tube portion 310b which extends below or into the surface in which it is mounted.
  • a generally cylindrical lift rod 320 is slidably disposed in an opening in the mounting platform and is connected at its lower end 330 to a flexible wire push rod 340, which preferably includes an expansion 350 at its end for capture and retention by the lift rod.
  • the flexible wire push rod is slidably disposed in a flex tube sheath 360 which is inserted at a first end 370 into the lower end of the vertical tube portion 310b of the mounting platform.
  • the tube includes a ferrule 380 proximate its terminal end and is secured in the mounting platform with a female compression fitting 390.
  • the second end 400 of the flexible tube sheath is inserted through the radially extending nipple 410 of the drain body and is again secured in place with a ferrule 420 and female compression fitting 430.
  • the second end of the flexible tube sheath terminates at the lower end 440 of a connecting shaft 450, and the shaft portion 190 of stopper member 180 is slidably inserted into the upper end 460 of connecting shaft 450.
  • the flexible wire push rod 340 extends beyond the terminal end of the flexible tube sheath and connects to the shaft portion 190 of the stopper member 180, such that when the stopper member is elevated into the closed position (shown in FIG. 2), the shaft portion of the stopper member and the end of the flexible tube sheath are separated by a space defining the vertical travel of the stopper member.
  • the means of actuating vertical movement of the stopper member need not be mechanical, as described in the first preferred embodiment.
  • Other actuation means may be employed, including actuation by a push button pneumatic apparatus operatively connected to the stopper mechanism.
  • This type of push button pneumatic device is described in detail in several patents issued to the present inventor, including United States Patent No. 6,484,329, issued November 26, 2002, and entitled, Bladder-controlled stopper device; United States Patent 6,427,255, issued August 6, 2002, and entitled, Remote controlled stopper device, each incorporated in their entirety by reference herein.
  • the preferred method of providing pneumatic means for actuating the stopper device may be found in published United States Patent Application Number 11/219,548, Pub. No.
  • 20060000015 having a publication date 05/01/2006 (5 January 2006), also incorporated in its entirety by reference herein. 20060000015.
  • This published application discloses a pneumatically actuated drain stopper system and apparatus which includes a source of compressed gas, a pressure regulator, a piston drain, a push-button or toggle switch interposed between the piston drain and the pressure regulator, and pneumatic lines connecting the piston drain to the switch and the switch to the gas source, and bringing all elements into fluid communication with one another.
  • the mechanism shown in this published application may be adapted for use in moving the stopper from its closed to its open position, as the principles employed to raise and lower the drain stopper shown in that application are identical to those employed to elevate and lower the offset grid drain of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 4a and 4b Such an embodiment is shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b, wherein the flexible wire and wire sheath are essentially replaced by a pneumatic tube linkage connecting the actuation button 320 to the drain stopper memberl80.
  • the "grid pattern" of the strainer member and the gasket member may comprise nothing more than a single hole.
  • grid pattern means drain hole opening pattern, and it may comprise a single hole or a plurality of holes in a symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern.
  • the complementary "pattern" of the stopper member may therefore include nothing more than a single structure adapted for insertion into a single hole in the strainer and gasket members, or it may includes a plurality of plugging structures adapted for covering the plurality of holes in the strainer and gasket members.

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L'invention porte sur un ensemble de fermeture par bonde déportée, cet ensemble comprenant une crépine de vidange placée dans le trou d'écoulement d'une cuvette, un obturateur à déplacement vertical est placé sous la crépine et dont la structure est complémentaire à l'orifice ou aux orifices de la crépine, et un joint d'étanchéité placé immédiatement sous la crépine et ayant une configuration d'orifice correspondant. L'obturateur est raccordé de manière fonctionnelle à un dispositif d'actionnement de sorte que, lorsqu'il est actionné, il s'abaisse, à partir du joint d'étanchéité, sous la crépine ou se soulève jusqu'à proximité du joint d'étanchéité de façon à fermer la crépine. La bonde obtenue est une fermeture étanche d'un trou d'écoulement ne comportant pas de surface surélevée dans le fond de la cuvette contenant le fluide, qu'il soit fermé ou ouvert.
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