WO2007034515A1 - Base de douche avec bassine de soins des pieds et systeme de douche comportant cette base - Google Patents

Base de douche avec bassine de soins des pieds et systeme de douche comportant cette base Download PDF

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WO2007034515A1
WO2007034515A1 PCT/IT2005/000538 IT2005000538W WO2007034515A1 WO 2007034515 A1 WO2007034515 A1 WO 2007034515A1 IT 2005000538 W IT2005000538 W IT 2005000538W WO 2007034515 A1 WO2007034515 A1 WO 2007034515A1
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Stefano Morelli
Roberto Testalepre
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Nic S.R.L.
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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
    • A47K3/40—Pans or trays
    • 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
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • 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
    • E03C1/24—Overflow devices for basins or baths

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  • the present invention relates to a shower base in general and, in particular, to a multifunctional shower base to perform a foot bath.
  • the present invention relates to the field for manufacturing hydro-thermo-sanitary ware and, more specifically, the production of components to implement shower cabins and the like.
  • the present invention can be usefully integrated in all models of shower boxes, of hydrocolumns and bath tubs for the sanitary field in general.
  • the recirculation and overflow outlets of known technique substantially are holes made at sight on the inner surface of the tubs of the drainage basins of the sanitary articles, such as bath tubs, wash-basins and shower bases, obtained at heights so as to limit the rising of the fluid head inside thereof until a determined substantially lower level than the containment edges and as to prevent the discharge thereof.
  • shower bases of the traditional shower cabins are not specifically designed to act as foot spa basin and the temperature of the fluid flow wetting the lower limbs and the feet of a user cannot be selectively set by him/her.
  • the temperature of such fluid flow does not differentiate substantially from the one of the jets emitted by the shower dispensing head to clean a user's body.
  • the temperature of the water jets does not specialize depending from the involved body part.
  • the object of the present invention is then to solve the problems mentioned above, by providing a shower base as defined in claim 1 and a shower group integrating such shower base as specified in claim 3.
  • the shower base and the shower group according to the present invention can be advantageously adapted to each type and shape of shower cabin, not involving to carry out important modifications in the original structure of the sanitary and discharge equipment for the installation thereof.
  • the shower base and the shower group according to the present invention result easy to be installed and used, as well as to have an easy design and a cheap production. Thanks to the use of a shower base according to the present invention an improved outflow capability of the discharge water is obtained, by annulling in an effective way the hygienical problems deriving from the overflow and from possible refluxes and back-flows of the same.
  • the particular shape of the emergency discharge or overflow system associated to the shower base prevents the obstruction thereof, by avoiding the introduction of narrow openings or holes.
  • the adoption of the shower base according to the present invention further provides to implement spa basins to perform a relaxing foot bath, in case by providing hydrojets and devices for the plantar massage.
  • a respective temperature of the water collected therein can be associated, so that a user can select a specific temperature for the foot bath, in case different from the one of the jets dispensed by the shower head. In this way a pleasant and advantageous diversification of the temperature of the sanitary water, depending upon the body part thereto it is destined, is implemented.
  • a user could wash his/her own body with a jet at one temperature and at the same time select a different temperature for the water addressed to the foot spa basin, emitted at a specific height by a dedicated mixing system.
  • the relevant thermal rise will facilitate the stimulation of the arteriovenous and lymphatic microcirculation.
  • figure 1 is a perspective top and partially cutaway view of a shower cabin thereon a shower base according to a first embodiment of the present invention is installed;
  • figure 2 is a perspective top view of a detail of the shower cabin of figure 1 ;
  • figure 3-A is a side sectional view of the shower base of figure 1 , apt to illustrate the operation of a discharge system from a main outlet of the shower base, when a main outflow duct is in opened state;
  • figure 3-B is a side sectional view of the shower cabin of figure 1 , apt to illustrate a first operation phase of the discharge system of figure 3-A, when the main outflow duct is in the obstructed condition;
  • - figure 3-C is a side sectional view of the shower base of figure 1, apt to illustrate a second operation phase of the discharge system of figure 3-A,
  • a shower base 1 comprises at least a foot spa basin 3, implemented by means of a raised containment edge 2.
  • Each spa basin 3 is equipped with a relevant discharge system, comprising a main discharge outlet 5 and a discharge duct 20 for the outflow through said main outlet 5.
  • the discharge duct 20 in case drowned in the walls of the floor and/or the walls thereon the shower cabin rests, comprises a main outflow duct 21 and a system of ducts 31 , 32 apt to implement a recirculation path closed in a ring-like fashion on said main duct 21.
  • the closing means can have the shape of a mobile small drain 40 inside the main duct 21, as exemplified in the figures 3-A, 3-B and 3-C. - A -
  • the small drain 40 has, at one end outer of the duct 20, a plug 41 for the discharge outlet 5; whereas at the end inside the duct 20 it is equipped with an obturator 42.
  • Such obturator 42 in the closing configuration illustrated in the figures 3-B e 3-C, is apt to engage in a seat 50 obtained in the duct 20 and, in particular, in the main duct 21; whereas, in the opening configuration illustrated in figure 3-A, it is apt to detach from the seat 50.
  • the above-mentioned duct system preferably has two branches communicating one to the other, an upper branch 31 and a lower branch 32 respectively.
  • the upper branch 31 has a first entrance end on the main duct 21, placed upwards the seat 50 for the obturator 42.
  • the lower branch 32 has a second outflow end on the main duct 21, placed downwards the seat 50 for the obturator 42.
  • the ends respectively opposed to said entrance and outflow ends open on a common union section of the duct system.
  • Such union section can have the shape of an overflow chamber 35, thereat the passage of the fluid flow from the upper branch 31 to the lower branch 32 is implemented.
  • the duct system mentioned above is designed so that the maximum height reached by the recirculation path is less than the height of the containment edge 2 of the shower base 1.
  • the bottom of the overflow chamber 35 is placed at a shorter height than the containment edge 2 of the shower base 1. Thanks to this structural device, the duct system acts as overflow device and it determines the maximum filling level of the spa basin 3 thanks to the known device of the communicating vessels.
  • the fluid flow discharged from the spa basin 3 discharged directly through the main duct 21, passing between the periphery of the obturator 42 and the inner walls of the main duct 21 , in case filtered by a ring nut 43 or the like placed on the small drain 40.
  • the fluid flow is conveyed by the initial portion of the main duct 21 , upwards the seat 50, to the upper branch 31.
  • the fluid head in the branch 31 positions itself on the same level of the fluid in the spa basin 3. Such level rises proportionally to the quantity of fluid which is made to flow to the spa basin 3, until the maximum allowed filling level of the spa basin 3 is reached.
  • the fluid passes, for example by falling, to the lower branch 32, in order to be then conveyed to the main duct 21 downwards the closed obturator 42 through said second outflow end and then definitely discharged.
  • the fluid can be entered in the spa basin indirectly, for example by falling from the shower dispensing head 12 and/or directly by means of a distribution and mixing system dedicated to the foot bath.
  • a user 100 can also take advantage from the hydromassage exerted by the inlet jet at his/her own lower limbs and feet.
  • the shower base according to the present invention can be shaped so as to have a plurality of foot spa basins 3, 3'.
  • a respective discharge system as described above in detail is associated to each one of such spa basins, so that in any case the overflow from each spa basin is avoided.
  • FIG 4-B an embodiment of the shower base according to the present invention having three foot spa basins 3, 3' and 3" is illustrated.
  • Such embodiment is suitable to house at the same time two users 100 who wish to have the optional chance of making a foot bath whereas they are taking a shower according to the traditional modes.
  • the present invention also relates to a shower group integrating a shower base as described sofar, comprising a distribution and mixing system 70 specifically designed to adapt to the shape of the shower base so as to allow an easy and rational use thereof.
  • Such mixing and distribution system 70 is apt to create and dispense distinct flows, having respective and different temperatures. Each one of such fluid flows is destined to a respective spa basin 3 for foot bath and/or respective dispensers pre-arranged for spraying onto the body of a user 100.
  • a shower head 12 to emit a water jet for the traditional shower is comprised of course.
  • such mixing and distribution system 70 comprises a main mixer 71 for the dispensing shower head 12 and secondary mixers 72, 73.
  • the main mixer 71 for the shower dispensing head 12 is apt to adjust rate and temperature T 1 of a mixture of different fluid flows, each one conveyed through respective arrivals from a distribution network and each one having a respective and given temperature T 3 .
  • the arrivals "a", "b" from distribution network are two for as many as fluid flows conveyed to temperature T 2 and T 3 , respectively.
  • the secondary mixers are apt to mix the mixture at temperature T 1 provided by the main mixer 71, with a respective fluid flow with temperature T a taken from a relative arrival from the distribution network, so that each one of the secondary mixers dispenses a fluid at temperature T u intermediate between T 1 and T 3 .
  • the secondary mixer 72 is apt to mix the mixture at temperature T 1 provided by the main mixer 71 with the fluid flow at T 2 coming from the arrival "a", thus by dispensing a fluid at temperature T 4 intermediate at T 1 and T 2 .
  • the secondary mixer 73 is apt to mix the mixture at temperature T 1 provided by the main mixer 71 with the fluid flow at T 3 coming from the arrival "b", thus by dispensing a fluid at temperature T 5 intermediate at T 1 and T 3 .
  • the secondary mixers in case pre-calibrated to provide a given fluid flow rate at a give temperature, respectively, are preferably powered together with the switching of respective valves induced by the manipulation of the main mixer 71 and by the consequent pressure variation in the ducts.
  • the fluid pressure variation in the ducts at time of opening the shower makes the valves V 2 , V 3 , which feed the two secondary mixers 72 and 73, respectively, to switch.
  • the activation of the secondary mixers can be automatized and/or be arranged by means of special knobs by a user 100.
  • a respective fluid flow is made to flow, through a special dispenser, to a respective foot spa basin having a respective discharge system.
  • the fluid flow at temperature T 4 flows into the foot spa basin 3", whereas the fluid flow at temperature T 5 to the spa basin 3'.
  • the spa basin 3 is filled-up with a fluid flow having temperature substantially equivalent to the one of the jet coming out from the shower head 12.
  • a user 100 can perform real hydrotherapy treatments with regenerating and vivifying effect, easily passing from a spa basin 3 to one of the adjacent spa basins and thus alternating the foot bath temperature.
  • the distribution and mixing system 70 can provide constructive solutions so that the activation of the secondary mixers is made independent from the closed or opened state of the shower head 12 obtained by manipulating the main mixer 71.
  • a user 100 when he/she desires it, can use the shower base for one foot bath only, by excluding the mode with a jet emission from the shower.
  • the morphology and the sizes of the shower base are such as to guarantee an optimum level of users' usability and autonomy.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne une base de douche (1) comprenant une bassine de soins des pieds (3) définie par un rebord de retenue surélevé (2), un système d'évacuation lié à cette bassine, comprenant un orifice d'évacuation principal (5), un conduit d'évacuation (20) qui permet à l'eau de s'écouler par ledit orifice principal (5) et un moyen de fermeture (40) dudit orifice principal (5) mobile par coulissement à l'intérieur d'une portion du conduit (20), ce moyen de fermeture (40) comprenant, à une extrémité interne dudit conduit (20), un obturateur (42) capable, dans la configuration de fermeture, de venir en contact avec un siège (50) ménagé dans ledit conduit (20) et, dans la configuration d'ouverture, d'être détaché dudit siège (50). Le conduit (20) comprend un conduit d'évacuation principal (21) et un système de conduits (31, 32) capable de définir un chemin de recirculation fermé sous forme d'anneau sur le conduit principal (21), ledit système (31, 32) comprenant une première extrémité d'entrée sur le conduit principal en amont du siège (50) pour ledit obturateur (42) et une seconde extrémité d'évacuation sur le conduit principal en aval du siège (50) pour ledit obturateur (42). La hauteur maximale atteinte par le chemin fermé est inférieure à la hauteur du rebord de retenue (2) de sorte que ledit système de conduits (31, 32) agit comme dispositif de trop-plein et détermine le niveau de remplissage maximal de ladite bassine de soins (3).
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WO2014164817A1 (fr) * 2013-03-12 2014-10-09 Ta Lan Van Cuvette de pédicure ayant une protection de débordement
CN109056885A (zh) * 2018-07-23 2018-12-21 广州源美节能科技有限公司 一种家用节水装置

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WO2014164817A1 (fr) * 2013-03-12 2014-10-09 Ta Lan Van Cuvette de pédicure ayant une protection de débordement
CN109056885A (zh) * 2018-07-23 2018-12-21 广州源美节能科技有限公司 一种家用节水装置

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