EP0001258B1 - Baignoire perfectionnée - Google Patents

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EP0001258B1
EP0001258B1 EP78100884A EP78100884A EP0001258B1 EP 0001258 B1 EP0001258 B1 EP 0001258B1 EP 78100884 A EP78100884 A EP 78100884A EP 78100884 A EP78100884 A EP 78100884A EP 0001258 B1 EP0001258 B1 EP 0001258B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Showers; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/006—Doors to get in and out of baths more easily
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Showers; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/02—Baths
    • A47K3/022—Baths specially adapted for particular use, e.g. for washing the feet, for bathing in sitting position

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  • the present invention relates to a bathtub intended more particularly for the use of the elderly or disabled.
  • a water collecting area equipped with a drain and surrounded by a rim is provided in front of the access door of the bathtub. Indeed, it can happen on this known bathtub that the occupant of the bathtub, after having closed the drain for draining the bathtub, lets water flow into the latter when he has not closed the door d 'access or closed this door only partially. The water thus flowing from the bathtub is collected by the collecting platform.
  • Another known bathtub with access door (US Pat. 2,991,482) comprises a heating jacket and a combined device controlling both the closing of the door, the flow of water contained in the heating jacket and in the interior space of the bathtub and the door is locked with a float as long as the bathtub contains water.
  • the door threshold is raised relative to the drain for the bathtub.
  • this raised threshold does not prevent with certainty, in the case where the occupant of the bathtub lets water flow in the latter while the door is not closed or is not completely closed, this water escapes from the bathtub through the door.
  • water can only flow from the bathtub through the drain in a well-defined position of the combined control device, while in all other positions, the flow of water through the drain is impossible. so that the water then introduced into the bathtub through the filling fitting accumulates at the bottom of the bathtub and flows through the opening of the bathtub as soon as its level reaches the lower edge of this opening.
  • the present invention relates to an opening bathtub which differs from known baths of this type by its simple structure, its small size, its reduced cost price, its easy access and its increased operating safety.
  • the invention therefore relates to an opening bathtub, in particular for the use of the elderly or disabled, formed of a fixed part and a movable part capable of pivoting relative to the fixed part about an axis of articulation. substantially vertical located on a longitudinal side of the bathtub, said bathtub comprising a closing safety device preventing the opening of the bathtub as long as the latter contains water.
  • the bathtub is divided into two parts in a plane transverse to the length of the bathtub, passing through the deepest part of the bathtub, the two parts of the bathtub ensuring in the closed position, in line with the plane transverse dividing, a continuous inner surface of the bath, and the latter further comprises a filling safety device preventing the filling of the bath until the latter is not completely closed.
  • the filling safety device comprises a feeler actuated when the tub is completely closed to release the arrival of water at a tub filling tap. This probe therefore prevents, as long as the bathtub is not completely closed, any arrival of water at the filling valve.
  • Said probe is constituted by a pusher making sailie, under the action of a spring, on the contact surface of one of the two parts of the bath with the other.
  • This plunger acts on a shut-off valve mounted upstream of the bath filler fitting and controlling the arrival of cold and hot water to this filling fitting.
  • said pusher is mounted in the vicinity of the side of the bath opposite the hinge axis.
  • the safety device for closing the bathtub comprises means controlled by a float actuated as a function of the level of the water in the bathtub, said means locking the tub closing device in the closed position as long as the tub contains water.
  • Said means comprise two horizontal legs, spaced vertically, integral with one of the two parts of the bath, with two aligned holes, one in each of said legs.
  • Said means further comprise a horizontal tab connected to the device for closing the tub so as to be movable in a horizontal plane between said two tabs integral with one of the parts of the tub, said movable tab also comprising a hole.
  • said means comprise a vertical rod secured to a float and passing through the aligned holes of said three legs when the device for closing the bathtub is in the closed position and when the float is raised by the rise in the water level in the bathtub .
  • Said float is located in a vertical tank communicating with the interior of the bathtub according to the principle of communicating vases.
  • the device for closing the bath advantageously comprises at least one latch of the toggle type, the operating handle of which pivots about a vertical axis. Said movable tab is then secured to this maneuver.
  • the latches of the toggle type are at least two in number and their operating levers are connected together by a vertical bar. Said tab is then advantageously formed by the bent upper end of this bar and the operating handle is connected to this bar.
  • the opening bath illustrated by the drawing is a bath-tub or bath-tub whose body 1 of conventional shape is divided into two parts 2, 3.
  • the division plane is vertical and transverse to the length of the bath and passes through the deeper part of bathtub body 1 (see figure 3).
  • the movable part 3 is connected to the fixed part 2 by a vertical hinge pin 4 located on one side of the bathtub body 1.
  • a closing device 5 described in more detail below is provided on the opposite side of the bathtub body 1.
  • the tightness of the bathtub body 1 in the closed state is ensured by a seal 6, for example of cellular rubber, compressed during the closing of the bathtub body 1 using the device 5.
  • the joint 6 is fixed, for example by gluing, on a reinforcement 7 provided on the part 2 of the body of the bath 1, on the sides and below.
  • Part 3 includes a corresponding reinforcement 8. These reinforcements are intended to provide the two parts 2 and 3 with a sufficiently large contact surface and are constituted, in the example shown, by wooden frames.
  • Part 3 includes an additional drain 12 whose function will be described below.
  • the fixed part 2 of the bathtub body 1 rests on the ground by its reinforcement 7 and feet 13, while the movable part 3, the reinforcement 8 of which does not descend to the ground comprises a roller 14 compensating for the overhang when pivoting part 3.
  • the closure device 5 of the bathtub is constituted by two superimposed latches of the toggle type whose dormant parts 15 are fixed on the reinforcement 7 of the fixed part 2 of the body of the bathtub and whose the operating levers 16 are connected to the reinforcement 8 of the movable part 3 so as to be able to pivot about a vertical axis.
  • their operating levers 16 are interconnected by a vertical bar 17 comprising an operating handle 18 at its upper part.
  • a pusher 19 projecting, under the action of a spring, on the reinforcement 7 of the fixed part 2, in the direction of the reinforcement 8 of the movable part 3.
  • This plunger 19 acts on a double stop valve 21, mounted upstream of the filling valve 9 and fixed to the reinforcement 7.
  • the stop valve 21 includes two valves coupled one to control the arrival of hot water and the other to control the arrival of cold water to the valve 9. As long as the bathtub is not completely closed, the pusher 19 makes projection on the reinforcement 7 and the two coupled valves of the valve 21 are closed, so that it is not possible to run water through the valve 9.
  • a safety device which cooperates with the closing device 5.
  • This safety device visible in particular in FIG. 4 comprises a float 22 located in a vertical tank 23 placed laterally next to the movable part 3 of the bathtub body 1.
  • the open lower end of the tank 23 communicates with the additional drain 12 by a conduit 24 passing below the bottom of the part mobile 3.
  • the water contained in the bath passes, according to the principle of communicating vessels, through line 24 in the tank 23 and lifts the float 22.
  • the latter is surmounted by a vertical rod 25 which slides freely in a vertical guide tube 26 extending the tank 23 upwards.
  • the tank 23 with its guide tube 26 is fixed to the reinforcement 8 of the movable part 3, so that the tube 26, and therefore also the rod 25 which it contains, is located a short distance from the reinforcement 8.
  • the latter door close above the upper end of guide tube 26, two sections of angle iron 27 whose projecting wings are horizontal and are spaced vertically.
  • the projecting wing of each angle 27 is pierced with a hole with a diameter greater than the diameter of the rod 25.
  • the holes of the two sections of angle 27 are aligned with the axis of the rod 25.
  • the vertical bar 17 connecting together the operating levers 16 of the two latches of the closure device 5 of the bathtub is bent at right angles to its upper end to form a horizontal tab 29 pierced with a hole 30 with a diameter greater than the diameter of the rod 25.
  • the position of the pivot axis of the bar 17 relative to the axis of the rod 25 and relative to the axis of the hole 30 are chosen so that in the closed position of the device closure 5, the axis of the hole 30 of the tab 29 then being located between the projecting wings of the sections of angle iron 27 is aligned with the axis of the rod 25.
  • the float 22 is raised so that the rod 25 passes through both the holes 28 of the projecting wings of the sections of angle iron 27 and the hole 30 of the tab 29, so that the latter is locked in position and that, consequently, the closing latches cannot be opened by an untimely operation of the handle 18.
  • the height of the float 22 and of the rod 25 is chosen so that the lug 29 remains locked by the rod 25 until the bath is completely emptied.
  • the bathtub could also be of the flat bottom type, although a bathtub-bath or bath-tub is better suited for the elderly or disabled.
  • the dividing plane of the tub body could also be located closer to one end of the tub, which would make it possible to reduce the depth of the recess necessary in the wall 20 in order to allow the pivoting of the movable part.
  • the reinforcements provided on either side of the division plane on the two parts of the bathtub body could be constituted by flanges forming an integral part of the two parts of the bathtub body instead of being constituted by attached wooden frames.
  • round holes could be provided on the rim of one of the parts of the bathtub, preferably of the movable part, the molded rubber seal comprising a corresponding number of nipples coming to engage elastically by light pressure. in these holes.
  • the device for closing the bath could include different elements provided that the latter ensure the tightening necessary for the compression of the seal.
  • the bathtub which is shown naked in the drawing, but can be provided in the usual way with an apron on the visible sides, can be made of any usual material for bathtub, for example cast iron, sheet metal , made of plastic, although it is advantageous to choose a light material to facilitate the pivoting of the movable part and avoid excessive forces at the level of the articulation axis of the latter.

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CA (1) CA1100710A (it)
DE (1) DE2861739D1 (it)
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FR (1) FR2403054A1 (it)
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US8448269B2 (en) * 2006-10-06 2013-05-28 Jeffrey M. Libit Bathtub insert
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US4202060A (en) 1980-05-13
ES238476Y (es) 1979-04-16
CA1100710A (fr) 1981-05-12
IE47433B1 (en) 1984-03-21
IT7869107A0 (it) 1978-09-13
ES238476U (es) 1978-12-01
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IT1107902B (it) 1985-12-02

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