EP0619976A1 - Vorrichtung zur Befestigung von einem Toilettendeckel - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Befestigung von einem Toilettendeckel Download PDF

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EP0619976A1
EP0619976A1 EP94400641A EP94400641A EP0619976A1 EP 0619976 A1 EP0619976 A1 EP 0619976A1 EP 94400641 A EP94400641 A EP 94400641A EP 94400641 A EP94400641 A EP 94400641A EP 0619976 A1 EP0619976 A1 EP 0619976A1
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Patrick Barbotin
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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
    • A47K13/00—Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A47K13/24—Parts or details not covered in, or of interest apart from, groups A47K13/02 - A47K13/22
    • A47K13/26—Mounting devices for seats or covers
    • 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
    • A47K13/00—Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A47K13/12—Hinges

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  • the present invention relates to a device for fixing a flap of W-C on a bowl, allowing in particular disassembly and reassembly without tools, simple, quick and frequent of said flap.
  • the usual fasteners intended for this use generally consist of a bolt and a nut making the fixed part (s) of the flap (fixed) integral with the bowl by means of through orifices provided during manufacture in the constituent material the bowl.
  • the quantity of W-C fitted with standard non-removable toilet seats is quite considerable, both in the accommodation and in places open to the public, workplaces, hospitals, hotel rooms, etc. This poses a double problem of cleaning and hygiene. Indeed, maintenance operations at this level, of individuals or staff assigned to this task, are impractical and unpleasant and make prophylactic measures random to control certain diseases, especially intestinal diseases. For these reasons we have tried to create removable devices.
  • Removable and removable flaps are known in particular from PCT patent application WO 91/11 151 which teaches a toilet flap formed by a seat and a cover articulated by axes on uprights linked to the fixing holes on the bowl by elastically expandable tenons to, after expansion, be fixed by friction in the walls of the holes in the bowl provided for the tenons.
  • Such a device also comprises a tensioner which makes it possible to establish substantially horizontal forces between the tenons for applying the tenons against the walls of the hole.
  • fastening systems comprising two frames, each mounted in a hole passing through the bowl, provided for fixing the flap, the frames having at their upper part a groove forming a clamp or clip for each of the axes articulating the seat on the cover.
  • Such devices if they are simple to construct, have the drawback of leaving the dormant members to remain during the cleaning operation on the bowl, which constitutes an area where cleaning remains difficult.
  • the frames can undergo a slight rotational movement and no longer be rigorously oriented along the transverse axis, which makes the installation of the flap more difficult.
  • the main object of the invention is therefore to provide a fastening device for dismantling and reassembly simple, quick and without tools of the standard flaps on the bowls without prejudice to the aesthetic appearance and without significantly complicating the manufacture of the device.
  • the device thus makes it possible to thoroughly clean the bowl in the parts where usually the flap is secured to it. Furthermore the fact of separating the flap also allows easy cleaning and disinfection of the latter.
  • the device for fixing a toilet seat composed of at least one seat articulated by at least one hinge on the fixing holes of the bowl to allow the quick disassembly and reassembly without tools is characterized in that it consists of two coaxial parts, one female of which is made integral with the bowl and provided with a central well in which the other male part is integral with the hinge of the 'flap enters the female part and means ensuring a metastable position of the male part in the female part.
  • At least one shoulder of the male part coming to constrain one or more elastic parts integral with the female part.
  • the male part comprises a barrel consisting of two parts, one threaded, the other threaded to allow the interposition of shims between the two parts in order to adjust the total length of the male part .
  • each female part comprises at the upper part a shoulder of dimensions greater than those of the orifices of the bowl and on its outer surface means for securing the female part to the bowl and elastic means intended to cooperate with the 'shoulder of the male part.
  • the fastening means consist of a first nut cooperating with an external thread of the female part and the elastic means are fixed to a second nut provided with an internal thread and a shoulder forming a stop.
  • the elastic elements forming a spring are located near the outlet of the female part.
  • the means ensuring a metastable position consist of the fact that the outside diameter of the male part is adjusted sliding with respect to the internal diameter of the well of the female part and the length of the male and female parts is between three times and ten times the dimension of the internal diameter of the well.
  • the length is preferably three times the inside diameter of the well of the female part.
  • the female part is equipped with shapes designed to adapt to the configuration of the orifices of the bowl.
  • the hinge is made integral with the male part by a threaded part which is screwed on the upper end of the male part.
  • a second object of the invention is to adapt to the device an anti-theft system allowing the disassembly of the flap but limiting the movement of the latter to a predetermined distance to prevent the disappearance of the flaps when using this type of flap in communities.
  • the device comprises at the end of the male part integral with the flap a flexible and flexible connecting element, of determined length corresponding to the authorized displacement limit and the other end of which is attached at a fixed point.
  • the fixed point is integral with the bowl.
  • the invention allows the attachment of a flap consisting of a cover (20) and a seat (21) connected together by a hinge (3).
  • the hinge (3) is formed of three fittings (31, 32, 33) articulated around a same axis (30), the first bracket (31) in the form of a square allows the connection of the flap with a male part (5) of the invention.
  • This connection of the fitting (31) on the male part (5) is ensured by means of a threaded part (6) which is screwed into the internal thread (52) provided in a well formed for this purpose on the upper part of the barrel (5) of the male part.
  • the second fitting (32) is secured to the cover (20) while the third fitting (33) of the hinge is secured to the seat (21).
  • the male part (5) has, near its lower end, a groove (90) followed by a bulge so as to form a shoulder (9).
  • this part can be produced independently of the cylindrical part of the barrel (5) and made integral with the latter by a threaded stud (91) which is screwed into a tapped hole (51) provided in the end of the barrel (5) opposite to that intended to receive the threaded part (6).
  • This embodiment of the male part has the advantage of making it possible to interpose between the element (9) forming the shoulder (90) and the barrel (5) a washer (11) so as to adjust the length of the male part. to the desirable value.
  • a female element (4) is mounted in each of the orifices (14) reserved in the bowl (1) during the manufacture of the latter.
  • This female element (4) has a central cylindrical well (42) open at its two ends and an outer surface provided with a thread (40).
  • the upper end of the female part (4) is provided with a shoulder (41) of dimension greater than that of the orifice (14) of the bowl so as to secure the female element (4) by support of the shoulder (41) on the upper surface of the bowl and screwing of a nut (7) coming to press via a washer (12) on the underside of the bowl (1).
  • the female element (4) is longer than the thickness of the bowl (1) so as to allow the screwing of a nut (7) and still have a sufficient length of thread (40) to allow the screwing of an additional element (8).
  • This complementary element (8) has a outer shape of a nut, for example with a hexagonal face, and comprises in its inner part a central well (82) tapped over a part of the length of this element and ending in an approximately central zone of the element by a shoulder ( 83) on which a spring leaf (10) of suitable shape is fixed so as to come and grip the end of the male part (9) and ensure its retention by clipping.
  • a second alternative embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 1a avoids the use of the complementary element (8).
  • the leaf spring (10) constituting the elastic means is secured directly to the female part (4) and disposed or produced inside the well (42) at a determined distance so that it can perform its clip-on function on the 'shoulder (9) of the male part (5).
  • the removable fixing device can be provided at the end of the male part (5) forming a shoulder (9) or stud of a chain (13) integral with the stud (9).
  • the other end of the chain (13) is made integral with an element fixed to the bowl (1) such as, for example, the complementary element (8) or the nut (7) or any other part of the bowl (1) or a fixed part located near the bowl (1) such as a wall.
  • the chain (13) is of sufficient length to allow disassembly of the flap so as to ensure the cleaning of the bowl and the flap without allowing unwelcome people to take the flap with them.
  • a third alternative embodiment of the invention consists in using a cylindrical male part (5) having an adjusted external diameter sliding relative to the internal diameter of the well (42) of the female part.
  • the male parts (5) and females (4) must have a length whose value is between three times and ten times the internal diameter of the well (42) of the female part (4).
  • this length will be equal to three times the diameter of the well (42) and thus ensures a metastable bond, that is to say a bond which remains stable at low displacements of the male part (5) in the female part (4) and which becomes unstable during a displacement of dimension greater than the length defined above.
  • the removable fixing device can be provided at the end of the barrel of the male part (5) with a chain (13) integral with the barrel.
  • the other end of the chain (13) is made integral with an element fixed to the bowl (1) such as, for example, the nut (7) or any other part of the bowl (1) or even a part fixed located near the bowl (1) such as a wall.
  • the chain (13) is of sufficient length to allow disassembly of the flap so as to ensure the cleaning of the bowl and the flap without allowing unwelcome people to take the flap with them.
  • the installation of the flap is very easily obtained by the penetration of the male parts (5) integral with each of the two hinges (3) of the flap in the female parts (4) integral with each of the two orifices (14 ) of the bowl and by exerting a vertical force directed downwards on the bracket fitting (31) of the hinge (3) of the flap.
  • the adjustment of the external diameter of the male part (5) relative to the internal diameter of the central well (42) of the female part (4) is sufficiently precise to allow easy sliding of the two parts into one another and ensure satisfactory retention of the flap during use usual which solicits the male part only by shear stresses.
  • the shoulder (9) comes into contact with the spring leaf (10) which deforms to allow further engagement and secure the spring leaf (10) on the ovoid pin (9).
  • the square fitting (31) will be in contact with the upper part of the female part (4) and the leaf spring (10) exerts pressure along the shoulder (9) of the male part (5) when the length is correctly adapted, for example using a washer (11).
  • the separation of the two parts is obtained by the application of a vertical upward pulling force to ensure the separation of the two parts of the spring leaf (10) in order to release the shoulder (9) and allow its sliding in the female part (4).
  • the present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown but encompasses any variant and / or combination of their various elements.
  • the device equipped with a chain (13) can end in a shoulder which constrains a leaf spring secured to the female part (4).
  • the nut (7) and the washer (12) ensuring the fixing of the female part (4) on the hole (14) of the bowl can be combined into a single piece of suitable shape.
  • the male part formed from the barrel (5) and the shoulder (9) can be made in one piece.
  • the male part must have a length such that it exerts an action near the base of the female part (4), that is to say at a place situated below the plane of the bowl (1) on which the flap rests, carrying out an assembly by spring blades in the immediate vicinity of the inlet opening of the female part (4) would not go beyond the ambit of the invention.
  • the device of the invention can equally well be used on W-C flaps comprising only the seat (21).
  • male and female parts can be made of a metal or of a stainless metal alloy or of plastic, or of any material suitable for this kind of application.

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FR9303501A FR2702948B1 (fr) 1993-03-26 1993-03-26 Dispositif de fixation d'un abattant de w-c .
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GB2289902A (en) * 1994-06-01 1995-12-06 Derwent Macdee Limited Resilient mounting means for securing a cover and/or seat to a W.C.
AU2003232718B2 (en) * 2002-11-15 2007-03-08 Eczacibasi Yapi Gerecleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Hinge mounting apparatus for toilet bowls
US8943618B2 (en) 2010-07-13 2015-02-03 Centoco Plastics Limited Toilet seat hinge assembly
US9289103B2 (en) 2013-02-06 2016-03-22 As Ip Holdco, Llc Easy-install toilet seat
US10299639B2 (en) 2016-05-26 2019-05-28 Kohler Mira Limited Plumbing fixture lid and seat assembly

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JPH10127528A (ja) * 1996-10-29 1998-05-19 Kato Electrical Mach Co Ltd 洋式便器の便座や便蓋の開閉装置用ホルダー

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US3055015A (en) * 1960-07-25 1962-09-25 Melvin H Silverman Releasable hinge assembly
CH484667A (de) * 1967-09-28 1970-01-31 Owo Presswerk Ag Befestigungseinrichtung, insbesondere für Closettabdeckungen
US4080671A (en) * 1976-08-27 1978-03-28 Geberit Ag Arrangement for swingable mounting of a toilet seat
US4319365A (en) * 1980-02-11 1982-03-16 Bemis Manufacturing Company No tool toilet seat hardware

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US3055015A (en) * 1960-07-25 1962-09-25 Melvin H Silverman Releasable hinge assembly
CH484667A (de) * 1967-09-28 1970-01-31 Owo Presswerk Ag Befestigungseinrichtung, insbesondere für Closettabdeckungen
US4080671A (en) * 1976-08-27 1978-03-28 Geberit Ag Arrangement for swingable mounting of a toilet seat
US4319365A (en) * 1980-02-11 1982-03-16 Bemis Manufacturing Company No tool toilet seat hardware
US4319365B1 (de) * 1980-02-11 1985-02-05

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2289902A (en) * 1994-06-01 1995-12-06 Derwent Macdee Limited Resilient mounting means for securing a cover and/or seat to a W.C.
GB2289902B (en) * 1994-06-01 1998-02-04 Derwent Macdee Limited A set of parts for fixing a cover and/or seat to a pedestal sanitary appliance
AU2003232718B2 (en) * 2002-11-15 2007-03-08 Eczacibasi Yapi Gerecleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Hinge mounting apparatus for toilet bowls
AU2003232718B9 (en) * 2002-11-15 2007-05-17 Eczacibasi Yapi Gerecleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Hinge mounting apparatus for toilet bowls
AU2003232718B8 (en) * 2002-11-15 2007-05-17 Eczacibasi Yapi Gerecleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Hinge mounting apparatus for toilet bowls
US8943618B2 (en) 2010-07-13 2015-02-03 Centoco Plastics Limited Toilet seat hinge assembly
US9289103B2 (en) 2013-02-06 2016-03-22 As Ip Holdco, Llc Easy-install toilet seat
US10299639B2 (en) 2016-05-26 2019-05-28 Kohler Mira Limited Plumbing fixture lid and seat assembly

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