EP2642033B1 - Dispositif de douche comprenant un rail de guidage avec une section transversale en forme de U et un chariot déplaçable dans le rail de guidage - Google Patents

Dispositif de douche comprenant un rail de guidage avec une section transversale en forme de U et un chariot déplaçable dans le rail de guidage Download PDF

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EP2642033B1
EP2642033B1 EP12004435.9A EP12004435A EP2642033B1 EP 2642033 B1 EP2642033 B1 EP 2642033B1 EP 12004435 A EP12004435 A EP 12004435A EP 2642033 B1 EP2642033 B1 EP 2642033B1
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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
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  • the invention relates to a shower device comprising a cross-sectionally U-shaped guide rail and slidably mounted in the guide rail slide, wherein the carriage has a holder for receiving a hand shower, wherein the carriage shows a Schlittenkufe, the Schlittenkufe on both sides respectively at least one guide member, wherein the arranged on both sides of the carriage runners guide members in corresponding, arranged in the two legs of the cross-sectionally U-shaped guide grooves.
  • shower facilities of the type mentioned are known.
  • a holding device for the shower head of a shower system wherein a cross-sectionally C-shaped guide rail is provided, in which a carriage is arranged longitudinally movable, wherein on the back of the carriage, a leaf spring is arranged, through which the carriage is held pressed against the guide rail ,
  • a frictional force is generated by the leaf spring, which is such that the carriage can be detected with the hand shower in any position in the rail.
  • the disadvantage here is that the web of the C-shaped rail will scratch on its front, so on the visible side due to the leaf spring.
  • the holder for the hand shower is formed as a plastic housing which accommodates a permanent magnet, wherein a permanent force for the housing by the permanent magnet in conjunction with an iron pipe arranged in the guide rod is to be generated, which allows to fix this housing at any point of the guide column.
  • a guide device for example, known for a hand shower, in which a housing is also provided.
  • the housing has on its side facing the C-shaped rail on a plastic strip, wherein in the C-shaped rail, a slider is also provided made of plastic, through a screw in the housing against the C-shaped rail can be tightened.
  • This device described in the EP does not appear practical, since the adjustment of the holding force without dismantling the hand shower is not possible.
  • a shower set wherein a rail is provided, wherein the hand shower can be fixed on the rail by means of a magnet arranged on the hand shower.
  • a wall bar which has a dovetail-shaped recess.
  • This wall bar is arranged at a distance from the wall of a building.
  • a likewise dovetail-shaped shoe is slidably received, wherein in the dovetail-shaped shoe a central opening is provided, in which a ball is guided displaceably.
  • On the ball acts a pressure piece, which is spring-loaded adjustable.
  • the force with which the wedge surfaces of the shoe abut the guide of the dovetail groove of the wall bar is getting bigger. That is, the force and in particular the frictional force to move the shoe in the wall bar or in the dovetail groove of the wall bar is also getting bigger.
  • the ball on the rail runs less along than glides, and this creates grooves on the rail, which leave a visually unpleasant impression on the viewer.
  • the adjustment of the contact pressure is problematic.
  • a device for holding a hand shower on a wall of a building wherein a voltage applied to the wall rail is provided, consisting of a magnetic material rail, and a displaceable on the rail, elongated carriage.
  • the carriage has a boom for receiving a hand shower, wherein the carriage has at least one magnet.
  • the rail for receiving the carriage is in this case formed in cross-section C-shaped and is able to detect the carriage so far form fit. Facing the web of the rail, the carriage on plastic slider, wherein spaced from the rail to the carriage permanent magnets are provided.
  • a sanitary fitting for a hand shower comprising a rail attachable to a wall with a shoe guided by the rail, the shoe showing a receptacle for the hand shower.
  • the guide rail shows for receiving the shoe in cross-section C-shaped configuration, so that the recorded by the C-shaped recess shoe is held by the rail form-fitting but displaceable.
  • the shoe itself has at its longitudinal edges balls, which facilitate the displacement of the shoe in the C-shaped recess of the rail.
  • a cross-sectionally C-shaped rail is provided, wherein in turn a carriage is guided longitudinally displaceable in the C-shaped rail.
  • at least one coil spring is provided for fixing the carriage in the C-shaped rail.
  • a shower switch with a C-shaped rail is known, wherein the C-shaped rail has a substantially circular in cross-section groove, wherein a carriage is received by the C-shaped rail, which in the region of the round groove of the C-shaped rail a having appropriate training, so that the carriage is movable in the C-shaped rail.
  • the sledge itself takes up the hand shower.
  • a shower device is known, with a rail having a C-shaped recess and externally accessible guide grooves for receiving rod-like profiles of a slide-shaped holder, which serves to receive the hand shower.
  • the object underlying the invention is to provide a shower device of the type mentioned, in which in a simple manner the guidance of a carriage for receiving a hand shower without scratching the visible surfaces of the guide rail is guaranteed. In addition, a jerk-free displacement of the carriage in the rail to be made possible.
  • guide members are mounted on both sides of the displaceable slide skid in corresponding guide grooves arranged in the two legs of the cross-sectionally U-shaped rail. This means, The actual sliding surfaces are not visible from the outside, so that no scratch marks are visible.
  • the carriage is in this case so displaceable transversely to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail, that at least one guide member on one side of the carriage blade out of engagement with this at least one guide member associated guide groove.
  • the removal of the carriage from the guide rail is possible in a simple manner.
  • the guide rail for receiving the slide for a hand shower is designed as a construction disposed on the wall. This is essentially out of date, partly because, among other things, such guide rails, which build up on the wall, are difficult to clean.
  • the carriage for cleaning purposes or even for the purpose of replacement can not be so easily removed from the rail, as the ends of the rail are not exposed.
  • the at least one guide member arranged at least on one side of the carriage is movably receivable by the carriage in the direction of the carriage.
  • the guide member in the direction of the runner of the carriage movable at the Longitudinal edge of the runner of the carriage is arranged.
  • the guide member has at least one guide finger for receiving through a recess in the carriage skid. From this it is clear that the guide member is movably guided in the recess of Schlittenkufe by the guide finger.
  • a spring element is advantageously arranged in the recess for receiving the guide finger, for example a compression spring, so that the guide member is movable transversely to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail against the force of the spring movably received by the Schlittenkufe.
  • the guide grooves are preferably formed arcuate, wherein the guide members are corresponding thereto, in particular formed with a curved cross-section head, so also have an arcuate contact surface for engagement with the guide groove.
  • the invention also includes angular guide grooves or guide grooves in dovetail form; the guide members are then also formed accordingly.
  • the arrangement of the guide grooves is such that the carriage has a spacing from the guide rail on all sides, ie, it is not in contact with the guide rail except for the guide members.
  • the guide member is designed in the manner of a head strip, the head strip having a plurality of guide fingers, which are arranged in particular in series, which are received by corresponding also arranged in series recesses in the carriage.
  • the use of a header has the advantage that a tilting of the carriage when moving in the Rail is avoided because the investment or sliding surfaces are correspondingly long.
  • it may be provided to arrange on each bar of the carriage, ie on each side of the carriage skid under certain circumstances several such head strips, in particular two head strips in a row, which provide for the guidance and the fixation of the carriage in the guide rail.
  • the spring elements are acted upon by the at least one side of the Schlittenkufe the at least one guide member, not only serve to enable a corresponding displacement when the carriage is moved transversely to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail, but that beyond the number and type of spring elements and the pressure force is adjustable with which the guide members are pressed on both sides of the runner of the carriage in the corresponding guide groove. Since the at least one guide member is releasably connected to the carriage, after removal of the guide member by simple exchange of springs of different spring force or by the number of springs used also different contact pressures can be accomplished.
  • the carriage skid on one side has a lateral displacement path to the adjacent to the carriage skid one leg of the guide rail. This distance is greater than the depth of the guide groove in the other, opposite leg of the guide rail.
  • the guide member in the region of the one leg of the guide rail has a displacement path in the direction of the slide runner, which likewise corresponds approximately to the depth of the guide groove in the other leg of the guide rail.
  • the head strips on both sides of the runner of the carriage respectively spring-loaded are mounted in the corresponding recesses, wherein in such an embodiment, the distance of the blade to the two legs of the guide rail can be chosen the same, it must only be dimensioned such that at least the at least one head strip on one side of the carriage blade out of engagement with the they can get receiving guide groove.
  • Fig. 1 is the cross-sectionally U-shaped guide rail designated 1, the recorded by the U-shaped guide rail carriage 10, wherein the carriage 10 has the holder 20, which finally receives the hand-held shower, not shown, via an adapter 21.
  • the carriage 10 is arranged displaceably in the U-shaped guide rail 1.
  • the U-shaped guide rail 1 is installed on the wall or, preferably, in the wall of a shower, but this means that the ends of the rail are not exposed. It follows that the carriage 10 does not end at the rail can be pushed out. The same applies to the mounting of the rail on the wall when the rail has end pieces.
  • the carriage 10 has at its longitudinal edges 11a four recesses 6 arranged one behind the other.
  • the recesses 6 on both sides of the carriage 10 serve to receive guide members 12, 13.
  • Each guide member 12, 13 shows a head strip 14, 15, wherein such a head strip 14, 15 a plurality of successively arranged guide fingers 16, 17 has.
  • For receiving the guide fingers 16, 17 in the carriage 11 of the carriage carriage 10 are used in the present case four successively arranged in the carriage blade recesses. 6
  • the cross-sectionally U-shaped guide rail 1 shows in the region of its legs in each case a longitudinally extending guide groove 3.
  • the guide groove 3 is curved, in particular arc-shaped curved.
  • the head strips 14, 15 are formed.
  • the carriage 10 is centered in the cross-sectionally U-shaped rail.
  • the carriage circumferentially on a distance to the rail 1. That is, the carriage is guided exclusively by the guide members in the guide grooves.
  • the bottom 4 of the rail 1 extends at a distance from the underside of the carriage skid 11, as shown directly in FIG Fig. 2 results.
  • the carriage hovers over the floor (ridge) of the U-shaped guide rail. In this respect, on the floor 4 of the rail 1 also no scratches can occur.
  • 13 guide fingers 16, 17 are provided, which are formed on the head designed as a head of the head Guide member are arranged.
  • the recesses 6 are the recesses 6 in the longitudinal edge 11a of the carriage 11, as can be seen from the illustration in FIG FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 results.
  • a spring element 7 is arranged in the form of a compression spring. This spring element 7 ensures that not only the guide member 12 is pressed with the head strip 14 against the guide groove 3, but also the head strip 15 against the corresponding guide groove 3 in the opposite leg of the U-shaped guide rail 1.
  • the compressive force is adjustable here either in that a plurality of the guide fingers 16 are under the load of a spring or in that springs with greater or lesser spring force are used.
  • the guide groove 3 has a depth, which in the Fig. 2 denoted by "x".
  • the distance between the longitudinal edge 11a to the head strip is marked “S 1 ", the maximum travel with “S 2 ". If now the carriage should be taken out of the guide rail 1, it is necessary that the head strip 15 passes out of the region of the guide groove 3.
  • the carriage 10 is displaced in the direction of the arrow 40, wherein the displacement of the carriage in the direction of arrow 40 must correspond to at least the depth "x" of the guide groove. This is ensured if the spring elements 7 can be compressed in the recesses 6 at least by the path "S 2 " of the depth of the guide groove.
  • the longitudinal edge 11a of the carriage 11 has a distance "S 1 " to the header 14 and the corresponding edge of the leg of the guide rail in the region of the guide groove, which also corresponds at least to the depth "x" of the guide.
  • S 1 " and “S 2 " must each be greater than or equal to "X”.
  • Out Fig. 2a now arises as the lifting out of the carriage from the rail is made. It is also essential that the runner has a distance "A" to the top of the rail, which allows tilting for lifting the carriage out of the rail.

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  1. Dispositif de douche comprenant un rail de guidage (1) avec une section transversale en forme de U et un chariot (10) disposé de manière coulissante dans le rail de guidage, où le chariot (10) comprend un support (20) pour recevoir une douchette manuelle, où le chariot (10) comprend un patin de chariot (11), où le patin de chariot (11) comprend de chaque côté respectivement au moins un élément de guidage (12, 13), où les éléments de guidage (12, 13) disposés des deux côtés du patin de chariot (11) sont montés dans des rainures de guidage (3) correspondantes disposées dans les deux branches du rail (1) de section transversale en forme de U, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins
    l'au moins un élément de guidage (12, 13) disposé sur un côté du patin de chariot (11) est reçu par le patin de chariot (11) de manière mobile dans la direction du patin de chariot (11),
    où en raison de la mobilité de l'au moins un élément de guidage dans le patin de chariot (11), le chariot (10) peut coulisser transversalement à l'axe longitudinal (flèche 40) du rail de guidage en forme de U de telle manière que l'au moins un autre élément de guidage (12, 13) du côté opposé du patin de chariot (11) se dégage de la rainure de guidage (3) attribuée à cet au moins un autre élément de guidage (12, 13).
  2. Dispositif de douche selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'agencement des rainures de guidage (3) et/ou des éléments de guidage (12, 13) est tel que le chariot (10) comprend de tous côtés un écart par rapport au rail de guidage (1) en forme de U.
  3. Dispositif de douche selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les rainures de guidage (3) ont une section transversale en forme d'arc.
  4. Dispositif de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'élément de guidage (12, 13) comprend une tête avec une section transversale en forme d'arc correspondant à la section transversale des rainures de guidage (3).
  5. Dispositif de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'élément de guidage (12, 13) est connecté de manière amovible au chariot (10).
  6. Dispositif de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'élément de guidage (12, 13) comprend au moins un doigt de guidage (16, 17) et le patin de chariot (11) comprend un renfoncement (6), où l'au moins un doigt de guidage (16, 17) est reçu dans le renfoncement (6).
  7. Dispositif de douche selon la revendication 6,
    caractérisé en ce que
    un élément ressort (7) est disposé dans le renfoncement (6) pour recevoir le doigt de guidage (16, 17), de sorte que l'élément de guidage (12, 13) peut être reçu par le patin de chariot (11) de manière déplaçable à l'encontre de la force de l'élément ressort (7).
  8. Dispositif de douche selon l'une des revendications 6 ou 7,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'élément de guidage (12, 13) comprend une barrette de tête (14, 15), où la barrette de tête (14, 15) comprend plusieurs doigts de guidage (16, 17), qui sont reçus par des renfoncements (6) correspondants dans le patin de chariot (11).
  9. Dispositif de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le patin de chariot (11) comprend un chemin de déplacement latéral vers la branche voisine du rail de guidage (1) en forme de U, où, d'une part, cette distance est plus grande que la profondeur (« x ») de la rainure de guidage (3) dans l'autre branche du rail de guidage (1) et où, d'autre part, l'élément de guidage (12, 13) comprend, dans la région de l'une des branches du rail de guidage (1) en forme de U, un chemin de déplacement par rapport au patin de chariot (11) qui correspond approximativement à la profondeur (« x ») de la rainure de guidage (3) dans l'autre branche du rail de guidage (1) en forme de U.
  10. Dispositif de douche selon l'une des revendications 6 ou 7,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'élément ressort (7) est réalisé sous forme d'un ressort de pression.
  11. Dispositif de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le chariot (10) recouvre avec ses bords longitudinaux la distance par rapport à la branche correspondante du rail de guidage (1) en forme de U.
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