CN1726326B

CN1726326B - Shower support

Info

Publication number: CN1726326B
Application number: CN200380105859.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: F·科尔曼; T·舍恩赫尔
Original assignee: Hansgrohe SE
Current assignee: Hansgrohe SE
Priority date: 2002-12-13
Filing date: 2003-12-12
Publication date: 2010-12-08
Anticipated expiration: 2023-12-12
Also published as: CN1726326A; DE10260212A1; ES2366684T3

Abstract

That end of a wall-mounting support for a shower head that is coordinated to the wall may be pivoted about a horizontal axis. A holder, into which a shower head may be inserted, is provided on the far end of the wall-mounting arm. That holder may also be pivoted about a horizontal axis.

Description

Shower support

The present invention relates to a kind of device, shower nozzle is supported by this device, makes it to pivot, and if desired, shower nozzle can take off.

Generally well-known is that the handheld shower shower nozzle can be connected with carriage, and this carriage for example can use it highly can be at the conical retainer that bar adjusted on the wall is installed.The bar of installing on the wall allows to regulate the height of shower nozzle, so that be fit to different height users' height and allow to make its pivot so that change its angle of inclination.

Also have a kind of known shower support, pivotable shower nozzle is connected with the far-end that arm on the wall is installed in shower support, and conversely, installation arm on the wall is connected with carriage makes it to pivot on carriage.Water supplies to shower nozzle by the arm of installing on the wall, and this arm is configured to have the form (with reference to German patent DE 10078987) of the hollow forming bar of certain-length

Also be well known that a kind of device (SE95879), wherein on adjustable installation arm far-end on the wall, arranged a socket that is used to insert the anchor clamps of handheld shower shower nozzle.This installation arm on the wall has the joint in the roughly centre position that is positioned at its length.

The present invention is directed to this problem and invented a kind of shower support of simple structure, it can provide additional shower opportunity to the user.

In order to address this problem, the present invention proposes a kind of support that is used for removable shower nozzle, comprise: one is used to install the mounting bracket of the support of shower nozzle, make the support of shower nozzle can be installed in the permanent position at least, one stretches out the installation arm on the wall of mounting bracket, the installation arm on the wall that stretches out mounting bracket pivots on mounting bracket, near the retainer of the shower nozzle that the arm end relative, is connected with the arm of installing on the wall with mounting bracket, the retainer of shower nozzle pivots on the arm of installing on the wall, the wall surface that spool is parallel to that on the wall arm center on pivot wherein is installed on mounting bracket, the pivotal axis of retainer is roughly vertical with the longitudinal axis that arm on the wall is installed, and above-mentioned two pivotal axis are parallel to each other.

In elaboration of the present invention, what can stipulate is, the installation arm on the wall that stretches out mounting bracket can pivot on mounting bracket, is pivoting near the arm of installing its end relative with mounting bracket on the wall with the retainer of the shower nozzle that arm connection on the wall is installed.The layout of two pivots allows the direction of directed current outflow shower nozzle, so that more closely satisfy user's requirement.In addition, if the arm of installing on the wall is oversize or too short, by being slided along installation bar on the wall, it regulates the height of mounting bracket with no longer needing, though this is still possible certainly.

In elaboration of the present invention, what can stipulate is that it is vertical with the longitudinal axis that arm on the wall is installed that the retainer of shower nozzle centers on the axle that pivots.Although the arm of installing on the wall needs not to be vertical, it is contemplated that to have roughly to center on the vertical longitudinal axis of axle that pivots with shower nozzle.

The pivotal axis that is used for being provided with installation arm on the wall on mounting bracket thereon has directed arbitrarily.Yet wise especially is if it is parallel with wall surface, and mounting bracket can be fixed on this wall surface, comprising wall can be the vertical surface in any shower cubicle or similar room, and need not to be shower wall.Certainly, mounting bracket can also be arranged on the horizontal or vertical bar.

In another elaboration of the present invention, can stipulate be pivotal axis be level and at mounting bracket with install between on the wall the arm and pass.

Wise especially is if two pivotal axis are parallel to each other, in this case, for example in order to keep flowing out the water (flow) direction of shower nozzle, when installation arm on the wall upwards pivots, the retainer of shower nozzle can pivot along the opposite direction, Here it is why can also the regulation shower nozzle retainer maximum pivoting angle that arm on the wall is installed relatively equal to install the maximum pivoting angle of the relative mounting bracket of arm on the wall at least.

In elaboration of the present invention, what can stipulate is, install on the wall arm so configuration make it at least at its far-end bifurcated, in this case, the retainer of shower nozzle can be arranged between the prong of two bifurcateds.

The bifurcated that arm on the wall is installed for example can roughly beginning in the middle of its length.

In another elaboration of the present invention, what can stipulate is, the pivotal axis of the retainer of shower nozzle intersects with the shower nozzle shell near its barycenter, this will cause when changing the water (flow) direction that flows out shower nozzle by the pivot shower nozzle, and the absolute position of shower nozzle shell remains unchanged.

In elaboration of the present invention, what can stipulate is, the retainer of shower nozzle is configured to join to a certain position of shower nozzle shell, it can not be distinguished equally, and utilize interference engagement along the effect of taking-up/direction of insertion, this will allow shower nozzle to be connected with rack for shower nozzle, and wherein this support needn't be connected with the device of the anchor clamps that engage the handheld shower shower nozzle.Especially, do not point out significantly that shower nozzle is used for being connected with the support that is suitable for installing on the wall.Therefore the designer has bigger degree of freedom when design shower nozzle and its shell.

Especially, retainer can so dispose and make it engage the neighboring of shower nozzle shell.

Especially, retainer should so dispose and make it that a certain position that provides for this purpose on shower nozzle shell is provided, but can not distinguish equally from its shape.The characteristic of some position can also be configured to owing to keep purpose on the external surface of its shell, and can not influence its shape, in another elaboration of the present invention, this also will prevent to go out one or more ad-hoc locations on the shell from the form discrimination of shower nozzle shell so that and retainer interact.

In elaboration of the present invention, the present invention suggestion is when this shower nozzle maintenance function when retainer takes off, thereby can be used as a shower nozzle, can also be connected with installation support on the wall and take off from it simultaneously, this will significantly improve its practicality.

According to the present invention, what can stipulate is that retainer is rigidly connected with the arm of installing on the wall.Yet retainer can also pivot around the axle vertical with the longitudinal axis that arm on the wall is installed with the shower nozzle that inserts wherein, the present invention includes this specific selection.The angle that shower nozzle is selected will allow to regulate in back one, thus the water (flow) direction that flows out changed.

Utilize mounting bracket, shower support can for good and all be installed in column in wall for example, the shower cubicle, be arranged at the bar on the wall or be arranged on the moulding standpipe of certain-length on the wall, in this case, its accessory can so make and can regulate shower support.

In elaboration of the present invention, what can stipulate is, install on the wall arm with the end of the arm of the same coordinate of mounting bracket near can pivot around the axle parallel with wall, this can be used for regulating arm so that be fit to the user of differing heights.This can be a level, also can be around the axle rotation vertical with wall.

When arm and the retainer installed are on the wall so arranged when making that they can pivot, in another elaboration of the present invention, what can stipulate is, two pivotal axis are parallel to each other, in this case, can regulate the orientation of the shower nozzle in the retainer that is inserted on it on the contrary, thereby proofread and correct when installation arm on the wall pivots from the wherein variation of the water (flow) direction of outflow.

According to the present invention,,, can engage two positions relative on diameter of regulation retainer on the shower nozzle shell in order to reach wise especially, to install reliably although shower nozzle is not engaged in the retainer with being particularly suitable for.

For this reason, retainer for example can have a pair of claw, and it is disposed for engaging the shell of shower nozzle.

According to the present invention, what can stipulate is that claw can abut against together, when shower nozzle is inserted in wherein.By shower nozzle is inserted into wherein can realize this near.

In another elaboration of the present invention, what can stipulate is, utilizes a member to connect two claws on the retainer, and this member can apply the contact surface that the makes claw tension force near shower nozzle.

Especially, clamping component can so dispose and make at least to produce contact between two position clamping components on the shower nozzle and shower nozzle, shower nozzle is inserted in wherein simultaneously, and this can make that with the shape of suitable shower nozzle shell or by the configuration clamping component it is to have pliability to realize by the shape that changes clamping component.

Clamping component or the tension adjustment member that is connected with claw on the retainer can also so dispose and make its not thereon shell of any position contact shower nozzle.

The bifurcated that arm on the wall is installed will allow to arrange retainer between the prong of two bifurcateds.

The bifurcated that arm on the wall is installed for example extends on its whole length.Yet bifurcated can also begin in any position between mounting bracket and its far-end, and preferably in the centre position of its length, this is also included among the present invention.

This arm can also not have bifurcated, and the retainer of shower nozzle can be arranged near its far-end, and in this case, shower nozzle can be arranged in any side or the center on its prong of arm.

According to the present invention, what can stipulate is, shower nozzle is with the form configuration of handheld shower shower nozzle with the anchor clamps that are connected with its shell.Yet shower nozzle is to be connected with retainer by its shell rather than anchor clamps.

Proved that to utilize the shower nozzle with discoid shell useful especially.

The flexible pipe that preferably leads to shower nozzle can be connected with mounting bracket, and in this case, mounting bracket can be connected with the plumbing installation in house by some other device.

Especially, clamping component can so dispose and make it can be used for clamp arm, can take off shower nozzle simultaneously.

Further feature of the present invention, details and advantage can be from the preferred embodiment of the invention describing below, its literal with reference to drawing claims of description and summary and the accompanying drawing, and accompanying drawing is depicted as:

Fig. 1 is the schematic side elevation according to shower nozzle of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the simplification of the device shown in Fig. 1, schematic top view;

Fig. 3 is the end-view of a kind of variation of embodiment;

Fig. 4 is the view of shower nozzle;

Fig. 5 is the view corresponding to the embodiment of revising a little among Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is the view corresponding to asymmetric installation arm on the wall among Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is the view corresponding to the retainer of shower nozzle among Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is the view corresponding to the retainer of the shower nozzle of revising among Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 has described the lateral view of the shower support of having simplified greatly according to the present invention.In the example that illustrates, this shower support is installed on the wall 1.In the example that illustrates, form is that the mounting bracket 2 of a carriage 3 for example is fixed by bolts on the wall, is used for being connected with wall.In carriage 3, shower support is connected with water piping from combustion taps.The arm of installing on the wall 5 can pivot on the protuberance 4 of carriage 3.Its pivotal axis is a level, and vertical with the paper plane.Hold-down screw by knob 6 operations can keep the arm of installing on the wall 5 in place with specific position, angle.The arm of installing on the wall stretches out away from wall from mounting bracket 2, and stops at its far-end 7.The socket of the shower nozzle 8 that is not shown specifically among Fig. 1 is connected near the latter's far-end 7 with the arm of installing on the wall 5.In the embodiment that illustrates, shower nozzle 8 is discoid, has one handle 9, and the plane of its relative shower nozzle 8 is offset a little angularly.Shower hose 10 by handle 9 feedwater dangles downwards from handle, and its details does not illustrate.The other end of shower hose 10 is connected with mounting bracket 2.Just as has been described, the arm of installing on the wall 5 can pivot around horizontal axis, and relative wall formed different angular coordinates when it pivoted up and down with box lunch.The angle displacement that arm on the wall is installed for example is 180 °.

Fig. 2 has described the simplification view of the device shown in Fig. 1.The arm of installing on the wall 5 is pitched in the closely punishment away from the position that is connected with carriage 3, form a pair of prong 11 thus, this to prong so configuration make that it is dispersed but installs and become near the far-end 7 of arm on the wall parallel to each otherly, and the retainer of having described a front 13 is set between the tip 12 of prong 11.Retainer can keep shower nozzle 8, so this shower nozzle is between these tips 12.

From the outward appearance of the first example retainer of the retainer shown in Fig. 3 is obvious.The shell of shower nozzle 8 is discoid, and is configured to have the periphery of sub-elliptical.A pair of claw 14 is arranged on the inner surface of two prongs 11 of installation arm 5 on the wall, the external surface of the profile of its inner surface and shower nozzle shell cooperates, this will allow them to hold shower nozzle 8 by interference engagement, and wherein interference engagement can act on up and down.Yet its clamping action perpendicular to the paper plane is the tension adjustment by means of claw.For this reason, in each clamps claw 14, clamp indirectly or carry out two and clamp claws 14 tension adjustment toward each other.Two clamp claws 14 tension adjustment toward each other and can realize by corresponding lateral dimension or diameter that regulation its spacing is slightly less than shower nozzle 8 shells, because the shell of shower nozzle has been inserted in two gaps that clamp between the claw 14 along the direction vertical with the paper plane, will provides tension adjustment like this.Therefore this tension adjustment is that distortion by a pair of prong 11 that arm on the wall is installed causes.Elongated portion perpendicular to the clamping claw 14 on paper plane among Fig. 3 is less relatively, so as they can be in very short length upper edge relative engagement position shower nozzle shell on two diameters only around it, as among Fig. 4 shown in simplified form.

Fig. 5 shows this how claw 14 is interconnected with garter spring 15, and this garter spring is suitable for cooperating the shape of shower nozzle 8 shells, is arranged such that perhaps it has enough pliabilities so that be fit to the shape of shell.Basically the garter spring 15 that is in tensile stress can strengthen clamping action.

This make them to rotate, thereby retainer and shower nozzle 8 can pivot together around horizontal axis on the tip 12 of prong 11 that clamps claw 14 and be arranged at installation arm on the wall.In order to make shower nozzle be clamped in suitable a certain position, can provide a locking component that is similar to the knob 6 shown in Fig. 1.

Can use handle 9 to clamp shower nozzle and the edge direction vertical, preferably take off shower nozzle from retainer towards wall with the paper plane.If the profile of claw inner surface (with reference to figure 4) is a circular arc, the shell of shower nozzle just needn't have a kind ofly known makes it be designed to remain on the shape of suitable a certain position.When retainer takes off shower nozzle, do not show and wish to be connected with shower support.

The arm 25 that embodiment shown in Fig. 6 and aforesaid embodiment difference are to install on the wall only has a single armed 11 rather than bifurcated, though this is asymmetric layout.Near the far-end 12 of arm, a retainer 13 is arranged in a side of arm 11.In this case, retainer 13 comprises a tension adjustment member 15, and it can make two claws, 14 courts on the retainer move each other, at least when the shell of shower nozzle 8 is inserted in wherein.The knob 24 of annular knurl can be connected with an end of tension adjustment member, so that it is rotated around outer shaft.

In this case, the carriage 3 that is fixed on the wall 1 is made up of two parts 3a, 3b.Part 3b support to install the pivotal axis of arm 25 on the wall, and it can be used as an integral body around the axle rotation vertical with wall surface, this be level and be illustrated by the broken lines.

Certainly, also feasible a kind of embodiment is, wherein arm 11 is straight and outwards extends away from carriage 3, and retainer 13 is connected with the mid point at the tip 12 of arm 11.

Fig. 7 has described the view corresponding to the retainer 13 of the shell that is used for shower nozzle 8 among Fig. 5, wherein for clearer, has deleted the shell of shower nozzle 8.The tension adjustment member 15 ' that connects two claws 14 is configured to the form of garter spring, this garter spring and the straight line parallel that is connected claw, thus when the shell with shower nozzle was inserted in the claw 14, it can not contact with tension adjustment member 15 '.But this member 15 ' can also be configured to the form of tension adjustment member, thereby produces the clamping force that required being used to keeps the shell of shower nozzle 8.

Fig. 8 has described similar embodiment a kind of and shown in Figure 1, has wherein only revised the retainer of shower nozzle.The one conical retainer 27 that has wherein inserted the anchor clamps of shower nozzle 28 is connected near the far-end 7 of arm with arm 5.Such conical retainer joining jig perhaps is bonded on the sheath body of arranging on the clamp ends.Therefore the connection of the present invention's suggestion can be applied to all types of handheld shower shower nozzles opportunity, and these shower nozzles can utilize retainer to be connected with the arm of installing on the wall.

Claims

1. support that is used for removable shower nozzle comprises:

One is used to install the mounting bracket (2) of the support of shower nozzle, makes the support of shower nozzle can be installed in the permanent position at least,

One stretches out the installation arm (5) on the wall of described mounting bracket (2), stretch out the installation described arm (5) on the wall of described mounting bracket (2) and go up pivot at described mounting bracket (2), and the described arm of installing on the wall (5) disposes crotched form at its far-end (7) position at least

Near the retainer (13) of the shower nozzle (8) that the end of the described arm relative, is connected with described installation arm (5) on the wall with described mounting bracket (2), the retainer (13) of described shower nozzle (8) is gone up pivot at the described arm of installing on the wall (5),

Wherein center on the pivotal axis that pivots and be parallel to wall surface and level at the last described arm of installing on the wall (5) of described mounting bracket (2),

The pivotal axis of described retainer (13) is roughly vertical with the longitudinal axis that described arm (5) on the wall is installed,

Two described pivotal axis are parallel to each other,

The described arm (5) that hold-down screw will be installed on the wall keeps putting in place with specific position, angle,

Provide locking component to put in place so that shower nozzle is clamped,

Wherein taking off the described shower nozzle in back (8) maintenance function from described retainer.

2. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the retainer of shower nozzle (8) equals to install on the wall arm (5) with respect to the maximum pivoting angle of mounting bracket (2) at least with respect to the maximum pivoting angle that arm (5) on the wall is installed.

3. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the retainer of shower nozzle (8) is arranged between the prong (11) of bifurcated.

4. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1 is wherein installed on the wall arm (5) roughly from the middle bifurcated of its length.

5. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the pivotal axis of the retainer of shower nozzle (8) near its barycenter and the shell of shower nozzle (8) intersect.

6. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the retainer of shower nozzle (8) is configured to join to a certain position of the shell of shower nozzle (8), but this position is provided for the purpose that keeps shell and can not be recognized is for this purpose, and utilizes interference engagement along the effect of taking-up/direction of insertion.

7. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 6, wherein retainer is configured to be bonded on a certain position that provides for the purpose that keeps shell on the shell of shower nozzle (8), based on the shape of this position shell, it is for this purpose that this position can not be recognized.

8. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 6, wherein retainer is configured to engage the neighboring of shower nozzle (8).

9. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein retainer (13) with insert wherein shower nozzle (8) can be together around the said pivot of the retainer (13) vertical with the longitudinal axis of arm (5).

10. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein arm (5) centers on the end that the horizontal axis on mounting bracket (2) that pivots is positioned at arm.

11. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the retainer of shower nozzle (8) has at least two claws (14), is used to engage the shell of shower nozzle (8).

12. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, retainer two engagement position shower nozzles (8) in its surface wherein, these two positions are roughly toward each other.

13. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 11, wherein two on diameter the relative positions of the retainer of shower nozzle (8) on shower nozzle (8) shell engage.

14. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 13, wherein when inserting shower nozzle (8), claw (14) tensioning toward each other.

15. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 13 wherein utilizes tension adjustment member (15) that two claws (14) that are used for shower nozzle (8) on the retainer are linked together.

16. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 15, wherein tension adjustment member (15) so configuration make at least and to be created in gap between it and shower nozzle (8) shell a position that so configuration makes it can not contact shower nozzle (8) shell in any position on the shell of shower nozzle (8).

17. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein arm (5) is configured to crooked rod type, and this bar forms a continuous members up to its far-end, arranges the retainer (13) of shower nozzle (8) on the far-end of bar.

18. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 15, wherein shower nozzle (8) is configured to the form of handheld shower shower nozzle, and it has the handle that is connected with its shell.

19. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the shell of shower nozzle (8) is discoid.

20. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 1, the flexible pipe (10) that wherein leads to shower nozzle (8) is connected with mounting bracket (2).

21. the support of shower nozzle according to claim 18, wherein tension adjustment member (15) is used for clamp arm (5) when taking off shower nozzle (8).