EP2226436A1 - Spülkastenbedienplatten/-gegenplattenanordnung - Google Patents

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EP2226436A1
EP2226436A1 EP10155614A EP10155614A EP2226436A1 EP 2226436 A1 EP2226436 A1 EP 2226436A1 EP 10155614 A EP10155614 A EP 10155614A EP 10155614 A EP10155614 A EP 10155614A EP 2226436 A1 EP2226436 A1 EP 2226436A1
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Mario Varotti
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D1/00—Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
    • E03D1/01—Shape or selection of material for flushing cisterns
    • E03D1/012—Details of shape of cisterns, e.g. for connecting to wall, for supporting or connecting flushing-device actuators
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system
    • E03D5/02—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated mechanically or hydraulically (or pneumatically) also details such as push buttons, levers and pull-card therefor
    • E03D5/028—Pusher plates and actuating mechanisms for built-in cisterns

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  • the present invention relates to a flushing tank operating plate/counterplate assembly.
  • wall-mounted or embedded flushing tanks are normally provided with operation buttons carried by a plate mounted to the wall.
  • the buttons operate flushing valve actuating members which are arranged through an inspection opening formed in the wall and closed by the plate.
  • a frame-shaped counterplate which is fixed either to the wall or to a front wall of the tank, e.g. by means of screws, is commonly used to assemble the plate.
  • the plate is removably fixed to the counterplate so as to access the actuating members if needed.
  • the flushing tank operating plate/counterplate assembly in accordance with the invention is simple to be manufactured, assembled and disassembled, while being fully efficient and reliable; furthermore, the assembly of the invention allows a variety of different aesthetic solutions to be implemented, even of small thickness and made of special materials which are not commonly used in similar applications, with a low number of different components.
  • the invention further provides a system for fitting a plate-counterplate assemblies which, using a low number of basic, functional components combinable with a plurality of plates of different size, aesthetic appearance, materials and finishing, allows a large variety of different solutions to be assembled in a simple and relatively cost-effective manner.
  • numeral 1 indicates as a whole a plate/counterplate assembly for operating a flushing tank 2, known per se and only partially, diagrammatically shown.
  • Figure 1 shows alternative embodiments of some components of assembly 1 to be used instead of one another, as well as some optional auxiliary components; the whole of these components forms a system 3 for fitting different types of plate/counterplate assemblies.
  • Tank 2 has a wall 4, e.g. a front or upper wall, provided with an inspection opening 5 through which members for actuating a flushing valve housed in the tank 2 are arranged (all components known and not shown).
  • Assembly 1 comprises a counterplate 6, a plate 7 and a fastening device 8 for fastening the plate 7 to the counterplate 6.
  • Counterplate 6 of substantially quadrilateral shape, for example, and preferably made of plastic (e.g. ABS) comprises a base portion 10 which delimits a central through opening 11, and a radially outer flange portion 12, provided with a flat front surface 13 and with an outer side edge 14 substantially orthogonal to the front surface 13.
  • Counterplate 6 further comprises supporting portions 15, which project into the central opening 11 from respective inner sides 16 of the base portion 10, for example.
  • the supporting portions 15 are provided with holes 17 for inserting the fastening members 18, e.g. screws or plugs, by means of which the counterplate 6 is connectable to a support wall 19, consisting of either the wall 4 of tank 2 or a wall or panel covering the tank 2, for example.
  • Plate 7 is substantially quadrangular in shape and is generally flattened, for example, having a front face 21 and a rear face 22, opposite and substantially parallel to each other, and a peripheral edge 23; preferably, plate 7 is a flat plate and the faces 21, 22 are flat and parallel.
  • Plate 7 is provided with one or two through holes 24 for accommodating respective button groups 25 fixed to plate 7 and acting, in a known manner not described in detail for simplicity, on the actuating members of the flushing valve, e.g. by means of respective pneumatic devices 26.
  • each button group 25 comprises a hollow, externally threaded body 27 internally provided with a chamber 28 which accommodates a button 29; the body 27 is provided with a radially outer frontal flange 30 at the opposite ends, cooperating with the front face 21 of plate 7, and with a rear bottom wall 31; a ferrule 32 is screwed onto the body 27 and cooperates with the rear face 22 of plate 7 to lock the button group 25 onto the plate 7 and secure plate 7 between the flange 30 and the ferrule 32.
  • the bottom wall 31 is provided with a seat 33, threaded for example, engaged by a connecting portion 34 of the pneumatic device 26; the pneumatic device 26 has a movable stem 35 which crosses the connecting portion 34 and is inserted into the chamber 28 and is mechanically connected to the button 29.
  • the pneumatic device 26 is connectable to actuating members of the flushing valve in a known manner.
  • the fastening device 8 comprises at least one male element 40, which extends along an axis A substantially orthogonal to the plate 7 and engages a seat 41 formed in an elastic female element 42: the male element 40 is insertable into the seat 41 along an insertion direction defined by axis A and hence orthogonal to the plate 7, and the female element 42 is elastically deformable in a substantially crosswise direction with respect to axis A and to the insertion direction; in particular, the male element 40 and the female element 42 are so shaped as to implement a click-on coupling between the male element 40 and the female element 42, wherein the male element 40 is inserted into seat 41 in a click-on manner.
  • two parallel male elements 40 are provided, which may be inserted into respective female elements 42.
  • each male element 40 comprises a pin 43, preferably made of metal material (e.g. steel), extending along axis A and having a circumferential groove 44 engaged by elastic portions 45 of the female element 42.
  • metal material e.g. steel
  • the male elements 40 project rearwards from the plate 7 and are directly fixed to the rear face 22 of plate 7, as shown on the right in figure 1 , or are carried by an adapter 50 fixed to plate 7, as shown on the left in figure 1 .
  • the first solution is useful if the plate 7 and the male elements 40 are made of metal material, e.g. steel, and thus the male elements 40 may be welded onto the face 22.
  • adapter 50 is advantageously used if the plate 7 is made of other material and the male elements 40 are made of metal.
  • plate 7 is preferably made of a material selected from the group consisting of: glass, steel or other metal materials, wood, ceramic, stone, acrylic materials, mixed glass/acrylic materials.
  • the adapter 50 is made of steel or other metal material and carries one or more male elements 40 (two, in the example shown) made of metal welded onto a rear surface 51 of adapter 50 and which project from the rear surface 51 of the adapter 50.
  • adapter 50 comprises a flat plate 52 having a peripheral collar 53 about one or more through holes 54, aligned with the holes 24 of the plate and through which respective button groups 25 are arranged; the male elements 40 project from the collar 53.
  • adapter 50 has three holes 54 arranged side-by-side, and preferably laterally communicating with one another, so as to receive either a button group 25 in the central hole, or a pair of button groups 25 in the lateral holes.
  • the button groups 25, and specifically their bodies 27, are thus arranged ( figure 2 ) through respective through openings 55 formed by the holes 24 of plate 7 and, if the adapter 50 (shown with a dashed line in figure 2 ) is present, by the holes 54 of adapter 50 aligned with the holes 24 and having respective peripheral edges 56.
  • the peripheral edges 56 of the openings 55 are provided with radially inner appendixes 57 ( figure 1 ) cooperating with respective centering portions 58 of the body 27 for aligning the button group 25 with respect to plate 7.
  • the adapter 50 preferably rests against the rear face 22 of plate 7 and is fixed to plate 7 by means of the ferrule 32 screwed onto the threaded body 27, which is arranged through one of the holes 54; both the button group 25 and the adapter 50 are thus fastened to the plate 7 by means of the ferrule 32 screwed onto the body 27, or by a pair of ferrules 32 screwed onto respective bodies 27.
  • each pin 43 has a connecting end 61 fixed to the plate 7 or to the adapter 50, and one free end 62 provided with a head 63; in the non-limitative example shown, from the connecting end 61, pin 43 has: a main portion 64, e.g. substantially cylindrical or prismatic in shape, with a substantially constant cross section; a converging portion 65 and a diverging portion 66, between which the groove 44 is engaged; and a further portion 67 converging towards the free end 62. It is understood that the pin 43 may have a different shape from that shown by way of mere example and described herein.
  • Each female element 42 comprises a spring 71, preferably made of metal, e.g. steel, substantially fork-shaped.
  • spring 71 consists of a folded metal leaf 72, which has a C-bent bottom portion 73 defining the seat 41, and two arms 74 diverging from a mouth 75 of the seat and arranged about the seat 41, which may be elastically spread from each other; the arms 74 are connected to the mouth 75 by means of respective facing edges 76 defining the elastic portions 45.
  • Each female element 42 is accommodated in a chamber 77 formed in the counterplate 6, in particular in a supporting portion 15, and is axially locked in the chamber 77.
  • the arms 74 have respective shaped end edges 78, e.g. U-shaped, in order to hook respective fastening parts 79 of chamber 77 from opposite sides.
  • Counterplate 6 further has slots 80 ( figure 1 ) arranged close to each chamber 77, and thus close to each spring 71, and in which a tool may be inserted, e.g. a screwdriver, to free each male element 40 from the corresponding female element 42 and thus unhook the plate 7 from the counterplate 6.
  • a tool e.g. a screwdriver
  • the plate 7 overlays the counterplate 6 by means of the rear face 22 of the plate substantially resting against the front surface 13 of the counterplate; the adapter 50, if present, is accommodated in the central opening 11.
  • the edge 14 of counterplate 6 remains in sight and is substantially aligned with the peripheral edge 23 of plate 7.
  • assembly 1 also comprises a frame 83 ( figure 1 ) in which the counterplate 6 and the plate 7 are accommodated; the frame 83 has side walls 84 which surround the counterplate 6 and the plate 7 and which laterally conceal both the counterplate 6 and the plate 7, and a peripheral front edge 85 substantially arranged flushed with the front face 21 of plate 7.
  • frame 83 may be fixed to the support wall 19 by means of the same fastening members 18 which also engage the counterplate 6; counterplate 6 rests against the backing portions 86 of frame 83 having holes 87, and the fastening members 18 engage both the counterplate 6 (passing through the holes 17) and the frame 83 (passing through the holes 87) and are fixed to the support wall 19.
  • the system 3 includes the above-described components, by means of which different assemblies 1 may be fitted.
  • system 3 includes:
  • System 3 may further comprise a number of series of plates 7 of different size, and for each series of plates 7, a counterplate 6 and a frame 83 of suitable dimensions and matchable with each series of plates 7.
  • the counterplate 6 is fixed (possibly along with the frame 83) to the support wall 19 by means of the fastening members 18, thus the plate 7 is mounted, provided with button assemblies 25 and optionally with the adapter 50, to the counterplate 6 by simply aligning the male elements 40 and the respective female elements 42 and by pushing the plate 7 so as to insert the pins 43 into the seats 41, until the heads 63 are inserted into the seats 41 in a click-on manner, i.e. until the grooves 44 of the pins 43 are engaged by the elastic portions 45 of the springs 71.

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DE102017108713A1 (de) * 2017-04-24 2018-10-25 Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH Kupplungsklemme
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