EP3058143B1 - Device for controlling the flow of water, of a shower or of a sanitary facility for example, to be embedded in a mounting, in particular in a wall - Google Patents

Device for controlling the flow of water, of a shower or of a sanitary facility for example, to be embedded in a mounting, in particular in a wall Download PDF

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EP3058143B1
EP3058143B1 EP14799503.9A EP14799503A EP3058143B1 EP 3058143 B1 EP3058143 B1 EP 3058143B1 EP 14799503 A EP14799503 A EP 14799503A EP 3058143 B1 EP3058143 B1 EP 3058143B1
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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
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/021—Devices for positioning or connecting of water supply lines
    • 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
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/0408—Water installations especially for showers
    • 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
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/042—Arrangements on taps for wash-basins or baths for connecting to the wall
    • 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
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C2001/0418—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths having temperature indicating means
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C2201/00—Details, devices or methods not otherwise provided for
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  • the present invention relates to a device for controlling the flow of water for a shower, sanitary or the like, intended to be recessed, in particular in a wall, such as those found in the documents US 8,261,766 B1 and EP 2 101 002 A2 .
  • a water flow control device for a shower which comprises a main housing element in which are received the usual valves for controlling the flow of water, the main housing element being intended to be recessed in a housing formed in a wall, so that only the manual control elements, such as a pressure knob, a handle or a control lever, protrude from this wall, and similar.
  • the device further comprising an annular shaped plate called “intermediate face” intended to be fixed to an edge of the housing at the point where it projects out of the housing and a plate called “front face” intended to cooperate with the intermediate face to ensure the closing and embedding of the control device in the wall by allowing only the manual control elements, such as the control handle of a mixer.
  • the intermediate face is fixed along the outer edge of the housing by means of screws.
  • the seal between the housing and the intermediate face is achieved by the presence of a form seal glued to the face intermediate along its periphery.
  • the seal between the front face and the intermediate face is formed by a seal which extends over the outside diameter of the intermediate face.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art by proposing a device of the kind mentioned above which, while being very simple to mount, has a greater safety vis-à-vis possible acts of vandalism, in particular being much more complex to disassemble once installed, and which also has a greater seal.
  • a water flow control device is as defined in claim 1.
  • the insertion movement of the front face in its position of attachment to the intermediate face comprises a first path in the direction perpendicular to the intermediate face followed by a second path in one direction. parallel to the plane of the faces.
  • the second path is an arcuate path, in particular at an angle of between 5 ° and 25 °, in particular about 15 °.
  • an O-ring seal between the intermediate face and the front face.
  • the arrangement is such that the compression applied to the O-ring seal increases as the movement of the front face to its final fixing position.
  • the inside of the front face that is to say the side facing the wall, comprises at least one lug, preferably three pins distributed uniformly along the periphery, and there is formed in the intermediate face at least one housing, preferably three housings, having a shape for receiving said at least one lug.
  • the lug (s) have a hook shape and attachment is effected by hooking the lug (s) to a respective lug formed in the respective housing.
  • the tab intended to cooperate with the hook coming from the front face has a thickness that increases from a free end, so that as the hook, in its hooking position to the leg, is moved to fix the front face, it adapts always tighter to the tab to thereby increase the pressure force between the front face and the intermediate face, and in particular the compression of the seal between these two faces.
  • At least one screw in particular a grub screw, provides a mutual blocking of the front and intermediate faces in the final fixing position.
  • the blocking is a blocking preventing any movement in the opposite direction to the direction of the second insertion path.
  • the locking of the mutual displacement between the front face and the intermediate face is effected by a screw which extends in a direction parallel to the planes of the two faces.
  • the grub screw has a conical machining to eliminate the play when clamping against the front face.
  • the arrangement is such that the screw must be screwed to remove the blockage.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown an embodiment according to the invention of a water flow control device in the form of a mixing valve intended to be embedded in a wall.
  • the device comprises a main housing element 1, in which are received the elements intended to form the mixer, only the control handle 2 protruding outside the housing 1.
  • the housing 1 is circular cylindrical, but could have any other form. It is open on one side (intended to face outward of the wall in a housing of which it is intended to be received to be recessed).
  • An intermediate face in the form of an annular plate 3 is fixed to the housing 1 by means of fixing screws 4. The intermediate face 3 is pierced so as to allow the passage through the various control members of the valve, including the handle 2 of the mixer.
  • the intermediate face 3 extends between an outer peripheral edge of larger diameter and an inner peripheral edge of smaller diameter.
  • a plate 5 in the form of a circular disc, called front face closes the opening of the housing 1 by passing through it the control handle 2 and any adjustment buttons.
  • the front face extends between an outer peripheral edge of larger diameter and an inner peripheral edge of smaller diameter.
  • an O-ring between the intermediate face and the housing 1 (this seal is not shown in the figures) and a seal 6 between the intermediate face 3 and the front face 5.
  • the O-ring is carried by the intermediate face.
  • this O-ring seal of conventional elastomeric material is carried by the front face 5. It would also be possible according to other embodiments two O-rings each carried by a respective face.
  • the seal 6 extends along the outer periphery of the intermediate face and seals between the intermediate face 3 and the front face 5 at or substantially at their outer periphery. In particular, the seal is closer to the outer periphery than to the inner periphery.
  • means for fixing the front face to the intermediate face which are such that the attachment of the front face 5 to the intermediate face 3 is effected by first movement of the front face to the rear face then by a second movement to the plane of the faces, here a relative rotation of the front face relative to the intermediate face relative to an axis of rotation perpendicular to both faces.
  • the fixing means of the front face 5 to the intermediate face 3 consist of three hooks 7 from the back of the front face 5 and three corresponding housing 10 formed in the intermediate face.
  • the three hooks 7 are uniformly distributed around the periphery of the front face 5.
  • Each hook 7 comprises a section 8 forming a rod extending substantially perpendicularly to the front face 5 and a head portion 9 extending substantially perpendicular to the rod portion 8 and substantially parallel to the plane of the front face being at a distance from this front face.
  • the housing 10 has an opening 11 which consists of a substantially rectangular portion of complementary shape of the head 9 of the hook 7, so that the head 9 can pass into the opening 11.
  • this rectangular opening 11 the housing 10 is extended by a slot 12, the size of which is such that the rod 8 of the hook 7 can pass therethrough to allow hooking of the hook 7 by passing the head 9 on the other side of the tab 13 delimiting the slot 12.
  • the thickness of the tab 13 delimiting the slot 12 is increasing from the side at the level of the rectangular opening 11 of the housing 10 and towards the opposite edge 14 of the housing 10.
  • the front face is positioned so that the heads 9 of the respective hooks 7 are opposite openings 11 of complementary shape heads 9 (here rectangular) and push (it is the first movement s following the first path perpendicular to the plane of the faces) the intermediate face so as to penetrate each head 9 in its respective housing 10, then is subjected to the front face a so-called quarter rotation of turn (this is the second movement following the second path parallel to the plane of the faces) to hook with the head 9 of the hook 7, the tab 13 delimiting the slot 12.
  • heads 9 of the respective hooks 7 are opposite openings 11 of complementary shape heads 9 (here rectangular) and push (it is the first movement s following the first path perpendicular to the plane of the faces) the intermediate face so as to penetrate each head 9 in its respective housing 10, then is subjected to the front face a so-called quarter rotation of turn (this is the second movement following the second path parallel to the plane of the faces) to hook with the head 9 of the hook 7, the tab 13 delimiting the slot 12.
  • the clearance between the front face and the slot 12 decreases so as to come close tight or in force and thus tighten the intermediate face more and more against the front face, and in particular tighten the seal more and more between these two intermediate faces.
  • the relative dimensions of the hooks 7 and the openings 10 are such that the radial clamping takes place for a rotation of between 10 ° and 25 °, in particular, as in the figures, for a rotation of 15 °.
  • the head 21 of the screw protrudes out of the intermediate face and penetrates into a hole 22 formed in the peripheral outer edge of the front face and thus blocks any rotation of the front face. relative to the intermediate face.
  • unscrewing the screw it is possible to make the screw penetrate inside the intermediate face and to make the head 21 come out of its cooperation with the outer edge of the intermediate face so as to release the rotation of the intermediate face (see FIG. figure 8 ).
  • the more one tries to screw the screw in the usual direction of screwing the less the screw tends to come out and the more it blocks the mutual rotation of the two faces.
  • the grub screw has a conical machining to remove the play when clamping against the front face.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif de commande d'écoulement d'eau pour une douche, un sanitaire ou analogue, destiné à être encastré, notamment dans un mur, tels que ceux que l'on trouve dans les documents US 8 261 766 B1 et EP 2 101 002 A2 .The present invention relates to a device for controlling the flow of water for a shower, sanitary or the like, intended to be recessed, in particular in a wall, such as those found in the documents US 8,261,766 B1 and EP 2 101 002 A2 .

On connaît déjà dans l'art antérieur un dispositif de commande d'écoulement d'eau pour une douche qui comporte un élément formant boîtier principal dans lequel sont reçus les éléments de robinetterie usuels destinés à la commande de l'écoulement de l'eau, l'élément boîtier principal étant destiné à être encastré dans un logement formé dans un mur, de sorte que seuls font saillie de ce mur les éléments de commande manuelle, tels qu'un bouton de pression, une poignée ou un levier de commande, et analogue. Le dispositif comportant en outre une plaque de forme annulaire appelée "face intermédiaire" destinée à être fixée à un bord du boîtier au niveau où il fait saillie hors du logement et une plaque appelée "face avant" destinée à coopérer avec la face intermédiaire pour assurer la fermeture et l'encastrement du dispositif de commande dans le mur en ne laissant passer que les éléments de commande manuelle, tels que la poignée de commande d'un mitigeur.Already known in the prior art a water flow control device for a shower which comprises a main housing element in which are received the usual valves for controlling the flow of water, the main housing element being intended to be recessed in a housing formed in a wall, so that only the manual control elements, such as a pressure knob, a handle or a control lever, protrude from this wall, and similar. The device further comprising an annular shaped plate called "intermediate face" intended to be fixed to an edge of the housing at the point where it projects out of the housing and a plate called "front face" intended to cooperate with the intermediate face to ensure the closing and embedding of the control device in the wall by allowing only the manual control elements, such as the control handle of a mixer.

Dans des dispositifs connus de l'art antérieur, la face intermédiaire est fixée le long du bord extérieur du boîtier par l'intermédiaire de vis. L'étanchéité entre le boîtier et la face intermédiaire est réalisée par la présence d'un joint de forme collé sur la face intermédiaire le long de son pourtour. L'étanchéité entre la face avant et la face intermédiaire est réalisée par un joint qui s'étend sur le diamètre extérieur de la face intermédiaire. Ces dispositifs de l'art antérieur, bien que faciles d'installation et présentant l'avantage que les vis de fixation de la face intermédiaire, cachées par la face avant, ne sont pas apparentes, présentent cependant comme inconvénient de ne pas être assurés contre le vandalisme, leur démontage pouvant être réalisé simplement. D'autre part, il y a un jeu important entre les divers éléments, ce qui nuit à l'étanchéité du dispositif.In devices known from the prior art, the intermediate face is fixed along the outer edge of the housing by means of screws. The seal between the housing and the intermediate face is achieved by the presence of a form seal glued to the face intermediate along its periphery. The seal between the front face and the intermediate face is formed by a seal which extends over the outside diameter of the intermediate face. These devices of the prior art, although easy to install and having the advantage that the fixing screws of the intermediate face, hidden by the front face, are not apparent, however, have the disadvantage of not being insured against vandalism, disassembly can be achieved simply. On the other hand, there is a significant clearance between the various elements, which affects the sealing of the device.

La présente invention vise à surmonter les inconvénients de l'art antérieur en proposant un dispositif du genre mentionné ci-dessus qui, tout en étant très simple à monter, présente une plus grande sécurité vis-à-vis d'actes de vandalisme éventuels, notamment en étant beaucoup plus complexe à démonter une fois installé, et qui en outre présente une étanchéité plus grande.The present invention aims to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art by proposing a device of the kind mentioned above which, while being very simple to mount, has a greater safety vis-à-vis possible acts of vandalism, in particular being much more complex to disassemble once installed, and which also has a greater seal.

Suivant l'invention, un dispositif de commande d'écoulement d'eau est tel que défini à la revendication 1.According to the invention, a water flow control device is as defined in claim 1.

Des perfectionnements et modes de réalisation préférés sont décrits aux sous-revendications.Improvements and preferred embodiments are described in the subclaims.

Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, le mouvement d'insertion de la face avant dans sa position de fixation à la face intermédiaire comporte un premier trajet dans la direction perpendiculaire à la face intermédiaire suivi d'un deuxième trajet dans une direction parallèle aux plans des faces.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the insertion movement of the front face in its position of attachment to the intermediate face comprises a first path in the direction perpendicular to the intermediate face followed by a second path in one direction. parallel to the plane of the faces.

De préférence, le deuxième trajet est un trajet en arc de cercle, notamment sur un angle compris entre 5° et 25°, notamment environ 15°.Preferably, the second path is an arcuate path, in particular at an angle of between 5 ° and 25 °, in particular about 15 °.

Dans l'invention, il est disposé un joint torique d'étanchéité entre la face intermédiaire et la face avant. Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, l'agencement est tel que la compression appliquée sur le joint torique d'étanchéité augmente au fur et à mesure du mouvement de la face avant vers sa position finale de fixation.In the invention, there is disposed an O-ring seal between the intermediate face and the front face. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the arrangement is such that the compression applied to the O-ring seal increases as the movement of the front face to its final fixing position.

Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, le côté intérieur de la face avant, c'est-à-dire le côté tourné vers le mur, comporte au moins un ergot, de préférence trois ergots répartis uniformément le long du pourtour, et il est formé dans la face intermédiaire au moins un logement, de préférence trois logements, ayant une forme permettant la réception dudit au moins un ergot.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the inside of the front face, that is to say the side facing the wall, comprises at least one lug, preferably three pins distributed uniformly along the periphery, and there is formed in the intermediate face at least one housing, preferably three housings, having a shape for receiving said at least one lug.

De préférence, le ou les ergot (s) ont une forme en crochet et la fixation s'effectue par accrochage du ou des ergot(s) à une patte respective formée dans le logement respectif.Preferably, the lug (s) have a hook shape and attachment is effected by hooking the lug (s) to a respective lug formed in the respective housing.

De préférence, la patte destinée à coopérer avec le crochet issu de la face avant a une épaisseur qui augmente à partir d'une extrémité libre, de sorte qu'au fur et à mesure que le crochet, dans sa position d'accrochage à la patte, est déplacé pour fixer la face avant, il s'adapte de manière toujours plus serrée à la patte pour ainsi augmenter la force de pression entre la face avant et la face intermédiaire, et notamment la compression du joint d'étanchéité se trouvant entre ces deux faces.Preferably, the tab intended to cooperate with the hook coming from the front face has a thickness that increases from a free end, so that as the hook, in its hooking position to the leg, is moved to fix the front face, it adapts always tighter to the tab to thereby increase the pressure force between the front face and the intermediate face, and in particular the compression of the seal between these two faces.

Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, au moins une vis, notamment une vis sans tête, assure un blocage mutuel des faces avant et intermédiaire dans la position finale de fixation. En particulier, le blocage est un blocage empêchant tout mouvement dans la direction opposée à la direction du deuxième trajet d'insertion.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, at least one screw, in particular a grub screw, provides a mutual blocking of the front and intermediate faces in the final fixing position. In particular, the blocking is a blocking preventing any movement in the opposite direction to the direction of the second insertion path.

Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, le blocage du déplacement mutuel entre la face avant et la face intermédiaire s'effectue par une vis qui s'étend dans une direction parallèle aux plans des deux faces.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the locking of the mutual displacement between the front face and the intermediate face is effected by a screw which extends in a direction parallel to the planes of the two faces.

Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, la vis sans tête a un usinage conique pour supprimer le jeu lors du serrage contre la face avant.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the grub screw has a conical machining to eliminate the play when clamping against the front face.

Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, l'agencement est tel que la vis doit être vissée pour enlever le blocage.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the arrangement is such that the screw must be screwed to remove the blockage.

A titre d'exemple, on décrit maintenant un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention en se reportant aux dessins, dans lesquels :

la figure 1
est une vue d'ensemble d'un dispositif suivant l'invention ;
la figure 2
est une vue éclatée de la figure 1 dans laquelle la face avant a été éloignée du dispositif ;
la figure 3A
est une vue en perspective de la face tournée vers le reste du dispositif de la face avant ;
la figure 3B
est une vue à plus grande échelle de la partie encerclée de la figure 3A ;
la figure 4
est une vue à plus grande échelle d'une partie de la figure 2 ;
la figure 5
est une vue en perspective éclatée du dispositif des figures précédentes dans l'état dans lequel la face avant est fixée à fond au reste du boîtier ;
la figure 6
est une vue à plus grande échelle de la partie encerclée de la figure 5 ;
la figure 7
est une vue en perspective arrachée à plus grande échelle d'une partie du dispositif de la figure 1 dans laquelle la face intermédiaire et la face avant sont bloquées l'une par rapport à l'autre pour les empêcher de pivoter l'une par rapport à l'autre, la face avant étant dans sa position de fixation finale ; et
la figure 8
est une vue en perspective identique à la figure 7 dans laquelle la vis de blocage en rotation des deux faces a été vissée pour ôter l'antirotation, de sorte qu'à la figure 8 les deux faces peuvent tourner l'une par rapport à l'autre, et notamment la face intermédiaire peut être tournée d'un quart de tour pour ensuite être enlevée de sa liaison avec la face intermédiaire.
By way of example, a preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, in which:
Figure 1
is an overview of a device according to the invention;
Figure 2
is an exploded view of the figure 1 wherein the front face has been moved away from the device;
Figure 3A
is a perspective view of the face facing the rest of the device of the front face;
Figure 3B
is a larger-scale view of the encircled part of the figure 3A ;
Figure 4
is a larger-scale view of some of the figure 2 ;
Figure 5
is an exploded perspective view of the device of the preceding figures in the state in which the front face is fixed to the rest of the housing;
Figure 6
is a larger-scale view of the encircled part of the figure 5 ;
Figure 7
is a perspective view taken away on a larger scale from a part of the device of the figure 1 wherein the intermediate face and the front face are locked relative to each other to prevent them from pivoting relative to each other, the front face being in its final fixing position; and
Figure 8
is a perspective view identical to the figure 7 wherein the two-sided locking screw has been screwed in to remove the antirotation, so that figure 8 the two faces can rotate relative to each other, and in particular the intermediate face can be turned a quarter of a turn to then be removed from its connection with the intermediate face.

A la figure 1, il est représenté un mode de réalisation suivant l'invention d'un dispositif de commande d'écoulement d'eau sous la forme d'un robinet mitigeur destiné à être encastré dans un mur. Le dispositif comporte un élément 1 formant boîtier principal, dans lequel sont reçus les éléments destinés à former le mitigeur, seule la poignée 2 de commande faisant saillie à l'extérieur du boîtier 1. Le boîtier 1 est de forme cylindrique circulaire, mais pourrait avoir toute autre forme. Il est ouvert d'un côté (destiné à faire face vers l'extérieur du mur dans un logement duquel il est destiné à être reçu pour être encastré). Une face intermédiaire sous la forme d'une plaque 3 annulaire est fixée au boîtier 1 par l'intermédiaire de vis 4 de fixation. La face 3 intermédiaire est percée de manière à permettre le passage en son sein des divers organes de commande du robinet, et notamment de la poignée 2 du mitigeur. La face 3 intermédiaire s'étend entre un bord périphérique extérieur de plus grand diamètre et un bord périphérique intérieur de plus petit diamètre. On pourrait également prévoir que fasse saillie hors du boîtier 1 un bouton de réglage de la température de la douche et/ou d'autres organes similaires. Une plaque 5 en forme de disque circulaire, appelée face avant, ferme l'ouverture du boîtier 1 en laissant passer à travers elle la poignée 2 de commande et les éventuels boutons de réglage. La face 5 avant s'étend entre un bord périphérique extérieur de plus grand diamètre et un bord périphérique intérieur de plus petit diamètre.To the figure 1 , there is shown an embodiment according to the invention of a water flow control device in the form of a mixing valve intended to be embedded in a wall. The device comprises a main housing element 1, in which are received the elements intended to form the mixer, only the control handle 2 protruding outside the housing 1. The housing 1 is circular cylindrical, but could have any other form. It is open on one side (intended to face outward of the wall in a housing of which it is intended to be received to be recessed). An intermediate face in the form of an annular plate 3 is fixed to the housing 1 by means of fixing screws 4. The intermediate face 3 is pierced so as to allow the passage through the various control members of the valve, including the handle 2 of the mixer. The intermediate face 3 extends between an outer peripheral edge of larger diameter and an inner peripheral edge of smaller diameter. One could also provide that protrudes out of the housing 1 a knob for adjusting the temperature of the shower and / or other similar organs. A plate 5 in the form of a circular disc, called front face, closes the opening of the housing 1 by passing through it the control handle 2 and any adjustment buttons. The front face extends between an outer peripheral edge of larger diameter and an inner peripheral edge of smaller diameter.

Il est prévu un joint d'étanchéité torique entre la face intermédiaire et le boîtier 1 (ce joint n'est pas représenté aux figures) ainsi qu'un joint 6 d'étanchéité entre la face 3 intermédiaire et la face 5 avant. Dans le présent mode de réalisation, le joint 6 torique est porté par la face intermédiaire. Suivant un autre mode de réalisation, on pourrait prévoir que ce joint torique d'étanchéité en matériau élastomère classique soit porté par la face 5 avant. On pourrait également prévoir suivant d'autres modes de réalisation deux joints toriques chacun porté par une face respective.There is provided an O-ring between the intermediate face and the housing 1 (this seal is not shown in the figures) and a seal 6 between the intermediate face 3 and the front face 5. In the present embodiment, the O-ring is carried by the intermediate face. According to another embodiment, it could be provided that this O-ring seal of conventional elastomeric material is carried by the front face 5. It would also be possible according to other embodiments two O-rings each carried by a respective face.

Le joint 6 d'étanchéité s'étend le long du pourtour extérieur de la face intermédiaire et assure l'étanchéité entre la face 3 intermédiaire et la face 5 avant au niveau ou sensiblement au niveau de leur pourtour extérieur. Le joint d'étanchéité est en particulier plus proche du pourtour extérieur que du pourtour intérieur.The seal 6 extends along the outer periphery of the intermediate face and seals between the intermediate face 3 and the front face 5 at or substantially at their outer periphery. In particular, the seal is closer to the outer periphery than to the inner periphery.

Suivant l'invention, il est prévu des moyens de fixation de la face avant à la face intermédiaire qui sont tels que la fixation de la face 5 avant à la face 3 intermédiaire s'effectue par premier mouvement de la face avant vers la face arrière, puis par un deuxième mouvement aux plans des faces, ici une rotation relative de la face avant par rapport à la face intermédiaire par rapport à un axe de rotation perpendiculaire aux deux faces. Les moyens de fixation de la face 5 avant à la face 3 intermédiaire sont constitués de trois crochets 7 issus du verso de la face 5 avant et de trois logements 10 correspondants formés dans la face intermédiaire.According to the invention, there are provided means for fixing the front face to the intermediate face which are such that the attachment of the front face 5 to the intermediate face 3 is effected by first movement of the front face to the rear face then by a second movement to the plane of the faces, here a relative rotation of the front face relative to the intermediate face relative to an axis of rotation perpendicular to both faces. The fixing means of the front face 5 to the intermediate face 3 consist of three hooks 7 from the back of the front face 5 and three corresponding housing 10 formed in the intermediate face.

Les trois crochets 7 sont répartis uniformément sur le pourtour de la face 5 avant. Chaque crochet 7 comporte un tronçon 8 formant tige s'étendant sensiblement perpendiculairement à la face 5 avant et une partie 9 de tête s'étendant sensiblement perpendiculairement à la partie 8 de tige et sensiblement parallèlement au plan de la face avant en étant à distance de cette face avant.The three hooks 7 are uniformly distributed around the periphery of the front face 5. Each hook 7 comprises a section 8 forming a rod extending substantially perpendicularly to the front face 5 and a head portion 9 extending substantially perpendicular to the rod portion 8 and substantially parallel to the plane of the front face being at a distance from this front face.

De manière correspondante aux crochets 7, il est formé dans la face intermédiaire des logements 10. Ces logements 10 sont destinés à coopérer avec les crochets 7 et les dimensions relatives des logements 10 et des crochets 7 sont liées.Correspondingly to the hooks 7, it is formed in the intermediate face of the housing 10. These housings 10 are intended to cooperate with the hooks 7 and the relative dimensions of the housing 10 and hooks 7 are connected.

Ainsi, le logement 10 comporte une ouverture 11 qui est constituée d'une partie sensiblement rectangulaire de forme complémentaire de la tête 9 du crochet 7, de sorte que cette tête 9 puisse passer dans l'ouverture 11. En outre, cette ouverture 11 rectangulaire du logement 10 est prolongée par une fente 12, dont la dimension est telle que la tige 8 du crochet 7 peut y passer pour permettre un accrochage du crochet 7 par passage de la tête 9 de l'autre côté de la patte 13 délimitant la fente 12. L'épaisseur de la patte 13 délimitant la fente 12 est croissante à partir du côté se trouvant au niveau de l'ouverture 11 rectangulaire du logement 10 et en allant vers le bord 14 opposé du logement 10. Ainsi, pour fixer la face avant à la face intermédiaire, on positionne la face avant de sorte que les têtes 9 des crochets 7 respectifs se trouvent en face des ouvertures 11 de forme complémentaire des têtes 9 (ici rectangulaires) et on pousse (il s'agit du premier mouvement suivant le premier trajet perpendiculairement aux plans des faces) la face intermédiaire de façon à faire pénétrer chaque tête 9 dans son logement 10 respectif, puis on fait subir à la face avant une rotation dite de quart de tour (il s'agit du deuxième mouvement suivant le deuxième trajet parallèle aux plans des faces) pour venir accrocher avec la tête 9 du crochet 7, la patte 13 délimitant la fente 12. Au fur et à mesure que l'on tourne (dans la direction horaire aux figures) le crochet vers le bord 14, le jeu entre la face avant et la fente 12 diminue pour ainsi venir s'ajuster serré ou en force et ainsi serrer la face intermédiaire de plus en plus contre la face avant, et notamment serrer de plus en plus le joint d'étanchéité qui se trouve entre ces deux faces intermédiaires. On peut prévoir notamment que les dimensions relatives des crochets 7 et des ouvertures 10 soient telles que le serrage radial s'effectue pour une rotation comprise entre 10 et 25°, notamment, comme aux figures, pour une rotation de 15°.Thus, the housing 10 has an opening 11 which consists of a substantially rectangular portion of complementary shape of the head 9 of the hook 7, so that the head 9 can pass into the opening 11. In addition, this rectangular opening 11 the housing 10 is extended by a slot 12, the size of which is such that the rod 8 of the hook 7 can pass therethrough to allow hooking of the hook 7 by passing the head 9 on the other side of the tab 13 delimiting the slot 12. The thickness of the tab 13 delimiting the slot 12 is increasing from the side at the level of the rectangular opening 11 of the housing 10 and towards the opposite edge 14 of the housing 10. Thus, to fix the face before the intermediate face, the front face is positioned so that the heads 9 of the respective hooks 7 are opposite openings 11 of complementary shape heads 9 (here rectangular) and push (it is the first movement s following the first path perpendicular to the plane of the faces) the intermediate face so as to penetrate each head 9 in its respective housing 10, then is subjected to the front face a so-called quarter rotation of turn (this is the second movement following the second path parallel to the plane of the faces) to hook with the head 9 of the hook 7, the tab 13 delimiting the slot 12. As one turns (in the clockwise direction to the figures) the hook towards the edge 14, the clearance between the front face and the slot 12 decreases so as to come close tight or in force and thus tighten the intermediate face more and more against the front face, and in particular tighten the seal more and more between these two intermediate faces. In particular, it can be provided that the relative dimensions of the hooks 7 and the openings 10 are such that the radial clamping takes place for a rotation of between 10 ° and 25 °, in particular, as in the figures, for a rotation of 15 °.

Une fois la fixation par rotation à 15° de la face avant à la face intermédiaire réalisée, on peut également ensuite bloquer toute rotation de la face avant par rapport à la face intermédiaire dans le sens inverse pour empêcher son enlèvement. Ceci s'effectue par l'intermédiaire d'une vis 20, ou de plusieurs vis 20 réparties uniformément à la périphérie des faces intermédiaire et avant. Cette vis 20 ou ces vis 20 s'étend(ent) dans une direction parallèle au plan des faces avant et intermédiaire et donc dans une direction perpendiculaire à la direction de déplacement relatif de la face avant par rapport à la face intermédiaire. En particulier, la vis 20 est reçue dans un logement formé dans la face intermédiaire. En position de blocage de la rotation, la tête 21 de la vis fait saillie hors de la face intermédiaire et vient pénétrer dans un trou 22 formé dans le bord extérieur périphérique de la face avant et bloque ainsi toute rotation de la face avant par rapport à la face intermédiaire. Par dévissage de la vis, on peut faire pénétrer la vis à l'intérieur de la face intermédiaire et faire sortir la tête 21 de sa coopération avec le bord extérieur de la face intermédiaire pour ainsi libérer la rotation de la face intermédiaire (voir la figure 8). Il est à noter que plus on tente de visser la vis dans le sens habituel de vissage, moins la vis a tendance à ressortir et plus elle bloque la rotation mutuelle des deux faces.Once fixing by rotation to 15 ° from the front face to the intermediate face made, it can also then block any rotation of the front face relative to the intermediate face in the opposite direction to prevent its removal. This is done by means of a screw 20, or several screws 20 distributed uniformly at the periphery of the intermediate and front faces. This screw 20 or these screws 20 extends (ent) in a direction parallel to the plane of the front and intermediate faces and therefore in a direction perpendicular to the direction of relative movement of the front face relative to the intermediate face. In particular, the screw 20 is received in a housing formed in the intermediate face. In the locking position of the rotation, the head 21 of the screw protrudes out of the intermediate face and penetrates into a hole 22 formed in the peripheral outer edge of the front face and thus blocks any rotation of the front face. relative to the intermediate face. By unscrewing the screw, it is possible to make the screw penetrate inside the intermediate face and to make the head 21 come out of its cooperation with the outer edge of the intermediate face so as to release the rotation of the intermediate face (see FIG. figure 8 ). It should be noted that the more one tries to screw the screw in the usual direction of screwing, the less the screw tends to come out and the more it blocks the mutual rotation of the two faces.

De préférence, on a prévu que la vis sans tête comporte un usinage conique pour supprimer le jeu lors du serrage contre la face avant.Preferably, it is provided that the grub screw has a conical machining to remove the play when clamping against the front face.

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  1. A water flow control device, for example for a shower or a toilet block, to be built in a support, in particular a wall, comprising:
    - a main casing (1) having an opening to the outside and to be received in an housing formed in said support, the control elements of the device being received in the main casing and projecting through said opening,
    - an intermediate plate, or intermediate face (3), having a ring shape and being fixated at the edge of the opening of the main casing and extending between an external edge and an internal edge, the fixation being in particular implemented with screws, in particular four screws which are regularly distributed along the periphery of the intermediate face;
    - a plate forming a front face (5) fixated to said intermediate face so as to close the casing while only the control elements of the valve are left passing therethrough, for example the control handle of a mixing valve or the temperature setting knob; and
    - a sealing joint (6), in particular an O-ring, for sealing between the intermediate face (3) and the front face (5), said sealing joint extending itself along the external edge of the front face (5) and/or of the intermediate face (3) while being closer to said external edge of the intermediate face (3) than to said internal edge of the intermediate face (3);
    said water flow control device being provided with fixating means of said front face (5) to said intermediate face (3) arranged such that the fixation is implemented by a movement of the front plate in respect to the intermediate plate having a part which extends in a direction parallel to the planes of the two faces.
  2. The device as per claim 1, characterized in that the movement of insertion of the front face (5) in the position in which it is fixated to the intermediate face (3) comprises a first path extending in the direction perpendicular to the intermediate face followed by a second path extending in a direction parallel to the planes of the faces.
  3. The device as per claim 2, characterized in that the second path is an arc of a circle, notably corresponding to an angle comprised between 5° and 25°, notably about 15°.
  4. The device as per any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the arrangement is such that the compression applied on the sealing O-ring gradually increases during the movement of the front face towards its final position of fixation.
  5. The device as per any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the internal side of the front face, ie the side facing the wall, comprises at least one lug, preferably three lugs (7) uniformly distributed along the periphery, and there is provided in the intermediate face at least one housing (10), preferably three housings, having a shape which allows the receiving of said at least one lug.
  6. The device as per claim 5, characterized in that said lug(s) has/have a hook shape and the fixation is made by the hooking of said lug(s) to a respective leg (13) formed in the respective housing.
  7. The device as per claim 6, characterized in that the leg (13) for cooperating with the hook projecting from the front face has a thickness which increases from a free end, so that the hook, in the position where it is hooked to the leg, when moved to be fixated to the front plate, is gradually fitted more and more tightly to the leg so as to increase the pressing force between the front face and the intermediate face, and notably the compressing of the sealing joint (6) between the two faces.
  8. The device as per any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least one screw (20), notably a screw without a head, allows a mutual blocking of the front and intermediate faces in the final position of fixation.
  9. The device of claim 8, characterized in that the blocking being a blocking which prevents any movement in the direction opposite the direction of the second path of insertion.
  10. The device as per claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the blocking of the mutual displacement between the front face and the intermediate face is implemented by a screw which extends itself in a direction parallel to the planes of the two faces.
  11. The device as per one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that the screw (20) without a head has is milled in a conical shape to suppress clearance during the tightening against the front face.
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