DE2605176C2 - Corner tub - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a corner bathtub with two borders abutting at right angles the free ends of which are adjoined by an arcuate tub outer delimitation, an edge of constant width being provided along the entire circumferential area of the tub rear and outer delimitations is.

A tub of this type is known from DE-GM 92 426.

As is well known, a full body cleansing can be done either by bathing or showering. While in the more northern zones including Germany the whole body cleansing mainly by bathing in corresponding bathtubs are used in more southerly zones for whole body cleaning in particular Showers provided. Due to the adoption of foreign customs and a change in However, in the last few years there has also been an increasing desire in Germany to have a To be able to clean the whole body with the help of a shower.

Since the subsequent installation of a shower cubicle in

ίο Existing bathrooms in most cases Plalz reasons is not possible, one helps oneself in many cases by attaching a shower curtain in the area of the already existing bathtub, so that the The bathtub in question is also used for showering can be. It is found, however, that such Solution is aesthetically not very satisfactory, and the risk cannot be ruled out that despite Providing a shower curtain some de & water splashes outward during showering.

It has thus already been proposed to provide corner bathtubs instead of normal elongated bathtubs, because such corner bathtubs due to their other spatial design are suitable for better implementation of showers. In this context Menhang, for example, a corner bathtub is known (see DE-GM 16 92426, embodiment of Fig. 4 and 5), which can be used both as a hip bath and as

Shower tray can be used. Taking this state of the art into account

it is the object of the invention to provide a corner bathtub create, which is designed such that both showered within the same in a very pleasant manner as well as a full bath can be taken.

According to the invention this is achieved in that the Tub interior walls sloping from the edge to the bottom of the corner bathtub are, the bottom in the area of the straight tub back boundaries by a; ialbkrcisbogcn and is outlined in the area of the tub outer boundary by a flat partial circular arc, which are connected by transition areas.

Advantageous further developments of the invention emerge on the basis of the contradictions.

Due to such a configuration of the corner bathtub according to the invention, inclined inner wall sections are formed in the three existing corner areas of this bathtub, which it with suitable dimensioning of the relevant corner allow one adult to sit in the bathtub to put one of three directions in the bathtub, which is the possibility in comparison to known bathtubs with a predetermined sitting or lying direction creates that the respective user of the invention The corner bathtub extends in that direction into the corner bar dewanne sets in which, for example, an existing additional person is standing within the bathroom or in which a television set can be set up or the like. Due to the design of the crfin-

M) the bathtub according to the invention results in a corner bathtub there is also the possibility that the same is very suitable for carrying out shower baths.

An embodiment of the invention is explained with reference to the drawing, namely shows

Fig. I the top view and

F i g. 2 a section through the corner tub. As can be seen in particular from Fig. 1, the corner tub has in the edge area (between two

I 3

J: - clunky butting walls preferably) two

|| equally long, aligned at right angles to each other

J leg 1,2 up. At the free ends of the legs 1,2

jw is followed by a circular arc segment 3, with which the

1 5 outer contours of the corner tub according to the invention

■ | * i are fixed in the outer edge area.
ΐ -i The edge is expediently about 7 cm wide;

); i is only provided in the three corners because of the

H? Rounding, which is expediently made with 20 cm

i | becomes, the edge a little wider, /. B. twice as wide.

From the inner edge, the walls 5 to 7 are relative

II intended to be steeply sloping, preferably in a win- & kcl range between 75 ° to 85 °. Only in the three ff corners is - because these are wider - the

|| corresponding wall part flatter.

p It is essential to the invention that the bottom 8 of the corner

W ₁ tub is designed so that one adult or two

i | Children can sit comfortably in it. Advantageous

rj is further that relatively little due to the design

jf water is needed so that bathing is cheaper.

ύ If you connect the corners through the legs I. 2

ψ and the circular arc segment 3 are formed, miiciaun-

I the. then the center of the radius R lies on the

% half the distance between these corners and the ho-

: | The area of the tub according to the invention forms here

S? J a semicircular arc 9, specifically in the direction of the corner

) j therefore primarily between the two legs 1 and Z
[I The center point for the radius R \ is the intersection

-X point of the two legs 1, 2 and the radius R \ be

* j preferably wears 130 cm here. The transition between

-v see this partial arc 10 and the semicircle-

'; gen 9 forms a radius in an order of magnitude

> preferably about 26 cm.

'The tub can be made from known

[" metallic or non-metallic materials, both

ίj playswcise made of polyester, acrylic glass, steel, etc.

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Claims (6)

Patent claims: 1. Corner bathtub with two tub back borders butting at right angles to one another free ends are adjoined by an arcuate tub outer delimitation, an edge of constant width being provided along the entire circumferential area of the tub rear and outer delimitations, characterized in that the tub inner walls (5 to 7) are inclined, with the bottom (8) in the area of the straight tub back boundaries (1,2) by a semicircular arc (9) and in the area of the tub outer boundary by a flat one Partial arc (10) is outlined, which are connected by transition areas. 2. Corner bathtub according to claim t, characterized gekennzeicfct. £ t that the in the middle area of the Tub back and outside limiters (1 to 3) existing steepest points on the tub inner walls (5 to 7) at an angle between 70 " and 80 °. 3. Corner bathtub according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the center of curvature of the semicircular arc (9) on half the length between the intersection of the two straight tub back limits (1,2) and the circular arc-shaped tub outer limiters (3) lie arrives, while the center of curvature of the flat partial circular arc (10) at the intersection of two straight tub back limits (1, 2) 4. Eckbadewannc according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that with a length of the two bathtub backbones (1, 2) in the range of 135 to 140 cm, the radius ff of the semicircular arch (9) is approximately 60 cm, while the radius R, of the flat partial circular arc (10) has a length of approx. 130 cm. 5. corner bathtub according to claim 4, characterized in that the between the semicircular arc (9) and flat partial circular arc (10) existing transitions have a radius in the range between 24 and 27 cm. 6. corner bathtub according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the edge (4) has a width of approx. 7 cm and is rounded towards the inside in the three corner areas with a radius between 18 and 21 cm.