Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
  • E03D11/00—Other component parts of water-closets, e.g. noise-reducing means in the flushing system, flushing pipes mounted in the bowl, seals for the bowl outlet, devices preventing overflow of the bowl contents; devices forming a water seal in the bowl after flushing, devices eliminating obstructions in the bowl outlet or preventing backflow of water and excrements from the waterpipe
  • E03D11/12—Swivel-mounted bowls, e.g. for use in restricted spaces slidably or movably mounted bowls; combinations with flushing and disinfecting devices actuated by the swiveling or sliding movement of the bowl
  • E03D11/125—Height adjustable bowls
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
  • E03D11/00—Other component parts of water-closets, e.g. noise-reducing means in the flushing system, flushing pipes mounted in the bowl, seals for the bowl outlet, devices preventing overflow of the bowl contents; devices forming a water seal in the bowl after flushing, devices eliminating obstructions in the bowl outlet or preventing backflow of water and excrements from the waterpipe
  • E03D11/12—Swivel-mounted bowls, e.g. for use in restricted spaces slidably or movably mounted bowls; combinations with flushing and disinfecting devices actuated by the swiveling or sliding movement of the bowl

Definitions

• the present invention relates to supports or mobile supports for WC bowls, sanitary, household, furniture, worktops.
• the support according to the invention allows the adjustment of the useful height of the devices at will.
• WC bowls are usually constructed and fixed so that their seat is at a height from the ground of twenty five to thirty centimeters for children and forty centimeters for adults. These ratings are usually recommended by all uses and standards.
• German patent 2,526,337 proposes to mount a sink on a hydraulic piston making it possible to vary its height
• German patent 2839 242 proposes a urinal which the user can move by hand to adjust the height and the inclination.
• the object of the present invention is in particular to propose a device making it possible to obviate the drawbacks of known devices by allowing the height adjustment of various devices of everyday life such as sanitary installations, machines or furniture. Wheat by the use of a universal mobile support and adaptable to any form of device.
• Another object of the invention is to provide such a mobile support whose adaptation to these different devices is particularly quick and easy.
• Another object of the invention is to provide sanitary installations comprising such a mobile support which is suitable for people of different morphologies.
• the present invention provides a mobile support comprising a fixed support which can be secured, by means of attachment, to a wall of the room in which the device is to be placed, a mobile intermediate support which can slide. vertically in relation to means for guiding the fixed support and being urged by an actuating means such as a jack; control means ensure the operation of the jack; hooking means, adaptable to the mobile support, make it possible to fix the appliances, furniture or machines to the mobile intermediate support.
• the attachment means comprise bolts inserting into bores provided in the movable support at a spacing corresponding to the arrangement of the bolts provided on the devices initially fixed against the wall, the fixed support being secured to the parcel of the room by bolts engaging in slots provided in the fixed support and corresponding to the holes made in the wall for fixing the same devices against the wall.
• the attachment means comprise an adapter member, for example a console, secured to the movable support, and of configuration adapted to receive various devices, machines or furniture.
• a mobile support is thus produced allowing rapid and inexpensive adaptation to very diverse applications such as sanitary, domestic or professional applications.
• the device further comprises means for connecting the flow of the bowl allowing on the one hand the vertical mobility of the bowl, and on the other hand the speed of installation and removal of the mobile support. For this, it is possible to provide an elbow bellows for the evacuation of waste water, connected to the outlet orifice of the bowl and to the evacuation pipe.
• first vertical bellows connected between the discharge pipe and a rigid bent pipe
• second horizontal bellows connected between the outlet outlet of the bowl and the bent pipe, this bent pipe being secured to the movable support.
• the vertical bellows can extend by a length equal to the desired vertical clearance of the toilet bowl
• the horizontal bellows can extend by a length at least equal to the depth of the fixed support and the mobile support generally arranged behind the toilet bowl; thus the bowl can be fixed either to the mobile support for the use of this support, or directly on the wall of the room during the removal of the mobile support without requiring the disconnection of the evacuation pipes.
• the actuator control means comprise a plurality of switches distributed over a height of between one meter and one meter and fifty meters, and arranged within range of the user, these switches can be combined with the lighting controls in the room.
• means are provided for adapting the shape and the inclination of the bowl to the morphology of the user: in particular fixed support slides are provided, in which the mobile support engages, whose upper part is tilted to cause the progressive tilting of the mobile support and the toilet bowl towards the front when it is moved towards the high position.
• the bowl may include lateral notches facilitating the passage of the legs of the user in a position close to the standing position. It is also possible to equip the toilet seat with geometrical shapes and different dimensions in order to obtain an adjustable useful surface and of shape adapted to the morphology of the people.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view in longitudinal section of the device of the present invention in combination with a toilet bowl
• FIG. 2 shows a schematic side view of the same device comprising an angled discharge bellows
• FIG. 3 shows a schematic side view of the device comprising a console for the adaptation of a W.C.
• - Figure 4 shows a schematic side view of the mobile support of the present invention provided with an adapter member according to a first embodiment
• FIG. 5 shows the same device provided with an adapter member according to another embodiment
• - Figure 6 shows a schematic top view of a toilet bowl according to the present invention
• FIG. 7 shows a sectional view of a double flap according to the present invention.
• FIG. 8 shows a top view of the same double seat according to the present invention.
• FIG. 1 there is shown the mobile support device according to the invention on which is adapted a toilet bowl 1 of the suspended type, integral with a flush 2, the assembly leaning against and fixing on the vertical wall usually located at the rear by two bolts 3 located at the level of the bowl.
• the bowl 1 In the wall mounting position, the bowl 1 is fixed to the wall 4 by the two rear bolts inserted in the holes 5.
• the water drainage used is through an evacuation pipe opening into port 6.
• the mobile support of the present invention is inserted between the bowl-flush assembly and the wall 4.
• the mobile support comprises a fixed support or frame 7, fixed to the wall by two bolts inserted in the holes 5, and comprising guide means 8, shown in Figures 4 and 5, for guiding a movable intermediate support 9 in a substantially vertical movement.
• the mobile support 9 is stressed in vertical movement by drive means 10 comprising an electric motor 11 driving an endless screw 12 journalled in a thread 13 secured to the mobile support 9.
• the fixed support 7 forms a casing, covering all of the mechanical members, and has a passage on the front to allow the. mechanical junction of the mobile support 9 with an adapter member 14 tooth the configuration is adapted to receive the object to be made mobile.
• the adapter member may simply consist of the bolts 3.
• FIG. 4 it will be possible, as shown in FIG. 4, use an adapter member in the form of a vertical plate secured to the mobile support 9, or, as shown in FIG. 5, a console also secured to the mobile support 9.
• the bores provided in the mobile support 9 for the insertion of the bolts 3 have the same spacing as the holes 5 initially provided in the wall.
• different means are interposed to allow the elongation and the deformation of the evacuation pipe leading to the orifice 6.
• a second horizontal bellows 17 connected between the outlet orifice of the bowl 1 and the bent pipe 16.
• the bent pipe is secured to the movable support 9 by a collar 18, ensuring the correct orientation of the bent pipe regardless of the vertical position of the bowl 1.
• the vertical bellows 15 is determined to be able to lengthen by a length equal to the desired vertical clearance of the bowl 1; the horizontal bellows 17 is provided for per put an extension of a length at least equal to the depth of the fixed support 7, so that the bowl can be fixed either to the support according to the present invention or directly on the wall 4 of the room without requiring the disconnection of the discharge pipes .
• the water supply lines bringing the water to flush 2 will be made of flexible tube.
• the toilet flush 2 is movable at the same time as the bowl
• the discharge pipe from the bowl 1 comprises a single bellows 19 forming a right angle.
• the bellows must be provided to be able to undergo a horizontal extension and a vertical extension sufficient to allow the installation and removal of the device and its vertical mobility.
• FIG 3 there is shown an embodiment of the device allowing the adaptation of a toilet bowl fixed to the floor.
• the adapter member 14 is in the form of a console, the bowl being fixed on the horizontal part 20 of the console.
• a wedge can be provided which has the shape of the underside of the bowl and that it is placed on the ground, the bowl having the normalized height when it is placed on this wedge.
• the operations require only a few minutes to an unqualified person, a single key being sufficient for the exchange of bolts.
• a device makes it possible to produce sanitary installations adapted in particular to disabled people.
• the bowl may include, as shown in Figures 6 and 8, side notches 60 and 61 facilitating the passage of the legs of the user.
• a flap 62 with an adjustable surface can for example be modified by providing two overlapping flaps 62 and 63 making a central orifice of different sizes.
• a bowl can be provided, the seat part of which is not horizontal but slightly inclined while going up at the back or, preferably, a system or drive allowing simultaneously a vertical drive and an inclination of the bowl with departure from the horizontal bowl in low position and inclination proportional to the rise height. This can be achieved by using means for guiding the mobile support which are curved towards the front in the high position, so as to slightly pour the bowl forward when it is in the high position.
• the engine controls 11 and possibly the room light may include a series of switches distributed linearly over a height of, for example, between one meter and one meter and fifty meters and placed within reach of the user, so that the user can reach the switches regardless of the position of the toilet bowl
• These controls may also be within reach of the user's knees or elbows.
• an electrically controlled flush for example comprising a solenoid valve to control the outlet of flush 2
• all the controls can be brought back to the side of the toilet bowl, and made accessible whatever or the height of this bowl.
• the solenoid valve may be replaced by a hinged tongue or fork integral with the movable support 9, and which passes under the flush control button 30. This tongue or fork can be acted on by an electromagnet or a jack fixed on the mobile support 9.
• Support means such as armrests can be secured to the movable support 9 to be operated according to the same movement than the bowl 1 or the console 14. We can thus move in movement a sink, a mirror, a light outlet, the lighting of the mirror, a drawer for toilet accessories.
• the use of the mobile support according to the present invention is particularly suitable for sanitary appliances such as W.C., as has been described previously.
• the same toilet bowl can be used as a toilet or as a urinal, the height of the toilet being able to be fixed for example at forty centimeters from the ground or at sixty five centimeters at the sole will of the user.
• the same installation can be used in a raised toilet for the disabled.
• the mobile support of the present invention can be used to adjust the vertical position of devices different from sanitary installations, for example machines, furniture such as tables or chairs, in particular to allow their use by disabled people. In this case, it is of course possible to prefer an adapter member in the form of a console 14.
• the present invention is not limited to the embodiments which have been explicitly described, but it includes the various variants and generalizations thereof contained in the field of claims below.

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