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EP0348653B1
EP0348653B1 EP89108820A EP89108820A EP0348653B1 EP 0348653 B1 EP0348653 B1 EP 0348653B1 EP 89108820 A EP89108820 A EP 89108820A EP 89108820 A EP89108820 A EP 89108820A EP 0348653 B1 EP0348653 B1 EP 0348653B1
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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
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/0408—Water installations especially for showers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches

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  • This invention refers to shower cubicle of the type comprising a shower base surrounded, on at least two contiguous sides, by a peripheral frame having lateral walls one of which defines an entrance door, and in which a water-jet sprinkler is connected, through a mixer unit or separate taps, to the pipes supplying cold and hot water.
  • the shower base is usually arranged with one or two contiguous sides against fixed walls of the room in which the shower cubicle is installed, after which on the remaining sides of the shower base is erected a framework and panels defining side walls at least one of which constitutes the entrance door to the cubicle.
  • the sprinkler delivering the mixed water is generally directed towards the walls of the cubicle which must therefore be appropriately sealed in order to prevent any water leaking out.
  • the mixed water sprinkler like other accessories inside the cubicle, once installed can no longer be removed or replaced without causing damage to the brick walls.
  • a shower cubicle comprising a peripheral frame, side walls and a door, in which a water sprinkler is provided on the upright column at one corner of the cubide, facing the inlet door; therefore the sprinkler deliver the mixed water in a direction towards the inlet door causing leaking out of the water.
  • the upright column is positioned in a corner of the cubicle far from the door and near the walls of the building preventing to centralize water control means and to operate or to use the same from the inside and/or the outside of the cubicle.
  • an object of this invention is to provide a shower cubicle having a new and different structure compared with shower cubicles currently in use, by means of which it is possible to have a centralised site for the water-supply pipes, for the various control means and for the other cubicle accessories, inside the shower cubicle frame.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a shower cubicle, as defined above, in which the mixed water sprinkler is mounted on the shower cubicle structure and is positioned so that the water jet is facing in a direction which is wall away from the side walls of the cubicle.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a shower cubicle as previously defined, which can be provided with one or more water sprinklers, variously positioned and directed with respect to one another, as well as with accessories, some of which can be made accessible both from the inside and from the outside of the shower cubicle.
  • a shower cubicle has been provided compraising the characterizing features specified in claim 1.
  • Figure 1 shows a shower cubicle positioned between two brick walls 10 and 11 of a room in which the shower cubicle has been installed; said brick walls 10 and 11 appropriately provided with a tiled or similar surfacing, are entirely bare of any projecting parts or shower cubicle accessories, which have all been incorporated in the cubicle frame supporting the glass or lateral enclosing panels.
  • the shower cubicle accordingly comprises a shower base 12 which has been suitably modified so as to have along its upper edge a flat supporting surface 13 in at least one of its corners, in which two holes or openings 14 and 15 have been made providing a passage for the cold and hot water pipes 21, 22 as described hereunder.
  • the shower cubicle also comprises a peripheral frame to support glass or other walls, which in the case under consideration comprises a first rectangular frame portion 16 provided with a panel 17 which encloses the shower cubicle on one side and a second rectangular frame portion 18 provided with a door 19 of any suitable type, for example leaf type or folding, with respective handles.
  • the two frame portions 16 and 18 of the cubicle are fixed by means of screws or other conventional fastening means to the walls 10 and 11 of the room and also in appropriate recesses in a central column 20 which extends upwards from the corner surface 13 of the above-mentioned shower base.
  • the central column 20 is hollow inside so as to house the cold water pipes 21 and the hot water pipes 22, which are also in part located beneath the shower base as indicated and which emerge from the above-mentioned holes 14 and 15.
  • the cold and hot water pipes 21 and 22 lead to a mixing unit 23 or to respective taps mounted on the central column 20 whose control parts are accessible both from the outside and, optionally, from the outside of the shower cubicle.
  • a digital or other type of display may be provided for a thermostat that controls the temperature of the mixed water fed by the mixing unit 23 to at least one sprinkler 24, via a pipe 25 extending up inside the central column 20.
  • the sensor of the mixed water temperature control thermostat can be sited inside the sprinkler 24 or in any other position along the pipe 25, any electrical leads being positioned in a specially protected channel inside the central column 20.
  • the sprinkler 24 of the mixed water in the case under consideration, is situated in front of the central column 20 and at its upper end, being so positioned that the water jet is directed inwards to the shower cubicle, namely towards the brick walls 10 and 11 of the room in which the shower cubicle is installed; in this way the water jet does not directly strike the peripheral walls of the cubicle defined by the lateral enclosing frame, so preventing possible water leakage from accidently seeping outside.
  • the central column 20 it is also possible to have other accessory or functional parts, as for example soap niches or receptacle cavities 27, or an additional sprinkler 28 located low down or close to the shower base 12, for example in the form of a linear sprinkler with the water outlet holes pointed or able to be pointed in a pre-set direction.
  • the central column 20 can be variously constructed or constituted according to specific needs.
  • figure 3 shows a second embodiment of the central column 20; in this case an upper sprinkler 29 is mounted on a support member in such a way that it can slide along a tubular support bar 30 so that its height is adjustable, and it is connnected by a hose or flexible tube 31 to the pipe 25 supplying the mixed water located inside the central column.
  • Figure 4 shows a second embodiment of a shower cubicle according to the invention.
  • the shower cubicle in figure 4 maintains essentially the same characteristics as the shower cubicle in figure 1, with the centralising of the controls and of the accessories in the central column 20 which rests directly on the corner surface 13 of the shower base.
  • one or both sides of the cubicle frame are provided with a broad upper band 34 on which is positioned a sprinkler 35 that can be both fixed and can slide, either on a support bar 36 or in any other way, along the band 34.
  • one band or each band 34 of the frame can have a linear sprinkler 37 in the form of a horizontally positioned perforated pipe, with the jets pointed downwards.
  • the perforated pipe 37 and the flexible tube 35′ of the sprinkler 35 are connected to a junction cock 38 which enables one or the other sprinkler to be supplied.
  • This junction cock 38 can be made accessible both from the inside and the outside of the shower cubicle.
  • an external stop cock 39 can be provided on the column for cutting off the flow of mixed water.

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EP89108820A 1988-06-28 1989-05-17 Shower cubicle with control centralising column Expired - Lifetime EP0348653B1 (en)

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AT89108820T ATE63148T1 (de) 1988-06-28 1989-05-17 Duschkabine mit einer zentralen steuer/kontrolls|ule.

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IT2112988 1988-06-28
IT21129/88A IT1217944B (it) 1988-06-28 1988-06-28 Cabina doccia con colonna di centralizzazione dei comandi

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EP0348653B1 true EP0348653B1 (en) 1991-05-02

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AT (1) ATE63148T1 (it)
DE (1) DE68900068D1 (it)
ES (1) ES2022737B3 (it)
GR (1) GR3002342T3 (it)
IT (1) IT1217944B (it)

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GB2425949A (en) * 2003-12-05 2006-11-15 Oben Sill assembly for shower installations
WO2014165920A1 (en) * 2013-04-12 2014-10-16 Duplx Pty Ltd Shower recess, tap, and method of construction
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GR3002342T3 (en) 1992-12-30
DE68900068D1 (de) 1991-06-06
EP0348653A1 (en) 1990-01-03
IT1217944B (it) 1990-03-30
ATE63148T1 (de) 1991-05-15
ES2022737B3 (es) 1991-12-01

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