EP3006635B1 - Floor-based sanitary object with two fasteners - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a floor-standing sanitary object with two fasteners for fixing the sanitary object on a floor or on a wall. Even when attached to a wall, the sanitary object is placed on a floor adjacent to the wall. The sanitary object is in particular a floor-standing toilet or a floor-standing bidet.

For aesthetic reasons, it is increasingly required to arrange attachments of sanitary objects invisibly in the sanitary object. DE2117777A . CH443169A and DE202010009280U show floor-standing sanitary objects according to the prior art with fasteners.

The object of the invention is to propose a floor-standing sanitary object with two fasteners, which allow easy attachment of the sanitary object and are adaptable to sanitary objects of different shape and dimensions.

This object is achieved by the features of claim 1. The floor-standing sanitary object according to the invention, in particular a toilet or a bidet, has two undercuts, which are oriented oppositely preferably arranged in the sanitary object. The undercuts can also be formed by a hole or a hole edge. "Opposite oriented" means that the two undercuts are facing each other or facing away, so that fasteners can attack from different sides of the undercuts. Preferably, the undercuts on inner sides of side walls of the sanitary object, in particular near a bottom or a back, arranged. With the bottom of the sanitary object is on a floor when it is attached in the intended manner. The rear side of the sanitary object faces a wall, wherein there is a distance between the rear side of the sanitary object and the wall, or the sanitary object can rest against the wall with its rear side when the sanitary object is fastened in the intended manner.

Furthermore, the sanitary object according to the invention comprises two fasteners, each with a base part, which can be fastened on the floor or on the wall for fastening the fasteners, on or to which the sanitary object is to be fastened. The base parts of the two fasteners can be fixed for example with screws and with the help of dowels on the floor or on the wall, with other fasteners, for example by gluing, are possible.

Furthermore, the two fasteners of the sanitary object according to the invention on the rear engagement elements, which are referred to here as a snapper. When placing the sanitary object in a designated location in a snap, especially from the top of the floor or by moving the sanitary object on the floor to the wall, snap the snap of the two fasteners on the two undercuts of the sanitary object and engage behind the undercuts of the sanitary object. The two fasteners thereby hold the sanitary object on the floor or on the wall. The snap direction is the direction in which the sanitary object must be moved to snap in, the movement being in particular a pure translational movement. The fastener and the sanitary object can also be designed so that it is also possible in addition to the intended Einschnapprichtung to install the sanitary object slightly obliquely or postpone. There is therefore a directional tolerance with regard to the joining movement.

Furthermore, the two fasteners of the sanitary object according to the invention on spring elements which act on the snapper in the rear grip on the undercuts of the sanitary object. The spring elements make it possible for the snappers to spring back when the sanitary object is placed on, until the snappers, by means of springs of the spring elements, come into rear grip on the undercuts of the sanitary object, i. until the snappers of the two fasteners snap resiliently against the undercuts of the sanitary object.

The two fasteners are in particular identical or mirror-symmetrical.

The invention makes it possible to fasten a floor-standing sanitary object with two fasteners arranged in the sanitary object and thus not visible. The attachment takes place after attachment of the two fasteners on a floor or on a wall simply by placing the sanitary object from above by pushing the sanitary object on the floor to the wall, wherein the sanitary object adjacent to the wall or with Distance to the wall can be fastened. The two fasteners can be fixed in a matched to a width of the sanitary object or a distance between the two undercuts of the sanitary object distance from each other on the floor or on the wall, whereby an adaptation to the sanitary object is possible or the two fasteners with different sanitary objects used are. When attaching the two fasteners on the wall and an adaptation to a height of the undercuts of the sanitary object is possible.

An inventive embodiment of the invention provides that the fasteners have facilities for the sanitary object, which are rigid with the base parts of the fastener. The systems can be integral parts of the basic parts. The systems are in particular substantially perpendicular to the Einschnapprichtung, so limit a movement transverse to the Einschnapprichtung. The attachments of the two fasteners allow play-free positioning of the sanitary object, in particular in the lateral direction, when the undercuts are located on inner sides of side walls of the sanitary object and the sanitary object rests with the insides of its side walls against the installations of the two fasteners when the sanitary object is fastened in the intended manner is. This embodiment of the invention avoids mobility of the sanitary object, for example in the lateral direction, when the sanitary object is fastened with the two fasteners. Also, the inclusion of acting transversely to the Einschnapprichtung forces is improved.

An embodiment of the invention provides a leaf spring as a spring element, which has the advantage of a defined spring direction. Except from metal, the leaf spring can also be made of plastic, it is a one-piece design of the fastener made of plastic or metal, for example. However, compound embodiments, for example, with the base parts and the snappers made of plastic and spring elements made of metal are preferred. Preferably, the leaf spring between the base and snapper is arranged so that the leaf spring forms a resilient cantilever with the snapper. The cantilever deviates in a spring direction, in particular substantially perpendicular to the Einschnapprichtung when the sanitary object is placed or postponed.

An embodiment of the invention provides a Hintergrifffläche the snapper at an acute angle to a spring direction of the spring elements, ie to a direction of movement of the snapper when springs before. The back surfaces are the areas of the snapper that behind the undercuts of the sanitary object. The Hintergrifffchen can be flat and thus have a constant angle to the spring direction, or they can be curved, for example, so that changes their angle to the spring direction in the course of Hintergriffflächen. By an "acute angle" is meant an angle of less than 90 degrees, in particular less than 40 degrees. Due to the acute-angled orientation of the backgrip surfaces to the spring direction, a good grip of the sanitary object is ensured. The backgrip surfaces can be aligned at an acute angle, so that the sanitary object can not be released by pulling. In this case, to release the sanitary object, the snappers must be brought out of engagement with the spring force of the spring elements out of the undercuts of the sanitary object. Preferably, the Hintergrifffchen are arranged at an acute angle, that while they hold the sanitary object to the undercuts against accidental release, for example, when pushed against the sanitary object, the sanitary object can be solved by a sufficient tensile force. The acute angle to the spring direction of the spring elements alignment of Hintergrifffchen the snapper also has the advantage that the snap compensate for tolerances and feathers so far when snapping until the Hintergriffflächen rest against the undercuts of the sanitary object.

An embodiment of the invention provides that the snapper have Abdrückflächen against which the undercuts of the sanitary object encounter when the sanitary object is placed. The undercuts push the latches against the spring force of the spring elements on the Abdrückflächen to the side, so that the undercuts of the sanitary object on the latches of the fasteners pass and snap the snapper by the spring elements resiliently behind the undercuts, ie get into rear grip on the undercuts when the Undercuts when placing the sanitary object have overcome the snapper. The Abdrückflächen preferably run at a dull angle as Hintergriffflächen to a spring direction of the spring elements, the Abdrückflächen may be flat or curved, in the latter case, the angle of the Abdrückflächen changes to the spring direction of the spring elements on the Abdrückfläche. The obtuse angle of the Abdrückflächen to the spring direction of the spring elements of the fastener, the sanitary object can be easily put on and the snap snap easily at the undercuts.

An embodiment of the invention provides angle fasteners with which the fasteners can be fastened at an angle to the floor or to the wall. This embodiment of the invention allows a change in an orientation of the fastener.

An embodiment of the invention provides an adapter which can be fixed to the sanitary object and which has one or the undercut. This embodiment of the invention makes it possible to provide a sanitary object which has no (suitable) undercut for the fasteners with such an undercut or an attachment of the undercuts at a suitable location of the sanitary object if the sanitary object does not have its own undercut there.

Figur 1

einen Befestiger für ein bodenstehendes Sanitärobjekt gemäß der Erfindung in perspektivischer Darstellung;

Figur 2

eine Seitenansicht des Befestigers aus Figur 1;

Figur 3

einen Ausbruch eines erfindungsgemäßen bodenstehenden Sanitärobjekts mit zwei Befestigern in Draufsicht;

Figuren 4a-d

Befestigungen eines bodenstehenden Sanitärobjekts mit zwei Befestigern gemäß der Erfindung in Seitenansicht;

Figur 5

das bodenstehende Sanitärobjekt aus Figur 4a mit Adaptern gemäß der Erfindung in perspektivischer Darstellung; und

Figur 6

einen Befestiger des bodenstehenden Sanitärobjekts aus Figur 4b mit einem Winkelbefestiger gemäß der Erfindung.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing. Show it:

FIG. 1

a fastener for a floor-standing sanitary object according to the invention in a perspective view;

FIG. 2

a side view of the fastener FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3

an outbreak of a floor-standing sanitary object according to the invention with two fasteners in plan view;

FIGS. 4a-d

Fasteners of a floor-standing sanitary object with two fasteners according to the invention in side view;

FIG. 5

the floor-standing sanitary object FIG. 4a with adapters according to the invention in perspective view; and

FIG. 6

a fastener of the floor standing sanitary object FIG. 4b with an angle fastener according to the invention.

Figures 1 and 2 show a fastener 1 for a floor-standing sanitary object, which has two fasteners 1 for its attachment according to the invention. In the embodiment, the sanitary object is a toilet, another possibility is a bidet.

The fastener 1 has a leaf spring made of steel as a spring element 2, whose one end with a snapper 3 made of plastic and the other end with a base 4, also made of plastic, is encapsulated.

The base 4 is a verripptes part having a flat base plate 5 with a not visible in the drawing hole for the passage of a screw not shown for fastening the base 4 and the fastener 1. Side ribs 6 and a transverse rib 7, which connects the side ribs 6 and in which the other end of the spring element 2 is rigidly received, have edges in a plane perpendicular to the base plate 5 level, which form a plant 8 of the base part 4 for the sanitary object. The spring element 2 forming leaf spring extends at an acute angle to the system 8 and thus almost perpendicular to the bottom plate 5 of the base. 4

The snapper 3 has in side view the shape of a wedge with a long, convex curved and here designated as Abdrückfläche 9 surface which extends at an acute angle to the spring element 2 forming the leaf spring. Due to the curvature, the angle at which the Abdrückfläche 9 extends to the spring element 2, changes over a length of Abdrückfläche 9. At one of the base 4 facing edge of Abdrückfläche 9, the snapper 3 has a Hintergrifffläche 10, which at a dull angle the Abdrückfläche 9 extends to the spring element 2 forming the leaf spring.

For the presentation of the invention, a floor-standing toilet has been chosen as a floor-standing sanitary object, however, as mentioned, another floor-standing sanitary object is possible, for example a floor-standing bidet. In FIG. 3 are fragments of two side walls 11 of the sanitary object to see, which have on their inner sides blocks 12, whose rear side 13 of the sanitary object facing away from undercuts 14 form. The rear 13 of the sanitary object refers to the side which faces a wall 15 when the sanitary object is placed in the intended manner. The two blocks 12 with the undercuts 14 face each other, which can generally be understood as oppositely oriented.

The sanitary object has two equal fasteners 1, as one in Figures 1 and 2 is shown, to its attachment. To attach the sanitary object to the wall 15, the base parts 4 of the fasteners 1 are attached to the wall 15, so that the Base plates 5 abut the wall 15. The attachment takes place for example with screws not visible in the drawing, which are inserted through the holes in the base plates 5 of the base parts 4 of the fastener 1 and anchored, for example, with dowels in the wall 15. The side ribs 6 of the base parts 4 hide the screws, which is why the screws are not visible in the drawing. Other fasteners are possible, for example, the fasteners 1 can be placed on anchored in the wall 15 and protruding from the wall 15 threaded bolts and fastened with nuts screwed. Another attachment is gluing.

The systems 8 of the base parts 4 of the fasteners 1 are arranged in parallel, facing away from each other, and the fasteners 1 are fastened to the wall 15 at such a distance from each other that a distance between the attachments 8 of the fasteners 1 is an inside distance of the side walls 11 of the sanitary object at the rear side thereof 13 corresponds. For fixing the standing on a floor sanitary object is pushed with its back 13 to the wall 15 in Einschnapprichtung E. In this case, the side walls 11 of the sanitary object move on opposite sides of the snapper 3 of the fastener 1, ie on the Hintergrifffchen 10 of the snapper 3 past the facilities 8 of the base parts 4 of the fastener 1. The attachments 8 of the base parts 4 of the fastener 1 position the Sanitary object on its rear side 13 in the lateral direction on the wall 15. They prevent a displacement transversely to the Einschnapprichtung E.

When moving the sanitary object to the wall 15, the blocks 12 abut against the inner surfaces 11 of the sanitary object against the Abdrückflächen 9 of the snapper 3 and push the snapper 3 of the fastener 1 against a spring force of the spring elements 2 to the side, so that the blocks 12 on the snappers. 3 can pass by. When the blocks 12 have overcome the snapper 3, the snapper 3 springs outward, so that the Hintergriffflächen 10 of the snapper 3 abut against the blocks 12 and the blocks 12 engage behind the undercuts 14. As a result, the sanitary object is attached to the wall 15. The snapper 3 springs so far outward until their Hintergriffflächen 10 abut the blocks 12. The oblique course of the Hintergriffflächen 10 causes a tolerance compensation of a distance of the blocks 12 from the wall 15th

The sliding of the sanitary object to the wall 15, in which the side walls 11 of the sanitary object with the blocks 12 on the inner sides on the opposite sides of the snapper 3 and the systems 8 of the base parts 4 of the two fasteners. 1 move along, can also be considered as placing the sanitary object on the two fasteners 1. The Hintergriffflächen 10 of the snapper 3 extend at an acute angle to the spring direction F of the spring elements 2. This ensures a good grip of the sanitary object on the wall 15. The Hintergriffflächen 10 extend more acute angle to the spring direction F of the spring elements 2 than the Abdrückflächen 9, so that the sanitary object easier to put on the fasteners 1 and push to the wall 15, as it can be removed from the wall 15. Inadvertent release of the sanitary object from the wall 15, for example by unintentional lateral impact against the sanitary object is thereby avoided. At the same time, forces occurring transversely to the snap-in direction E can additionally be transmitted from the systems 8 to the base part 4. To detach from the wall 15, the sanitary object must be pulled from the wall 15 with great force. The force for releasing the sanitary object from the wall 15 is several times greater than the force for pushing to the wall 15 for placing the sanitary object on the fasteners 1 and for snapping the snappers 3 to the undercuts 14 of the sanitary object. The sanitary object may also be released from the wall 15 by levers by pushing the sanitary object away from the wall 15 and back 13 at a distance.

The FIGS. 4a, b show a fastening of the sanitary object 16, of which FIG. 3 Fragments of side walls 11 shows, on the wall 15. Standing on a floor 17 sanitary object 16 is pushed to the wall 15 and thereby placed on the two fasteners 1 or postponed. In FIG. 4a are the two fasteners 1 as in FIG. 3 attached to the wall 15. In FIG. 4b the two fasteners 1 are fixed with Winkelbefestigern 18 on the floor 17. The fasteners 1 can be fastened by a distance from the wall 15.

FIG. 6 shows one of the fasteners 1 with an angle fastener 18. The angle fastener 18 is a ribbed block, which has the shape of a right triangle in side view. The angle fastener 18 has a foot plate 19 with a slot 20 for its attachment to the floor 17. At right angles to the base plate 19, the angle fastener 18 has a bearing plate 21 for the base plate 5 of the fastener 1. At the edges of the contact plate 21, the angle fastener 18 has groove-shaped claws 22, in which the base plate 5 of the fastener 1 is laterally inserted. The angle fastener 18 allows for an angular attachment of the fastener 1, for example on the floor 17, so that the fastener 1 does not project perpendicularly from the floor 17, but runs parallel to the floor 17, as in FIG. 4b you can see.

As the FIGS. 4c, d show, the sanitary object 16 can also put on top of the fastener 1. For this purpose, the fasteners 1 are fixed upright on the floor 17 and the sanitary object 16 is placed as mentioned from above. The sanitary object 16 is thereby fixed to the floor 17. An attachment of the sanitary object 16 with a distance d from the wall 15 is possible, such as FIG. 4d shows. Figure 4c shows a fitting with the back 13 on the wall 15 attachment of the sanitary object 16 on the floor 17. Also the attachment of the sanitary object 16 with the two fasteners 1, which are fixed with the angle fasteners 18 on the floor 17, as it FIG. 4b shows, allows attachment of the sanitary object 16 at a distance from the wall 15 or with the back 13 adjacent to the wall 15.

For a sanitary object 16, which has no undercut for the rear grip of the snapper 3 of the fastener 1 or at least not at a suitable location, the invention provides two adapters 23 which FIG. 5 shows. The adapter 23 has a plate 24 with an undercut 25 having block 26 corresponding to the block 12 with the undercut 14 on the inner sides of the inner walls 11 of the sanitary object 16. For attachment to the inside of the inner walls 11 of the sanitary object 16, the plate 24 of the adapter 23 has a slot 27, with which the adapter 23 on the inside of the side wall 11 can be screwed. Other mounting options are possible. In the illustrated embodiment, the plate 24 of the adapter 23 is angled so that it engages behind the back 13 of the side walls 11 of the sanitary object 16. Without the angling, the adapter 23 can be displaced not only in height, but also in the longitudinal direction on the sanitary object 16 and thereby adapt to the arrangement of the fasteners 1.

LIST OF REFERENCES Floor-standing sanitary object with two fasteners

1

fasteners

2

spring element

3

snapper

4

base

5

baseplate

6

side rib

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transverse rib

8th

investment

9

ejector surface

10

Back-engagement surface

11

Sidewall of a sanitary object

12

block

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Rear side of a side wall 11 of a sanitary object

14

undercut

15

wall

16

sanitary object

17

ground

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Winkelbefestiger

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footplate

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Long hole

21

bearing plate

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claw

23

adapter

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plate

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undercut

26

block

27

Long hole

d

Distance of a sanitary object 16 from a wall 15

e

Einschnapprichtung

F

spring direction

Claims (7)

1. Floor-standing sanitaryware item having two undercuts (14) and having two fixing devices (1) for fixing the sanitaryware item (16) to a floor (17) or to a wall (15), wherein the fixing devices (1) have a base part (4) which is configured and intended for attachment to the floor (17) or to the wall (15), a snap-in element (3) which is configured and intended for snapping into and for engaging behind the undercuts (14) of the sanitaryware item (16), and a spring element (2) which urges the snap-in elements (3) into engagement behind the undercuts (14) of the sanitaryware item (16), characterised in that each fixing device (1) has a contact portion (8) for the sanitaryware item (16) which is rigid with respect to the base part (4), the sanitaryware item (16) being in contact with the contact portions (8) in such a way that displacement transverse with respect to the snap-in direction (E) is prevented.
2. Sanitaryware item according to claim 1, characterised in that the contact portions (8) are substantially perpendicular to a snap-in direction (E) and face away from one another.
3. Sanitaryware item according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the spring element (2) is a leaf spring.
4. Sanitaryware item according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the snap-in element (3) has a push-away surface (9) at which the sanitaryware item (1) pushes the snap-in element (3) to the side against a spring force of the spring element (2) until the snap-in element (3) snaps into and engages behind the undercut (14) when the sanitaryware item (16) is being mounted on the fixing device (1).
5. Sanitaryware item according to claim 4, characterised in that an engagement surface (10) of the snap-in element (3) runs at a more acute angle with respect to a direction of resilience of the spring element (2) than does the push-away surface (9) of the snap-in element (3).
6. Sanitaryware item according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the fixing device (1) has an angle bracket (18) for attaching the fixing device (1) at an angle.
7. System having a sanitaryware item according to any one of the preceding claims and an adapter (23) which can be fixed in place on the sanitaryware item (16) and which has an undercut (25) that forms the undercut (14) of the sanitaryware item (1).

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