Fluid handling – Systems – Multiple inlet with multiple outlet
Patent
1995-10-18
1998-03-24
Rivell, John
Fluid handling
Systems
Multiple inlet with multiple outlet
137269, F16K 2704, F16K 11074
Patent
active
057301840
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is the US national phase of PCT application PCT/EP94/000325 filed 5 Feb. 1994 with a claim to the priority of Austrian application A 287/93 itself filed 16 Feb. 1993.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a base body for plumbing fixtures.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Plumbing fixtures are formed of a base body which can be concealed or exposed, a cartridge that is mounted on the base body, and a housing as well as one or more handles that are connected to the cartridge and which under some circumstances can secure the housing in position.
According to the functional requirements and the desired external appearance, the cartridge, housing, and handle are differently formed. Since the surface of the base body must correspond with the water throughflow openings of the overlying surface of the cartridge, up to now there has always been for each individual embodiment of the cartridge a correspondingly formed base body.
This precise arrangement of the base body relative to the cartridge in a particular plumbing fixture has several disadvantages. The manufacturer must produce several types of base bodies and, like the dealer and installer, must stock a certain number of each base body, e.g. for repairs. If a buyer wants to change the cartridge, if necessary with the housing and handle, with another model, the base body must be switch also even when it is still perfectly functional. In particular in concealed installations this not only entails an unnecessary expense, but also requires basic installation work.
In addition in new construction or renovation of a building the water piping is roughed in at a relatively early stage. When a concealed fixture according to the state of the art is to be used one must at this time face the architectural question of the entire fixture.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to develop a construction for plumbing fixtures that allows one to use the same base body for different cartridges.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This object is attained in that the base body in order to fit with a selected cartridge is sealingly connected with a cover having water-throughflow passages whose ends on the side of the cover turned toward the cartridge correspond in size and shape to the water inlets and outlets of the cartridge. The cover can be lie directly sealingly on the base body and be mounted thereon by screws. According to the shape and path followed by the throughflow passages the water path in the cover is if necessary restricted or widened and the openings are provided on the side turned toward the cartridge at positions corresponding to those of the mixed-water fixture.
Further according to the invention between the base body and the cover there can be a spacer ring and connecting parts to connect the water inlets and outlets in the cover. In the thus produced intermediate space one can mount a sound damper or a switchover device for two water outlets, and even the connecting parts can be formed according to function,
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The invention is described below more closely with reference to the embodiments shown in the attached drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a top view of a base body carrying a cover;
FIG. 2 is a top view of the base body without the cover;
FIG. 3 is a section through the base body according to line III--III of FIG. with the cartridge in place;
FIG. 4 is a section through the base body according to line IV--IV of FIG. 1 with the cartridge in place;
FIG. 5 is a section through the base body according to line V--V of FIG. 3; and
FIG. 6 is a longitudinal section through the base body with another embodiment of the cover corresponding to another cartridge.
Both embodiments represent a bath fitting with the possibility of switching between the tub and the shower.
The base body 1 shown in FIG. 2 is shown connected with the cover 2 via a spacer ring 18 and several connecting parts 17 and 20 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The cover 2 has hot- and cold-water ho
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patent: 3952764 (1976-04-01), Keller, III
patent: 4681140 (1987-07-01), Hayman
Dubno Herbert
Ideal-Standard GmbH
Rivell John
Wilford Amdrew
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