WO1994024917A1 - Shower screen including a telescopic arm with three attached panes - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention discloses a shower or bath screen comprising a telescopic arm with three attached panes, one of which is adjacent a wall of the bathroom, the other two sliding proportionally in relation to one another to form the screen. The telescopic arm includes a pivoting member (1) attached to the bathroom wall, and two sliding members (2, 3). The proportional displacement of the sliding members is achieved by means of a device comprising a cable (15) attached at its ends to each side of the sliding member (1) and running between two pulleys (20, 21) intergral with the central sliding member (2). Between the two pulleys, the cable (15) is attached at an adjacent point (23) to the third sliding member (3) of the telescopic arm. When sliding member (2) is pulled or pushed, sliding member (3) is proportionally displaced, and conversely.

Description

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SHOWER SCREEN CONSTITUTED JTUN TELESCOPIC ARM ON WHICH ARE

FIXED THREE WINDOWS

1 The present invention relates to a shower or bath screen comprising a pivoting telescopic arm on which are fixed three panes, one of which is adjacent to the wall of a sanitary installation, the other two sliding proportionally one by

5 compared to each other to form the screen.

Shower or bath screens are known, the panes of which move on rails integral with the water receptors, these screens however have the drawback of not being easy to assemble during installation, and of encountering problems of false squaring between the walls of the sanitary installation and the water receptors.

The object of the present invention is to remedy this drawback 15 and to provide a shower or bath screen, the mounting of which is independent of the water receiver, and two of the panes of which coulis¬ proportionally feel one relative to the other, which has the effect of avoiding the end-of-travel impact of the movable elements 20 when the latter come into abutment.

The shower or bath screen comprises a telescopic arm, which comprises three elements which fit into each other and on which three panes are fixed.

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The first element of the telescopic arm is fixed to the wall of the wall of a sanitary installation, and is pivotable relative to the latter, the two other elements of the arm slide together, with the first, on ball bearing slides.

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The proportional displacement of the mobile elements of the telescopic arm is obtained using a device comprising a tensioned cable, fixed at each of its ends, upstream and downstream of the first element.

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The tensioned cable slides around two pulleys secured to the second

REPLACEMENT SHEET element and is fixed to the third element, at a point adjacent to it, located between the two pulleys.

Movable glass guide elements are fitted into the lower and upper corners of the pivoting glass and of the first mobile glass, in order to compensate for the cant of their mass relative to the median axis of the telescopic arm, in particular when these are deployed.

The telescopic arm is reversible and can be mounted on the left or right of a water receiver or a bathtub.

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description and the drawings, below, in which:

FIG. 1 represents an exploded perspective view of the telescopic arm, according to the invention,

FIG. 2 represents a sectional view of the telescopic arm,

FIG. 3 represents a perspective view of the screen,

Figure 4 shows a window guide element.

FIG. 5 represents the block diagram of the proportional displacement of the mobile elements of the telescopic arm, according to the invention.

The telescopic arm consists of a pivoting element (1) fixed to the wall of a sanitary installation, above a water receiver or a bathtub (24), and two sliding elements (2) (3 ).

The central sliding element (2) fits into the pivoting element (1) and is mounted on a ball bearing slide (5), integral with the pivoting element (1).

The sliding element (3) fits into the central sliding element (2), and is mounted on a ball slide (5), integral with the central sliding element 2.

On each of the elements of the telescopic arm (1) (2) (3) are fixed panes (6) (7).

The window (6) is fixed at two horizontal points (8), on the pivoting element (1).

The two movable windows (7) are fixed at two vertical points 9, on the sliding movable elements (2) (3).

The panes (6) (7) are juxtaposed and unfolded, overlapping each other, to form the shower or bath screen.

Guide elements (11) are fitted and glued into the lower and upper corners of the pivoting window (6) and of the first movable window (7), in order to compensate for the cant caused by the mass of the movable windows, which is offset (AA '), relative to the median axis (AA), of the telescopic arm.

Figure 4 shows the principle of the proportional displacement of the sliding elements (2) (3), using a cable (15), fixed at each of its ends (16) (17), on both sides of the pivoting element (1) and sliding between two pulleys (20) (21), integral with the central sliding element (2).

The cable (15) is tensioned by means of a spring (18) and a tensioner (19).

Between the two pulleys (20) (21), the cable (15) is fixed at an adjacent point (23), to the third sliding element (3), of the arm telescopic.

The spring (18) is intended to absorb the shock of the sliding elements (2) (3), when these arrive at the end of the race, on the stops of the slides (5).

The two pulleys (20) (21) have a strictly identical diameter and are spaced apart from one another by at least a distance allowing the sliding element (3) to move from one end to the other of the path. of the ball slide (5).

When the central sliding element (2) is pulled or pushed, it causes with it the linear displacement of the cable (15), between the two pulleys (20) (21), and the sliding element (3), fixed at an adjacent point (23 ) said cable.

It is the same when sliding element (3) is pulled or pushed, it causes with it the linear displacement of the cable (15), between the pulleys (20) (21), which are integral with sliding element (2), this which has the effect of moving the latter.

The displacement of the sliding central element (2) is therefore proportional to the displacement of the sliding element (3), and vice versa.

Claims

- CLAIMS - 1 ° - Shower or bath screen, comprising a telescopic arm on which are fixed three panes (6) (7), one of which is pivotable and the other two movable, characterized in that the two sliding elements (2) and (3) move proportionally relative to each other, using a device comprising a cable (15), fixed at each of its ends (16) (17), on either side of the pivoting element (1), and sliding between two pulleys (20) (21), which are integral with the central sliding element (2), said cable (15) is tensioned by means of a spring (18) and a tensioner (19), and fixed at an adjacent point (23), to the third sliding element (3), of the telescopic arm. 2 ° - Shower or bath screen, according to claim 1, characterized in that the cable (15) is tensioned by a tensioner (19) and a spring (18) intended to absorb the shock of the sliding elements (2 ) (3), when these arrive at the end of the race, on the stops of the slides (5). 3 ° - Shower or bath screen, according to claim 1, characterized in that guide elements (11) are fitted and glued in the lower and upper corners of the pivo¬ aunt window (6) and the first window movable (7), in order to compensate for the cant caused by the mass of the movable windows, which is offset (AA ′), relative to the median tax (AA), of the telescopic arm. 4 ° - Shower or bath screen, according to claim 1, characterized in that the two pulleys (20) (21) have a strictly identical diameter and are spaced apart from each other at least a distance allowing S sliding element (3), to move from one end to the other of the raceway of the ball slide (5). 5 ° - Shower or bath screen, according to claim 1, characterized in that the telescopic arm can be mounted to the left or right of a water receiver or a bath (24), since it is reversible.