Global Patent Index - EP 0074934 A3

EP 0074934 A3 19830907 - TILTABLE WASHBASIN AND TOILET BOWL ASSEMBLY, ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR CARAVANS, TRAILERCARAVANS, DORMOBILES AND THE LIKE

Title (en)

TILTABLE WASHBASIN AND TOILET BOWL ASSEMBLY, ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR CARAVANS, TRAILERCARAVANS, DORMOBILES AND THE LIKE

Publication

EP 0074934 A3 19830907 (DE)

Application

EP 82830224 A 19820818

Priority

  • IT 4895882 A 19820806
  • IT 4924181 A 19810907

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0074934A2] 1. A folding washbasin-watercloset set, particularly apted for caravans, trailers, sleeping-cars and like, wherein both the sanitary fittings or devices (4-103, 5-108) are preferably arranged upon each other in such way to be overturned from the horizontal working position to a recessed vertical position, in which they are enclosed within a furniture piece (1), wherein the top portion of said furniture's piece is intended as a cupboard to receive for instance a boiler (water-heater), pharmaceutical articles and so on, wherein a mounting frame (90) is provided, which can be inserted into an opening foreseen in the external wall of the room intended to receive the said sanitary devices, wherein the mounting frame (90) is fixed to said opening and the frame itself, according to whether it must receive only one of said sanitary devices or more of them, presents one or more openings, and holes (92) are foreseen, which represent the articulation-and-rotation center of the furniture's piece (106) receiving the watercloset (103), and furthermore holes (131) are foreseen which represent the articulation-and-rotation center of the frame's basket (201) of the portion of furniture's piece (109) which receives the watercloset (108) and wherein the washbasin (4-103) received within the transversal trapezoidal cross-section (6) of its own portion of furniture's piece is connected at the front edge of the furniture's portion preferably by means of a band-hinge (8), wherein the front portion of the furniture portion (6-106) is provided with a room to receive soap, combs, and so on, characterized by that the washbasin (4-103) in its rotation in open position is fixed by means of the abutment of two metal elements (9, 10) and (95, 95 bis), wherein one of them is fixed to the wall of the cupboard (1) or to the frame (90) and the other is fixed to the inner side wall of the furniture's portion (6-106) which receives the washbasin (4-103), and by the fact that the water-closet (5-108) received within its own portion of furniture (7-107) is provided with a metal frame (21 to 28 and 159) which is substantially Z-shaped, whose end is articulated to a gusset plate (22) fixed to the bottom of the vehicle and whose side wall is fixed to the portion of furniture (7-107) which receives the water-closet (5-108), whereas a second, L-shaped element (29) is fixed to the inside of the cupboard (1) or of the frame (90), which comes to contact with the Z-shaped metal frame when the water-closet reaches the open position.

IPC 1-7

E03C 1/01

IPC 8 full level

E03D 1/01 (2006.01); E03D 11/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E03D 1/01 (2013.01); E03D 11/12 (2013.01); E03C 2201/90 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0074934 A2 19830323; EP 0074934 A3 19830907; EP 0074934 B1 19860917; DE 3273356 D1 19861023; ES 515500 A0 19850201; ES 8502922 A1 19850201

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 82830224 A 19820818; DE 3273356 T 19820818; ES 515500 A 19820906