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EP 0102270 B1 19890712 - SCREEN FOR TRANSFORMING A BATH INTO A SHOWER CABIN

Title (en)

SCREEN FOR TRANSFORMING A BATH INTO A SHOWER CABIN

Publication

EP 0102270 B1 19890712 (FR)

Application

EP 83401527 A 19830726

Priority

FR 8213597 A 19820730

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0102270A2] 1. Screen which can be fitted to the outer edge of a bath comprising taps and other fittings situated at a certain height above it and which is intended to prevent water splashing when the bath is used as a shower "tray", the said screen comprising at least one panel formed by a glass pane which is framed by sections, one of the frame sections having a hollow centre for serving to articulate the panel on a tube attached to the wall, the said panel can be lifted, at least slightly, along the tube, the said screen being characterized : - in that the height h of lifting up of the panel along the tube (10) is superior to the height of the taps and other fittings above the bath, and - in that the said section with a hollow centre comprises a channel (35) communicating into its hollow centre whilst the tube (12) comprises a lug (38) situated at a height above the taps and other fittings and that can move into the channel and, in that the angular positions of the channel relative to the plane of the panel in the first section, and of the lug relative to the said outer end of the bath are such that they only coincide when the panel is parallel to the edge of the bath, so that the panel can only be folded back against the wall, when the lower end of the section is higher than the top of the taps.

IPC 1-7

A47K 3/22

IPC 8 full level

A47K 3/36 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47K 3/362 (2013.01); A47K 2003/365 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0102270 A2 19840307; EP 0102270 A3 19850109; EP 0102270 B1 19890712; AT E44446 T1 19890715; DE 3380163 D1 19890817; FR 2530939 A1 19840203; FR 2530939 B1 19890421

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 83401527 A 19830726; AT 83401527 T 19830726; DE 3380163 T 19830726; FR 8213597 A 19820730