[0001] The present invention relates to a plate for flushing cisterns of toilets. More specifically,
the invention relates to a plate adapted to be applied to flushing cisterns for toilets,
where the cistern is accommodated within the wall.
[0002] As is known, the systems currently used for flushing toilets favor, in place of the
so called rapid flow system, which is currently prohibited by regulations because
it involves an excessive waste of water, the use of flushing cisterns which are built
into the wall and which fill with water, which is then flushed, by acting on adapted
buttons, which are actuateable outside the wall, in order to convey the water in the
toilets so as to perform the flush.
[0003] Currently, the flushing buttons on the aforementioned cisterns are accommodated in
plates applied externally to the wall, in such a way as to be coupled to the cistern.
More specifically, the cistern is built into the wall, a door is applied to the cistern
which is provided with linkages that make it possible to open the valves for the flushing
of the water and the subsequent filling of the cistern, and a perimetric plate-holder
frame is then applied to the door and is arranged externally to the wall. The plate
is applied to the perimetric frame and accommodates the button or buttons for actuating
the flushing cistern.
[0004] The solution proposed above, by way of the presence of the plate-holder frame applied
externally to the wall, means that the overall protrusion from the wall is not insignificant,
since the plate-holder frame must then be coupled with the plate and thus there is
a certain thickness, and therefore a significant protrusion externally to the wall.
[0005] If it is desired to make this protrusion as small as possible, no solutions are currently
available to ensure that the plate adheres as closely as possible to the wall and
thus that the thickness outside the wall be substantially constituted by the rest
of the plate.
[0006] The aim of the present invention is to provide a plate for flushing cisterns of toilets,
in which externally to the wall, the protrusion from the wall itself is constituted
solely by the thickness of the plate.
[0007] Within this aim, an object of the present invention is to provide a plate for flushing
cisterns of toilets, in which, with respect to conventional cisterns, the perimetric
plate-holder frame arranged externally to the wall can be eliminated.
[0008] Another object of the present invention is to provide a plate for flushing cisterns
of toilets, in which the application and removal of the plate can occur with a simple
translational motion of the same.
[0009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a plate for flushing cisterns
of toilets which is highly reliable, easily and practically implemented and low cost.
[0010] This aim and these and other objects which will become better apparent hereinafter
are achieved by a plate for flushing cisterns of toilets, comprising a plate body
provided with a containment edge,
characterized in that said plate body has fixing means adapted to fix the plate body directly to the door
of a flushing cistern, said door being accommodated within the wall and coupled to
the cistern.
[0011] Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become better apparent
from the description of a preferred, but not exclusive, embodiment of the plate according
to the present invention, which is illustrated by way of non-limiting example in the
accompanying drawings wherein:
Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of the plate according to the invention and
the door of a flushing cistern for toilets;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the plate according to the present invention;
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the application of the plate according to the
invention, in a first active condition;
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the plate according to the invention in an active
configuration of the final fixing of the plate.
[0012] With reference to the figures, the plate according to the invention, generally designated
by the reference numeral 1, comprises a plate-like element 2 provided with a containment
edge 3 adapted to come into contact with the wall 4 on which the plate 2 is applied.
[0013] Conveniently, the plate 1 is adapted to be directly connected to a door 5 that closes
the cistern 15.
[0014] In this manner, the plate 1 is directly coupled to the door 5, without the interposition
of any perimetric plate-holder frame.
[0015] Conveniently, the plate 1 can be provided with one or two buttons for actuating.
In the figures two buttons for actuating are shown.
[0016] The fastening of the plate 1 to the door 5 ensures that the thickness that can be
perceived externally to the wall is only that constituted by the thickness of the
plate 1, as clearly illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.
[0017] In order to fasten the plate 1 to the door 5, the plate 1 is provided with fixing
means for directly fixing the plate 1 to the door 5. More specifically, the fixing
means comprise means 6 of retention of clips 7 which make it possible to perform a
locking of the plate 1 around a pair of screws 8 which are conveniently accommodated
in holes 9 defined on the door 5.
[0018] Conveniently, the clips 7 have feet 12 which are adapted to engage in seats or cavities
13 defined in the plate body, for the retention of the clips 6 to the body 2 of the
plate, together with the fixing means 6.
[0019] Substantially, the screws 8 are inserted in the door 5, specifically in the holes
9, with the head 10 of the screws 8 protruding from the door by a distance that is
such as to enable the fixing of the plate, and in particular of the clips 7, around
the heads 10 of the screws 8.
[0020] The clips 7 are contoured with an inner profile 11 that makes it possible to rest
the clip 7 on the portion immediately preceding the head 10 of the screw 8 and, with
a downward pressure movement of the entire plate 1, make the plate descend and thus
widen the clips 7, and in particular the profile 11 of the clips 7, around the portion
immediately preceding the head 10 of the screws 8, so as to lock the plate 1 with
the respective clips 7 against the head 10 of the screws 8, so as to have the plate
1 flush with the wall 4.
[0021] In order to make the plate 1 adhere perfectly to the door 5, and thus to the wall
4, it is possible to provide a template that enables the installation technician to
determine by how much the screws 8 need to protrude from the door 5, for the head
of the screws 8 to be engageable by the clips 7 coupled to the plate 1.
[0022] In practice it has been found that the plate according to the present invention fully
achieves the set aim and objects, in that it makes it possible to be applied directly
to the door of the cistern, thus protruding from the wall by a thickness constituted
solely by the thickness of the plate.
[0023] Moreover, the application of the plate to the door is extremely simple, in that it
is possible to position the plate with the pair of clips resting on the head of the
screws which protrude from the door, and then exert a downward traction so as to make
the head and the screws engage in the seat defined in the clips, thus locking the
plate in position.
[0024] The plate, thus conceived, is susceptible of numerous modifications and variations,
all of which are within the scope of the appended claims. Moreover, all the details
may be substituted by other, technically equivalent elements.
[0025] In practice the materials employed, and the contingent dimensions and shapes, may
be any according to requirements and to the state of the art.
[0026] The disclosures in Italian Patent Application No.
MI2012A001994 from which this application claims priority are incorporated herein by reference.
[0027] Where technical features mentioned in any claim are followed by reference signs,
those reference signs have been included for the sole purpose of increasing the intelligibility
of the claims and accordingly, such reference signs do not have any limiting effect
on the interpretation of each element identified by way of example by such reference
signs.
1. A plate (1) for flushing cisterns of toilets, comprising a plate body (2) provided
with a containment edge (3), characterized in that said plate body (2) has fixing means (6, 7) adapted to fix the plate body (2) directly
to the door (5) of a flushing cistern (15), said door (5) being accommodated within
the wall (4) and coupled to the cistern (15).
2. The plate according to claim 1, characterized in that said fixing means (6, 7) comprise a pair of clips (7) adapted to be connected to
said plate (1) and to accommodate in turn the head (10) of a pair of screws (8) that
protrude from said door (5).
3. The plate according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said clips (7) have a seat defined with an internal profile (11) to accommodate the
head (10) of said screws (8).
4. The plate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said clips (7) are provided with feet (12) for accommodation in cavities (13) defined
in said plate body (2).
5. The plate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said edge (3) of said plate body (2) is adapted to make contact directly with the
wall (4) on which said plate is applied, at the cistern (15).
6. A flushing cistern for toilets, comprising a cistern body (15) adapted to be built
into the wall (4) and a door (5) adapted to be applied so as to close the body (5)
of the cistern, characterized in that it comprises a plate (1) according to one or more of the preceding claims.