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(11) | EP 1 197 176 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Shower screen |
(57) The present invention relates to a screen for a shower above a shower tray. There
is described a shower screen which includes means to lift the screen out of contact
with a surface, such as the edge of a shower tray. The screen is mounted for vertical
movement between upper and lower positions upon an element including a spindle having
an annular collar towards the upper end thereof and wherein the spindle engages a
pivot mount through a vertical spindle shroud. An actuating member is slidably mounted
upon the spindle shroud and includes adjacent upper and lower internal communicating
annular chambers, the upper chamber being of greater diameter than the lower chamber.
The spindle shroud includes at least a pair of equally spaced apertures for receipt
of respective engagement means. In the lower panel position, each engagement means
engages the annular collar of the spindle, a respective aperture of the spindle shroud
and the lower annular chamber of the actuating member. In the upper panel position,
the engagement means is disengaged from the annular collar of the spindle. The panel
is biased into the upper position by means of a biasing means and the engagement means
are biased into the lower panel configuration by means of a spring member. |