HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE UPRIGHT TUBE-CAGE UNIT

Abstract

A height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit comprising a telescopic cage which comprises an inner cage and an outer cage, and a telescopic upright tube which comprises an inner upright tube and an outer upright tube and is accommodated in the cage, wherein the elements inner cage, outer cage, inner upright tube, and outer upright tube can be connected to each other via a shared, telescopic scaffolding, wherein the scaffolding is adjustable between a first detent position, in which the inner cage is latched with the outer cage and the inner upright tube is latched with the outer upright tube, wherein the upright tube is longitudinally displaceable within the cage, and a second detent position, in which an upper cage part is latched with an upper upright tube part, and a lower cage part is latched with a lower upright tube part.

Claims

1. A height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit comprising: a telescopic cage which comprises an inner cage and an outer cage; and a telescopic upright tube which comprises an inner upright tube and an outer upright tube and is accommodated in the telescopic cage, wherein the inner cage, outer cage, inner upright tube, and outer upright tube can be connected to each other via a shared, telescopic scaffolding, wherein the scaffolding is adjustable between a first detent position and a second detent position, wherein, in the first detent position, the inner cage is latched with the outer cage and the inner upright tube is latched with the outer upright tube, and wherein the upright tube is longitudinally displaceable within the cage, and in which in the second detent position, an upper cage part is latched with an upper upright tube part, and a lower cage part is latched with a lower upright tube part.

2. The height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit of claim 1, wherein the scaffolding comprises a telescopic rotary shaft which operates detent sliders provided for latching the inner cage, outer cage, inner upright tube, and outer upright tube, wherein the rotary shaft comprises actuator levers which engage into slotted links assigned to the detent sliders in order to actuate the detent sliders.

3. The height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit of claim 2, wherein the detent sliders comprises a first detent slider and the first detent slider is secured on the outer upright tube and, in the first detent position, fastens the outer upright tube to the inner upright tube and, in the second detent position, releases this fastening.

4. The height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit of claim 2, wherein the detent sliders comprises a second detent slider and the second detent slider is secured on the inner cage and, in the first detent position, fastens it to the outer cage, and, in the second detent position, fastens the inner cage to the lower upright tube part while releasing the connection to the outer cage.

5. The height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit of claim 4, wherein the lower upright tube part is the outer upright tube.

6. The height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit of claim 2, wherein the detent sliders comprises a third detent slider and the third detent slider is secured on the outer cage and, in the second detent position, fastens it to the upper upright tube part and, in the first detent position, releases this fastening.

7. The height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit of claim 6, wherein the upper upright tube part is the inner upright tube.

8. The height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit of claim 1, wherein the scaffolding provides a third detent position which is reachable from the first detent position and which actuates a fourth detent slider without influencing other detent sliders, in order to release a connection of a basin element to a base of the lower cage part.

9. The height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit of claim 1, wherein at least individual detent sliders are preloaded detent clamps which engage around an outer element while engaging into a slotted link and, in an open position, engage into a detent groove of the outer element and, during the transition into a closed position, advance into a detent groove of an inner element which is congruent with the detent groove of the outer element.

10. The height-adjustable upright tube-cage unit of claim 1, wherein at least individual detent sliders comprise hook elements which engage into abutments, provided therefor, of an element to be fastened.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0025] Both types of detent sliders can, in some embodiments, be implemented jointly in the disclosure. This is described in greater detail in the following with reference to one some embodiments.

[0026] FIG. 1 shows a perspective representation obliquely from the front of an upright tube-cage unit as part of a complete flushing device, according to some embodiments.

[0027] FIG. 2 shows a perspective partial cross-sectional view obliquely from the above of the upright tube-cage unit according to FIG. 1, according to some embodiments.

[0028] FIG. 3 shows a perspective representation obliquely from above of the scaffolding of the upright tube-cage unit according to FIG. 2, according to some embodiments.

[0029] FIG. 4 shows a perspective representation obliquely from below of a detail of FIG. 2 in a third detent position, according to some embodiments.

[0030] FIG. 5 shows a perspective representation obliquely from below of the detail according to FIG. 4 in a first de-tent position, according to some embodiments.

[0031] FIG. 6 shows a flushing device of a toilet including an upright tube-cage unit, according to some embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSURE

[0032] FIG. 1 shows a flushing device 24 which includes an upright tube-cage unit 20 according to the disclosure. The inner upright tube 3 and outer upright tube 4 is accommodated in the inner cage 1 and outer 2 and can be lifted in the inner cage 1 and outer cage 2 with the aid of a triggering mechanism, in order to trigger a flushing process. A basin element 16, which can be sealingly connected to a cisterb, is situated on the base 15 of an inner cage 1. When the inner/outer upright tube 3, 4 is lifted, the water contained in the cistern can flow into the basin element 16 and can run, through a central opening which is otherwise closed by the upright tube 3, 4, into a toilet bowl connected at the bottom.

[0033] Since highly diverse cisterns are available on the market, the upright tube-cage unit is height-adjustable, in that the upright tube is formed from an inner upright tube 3 and an outer upright tube 4, and the cage is formed from an inner cage 1 and an outer cage 2. FIG. 1 shows a position, in which the aforementioned elements 1, 2, 3, 4 have been brought into the greatest possible extension, e.g., they have minimal overlap.

[0034] Furthermore, FIG. 1 shows that the inner upright tube 3 located at the top comprises numerous circumferential detent grooves lying one above the other, the inner cage 1 comprises two detent grooves, on the front and the back, and the outer cage 2 comprises two rows of detent recesses, on the front and the back.

[0035] A single detent groove of the outer upright tube 4 is first apparent in FIG. 2. The position of the upright tube parts 3, 4 (telescopic upright tube 22) with respect to the cage parts 1, 2 (telescopic cage 21) can be made apparent by way of a partial cross-section, in which a portion of the inner cage 1 and a portion of the outer cage 2 are removed in this case. FIG. 2 now shows the upright tube parts 3, 4 and the cage parts 1, 2 pushed completely together. A scaffolding 5 is inserted between the upright tube parts 3, 4 and the cage parts 1, 2, which can connect the elements 1, 2, 3, 4 to each other in different ways. For this purpose, the scaffolding 5 comprises different detent sliders 11, 12, 13, 14 which perform different functions. Inter alia, individual detent sliders 12 and 13 comprise hook elements 10 which engage into abutments 19 of the upright tube parts 3, 4. The scaffolding 5 has been exposed in FIG. 3 in order to better describe which detent sliders perform which functions. The scaffolding essentially comprises a telescopic rotary shaft 6, to which a total of four detent sliders 11, 12, 13, 14 are assigned. By way of a rotation of the rotary shaft 6, which can take place via a handle on the upper end of the rotary shaft 6, the rotary shaft 6 is rotated between a first detent position, which represents the normal operating state, a second detent position, which represents the state of the height-adjustability by means of the detent sliders 11, 12 and 13, and a third detent position, in which the upright tube-cage unit is released from the basin element 16 with the aid of the detent slider 14.

[0036] The first detent position is shown in FIG. 3. A first detent slider 11 is initially utilized for connecting the inner upright tube 3 to the outer upright tube 4. For this purpose, the outer upright tube 4 comprises a detent groove, into which the clamp arms of the detent clamp 9 of the first detent slider 11 consistently engage. In the first detent position shown here, the clamp arms of the detent clamp 9 of the first detent slider 11 even engage into a detent groove of the inner upright tube 3, which is situated congruently with the detent groove of the outer upright tube 4, and thereby prevent the inner upright tube 3 from moving relative to the outer upright tube 4.

[0037] During a switch into the second detent position, the rotary shaft 6 would be rotated and the actuator levers 7 of the first detent slider 11 would be rotated in the slotted link 8 of the first detent slider 11 to such an extent that the first detent slider 11 is moved by the actuator levers 7 away from the outer upright tube, e.g., toward the front right in the image. In this case, sliding elements mounted on the ends of the clamp arms of the detent clamp 9 would slide over a slotted link extending along the detent groove of the outer upright tube and thereby move away from the outer upright tube 4, whereby the clamp arms dis-engage from the detent groove of the inner upright tube 3 and would release the inner upright tube.

[0038] Simultaneously, during this switch, the second detent slider 12 and the third detent slider 13 are moved in the same way in the opposite direction, and therefore the particular hook elements 10 assigned to these detent sliders 12, 13 engage into abutments 19. In this case, the hook elements 10 of the second detent element 12 will hook into abutments 19 of the outer upright tube 4, and the hook elements 10 of the third detent element 13 will hook into abutments of the inner upright tube 3. Simultaneously, abutments of the second detent element 12 release a connection between the inner cage 1 and the outer cage 2, and therefore the upper parts 2, 3 and the lower parts 1, 4 are each now coupled, and a suitable height adjustment can be carried out. In this case, the telescopic rotary shaft 6 can likewise be extended, wherein only the third detent slider 13 is moved upward with the tip of the rotary shaft 6.

[0039] The lower end of the scaffolding 5 relates to the fastening of the basin element 16 to the base 15 of the inner cage 1. In the first detent position shown, the sliding elements on the ends of the clamp arms of the detent clamp 9 on the fourth detent slider 14 are in a state disengaged toward the left, in which the basin element 16 and the base 15 are engaged with each other. By way of a rotation of the rotary shaft 6, in the direction opposite to the previous direction, into the second detent position, the rotary shaft 6 is brought into the third detent position, in which the fourth detent slider is retracted and releases the basin element 16 from the base 15. A snapping-in of the base 15 into the basin element 16 can take place in any detent position.

[0040] This released position is represented in FIG. 4, once again with the base 15 and the basin element 16 shown. The base 15 comprises a detent groove 18, into which the detent clamp 9 engages. The sliding element on the end slides on a slotted link 17 and, thereon, is located at the highest point above the jacket portion of the base 15. The detent clamp 9 therefore engages into the detent groove 18 of the base 15, but not into the underlying, congruent detent groove of the basin element 16.

[0041] This is the case again only when, as shown in FIG. 5, the rotary shaft 6 has been rotated back into the first or the second detent position and, as a result, the fourth detent slider 14 including the detent clamp 9 is further disengaged. As a result, the sliding element on the end is displaced beyond the sliding link 17 to a lower point than the slotted link 7, and therefore the detent clamp 9 now engages not only into the detent groove 8 of the base 15, but also into an underlying, corresponding and congruent, circumferential groove of the base element 16. A connection to the basin element 15 has therefore been established.

[0042] Described above, therefore, is an upright tube-cage unit, in the case of which the various elements of the upright tube and of the cage can be connected to each other by way of the use of a scaffolding not only in the operating state, but also in a further state, in which the upright tube parts and the cage parts are separated from each other and, instead, upper elements and lower elements are connected to each other. In such a state, the upright tube-cage unit can be brought into the desired extension, by being pulled apart or pushed together, and, there, can be returned to the operating state.

[0043] FIG. 6 a flushing device 24 which includes an upright tube-cage unit 20 according to the disclosure. A basin element 16 is provided which can be sealingly connected to a cistern 25. When the inner/outer upright tube is lifted, the water contained in the cistern 25 can flow into the basin element 16 and can run, through a central opening which is otherwise closed into a toilet bowl 23 connected at the bottom. Since highly diverse cisterns 25 are available on the market, the upright tube-cage unit 20 is height-adjustable.

[0044] Upon installation of a flushing device into a toilet cistern, it is important to adjust the flushing device, in particular the upright tube and the cage surrounding the upright tube, to the height of the cistern, since there are no uniform shapes and sizes of cisterns. For this purpose, known devices provide for severing parts in order to reduce the size or for utilizing clamping devices; in any case, however, known devices provide for producing the upright tube and the cage separately. This is an elaborate and tedious process, and therefore the disclosure shall offer a simpler solution which, simultaneously, consistently complies with the standards with respect to the overflow height. This is achieved by way of the use of a scaffoldings which can connect the different elements of the upright tube and the cage not only in the operating state, but also in a further state, in which the upright tube parts and the cage parts are separated from each other and, instead, upper elements and lower elements are connected to each other. In such a state, the upright tube-cage unit can be brought into the desired extension, by being pulled apart or pushed together, and, there, can be returned to the operating state. The required size ratio remains directly attained in this case.