Abstract
A sanitary device, including a wash basin or a washstand made of ceramic, porcelain or cast mineral material and a vanity unit which bears the wash basin or the washstand, which wash basin or washstand has a rim protruding laterally from a basin region and having a planar upper face. The vanity unit has an outer shape which circulates in a curved manner over at least 180 at least in the upper region bearing the wash basin or the washstand and which has a first laminate layer or first paint coating forming a first visible surface. The rim of the wash basin or the washstand has a conical rim shape which also circulates in a curved manner over at least 180 and which has a second laminate layer or second paint coating forming a second visible surface, wherein the lower outer edge of the rim and the upper outer edge of the vanity unit are located on the same radius.
Claims
1. A sanitary device, comprising a wash basin or a washstand made of ceramic, porcelain or cast mineral material and a vanity unit which bears the wash basin or the washstand, which wash basin or washstand has a rim protruding laterally from a basin region and having a planar upper face, wherein the vanity unit has an outer shape which circulates in a curved manner over at least 180 at least in the upper region bearing the wash basin or the washstand and which has a first laminate layer or first paint coating forming a first visible surface, wherein the rim of the wash basin or the washstand has a conical rim shape which also circulates in a curved manner over at least 180 and which has a second laminate layer or second paint coating forming a second visible surface, wherein the lower outer edge of the rim and the upper outer edge of the vanity unit are located on the same radius.
2. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the vanity unit has a conical, cylindrical or outwardly bulged outer shape in the upper region or over its height.
3. The sanitary device according to claim 2, wherein the vanity unit has a conical outer shape, characterized in that the angle which the first laminate layer or the first paint coating and the second laminate layer or paint coating adopt relative to the horizontal are equal, such that the first laminate layer or first paint coating and the second laminate layer or second paint coating are aligned with one another.
4. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the angle of the conical rim shape, and optionally the angle of the conical outer shape, is between 85-60 relative to the planar upper face of the rim of the wash basin or washstand.
5. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the region bearing the wash basin or the washstand and the rim of the wash basin or washstand circulates over 360, or in that the region bearing the wash basin or the washstand and the rim of the wash basin or washstand circulates over less than 360 and in each case has a straight rear face which bears against a wall in the installed position.
6. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the second laminate layer is adhesively bonded to the rim surface via an adhesive.
7. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the second laminate layer is butt-joined in the region of a rear face of the wash basin or washstand.
8. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein an upper edge of the second laminate layer terminates flush with the planar upper face of the rim of the wash basin or washstand.
9. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein a lower edge of the second laminate layer terminates flush with a lower edge of the rim.
10. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein an outer lower edge of the rim is spaced apart from an outer upper edge of the vanity unit via a gap.
11. The sanitary device according to claim 10, wherein one or more spacers are provided on the vanity unit for setting the gap.
12. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the vanity unit has a least one drawer or at least one door or at least one flap.
13. The sanitary device according to claim 12, wherein at least one door is provided, wherein at least one receiving device for depositing an external object, in particular at least one shelf, is provided in the interior of the vanity unit.
14. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second laminate layer has a wooden appearance, or is painted.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0023] In the drawings:
[0024] FIG. 1 shows a side view of a sanitary device according to the invention of a first embodiment,
[0025] FIG. 2 shows the sanitary device of FIG. 1 in a perspective top view,
[0026] FIG. 3 shows a front side view of the sanitary device of FIG. 1 with open doors,
[0027] FIG. 4 shows a basic view, in section, of the wash basin of the sanitary device of FIG. 1 during the course of attaching the second laminate layer,
[0028] FIG. 5 shows a partial view of the arrangement of FIG. 4 with the wash basin located in a pressing tool for fixing the laminate layer,
[0029] FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a sanitary device according to the invention of a second embodiment,
[0030] FIG. 7 shows the sanitary arrangement of FIG. 6 in a front side view,
[0031] FIG. 8 shows a basic view of a third embodiment of a sanitary device according to the invention in a front side view,
[0032] FIG. 9 shows a basic view of a fourth embodiment of a sanitary device according to the invention in a front side view, and
[0033] FIG. 10 shows a basic view of a fifth embodiment of a sanitary device according to the invention in a front side view.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0034] FIGS. 1 and 2 shows a sanitary device 1 according to the invention, comprising a wash basin 2 made of ceramic, porcelain or cast mineral material and a vanity unit 3, preferably made of glued plywood material. The vanity unit 3 has an upper region 4 which bears the wash basin 2, for example via spacers, not shown in more detail. The wash basin 2 in turn has a rim 6 which adjoins a basin region 5 and which has a planar upper face 7, see the sectional view according to FIG. 4. Both the wash basin 2 and the vanity unit 3 have a round cross-sectional shape, as FIG. 2 illustrates. In the final installed position, shown here, a water tap 8 is arranged on the wash basin 2, the water tap naturally being connected to a water supply via a suitable pipeline which is supplied via a through-hole 9 provided on the rear face in the vanity unit 3, see FIG. 4. A trap, which is connected downstream and which is located in the interior of the vanity unit 3, is connected to a drain pipe which is supplied via the through-hole 9.
[0035] As the side view according to FIG. 1 shows in particular, the entire sanitary device has a cone shape, wherein the round shape extends around the entire circumference, i.e. around 360. The sanitary device can thus be arranged slightly spaced apart from a wall, i.e. to an extent as a freestanding object. In order to produce this cone shape, which extends from the upper face of the wash basin 2 to the bottom of the vanity unit 3, on the one hand the vanity unit 3 is designed in a conical manner with its outer surface, i.e. the body of the piece of furniture inherently has a conical shape. The outer surface itself is covered as a whole with a first laminate layer 10, for example a genuine wood veneer. The shape is provided via a suitable bonding and forming process, the genuine wood veneer also being directly incorporated therewith during the course of said bonding and forming process. Two doors 11 are integrated in this cone shape, which make it possible to open the vanity unit 3, see FIG. 3, wherein, in the example shown, a receiving device 12 for depositing objects in the manner of a shelf is integrated in the interior of the vanity unit 3.
[0036] The visible outer face of the wash basin 2 also has a cone shape. To this end, the rim 6 is designed in a conical manner on its outer face 13, as FIGS. 4 and 5 show. This outer face 13 is machined via a suitable material-removing process, in particular by grinding, in an exceptionally dimensionally stable and precise manner. Via the machining, an exact angle is set between the upper face 7 of the rim 6 and the outer surface 13. A second laminate layer 14 is bonded to this outer face 13 by means of an adhesive, wherein this second laminate layer 14 is the same layer material as in the first laminate layer 10. This second laminate layer is, to an extent, strip-shaped and, in the developed view, it has an arcuate shape corresponding to the cone shape of the rim surface 13 so that it can be precisely bonded and entirely covers the rim surface 13. The second laminate layer 14 is arranged on the rear face with its end edges abutting. The arcuate second laminate layer 14 is cut out from a larger arcuate sheet, for example in a milling method, and it can have a slight overhang on the upper face and lower face relative to the respective upper and lower edge of the rim surface 13, which overhang is milled off in a post-machining step, so that the upper edge and the lower edge of the second laminate layer 14 terminate flush with the upper face 7 and also flush with the region of the lower face of the rim.
[0037] The attachment of the second laminate layer 14 preferably takes place manually. After applying the adhesive and positioning the second laminate layer 14, the wash basin 2 is passed into a suitable clamping device 15 in which the wash basin 2 bears with its rim 7, as FIG. 5 shows. The angle of the bearing surface 16 of the clamping device 15 is slightly smaller than the angle so that, to an extent, this results in a point bearing which is sufficient for the clamping and fixing. In other words, the clamping force is brought into the region of the upper joint between the second laminate layer and the wash basin, since in particular this region which is wetted during use is completely sealed.
[0038] In FIG. 5 the second laminate layer 14 is shown slightly overhanging the upper face 7 and the lower face 17 of the rim 6. These overhangs are milled off in a subsequent step, as already described. Naturally it is also conceivable to dimension the second laminate layer 14 inherently in a correspondingly precise manner, so that there is no overhang of the upper edge and lower edge of the second laminate layer 14 toward the rim 6 and a milling step can be dispensed with.
[0039] In the installed position, the wash basin 2, which is configured in such a manner, is inserted from above into the body of the vanity unit 3, which is open on the upper face, and preferably rests with the rim 6 on spacers which are arranged on the vanity unit 3. A precise width of a gap 19 which is present between the lower edge of the second laminate layer 14 and the upper edge of the first laminate layer 10, i.e. between the lower edge of the rim 6 and the upper edge of the vanity unit 3, can be precisely set via these spacers, wherein preferably the width of the gap 19 corresponds to the width of further gaps 20 which are present, for example, in the region of the overhangs of the doors 11 relative to the body.
[0040] The finished sanitary device 1 exhibits, to an extent, a closed cone shape, continually tapering from top to bottom. There is no break in terms of geometry in the transition from the wash basin 2 to the vanity unit 3, i.e. the outer face of the second laminate layer 14 forming a second visible surface transitions, to an extent, continually into the outer face of the first laminate layer 10 forming a first visible surface. In order to permit this, both the wash basin 2 and the vanity unit 3 have the same angle in the region of the cone shapes thereof, as shown by way of example in FIG. 3. Since the outer lower edge 21 of the rim 6 of the wash basin 2 and the outer upper edge 22 of the vanity unit 3 are also located on virtually the same radius, there is no edge or step here. In this regard, the two edges 21, 22 have only a marginal difference in the radius, as required by the width of the gap. However, since the gap is in the region of 1-3 mm, for example, ultimately there is a virtually identical radius, the change in radius being, to an extent, in the tolerance range of +/5%, for example. Accordingly, an outer face of the entire sanitary device, which tapers continually from top to bottom, is produced without a break in terms of geometry in the transition of the wash basin 2 to the vanity unit 3, with the sanitary device having at the same time a barrel shape.
[0041] FIGS. 6 and 7 show a further exemplary embodiment of a sanitary device 1 according to the invention, once again comprising a wash basin 2 and a vanity unit 3. The construction and the design of both the wash basin 2 and the vanity unit 3 are identical to the above-described embodiment. Only the geometry of both the wash basin 2 and the vanity unit 3 is different here. While in the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1-3 both the wash basin 2 and the vanity unit 3 have a circular shape, i.e. the outer or visible surface circulates over a full 360, in the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 6 and 7 there is, to an extent, a sectioned barrel shape. The wash basin 2 visibly extends with its outer rim 6 over less than 360 and is, to an extent, flat or straight on the rear face 23. The same applies to the vanity unit 3 which is also flat or straight on its rear face 24. This makes it possible to arrange this sanitary device 1 with the respective rear face 23, 24 directly on a planar wall, from which the sanitary device 1 then, to an extent, bulges to the front.
[0042] While FIGS. 1-7 show embodiments of the sanitary device 1 in which the vanity unit 3, corresponding to the shape of the rim 6 of the wash basin 2, also has a cone shape which continues the conical shape of the rim 6, FIGS. 8-10 show sanitary devices in which the respective vanity unit 3 has a different geometry.
[0043] In FIG. 8 the wash basin 2 is shown once again with its rim 6 which once again has a conical outer shape which bears the second laminate layer 14. The vanity unit 3, which is shown here only in a stylized manner, has a cylindrical shape of the body which is covered by the first laminate layer 10. Both the wash basin 2 and the vanity unit 3 can once again circulate over a full 360, but they can also have a planar rear face, as described in FIGS. 6 and 7. In any case, in the transition from the wash basin 2 to the vanity unit 3, the lower edge 21 of the wash basin 2 and the adjacent upper edge 22 of the vanity unit 3 are located once again on the same radius so that a step is produced here merely due to the geometry (transition from cone shape to cylinder).
[0044] In the embodiment according to FIG. 9, a wash basin 2 is provided once again with its conical rim shape bearing the second laminate layer 14, as well as a vanity unit 3, the outer face being covered by the first laminate layer 10. However, the vanity unit 3 is designed here, to an extent, as a slightly outwardly bulged barrel, as FIG. 9 illustrates. However, the edges 21, 22 are also located on the same radius. This embodiment can also be planar on the rear face, for example either circulating over 360 in cross section, or following the example according to FIGS. 6 and 7.
[0045] FIG. 10 finally shows a sanitary device 1 in which a wash basin 2 is provided with a significantly higher rim 6, which is covered by the second laminate layer 14. The rim 6 also has a corresponding conical rim shape here, as the figure illustrates. While in the exemplary embodiments of FIGS. 1-9 the rim has a height of 1-3 cm for example, the rim according to FIG. 9 can have a height of 5-10 cm for example. The vanity unit 3, the outer face thereof once again being covered by the first laminate layer 10, also has a cone shape which runs in reverse, however, compared with the cone shape of the rim 6. In other words, the cone shape of the vanity unit 3 widens from top to bottom and does not taper, as in the rim 6. Accordingly, the opposing geometry shown in FIG. 10 is produced, wherein once again the upper edge 21 and the lower edge 22 are located on virtually the same radius, so that a step is not produced in the transition region.
[0046] The geometries which are shown are merely by way of example and non-limiting. In principle, other geometries or other combinations of the above-shown geometries are also conceivable.
[0047] Although two laminate layers are described in the examples, the embodiments apply equally in the case of paint coatings.
[0048] While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the inventive principles, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.
