CN1076426C

CN1076426C - A cistern

Info

Publication number: CN1076426C
Application number: CN94118183A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 彼得·R·邓斯坦
Original assignee: Caroma Industries Ltd
Current assignee: Caroma Industries Ltd
Priority date: 1993-11-10
Filing date: 1994-11-09
Publication date: 2001-12-19
Anticipated expiration: 2014-11-09
Also published as: AU7758894A; CN1111313A; SG45201A1; GB2283767B; GB2283767A; KR100317144B1; KR950014499A; NZ264868A; ZA948869B; MY111323A; GB9422493D0; AU673292B2; HK1007339A1; TW287214B

Abstract

The invention provides a cistern assembly for mounting between an adjacent pair of studs of the common frame wall. The cistern has a front to rear maximum dimension less than the front to rear spacing dimension of the said studs. The studs can be wrapped by any common wrapping material. A pair of bracketas are oppositely mounted and support the cistern in suitable position.

Description

Cistern assembly and mounting method thereof

The present invention relates to water tank, specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of cistern assembly that is installed in the frame type wall, said frame type wall comprises an anterior interlayer and a rear portion interlayer, and these two interlayers are separated by the pillar of some perpendicular and are fixed on these pillars.

For a long time, people can ensconce the metope of bathroom or washroom or false partition wall back effectively with regard to needs and the water tank that can't see.

Because water tank has significant size from front to back, so, up to the present also this water tank can't be installed in the frame type wall of standard, in the frame type wall of this standard, the distance between the front and back size of pillar and this wall front and rear surfaces inside has only 70mm.On the contrary, said water tank all is mounted in within the special false wall of building of above-mentioned purpose, generally separate the distance that has than short with false wall in the front of building wall, and, because the rear surface of this frame type wall is towards described building wall and can't be in sight, so aforementioned false wall only is provided with an anterior covering layer.This structure can increase the cost of building the bathroom basically, this be because, up to the present, also can't place concealed system in by the formed cavity of common inner partition wall, said inner partition wall is made of such as the gypsum plank that is fixed on wooden or the metal mainstay two-layer.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of cistern assembly that can install by described mode, so that reduce the cost when building the bathroom that has concealed water tank.

According to first aspect of the present invention, a kind of cistern assembly that is used to be installed in the frame type wall is disclosed, described frame type wall comprises an anterior interlayer and a rear portion interlayer, these two interlayers are separated by the pillar of some perpendicular and are fixed on these pillars, said cistern assembly is suitable for being installed between a pair of adjacent pillar and comprises a water tank main body and a tank lid, this water tank main body and tank lid all have maximum size from front to back, this size is less than the stud size that is determining above-mentioned interlayer longitudinal separation, and, above-mentioned water tank main body and tank lid also all have from a left side to after maximum size, this size is less than the spacing between the above-mentioned a pair of adjacent pillar, and above-mentioned water tank main body has a pair of area supported adjacent with this bottom part body; It is characterized in that: said cistern assembly also comprises pair of brackets, and each support all has: an installation surface, this surface are used for fixing on one the opposing surface in above-mentioned adjacent paired pillar; One support lug, this flange are positioned on the end of above-mentioned each support; And a pair of edge limited device that separates, said installation surface and support lug are all between this is to the edge device for limiting, above-mentioned each support is less than the largest outer dimension between the edge device for limiting or equals pillar size from front to back at this, the inside dimension between the edge device for limiting then is greater than the maximum size from front to back of above-mentioned water tank main body and tank lid at this.

Above-mentioned each support preferably includes a locking device, this device can with the water tank main body join merge relative with support lug to.

Above-mentioned edge limited device preferably includes the opposed sidewall of a fluting, and described fluting takes the shape of the letter U and basically with the substrate of above-mentioned installation surface as oneself.Thereby said sidewall is preferably in a pair of lug that separates of other end place extension formation of above-mentioned each support.

According to second aspect of the present invention, disclose and a kind of water tank has been installed in method in the frame type wall, said frame type wall comprises an anterior interlayer and a rear portion interlayer, these two interlayers are separated by some vertical pillars and are fixed on these pillars, and said method comprises the following steps: before being fixed to described interlayer on the pillar after vertically installing pillar

(ⅰ) between a pair of adjacent pillar pair of brackets is installed, this all has in the support each: an installation surface, this surface are used for fixing on one the opposing surface in above-mentioned adjacent paired pillar; One support lug, this flange are positioned on the end of above-mentioned each support; And a pair of edge limited device that separates, said installation surface and support lug all between this is to the edge device for limiting, said support by support lug installed bottom and toward each other to;

(ⅱ) water tank main body and tank lid are put into gently from the top between edge limited device in the formed space, fitted in above-mentioned support lug until the area supported of water tank main body; And

(ⅲ) in the above-mentioned interlayer one or two is fixed on the said pillar.

Best, above-mentioned support comprises a locking device, in above-mentioned steps (ⅲ) before, the water tank main body is held between the locking device and support lug of each support.

Below will shine description of drawings most preferred embodiment of the present invention earlier, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the present invention's the flush toilet of embodiment and the sectional side view of water tank, and it has shown the frame type wall that water tank wherein is installed in the mode of section;

Fig. 2 is the water tank main body of the foregoing description and the phantom drawing of tank lid;

Fig. 3 is the plan view of water tank among Fig. 2:

Fig. 4 is the elevation of water tank among Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is the counter-rotating plan view of water tank among Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is the rear elevation of water tank among Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are respectively the left side lateral view and the right, side view of water tank among Fig. 2; And

Fig. 9 is the decomposition diagram of above-mentioned support of explanation and adjacent paired pillar, and said water tank is installed between above-mentioned pillar.

As shown in Figure 1, flush toilet 1 is installed on the floor 2 of bathroom or washroom 3.One concealed water tank 4 is positioned at the top, rear portion of toilet 1, and this water tank is connected with described toilet by a L shaped cascading water pipe 5.As shown in phantom in Figure 1, toilet 1 is provided with a S shape trap 6 or P shape trap 7, and this trap couples together toilet 1 and gutter with common mode (not shown).

The wall 10 that water tank 4 wherein is installed is made of anterior interlayer 11 and rear portion interlayer 12, should the front portion interlayer and the rear portion interlayer can be that common covering surfaces constitutes basically then by gypsum plank, the veneer that posts brick bat, metal sheet or other.One access plate 13 is positioned at the position of top, relative water tank 4 centers on the anterior interlayer 11.This access plate 13 is provided with one or more cascading water switches 14.

The expert of present technique will be noted that, owing to wall 10 is common interior wall basically and can be used for making bathroom 3 and adjacent room 15 to separate, so the space between anterior interlayer 11 and rear portion interlayer 12 inside has only 70mm.

To shown in Figure 8, water tank 4 the most handy plastic mould pressings become two parts, thereby have a water tank main body 18 and a tank lid 19 as Fig. 2.One inlet 22 is positioned within the tank lid 19.

Water tank main body 18 is provided with the cascading water outlet 23 of a hollow, and this has exported makes " inside " overflow flow to the effect of flush toilet.Owing to need outside overflow in some uses as septic tank, so above-mentioned water tank main body also has overflow outlet 24, this outlet is connected with bleed off pipe (not shown) and two area supporteds 25 of extending in the water tank internal vertical usually.Bleed off pipe 24 passes in the area supported 25, and, as shown in Figure 5, also can be in the left side or the right side is provided with this bleed off pipe 24 and corresponding structure is provided.

As shown in Figure 9, with two identical supports 30 water tank 4 is installed between adjacent in pairs pillar 31, anterior interlayer 11 and rear portion interlayer 12 then are fixed on the above-mentioned pillar basically.

Each support 30 all has a flat basically installation surface 32, and two perforates 33 are arranged on this installation surface, support 30 can be pinned to or be fixed on two opposing surfaces of pillar 31 by these two perforates.In addition, the lower end of each support 30 all has a support lug 34.34 of each support lugs have a recess 35, and the shape of this recess can receive overflow outlet 24 and can make area supported 25 fit in support lug 34.

Each support 30 all has the profile that takes the shape of the letter U basically, and band pair of sidewalls 37, and this oppose side wall has formed the fluting that is generally U-shaped with installation surface 32.Thereby sidewall 37 extends outside the upper end of support 34 and has formed a pair of lug 38.

One releasable elasticity lock bolt 39 is pressed towards the outside of installation surface 32, and the free end of this elasticity lock bolt can engage with the recess 40 that is positioned at water tank 4 each side wall upper part edge.

In order to carry out said installation process, the pillar with wall 10 vertically installs and preferably anterior interlayer 11 is fixed on the above-mentioned pillar earlier.After this, forwardly cut on the interlayer 11 and be used for cascading water pipe 5 and get the opening of depositing plate 13.Again, be installed to toilet 1 on the floor 2 and promptly 15 cascading water pipe 5 be fixed to the appropriate location from the adjacent room from the rear portion.

Secondly, paired support 30 is pinned on the pillar 31, and water tank 4 is put into gently in the space between lug 38 and the sidewall 37 from the top at the same height place above the floor 2.Above-mentionedly put down motion gently and continue to area supported 25 always and fit in support lug 34, at this moment, can be done sealed the joint by water tank 4 side wall and pressures with recess 40 to the elasticity lock bolt 37 of installation surface 32, thereby water tank 4 locked securely or be clamped in the appropriate location.Then, remaining pipeline is connected in inlet 22, cascading water outlet 23 and overflow outlet 24.Again, rear portion interlayer 12 is fixed on the pillar 31.

Should be noted that,, for example change the rubber assembly of the easy damage in interior inlet of cistern device or the cascading water valve, just can enter the inside of water tank 4 by the access plate 13 and the case lid 19 of fetching boiling water in case need keep in repair to water tank 4.

One embodiment of the present of invention below only have been described, concerning the expert of present technique, can have made multiple improvement to it without departing from the present invention.

Claims

1. one kind is used to be installed in the interior cistern assembly of frame type wall, said frame type wall comprises an anterior interlayer and a rear portion interlayer, these two interlayers are separated by the pillar of some perpendicular and are fixed on these pillars, said cistern assembly is suitable for being installed between the above-mentioned adjacent paired pillar and comprises a water tank main body and a tank lid, this water tank main body and tank lid all have maximum size from front to back, this size is less than the stud size that is determining above-mentioned interlayer longitudinal separation, and, described water tank main body and tank lid also all have maximum size from left to right, this size is less than the spacing between the above-mentioned adjacent paired pillar, and said water tank main body has a pair of area supported adjacent with this bottom part body; It is characterized in that: said cistern assembly also comprises pair of brackets, and each support all has: an installation surface, this surface are used for fixing on one the opposing surface in the adjacent paired pillar of last palm fibre; One support lug, this flange are positioned on the end of above-mentioned each support; And a pair of edge limited device that separates, said installation surface and support lug are all between this is to the edge device for limiting, above-mentioned each support is less than the largest outer dimension between the edge device for limiting or equals pillar size from front to back at this, the inside dimension between the edge device for limiting then is greater than the maximum size from front to back of above-mentioned water tank main body and tank lid at this.

2. assembly according to claim 1 is characterized in that, each support includes a locking device, this device can with the water tank main body join merge relative with support lug to.

3. as the assembly as described in the claim 2, it is characterized in that said locking device is to be formed by the material that constitutes above-mentioned support.

4. as the assembly as described in any one in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that said edge limited device comprises the opposed sidewall of a fluting, described fluting then takes the shape of the letter U and basically with the substrate of above-mentioned installation surface as oneself.

5. as the assembly as described in the claim 4, it is characterized in that, thus said sidewall extend at the other end place of above-mentioned each support shape in the bosom lug to separating.

6. assembly according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said area supported is level basically when above-mentioned support is fixed on the pillar, and said installation surface is flat basically.

7. one kind is installed in method in the frame type wall with water tank, said frame type wall comprises an anterior interlayer and a rear portion interlayer, these two interlayers are separated by some vertical pillars and are fixed on these pillars, and said method comprises the following steps: before being fixed to described interlayer on the pillar after vertically installing above-mentioned pillar

(ⅲ) in the above-mentioned interlayer one or two is fixed on the said pillar.

8. as the method as described in the claim 7, it is characterized in that said each support includes a locking device that can match with the water tank main body, in above-mentioned steps (ⅲ) before, the water tank main body is held between the locking device and support lug of each support.

9. as the method as described in claim 7 or 8, it is characterized in that the step that it comprises has: in above-mentioned steps (ⅲ) before, sanitary line is connected with described water tank.

10. as the method as described in the claim 7, it is characterized in that the step that it comprises has: form an access hole on one in above-mentioned interlayer and this access hole is covered with an access plate.