WC BOWL AND MOUNTING BASE
A WC bowl and a mounting base, the WC bowl comprising a frame portion (1) whose lower surface (2) is intended to be mounted on a mounting foundation, such as a floor. The WC bowl comprises one or more mounting bases (5) comprising a support surface (51), the support surface (51) of one or more mounting bases (5) being adjustable at a distance relative to the lower surface (2) of the WC bowl in such a manner that the mounting base supports the WC bowl when said lower surface is located on the mounting foundation.
The invention relates to WC bowls and particularly to WC bowls comprising tools for facilitating the mounting thereof and to said tools for facilitating the mounting of WC bowls.
Typically, WC bowls are mounted in sanitary facilities of apartments or the like. Such sanitary facilities, such as the floors of bathrooms, have inclinations, i.e. declivities, for leading any water on the floor to the floor drain.
In spite of inclining floors, there is a tendency to mount WC bowls horizontally. However, the bottom part of WC bowls is even, whereby the bowl must be inclined relative to the floor in connection with the mounting. It is known to implement this support of WC bowls horizontally by placing loose components to support the WC bowl in a horizontal position. Such loose components used for the support include for instance pieces of plastic mat, wooden ribs or the like available materials.
Once the WC bowl is supported horizontally on an inclining floor in the above-mentioned manner, the gap between the WC bowl and the floor is sealed with a load-bearing mass, and optionally further fastened with screws or the like to the mass or to the floor.
Adjusting WC bowls in a horizontal position by using loose components is quite impractical, since the magnitude of the inclination of the floor varies depending on the mounting site. In addition, the use of loose components for the straightening is cumbersome. These components are to be placed between the WC bowl and the floor while ensuring the correct place of mounting. The mounting often takes up a considerable amount of time precisely because of the straightening of the bowl.
However, by operating in the known manner, WC bowls are not always successfully placed horizontally in spite of the time-consuming efforts, which often results in complaints and expensive reinstallations.
Publication CA 2066966 A1 discloses a screw arrangement intended for mounting the mounting ring of a toilet bowl. The mounting rings of the toilet bowl are intended to increase the distance between the toilet bowl and the floor. The screw used for the mounting provides a very small adjustment gap for stabilizing the toilet bowl, but simultaneously results in the need to make several sealing joints both at the screw head and between the toilet bowl and the floor.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTIONThus, the object of the invention is to provide a WC bowl and a mounting base attachable to the WC bowl in a manner solving the above-mentioned problems. The object of the invention is achieved with a WC bowl and a mounting base for the WC bowl, which are characterized by what is stated in the independent claims. Preferred embodiments of the invention are described in the dependent claims.
The WC bowl according to the invention is based on being provided with one or more mounting bases, enabling the mounting of the WC bowl in a horizontal plane irrespective of the direction or magnitude of the inclination of the mounting foundation.
An advantage of the WC bowl of the invention is a significantly easier mounting thereof. The mounting may be performed without any loose components to be placed under the bowl. The mounting of the WC bowl of the invention significantly quickens compared with the previous manner of mounting, the adjustment into the horizontal position being a simple action.
Furthermore, in mounting the WC bowl of the invention, no more sealing joints are required than in that of a conventional WC bowl and the height of the WC bowl is not increased during the mounting despite the mounting bases.
An advantage of the adjustable mounting base of the invention is that, when required, this mounting base may be fastened to the WC bowl before the mounting for supporting it horizontally during the mounting phase. The mounting base of the invention is simply adaptable to all known WC bowl models. In view of industrial production, the mounting base is a simple product, and providing a WC bowl with mounting readiness for joining the base does not cause additional costs in the production process of the bowl.
In the following, the invention will be described in more detail in connection with preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
In the manner shown in
The mounting base 5, which is shown in more detail in
The mounting base is fastened to the inner surface of the lower portion of the WC bowl by gluing, for example. For the fastening, the mounting base comprises a mounting face 52, which is a substantially planar plate surface enabling a reliable fastening of the mounting base. The fastening to the WC bowl may also be performed in other manners.
The mounting base comprises an adjustable projection 53, which constitutes the support surface 51. The adjustable projection is for instance a screw component, such as a screw or the like provided with threading, that can be threaded in a plate component 54 of the mounting base, the component being similarly threaded for receiving the screw component 53. Consequently, the mounting base 5 according to the embodiment shown in
In the embodiment of
In the embodiments of
Consequently, the mounting base of
A WC bowl comprising the mounting base of
The support plate extending from one side of the WC bowl to the other is mounted in position for instance when the hardening mass used in the manufacture of the WC bowl is still partly soft. In this case, the support plate can be positioned in such a manner that the ends thereof that are placed on the lower surface of the WC bowl are pressed against the lower surface. Particularly, the ends of the support plate can be pressed only against the inner edges of the lower surface of the WC bowl, in which case the support plate mounted under the WC bowl cannot be detected at all.
The mounting base according to
When the WC bowl according to the embodiment of
For the sake of illustration,
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that as technology advances, the basic idea of the invention can be implemented in a variety of ways. Consequently, the invention and its embodiments are not restricted to the above examples, but can vary within the scope of the claims.
Claims
1. A WC bowl comprising a frame portion whose lower surface is intended to be mounted on a mounting foundation, such as a floor, wherein the WC bowl comprises one or more mounting bases arranged inside the frame portion of the WC bowl and comprising a support surface, the support surface of one or more mounting bases being adjustable at a distance relative to the lower surface of the WC bowl in such a manner that the mounting base supports the WC bowl when said lower surface is located on the mounting foundation.
2. A WC bowl as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or more mounting bases comprise threads, the distance of the support surface of the mounting base relative to the lower surface of the WC bowl being adjustable via the threads of the mounting base.
3. A WC bowl as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or more mounting bases are composed of a threaded plate component fastened to the WC bowl and a screw component, a head of the screw component being arranged to constitute the support surface of the mounting base.
4. A WC bowl as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting base is supported on a support plate that is located transverse relative to the lower surface of the WC bowl and supported on the lower surface of the WC bowl.
5. A WC bowl as claimed in claim 4, wherein the support plate is supported between the lower surfaces of the WC bowl in such a manner that the ends of the support plate are located on top of the inner edges of the lower surface.
6. A WC bowl as claimed in claim 4, wherein the support plate is bent inside the lower portion of the WC bowl to extend above a plane defined by the lower surface of the WC bowl when the WC bowl is in the position of use, the support surface of the mounting base being adjustable to extend below said plane defined by the lower surface for supporting the WC bowl.
7. A mounting base for mounting a WC bowl on a mounting foundation, wherein the mounting base comprises adjustable projections fastened adjustably to a support plate that is adaptable inside a frame portion of the WC bowl to extend from one edge of the lower edge of the WC bowl to the other and to rest on the lower surface of the WC bowl, the adjustable projections of the mounting base comprising a support surface that is adapted to rest on the mounting foundation when the mounting base is mounted in the WC bowl and the distance of the support surfaces being adjustable relative to the support plate.
8. A mounting base as claimed in claim 7, wherein the support plate of the mounting base is bent in such a manner that the ends of the support plate are located at the lower edge of the WC bowl and a surface receiving the adjustable projections of the support plate is located inside the lower portion of the WC bowl when the mounting base is mounted in the WC bowl.
9. A mounting base as claimed in claim 8, wherein the adjustable projections are composed of screw components and that the support plate comprises threaded holes for receiving said screw components.
10. A mounting base as claimed in claim 9, wherein the support surface of the adjustable projection comprises a nut head.
11. A WC bowl as claimed in claim 2, wherein one or more mounting bases are composed of a threaded plate component fastened to the WC bowl and a screw component, a head of the screw component being arranged to constitute the support surface of the mounting base.
12. A WC bowl as claimed in claim 5, wherein the support plate is bent inside the lower portion of the WC bowl to extend above a plane defined by the lower surface (2) of the WC bowl when the WC bowl is in the position of use, the support surface of the mounting base being adjustable to extend below said plane defined by the lower surface for supporting the WC bowl.
Type: Application
Filed: May 28, 2008
Publication Date: Jul 15, 2010
Applicant: OTSOSON OY (Vantaa)
Inventor: Matti Ollila (Helsinki)
Application Number: 12/601,872
International Classification: E03D 11/00 (20060101);