Abstract: In order to provide a sink, comprising at least one basin, which is provided with a basin flange at its upper edge, a cover, which is fixed to the basin and at least partially covers the basin flange, and at least one holding element on the sink side, which cooperates with a holding element on the worktop side when the sink is fitted, in order to hold the sink on a worktop, in the production of which no after-treatment of visible faces of the sink is necessary and in which the cover can be freely designed and, in particular, can be configured without a dent, it is proposed that the holding element on the sink side is connected to the basin flange.

Abstract: In order to provide a retaining device for retaining a built-in appliance, in particular a built-in sink unit, on a worktop, comprising at least one appliance-side retaining element, at least one worktop-side retaining element and at least one tensioning element for bracing the worktop-side retaining element and the appliance-side retaining element relative to one another, wherein the tensioning element comprises a threaded portion, a retaining portion and a reduced-diameter portion, which is disposed between the threaded portion and the retaining portion and the diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the retaining portion, and wherein the appliance-side retaining element has at least one through-opening, through which in the fitted state of the retaining device the reduced-diameter portion of the tensioning element extends, that enables reliable mounting of the built-in appliance on the worktop and does not spoil the appearance of the built-in appliance, it is proposed that the appliance-side reta

Abstract: In order to provide a retaining device for retaining a built-in appliance, in particular a built-in sink unit, on a worktop, comprising at least one appliance-side retaining element, at least one worktop-side retaining element and at least one tensioning element for bracing the worktop-side retaining element and the appliance-side retaining element relative to one another, wherein the tensioning element comprises a threaded portion, a retaining portion and a reduced-diameter portion, which is disposed between the threaded portion and the retaining portion and the diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the retaining portion, and wherein the appliance-side retaining element has at least one through-opening, through which in the fitted state of the retaining device the reduced-diameter portion of the tensioning element extends, that has increased stability, it is proposed that the retaining portion of the tensioning element and/or the threaded portion of the tensioning element in the fitted state of t

Abstract: In order to produce a packaging for a sink which has particularly good absorption properties and a low rate of transportation damage there is proposed a packaging for a sink which comprises at least one supporting body that is formed at least partly from a foamed plastic material and comprises at least one seating element incorporating a seating channel for an edge section of the sink, and an outer packaging whose interior accommodates the sink and the at least one supporting body, wherein the at least one supporting body extends over substantially the entire internal height of the interior of the outer packaging.

Abstract: In order, in the case of a moulding composition for the production of sanitary-ware components, comprising a methyl-methacrylate-based syrup and from 50 to 85%, expressed in terms of the moulding composition, of an inorganic filler, to obtain an improvement in the scratch-proofness and the abrasion resistance of the shaped components which are obtained therefrom, it is proposed that the composition furthermore comprise elastomer particles or elastomer particle aggregates having a particle size <100 ?m in an amount in the range of 5% by weight to <20% by weight, expressed in terms of the mass of the syrup.

Abstract: In order to produce a sink for insertion into a cut-out opening in a work top wherein the sink comprises an edge region which rests upon the work top in the installed state of the sink and wherein contaminants, crumbs for example, that are disposed on the upper surface of the work top outside the sink can be moved onto the edge region of the sink and then moved from there into the inner region of the sink that is surrounded by the edge of the sink in a particularly easy manner in the course of a cleaning process, it is proposed that the edge region of the sink be provided with a chamfer.