Patent Application
20230071342
This invention relates to a device and use of the device for mounting a sanitary component to a support, such as a wail. Such devices can be used in particular to mount sanitary components, such as shower rods, towel rails, shelves and/or soap dispensers, to walls of sanitary rooms.
Known devices for mounting sanitary components are regularly mounted to a wall using screws. A known issue are tiled walls in sanitary rooms, which tiles can be damaged by the screw connections. Furthermore, the attachment of mounting devices using adhesive strips or glue is known, which can prevent damage to tiles. The disadvantage thereof is, however, that the bonding often does not achieve the required durability.
Therefore, the invention addresses the problem of solving at least a part of the issues described with reference to the prior art and, in particular, of providing a device for mounting a sanitary component to a wall, achieving a high degree of durability in so doing.
This problem is solved by a device according to the features of the independent claim. Further advantageous embodiments of the device are specified in the dependent claims, It will be appreciated that the features listed individually in the dependent claims may be combined in any technologically useful manner and define further embodiments of the invention. In addition, the features indicated in the claims are further specified and explained in the description, wherein further preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated.
A device for mounting a sanitary component to a support, comprising at least the following, contributes to solving the problem:
In particular, the device is used to attach a sanitary component to a support, such as a wall, a ceiling and/or a bracket to be mounted there. Such a sanitary component may be, for instance, a shower bar, towel holder, soap dispenser, shelf, paper holder, toilet brush set, etc. The device may be a separate component or assembly, to which the sanitary component can be attached. Furthermore, the device can also be formed integrally with the sanitary component.
The device has a mounting plate, which can be designed, for instance, in the manner of a mounting bracket. Furthermore, the mounting plate may have a (roughly) circular cross-section, in particular orthogonal to a center axis or longitudinal axis of the mounting plate. In addition, the mounting plate may have a diameter of, for instance, 10 mm to 100 mm, particularly orthogonal to the center axis or longitudinal axis, and/or a thickness of 2 mm to 30 mm, particularly in parallel to the center axis or longitudinal axis.
The mounting plate has an adherend for attaching the device to the wall. The adherend is in particular a surface of the mounting plate, to which an adhesive can be applied for attaching the device to the support or wall. Thus, the adherend may, in particular, be a non-self-adhesive surface. The adhesive can be, for instance, a one-component adhesive, two-component adhesive or multi-component adhesive. In particular, the adhesive can be applied to the adherend before the mounting plate is pressed against the support. Alternatively, the adhesive can also be injected into a gap and/or onto the adherend via a feed opening in the mounting plate. In particular, the adherend extends orthogonally to the center axis or longitudinal axis of the mounting plate, Furthermore, the adherend can be round and/or have a bonding surface diameter of, for instance, 9 mm to 99 mm [millimeters]. The application of the adhesive is usually performed just before the mounting plate is mounted on the support or wall, i.e., usually it is not part of the device itself.
The device also includes a metal mesh that at least partially forms the adherend. The metal mesh can at least partially be made of stainless steel or a zinc alloy. The metal mesh has particularly advantageous adhesive properties for the adhesive, Furthermore, the metal mesh can be designed in the manner of a wire gauze. The wire mesh may be a mesh and/or a sheet-like structure having a plurality of openings. The openings can be of the same type and/or arranged in a regular pattern. Furthermore, the openings can be formed by crossing warp wires and weft wires of the wire mesh, in particular at right angles.
The mounting plate can be at least partially made of plastic. It is possible for the mounting plate to consist entirely of plastic. Furthermore, the mounting plate may be a plastic injection-molded part. This makes for a high degree of design freedom for the mounting plate at low cost. Alternatively, the mounting plate can also be at least partially made of a metal, such as stainless steel.
The metal mesh can be at least partially integrated or cast into the mounting plate. For this purpose, the metal mesh can be inserted into an injection mold during the manufacture of the mounting plate, for instance, and liquid plastic can then be injected into the injection mold such that the metal mesh is at least partially molded into the mounting plate after the plastic has cured.
The mounting plate may include a first plate part and a second plate part, between which the metal mesh is at least partially disposed. The first plate part and the second plate part can be disposed adjacently, in particular in the direction of the center axis or the longitudinal axis. The metal mesh can be at least partially clamped between the first plate part and the second plate part, such that the metal mesh is attached, in particular frictionally, to the mounting plate. The first plate part and/or the second plate part may in particular be at least partially made of a plastic and/or a metal, such as noble metal.
The adherend can be at least partially ventilatable via the metal mesh. For this purpose, the metal mesh can have at least one exposed area, where air can flow from a front end of the device through the openings of the metal mesh to the adherend. For this purpose, the mounting plate may have at least one breather hole extending, in particular completely, through the mounting plate in parallel to the center axis or the longitudinal axis, “Exposed” shall be understood to denote in particular that the metal mesh does not contact the mounting plate on either side in the at least one exposed area or does not rest against the mounting plate. The adhesive can flow through the openings of the metal mesh during application in the at least one exposed area, such that the metal mesh is embedded in the adhesive in the at least one exposed area. The adhesive and the metal mesh can form a composite material in so doing. A cross-section area of the at least one breather hole or a sum of cross-sectional areas of all vent openings of the mounting plate may be, for instance, 100 mm2 (square millimeters) to 1,000 mm2. Further, the at least one breather hole may extend, for instance, across an area of 20% to 100% of the adherend. In other words, this can also mean that, for instance, 30% to 80% of a total area of the adherend is formed by the at least one exposed area of the metal mesh.
The mounting plate may have a receiving space for an adhesive. The receiving space can, for instance, be designed in the manner of a depression in the end face of the mounting plate. The receiving space is at least partially, possibly even completely, delimited by the metal mesh and/or the adherend. To form the receiving space, the adherend can be formed, in particular in parallel to the center axis or the longitudinal axis, in the mounting plate at a depth of 0.3 mm to 5 mm (millimeters) starting from the end face of the mounting plate. In particular, the receiving space can form a gap between the adherend and the support when the device is mounted to the support.
The mounting plate can have at least one contact surface for the support, which contact surface can be used to space the adherend apart from the support. The contact surface is in particular a surface of the mounting plate that contacts the support after the mounting plate has been mounted. In particular, the contact surface is designed in such a way that a gap or the receiving space for the adhesive is formed between the adherend and the wall. The adherend can be formed in the mounting plate, in particular in parallel to the center axis or the longitudinal axis of the mounting plate, for instance at a distance of 0.3 mm to 5 mm (millimeters) from the contact surface. This can be used to establish a gap having a gap width of 0.3 mm to 5 mm between the adherend and the support. Furthermore, the adherend and the contact surface can extend in parallel to each other. In addition, the contact surface can be annular. The contact surface may include at least one adhesive for pre-attaching the device to the support. The at least one adhesive may be, for instance, an adhesive sheet that secures the mounting plate to the support before the adhesive has cured. Furthermore, the adhesive film can be circumferential, annular, ring segment-shaped, rectangular and/or point-shaped.
The metal mesh may comprise a plurality of openings having a width of 0.1 mm to 1 mm (millimeters). The width can also be a diameter or a mesh size of the openings of the metal mesh.
The mounting plate may have at least one first mounting device for attaching the mounting plate to the support. The at least one mounting device can, for instance, be designed in the manner of a mounting opening and/or drilled hole. Further, the at least one first mounting device may extend in parallel to the center axis or the longitudinal axis through the mounting plate. The mounting plate in particular can be mounted to the support via the at least one first mounting device, for instance using a screw and/or a dowel. This can further increase the durability of the mounting plate on the support.
The mounting plate may have at least one second mounting device for the sanitary component, The at least one second mounting device may, for instance, be designed in the manner of a drilled hole, recess, interface, thread, bayonet catch, latching hook, and/or latching geometry. The at least one second mounting device can be used in particular to mount the sanitary component to the mounting plate or the device.
According to a further aspect, the use of a device disclosed herein for securely and/or easily mounting a sanitary component to a support (without damaging the support) by means of an adhesive is proposed. The explanations relating to the device and its usage can also be used to characterize its use.
The invention and the technical environment are explained in more detail below with reference to the figures. It should be noted that the figures show particularly preferred variants of the embodiment of the invention, but the invention is not limited thereto. The same reference numerals are used for the same components in the figures. Schematically:
The device is characterized in particular by high durability at the support.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102021122981.2 | Sep 2021 | DE | national |
