Mounting device and installation arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11898334-B2
Application number	US-202217739057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2022
Priority date	May 7, 2021
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

A mounting device and installation arrangement is provided. The mounting device can be for a water station and can include a mounting frame for attachment to a wall surrounding an opening and can further include a cover for closing the opening. Additionally, a ventilation slot can be provided between the mounting frame and the cover in a closed state for an air flow between the cover and the mounting frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mounting device for a water station, comprising:
a mounting frame for attachment to a wall surrounding an opening; and
a cover for closing the opening,
wherein a length of the cover in a Y-direction is shorter than a length of the mounting frame in the Y-direction;
wherein a ventilation slot is formed between the mounting frame and at least one of a transverse side of the cover and a longitudinal side of the cover in a closed state for an air flow between the cover and the mounting frame, and the ventilation slot has a varying width along a perimeter of the cover while the cover is in the closed state,
wherein a portion of the ventilation slot between the two longitudinal sides of the cover and the mounting frame forms longitudinal slots and a portion of the ventilation slot between the two transverse sides of the cover and the mounting frame forms transverse slots, and
wherein the transverse slots formed between the transverse sides of the cover and the mounting frame are wider than the longitudinal slots formed between the longitudinal side of the cover and the mounting frame.

2. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover has two longitudinal sides and two transverse sides, and the ventilation slot is formed between the two longitudinal sides of the cover and the mounting frame and between the two transverse sides of the cover and the mounting frame.

3. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting frame comprises at least a first mounting projection and a second mounting projection, the cover being attachable to the mounting frame at the mounting projections, wherein the ventilation slot is formed between the mounting projections.

4. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is free of ventilation slots.

5. An installation arrangement for a water installation, comprising:
the mounting device according to claim 1 ; and
the water station arranged in the mounting device and coverable by means of the cover so that, in operation, heat from the water station can be removed from the mounting device with the air flow.

6. The installation arrangement of claim 5 , wherein the water station has a cold water side and a hot water side, the ventilation slot being configured such that, in use, heat is removed with the air flow from the hot water side and conducted away from the cold water side.

7. The installation arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the water station comprises at least one of: a fresh water station, a residential transfer station; and a decentralized domestic water heating station.

8. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the cover in an X-direction is shorter than a length of the mounting frame in the X-direction.

9. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting frame is free of ventilation slots.

10. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the wider transverse slots allows air flow at top and bottom locations of the mounting device to be greater than air flow at left and right locations of the mounting device, resulting in greater heat dissipation at the top and bottom locations of the mounting device as opposed to the left and right locations of the mounting device.

Assignees

• Uponor Innovation Ab

Inventors

• Ross Andreas
• Bartenstein Paul

Classifications

• E03C1/021 Primary

  Devices for positioning or connecting of water supply lines (connection to the tap body E03C1/0403) · CPC title

• E03B7/095 Primary

  Component holders or housings, e.g. boundary boxes · CPC title

• E03C1/10

  Devices for preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes, e.g. means for aerating self-closing flushing valves (vacuum-breakers in general F16K, F16L) · CPC title

• Y10T137/698

  Wall · CPC title

• E04F19/08

  Built-in cupboards; Masks of niches; Covers of holes enabling access to installations ({inspection openings in bathtub aprons A47K3/1615; covers for electrical distribution boxes H02G3/14; movable ceiling parts E04B9/003; removable wall partitions E04B2/74; } clean-out doors of chimneys F23J) · CPC title