Sanitary facility comprising a washstand and a support cabinet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9516976-B2
Application number	US-201414584133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2014
Priority date	Jan 21, 2014
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

A sanitary facility including a washstand of ceramic or porcelain and a piece of support furniture, which carries the washstand and has two side walls and a front wall, on the upper end surfaces of which the edges of the washstand rests. The front and side end surfaces of the washstand are processed in such a way that they are flush with the outside surfaces of the side walls and of the front wall. Veneer, covering the outside surfaces, is applied to the end surfaces of the washstand by an adhesive bond and extends up to the right-angled upper corner of the washstand.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sanitary facility comprising a washstand of ceramic or porcelain and a piece of support furniture, which carries the washstand and comprises two side walls and a front wall, on the upper end surfaces of which the edges of the washstand rest, wherein the front and side end surfaces of the washstand are machined in such a way that they are flush with the outside surfaces of the side walls and of the front wall, and in that a veneer covering the outside surfaces is applied to the end surfaces of the washstand by means of an adhesive joint and extends to a rectangular upper corner of the washstand.

2. The sanitary facility according to claim 1 , wherein the edge surfaces of the washstand and the end surfaces ( 13 ) of the front and side walls, namely, the surfaces which face, and rest on, each other, rest against each other with a positive fit.

3. The sanitary facility according to claim 2 , wherein the flat edge areas of the underside of the washstand rest flat on the associated end surface.

4. The sanitary facility according to claim 2 , wherein a groove, in which the associated wall fits, is formed in the underside of the washstand.

5. The sanitary facility according to claim 4 , wherein the web of the groove leading to the end surface or the end surface adjoining the miter of the washstand comprises a height of ≦10 mm, especially of ≦5 mm, and preferably of approximately 2 mm.

6. The sanitary facility according to claim 2 , wherein the edge surfaces of the washstand and end surfaces of the associated walls are mitered together.

7. The sanitary facility according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive forming the adhesive joint is an epoxy resin adhesive or a polyurethane adhesive.

8. The sanitary facility according to claim 1 , wherein the veneer is a genuine wood veneer, a decorative veneer, or a laminated veneer.

9. A method for producing a sanitary facility according to claim 1 , wherein a section of veneer extending beyond the associated end surface is provided on the side walls and the front wall; after which the end surfaces of the washstand are machined as a function of the distances d 1 , d 2 of the veneer sections from each other and from the rear of the cabinet; after which an adhesive layer is applied to the inside surface of the veneer sections and/or to the end surfaces of the washstand; after which the washstand is seated in the support furniture, so that the veneer sections lie opposite the end surfaces of the washstand and are bonded thereto by the adhesive layer.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein, to form the veneer sections, the associated wall of the support furniture is processed by removal of material, especially by milling, at the associated end surface, so that the veneer section is exposed.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein, after the washstand has been seated and the veneer sections have been adhered, the projection of the veneer sections beyond the upper corner of the washstand is cut off.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein a groove is formed in the underside of the washstand near the edge, into which the associated wall is fitted.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the underside of the washstand is milled flat.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein, on the washstand and on the associated wall, mitered surfaces are formed, by which the two surfaces rest against each other.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein an epoxy resin adhesive or a polyurethane adhesive is used as the adhesive forming the adhesive bond.

Assignees

• Duravit Ag

Inventors

• Stammel Thomas
• Fuhrer Erich
• Weber Ulrich

Classifications

• Y10T156/108

  Flash, trim or excess removal · CPC title

• B32B2037/1253

  curable adhesive · CPC title

• E03C1/32

  Holders or supports for basins · CPC title

• Y10T156/10

  Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor · CPC title

• B32B2363/00

  Epoxy resins · CPC title