IP Library Granted Patent US 8,020,895
Granted Patent B2
US 8,020,895 · App. 12/339,562 · Granted Sep 20, 2011

Device comprising an outflow bend and a pipe clamp and mounting structure comprising such a device

Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
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Patent No.
US 8,020,895
App. No.
12/339,562
Granted
Sep 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The device serves to fasten the outflow bend ( 9 ) to a fastening body ( 4 ), for example to a mounting frame ( 2 ). The pipe clamp ( 11 ) has a holder ( 12 ), which on an inner side ( 20 ) possesses grooves ( 21 ), which, for the axial fixing of the socket ( 10 ), cooperate with ribs ( 22, 23, 24 ) on an outer side of the socket ( 10 ). The holder ( 12 ) has a collar ( 19 ), which, for the axial fixing of the socket ( 10 ), can be mounted into a groove ( 25, 26 ) of the socket ( 10 ) or onto a rib ( 22, 23, 24 ) of the socket ( 10 ), according to choice.

Claims (28)

1. A device comprising an outflow bend having a socket for the reception of a pipe end or connecting branch, and a pipe clamp for fastening the outflow bend to a fastening body, the pipe clamp having a holder with a collar, wherein the collar on an inner side has grooves, which, for the axial fixing of the socket, cooperate with ribs on an outer side of the socket, wherein the collar, for the axial fixing of the socket, can be mounted into a groove of the socket or onto a rib of the socket, according to choice,

wherein the holder has a base, which possesses fastening means by which the pipe clamp can be fastened in at least one opening of the fastening body, and

wherein the fastening means have at least one hook and, at a distance from the at least one hook, a latching tongue.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the base is of plate-like configuration.

3. A pipe clamp of a device according to claim 1 , wherein it has on a base fastening means for fastening the holder to a mounting frame, and the collar has on an inner side fastening means for fastening the socket to the holder.

4. The pipe clamp according to claim 3 , wherein the collar has on the said inner side at least two grooves for receiving a rib of the socket.

5. An outflow bend for a device according to claim 1 , wherein it has in the region of the socket, on an outer side, at least two circumferential grooves and at least two circumferential ribs, the grooves respectively having a width which is many times greater than a width of one of the ribs.

6. The outflow bend according to claim 5 , wherein the grooves correspond to the dimensions of standard pipe clamps.

7. A mounting structure comprising:

a device having an outflow bend having a socket for the reception of a pipe end or connecting branch, and a pipe clamp for fastening the outflow bend to a fastening body, the pipe clamp having a holder with a collar, wherein the collar on an inner side has grooves, which, for the axial fixing of the socket, cooperate with ribs on an outer side of the socket, wherein the collar, for the axial fixing of the socket, can be mounted into a groove of the socket or onto a rib of the socket, according to choice, and

having a frame, to which the outflow bend is fastened by the pipe clamp, the pipe clamp having a clip placed around the socket of the outflow bend, characterized in that the pipe bend can be fastened, in the axial direction of the socket, in different positions on the frame.

8. The mounting structure according to claim 7 , wherein the frame, for the crude positioning of the outflow bend, has at least two fastening means, which are spaced apart in the axial direction of the fitted socket.

9. The mounting structure according to claim 7 , wherein the fastening means of the frame are slots, into which fastening parts of the base are insertable.

10. The mounting structure according to claim 7 , wherein the pipe clamp can be crudely positioned on the frame for the depth adjustment of the outflow bend, and in that the socket can be finely positioned on the pipe clamp.

11. The mounting structure according to claim 7 , wherein the socket of the outflow bend can be finely positioned on the collar.

12. The mounting structure according to claim 7 , wherein the socket has on the outer side at least two ribs and at least two grooves, and in that the collar has on the inner side at least two grooves, corresponding to the said ribs, and in that the collar can be placed in one of the two grooves or on one of the two ribs of the socket, according to choice.

13. The mounting structure according to claim 7 , wherein the collar has a width which substantially corresponds to the widths of the two grooves of the socket.

14. The mounting structure according to claim 7 , wherein the collar has two mutually parallel running grooves, and in that the distance between these two grooves is substantially smaller than the widths of the grooves of the socket.

15. A device comprising an outflow bend having a socket for the reception of a pipe end or connecting branch, and a pipe clamp for fastening the outflow bend to a fastening body, the pipe clamp having a holder with a collar, wherein the collar on an inner side has grooves, which, for the axial fixing of the socket, cooperate with ribs on an outer side of the socket, wherein the collar, for the axial fixing of the socket, can be mounted into a groove of the socket or onto a rib of the socket, according to choice,

wherein it has on a base fastening means for fastening the holder to a mounting frame, and the collar has on an inner side fastening means for fastening the socket to the holder, and

wherein the holder has on a bottom side at least one hook for its fastening.

16. A device comprising an outflow bend having a socket for the reception of a pipe end or connecting branch, and a pipe clamp for fastening the outflow bend to a fastening body, the pipe clamp having a holder with a collar, wherein the collar on an inner side has grooves, which, for the axial fixing of the socket, cooperate with ribs on an outer side of the socket, wherein the collar, for the axial fixing of the socket, can be mounted into a groove of the socket or onto a rib of the socket, according to choice,

wherein it has on a base fastening means for fastening the holder to a mounting frame, and the collar has on an inner side fastening means for fastening the socket to the holder, and,

wherein the holder has on a bottom side at least one latching tongue for its fastening.

17. A device comprising an outflow bend having a socket for the reception of a pipe end or connecting branch, and a pipe clamp for fastening the outflow bend to a fastening body, the pipe clamp having a holder with a collar, wherein the collar on an inner side has grooves, which, for the axial fixing of the socket, cooperate with ribs on an outer side of the socket, wherein the collar, for the axial fixing of the socket, can be mounted into a groove of the socket or onto a rib of the socket, according to choice,

wherein the holder has a base, which possesses fastening means by which the pipe clamp can be fastened in at least one opening of the fastening body,

wherein the fastening means have at least one latching element, and

wherein the fastening means have at least one hook and, at a distance from the latter, a latching tongue.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 10, 2012
From: GEBERIT TECHNIK AG
To: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
Reel/Frame 028769/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2008
From: REICHMUTH, PETER
To: GEBERIT TECHNIK AG
Reel/Frame 022008/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 07405366 · Dec 21, 2007 · regional
Continuity (1)
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