Apparatus for fitting a sink to a worktop

• US 7,478,443 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2006
• Issued: 01/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blanco GmbH + Company KG (EGO Blanc und Fischer & Company GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Blanco GmbH + Company KG (EGO Blanc und Fischer & Company GmbH)
• Inventors: Schneider, Wolfgang, Osterroth, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh; Khoa D
• Application Number:
  US11/403,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253974A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,013 Days
• Field of Search: 4631-634
• US Class Current: 4/633
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/33 Fastening sinks or basins in an apertured support
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/335 the fastening means comprising a screw

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.

Claims

1. A sink, comprising:

at least one basin, which is provided, at its upper edge, with a basin flange;

a cover fastened to and arranged above the basin flange, such that the cover extends peripherally outward from the basin flange and at least partially covers the basin flange; and

at least one holding element on a sink side, which cooperates with a holding element on a side of a worktop when the sink is fitted, in order to hold the sink on the worktop,

wherein the holding element on the sink side is configured as a separate part from the basin flange and is fastened to the basin flange, and wherein, the holding element on the side of the worktop comprises a support element adapted to contact the worktop and an adjustment element for varying a distance between the cover and the support element such that, upon fitting the sink to the worktop, a distance between the cover and the support element is lessened so that the sink is braced against the worktop.

2. Sink according to claim 1, wherein the holding element on the sink side is permanently fastened to the basin flange.

3. Sink according to claim 1, wherein the holding element on the sink side is fastened to a holding region, which is substantially horizontally oriented when the sink is fitted, of the basin flange.

4. Sink according to claim 2, wherein the holding element on the sink side is welded to the basin flange.

5. Sink according to claim 2, wherein the holding element on the sink side is glued to the basin flange.

6. Sink according to claim 1, wherein the cover is configured without a dent.

7. Sink according to claim 1, wherein the holding element on the sink side is configured as a fixing bracket.

8. Sink according to claim 1, wherein the holding element on the sink side has a latching element for latching to the holding element on the worktop side.

9. Combination of a sink according to claim 1, and at least one holding element on the worktop side.

10. Combination according to claim 9, wherein the holding element on the worktop side has a latching element, which can be latched to a latching element of a holding element on the sink side.

11. Combination according to claim 9, wherein the holding element on the worktop side has a support element, which is supported on a worktop when the sink is fitted.

12. Combination according to claim 9, wherein the holding element on the worktop side has a clamping element, in particular a clamping screw.

13. Sink according to claim 8, wherein the latching element defines a latching window.

15. A sink according to claim 1, wherein the cover is welded to the basin flange.

14. A sink adapted to be fastened to a worktop having an upper surface and a lower surface generally opposite the upper surface, the sink comprising:

at least one basin having a plurality of basin walls extending substantially vertically upwards from a basin base;

a basin flange extending peripherally outward along at least a portion of the upper edges of the basin walls and having an upper surface;

a cover arranged above the basin flange, extending peripherally outward from the basin flange, and having a first surface fastened to the upper surface of the basin flange, the cover being adapted to rest upon at least a portion of the upper surface of the worktop when the sink is fitted to the worktop such that the upper surface of the basin flange, the first surface of the cover, and the upper surface of the worktop are disposed in substantially parallel planes;

at least one holding element fastened to the basin flange and configured as a separate part from the basin flange;

at least one support plate adapted to contact the lower surface of the worktop;

an adjustment element to adjustably couple the at least one support plate to a respective holding element wherein, upon fitting the sink to the worktop, a distance between the first surface of the cover and the support plate is lessened so that the sink is braced against the worktop.