DE29605302U1 - Pole system with media flow, in particular heatable and coolable - Google Patents

Description

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- Description

Media-carrying rod system

especially heatable and coolable

"■ The invention relates to a rod system or hose system according to the preamble of claim 1.

Tubular radiators are well known for their use in the design of bathrooms for the elderly.

&iacgr;&ogr; be used in retirement homes or rehabilitation facilities or hospitals ■ The radiators currently available on the market are not designed to

to take into account the increased heat requirements of unclothed people in the shower or bathtub ; the same applies to the fittings and equipment currently available on the market, such as splash protection solutions or transfer aids for showers and bathtubs.

There are recirculation devices on the market that are designed to dehumidify by circulating and cooling the moist air in the room, especially in bathrooms. Since these devices cannot (and must not) be placed directly in the moist air flow, e.g. in the shower, these devices are not able to reach the moist air flow at the point of origin due to their design and use. The moisture therefore first precipitates on the nearest cold surfaces.

Shower heads are currently always or must always be positioned on the wall side. This means that the sealing effort for the splash guard parts exposed to jet water is correspondingly high and complex.

Based on this state of the art, the invention is based on the object of eliminating the existing disadvantages mentioned at the beginning.

The advantage achieved with the invention of a heatable hose or rod system - hereinafter referred to as rod system - is in particular that the increased heat requirement of unclothed people and thus also their comfort and well-being are taken into account, taking into account all technical safety regulations, in particular (passive) overheating protection.

By using a storage medium, the time and performance of the primary heating source (or cooling source) is independent of the time of use

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- of the shower or bathtub area. The use of the primary heat source can also be limited to a short time, as the storage

- medium acts as a heat buffer (or cold buffer). This has the advantage, among other things, that the control systems can be designed more cost-effectively while maintaining the same or better safety.

The advantage achieved with the invention of a water-conducting system on the splash guard elements is, in one type of design, that the sealing effort for the splash guard parts is considerably simpler and less.

The object is achieved according to the invention in that a rod system as a whole or in partial areas or in flat attachment parts itself has media flowing through it or being exposed to it and in one embodiment has heated or hot medium flowing through it or being exposed to it and in another embodiment has cooled or cold medium flowing through it or being exposed to it.

Advantageous embodiments of the claimed scope of protection include: e.g. transfer aids whose pole system can be heated in whole or in part, or

Transfer aids that can be heated in whole or in part or in flat parts by arranging flexible or rigid splash protection surfaces, or
shower enclosures that are floor-to-ceiling or open at the top or closed off by a hood or divided horizontally into two parts, which can be heated (or cooled) in their entirety or in parts or in flat parts, or

independent functional units that can be arranged on transfer aids or showers or at the shower area and can be heated (or cooled), or
independent functional units that can be heated (or cooled) independently and independently of other equipment and fittings (e.g. arranged in a toilet room), or

Shower heads or pressureless water outlets arranged on the splash guard elements.

An independent rod system according to the disclosed embodiments also enables the arrangement or inclusion of lighting or acoustic means, such as loudspeakers, or other equipment that increases comfort and well-being.

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- Through the claimed features, which can also be implemented individually (without protection claim 1 or another feature from the subclaims)

■ are feasible, feasible and effective, the above-mentioned equipment items are used to create an active warm air cell in the shower area, independent of the room heating and the running, warm shower water.

The warm air cell can be achieved in a variety of ways through the design and combination of the claimed features. For example, a warm air lock can be effectively maintained around the shower area using air-heated or warm air-flowed transfer aids or equipment.

■ This ensures that, on the one hand, the shower area can be heated before entering and, on the other hand, that the person taking a shower can be (pre-)dried after the shower if the shower is designed accordingly as described below.

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By implementing two air flows of different temperatures, for example on a shower cubicle that is open at the top, with the colder air flow directed towards the room and the warmer air flow directed towards the person taking a shower, a "water vapor trap" can be implemented. The effect of the water vapor trap is based on the effect of two air flows that are significantly different in temperature. The warm air flow loaded with water vapor is prevented from rising further by the cold air flow, which flows across the open head part of the shower cubicle, for example, from wall to wall, and if the temperature difference is sufficient, water vapor is condensed and thus remains in the area of the shower cubicle. A different air flow is also revealed and can be implemented, for example, in other structural conditions.

This is also achieved by the rod system itself and/or parts of the rod system and/or flat attachment parts of the rod system being able to be heated or cooled. Or the media-carrying system is divided into two in the direction of flow or lengthwise, and one part is able to be heated and the other part is able to be cooled. In a further development, the partition wall between the heating and cooling medium is designed as a sandwich construction with Peltier components (thermoelectricity).

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If Peitier components are used, direct current is required for the power supply, which can be generated by a turbine arranged in the water flow of the (shower water) outlet.

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- The flowing medium (e.g. water or air) in or on or near the rod system is used in various advantageous embodiments as a drive means for a power-generating turbine, whereby the generated power is used for heating or cooling and/or for operating another consumer and/or is temporarily stored in a battery unit or in a capacitor unit (Goldclap) or in another suitable manner.

The above-mentioned design of the rod system also takes place as a separate and independent functional unit, which is arranged on the wall or ceiling (or in another way) above it in a form that replicates the floor plan of the shower.

The disclosed embodiments also make it possible to integrate an exhaust air device into the system or to combine it functionally. In individual cases, this has the advantage that dry fresh air can be supplied to the room through the active exhaust air via an air supply opening.

In the following description, the embodiments are described using the "warm side". All disclosed embodiments can be applied to the "cold side" in the same or technically similar way. The simultaneous use of the "warm" and "cold side" is useful and disclosed in various application cases.

In an advantageous further development, the rod system is heated with at least one storage medium and/or without electricity or voltage.

The most important basic design variants that result from the patent claims are described below.

The material group, design and size of the storage medium depends primarily on the primary heating medium used, the tasks and the comfort requirements.

If the rod system or the storage medium is heated electrically, the existing safety regulations must be observed. In addition to the possibility of providing electrical heating with a low-voltage isolating transformer (e.g. 24 V), a battery-operated heating source is used. The removable battery unit, which is charged at a decentralized charging station located outside of the direct wet area, is, depending on the design, on or in the rod system or the storage medium.

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■ its flat attachment parts or only on the wall in a holding unit.

If the rod system or the storage medium is heated with warm or heating water, there are various options depending on how the water is heated. The water comes from a central hot water or heating system.

Or the water is heated electrically, preferably in an additional device.

If the rod system or the storage medium is filled with thermal oil or similar

γ heated, there are various options depending on how the thermal oil is heated. The thermal oil is heated via the central hot water or heating system or electrically, preferably in an additional device; or it is heated using a heat exchanger with the waste heat from another electrical consumer.

If the rod system or the storage medium is heated with warm or heated air, there are various options depending on how the warm or heated air is heated. The warm or heated air is heated electrically, preferably via an additional device, or with the waste heat from another electrical consumer or via the central hot water or heating system.

In existing facilities, it is intended and advantageous if the heating medium-carrying system with or without storage medium is housed in a separate, removable unit and can be subsequently attached to the rod system (or to the furnishings or equipment) and/or to the flat attachment parts using Velcro, snap, locking or screw connections or another suitable type of fastening.

The type, shape and design of the rod system and the storage medium result in a variety of designs, some of the most important of which are described below. These are mainly implemented individually with the media systems mentioned or, in special cases, combined.

In a shell construction, one or more media-carrying pipe coils or capillaries or lines are incorporated, also in or on the storage medium.

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- In a hollow shell construction, including the storage medium, the hollow frame or the hollow shell itself is designed as a media-carrying system, consisting of one or more ■ pipes or capillaries or lines.

In a sandwich construction, one or more media-carrying layers or one or more media-carrying pipe coils or capillaries or lines are connected to a material of the rod system and/or the flat ^attachment parts and/or the storage medium.

&iacgr;&ogr; In a grid construction, one or more media-carrying pipe coils " or capillaries or lines are connected to a material of the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts and/or the storage medium.

When preparing the primary heat source in the additional device, the media-carrying system of the rod system is connected to the device or functional unit.

The device or functional unit can be an additional device as a stand-alone, step-controlled and temperature-controlled warm or heated air device that supplies the warm air for heating the bar system and, for example, for a stationary hair dryer, or the device or functional unit is part of the bar system.

In addition, the media system is connected to the device, media or wall using flexible (pressure) hoses or lines. The hoses or lines are connected to the rod system or the flat attachment parts either as mountable screw or plug connections or the like, or by quick couplings; or already firmly connected by the manufacturer.

The hose or line connections are connected by means of joint connections, preferably ball joint connections, or the like, preferably on the side of the rod system or the flat attachment parts.

The media system is connected to the device, media or wall side either as mountable screw or plug connections or similar; or by quick couplings.

The connection options for the device or functional unit on the media or wall side are analogous to those listed above.

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• The heating system is buffered by using a storage medium. Heating power peaks caused by faults are eliminated without causing any harm to the user.

■ of the system. The necessary control and regulation devices can be implemented more cost-effectively and without any loss of safety.

■■ For liquid media such as water and thermal oil, the control or regulation of the surface temperature is carried out by means of a media flow limitation and/or by means of a (media) temperature-dependent, preferably adjustable guide element or a (media) temperature-dependent control or regulation or the like.

In the case of warm or heated air, the surface temperature or outlet temperature is limited on the one hand by means of media flow limitation and on the other hand

by buffering the storage medium (energy equilibrium behavior in heat exchange media) and by means of the control and regulation devices described.

Media outlet openings, in particular air outlet openings, are arranged at least in segments on the rod system in an axial and/or radial direction. Air outlet openings are arranged on the flat attachment parts in a longitudinal and/or transverse direction.

The media flow exiting the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts is preferably adjustable in terms of jet direction and throw distance. This has the advantage that the desired alignment can be set during installation. The outlet openings or nozzles can preferably be closed or opened individually. On the other hand, it is possible to change the jet direction and throw distance by inserting a different nozzle or a different end piece into the outlet opening. Another design for adjusting the direction and quantity is an area provided with outlet openings that can be rotated in an axial or radial direction or a shower head that can be adjusted and set individually.

In various advantageous embodiments, in particular when it comes to so-called comfort shower cubicles, it is advantageous if a water shower can be used instead of or in addition to the air shower, in addition to or instead of the wall-mounted water shower.

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- The design of the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts also includes passive overheating protection of the surface in the event that the upstream control or regulation devices fail.

In the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts, at least the surface material is selected so that the material thickness above the storage medium or the media-carrying pipe or capillary coil or line or the media-carrying cavity or layer is on the one hand dimensioned in such a way, and on the other hand the thermal conductivity or the other adequate physical parameters are designed in such a way that the surface temperature does not exceed the medically acceptable range for contact surfaces.

Further and effective protection for the user is provided by the use of a temperature-sensitive dye additive on and/or in the surface material. A dye is used which, when a temperature threshold is exceeded (risk of injury), either takes on a bright warning color itself, or makes an underlying warning color visible by becoming transparent, or something similar.

The rod system is supported in the swiveling process by means of a spring, preferably a spiral spring. The device that supports the swiveling process is integrated into the rod system in order to ensure unhindered and safe use on the one hand and to enable an attractive design on the other.

Instead of a spiral spring, a gas spring, either a gas pressure spring or a gas tension spring, can be used, which has various advantages. For example, it is easier to install and has a more suitable spring force curve.

Depending on the functionality of the device supporting the folding process, it is aligned with the holder of the rod system on the rod system, this will mostly be transversely or lengthways to the rod system.

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- The invention is explained below in extracts using selected examples in Figures 1 to 14. Further features and advantages of the invention are disclosed.

The reference symbols used have the following meaning:

1: Air device with adjustable heating output and duration outside the protection zones 0 and 1, with remote control 3 or 3a

1a: like 1, but as a combination device with hairdryer

β 1b: as 1a, but with additional media connection and cooling capacity, whereby the heat and cold generation can be realized using Peltier elements

2: permanently installed media connection between the air device and the pole system 2a: load-bearing media connection between the air device (1) and the independent and autonomous functional unit 9 (pole system)

2b: flexible media connection between the air device (1a) and the attached transfer aid (6) (air-blowing rod system)

2c: flexible media connection between the air device (1a, 1b) and the support rod as a transfer aid (5, 5a, 11b, 10h) (air-blowing rod system) 2d: fixed or flexible media connection between the air device (1a) and the base plate 30 or the support structure and thus a media connection between the base plate and the rod system

2e: partially fixed or flexible media connection between the air device (1b) and the air-blowing rod system 7 2f: articulated media connection between the air device (1) and the air-blowing rod system 7a

3: stationary remote control for the air device to adjust the heating and/or cooling output and duration

3a: mobile remote control for the air device to adjust the heating and/or cooling output and duration

4: air-conducting and air-blowing channel in a flat, upper splash guard section with horizontally blown out, warm (or cold) air flow

4a: Adjustment device for the air flow rate leaving the support rod 5a per channel (4)

5: air-blowing bar system with horizontal, warm air flow (with

adjustable throwing distance) designed as a transfer aid, horizontally pivoting support rod with arranged splash guard

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■ 5a: air-blowing rod system as a horizontally pivoting support rod with arranged splash guard, whereby the air flow 4 is continued vertically in the upper part, can be influenced by adjustment device 4a (throw distance) 5b: air-blowing rod system as a horizontally pivoting support rod with arranged splash guard, consisting of a lower and upper

Part with horizontal, warm air flow 20
6: air-blowing bar system with horizontal, warm air flow (with

adjustable throw) as an internal crossbar that serves as a transfer aid 7: air-blowing bar system with horizontal, warm or cold air flow, which is attached to the upper edge of the shower cubicle using a Velcro, snap, locking or screw connection or another suitable type of fastening and can be removed again (with adjustable throw) 7a: air-blowing bar system with horizontal, warm air flow, as a transfer aid, which is attached to a half-height shower, as a support tube (or profile) that carries the flat splash guard, and/or as a profile that

Is part of the profile frame of the flat splash guard, and/or as a profile that is arranged on the profile frame of the flat splash guard, and/or as a profile that is arranged on the flat splash guard 8: air-blowing rod system with horizontal, warm or cold, and vertical warm air flow at the upper edge of the shower cubicle (with adjustable throw distance), which is connected to at least one vertical support rod

8a: Air flow in a section of a vertical support bar on the wall 8b: Air flow in a section of a vertical support bar on a pivoting element

9: air blowing rod system as a standalone and independent

Functional unit with horizontal, warm or cold (as water vapor), and vertical warm air flow above a shower cubicle open at the top, mounted on the air device (1) or the ceiling using the supporting media connection 2a

10: flat splash guard made of acrylic, glass, stretched or stretchable or rollable film or another suitable material (shower curtain) with or without profile frame

10a: Support system, consisting of a horizontally pivoting support rod and a base plate 30 on the wall and a splash guard arranged on the support rod consisting of a lower and upper part, as well as an inner crossbar serving as a transfer aid as an air-blowing rod system 6 with a horizontal, warm air flow (with influenceable throw distance)

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&bull; 10b: support system, consisting of a horizontally pivoting support rod and a base plate 30 on the wall and a splash guard arranged to the side of the support rod, the support rod being designed as an air-blowing rod system 5 with a horizontal, warm air flow (with adjustable throw distance), combined with an air-blowing rod system 7 with a horizontal, warm or cold air flow, which is attached to the upper edge of the shower cubicle (with adjustable throw distance) 10c: fixed side part, which is arranged between two vertical support rods, with an outer curved, horizontal cross bar, as a towel holder or transfer aid, with a

curved, air-blowing rod system 8 with horizontal, warm or cold, and vertical warm air flow (with adjustable throw) 10d: curved support rod, which is articulated, horizontally pivotable, attached to the base plate 30 on the wall, with two vertical support profiles on which a splash guard is arranged, with curved, air-blowing rod system 8 with horizontal, warm or cold, and vertical warm air flow (with adjustable throw) arranged on the upper edge of the shower cubicle

10e: half-height shower with pivoting (and/or sliding) partition elements, whereby the upper edge 7a, which serves as a transfer aid, is designed as an air-blowing rod system with a horizontal, warm air flow (with adjustable throw distance)
10f: Support system consisting of a horizontally pivoting, two-part support bar and a base plate 30 on the wall and two splash guard elements arranged laterally on the support bar and foldable towards each other

10g: fixed side part arranged between two vertical support rods, with an outer curved horizontal crossbar, as a towel holder or transfer aid, with a curved water-carrying rod system 18 and shower head 19 arranged on the upper edge of the shower cubicle 10h: support system, consisting of a horizontally pivotable support rod and a base plate 30 on the wall and a splash guard arranged on the support rod consisting of a lower and upper part, as well as an inner crossbar serving as a transfer aid, whereby the air flow is continued vertically via the support rod 5a into the upper part of the arranged splash guard (4)

11a: air-blowing rod system with horizontal and vertical, warm air flow (with adjustable throw distance), which is foldable and designed as a transfer aid

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- 11b: foldable, U-shaped safety handle, as a transfer aid, as an air-blowing rod system with horizontal and vertical, warm air flow (with adjustable throw distance)

11c: Support system, consisting of a horizontally pivoting, telescopic support rod as a transfer aid, a base plate 30 on the wall and two splash guard elements that can be moved relative to one another, as an air-blowing rod system with a horizontal, warm air flow (with adjustable throw distance)

12: Peitier element as sandwich construction with insulation in an air-blowing rod system (8 or 9) with integrated power supply

18: water-carrying rod system with shower head 19 on the upper edge of the shower cubicle

18a: water-carrying part of a vertical support rod on the wall, in particular by having a pressure pipe arranged therein 19: shower head

20: horizontal, warm air flow at a height of between 70 and 95 cm in the direction of the shower user from a shower cubicle

21 : horizontal, warm air flow at a height of approximately 70 to 95 cm in the direction of the shower user from a bar system suitable as a transfer aid

22: horizontal, warm or cold air flow at the open end of the shower cubicle from a bar system 8 on a shower cubicle

22a: horizontal, warm or cold air flow at the open end of the shower cubicle from a rod system 7 on a shower cubicle, with the throw length varying along the outlet openings

22b: horizontal, warm or cold air flow at the open end of the shower cubicle from a duct system 4 in a splash guard area on a shower cubicle, with the throw length varying along the outlet openings

23: vertical, warm air flow from the upper end of the shower cubicle from a rod system 8 on a shower cubicle

23a: vertical, warm air flow from a bar system 9 as a separate and independent functional unit above a shower cubicle open at the top

24: essentially horizontal, cold (or warm) air flow from a bar system 9 as a separate and independent functional unit above a shower cubicle open at the top as a water vapor trap

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- 25: vertical, warm air flow from a pole system suitable as a transfer aid

30: Base plate or support structure with joint box for the articulated arrangement of the transfer aid or the transfer aid with splash guard or the

Shower cubicle
30a: Support profile or support structure for the articulated arrangement of a shower cubicle on the wall

&iacgr;&ogr; 50: Shower area in the corner of a sanitary room
. 51: Seating requirements of a disabled person on a shower seat or shower wheelchair

52: Floor drain

53: Shut-off device for hot and cold water, particularly as a shower fitting

53a: Water flow in a surface or flush-mounted pipe, which is arranged at the earliest from the beginning, at the latest from the end of section 18a in the rod system 18

The

Figure 1 shows a corner shower area with a horizontally pivoting support system designed as a transfer aid with a one-piece splash guard and an air-flow rod system with exhaust openings, each connected to an air device,

Figure 2 shows a corner shower area with a foldable, air-blowing bar system designed as a transfer aid and a foldable, U-shaped safety handle as an air-flow bar system with blow-out openings, each connected to an air device,

Figure 3 shows a corner shower area with a horizontally pivoting, telescopically sliding support system with splash guard designed as a transfer aid and a half-height shower, each as an air-flowing rod system with blow-out openings connected to an air device, Figure 4 shows a corner shower area with a fixed side part and a pivoting door unit, each with an air-flowing rod system with blow-out openings connected to an air device,

Figure 5 a corner shower area with a pivoting door unit and an air-flowing bar system with outlet openings connected to an air device as an independent functional unit on the ceiling,

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- Figure 6 a corner shower area with a fixed side part with a shower head
and a pivoting door unit with an air-flow
Rod system with exhaust openings connected to an air device,
Figures 7 to 9 Air-flowing bar systems on the shower splash guard
Figures 10 to 12 Support rods with shower splash guard as air-flow

Rod system with blow-out openings,
Figures 13 split support rods with shower splash guard as air-flow

Rod system with blow-out openings,

Figure 14 a support rod in sandwich construction and Peltier elements as air-flow
Rod system with exhaust openings.

Figures 1 to 6 show various designs of support bars, transfer aids with and without splash guards and shower cubicles with and without transfer aid functions on a corner shower area. In the figures, all representations and details have been omitted that are not necessary for the representation of the inventive designs and do not need to be mentioned or shown separately because they are known in a wide variety of designs, such as door handles or profiles for draining water, etc. Furthermore, two different versions of the invention were usually shown in one figure on a shower area for the sake of brevity. In practice, two identical or corresponding side parts or one side part with a fixed partition wall part on the other side would usually always be used.

In Figures 1 to 6, a corner shower area was always shown for the sake of comparability. The inventive designs of the bar system can be implemented in the same way on a free-standing, niche, bathtub, semi-circular, quarter-circular, pentagonal or triangular shower area or any other shower area design. As shown, fixed side parts can be designed with the same function as movable dividing elements.

Not shown, but intended as independent designs, are designs that result from the combination of the individual support systems with media-flowing or media-loaded rod systems with each other or with other known designs in the shower cubicle area and splash guard arrangements that result from a combination of sliding and folding mechanisms.

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. Figure 1 shows the air-blowing rod system 6 on the support system with splash guard 10a on the left side and the air-blowing rod systems 5 - and 7 on the support system with splash guard 10b on the right side of the shower area 50.

.. Left side of the shower area: Air is sucked in from the room by the air device 1a with adjustable heating power and duration, which is designed here as a combination device with a hair dryer, and thermally treated and pressed via the flexible media connection 2b into the air-blowing rod system 6, designed as an attached transfer aid.

&iacgr;&ogr; The air flow 20 exiting from the air openings is adjustable in terms of jet direction and , throw distance, by means of individually adjustable outlet openings or nozzles or by means of an area provided with outlet openings which is arranged so as to be rotatable in the axial or radial direction.

Right side of the shower area: Air is sucked in from the room and thermally treated by the air device 1b with adjustable heating or cooling output and duration, which is designed here with an additional media connection. The heat and cold can be generated using Peltier elements. The air is pressed via the flexible media connection 2c into the air-blowing rod system 6, which is designed as a transfer aid and horizontally pivoting support rod with an arranged splash guard. The air is pressed via the flexible media connection 2e into the air-blowing rod system 7, which is attached to the upper edge of the shower cubicle in a removable manner using Velcro, snap, locking or screw connections or another suitable type of fastening.

The air streams 20 and 22a exiting from the air openings are adjustable in terms of jet direction and throw distance, by means of individually adjustable outlet openings or nozzles or by means of an area provided with outlet openings that is arranged so as to be rotatable in the axial or radial direction.

In Figure 2, the air-blowing bar system 11a is shown on the left side and a safety handle as an air-blowing bar system 11b on the right side of the shower area 50.

Left side of the shower area: Air is drawn in from the room by the air device 1 with adjustable heating output and duration with stationary remote control 3 and thermally treated and then fed via the permanently installed media connection 2 via the

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. The joint box on the base plate 30 is pressed into the air-blowing rod system 11a , which is foldable and designed as a transfer aid.

Right side of the shower area: Air is sucked in from the room by the air device 1a with adjustable heating output and duration, which is designed here as a combination device with a hair dryer >, and is thermally treated and pressed via the flexible media connection 2c into a foldable, U-shaped safety handle as an air-blowing rod system 11b .

&iacgr;&ogr; If a safety handle with several rungs is used, as is the case with the so-called SHGV handles, the blow-out points can be arranged according to the handle design.

^; The air streams 21 and 25 exiting from the air openings can be adjusted in terms of jet direction and throw distance by means of individually adjustable outlet openings or nozzles or by means of an area provided with outlet openings which is arranged so as to be rotatable in the axial or radial direction.

In Figure 3, the air-blowing rod system 11c is shown as a support system with splash guard on the left side and the air-blowing rod system 7a on a half-height shower 10e on the right side of the shower area 50.

Left side of the shower area: Air is sucked in from the room by the air device 1a with adjustable heating output and duration, which is designed here as a combination device with a hair dryer, and is thermally treated and pressed via the fixed or flexible media connection 2d via the joint box on the base plate 30 into the air-blowing rod system 11c , which is designed as a horizontally pivoting, telescopic support rod - as a transfer aid - with two splash guard elements that can be moved relative to one another. The air flow 21 emerging from the air openings can be adjusted in terms of jet direction and throw distance, by means of individually adjustable outlet openings or nozzles or by means of an area provided with outlet openings that is arranged so that it can be rotated in the axial or radial direction.

Another design, not shown here, provides for a flexible (shower curtain) or rigid splash guard to be arranged on a transfer aid, which is designed to carry media by means of embedded or attached air ducts and on which air outlets are provided at suitable points. The air supply can either be carried out as with the rod system 10h (Figure 6) or by a

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. direct connection piece on the splash guard. If a connection piece is installed on the splash guard, all air ducts are combined in front of it. The same design can be implemented on a splash guard surface of a shower cubicle and is disclosed with the designs of the invention.

.. Right side of the shower area: Air is sucked in from the room by the air device 1 with adjustable heating output and duration and is thermally treated. The air is pressed into the air-blowing rod system 7a, as a transfer aid, via the articulated media connection 2f, which is attached to a half-height shower, as a support pipe (or profile) that carries the flat splash guard, and/or as a profile that is part of the profile frame of the flat splash guard, and/or as a profile that is arranged on the profile frame of the flat splash guard, and/or as a profile that is arranged on the flat splash guard. The air flow 20 emerging from the air openings can be adjusted in terms of jet direction and throw distance, by means of individually adjustable outlet openings or nozzles or by means of an area provided with outlet openings that is arranged so that it can be rotated in the axial or radial direction.

Figure 4 shows the air-blowing rod system 8 on the fixed side part 10c on the left side and the air-blowing rod system 8 on the horizontally pivoting door unit 10d on the right side of the shower area 50.

Left side of the shower area: Air is sucked in from the room by the air device 1 with adjustable heating output and duration, and is thermally treated and pressed via the permanently installed media connection 2 via the part of a vertical support rod 8a into the air-blowing rod system 8 at the upper edge of the shower cubicle.

Right side of the shower area: Air is sucked in from the room by the air device 1a with adjustable power and duration, which is designed here as a combination device with a hair dryer, and is thermally treated and pressed via the fixed or flexible media connection 2d via the joint box on the base plate 30 via the section of a vertical support rod 8b into the air-blowing rod system 8 at the upper edge of the shower cubicle.

The air streams 22 and 23 exiting from the air openings are adjustable in terms of jet direction and throw distance, by means of individually adjustable outlet openings or nozzles or by means of an area provided with outlet openings that is arranged so as to be rotatable in the axial or radial direction.

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■ In Figure 5, the air-blowing rod system 9 is shown as a separate and independent functional unit at the shower area 50.

.. The independent and autonomous functional unit 9 can be designed in a variety of designs. These are designed individually or in combination with the media systems disclosed. In a shell construction, one or more media-carrying pipe coils or

&iacgr;&ogr; capillaries or lines are incorporated. In a hollow shell construction, also of the storage medium, the hollow frame or the hollow shell itself is designed as a media-carrying system, consisting of one or more pipes or capillaries or lines. In a sandwich construction, one or

* several media-carrying layers or one or more media-carrying pipe coils or capillaries or lines are connected to a material of the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts and/or the storage medium. In a grid construction, one or more media-carrying pipe coils or capillaries or lines are connected to a material of the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts and/or the storage medium.

Air is sucked in from the room by the air device 1 with adjustable heating and cooling output and duration using a mobile remote control 3a, and is thermally treated and pressed into the independent and autonomous functional unit 9 via the supporting media connection 2a. The air-blowing rod system 9 is arranged above a shower cubicle (1Of) that is open at the top.

The air streams 23a and 24 exiting from the air openings are adjustable in terms of jet direction and throw distance by means of individually adjustable outlet openings or nozzles or by means of an area provided with outlet openings which is arranged so as to be rotatable in the axial or radial direction.

By implementing two air flows of different temperatures, with the colder air flow directed towards the room and the warmer air flow directed towards the shower, a "water vapor trap" can be implemented. The effect of the water vapor trap is based on the effect of two air flows that are significantly different in temperature. The warm air flow loaded with water vapor is prevented from rising further by the cold air flow, which flows across the open head section of the shower cubicle, for example, from wall to wall.

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, and if the temperature difference is sufficient, water vapor is condensed, which then remains in the area of the shower cubicle.

Figure 6 shows the water-conducting system 18 on the fixed side part 10g .. on the left side and the air-conducting rod system 5a with arranged air-blowing splash guard 4 on the horizontally pivoting door unit 10h on the right side of the shower area 50 .

&iacgr;&ogr; Left side of the shower area: From the shower fitting 53, water is guided in the rod system 18 into the shower head 19 in a surface-mounted or concealed _pipe 53a, which is arranged at the earliest from the beginning, at the latest from the end of the section 18a in (or on) the rod system 18. The shower head 19 is located on the upper edge of the fixed side part 10g.

Right side of the shower area: Air is sucked in from the room by the air device 1a with adjustable power and duration, which is designed here as a combination device with a hair dryer, and is thermally treated and pressed via the flexible media connection 2c via the air-conducting support rod 5a of the pivoting door unit 10h into the air-conducting and air-blowing channels 4 in the flat, upper splash guard section. The air flow rate per channel is regulated using the adjustment device 4a. The media-conducting channels 4 can be installed in or on the flat splash guard or attached. The air flow 22b exiting from the air openings can be adjusted in terms of jet direction and throw distance.

The embodiments shown in Figures 7 to 14 have already been explained in detail and in detail in the preceding description of the claims and the figures and therefore do not require any further detailed explanation.

Likewise, the graphic design of the air openings was omitted, since outlet openings or nozzles are known in a variety of shapes and types.

Figures 7, 8 and 9 show various advantageous embodiments of an air-blowing rod system with a horizontal air flow (22a, 20) which is attached to a splash guard 10, as a round, oval or handrail-like support tube (or profile) which carries the flat splash guard, and/or as a profile which is part of the profile frame of the flat splash guard, and/or

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, as a profile that is arranged on the profile frame of the flat splash guard, and/or as a profile that is arranged on the flat splash guard.

In Figure 10, the air-blowing rod system (5b) is shown schematically as a support rod with ,. arranged splash guard 10, consisting of a lower and upper part.

&iacgr;&ogr; In Figure 11, the air-conducting rod system (5a) is shown schematically as a support rod with arranged splash guard 10, consisting of a lower and upper part. In the upper splash guard part, vertical air-conducting channels are

(4) which, at the upper end, provides air outlets by means of an attached profile.

- have arranged outlet openings that can be adjusted in the jet direction and throw distance.

In Figure 12, the air-expelling 20 rod system 5 is shown schematically as a support rod with a splash guard 10 arranged on the side.

In Figure 13, the air-blowing 21 rod system 11c is schematically shown as a telescopic support rod with two splash guard elements 10 that can be moved relative to one another.

Figure 14 shows a schematic representation of a Peltier element 12 as a sandwich construction with insulation in an air-blowing (22/24, 23/23a) rod system (8/9).

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Claims (1)

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- Protection claims 1. Rod system or hose system with at least one support rod or a support profile as a holding device or another holding device, made of rigidly or detachably connected pipes, profiles or hoses, whereby the holding device is connected to at least one base plate or a fastening device. " direction on the wall and/or on the ceiling and/or on the (floor) and/or is attached to another device and/or the rod system is horizontal &iacgr;&ogr; and/or vertically pivotable or foldable and/or parts of the rod system are designed to be foldable and/or displaceable relative to one another, characterized in that the rod system itself and/or partial areas on the rod system and/or flat attachment parts on the rod system have media flowing through them or are acted upon by media. 2. Rod system according to claim 1, characterized in that the rod system itself and/or partial areas on the rod system and/or flat attachment parts on the rod system can be heated. 3. Rod system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a storage medium is provided. 4. Rod system according to claim 3, characterized by the following features:
a) the storage medium consists predominantly of metal, or b) the storage medium consists predominantly of mineral, or c) the storage medium consists predominantly of ceramic material, or d) the storage medium consists predominantly of plastic, or e) the storage medium consists predominantly of a solution, or f) the storage medium consists predominantly of a dispersion. 5. Rod system according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by one of the following features: a) it is electrically thermally modified, or b) it is thermally modified by means of water, or
c) it is thermally modified using thermal oil, or d) it is thermally modified by air. 2_BSG2.D0O21.03.96 Huber, Erding, 2-BSG · : ·: : : .· : ::.. ■ 6. Rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the media-carrying system and/or the storage medium is housed in a separate, removable structural unit and can be subsequently attached by means of Velcro, snap, locking or screw connections or another suitable type of fastening. 7. Rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized by one of the following features: a) the electrical source of the thermal change is a low-voltage connection or a battery connection, or b) the water is either treated electrically in a decentralised manner or thermally in a centralised manner in a known manner, or c) the thermal oil is heated by means of an electrical source or by means of heat coupling to an electrical consumer or to a water heat exchanger 15. thermally treated, or d) the air is thermally treated by means of an electrical source or by means of heat coupling to an electrical consumer or to a water heat exchanger. 8. Rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 7, characterized by the following features: a) in a shell construction, one or more media-carrying pipe coils or capillaries or lines are incorporated, also in or on the storage medium, or b) in the case of a hollow shell construction, including the storage medium, the hollow frame or the hollow shell itself is designed as a media-carrying system, consisting of one or more pipes or capillaries or lines, or c) in a sandwich construction, one or more media-carrying layers or one or more media-carrying pipe coils or capillaries or lines are connected to a material of the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts and/or the storage medium, or d) in a grid construction, one or more media-carrying pipe coils or capillaries or lines are connected to a material of the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts and/or the storage medium. 2_BSG2.DOC/21.03.96 Huber, Erding, 2-BSG *:*! Il .* tlt.. - 9. Rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the media-carrying system is connected to a device or functional unit which is either exclusively intended for heating the rod system or is a combination device in relation to its function or area of application. 10.Rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 9, characterized by the following features: a) this is connected to the media system &iacgr;&ogr; by means of flexible hoses or lines, and b) the flexible hoses or lines are, preferably on the side of the rod system or the flat attachment parts, pre-attached or subsequently mountable with screw or plug connections or the like, or detachably connected by means of a quick coupling, and/or c) the hose connections or lines are connected to joint connections, preferably on the side of the rod system or the flat attachment parts, and d) the flexible hoses or cables are connected to the device, media or wall side using screw or plug connections, or detachably using a quick coupling. 11. Rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the temperature setting and limitation (overheating protection) is carried out by means of media flow limitation. 12. Rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the temperature setting and limitation (overheating protection) is carried out by means of a medium temperature-dependent control or regulation. 13. Rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the temperature setting and limitation (overheating protection) is carried out by the type, selection and design of the media-carrying material. 14. Rod system according to claim 5 and optionally one or more of the previous claims, characterized in that media outlet openings, in particular air outlet openings, are arranged on the rod system at least in segments in the axial and/or radial direction and/or on the flat attachment parts in the longitudinal and/or transverse direction. 2_BSG2.DOCßl.03.96 Huber, Erding, 2-BSG * I 'I I - 15. Rod system according to claim 5 or 14 and optionally one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the exiting media flow can be adjusted in the jet direction and/or throw distance and the quantity distribution over the surface of the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts can be influenced, in particular also in that media outlet openings or nozzles can be closed or opened or an area provided with outlet openings can be arranged so that it can rotate in the axial or radial direction and/or a shower head can be individually adjusted and set. ■ 16. Rod system according to claim 1 and optionally one or more of the previous claims, characterized in that a temperature-labile dye or material additive is arranged on and/or in the material of the rod system and/or the flat attachment parts. 17. Rod system according to claim 1 and optionally one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rod system itself and/or partial areas on the rod system and/or flat attachment parts on the rod system can be cooled instead of being heated. 18. Rod system according to claim 2 and 17 and optionally one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rod system itself and/or partial areas on the rod system and/or flat attachment parts on the rod system can be heated or cooled. 19. Rod system according to claim 1 or 18 and optionally one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the media-carrying system is divided into two parts in the flow direction or longitudinal direction and one part can be heated and the other part can be cooled. 20. Rod system according to claim 1 or 19 and optionally one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the partition wall between the heating and cooling medium is designed as a sandwich construction with components that function according to the Peltier effect. 21. Rod system according to claim 1 and optionally one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pivoting or folding process of the rod system is supported by a spring, preferably a spiral spring, which is embedded in the rod system. 2_BSG2.DOCK1.03.96 Huber, Erding, 2-BSG » ·*··, ,· ! :". . ^S ,,5 2"» 22. Rod system according to claim 1 and optionally one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pivoting or folding process of the rod system is supported by a gas spring, as a gas pressure or gas tension spring, which is embedded in the rod system. 23. Transfer aid for elderly and disabled people, characterized in that it consists of a bar system according to one or more of claims 1 to 22. 24. Shower splash guard, characterized in that it consists of a rod system according to claim 23. 25. Shower cubicle or shower partition or bathtub folding wall or shower splash guard, characterized in that these consist of a rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 24. 26. Shower splash guard according to claim 24 or 25, characterized in that the rod system is media-conducting. 27. Stand-alone and independent functional unit, characterized in that it consists of a rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 26. 28. Pole system according to one or more of claims 1 to 27, characterized in that lighting means, communication means or other equipment items that increase comfort and convenience can be arranged. 29. Rod system according to one or more of claims 1 to 28, characterized in that the flowing medium in, on or near the rod system is used as a drive means for a power-generating turbine, the generated power being used for the thermal treatment and/or for the operation of another consumer and/or being temporarily stored in a battery unit or in a capacitor unit (Goldclap) or in another suitable manner.