ES1250361U - Multipurpose pedal (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Multipurpose pedal, which is applicable both to toilet cistern actuation mechanisms and to door handle or door opening knobs, it is characterized in that it is made up of a telescopic bar (1) with locking means that is finished off below on a pedal (2), and above on an actuator element (3, 3', 3'', 3''', 3iv, 3v), the telescopic bar (1) being movable by means of guiding means (4) against the tension of a spring (5) and counting said guiding means (4) with fixing means to the wall, door or surface of the toilet in question. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

Multipurpose pedal

TECHNICAL SECTOR

The present invention refers to a multipurpose pedal, specially conceived to be able to be implanted in any type of toilet or door in order to allow to carry out the flush of the cistern, or where appropriate the opening of the door, without the need to have to use your hands.

The object of the invention is therefore to prevent contagion due to the accumulation of germs, viruses or bacteria in multiple-use items.

The device also saves water, time, paper as well as electricity, as it is not necessary to wash and dry hands when operating these devices.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In public places or places used by multiple people, the accumulation of germs, bacteria or viruses in everyday items, such as door opening handles, or toilet cisterns, is common, which is a source of possible contagions.

Trying to obviate this problem, it is known to incorporate presence sensors, both in toilets and in certain types of doors, which allow them to be operated fully automatically, without having to use your hands.

However, these systems are expensive and complex, specifically designed and therefore not applicable to existing toilets and doors.

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The multipurpose pedal that is recommended solves in a fully satisfactory way the problems mentioned above, allowing it to be adapted to all types of existing doors and toilets, based on a simple but effective solution

To do this, and more specifically, the pedal of the invention is made up of a telescopic bar adjustable in length, which is finished at the bottom with an operating pedal, and which is complemented by guides that can be fixed to the wall, door or even sides of the toilet, either by means of adhesive, suction cups, or Velcro (R) -type adhesive strips.

The telescopic bar will be finished at the top in an actuating element, which will be different depending on the mechanism to be actuated.

In this sense, for handle-operated toilets, the actuating element will materialize in a rocker, whose articulation axis will also be linked to the wall, so that the end of the arm opposite the one linked to the telescopic bar can be materialized in a kind of fork that embraces the handle, or a threaded head that threads directly on the bolt of the tank handle.

In the case of push-button toilets, the actuator element will simply materialize in a horizontal arm finished off in a lower bend, which will face the said push-button, so that when the pedal is pressed, the push-button moves, linking the telescopic bar with the guides through springs so that it always returns to its initial position.

This solution, properly dimensioned, would also be valid for operating tanks with side handles.

On the other hand, the actuator element may be embodied in a pusher in the case of toilets operated by wall buttons.

In the case of doors, the device can also be adapted to them through the aforementioned guides that would be fixed on the lower surface of the door, so that in the case of doorknobs with a tilting arm, the upper end of the bar Telescopic can be linked directly to the free end of the handle arm, or linked to a strap that is screwed and linked to a round or conical knob so that the pedal depressing causes the knob to turn.

As the bar is telescopic, the device is easily implantable in each and every one of the different types of toilets and doors described above, based on its different actuating elements provided for it.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is going to be made below and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of a practical embodiment thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows a front elevation view of a multipurpose pedal made in accordance with the object of the present invention, in a first variant of embodiment intended to be implanted in toilets whose drive mechanism is a handle.

Figure 2.- Shows a view similar to that of figure 1, but corresponding to a variant embodiment intended to be implanted in toilets whose operating mechanism is a vertical button.

Figure 3.- Shows a view similar to that of figure 1, but corresponding to a variant embodiment intended to be implanted in toilets whose operating mechanism is a front button.

Figure 4.- Shows a view similar to that of figure 1, but corresponding to a variant embodiment intended to be implanted in toilets whose operating mechanism is a side handle.

Figure 5.- Shows a front elevation view of the device applied to a door with a swing arm latch.

Figure 6.- Shows, finally, a view similar to that of the previous figure, but in a variant of embodiment provided for the actuation of round / conical knobs.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

In view of the outlined figures, it can be seen how the device of the invention is constituted from a telescopic bar (1), of variable length and lockable once adapted to the necessary length, a telescopic bar that ends at the bottom in a pedal (2), as well as superiorly by means of an actuating element (3,3 ', 3 ", 3"', 3iv, 3v), the telescopic bar (1) being movable through guiding means (4) against the tension of a spring (5).

The guides or guiding means (4) will include means of fixing to the wall, door or even surface of the toilet, such as adhesive strips, suction cups, or means of fixing by means of Velcro ® -type strips.

In this way, when pressing downwards with the foot, the telescopic bar will move vertically along the guide means (4), moving the actuating element (3,3 ', 3 ", 3'", 3iv, 3v ), which will be in charge of activating the corresponding mechanism in question.

More specifically, and in accordance with a first variant of embodiment, the one shown in figure 1, in the case of a toilet whose operating mechanism is a handle, the actuating element (3) will materialize in a rocker, whose axis of rotation will be linked, like the guiding means, to the corresponding wall.

The opposite end of the rocker arm will be attached to the handle through a fork or it can be screwed directly to the handle, as shown in the details in figure 1.

In the case of figure 2, in which the toilet has a vertical pushbutton actuation mechanism, the actuating element (3 ') will be embodied in a rigid horizontal arm and integral with the upper end of the telescopic bar (1), which it ends at its other end in a bending in the lower direction that faces the aforementioned button, so that when the pedal is pressed, the assembly moves jointly in the lower direction, activating the mechanism.

For its part, when the toilet includes a front button as an actuating element, as shown in figure 3, the actuating element (3 '') will materialize in a pusher.

Regarding toilets with lateral handle pushbuttons, such as the one shown in figure 4, the actuating element (3 '' ') may be embodied in any means of direct attachment of the telescopic bar to said handle.

As previously mentioned, the device of the invention is equally applicable to doors, in order to allow them to be opened without using the hands, linking to the door itself through the aforementioned guiding means (4) so that, according to the variant of figure 5, in the case of a latch with a tilting arm, the actuating element (3iv) may be embodied in any means of direct attachment of the telescopic bar to said handle.

Finally, and in accordance with the variant embodiment of figure 6, when the door includes a round or conical latch, the actuating element (3v) may be materialized in a strap that is threaded and linked to the knob so that the pedal is depressed cause the knob to turn.

Claims (8)

1a.- Multipurpose pedal, which being applicable indistinctly both to toilet cisterns drive mechanisms and to door opening handles or knobs, is characterized in that it is made up of a telescopic bar (1) with locking means that ends inferiorly in a pedal (2), and superiorly in an actuating element (3,3 ', 3 ", 3"', 3iv, 3v), the telescopic bar (1) being movable through guide means (4) against the tension of a spring (5) and counting said guiding means (4) with fixing means to the wall, door or surface of the toilet in question. 2. Multipurpose pedal, according to claim 1, characterized in that the means of fixing the guide means are materialized in adhesive strips, suction cups, or means of fixing by means of Velcro-type strips (R). 3 a.- Multipurpose pedal, according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuating element (3) is embodied in a rocker, which is linked to the handle of the toilet cistern through a fork or is screwed directly to said handle. 4 a.- Multipurpose pedal, according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuating element (3 ') is embodied in a rigid horizontal arm and integral with the upper end of the telescopic bar (1), which is finished off at its other end in a bend in a lower direction that faces the button of the toilet cistern drive mechanism. 5 a.- Multipurpose pedal, according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuator element (3 '') is embodied in a pusher. 6.- Multipurpose pedal, according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuating element (3 ''') is embodied in any means of direct attachment of the telescopic bar to the drive handle of the toilet cistern. 7. Multipurpose pedal, according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuating element (3iv) is embodied in any means of direct attachment of the telescopic bar to the actuating arm of a door handle. 8. Multipurpose pedal, according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuating element (3v) is embodied in a strap that is screwed and linked to the round or conical knob of a door.