US2870458A - Basin installation - Google Patents

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Jan. 27, 1959 w. H. BOWDEN BASIN INSTALLATION Filed Sept. 20, 1957 FIG. I

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WILLIAM H. BOWDEN FIG. 4

ATTORNEY United States Patent BASIN INSTALLATION William H. Bowden, Alliance, Ohio, assignor to Alliance Ware, Inc., Alliance, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware Application September 20, 1957, Serial No. 685,222

1 Claim. (Cl. 4-187) This invention relates to the installation of a sink or lavatory or other basin of porcelain enameled ware.

The basin is located in an opening in a support. The support may entirely surround the basin, or it may support the basin on only two or three sides. There is a rim on the basin which extends over the support, and brackets extending downwardly from the rim of the basin extend through slots in the support. The basin is held firmly in place by driving wedges into holes in the brackets near their base.

The invention will be further described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a lavatory located in a shelf support;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view across the top of the edge of the support on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 and rotated through 90 degrees.

The shelf or other support 1 is provided with an opening in which the lavatory 2 or other basin is located. This basin is made of sheet metal or the like which is porcelain enameled on its upper surface. Such enamelware is apt to chip if metal or other hard material is drawn tight against it when it is installed. The rim 3 on the basin extends outwardly from the edge 5 of the opening over the support 1. In the drawings the support is indicated as composed of wood 6 covered by vinyl or other covering 7. The extreme edge 10 of the basin is bent downwardly to make a line contact with the top of the support.

Right-angled wedges 12 are welded to the underside of the rim perpendicularly to the edge of the basin. These wedges fit in slots 13 cut into the opening perpendicularly to the edge thereof. There are holes 14 in the wedges near the bottom thereof. These holes are generally, but not necessarily, elongated. Their tops are somewhat above the bottom of the support so that when the wedges 15 2,870,458 Patented Jan. 27, 1959 are driven through the holes, they are wedged between the bottom of the hole and the undersurface of the support.

A principal advantage in this type of installation is the fact that the wedges can readily be driven into place. Oftentimes the space under the support is very limited, and it is difficult for a Workman to get into the space to tighten bolts and nuts, etc. The wedges parallel the bell of the basin and can be installed even though the space around the basin is very limited. I

The drawing illustrates the installation of a lavatory, but a sink or other basin is similarly installed. Ordinarily the contour of the basin will be generally rectangular, but it may be round or oval or any other shape. The edge of the rim of the basin is preferably directed downwardly against the support so that the balance of the rim is lifted above the support, away from any irregularities in the surface thereof. Furthermore, with the rim directed downwardly against the support, the wedges draw a tight seal between the edge of the basin and the support so that water, etc. do not seep under the edge of the mm.

The wedge may be any suitable shape. It is preferably quite long and triangular. The bracket is preferably rightangled with the horizontal portion welded to the underside of the rim. The hole in the wedge may be circular, or any shape, but is advantageously rectangular and located vertically to accommodate a fiat wedge.

The invention is covered in the claim which follows.

What I claim is:

The basin installation which includes a support with an opening therein to accommodate the bowl of a basin, :1 metal basin which is porcelain enameled and is provided with a rim extending outwardly from all sides of the bowl over the opening toward the support, the rim having a raised border with the inner edge thereof over the open ing and the outer edge thereof turned down toward the support, slots in the support extending away from the opening on all sides thereof, brackets welded to the underside of said border of the rim which extend through the respective slots, a hole in each bracket which starts above the bottom of the slot in which it is located and extends below it, and a wedge in each hole which is braced between the bottom of the hole and the bottom of the support on both sides of the slot in which the bracket is located whereby the downwardly turned edge of the rim is held in sealing contact with the support.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,461,648 Macleod Feb. 15, 1949 2,505,828 Fox May 2, 1950 2,584,581 Harris Feb. 5, 1952

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