Method and apparatus for securing a built-in-sink

US5664265A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BLANCO GMBH + CO KG · DE

Inventors

• Hans Gotter · Eppingen, DE
• Thomas Ritter · Sandy Hook, US
• Horst Zimmerer · Gondelsheim, DE
• Stefan Hautzinger · Kürnbach, DE
• Manfred Muck · Kürnbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 9, 1997
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E03C1/33
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A built-in sink made of a plastic composite material is secured in an opening formed in cover plate having a surface for placing a downwardly facing supporting surface of the built-in sink thereon. A securing element having a main body is attached to the built-in sink. A clamping member is held on the main body for displacement in the direction transverse to the cover plate and adapted to be tightened against and supported on the cover plate. A clamping screw is held in a thread of the main body for pressing the clamping member against the cover plate, the thread of the main body being oriented transversely to the cover plate. In order to minimize the manufacturing costs, a slot extending at least approximately parallel to the cover plate is provided in an underside area of the built-in sink located opposite the circumferential surface of the cut-out opening in the cover plate. The main body of the securing element has a projection for insertion in this slot and thereby holding the securing element on the built-in sink.