Wall-mounted dispenser and wall bracket for a wall-mounted dispenser

Abstract

A wall bracket for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser for dosed removal of liquid, having a carrying structure with at least two fastening points for a container and, on a rear side, fixing elements for attachment to structure. A first fastening point has a holding element for a bottom region of the container, that holds the bottom region of the container. A second fastening point has a sleeve for holding a head region of the container. The fixing elements include two separable fixing parts. The first fixing part is for stationary attachment to the structure, and a movable fixing part is attached in a stationary manner to the carrying structure. The stationary and the movable fixing parts connect together with a locking mechanism, selectively in a first position, with the stationary holding element downwardly oriented, or in a second position, with the stationary holding element upwardly oriented.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a 371 National Phase of International Application No. PCT / EP 2023 / 053782, filed Feb. 15, 2023, which is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth.TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The invention relates to a dosing dispenser for the provision and removal of a liquid, in particular a cleansing substance or a care product for personal care, and to a wall bracket for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser of this type.BACKGROUND

[0003] A wall-mounted dosing dispenser of the present type comprises, apart from the wall bracket, a replaceable container, held in the former, for the liquid which can have both a low and a very high viscosity. By means of the wall bracket, the container is attached to a structural device, as a rule to a building wall, for example in the bathroom of a hotel or in public bathroom facilities. The structural device, to which the wall-mounted dosing dispenser is attached, can also be a furniture item or a specific bracket or a frame, however.

[0004] The container for the liquid can be fastened to the wall bracket and can be removed from the latter, in order to either refill it or replace it. It has a bottom region with a container bottom and, lying opposite this, a head region with a removal opening, wherein the removal opening serves for the dosed removal of liquid from the container.

[0005] The wall bracket has a carrying structure which is provided on a front side with at least two fastening points spaced apart from one another for the container with the liquid and on a rear side with fixing elements for attaching the wall bracket to a structural device.

[0006] Wall-mounted dosing dispensers with a replaceable container for the storage and provision of a liquid and with a removal device for the removal of liquid from the container are used, for example, in publicly accessible toilet spaces or corresponding spaces of restaurants, in order to provide liquid soap. Dosing dispensers of this type are particularly preferably used, however, in hotels, in order to provide liquid soap, hair shampoo and other care products such as lotions or the like at washbasins, in the region of a bath tub or in a shower cubicle. This is because wall-mounted dosing dispensers of the present type are distinguished by the fact that the liquid products stored in them can be removed in a dosed and hygienically proper manner while nevertheless a certain volume of the liquid products can be stored, in order to extend the use duration until refilling of the dispenser or until the necessary replacement of the container to relatively long-time intervals of typically several days.

[0007] For these fields of application, wall-mounted dosing dispensers are often constructed in such a way that the container is inserted upside-down into the wall bracket, that is to say with a downwardly pointing removal opening. The removal of the liquid therefore takes place using gravity; a user holds their hand below the removal device, from which the liquid falls downward. This necessitates that the removal device has to be provided with a valve which directly or indirectly closes the head region of the container and is open only for the removal of the liquid by the user.

[0008] Opening of the valve can take place by means of an actuating mechanism, for example via an actuating lever. Since, however, liquids with a relatively high viscosity are usually provided in a wall-mounted dosing dispenser of the present type, gravity is often not sufficient to discharge the liquid within an acceptable time during opening of a removal valve. It is therefore known for the removal device to be provided with a removal valve which opens in the case of a pressure on the container, wherein the container is of resilient configuration at least in regions for this purpose. It is provided here that the user, as described, for example, in DE 296 01 918 U1, exerts pressure indirectly on the container, or else acts directly on the container, as is known, for example, from DE 10 2009 024 769 B3 or EP 2 582 277 B1.

[0009] It is not always desired, however, that the liquid dose is discharged downward from a wall-mounted dosing dispenser of this type. For the abovementioned fields of use, there are therefore also wall-mounted dosing dispensers on the market, in which the container is held in such a way that its bottom region points downward and its removal opening points upward, wherein the removal device for the dosed removal of liquid is a dosing pump which is inserted into the head region of the container. A dosing pump of this type usually comprises a removal spout, to which pressure is applied from above, in order to actuate the dosing pump.

[0010] In the case of an “upright” arrangement of this type of the container, in contrast to a container which is attached “upside-down”, the actuating element is at the same time also the discharging opening for the liquid, which is easier to recognize intuitively for many users: That component of the wall-mounted dosing dispenser, in which the discharge opening for the liquid is situated, has to be gripped and pressed by the user, in order to bring about the discharge of liquid.

[0011] These advantages of an upright arrangement of the container in the wall-mounted dosing dispenser are up against the advantages of a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a container which is attached upside-down, since gravity ensures in the latter case that the removed liquid falls downward in every case and no longer has any contact with the wall-mounted dosing dispenser, which might contaminate it.SUMMARY

[0012] Proceeding from the prior art described at the outset with a container which is held upside-down in the wall bracket, as is the case, in particular, in EP 2 582 277 B1, there is therefore the need, depending on the local conditions, for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser to be mounted in a “flipped” manner, with the result that the container which is then logically provided with a dosing pump is held firmly in the wall bracket in a manner which is oriented such that its bottom region is arranged at the bottom and its head region is arranged at the top.

[0013] A wall bracket of the present type can optimally be mounted both upright, with a container, the upwardly oriented head region of which is provided with a dosing pump, and upside-down, with a container, from the downwardly oriented head region of which liquid is removed by means of a removal valve and gravity.

[0014] The present invention is therefore based on the object of proposing a wall bracket and a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a wall bracket of this type, which bracket and dispenser can be attached to a structural device in the two abovementioned orientations, that is to say upright or upside-down, wherein either containers with a removal valve or containers with a dosing pump can be used.

[0015] This object is achieved by way of a wall bracket with one or more of the features disclosed herein and by way of a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with one or more of the features disclosed herein.

[0016] Preferred refinements and developments of the wall bracket according to the invention are found in the description and claims directed to the wall bracket that follow, while one preferred refinement of the wall-mounted dosing dispenser also being provided.

[0017] In accordance therewith, a wall bracket according to the invention comprises not only, as mentioned at the outset, a carrying structure which is provided on a front side with at least two fastening points spaced apart from one another for a container with the liquid, or for each of a plurality of containers, and on a rear side with fixing elements for attaching the wall bracket to a structural device, wherein the at least two fastening points spaced apart from one another per container comprise a first fastening point with a holding element for a bottom region of the container, into which holding element the container is inserted or onto which holding element the container bottom can be placed, in order to hold the bottom region of the container in a positively locking and / or non-positive manner at the first fastening point, and a second fastening point which has a sleeve for holding a head region of the container fixedly, wherein the holding element is attached at the first fastening point in a stationary manner to the carrying structure, while the sleeve can be separated from the carrying structure or can be moved relative to the latter and can be fixed on the carrying structure, or, conversely, the sleeve is attached in a stationary manner to the carrying structure, while the holding element for the bottom region of the container can be separated from the carrying structure or can be moved relative to the latter and can be fixed on the carrying structure.

[0018] Rather, the wall bracket according to the invention is also characterized in that the fixing elements comprise, in order to attach the wall bracket to a structural device, two fixing parts which can be separated from one another and of which a first fixing part is provided for stationary attachment to the structural device, and a fixing part which is movable with respect to the stationary fixing part is attached in a stationary manner to the carrying structure of the wall bracket or is connected in one piece to the latter, wherein the stationary and the movable fixing part can be connected to one another by means of a locking mechanism, by way of which the two fixing parts engage behind one another, to be precise selectively in a first position, in which the stationary holding element of the wall bracket comes to lie in the downwardly oriented region of the carrying structure, or in a second position, in which the stationary holding element of the wall bracket comes to lie in the upwardly oriented region of the carrying structure.

[0019] The separation according to the invention of the fixing elements for attaching the wall bracket to a structural device into a stationary and a movable fixing part, and the locking mechanism, by way of which the two fixing parts can be joined together so as to engage behind one another, therefore make it possible for the wall bracket and therefore the container held therein to be fastened to the structural device in at least two positions, of which a first position is the above-described upright position and the second position is the above-described upside-down position.

[0020] Therefore, containers with a downwardly pointing head region, from which the liquid is removed downward via a dosing valve, or selectively containers with a dosing pump, from which the liquid is removed in the upwardly pointing head region, can be used with one and the same wall bracket. To this end, the two fixing parts only have to be released from one another, the wall bracket has to be rotated by 180°, and the locking mechanism for the two fixing parts has to be arrested again.

[0021] It is obvious that the production costs for wall-mounted dosing dispensers are reduced as a result, since wall-mounted dosing dispensers with a liquid discharge downward and wall-mounted dosing dispensers with a liquid discharge at the upper end of the container can thus be equipped with one and the same wall bracket.

[0022] Moreover, the invention makes it possible for the customer to realize the two different types of wall-mounted dosing dispensers, with a discharge of the liquid downward or upward, by way of one and the same wall bracket. In particular, depending on the situation or on account of user experience, the customer can change the wall-mounted dosing dispenser type by simple rotation of the wall bracket, without having to remount the wall bracket on the structural device.

[0023] The locking mechanism according to the invention is preferably configured in such a way that the two fixing parts engage behind one another in a positively locking manner, to be precise as viewed in a direction perpendicularly onto a surface of the structural device, to which the wall bracket is fastened or the stationary fixing part is attached.

[0024] In accordance with one particularly preferred refinement of the invention, this is realized by virtue of the fact that the locking mechanism has a method of operation in the manner of a bayonet lock. By way of this design, corresponding surfaces on the two fixing parts can be brought into overlap by a rotational movement in such a way that they engage behind one another in a positively locking manner, preferably until the rotational movement latches or is stopped by a stop.

[0025] The locking mechanism is preferably developed for a method of operation in the manner of a bayonet lock in such a way that the stationary fixing part is provided with a cylindrical guide element, the cylinder axis of which lies, in the installed state, substantially perpendicularly with respect to a surface plane of the structural device, and that the movable fixing part is equipped with one or more guide parts which are adapted to the cylindrical guide element. The fixing parts can possibly also be of reversed configuration in such a way that the movable fixing part has the cylindrical guide element, while the stationary fixing part has the guide parts which are adapted to it. The guide parts can likewise be a cylindrical element.

[0026] If a cylindrical guide element of this type is present, the carrying structure of the wall bracket is guided during the rotation from the first into the second position (or vice versa) with the aid of the guide parts and the cylindrical guide element about the cylinder axis of the guide element. Moreover, the cylindrical guide element also makes simple centering of the two fixing parts possible during the assembly thereof if the wall bracket is initially mounted. If the wall bracket is later rotated by 180°, the fixing parts do not have to be centered again, since the rotational movement about the cylinder axis of the guide element takes place in a manner guided by this guide element and the guide parts.

[0027] The abovementioned cylindrical guide element is expediently configured as part of the locking mechanism which acts in the manner of a bayonet lock.

[0028] For this purpose, the stationary fixing part of the wall bracket according to the invention comprises substantially a plate which is provided with at least two edges which are undercut in relation to the cylinder axis of the guide element, lie opposite one another in a substantially point-symmetrical manner with respect to the intersection point of the cylinder axis with the surface plane of the structural device, and can be engaged behind by bayonet lock surfaces on the movable fixing part. The bayonet lock surfaces can also be formed by in each case one or more hooks.

[0029] The abovementioned plate which is preferably used as a stationary fixing part is preferably provided with a flat fixing surface on a side which points toward the structural device and makes it possible for the plate to be attached to the structural device by means of a double-sided adhesive fixing pad. Fastening by means of a double-sided adhesive fixing pad can be highly advantageous, in particular, for attaching a wall-mounted dosing dispenser to a tiled surface, as is the rule in bathrooms of hotel rooms. Nevertheless, the present invention makes it possible for the wall bracket to be turned around very simply if it proves that the other one of the two abovementioned wall-mounted dosing dispenser types is more suitable, without the adhesive bond having to be released for this purpose.

[0030] It goes without saying that it is also possible, furthermore, for the plate which is used as the stationary fixing part to be fastened to the structural device in a conventional way by means of screws, to be precise not only as an alternative, but rather possibly also in addition to the fixing pad.

[0031] In accordance with one preferred refinement of the wall bracket according to the invention, latching elements, in particular hooks, are provided on the stationary fixing part and / or on the movable fixing part, which secure the two fixing parts against one another or latch them to one another selectively in the first position or in the second position.

[0032] For theft protection but also for an advantageous stability of the wall bracket, it can be appropriate as an alternative or in addition for at least one securing element, in particular at least one securing screw, to be provided, in order to secure the two fixing parts of the wall bracket according to the invention in their relative position to one another. If the fixing elements can be connected to one another in the manner of a bayonet lock, one or more securing screws can prevent, in particular, that the wall bracket is turned unintentionally during use, as a result of which the fixing parts might lose their grip.

[0033] It is preferred here if the securing element is accessible through at least one closable window in the carrying structure of the wall bracket and can be released in this way. This window is expediently closed by way of an insertion part which can be latched into the window. This insertion part can be provided with an inscription, in particular a brand, wherein it is then preferred if the insertion part can be latched into the at least one window, in a manner moved by 180 angular degrees, with the result that the brand is not upside-down after turning of the wall bracket.

[0034] In accordance with a further, particularly preferred development of the wall bracket according to the invention, its carrying structure is equipped with in each case at least two fastening points for two or three containers, in order to configure a double or triple wall-mounted dosing dispenser. A set of cleaning and care products for direct use can thus be provided by way of one and the same wall bracket, for example a liquid soap product and a care product, possibly supplemented by a disinfectant.

[0035] If the carrying structure of the wall bracket according to the invention is provided for at least two containers, it is expedient if the carrying structure protrudes convexly, in particular cylindrically, on its front side. This makes it possible, in particular if the carrying structure has a guide rail for the respective container between in each case two fastening points, for the containers or the guide rails which can each lie perpendicularly on the protruding front side of the carrying structure to enclose an angle >0° between them and discharge the different liquid products at this angle. The accessibility of the respective containers and their removal devices is improved decisively as a result.

[0036] It can be advantageous here, for example, to equip a double wall-mounted dosing dispenser and a triple wall-mounted dosing dispenser with identically configured movable fixing parts which can then be fastened via the locking mechanism according to the invention to one and the same stationary fixing part. It is thus possible, for example, for an additional bottle with disinfectant to be provided only for a limited time period by way of a triple wall-mounted dosing dispenser, to be precise at a point, to which a double wall-mounted dosing dispenser is otherwise attached. This can be performed substantially without tools and without relatively great mounting work and, in particular, without affecting the structural device, by correct actuation of the preferably bayonet-like locking mechanism.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] In the following text, exemplary embodiments for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser according to the invention and a wall bracket according to the invention will be described and explained on the basis of the appended drawings, wherein further aspects result herefrom which characterize the invention as preferred embodiments. The embodiments which are shown and described by way of example do not restrict the invention per se, however.

[0038] In the drawings:

[0039] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention,

[0040] FIG. 2 shows the wall bracket from FIG. 1, in a perspective view from the rear side, with incomplete fixing elements,

[0041] FIG. 3 shows a plate as a stationary fixing part of the wall bracket from FIGS. 1 and 2, from the front side,

[0042] FIG. 4 shows the plate from FIG. 3, viewed from the rear side,

[0043] FIG. 5 shows a fixing pad for the plate from FIGS. 3 and 4,

[0044] FIG. 6 shows an insertion part for the wall bracket according to FIG. 1,

[0045] FIG. 7 shows a second exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention, in a perspective view as in FIG. 2,

[0046] FIG. 8 shows a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a third exemplary embodiment of a wall bracket configured according to the invention, and

[0047] FIG. 9 shows another exemplary embodiment for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with the wall bracket from FIG. 8.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0048] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention for fastening two containers (not shown here) which are inserted upside-down into the wall bracket (see FIG. 8).

[0049] The wall bracket shown here has a carrying structure 1 which has two fastening points spaced apart from one another for each of the two containers (not shown here), to be precise a first fastening point 2, 2′ which comprises substantially a fastening hook which serves as a holding element 3, is fixed in a stationary manner to the carrying structure 1, and, as described in the following text in respect of FIG. 8, engages in a positively locking manner into a container bottom, and a second fastening point 4 which, comprising a guide frame 5 and a latching surface 6 in the present case, serves to releasably attach a sleeve (not shown here, cf. FIG. 8) for the head region of the container. A guide rail 7 which extends from the first fastening point 2 as far as the second fastening point 4 and lies perpendicularly on a protruding front side 8 of the carrying structure 1 serves to additionally secure the container which is provided for this purpose with a recess, into which the guide rail 7 engages (cf. FIG. 8).

[0050] A window 9 is situated in the cylindrically protruding front side 8 of the carrying structure 1, and an aperture 10 can be seen in this window 9, through which aperture a securing means which will be explained later is accessible.

[0051] The wall bracket shown in FIG. 1 is manufactured from plastic, and the holding elements 3 (fastening hooks), the guide rail 7 and the second fastening point 4 are molded in one piece onto the carrying structure 1.

[0052] FIG. 2 shows the rear side of the wall bracket from FIG. 1, once again in a perspective view. It can be seen particularly clearly here that the carrying structure 1 which is manufactured from plastic protrudes cylindrically, but is adapted on its rear side to a flat surface, to which the wall bracket is to be fastened. As is known per se, a number of stabilizing ribs 11 increases the stability of the carrying structure 1 with a minimum use of material.

[0053] FIG. 3 shows, once again in a perspective view, a stationary fixing part 12 for attaching the wall bracket to a wall, wherein the stationary fixing part 12 is manufactured as a plate 13 from plastic which is likewise provided with stabilizing ribs 11. Two hollows 14 serve to fasten the plate 13 to a wall by way of screws (not shown).

[0054] The plate 13 from FIG. 3 is, as stationary fixing part 12, a constituent part of the wall bracket; accordingly, FIG. 2 does not show the wall bracket completely. As can be seen on the basis of the combination of FIGS. 2 and 3, the entire rear side of the carrying structure 1 forms the movable fixing part 15 which can be fastened to the stationary fixing part 12, that is to say to the plate 13 which is attached to a wall or the like.

[0055] The locking mechanism which is provided for this purpose (FIG. 2 and FIG. 3) comprises a cylindrical guide element 16 which engages in a fitting manner into a guide part 17, adapted to it, in the plate 13, in order to guide the carrying structure 1 during a rotational movement about a cylinder axis 18 of the cylindrical guide element 16. Furthermore, the locking mechanism comprises, in the plate 13, a number of latching elements 19 which are configured as hooks and engage into corresponding recesses 20 in the stabilizing ribs 11 when the carrying structure 1 is attached to the plate 13 in a first, upright position or in the second position (shown in FIG. 2) “upside-down”.

[0056] Since the locking mechanism functions in the manner of a bayonet lock, the carrying structure 1 is fastened to the plate 13 by way of a rotational movement about the cylinder axis 18. For this purpose, four undercut edges 21 which lie opposite one another in pairs in a point-symmetrical manner with respect to the cylinder axis 18 are situated on the plate 13, that is to say the stationary fixing part 12 (FIG. 3). Four bayonet lock surfaces 22 are molded, likewise arranged in pairs in a point-symmetrical manner with respect to the cylinder axis 18, onto the carrying structure 1, the rear side of which forms the movable fixing part 15 (FIG. 2), which bayonet lock surfaces engage behind the undercut edges 21 after the carrying structure 1 is placed onto the plate 13 and after a rotational movement guided by means of the cylindrical guide element 16 and the guide part 17. The rotational movement is stopped by engagement of the latching elements 19 into the recesses 20, as a result of which the connection between the stationary 12 and movable fixing part 15 is additionally secured.

[0057] The rear side of the carrying structure 1 (FIG. 2) has a frame 23 which bears all the way around against the structural device (not shown) for visual reasons and for quality reasons, with the result that the plate 13 (FIG. 3) is received completely by the carrying structure 1. Therefore, the plate 13 is beveled at its corners in such a way that the carrying structure 1, turned slightly about the cylinder axis 18, can be placed onto the plate 13 and can then be turned into the first or second position in such a way that the bayonet lock surfaces 22 engage behind the undercut edges 21 and the latching elements 19 engage into the recesses 20.

[0058] A short reverse rotation releases the connection between the two fixing parts 12, 15 or between the plate 13 and the carrying structure 1, and the carrying structure 1 can be placed again, rotated by 180°, onto the plate 13 and can be latched to it in a bayonet-like manner. It is thus ensured that the carrying structure 1 can be moved at any time from its first into its second position and back, in order to form an upright wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a dosing pump or an upside-down dosing dispenser with downward liquid discharge.

[0059] In order to secure the carrying structure 1 (FIG. 2) and the plate 13 (FIG. 3) to one another in such a way that the carrying structure 1 cannot be released by way of a rotational movement, a securing screw is inserted, through the aperture 10 in the window 9, and is screwed into a securing thread 24 in the plate 13. This increases the stability of the wall bracket and also prevents, in particular, that the carrying structure 1 is unintentionally rotated by a user and in this way released from the plate 13.

[0060] FIG. 4 shows the plate 13 from a rear side which is to be placed onto a wall or another structural device and, for this purpose, forms a planar fixing surface 34. In this illustration, two of the four undercut edges 21 for the bayonet-like locking mechanism can be seen.

[0061] FIG. 5 shows a perspective illustration of a double-sided fixing pad 25 which is optionally to be used within the context of the present invention. This can be fixed on one side on the structural device, for example a tiled wall, and on the other side on the rear side, that is to say the planar fixing surface 34 of the plate 13 (FIG. 4), in order to attach the plate 13 as stationary fixing part 12 for the carrying structure 1 to the structural device.

[0062] FIG. 6 shows an insertion part for the window 9 (FIG. 1) in the carrying structure. This is a plastic part which can be clipped in and covers the aperture 10 including the possibly present securing screw (not shown here).

[0063] As can be seen in FIG. 6, the insertion part 26 bears a brand. In order that this brand is still legible for the user even after a rotation of the carrying structure 1 from the first into the second position, that is to say by 180 angular degrees, and is not upside-down, the insertion part 26 and the window 9 are of axially symmetrical construction about a horizontal axis; the insertion part 26 can therefore be inserted into the window 9 in two positions rotated by 180 angular degrees.

[0064] In an illustration similar to FIG. 2, FIG. 7 shows those parts of the carrying structure 1 which cannot be dismantled of a further exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention. This second exemplary embodiment differs from the first exemplary embodiment mainly in that it is no longer two containers, but rather three containers which can be fastened to one and the same wall bracket. To this end, which can be seen most easily, the carrying structure 1 has three holding elements 3, 3′, 3″ which are configured as fastening hooks.

[0065] As can be seen on the basis of FIG. 7, identical elements of the locking mechanism to those in the case of the first exemplary embodiment are molded in the rear side of the carrying structure 1 which forms the movable fixing part 15 in its middle region, namely the cylindrical guide element 16, the recesses 20 and the four bayonet lock surfaces 22, with the result that the triple carrying structure 1 which is shown here can be fastened to the same plate 13 as shown in FIG. 3. It is therefore also possible for the carrying structure 1 from FIG. 2 or the carrying structure 1 from FIG. 7 to selectively be fastened to the same plate 13 which does not have to be separated from the structural device for this purpose.

[0066] It is thus possible, for example, for an additional bottle with disinfectant to be provided only for a limited time period by way of a triple wall-mounted dosing dispenser, to be precise at a point, to which a double wall-mounted dosing dispenser is otherwise attached. This can be performed substantially without tools and without relatively great mounting work and, in particular, without affecting the structural device, by operating the bayonet-like locking mechanism as intended.

[0067] FIGS. 8 and 9 show two exemplary embodiments of a wall-mounted dosing dispenser configured according to the invention, wherein the two wall-mounted dosing dispensers are equipped with one and the same wall bracket with a carrying structure 1, a first fastening point 2 which is configured as a fastening hook, a second fastening point 4 and a guide rail 7 (not visible in FIG. 9). The movable and stationary fixing parts 12, 15 according to the invention are not visible in these illustrations.

[0068] FIG. 8 shows a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a replaceable container 27 which is held firmly upside-down in the wall bracket, while FIG. 9 shows a wall-mounted dosing dispenser, the container 27 of which is seated upright in the wall bracket and discharges liquid by means of a dosing pump 28 in a head region 29 of the container 27 via a discharge spout 30. A bottom region 31 of the container 27 is situated at the bottom in FIG. 9; it has a shaped recess 32, into which the holding element 3 which is configured as a fastening hook engages in a positively locking manner, in order to hold the container 27 such that it cannot rotate.

[0069] In the upside-down version of a wall-mounted dosing dispenser according to FIG. 8, the container 27 used there is also provided in its bottom region 31 with the same shaped recess 32, with the result that the holding element 3 which is configured as a fastening hook can also be inserted there in a positively locking manner into the shaped recess 32.

[0070] A sleeve 33 which holds the container 27 firmly in its head region 29 can be attached to the second fastening point 4 in each of the two exemplary embodiments of FIGS. 8 and 9. In both cases, the sleeve 33 can be released from the second fastening point 4, in order for it to be possible for the container to be released from its positively locking connection on the fastening hook and the guide rail 7 and to be refilled or replaced.

[0071] While the sleeve 33 in FIG. 8 comprises a dosing valve, in order for it to be possible for the liquid to be removed downward in a dosed manner from the container 27 which is screwed into this dosing valve (not visible), the sleeve 33 in FIG. 9 forms a seat for the visible actuating element of the dosing pump 28 and guides this actuating element during the pumping movement.

[0072] Accordingly, FIG. 8 shows the wall bracket in its second position according to the invention for forming an upside-down wall-mounted dosing dispenser, while FIG. 9 shows the same wall bracket in its first position according to the invention, in which the container 27 is held in an upright position. This is made possible essentially by the configuration according to the invention of the fixing elements for attaching the wall bracket to a structural device which preferably has a bayonet-like locking mechanism.LIST OF DESIGNATIONS1 Carrying structure

[0074] 2 Fastening point (first)

[0075] 3 Holding element

[0076] 4 Fastening point (second)

[0077] 5 Guide frame

[0078] 6 Latching surface

[0079] 7 Guide rail

[0080] 8 Front side (of 1)

[0081] 9 Window

[0082] 10 Aperture

[0083] 11 Stabilizing ribs

[0084] 12 Fixing part (stationary)

[0085] 13 Plate

[0086] 14 Hollow

[0087] 15 Fixing part (movable)

[0088] 16 Cylindrical guide element

[0089] 17 Guide part

[0090] 18 Cylinder axis

[0091] 19 Latching elements

[0092] 20 Recess

[0093] 21 Edges (undercut)

[0094] 22 Bayonet lock surface

[0095] 23 Frame

[0096] 24 Securing thread

[0097] 25 Fixing pad

[0098] 26 Insertion part

[0099] 27 Container

[0100] 28 Dosing pump

[0101] 29 Head region (of 27)

[0102] 30 Discharge spout

[0103] 31 Bottom region (of 27)

[0104] 32 Shaped recess

[0105] 33 Sleeve

[0106] 34 Fixing surface

Examples

Embodiment Construction

[0048]FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention for fastening two containers (not shown here) which are inserted upside-down into the wall bracket (see FIG. 8).

[0049]The wall bracket shown here has a carrying structure 1 which has two fastening points spaced apart from one another for each of the two containers (not shown here), to be precise a first fastening point 2, 2′ which comprises substantially a fastening hook which serves as a holding element 3, is fixed in a stationary manner to the carrying structure 1, and, as described in the following text in respect of FIG. 8, engages in a positively locking manner into a container bottom, and a second fastening point 4 which, comprising a guide frame 5 and a latching surface 6 in the present case, serves to releasably attach a sleeve (not shown here, cf. FIG. 8) for the head region of the container. A guide rail 7 which extends from the first fastening poi...

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a 371 National Phase of International Application No. PCT / EP 2023 / 053782, filed Feb. 15, 2023, which is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth.TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The invention relates to a dosing dispenser for the provision and removal of a liquid, in particular a cleansing substance or a care product for personal care, and to a wall bracket for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser of this type.BACKGROUND

[0003] A wall-mounted dosing dispenser of the present type comprises, apart from the wall bracket, a replaceable container, held in the former, for the liquid which can have both a low and a very high viscosity. By means of the wall bracket, the container is attached to a structural device, as a rule to a building wall, for example in the bathroom of a hotel or in public bathroom facilities. The structural device, to which the wall-mounted dosing dispenser is attached, can also be a furniture item or a specific bracket or a frame, however.

[0004] The container for the liquid can be fastened to the wall bracket and can be removed from the latter, in order to either refill it or replace it. It has a bottom region with a container bottom and, lying opposite this, a head region with a removal opening, wherein the removal opening serves for the dosed removal of liquid from the container.

[0005] The wall bracket has a carrying structure which is provided on a front side with at least two fastening points spaced apart from one another for the container with the liquid and on a rear side with fixing elements for attaching the wall bracket to a structural device.

[0006] Wall-mounted dosing dispensers with a replaceable container for the storage and provision of a liquid and with a removal device for the removal of liquid from the container are used, for example, in publicly accessible toilet spaces or corresponding spaces of restaurants, in order to provide liquid soap. Dosing dispensers of this type are particularly preferably used, however, in hotels, in order to provide liquid soap, hair shampoo and other care products such as lotions or the like at washbasins, in the region of a bath tub or in a shower cubicle. This is because wall-mounted dosing dispensers of the present type are distinguished by the fact that the liquid products stored in them can be removed in a dosed and hygienically proper manner while nevertheless a certain volume of the liquid products can be stored, in order to extend the use duration until refilling of the dispenser or until the necessary replacement of the container to relatively long-time intervals of typically several days.

[0007] For these fields of application, wall-mounted dosing dispensers are often constructed in such a way that the container is inserted upside-down into the wall bracket, that is to say with a downwardly pointing removal opening. The removal of the liquid therefore takes place using gravity; a user holds their hand below the removal device, from which the liquid falls downward. This necessitates that the removal device has to be provided with a valve which directly or indirectly closes the head region of the container and is open only for the removal of the liquid by the user.

[0008] Opening of the valve can take place by means of an actuating mechanism, for example via an actuating lever. Since, however, liquids with a relatively high viscosity are usually provided in a wall-mounted dosing dispenser of the present type, gravity is often not sufficient to discharge the liquid within an acceptable time during opening of a removal valve. It is therefore known for the removal device to be provided with a removal valve which opens in the case of a pressure on the container, wherein the container is of resilient configuration at least in regions for this purpose. It is provided here that the user, as described, for example, in DE 296 01 918 U1, exerts pressure indirectly on the container, or else acts directly on the container, as is known, for example, from DE 10 2009 024 769 B3 or EP 2 582 277 B1.

[0009] It is not always desired, however, that the liquid dose is discharged downward from a wall-mounted dosing dispenser of this type. For the abovementioned fields of use, there are therefore also wall-mounted dosing dispensers on the market, in which the container is held in such a way that its bottom region points downward and its removal opening points upward, wherein the removal device for the dosed removal of liquid is a dosing pump which is inserted into the head region of the container. A dosing pump of this type usually comprises a removal spout, to which pressure is applied from above, in order to actuate the dosing pump.

[0010] In the case of an “upright” arrangement of this type of the container, in contrast to a container which is attached “upside-down”, the actuating element is at the same time also the discharging opening for the liquid, which is easier to recognize intuitively for many users: That component of the wall-mounted dosing dispenser, in which the discharge opening for the liquid is situated, has to be gripped and pressed by the user, in order to bring about the discharge of liquid.

[0011] These advantages of an upright arrangement of the container in the wall-mounted dosing dispenser are up against the advantages of a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a container which is attached upside-down, since gravity ensures in the latter case that the removed liquid falls downward in every case and no longer has any contact with the wall-mounted dosing dispenser, which might contaminate it.SUMMARY

[0012] Proceeding from the prior art described at the outset with a container which is held upside-down in the wall bracket, as is the case, in particular, in EP 2 582 277 B1, there is therefore the need, depending on the local conditions, for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser to be mounted in a “flipped” manner, with the result that the container which is then logically provided with a dosing pump is held firmly in the wall bracket in a manner which is oriented such that its bottom region is arranged at the bottom and its head region is arranged at the top.

[0013] A wall bracket of the present type can optimally be mounted both upright, with a container, the upwardly oriented head region of which is provided with a dosing pump, and upside-down, with a container, from the downwardly oriented head region of which liquid is removed by means of a removal valve and gravity.

[0014] The present invention is therefore based on the object of proposing a wall bracket and a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a wall bracket of this type, which bracket and dispenser can be attached to a structural device in the two abovementioned orientations, that is to say upright or upside-down, wherein either containers with a removal valve or containers with a dosing pump can be used.

[0015] This object is achieved by way of a wall bracket with one or more of the features disclosed herein and by way of a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with one or more of the features disclosed herein.

[0016] Preferred refinements and developments of the wall bracket according to the invention are found in the description and claims directed to the wall bracket that follow, while one preferred refinement of the wall-mounted dosing dispenser also being provided.

[0017] In accordance therewith, a wall bracket according to the invention comprises not only, as mentioned at the outset, a carrying structure which is provided on a front side with at least two fastening points spaced apart from one another for a container with the liquid, or for each of a plurality of containers, and on a rear side with fixing elements for attaching the wall bracket to a structural device, wherein the at least two fastening points spaced apart from one another per container comprise a first fastening point with a holding element for a bottom region of the container, into which holding element the container is inserted or onto which holding element the container bottom can be placed, in order to hold the bottom region of the container in a positively locking and / or non-positive manner at the first fastening point, and a second fastening point which has a sleeve for holding a head region of the container fixedly, wherein the holding element is attached at the first fastening point in a stationary manner to the carrying structure, while the sleeve can be separated from the carrying structure or can be moved relative to the latter and can be fixed on the carrying structure, or, conversely, the sleeve is attached in a stationary manner to the carrying structure, while the holding element for the bottom region of the container can be separated from the carrying structure or can be moved relative to the latter and can be fixed on the carrying structure.

[0018] Rather, the wall bracket according to the invention is also characterized in that the fixing elements comprise, in order to attach the wall bracket to a structural device, two fixing parts which can be separated from one another and of which a first fixing part is provided for stationary attachment to the structural device, and a fixing part which is movable with respect to the stationary fixing part is attached in a stationary manner to the carrying structure of the wall bracket or is connected in one piece to the latter, wherein the stationary and the movable fixing part can be connected to one another by means of a locking mechanism, by way of which the two fixing parts engage behind one another, to be precise selectively in a first position, in which the stationary holding element of the wall bracket comes to lie in the downwardly oriented region of the carrying structure, or in a second position, in which the stationary holding element of the wall bracket comes to lie in the upwardly oriented region of the carrying structure.

[0019] The separation according to the invention of the fixing elements for attaching the wall bracket to a structural device into a stationary and a movable fixing part, and the locking mechanism, by way of which the two fixing parts can be joined together so as to engage behind one another, therefore make it possible for the wall bracket and therefore the container held therein to be fastened to the structural device in at least two positions, of which a first position is the above-described upright position and the second position is the above-described upside-down position.

[0020] Therefore, containers with a downwardly pointing head region, from which the liquid is removed downward via a dosing valve, or selectively containers with a dosing pump, from which the liquid is removed in the upwardly pointing head region, can be used with one and the same wall bracket. To this end, the two fixing parts only have to be released from one another, the wall bracket has to be rotated by 180°, and the locking mechanism for the two fixing parts has to be arrested again.

[0021] It is obvious that the production costs for wall-mounted dosing dispensers are reduced as a result, since wall-mounted dosing dispensers with a liquid discharge downward and wall-mounted dosing dispensers with a liquid discharge at the upper end of the container can thus be equipped with one and the same wall bracket.

[0022] Moreover, the invention makes it possible for the customer to realize the two different types of wall-mounted dosing dispensers, with a discharge of the liquid downward or upward, by way of one and the same wall bracket. In particular, depending on the situation or on account of user experience, the customer can change the wall-mounted dosing dispenser type by simple rotation of the wall bracket, without having to remount the wall bracket on the structural device.

[0023] The locking mechanism according to the invention is preferably configured in such a way that the two fixing parts engage behind one another in a positively locking manner, to be precise as viewed in a direction perpendicularly onto a surface of the structural device, to which the wall bracket is fastened or the stationary fixing part is attached.

[0024] In accordance with one particularly preferred refinement of the invention, this is realized by virtue of the fact that the locking mechanism has a method of operation in the manner of a bayonet lock. By way of this design, corresponding surfaces on the two fixing parts can be brought into overlap by a rotational movement in such a way that they engage behind one another in a positively locking manner, preferably until the rotational movement latches or is stopped by a stop.

[0025] The locking mechanism is preferably developed for a method of operation in the manner of a bayonet lock in such a way that the stationary fixing part is provided with a cylindrical guide element, the cylinder axis of which lies, in the installed state, substantially perpendicularly with respect to a surface plane of the structural device, and that the movable fixing part is equipped with one or more guide parts which are adapted to the cylindrical guide element. The fixing parts can possibly also be of reversed configuration in such a way that the movable fixing part has the cylindrical guide element, while the stationary fixing part has the guide parts which are adapted to it. The guide parts can likewise be a cylindrical element.

[0026] If a cylindrical guide element of this type is present, the carrying structure of the wall bracket is guided during the rotation from the first into the second position (or vice versa) with the aid of the guide parts and the cylindrical guide element about the cylinder axis of the guide element. Moreover, the cylindrical guide element also makes simple centering of the two fixing parts possible during the assembly thereof if the wall bracket is initially mounted. If the wall bracket is later rotated by 180°, the fixing parts do not have to be centered again, since the rotational movement about the cylinder axis of the guide element takes place in a manner guided by this guide element and the guide parts.

[0027] The abovementioned cylindrical guide element is expediently configured as part of the locking mechanism which acts in the manner of a bayonet lock.

[0028] For this purpose, the stationary fixing part of the wall bracket according to the invention comprises substantially a plate which is provided with at least two edges which are undercut in relation to the cylinder axis of the guide element, lie opposite one another in a substantially point-symmetrical manner with respect to the intersection point of the cylinder axis with the surface plane of the structural device, and can be engaged behind by bayonet lock surfaces on the movable fixing part. The bayonet lock surfaces can also be formed by in each case one or more hooks.

[0029] The abovementioned plate which is preferably used as a stationary fixing part is preferably provided with a flat fixing surface on a side which points toward the structural device and makes it possible for the plate to be attached to the structural device by means of a double-sided adhesive fixing pad. Fastening by means of a double-sided adhesive fixing pad can be highly advantageous, in particular, for attaching a wall-mounted dosing dispenser to a tiled surface, as is the rule in bathrooms of hotel rooms. Nevertheless, the present invention makes it possible for the wall bracket to be turned around very simply if it proves that the other one of the two abovementioned wall-mounted dosing dispenser types is more suitable, without the adhesive bond having to be released for this purpose.

[0030] It goes without saying that it is also possible, furthermore, for the plate which is used as the stationary fixing part to be fastened to the structural device in a conventional way by means of screws, to be precise not only as an alternative, but rather possibly also in addition to the fixing pad.

[0031] In accordance with one preferred refinement of the wall bracket according to the invention, latching elements, in particular hooks, are provided on the stationary fixing part and / or on the movable fixing part, which secure the two fixing parts against one another or latch them to one another selectively in the first position or in the second position.

[0032] For theft protection but also for an advantageous stability of the wall bracket, it can be appropriate as an alternative or in addition for at least one securing element, in particular at least one securing screw, to be provided, in order to secure the two fixing parts of the wall bracket according to the invention in their relative position to one another. If the fixing elements can be connected to one another in the manner of a bayonet lock, one or more securing screws can prevent, in particular, that the wall bracket is turned unintentionally during use, as a result of which the fixing parts might lose their grip.

[0033] It is preferred here if the securing element is accessible through at least one closable window in the carrying structure of the wall bracket and can be released in this way. This window is expediently closed by way of an insertion part which can be latched into the window. This insertion part can be provided with an inscription, in particular a brand, wherein it is then preferred if the insertion part can be latched into the at least one window, in a manner moved by 180 angular degrees, with the result that the brand is not upside-down after turning of the wall bracket.

[0034] In accordance with a further, particularly preferred development of the wall bracket according to the invention, its carrying structure is equipped with in each case at least two fastening points for two or three containers, in order to configure a double or triple wall-mounted dosing dispenser. A set of cleaning and care products for direct use can thus be provided by way of one and the same wall bracket, for example a liquid soap product and a care product, possibly supplemented by a disinfectant.

[0035] If the carrying structure of the wall bracket according to the invention is provided for at least two containers, it is expedient if the carrying structure protrudes convexly, in particular cylindrically, on its front side. This makes it possible, in particular if the carrying structure has a guide rail for the respective container between in each case two fastening points, for the containers or the guide rails which can each lie perpendicularly on the protruding front side of the carrying structure to enclose an angle >0° between them and discharge the different liquid products at this angle. The accessibility of the respective containers and their removal devices is improved decisively as a result.

[0036] It can be advantageous here, for example, to equip a double wall-mounted dosing dispenser and a triple wall-mounted dosing dispenser with identically configured movable fixing parts which can then be fastened via the locking mechanism according to the invention to one and the same stationary fixing part. It is thus possible, for example, for an additional bottle with disinfectant to be provided only for a limited time period by way of a triple wall-mounted dosing dispenser, to be precise at a point, to which a double wall-mounted dosing dispenser is otherwise attached. This can be performed substantially without tools and without relatively great mounting work and, in particular, without affecting the structural device, by correct actuation of the preferably bayonet-like locking mechanism.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] In the following text, exemplary embodiments for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser according to the invention and a wall bracket according to the invention will be described and explained on the basis of the appended drawings, wherein further aspects result herefrom which characterize the invention as preferred embodiments. The embodiments which are shown and described by way of example do not restrict the invention per se, however.

[0038] In the drawings:

[0039] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention,

[0040] FIG. 2 shows the wall bracket from FIG. 1, in a perspective view from the rear side, with incomplete fixing elements,

[0041] FIG. 3 shows a plate as a stationary fixing part of the wall bracket from FIGS. 1 and 2, from the front side,

[0042] FIG. 4 shows the plate from FIG. 3, viewed from the rear side,

[0043] FIG. 5 shows a fixing pad for the plate from FIGS. 3 and 4,

[0044] FIG. 6 shows an insertion part for the wall bracket according to FIG. 1,

[0045] FIG. 7 shows a second exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention, in a perspective view as in FIG. 2,

[0046] FIG. 8 shows a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a third exemplary embodiment of a wall bracket configured according to the invention, and

[0047] FIG. 9 shows another exemplary embodiment for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with the wall bracket from FIG. 8.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0048] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention for fastening two containers (not shown here) which are inserted upside-down into the wall bracket (see FIG. 8).

[0049] The wall bracket shown here has a carrying structure 1 which has two fastening points spaced apart from one another for each of the two containers (not shown here), to be precise a first fastening point 2, 2′ which comprises substantially a fastening hook which serves as a holding element 3, is fixed in a stationary manner to the carrying structure 1, and, as described in the following text in respect of FIG. 8, engages in a positively locking manner into a container bottom, and a second fastening point 4 which, comprising a guide frame 5 and a latching surface 6 in the present case, serves to releasably attach a sleeve (not shown here, cf. FIG. 8) for the head region of the container. A guide rail 7 which extends from the first fastening point 2 as far as the second fastening point 4 and lies perpendicularly on a protruding front side 8 of the carrying structure 1 serves to additionally secure the container which is provided for this purpose with a recess, into which the guide rail 7 engages (cf. FIG. 8).

[0050] A window 9 is situated in the cylindrically protruding front side 8 of the carrying structure 1, and an aperture 10 can be seen in this window 9, through which aperture a securing means which will be explained later is accessible.

[0051] The wall bracket shown in FIG. 1 is manufactured from plastic, and the holding elements 3 (fastening hooks), the guide rail 7 and the second fastening point 4 are molded in one piece onto the carrying structure 1.

[0052] FIG. 2 shows the rear side of the wall bracket from FIG. 1, once again in a perspective view. It can be seen particularly clearly here that the carrying structure 1 which is manufactured from plastic protrudes cylindrically, but is adapted on its rear side to a flat surface, to which the wall bracket is to be fastened. As is known per se, a number of stabilizing ribs 11 increases the stability of the carrying structure 1 with a minimum use of material.

[0053] FIG. 3 shows, once again in a perspective view, a stationary fixing part 12 for attaching the wall bracket to a wall, wherein the stationary fixing part 12 is manufactured as a plate 13 from plastic which is likewise provided with stabilizing ribs 11. Two hollows 14 serve to fasten the plate 13 to a wall by way of screws (not shown).

[0054] The plate 13 from FIG. 3 is, as stationary fixing part 12, a constituent part of the wall bracket; accordingly, FIG. 2 does not show the wall bracket completely. As can be seen on the basis of the combination of FIGS. 2 and 3, the entire rear side of the carrying structure 1 forms the movable fixing part 15 which can be fastened to the stationary fixing part 12, that is to say to the plate 13 which is attached to a wall or the like.

[0055] The locking mechanism which is provided for this purpose (FIG. 2 and FIG. 3) comprises a cylindrical guide element 16 which engages in a fitting manner into a guide part 17, adapted to it, in the plate 13, in order to guide the carrying structure 1 during a rotational movement about a cylinder axis 18 of the cylindrical guide element 16. Furthermore, the locking mechanism comprises, in the plate 13, a number of latching elements 19 which are configured as hooks and engage into corresponding recesses 20 in the stabilizing ribs 11 when the carrying structure 1 is attached to the plate 13 in a first, upright position or in the second position (shown in FIG. 2) “upside-down”.

[0056] Since the locking mechanism functions in the manner of a bayonet lock, the carrying structure 1 is fastened to the plate 13 by way of a rotational movement about the cylinder axis 18. For this purpose, four undercut edges 21 which lie opposite one another in pairs in a point-symmetrical manner with respect to the cylinder axis 18 are situated on the plate 13, that is to say the stationary fixing part 12 (FIG. 3). Four bayonet lock surfaces 22 are molded, likewise arranged in pairs in a point-symmetrical manner with respect to the cylinder axis 18, onto the carrying structure 1, the rear side of which forms the movable fixing part 15 (FIG. 2), which bayonet lock surfaces engage behind the undercut edges 21 after the carrying structure 1 is placed onto the plate 13 and after a rotational movement guided by means of the cylindrical guide element 16 and the guide part 17. The rotational movement is stopped by engagement of the latching elements 19 into the recesses 20, as a result of which the connection between the stationary 12 and movable fixing part 15 is additionally secured.

[0057] The rear side of the carrying structure 1 (FIG. 2) has a frame 23 which bears all the way around against the structural device (not shown) for visual reasons and for quality reasons, with the result that the plate 13 (FIG. 3) is received completely by the carrying structure 1. Therefore, the plate 13 is beveled at its corners in such a way that the carrying structure 1, turned slightly about the cylinder axis 18, can be placed onto the plate 13 and can then be turned into the first or second position in such a way that the bayonet lock surfaces 22 engage behind the undercut edges 21 and the latching elements 19 engage into the recesses 20.

[0058] A short reverse rotation releases the connection between the two fixing parts 12, 15 or between the plate 13 and the carrying structure 1, and the carrying structure 1 can be placed again, rotated by 180°, onto the plate 13 and can be latched to it in a bayonet-like manner. It is thus ensured that the carrying structure 1 can be moved at any time from its first into its second position and back, in order to form an upright wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a dosing pump or an upside-down dosing dispenser with downward liquid discharge.

[0059] In order to secure the carrying structure 1 (FIG. 2) and the plate 13 (FIG. 3) to one another in such a way that the carrying structure 1 cannot be released by way of a rotational movement, a securing screw is inserted, through the aperture 10 in the window 9, and is screwed into a securing thread 24 in the plate 13. This increases the stability of the wall bracket and also prevents, in particular, that the carrying structure 1 is unintentionally rotated by a user and in this way released from the plate 13.

[0060] FIG. 4 shows the plate 13 from a rear side which is to be placed onto a wall or another structural device and, for this purpose, forms a planar fixing surface 34. In this illustration, two of the four undercut edges 21 for the bayonet-like locking mechanism can be seen.

[0061] FIG. 5 shows a perspective illustration of a double-sided fixing pad 25 which is optionally to be used within the context of the present invention. This can be fixed on one side on the structural device, for example a tiled wall, and on the other side on the rear side, that is to say the planar fixing surface 34 of the plate 13 (FIG. 4), in order to attach the plate 13 as stationary fixing part 12 for the carrying structure 1 to the structural device.

[0062] FIG. 6 shows an insertion part for the window 9 (FIG. 1) in the carrying structure. This is a plastic part which can be clipped in and covers the aperture 10 including the possibly present securing screw (not shown here).

[0063] As can be seen in FIG. 6, the insertion part 26 bears a brand. In order that this brand is still legible for the user even after a rotation of the carrying structure 1 from the first into the second position, that is to say by 180 angular degrees, and is not upside-down, the insertion part 26 and the window 9 are of axially symmetrical construction about a horizontal axis; the insertion part 26 can therefore be inserted into the window 9 in two positions rotated by 180 angular degrees.

[0064] In an illustration similar to FIG. 2, FIG. 7 shows those parts of the carrying structure 1 which cannot be dismantled of a further exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention. This second exemplary embodiment differs from the first exemplary embodiment mainly in that it is no longer two containers, but rather three containers which can be fastened to one and the same wall bracket. To this end, which can be seen most easily, the carrying structure 1 has three holding elements 3, 3′, 3″ which are configured as fastening hooks.

[0065] As can be seen on the basis of FIG. 7, identical elements of the locking mechanism to those in the case of the first exemplary embodiment are molded in the rear side of the carrying structure 1 which forms the movable fixing part 15 in its middle region, namely the cylindrical guide element 16, the recesses 20 and the four bayonet lock surfaces 22, with the result that the triple carrying structure 1 which is shown here can be fastened to the same plate 13 as shown in FIG. 3. It is therefore also possible for the carrying structure 1 from FIG. 2 or the carrying structure 1 from FIG. 7 to selectively be fastened to the same plate 13 which does not have to be separated from the structural device for this purpose.

[0066] It is thus possible, for example, for an additional bottle with disinfectant to be provided only for a limited time period by way of a triple wall-mounted dosing dispenser, to be precise at a point, to which a double wall-mounted dosing dispenser is otherwise attached. This can be performed substantially without tools and without relatively great mounting work and, in particular, without affecting the structural device, by operating the bayonet-like locking mechanism as intended.

[0067] FIGS. 8 and 9 show two exemplary embodiments of a wall-mounted dosing dispenser configured according to the invention, wherein the two wall-mounted dosing dispensers are equipped with one and the same wall bracket with a carrying structure 1, a first fastening point 2 which is configured as a fastening hook, a second fastening point 4 and a guide rail 7 (not visible in FIG. 9). The movable and stationary fixing parts 12, 15 according to the invention are not visible in these illustrations.

[0068] FIG. 8 shows a wall-mounted dosing dispenser with a replaceable container 27 which is held firmly upside-down in the wall bracket, while FIG. 9 shows a wall-mounted dosing dispenser, the container 27 of which is seated upright in the wall bracket and discharges liquid by means of a dosing pump 28 in a head region 29 of the container 27 via a discharge spout 30. A bottom region 31 of the container 27 is situated at the bottom in FIG. 9; it has a shaped recess 32, into which the holding element 3 which is configured as a fastening hook engages in a positively locking manner, in order to hold the container 27 such that it cannot rotate.

[0069] In the upside-down version of a wall-mounted dosing dispenser according to FIG. 8, the container 27 used there is also provided in its bottom region 31 with the same shaped recess 32, with the result that the holding element 3 which is configured as a fastening hook can also be inserted there in a positively locking manner into the shaped recess 32.

[0070] A sleeve 33 which holds the container 27 firmly in its head region 29 can be attached to the second fastening point 4 in each of the two exemplary embodiments of FIGS. 8 and 9. In both cases, the sleeve 33 can be released from the second fastening point 4, in order for it to be possible for the container to be released from its positively locking connection on the fastening hook and the guide rail 7 and to be refilled or replaced.

[0071] While the sleeve 33 in FIG. 8 comprises a dosing valve, in order for it to be possible for the liquid to be removed downward in a dosed manner from the container 27 which is screwed into this dosing valve (not visible), the sleeve 33 in FIG. 9 forms a seat for the visible actuating element of the dosing pump 28 and guides this actuating element during the pumping movement.

[0072] Accordingly, FIG. 8 shows the wall bracket in its second position according to the invention for forming an upside-down wall-mounted dosing dispenser, while FIG. 9 shows the same wall bracket in its first position according to the invention, in which the container 27 is held in an upright position. This is made possible essentially by the configuration according to the invention of the fixing elements for attaching the wall bracket to a structural device which preferably has a bayonet-like locking mechanism.LIST OF DESIGNATIONS1 Carrying structure

[0074] 2 Fastening point (first)

[0075] 3 Holding element

[0076] 4 Fastening point (second)

[0077] 5 Guide frame

[0078] 6 Latching surface

[0079] 7 Guide rail

[0080] 8 Front side (of 1)

[0081] 9 Window

[0082] 10 Aperture

[0083] 11 Stabilizing ribs

[0084] 12 Fixing part (stationary)

[0085] 13 Plate

[0086] 14 Hollow

[0087] 15 Fixing part (movable)

[0088] 16 Cylindrical guide element

[0089] 17 Guide part

[0090] 18 Cylinder axis

[0091] 19 Latching elements

[0092] 20 Recess

[0093] 21 Edges (undercut)

[0094] 22 Bayonet lock surface

[0095] 23 Frame

[0096] 24 Securing thread

[0097] 25 Fixing pad

[0098] 26 Insertion part

[0099] 27 Container

[0100] 28 Dosing pump

[0101] 29 Head region (of 27)

[0102] 30 Discharge spout

[0103] 31 Bottom region (of 27)

[0104] 32 Shaped recess

[0105] 33 Sleeve

[0106] 34 Fixing surface

Examples

Embodiment Construction

[0048]FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first exemplary embodiment for a wall bracket configured according to the invention for fastening two containers (not shown here) which are inserted upside-down into the wall bracket (see FIG. 8).

[0049]The wall bracket shown here has a carrying structure 1 which has two fastening points spaced apart from one another for each of the two containers (not shown here), to be precise a first fastening point 2, 2′ which comprises substantially a fastening hook which serves as a holding element 3, is fixed in a stationary manner to the carrying structure 1, and, as described in the following text in respect of FIG. 8, engages in a positively locking manner into a container bottom, and a second fastening point 4 which, comprising a guide frame 5 and a latching surface 6 in the present case, serves to releasably attach a sleeve (not shown here, cf. FIG. 8) for the head region of the container. A guide rail 7 which extends from the first fastening poi...

Claims

1. A wall bracket for a wall-mounted dosing dispenser for provision and dosed removal of a liquid, the wall bracket comprising:a carrying structure (1) which is provided on a front side (8) with at least two fastening points (2, 4) spaced apart from one another for receiving one container (27) with the liquid and is provided on a rear side with fixing elements for attaching the wall bracket to a structural device;the at least two fastening points (2, 4) spaced apart from one another for receiving the one container comprise a first fastening point (2) with a holding element (3) for a bottom region (31) of the one container (27), into which holding element (3) the one container (27) is inserted or onto which holding element (3) a bottom region of the one container is adapted to be placed, in order to hold the bottom region (31) of the container (27) in a positively locking and / or non-positive manner at the first fastening point (2), and a second fastening point (4) includes a sleeve (33) for holding a head region (29) of the container (27) fixedly;the holding element (3) is attached at the first fastening point (2) in a stationary manner to the carrying structure (1), while the sleeve (33) is separable from the carrying structure (1) or is movable relative to the carrying structure (1) and is fixable on the carrying structure (1), or the sleeve (33) is attached at the second fastening point (4) in a stationary manner, while the holding element (3) is separable from the carrying structure (1) or is movable relative to the carrying structure (1) and is fixable on the carrying structure (1);the fixing elements comprise, in order to attach the wall bracket to the structural device, first and second fixing parts (12, 15) which are separable from one another and of which the first fixing part (12) is provided for stationary attachment to the structural device, and the second fixing part (15) which is movable with respect to the first fixing part (12) is attached in a stationary manner to the carrying structure (1) of the wall bracket or is connected in one piece to the wall bracket; andthe first and second fixing parts (12, 15) are connectable to one another so as to engage behind one another by a locking mechanism, selectively in a first position, in which the stationary holding element (3) of the wall bracket is arranged in a downwardly oriented region of the carrying structure (1), or in a second position, in which the stationary holding element (3) of the wall bracket is arranged in an upwardly oriented region of the carrying structure (1).

2. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism acts as a bayonet lock.

3. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 2, wherein one of the first or second fixing parts (12) is provided with a cylindrical guide element (16), a cylinder axis (18) of which lies, in an installed state, perpendicularly with respect to a surface plane of the structural device, and the other of the first or second fixing parts (15) is equipped with one or more guide parts which are adapted to the cylindrical guide element (16), and the carrying structure (1) of the wall bracket is rotatable in a guided manner about the cylinder axis (18) of the guide element via the guide parts (17) and the cylindrical guide element (16).

4. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cylindrical guide element (16) is part of the locking mechanism which acts as the bayonet lock.

5. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first fixing part (12) comprises a plate (13) which is provided with at least two edges (21) which are undercut in relation to the cylinder axis (18) of the guide element (16), is adapted to be engaged behind by bayonet lock surfaces (22) on the second fixing part (15), and lie opposite one another in a point-symmetrical manner with respect to the cylinder axis (18).

6. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 5, wherein the plate (13) is provided with a flat fixing surface (34) on a rear side which points toward the structural device, and is attachable to the structural device by a double-sided adhesive fixing pad (25) and / or a screwed connection.

7. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein latching elements (19) are provided on the first fixing part (12) and / or on the second fixing part (15), which secure the first and second fixing parts (12, 15) against one another or latch them to one another selectively in the first position or in the second position.

8. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one securing element is provided, in order to secure the first and second fixing parts (12, 15) in their relative position to one another, and the at least one securing element is releasable through at least one closable window (9) in the carrying structure (1) of the wall bracket.

9. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 8, further comprising at least one insertion part (26) which is latchable into the at least one window (9) and is movable by 180 angular degrees.

10. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrying structure (1) has respective pairs of the first and second fastening points (2, 4) for two or three containers (27).

11. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 10, wherein the carrying structure (1) protrudes convexly on a front side (8) thereof.

12. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 11, wherein the carrying structure (1) has, between each of the pairs of the first and second fastening points (2, 4), a guide rail (7) for the respective container (27).

13. The wall bracket as claimed in claim 12, wherein the guide rails (7) lie in each case perpendicularly on the protruding front side (8) of the carrying structure (1) and enclose an angle between them.

14. A wall-mounted dosing dispenser for provision and removal of a liquid, comprising: at least one replaceable container (27) for the liquid, which container has a bottom region (31) having a container bottom and, lying opposite this, a head region (29) having a removal opening, with a removal device for metered removal of liquid from the container; and the wall bracket for attaching the wall-mounted dosing dispenser to a structural device as claimed in claim 1.

15. The wall-mounted dosing dispenser as claimed in claim 14, wherein the removal device is a dosing valve which is inserted into the head region (29) of the container (27) or into the sleeve (33) for upside-down removal of the liquid via gravity, or is a dosing pump (28) which is inserted into the head region (29) of the container (27).

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