Connection system for a sanitary article
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connection devices for sanitary articles, such as toilet bowls and wash basins, do not allow for easy height adjustment after the front wall is assembled, making it difficult to account for varying floor thicknesses or user preferences.
Innovation Solution
A connection device with a bearing element that can be displaced relative to the sanitary article, allowing for height adjustment without affecting the water-conducting connection to a fixed conduit, and featuring a compensation portion to maintain a watertight seal during adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the connection device uses a fixed assembly frame behind the wall, then the connection structure is stable and predefined, but the height adjustment becomes impossible or requires great outlay after wall assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The connection device is divided into distinct functional segments: a fixed connection structure portion embedded in the wall and a movable bearing element portion that can be adjusted independently. This segmentation allows the stable connection function to remain fixed while the adjustment function becomes independent and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The bearing element acts as an intermediary component between the fixed connection structure and the sanitary article. It mediates the connection by providing a stable attachment point to the fixed structure while simultaneously enabling height adjustment relative to the sanitary article, thus resolving the contradiction between stability and adjustability.
2Ease of operation
If the assembly frame is positioned behind the wall, then the connection structure is stable, but the adjustment elements become inaccessible after front wall assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment functionality is relocated from the hidden rear space behind the wall to the accessible front side of the wall. By changing the spatial dimension of adjustment element placement from rear-hidden to front-accessible, the system maintains connection stability through the fixed embedded structure while making adjustment elements easily accessible for operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the bearing element is fixed relative to the sanitary article, then the connection is stable, but height adjustment of the sanitary article becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The bearing element is designed with dynamic characteristics, allowing it to be displaced along an adjustment movement relative to the sanitary article. This dynamic capability enables height adjustment while the bearing element itself remains stably connected to the fixed connection structure, thus maintaining connection reliability during adjustment operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustment functionality is extracted from the sanitary article and relocated to the bearing element. By separating the adjustment mechanism from the sanitary article proper and placing it on the bearing element instead, the system enables height adjustment of the sanitary article while maintaining stable, reliable water connections through the bearing element's fixed connection to the connection structure.
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AI summary
A connection device for connecting a sanitary article to a connection structure which is fixedly predefined on site and which has at least one conduit which is arranged in a positionally fixed manner on site. The device comprises a bearing element having at least one bearing-side pipeline portion, which pipeline portion is arranged on the bearing element and is configured for water-conducting connection to the positionally fixedly arranged on-site conduit and for water-conducting connection to a sanitary-article-side connection point. For the adjustment of the position, in particular of the height position, of the sanitary article with respect to the connection structure which is fixedly predefined on site, the bearing element is arranged displaceable on the sanitary article such that it can be displaced along an adjustment movement relative to the sanitary article.