Articulation for a toilet seat
AssigneeHamberger Industriewerke GmbH
InventorsJorg Hellwig, Rudolf C. Hamberger
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Abstract
An articulation for a toilet seat for securing a seat assembly to a ceramic body, wherein the lowering movement of the seat assembly may be braked with the aid of a damping means. The damping means is connected via an adapter member with the fastening means of the seat assembly, wherein adapter member and damping means form the rotation axis for the seat assembly.
Claims8
An articulation (6, 8) for a toilet seat for securing a toilet seat assembly (1) to a ceramic body (10), including a rotation axis (32, 34) for a seat (4) and a seat cover (2) of said seat assembly (1) and including a coaxially arranged damping means (11, 12) for supporting said seat assembly (1) during a pivoting movement, characterized by a cylindrical adapter member (20) which may be placed via a radial blind bore (24) in said adaptor member (20) on a gudgeon (26) anchored in said ceramic body (10) at a first end along the rotation axis (32, 34) on the one hand, and positively connected with the coaxially arranged damping means (11, 12) on the other hand, and fastened in a reception bore (44, 46) of a mounting link (40, 42) of said seat assembly (1) at a second end along the rotation axis (32, 34), wherein said seat cover (2) and said seat (4) are pivotable on said adapter member (20) and said damping means (11, 12) with respect to said rotation axis (32, 34), and said damping means (11, 12) comprises a cylinder (14) in which a rotary piston (16) is guided.
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