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US 6,745,416 B2Granted
Design to fix sinks
AssigneeTeka Industrial S.A.
InventorJosé Gómez Albarrán
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Abstract
An improved means to position and secure a sink which is flush mounted with the worktop. It is designed to be used with sinks of variable thickness and materials including stainless steel.
Claims8
A means for fixing a sink flush with a worktop comprising:
- a worktop with an opening for insertion of a sink;
- the sink having an outer side wall;
- the sink having a top flat surface extending beyond the outer side wall the sink around its entire circumference;
- the worktop having a flat recession extending back from back from edge of opening for the sink;
- the depth and width of the recession on top of the worktop extending away from the opening for the sink being sized to accept the extended flat top surface of the sink such that the top of the worktop and extended flat top surface of the sink are flush;
- a winged projection affixed to the outer side wall of the sink;
- one end of the winged projection being a flat surface below and parallel to the extended flat top surface of the sink;
- a pull element with an oblong U-shaped clamp at its one end to encompass the winged projection affixed to the outer side wall of the sink and terminating at the opposite end in a partly open circle with a treaded hole;
- a screw with a winged projection extending from its top and engaged into the threaded opening at the one end of the pull element;
- the winged projection at the end of the screw rotatable to engaged bottom of the worktop so that rotation of the screw will pull the sink downward vertically.
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A method for fixing a sink flush with worktop comprising:
- creating an opening in the worktop for insertion of a sink;
- creating a sink with a top flat surface extending beyond its outer side walls;
- creating recession in top of the work top extending away from the opening for the sink and sized to accept the extended flat surface of the sink;
- affixing a winged projection to the outer side wall of the sink;
- placing a pull element with an oblong U-shaped clamp at one end over the winged projection affixed to the outer side wall of the sink;
- engaging a treaded opening at the other end of the pull element with a screw and a rotable winged projection at its top;
- locating the rotatable winged projection at the top of the screw so as to engage the bottom of the worktop;
- screwing the screw into the bottom of the pull element to pull the sink downward vertically to fix the sink.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.