Structure for pre-assembled bathroom and method of installation of the bathroom

Abstract

Structure of bathroom for installation in a room intended for use as a bathroom including a multiplicity of covering panels ( 1, 2, 3 ) produced to measure for the continuous lining of at least a part of the walls and the floor of the room to be installed and a multiplicity of sanitary components or modules ( 4, 5, 6, 7 ) each predisposed with its own support structure and with its own tubes ( 41, 51, 61, 71 ) ready to be interconnected reciprocally and to be connected to hydraulic conducts of the room to be installed ( 100, 101 ) in such a way as to complete the hydraulic circuit of the bathroom; floor, ceiling and wall structures for a pre-assembled bathroom; method for installing a floor structure for pre-assembled bathroom and a method for the production and installation in a room of a complete pre-assembled bathroom including the phases of: produce panels of covering, factory produced to measure for the walls of the room; produce the self-bearing sanitary components provided with tubes and joints predisposed to be reciprocally connected and then connected up to the tubes of the room; installation of said panels and of said components without mural intervention or traditional constructions.

1 . Structure for pre-assembled bathroom, for the installation in a room intended for use as a bathroom, characterised by the fact of including a plurality of covering panels produced to measure for the continuos lining of at least a part of the walls and the floor of the room to be installed and a plurality of sanitary components each predisposed with its own self-bearing support structure and with its own pipe works ready to be interconnected reciprocally and to be connected to the hydraulic conducts of the room to be installed in such a way as to complete the hydraulic circuit of the bathroom.  
     
     
         2 . Structure according to the  claim 1 , in which said predisposed panels to measure include wall panels ( 1 ) and floor ( 2 ) panels.  
     
     
         3 . Structure according to the  claim 2 , in which said wall panels include panels which are arranged normally and are capable of horizontally sliding on contact one against the other in order to create a corner.  
     
     
         4 . Structure according to the  claim 2 , in which said panels predisposed to measure include ceiling ( 3 ) panels.  
     
     
         5 . Structure according to  claim 2 , in which said panels ( 1 ) are provided with secret fixing means for reciprocal connection ( 8 ,  9 ).  
     
     
         6 . Structure according to the  claim 5 , in which said means are made up of fixture plates ( 9 ) belonging to adjacent panels ( 1 ) and disposed in height in alternate positions.  
     
     
         7 . Structure according to the one of the claims  1 - 3 , in which said panels ( 1 ) are provided with adjustable means of fixture to the wall ( 40 ).  
     
     
         8 . Structure according to the  claim 7 , in which said means include a first drilled plate ( 20 ) which may be fixed on the back of the panel ( 1 ) using common screw means ( 23 ) and a drilled round ( 21 ) placed at the centre of the plate ( 20 ) and partially superimposed to it in such a way as to leave between the panel ( 1 ) and round disk ( 21 ) a gap ( 22 ) in which a washer ( 26 ) internally threaded may be placed and turn freely, with which a screw ( 24 ) may engage itself being activated from the outside through a corresponding hole ( 11 ) made in the panel ( 1 ), said means include moreover a second plate ( 30 ) which may be fixed to the wall ( 40 ) by means of screws ( 32 ) in the position corresponding to the plate ( 20 ) and a threaded bolt ( 31 ) is provided centrally, suitable to receive the screw ( 24 ) in order to get closer or more distant panel ( 1 ) form the wall.  
     
     
         9 . Structure according to the  claim 7 , in which said means include: a first drilled plate ( 20 ′) which can be fixed to the back face of a wall panel ( 1 ), plate ( 20 ′) sticking out a lateral side of the panel and having passing holes ( 11 ′) and a transversal slot ( 24 ′) having a countersunk hole; a second plate ( 30 ′) which can be fixed to a room wall ( 40 ) by common screws ( 32 ′), the central portion of plate ( 30 ′) having a concave shape emerging from the wall ( 40 ) and presenting a transversal slot ( 56 ); in which said plates are connected by a regulating bolt ( 31 ′) passing through slots ( 56 ) and ( 24 ′), bolt ( 31 ′) being engaged with a nut ( 54 ) made integral with plate ( 30 ′) and preferably having two locking nuts ( 58 ) placed between the plates and a further locking nut ( 57 ), on the inner face of plate ( 30 ), so that by operating from the outside bolt ( 31 ′) the distance between the first and second plates ( 20 ′,  30 ′) is adjusted.  
     
     
         10 . Structure according the  claim 2 , including self-bearing adjustable supports for the pose and levelling of said floor panels ( 2 ) to the floor.  
     
     
         11 . Structure according to the  claim 10 , in which said supports include a fixed match (R) and plates ( 28 ) fixed with normal screws ( 27 ) on the floor ( 50 ) preexistent and supplied with screws for regulation ( 29 ) to be adjusted according to the required level of the support of the panels ( 2 ).  
     
     
         12 . Structure according to the  claim 10 , in which said supports are formed by plates ( 280 ) which can rotate on the horizontal plane around a pin ( 200 ) which is fixed to the floor ( 50 ) and are provided with supporting disks ( 201 ) integrated with screws for regulation ( 290 ) acting between the floor panels ( 2 ) and the pre-existent floor ( 50 ).  
     
     
         13 . Structure according to the  claim 10 , in which said supports consist of a fixed match (R) and of a plate ( 28 ) capable of being fixed to the common side of at least one of said panels ( 2 ) and to jut out from it in order to offer a support to the adjacent panel ( 2 ), the plates ( 28 ) are moreover equipped with support and regulation in height screws ( 29 ) acting on the pre-existent floor ( 50 ) in the room to be installed.  
     
     
         14 . Structure according to the  claim 1 , in which said components are made up of a vanity unit ( 4 ), a bath tub ( 5 ) with a water tap complex for shower ( 6 ) and a cistern for WC ( 7 ), each provided with tubes ( 41 ,  51 ,  61 ,  71 ) with terminal joints ( 42 ,  52 ,  62 ,  72 ) predisposed in such a way as to correspond exactly one to another at the moment of installation and to be able to be connected directly to the existing conducts in the room.  
     
     
         15 . Structure according to the  claim 1 , in which the tubes of at least one of said components are hidden from sight by covering panels removable for inspection.  
     
     
         16 . Structure according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein said wall panels and/or said floor panels are made of natural stone.  
     
     
         17 . Fixing device to a wall ( 40 ) of a panel ( 1 ), including a first drilled plate ( 20 ,  20 ′) which may be fixed on the back of a panel ( 1 ), a second plate ( 30 ,  30 ′) which can be fixed to the wall ( 40 ) of a room and regulating means of the distance between said first an second plates said regulating means being accessible from the front side of the panel ( 1 ).  
     
     
         18 . Device according to  claim 17 , wherein it includes a first drilled plate ( 20 ) which may be fixed on the back of the panel ( 1 ) using common screw means ( 23 ) and a drilled round ( 21 ) placed at the centre of the plate ( 20 ) and partially superimposed to it in such a way as to leave between the panel ( 1 ) and the round ( 21 ) a gap ( 22 ) in which a washer ( 26 ) internally threaded may be placed and turn freely, with which a screw ( 24 ) may engage itself, it being activated through a correspondent hole ( 11 ) made in the panel ( 1 ); and including moreover a second plate ( 30 ) which may be fixed to the wall ( 40 ) using screws ( 32 ) in the position corresponding to the plate ( 20 ) and is provided centrally with a threaded bolt ( 31 ) suitable to receive the screw ( 24 ).  
     
     
         19 . Device according to  claim 17 , wherein it includes a first drilled plate ( 20 ′) which can be fixed to the back face of a wall panel ( 1 ), plate ( 20 ′) sticking out a lateral side of the panel and having passing holes ( 11 ′) and a transversal slot ( 24 ′) having a countersunk hole; a second plate ( 30 ′) which can be fixed to a room wall ( 40 ) by common screws ( 32 ′), the central portion of plate ( 30 ′) having a concave shape emerging from the wall ( 40 ) and presenting a transversal slot ( 56 ); in which said plates are connected by a regulating bolt ( 31 ′) passing through slots ( 56 ) and ( 24 ′), bolt ( 31 ′) being engaged with a nut ( 54 ) made integral with plate ( 30 ′) and preferably having two locking nuts ( 58 ) placed between the plates and a further locking nut ( 57 ), on the inner face of plate ( 30 ), so that by operating from the outside bolt ( 31 ′) the distance between the first and second plates ( 20 ′,  30 ′) is adjusted.  
     
     
         20 . Method for the realisation and installation in a room of a complete pre-assembled bathroom including the phases of: realise covering panels, factory produced to measure for the walls of the room; realise self-bearing sanitary components provided with tubes and joints predisposed to be reciprocally connected and then connected up to the tubes of the room; installation of said panels and of said components without mural intervention or construction means.  
     
     
         21 . Floor structure comprising one or more panels ( 2 ) and means to adjust the height of said panels in respect of a pre-existing floor surface ( 50 ).  
     
     
         22 . Structure according to  claim 21 , wherein said adjusting means consist of plates ( 280 ) which can rotate on the horizontal plane being pivotally fixed to the floor ( 50 ) by a vertical pin ( 200 ) and are provided with supporting disks ( 201 ) mounted on screws for regulation ( 290 ) acting between the floor panels ( 2 ) and the pre-existent floor ( 50 ).  
     
     
         23 . Structure according to the  claim 21 , in which said supports are made up of a fixed match (R) and of a plate ( 28 ) capable of being fixed to the common side of at least one of said panels ( 2 ) and to jut out from it in order to offer a support to the adjacent panel ( 2 ), the plates ( 28 ) are moreover equipped with support and regulation in height screws ( 29 ) acting on the pre-existent floor ( 50 ) in the room to be installed.  
     
     
         24 . Method for the installation of a floor structure on a pre-existing floor surface ( 50 ) comprising the following step: 
 a) installation of one or more floor panels ( 2 ) leaving a free gap from the surface ( 50 );    b) pouring anti-shrinking liquid grout into the gap between the already installed panels ( 2 ) and surfaces ( 50 ) underneath in order to completely fill said gap.    
     
     
         25 . Method according to  claim 24  comprising the following steps: 
 a) fixing on a preexisting floor a plurality of height regulating elements along lines corresponding to the sides of one or more floor panels to be installed;  
 b) installation of a first panel;  
 c) adjusting the level of the first panel acting on the regulating element;  
 d) installing the floor panels adjacent to the already installed panel so that adjacent panels share a line of regulating elements  
 e) adjusting the level of the installed panels acting on the regulating element;  
 f) repeat steps (d, e) to the complete covering of the floor surface  
 g) pouring anti-retractable liquid cement into the gap between installed panels and surfaces underneath.  
 
     
     
         26 . Pre-assembled ceiling structure for bathroom, consisting of panels ( 3 ) made of pre-assembled gypsum boards mechanically fixed to steel studs ( 33 ) or made of aluminium honey-comb panels.  
     
     
         27 . Pre-assembled wall structure consisting of a plurality of self supporting metal structures ( 301 ) provided with covering panels ( 1 ), said structure being capable of being adjusted in position and then mechanically connected with each other.  
     
     
         28 . Structure according to  claim 27 , wherein said metal structures are provided with connection telescopic bars “T” to adjust the distance of the structure in respect to a pre-existing wall ( 40 ).  
     
     
         29 . Structure according to  claim 27 , wherein at least one of said metal structures include a pre-assembled door frame.