Work furniture for sanitary applications, kitchen or the like

Abstract

The invention relates to an item of work furniture for sanitary applications, kitchens, or the like, for the defined arrangement of at least the following modules on a main body:a water supply module,at least one fitting module having a fitting that is connectable to the water supply module and/or to at least one water treatment module, and at least one drain module having a drain point for the at least one fitting of the fitting module and having a drain fitting, and at least the water treatment module is arranged interchangeably in the item of work furniture.

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         24 . An item of furniture comprising a main body and the following modules on the main body:
 a water supply module;   a water treatment module;   at least one fitting module having a fitting which is connectable to at least one of the water supply module and the water treatment module; and   at least one drain module including a drain point for the at least one fitting of the fitting module, and a drain fitting;   wherein at least the water treatment module is arranged interchangeably in the item of work furniture.   
     
     
         25 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the main body comprises an adjustable height. 
     
     
         26 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 25 , wherein the height is adjustable on opposite sides of the main body. 
     
     
         27 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the main body and at least one of the water supply module, water treatment module, fitting module and drain module are designed to be fixed to one another without tools. 
     
     
         28 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the main body further comprises holding devices for horizontally introducing the modules. 
     
     
         29 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 28 , wherein at least two of the modules comprise pluggable interfaces for receiving a pluggable connecting line. 
     
     
         30 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the main body comprises two horizontally divisible regions. 
     
     
         31 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein at least one of the modules comprises a handle device for removing the at least one module from the item of work furniture. 
     
     
         32 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein a first two of the modules are horizontally detachably connected to the main body, a second two of the modules are laterally adjacent to the first two of the modules, and the first two of the modules are larger than the second two of the modules. 
     
     
         33 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the item of work furniture further comprises a front region for access by a user and a rear region and the modules can be introduced into the main body starting from the front region. 
     
     
         34 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the modules can be releasably fixed on one another. 
     
     
         35 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , further comprising at least one of the following modules:
 at least one electronics module,   at least one storage module,   a filter module for providing filtered water,   a carbonation module for providing carbonated water,   a heating module for providing hot water,   a cooling water module for providing cooled water,   a cooling module for cooling at least part of the storage module,   a shredding module connected to at least one of the drain module and the storage module,   an ionization module for ionizing water,   an enrichment module for enriching water with at least one substance,   an additive module for adding concentrates, and   a light module for illuminating at least one of the other modules.   
     
     
         36 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the main body further comprises a moisture-protected and/or water-protected region. 
     
     
         37 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 36 , wherein the moisture-protected region is arranged in a base region of the main body. 
     
     
         38 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the drain module comprises at least one of a drip tray and a basin. 
     
     
         39 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 35 , wherein at least one of the filter module, the enrichment module, and the additive module comprises at least one interchangeably arranged cartridge or container. 
     
     
         40 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the drain module comprises a pipe that includes a substantially right-angled pipe run having a vertical section in a rear side region and a horizontal section in a drain point region of the drain module. 
     
     
         41 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the drain point is provided in a sink and the main body comprises a base cabinet. 
     
     
         42 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein at least one of the water supply module and the drain module comprises multiple connections. 
     
     
         43 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , further comprising a drain arranged in a rear side region of the drain point and of the main body. 
     
     
         44 . The item of work furniture according to  claim 24 , wherein the main body comprises at least two horizontal module insertion levels and at least two vertical module levels. 
     
     
         45 . A method for providing an item of work furniture, comprising the following steps:
 providing a main body and designing the main body for a defined arrangement of modules;
 providing a water supply module; 
 providing at least one water treatment module; 
   providing at least one fitting module including a fitting which can be connected to at least one of the water supply module and the water treatment module;   providing at least one drain module including a drain point for receiving the fitting module and a drain fitting for fitting the fitting module; and   arranging the modules on the main body, wherein at least the water treatment module is interchangeably arranged in the item of work furniture.   
     
     
         46 . A device for planning a configuration of one or more modules of an item of work furniture, comprising;
 a display device for providing visual display of the one or more modules and a main body;   an input device for changing a configuration of the one or modules and/or for selecting the one or more modules; and   a computing device for at least one of checking, adapting, and providing proposals for a configuration of the main body and the one or more modules.