Arrangement comprising a sink and a tap, and comprising a specific clamping device, and method

Abstract

An arrangement includes a sink with a tap receiving region having a feedthrough, a tap arranged on the sink such as to extend through the feedthrough and to be arranged on both sides of the feedthrough, a worktop formed with a receiving opening for arrangement of the sink, and a clamping apparatus designed to clamp the sink on the worktop and designed as a position securing unit for the tap, so that the tap is automatically supported in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tap by the clamping apparatus when the clamping apparatus assumes an end position in which the sink is clamped.

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         16 . An arrangement, comprising:
 a sink including a tap receiving region having a feedthrough;   a tap defining a longitudinal axis and arranged on the sink such as to extend through the feedthrough and to be arranged on both sides of the feedthrough;   a worktop formed with a receiving opening for arrangement of the sink; and   a clamping apparatus designed to clamp the sink on the worktop and designed as a position securing unit for the tap, so that the tap is automatically supported in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tap by the clamping apparatus when the clamping apparatus assumes an end position in which the sink is clamped.   
     
     
         17 . The arrangement of  claim 16 , wherein the sink is clamped by the clamping apparatus at least in a height direction of the arrangement in a position on the worktop. 
     
     
         18 . The arrangement of  claim 16 , wherein the clamping apparatus is designed as a combination claw, which includes at least two separate clamping elements. 
     
     
         19 . The arrangement of  claim 16 , wherein the clamping apparatus for setting a clamped state of the sink is supported on an underside of the worktop. 
     
     
         20 . The arrangement of  claim 16 , wherein the clamping apparatus for setting a clamped state of the sink is supported directly on an underside of the worktop. 
     
     
         21 . The arrangement of  claim 16 , wherein the sink includes a sink wall, said clamping apparatus comprising a single-piece coupling angle, which includes two coupling angle sections connected directly to the sink wall that is separate from the two coupling angle sections. 
     
     
         22 . The arrangement of  claim 21 , wherein the two coupling angle sections are arranged at end sides of the coupling angle and have an L-shaped configuration. 
     
     
         23 . The arrangement of  claim 21 , wherein the coupling angle sections each include a mounting element designed to mount the coupling angle sections in receiving arrangements on the sink wall. 
     
     
         24 . The arrangement of  claim 21 , wherein the clamping apparatus comprises at least two separate clamping elements, said coupling angle including a base limb on which the clamping elements of the clamping apparatus are movably mounted. 
     
     
         25 . The arrangement of  claim 24 , wherein the base limb is strip-shaped. 
     
     
         26 . The arrangement of  claim 24 , wherein the clamping elements of the clamping apparatus are movably mounted on the base limb at least in a height direction of the arrangement. 
     
     
         27 . The arrangement of  claim 24 , wherein the base limb comprises a supporting part designed to rest against an outer side of the tap in an assembled end position of the clamping apparatus and to generate on the tap a supporting force, which is directed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tap. 
     
     
         28 . The arrangement of  claim 16 , wherein the clamping apparatus includes at least two separate clamping elements having a pin-shaped configuration, said clamping elements each having a clamping end, which is designed to rest against the worktop in a clamping manner and formed by a pin end and a claw part that is arranged on the pin end. 
     
     
         29 . The arrangement of  claim 28 , wherein the claw part is a U-shaped part, which rests with its free limb edges on the worktop in a clawed manner. 
     
     
         30 . The arrangement of  claim 16 , wherein the clamping apparatus rests against an outer side of the tap only in a linear contact. 
     
     
         31 . The arrangement of  claim 16 , further comprising a screw nut that is different from the clamping apparatus and designed to fasten the tap to the sink. 
     
     
         32 . A method for mounting a sink of an arrangement on a worktop of the arrangement, the method comprising:
 inserting the sink into a receiving opening of the worktop;   attaching a clamping apparatus to a sink wall of the sink;   setting an end position of the sink in the receiving opening by actuating the clamping apparatus and clamping the clamping apparatus on an underside of the worktop, so that the sink is clamped at least in a height direction of the arrangement on the worktop; and   automatically setting a position securing arrangement of the tap by the clamping apparatus by moving the clamping apparatus toward the tap, when the clamping apparatus is clamped on the underside of the worktop, thereby positioning the clamping apparatus in contact with the tap in such a way that a supporting force is generated perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tap on the tap by the clamping apparatus in its function as a position securing unit.   
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the clamping apparatus is pivoted toward the tap, when the clamping apparatus is clamped on the underside of the worktop. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 32 , further comprising mounting the clamping apparatus with at least two spaced-apart, in particular end-side and L-shaped, coupling angle sections of a single-piece coupling angle of the clamping apparatus directly on the sink wall that is separate from the clamping apparatus, so that the sink is pulled downward and clamped in the height direction by a clamping force of the clamping apparatus which clamping force acts in the height direction during clamping. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 34 , wherein the clamping force is generated at at least two separate clamping points during the clamping, and the coupling angle is tilted about a horizontal axis during the clamping to thereby bring a supporting part of the coupling angle into abutment with an outer side of the tap and to build up the supporting force on the tap.