US 11,987,965 B2
Sink with movable insert plate and sealing sleeve for a lifting unit
Andreas Wölfler, Saalfelden (AT); Benjamin Reu, Prien am Chiemsee (DE); and Jörg Sukale, Altenmarkt a.d. Alz (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/779,582
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/081741
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/104874, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019218644.0 (DE), filed on Nov. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003010 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. E03C 1/186 (2019.01)
CPC E03C 1/186 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sink, comprising:
a basin including a base wall and lateral walls adjoining the base wall, said basin including a receiving area delimited by the base wall and the lateral walls;
an insert plate separate from the basin and inserted into the receiving area;
a lifting device configured to move the insert plate relative to the basin and including a lifting unit;
an elastic sealing sleeve separate from the lifting unit and surrounding the lifting unit, and
a plate receiver, wherein said sealing sleeve includes an upper edge which is clamped between the plate receiver and an upper face of an upper lifting segment of the lifting unit.