US 12,331,501 B2
Sink with feed chain or spindle drive for an insert plate with an adjustable height
Andreas Wölfler, Saalfelden (AT); Benjamin Reu, Prien am Chiemsee (DE); Ingo Abels, Siegsdorf (DE); and Brigitte Meyer, Chieming (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/776,651
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/081728
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/104870, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019218651.3 (DE), filed on Nov. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0376698 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. E03C 1/186 (2019.01); E03C 1/324 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/186 (2013.01) [E03C 1/324 (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; and
a lifting device configured to move the insert plate relative to the basin in a height direction, said lifting device including a lifting unit with a variable length, said lifting unit including a lifting mechanism embodied as a feed chain or a spindle drive,
wherein the lifting device includes a receiving housing arranged under the base wall, and wherein the feed chain or the spindle drive is arranged in an interior of the receiving housing when the lifting device is in a retracted position.