AT17597U1 - Cladding system with heating and/or cooling device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cladding system with a heating and/or cooling device. A cladding system (1) with a heating and/or cooling device, in which an air-conditioning pipe (2) is fixed in an approximately omega-shaped receptacle (5) of a heat-conducting profile (3) and the heat-conducting profile (3) is made of roll-formed sheet metal attached to a wall or a ceiling via a support device (7), with further improved properties, it is proposed that the heat-conducting profile (3) has at least one latching lug (21) in an outer area of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle (5). and a spring-elastic latching arm (22) corresponding to the latching lug (21) is provided on the carrying device (7).

Description

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COVERING SYSTEM WITH HEATING AND/OR COOLING DEVICE

The present invention relates to a cladding system with a heating and/or cooling device.

[0002] DE 20 2010 011 801 U1 discloses a wall and ceiling paneling with a heating and/or cooling device in the form of an air-conditioning pipe through which an appropriately temperature-controlled fluid flows. The air-conditioning tube is fixed in a heat-conducting profile, which in turn is fastened with several heat-conducting profiles arranged parallel to one another in a bracket which runs perpendicular to the heat-conducting profiles and is suspended at end pieces between two parallel mounting rails. The support rails are attached to parallel support beams at constant intervals and form a substructure fixed to a wall or ceiling, as is generally known to the person skilled in the art as so-called stud frame from drywall construction. Cladding panels are attached to a plane formed by the support rails and the heat-conducting profiles, in particular in the form of plasterboard panels.

DE 20 2018 103 991 U1 discloses a modification of this structure by providing a mounting rail as a system rail with integrally integrated connecting elements, which are designed as stamped and bent parts for latching heat-conducting profiles provided with corresponding latches. These mounting rails are suitable for direct mounting on a mounting surface, i.e. a wall or a ceiling. This mounting rail as well as the heat-conducting profiles are made of roll-formed sheet steel strips.

The systems described above have basically proven themselves.

The object of the present invention is to provide a cladding system with further improved properties.

This object is achieved by the features of claim 1 in that a cladding system with a heating and / or cooling device in which an air-conditioning tube is fixed in an approximately omega-shaped receptacle of a heat-conducting profile and the heat-conducting profile roll-formed sheet metal is fastened to a wall or a ceiling via a support device, characterized in that the heat-conducting profile has at least one locking lug in an outer area of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle and a corresponding spring-elastic locking arm is provided on the support device. Using proven technology, the heat-conducting profile made of roll-formed sheet metal is redesigned according to the invention so that at least one locking lug is now provided in an outer area of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle instead of the two known locking arms of comparatively large length. Furthermore, a locking mechanism that can be produced quickly and reliably can be produced on a carrying device in that a carrying device now has a spring-elastic locking arm that corresponds to this locking lug. A significant advantage of a cladding system according to the invention is that the formation of a locking lug on the heat-conducting profile requires significantly less sheet metal and this advantageous saving is essentially retained by forming a locking arm on the support device. Compared to known devices, this material saving significantly reduces the respective weight and thus opens up significant cost advantages when using known manufacturing processes based only on sheet metal processing. This design of a heat-conducting profile has a significantly simplified cross-sectional area. In addition, a proportion of a surface of the heat-conducting profile is increased, which is used effectively for heat transport in conjunction with a room to be air-conditioned.

At the same time, the fully elastic property of roll-formed sheet steel is always sufficient to form the approximately omega-shaped receptacle for the defined and secure receptacle of the air-conditioning tube. This means that a climate tube can be flexibly fixed in the heat-conducting profile itself with a freely selectable length of the climate tube with a short-term spring-elastic expansion of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle after completion of the other assembly work. For example, in a meandering form, any length of an air-conditioning pipe that can be selected can be

Heat conducting profile sections fixed parallel to one another on a ceiling and cut to length as required can be laid to cover every conceivable surface shape of a wall or ceiling.

[0008] Advantageous developments are the subject matter of the dependent claims. Accordingly, in an outer area of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle, the heat-conducting profile has two latching lugs arranged in a mirror-symmetrical manner, and two latching arms are provided in a mirror-symmetrical manner on the carrying device. These latching arms are preferably designed to partially encompass the approximately omega-shaped receptacle of the heat-conducting profile. This feature creates equally strong springy arms at the roughly omega-shaped receptacle.

In an advantageous development of the above-mentioned embodiment, the heat-conducting profile has two mirror-symmetrically arranged latching lugs in an outer area of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle, and two latching arms are provided on the support device that are mirror-symmetrical and partially encompass the approximately omega-shaped receptacle of the heat-conducting profile , which are formed in the form of defined sections on the support device. The support device forms a symmetrical load for the heat-conducting profile.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the carrying device is designed as a clip made of plastic. In this way, the heat-conducting profile made of aluminum with good thermal conductivity is advantageously largely decoupled from the rest of the substructure of the wall or ceiling paneling in contact with the plastic of the clip, which significantly inhibits the outflow of heat or cold. A flow of heat can thus essentially only run between the heat-conducting profile and the air-conditioning tube fixed therein. A release or absorption of heat is thus better concentrated on the heat-conducting profile. Plastic parts are also very advantageous in terms of their comparatively low production costs, even with a more complex shape, with sufficiently high mechanical strength and corrosion resistance compared to stamped and bent parts made of sheet metal.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the locking arms of the support device open into a base. This base is formed on the support device in a fully installed state, in particular in the area of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle of the heat-conducting profile.

[0012] According to an advantageous further development, latching arms are provided on the base of the support device, which are designed to latch the support device to a support rail and preferably also have predetermined breaking points. These predetermined breaking points are designed for the targeted removal of these latching arms from the base, so that a base of the support device can also be fixed directly to a wall or ceiling.

For this purpose, in one embodiment of the invention, the base also has a recess through which the support device can be fixed directly via the base, in particular screwed.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the support device is adjustable in height. This height adjustment is implemented in particular via a screw connection on the base, which, in addition to setting up a predetermined distance, can also be used to easily compensate for smaller and larger tolerances, for example between a ceiling surface and a heat-conducting profile.

In a further development of the above embodiment of the invention, a base is formed on a T-piece of the screw connection for direct attachment to a wall, in particular through recesses in the base of the T-piece for the implementation of screw connections.

Further features and advantages of embodiments according to the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to exemplary embodiments based on the drawing. It shows in a schematic representation:

[0017] FIG. 1: a sectional view of a first exemplary embodiment of a heat-conducting profile with an air-conditioning tube indicated therein;

[0018] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the heat-conducting profile with a carrying device according to the first exemplary embodiment;

Figures 3a to 3d: Views of the embodiment of a cladding system according to Figure 2 with a modification;

Figures 4a to 4c: Views of a second embodiment of a cladding system in representations according to Figures 3a to 3c and

[0021] FIG. 5: a side view of two designs of a known cladding system.

The same reference symbols are always used below for the same elements across the various figures and exemplary embodiments. Without restricting the invention to this application, only one use of a cladding system on a ceiling is described below. An adjustment to an application, e.g. on a wall, can be implemented by a specialist without any problems.

Figure 5 shows two designs of a known cladding system 1 of a ceiling not shown in a side view. The wall and ceiling cladding shown is equipped as a cladding system 1 with a heating and/or cooling device in the form of an air-conditioning pipe 2 through which an appropriately temperature-controlled fluid flows. Two air-conditioning pipes 2 are fixed here in a heat-conducting profile 3, with the heat-conducting profile 3 having several sections as a roll-formed, galvanized sheet steel: a first horizontal section 4a, which has part of an omega-shaped receptacle 5 for a first air-conditioning pipe 2 in a latching arm 6 and continues in one piece from there to a second part of the omega-shaped receptacle 5 back into a middle horizontal section 4b, to which another omega-shaped receptacle 5 for a second air-conditioning tube 2 with a latching arm 6 and one final horizontal section 4c connects. The omega-shaped receptacles 5 are spring-elastic to the extent that an air-conditioning tube 2 is held pressed in through their opening permanently and securely over a length of the heat-conducting profile 3 . This heat-conducting profile 3 is constructed as a mirror image of a central axis M, so that the latching arms 6 are aligned so that they latch in opposite directions.

Figure 5 shows two known types of self-locking suspension of the heat-conducting profiles 3, each equipped with two air-conditioning tubes 2, on a support device 7: In the upper half of Figure 5, one of several support rails 8 running parallel to one another at certain distances has a approximately T-shaped and about 90 ° bent punch 9, wherein the punch 9 is also symmetrical. Free ends 10 of this punched portion 9 serve as latching lugs on which the latching arms 6 of the heat-conducting profile 3 engage in a resilient manner. This arrangement essentially corresponds to the teaching of DE 20 2018 103 991 U1.

In the lower half of Figure 5, however, a U-shaped anchor bracket 11 is arranged horizontally displaceable on the support rail 9 in the manner indicated by the double arrow instead of a punched 9 on the support rail 8. The anchor bracket 11 has, as a sheet metal body, likewise T-shaped legs 12 with free ends 10 . As described above, these ends 10 in turn serve as latching lugs for spring-elastic engagement of the latching arms 6 of the heat-conducting profile 3.

In any case, the support rail 8 is suspended here from a surface of a ceiling, not shown, by a so-called vernier bracket 13 . In order to form a suspended ceiling, support rails 8 are fixed parallel to one another in this way on the ceiling at constant intervals. Such substructures are basically known to the person skilled in the art of dry construction in terms of their dimensioning and design and are therefore not described further at this point, since exemplary embodiments according to the invention are also seamlessly integrated into this area.

The sections 4a, 4b, 4c form a flat horizontal surface on the heat-conducting profile 3

4 with a free outer side 14, which creates a distance d to the mounting rail 8. A thin layer of plasterboard panels 15 is fixed to this free outer side 14 as a uniform conclusion of the cladding system 1 . A solid connection of the layer of plasterboard 15 to a wall 16 is formed here by a U-profile 17.

Figure 1 shows a sectional view of a first embodiment of a new type of cladding system 1 analogous to the view of Figure 5, which has compared to the prior art described above further improved properties. The heat-conducting profile 3 is designed as a roll-formed sheet of galvanized steel with an approximately omega-shaped receptacle 5 for an air-conditioning tube 2 . In the area of the horizontal surface 4 of the heat-conducting profile 3, oblong holes 20 have been added compared to the illustration in FIG. 5, which serve as an effective means of positively influencing room acoustics. A further improvement in the room acoustics is achieved if in the manner indicated in the sectional view of Figure 1 also with the elongated holes 20 aligned recesses are provided in the plasterboard 15 after a finished construction of the cladding system 1 on the free Outside 14 of the horizontal surface 4 of the heat-conducting profile 3 is preferably fixed by screwing, as already shown and described in Figure 5. The resilience of the heat-conducting profile 3 is basically sufficient for pressing in the air-conditioning tube 2 and subsequently holding it securely and permanently. After the heat-conducting profile 3 has been installed, e.g. Should an increase nevertheless be desired, the formation of an additional spring-groove 19 in the area of a central axis M is a possibility, as indicated by dots in FIG. The heat-conducting profile 3 has two latching lugs 21 arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another on the approximately omega-shaped receptacle 5 . The latching lugs 21 replace the latching arm 6 from FIG. The heat-conducting profile 3 from FIG. 1 thus has a thermally active surface which is significantly larger than the total surface area of the known design from FIG.

A corresponding spring-elastic locking arm 22 is provided for each locking lug 21 on the associated support device 7, as shown in FIG. This second exemplary embodiment thus represents a reversal of the prior art according to FIG. 5: Instead of latching arms 6, there are now two mirror-symmetrically on the support device 7 and the approximately omega-shaped receptacle 5 of the heat-conducting profile 3, at least at the latching lugs 21, partially encompasses them and here as two sections designed latching arms 22 are provided, as shown in the perspective view of the cladding system according to FIG.

These latching arms 22 end in a base 23 . Opposite the latching arms 22 , latching arms 24 are then provided on this base 23 , which are designed to latch the carrying device 7 to the carrying rail 8 (not shown in any more detail). The support device 7 is thus designed to form a cross connection between a support rail 8 and the heat-conducting profile 3 . Recesses 25 are also provided in the latching arms 24, through which the latching arms 24 can also be fixed to the mounting rail 8. This support rail 8 is a standard component from drywall and is therefore not shown here.

The carrying device 7 also has predetermined breaking points 26 which are designed for the purposeful removal of these latching arms 24 from the base 23. Thus, the base 23 could also be fixed directly on the mounting rail 7 or a wall or ceiling. For this purpose, a central recess 27 is provided in the base 23, through which a screw connection is defined and can be carried out safely.

The sequence of Figures 3a to 3d shows three additional views of the first embodiment of a cladding system 1 according to Figure 1 and also a modification in the form of a multiple support device. In this exemplary embodiment and for subsequent modifications, the carrying device 7 is designed as a clip made of plastic, as a result of which a shape is given additional degrees of freedom compared to stamped and bent parts made of sheet metal. Accordingly,

the locking arms 22 in a one-piece formation of the entire support device 7 in a base 23 which is provided in an installation position, in particular in the area of the spring-groove 19. In a modification according to FIG. 3d, three supporting devices 7 according to FIG. Units of this type with two or even four supporting devices 7 connected to one another in one piece in the manner described are also not shown in any more detail. All the features of an individual supporting device 7 otherwise described above are also carried out here without a detailed description. In a type of multiple use, all forms of use or attachment are possible with more rational attachment.

Figures 4a to 4c are views of a second embodiment of a cladding system 1 in three representations analogous to the illustrations of Figures 3a to 3c. The essential difference to the second exemplary embodiment is that the support device 7 is designed in two parts and is adjustable in height, which is realized here by a screw connection 28 . This screw connection 28 fixes the base 23 in a height-adjustable, rotatable manner on a T-piece 29 with a slight incline, as indicated by arrows in the figures. The T-piece 29 in turn is designed for direct attachment to a wall, for example. Openings 30 are provided on a base of the T-piece 29 for this purpose. Both components of the support device 7 are in turn designed here as plastic parts that are produced in an injection molding process. From the base 23 to the heat-conducting profile 3, the support device 7 is then constructed as already shown and described for the second exemplary embodiment.

Across all exemplary embodiments, preference is given to carrying out the carrying device 7 in one piece as far as possible from plastic. Thus, in the first exemplary embodiment, the anchor angle 11 can also be produced as a U-shaped bracket made of plastic, instead of using the already known component made of sheet metal. The support device 7 thus acts as a thermal decoupling of the heat-conducting profile 3 in relation to a support rail 8 with a possible adjoining substructure, such as is constructed in a manner known to those skilled in the art, usually from standardized metal parts adapted to a particular application.

REFERENCE LIST

1 cladding system with heating and/or cooling device

2 air conditioning pipe

3 heat conducting profile

4 horizontal surface of the heat-conducting profile 3 4a, 4b, 4c horizontal partial sections of the surface 4

5 omega shaped mount

6 locking arm

7 carrying device

8 support rail

9 Punched out, approximately T-shaped and bent up by approx. 90°

10 locking lug as the free end 10 of the punch-out 9

11 anchor angles as sheet metal body

12 T-shaped leg 12 of anchor bracket 11

13 vernier bars

14 free outside of the flat horizontal surface 4

15 plasterboard sheets

16 wall

17 U-angle profile

19 tongue and groove

20 slot of the horizontal surface 4 and the plate 15

21 _Locking lug of the heat conducting profile 3

22 Locking arm of the support device 7 for fixing the heat-conducting profile 3 to the locking lugs 21

23 base of the carrying device 7

24 locking arm of the support device 7 for fixing to a support rail 8

25 Recess in locking arm 24 for fixing to support rail 8

26 line of weakness

27 recess, centrally in the base 23

28 screw connection for height adjustment

29 T-piece for direct attachment to a ceiling etc.

30 Hole for bolting through base of T-piece 29

d Distance between plasterboard and mounting rail 8

M Central axis of the heat-conducting profile 3.

Claims (9)

Expectations 1. Cladding system (1) with a heating and/or cooling device, in which an air-conditioning pipe (2) is fixed in an approximately omega-shaped receptacle (5) of a heat-conducting profile (3) and the heat-conducting profile (3) consists of roll-formed sheet metal is attached to a wall or a ceiling via a support device (7), characterized in that the heat-conducting profile (3) has at least one latching lug (21) in an outer area of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle (5) and on the support device (7) a spring-elastic locking arm (22) corresponding to the locking lug (21) is provided. 2. Cladding system (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the heat-conducting profile (3) has two mirror-symmetrically arranged locking lugs (21) in an outer area of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle (5) and on the supporting device (7) two in relation on which the approximately omega-shaped receptacle (5) of the heat-conducting profile (3) is provided with mirror-symmetrically arranged latching arms (22), preferably partially encompassing the approximately omega-shaped receptacle (5) of the heat-conducting profile (3). 3. Cladding system (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the locking arms (22) are formed in the form of defined sections on the support device (7). 4. cladding system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support device (7) is designed as a clip made of plastic. 5. Cladding system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the locking arms (22) of the support device (7) open into a base (23) which is attached to the support device (7) in a fully installed state, in particular in the area of the approximately omega-shaped receptacle (5) of the heat-conducting profile (2) is formed. 6. Cladding system (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that latching arms (24) of the support device (7) on the base (23) are then provided, which are designed to latch the support device (7) on a support rail (8). and preferably have predetermined breaking points (26) which are designed for the targeted removal of these latching arms (24) from the base (23), the base (23) having a recess (27). 7. cladding system (1) according to one of the two preceding claims, characterized in that the support device (7) is adjustable in height. 8. Cladding system (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the support device (7) via a screw connection (28) on the base (23) is designed to be adjustable in height. 9. Cladding system (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that a base on a T-piece (29) of the screw connection (28) is designed for direct attachment to a wall, in particular by recesses (30). 4 sheets of drawings