BE1025403A1 - SCREEN DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

Screening device (1) comprising - a roof (2), which comprises a beam (3) with an internal channel (6); - a headboard (7) for securing the beam (3) to an adjacent structural element (4), which is provided with a through-flow opening (8) and a connecting spout-shaped piece (9), to allow precipitation from the inner gutter (6) ) flowing into a cavity (10) of the adjacent structural element (4); - a collector (11) which can be fitted between the girder (3) and the adjoining structural element (4), connecting to the spout-shaped piece (9) and connecting to the cavity (10), for passing discharged precipitate from the spout-shaped piece (9) to the cavity (10), the spout-shaped piece (9) being arranged on top of an edge (12) of the collector (11); and mounting means (13, 14) for mounting the collector (11) in height adjustable at a plurality of points (15) in the screening device (1).

Description

SCREEN DEVICE

This invention relates to a screen device comprising a roof, which comprises a beam, wherein this beam is attachable to at least one adjacent structural element of the screen device and comprises an internal gutter for discharging precipitation incident on the roof;

a headboard which can be attached to or forms part of an end of the beam, for fixing the beam to the adjacent structural element and which is provided with a flow-through opening and a spout-shaped piece connecting to this flow-through opening, through this flow-through opening and this spout-shaped allowing a piece of precipitate from the inner gutter to flow into a cavity of the adjacent structural element;

and a collector which can be fitted between the girder and the adjacent structural element, connecting to the spout-shaped part of the headboard and connecting to the cavity of the adjacent structural element, for passing the discharged precipitate from the spout-shaped part to the cavity of the adjacent structural element, wherein the spout-shaped piece is arranged on top of an edge of the collector.

Screening devices to which this invention relates are generally arranged to screen off or, on the contrary, to free up an outside location. Such screening devices are often arranged at homes, restaurants, shops and the like in order to protect an outside terrace or the like from sun rays, precipitation and / or wind or, on the contrary, to temporarily let in sun rays. These screen devices can be designed in the form of awnings, pergolas, verandas, patio roofs, carports, etc.

Such a screen structure typically comprises a roof structure (roof) that is at least partially supported by columns. The roof usually comprises several beams as construction elements, which are assembled into one or more frames. Such a frame is typically on four (or more) columns

BE2017 / 5506 is supported or is typically still attached to a wall on one or more sides for support and supported by two (or more) columns on another side. The columns are - just like the beams - construction elements of the screening device. A girder can be attached to an adjacent girder as an adjacent structural element and / or to a column as an adjacent structural element.

The canopy may be fixed, or may comprise a retractable and unrollable screen, or may comprise rotatable and / or retractable slats, etc. Such screen devices are also often provided with electrical equipment such as lighting and / or heating. Furthermore, these screen devices are often also provided laterally with screens to screen the gap between two columns. This opening can for instance be protected with a screen that can be rolled up and unrolled on a screen roll. It is also possible that sliding walls are provided herein.

With beams that are hollow and provided with an internal gutter in their cavity, with said end plates with through-flow opening and spout-shaped piece, with posts that are hollow and with the help of said collectors it is possible to deposit precipitation in such screen devices in a targeted manner to be disposed of centrally. The pipes for water drainage are nicely integrated into the beams and columns, whereby these can be assembled in a flexible way with the help of the headboards.

Such a screening device with a said headboard and a said collector is known, for example, from WO2015104675A1. A problem with such screen devices, however, is ensuring the watertightness of the connection of the spout-shaped piece on top of the edge of the collector. The risk of strapping of a seal fitted between them is quite large. With lighter beams, the collector must also be pulled against the spout-shaped piece, as a result of which such a seal is often damaged. When attracting the collector against the spout-shaped part, it is difficult to ensure both watertightness and the different parts of the screen device to each other in an aesthetic manner

BE2017 / 5506 to close. The accuracy of placement of the adjacent structural elements also plays a major role in terms of watertightness.

The object of the present invention is to at least partially address the aforementioned problems and to achieve an improved watertightness of the said connection.

This object is achieved by providing a screening device comprising a canopy, which comprises a girder, said girder being attachable to at least one adjacent structural element of the screening device and comprising an internal gutter for discharging precipitation incident on the canopy;

a headboard which can be attached to or forms part of an end of the beam, for fixing the beam to the adjacent structural element and which is provided with a flow-through opening and a spout-shaped piece connecting to this flow-through opening, through this flow-through opening and this spout-shaped allowing a piece of precipitate from the inner gutter to flow into a cavity of the adjacent structural element;

a collector that can be fitted between the girder and the adjacent structural element, connecting to the spout-shaped part of the headboard and connecting to the cavity of the adjacent structural element, for passing the discharged precipitate from the spout-shaped part to the cavity of the adjacent structural element, wherein the spout-shaped piece is arranged on top of an edge of the collector;

and fixing means for fixing the collector in the screen device adjustable in height at several points.

By providing the collector with height-adjustable attachment for several positions in the screen device, there is more control over its positioning, independent of the correct alignment of other parts of the

BE2017 / 5506 screen device relative to each other. This way, you can have this collector connect more precisely to the spout-shaped piece, without damaging the seal.

By providing the collector with height adjustment at two points, a certain tilt can already be realized with respect to the spout-shaped part.

However, the collector is preferably provided with height-adjustable at least 3 points, which are not all aligned, so that the collector can be tilted in several directions with respect to this spout-shaped part.

Said adjacent construction element can here for instance be another beam of the screening device or can be a column of the screening device. Where the adjacent structural element is an adjacent beam, precipitation is typically passed through the collector between the beams. Where the adjacent structural element is a column, precipitation fed through the collector is discharged via this column.

Where this adjacent structural element is a column, this collector can be provided in height-adjustable manner on top of the column. The column itself is then preferably provided with a drain pipe in its cavity. The collector is then preferably provided with a connecting piece for connecting it to this discharge tube to allow precipitation to flow into the cavity of the column.

The fixing means preferably comprise a fixing body that forms part of or is attached to the beam and / or the adjacent structural element for fixing the collector adjustable in height thereto. This fastening body can herein for instance form part of or be attached to the said headboard.

Such a screening device can comprise one such fixing body for all points, or can comprise several fixing bodies, each of which is provided for adjusting the height of the collector at one or more of the said points. For simplicity of assembly, only one such fastening body is preferably provided for all points.

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In a preferred embodiment, said mounting body extends above the collector in the mounted state at the said points. The collector is then suspended at said points from this mounting body and is pulled more or less towards this mounting body to provide it with height adjustment.

The fixing means preferably comprise per point a set screw for fixing the collector adjustable in height at that point to the fixing body.

With said fixing body extending above the collector and said adjusting screws as fixing means, the collector is preferably provided per point with a cavity with internal thread corresponding to the external thread of the corresponding adjusting screw. Around this cavity, the collector is preferably provided with an upright edge, which is designed to be tapered towards the fixing body. With the aid of such an upstanding edge, precipitation which is passed through the collector can easily be kept away from the cavity with internal screw thread delimited therewith.

At least one mentioned point is in a screen device according to the present invention, in the mounted state, preferably arranged adjacent to the spout-shaped piece.

If several spout-shaped pieces of several head pieces can connect to a plurality of beams on such a collector, such a point is preferably provided at the height of each of these spout-shaped pieces.

The said edge of the collector preferably comprises at least one introducing cavity, in which the spout-shaped piece can be arranged to be arranged on top of this edge.

A plurality of such insertion cavities can be provided for connecting a plurality of corresponding spout-shaped pieces to this collector. A collector

BE2017 / 5506 can, for example, be provided as standard with the maximum number of such insertion cavities that could be required in a screening device, wherein these insertion cavities can be initially closed with the aid of an insertion element. Where necessary, this fill-in element can then be broken away to make way for a spout-shaped piece to be arranged therein.

A screening device according to the present invention preferably further comprises a sealing means which is arranged at the height of said edge of the collector between the collector and the spout-shaped piece.

Different types of sealants can be used for this purpose. This sealant can be applied, for example, in the form of a silicone. However, this is quite cumbersome and less reliable, since the correctness of its application is highly dependent on the people who mount the screen device. This sealing means is therefore preferably provided in the form of a seal.

The said edge of the collector is preferably provided with an upright edge in addition to this seal, which edge is less high than the seal.

With the aid of such an upright edge it can be prevented that the seal would be damaged by pulling the collector too hard against the harness.

The seal itself is preferably provided centrally with an upstanding rib that is bounded on either side by a groove in the seal. In this way, when the collector is pulled against the spout-shaped part, the material of the seal can be nicely distributed without the seal being broken. If the said edge of the collector is thereby also provided with a said raised edge, the grooves in the seal preferably come below this raised edge, while the raised rib rises above this raised edge.

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In a special embodiment, the seal and the collector form part of the same piece. This again reduces the risk of misalignment of the seal due to, for example, congestion, and possibly damage to the rib. The seal can be formed with the collector, for example, by co-injection molding.

In a specific embodiment, the collector is designed as a collecting bowl. In such an embodiment in which a said seal is provided, this seal, when mounted, is preferably arranged over the entire upper edge of the collecting bowl.

This invention will now be further elucidated with reference to the following detailed description of some preferred screen devices according to the present invention. The purpose of this description is only to provide clarifying examples and to indicate further advantages and details of this invention, and thus can in no way be interpreted as a limitation of the scope of the invention or of the patent rights claimed in the claims.

In this detailed description reference is made to the accompanying drawings by reference numerals, wherein

Figure 1 shows two beams of a first embodiment of a screening device according to the present invention, which are mutually coupled with the aid of headboards, shown in perspective, without collector or mounting means;

Figure 2 shows perspective views of the first embodiment of a screen device according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a collector of the first embodiment of a screen device according to the present invention;

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Figure 4 shows the mutually coupled beams from Figure 1 in perspective, with the fixing means from Figure 2 and the collector from Figure 3 attached to this;

Figure 5 shows a beam of figure 1 to which the fastening means of figure 2 are attached, are shown in perspective, cut along the longitudinal direction of the beam;

Figure 6 shows the mutually coupled beams from Figure 1 in perspective, with the fixing means from Figure 2 and the collector from Figure 3 attached to it, with a cover plate attached to the bottom of the collector with the aid of a fixing plate;

Figure 7 shows the support structure of a screen device according to the present invention in perspective.

The screen device (1) shown in Figure 7 comprises a plurality of beams (3), as structural elements, which are assembled into frames, which are attached to existing buildings (32) on the one hand and supported by several columns (5) on the other hand elements of the screen device (1).

The screening device (1) also comprises fill-in elements, not shown, for forming a movable or non-movable fill of the frames as a cover (2) and any non-shown movable or non-movable wall-forming fill-in elements.

Input elements for filling in the frames as a canopy (2) can be fixed input elements or movable input elements. The movable fill elements are typically screens that can be rolled up and unwind on a screen roll and / or tiltable and / or slidable slats, etc. The movable fill elements form a watertight roof in the closed position, which is typically drained towards the beams (3) and from there via adjacent beams (3) and / or columns (5). By shifting and / or rotating slats and / or by rolling up a screen, this roof can be opened and / or closed at least partially so as to allow or allow the sun and / or wind to pass through as desired.

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Wall-forming fill-in elements are typically intended to screen openings under the roof (2) between columns (5). These can also be permanently arranged fill-in elements or movable fill-in elements. Movable fill-in elements are typically roll-up and unrollable screens or wall elements on a screen roll that are slidably arranged with respect to each other, etc.

The beams (3) and columns (5) or parts thereof can for instance be manufactured from aluminum via extrusion. It is also conceivable to manufacture these beams (3) and columns (5), for example from steel, or from stainless steel, or from wood, etc.

The girders (3) are hollow and provided with an internal gutter (6) for draining off precipitation that falls on the roof (2). Optionally, one or more columns (5) are also hollow for the further discharge of this precipitate from the girders (3).

The beams (3) and the columns (5) are connected to each other with the aid of end plates (7, 22). An example of such a coupling of a girder (3) to an adjacent girder (4) as an adjacent construction element is shown in Figure 1. With a slightly adapted headboard, such a girder (3) can also be coupled to a column ( 5) as an adjacent construction element.

The head partitions (7, 22) each comprise a through-flow opening (8) which, after attachment of the head part (7, 22), connects to a corresponding beam (3, 4) on its internal channel (6), in order to connect this beam ( 3) allowing discharged precipitate to flow therethrough or allow precipitation to flow through an adjacent girder (3) into the cavity (10) of this girder (4) for further discharge via its internal gutter (6).

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The screening device (1) further comprises collectors (11) corresponding to the headboards (7, 22), which are provided for subsequent mounting on the flow-through opening (8), as can be seen in figures 4 to 6.

Subsequent to the flow-through opening (8), the head partitions (7, 22) comprise a spout-shaped piece (9, 23).

The collectors (11) are designed as a collecting bowl, which have four insertion cavities (17) at their upper edge (12), so that the necessary spout-shaped pieces (9, 23) can be arranged therein. In the collector (11) shown, two of the four insertion cavities (17) are provided with a fill-in element (31). It is possible to initially provide all the insertion cavities (17) with such an insertion element (31) and to release only those insertion cavities (17) where a connection of a spout-shaped piece (9) is required thereon.

In the figures a collector (11) is shown, which is provided for a connection between two beams (3, 4), without support of a column (5), to thereby deposit the internal gutter (6) from the one beam ( 3) transfer to the internal gutter (6) of the other beam (4).

This screening device (1) can optionally also comprise one or more collectors which are provided for connecting a beam (3) to a column (5), wherein this collector is then preferably provided with a connecting piece for connecting this collector to a drain pipe that can be arranged in the cavity of the column (5).

To attach the collector (11), the screening device (1) comprises a mounting body (13) which can be attached to the headboards (7, 22) and is provided for this purpose with holes (29), in which shafts (30) are attached to the headboards (7, 22) can be fitted. Channels of this fastening body (13) are provided with set screws (14) which are provided with an external screw thread at the bottom, corresponding to internal screw thread in cavities (15) provided in the collector (11). By turning these set screws (14) relative to the fastening body (13), the collector (11) is thus height-adjusted at four points (15)

BE2017 / 5506 displaced relative to this fastening body (13). The inclination of the collector (11) can be adjusted in this way relative to both beams (3, 4) and this regardless of the accuracy with which both beams (3, 4) are aligned with respect to each other.

The said points (15) are each arranged adjacent to a said insertion cavity (17). Around the cavities (15), the collector (11) is provided with an upstanding edge (16), which is designed to be tapered towards the fixing body (13). Precipitation that flows through the collector (11) is thus kept away from these cavities (15).

After accurate positioning of the collector (11), a mounting plate (27) can be attached to the bottom, for example with the aid of a screw which engages in the central channel (25) in the collector (11). This can optionally be attracted through the central channel (24) in the mounting body (13). A finishing plate (26) can be attached below, wherein the slope of the finishing plate (26) relative to the slope of the collector (11) can be adjusted, for example, by means of spacers (28), the height of which can be adjusted for this purpose, by breaking off or sawing off at least a part of these spacers (28). The aesthetic end result of the connection of the beams (3, 4) is thus completely disconnected from the positioning of the collector (11).

The upper edge (12) of the collector (11) is provided with a seal (18) which, when mounted, seals the connection between the collector (11) and the spout-shaped part (9, 23). In addition to this seal (18), the upper edge (12) is provided with an upstanding edge (21), which defines the limit to which the collector (11) can be attracted to the spout-shaped piece (9, 23), so that the seal (18) ) cannot be damaged, but still ensures a sufficient seal. The seal (18) is further provided with a centrally raised rib (19) which rises above this raised edge (21) and which is bounded on either side by a groove (20)

BE2017 / 5506 in the seal (18), which comes less high than the raised edge (21), in order to further limit the risk of damage to the seal (18).

Claims (15)

CONCLUSIONS A display device (1) comprising - a canopy (2), which comprises a beam (3), said beam (3) being attachable to at least one adjacent structural element (4) of the screening device (1) and comprising an internal gutter (6) for discharge of precipitation incident on the roof (2); - a headboard (7) that can be attached to or forms part of an end of the beam (3), for fixing the beam (3) to the adjacent structural element (4) and which is provided with a through-flow opening (8) and a spout-shaped piece (9) connecting to this flow-through opening (8), around this flow-through opening (8) and this spout-shaped piece (9) is deposited from the inner gutter (6) in a cavity (10) of the adjacent structural element (9) 4) to flow; - and a collector (11) that can be fitted between the beam (3) and the adjacent structural element (4), connecting to the spout-shaped part (9) of the headboard (7) and connecting to the cavity (10) of the adjacent structural element (4), for passing the discharged precipitate from the spout-shaped part (9) to the cavity (10) of the adjacent structural element (4), the spout-shaped part (9) on top of an edge ( 12) from the collector (11); characterized in that the screening device (1) comprises fastening means (13, 14) for mounting the collector (11) in height adjustable at a plurality of points (15) in the screening device (1). Screening device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the fixing means (13, 14) comprise a fixing body (13) that forms part of or is attached to the girder (3) and / or the adjacent BE2017 / 5506 structural element (4) for mounting the collector (11) in height-adjustable position. Screening device (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the mounting body (13) extends above the collector (11) in the mounted state at the said points (15). Screening device (1) according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the fixing means (13, 14) comprise a set screw (14) per point (15) for fixing height-adjustable at that point (15) the collector (11) on the mounting body (13). Screening device (1) according to claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the collector (11) is provided per point (15) with a cavity with internal screw thread (15) corresponding to the external screw thread of the corresponding set screw (14) and around this cavity (14) comprises an upright edge (16) which, viewed in the mounted state, is designed to be rejuvenated towards the fixing body (13). Screening device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one said point (15) is arranged in the mounted state adjacent to the spout-shaped part (9). Screening device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the said edge (12) of the collector (11) comprises at least one introducing cavity (17), in which the spout-shaped piece (9) can be arranged to mount it on top of this edge (12). Screening device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the screening device (1) comprises a sealing means (18) which BE2017 / 5506 mounted state at the said edge (12) of the collector (11) is arranged between the collector (11) and the spout-shaped piece (9). Screening device (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that the sealing means (18) is provided in the form of a seal (18). Screening device (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that said edge (12) of the collector (11) is provided with an upright edge (21) next to the seal (18), which edge is less high than the seal ( 18). A screening device (1) according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the seal (18) is centrally provided with an upstanding rib (19) bounded on either side by a groove (20) in the seal (18). Screening device (1) according to one of claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the seal (18) and the collector (11) form part of the same piece. Screening device (1) according to claim 12, characterized in that the seal (18) is formed by co-injection molding with the collector (11). Screening device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the collector (11) is designed as a collecting bowl (11). Screening device (1) according to one of claims 9 to 13 and 14, characterized in that the seal (18) is mounted over the entire top edge (12) of the collecting bowl (11) when mounted.