CA2368545A1 - Conductor rail system - Google Patents
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- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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Abstract
A conductor rail element (S), particularly for installation in living quarters or the like or for installation into wall elements of living quarters or the like, comprising an essentially U-shaped profile whose sides limbs (2) are provided with attachment devices for covering the conductor rail or the like whereby a neutral conductor (10), a ground conductor (9), and a phase conductor (8) extend parallel and open toward the side limbs (2) disposed on the bottom (1) of the profile and whereby said ground conductor (9) is preferably arranged between said phase conductor (8) and said neutral conductor (10). An open holding profile runs parallel to said side limbs (2) at the bottom (1) whereby the side pieces (11) protruding from the bottom of the profile are provided with salient rails (12) that are oriented toward the other side piece, respectively, to create a system that may be rapidly and simply installed and which is adaptable and changeable as well.
Furthermore, there is a fixed adapter component (F) provided for each conducting track of the conductor rail element whereby one conducting contact surface (15) is provided per contact pin (14) at the side opposite the contact pins (14) and whereby at least one conductive resilient element (16) is interconnected between each contact par (14) and each contact surface (15), which exerts a force on each contact pin that is directed away from the contact surface.
Finally, there is provided a pivoting adapter part (B) that is mounted on the said fixed adapter component and which contact surfaces (22) are designed in a circular manner about the center axis of acid pivoting adapter part and whereby said contact surfaces are stationary relative to the receiving element (20) for the plug-in jack.
Furthermore, there is a fixed adapter component (F) provided for each conducting track of the conductor rail element whereby one conducting contact surface (15) is provided per contact pin (14) at the side opposite the contact pins (14) and whereby at least one conductive resilient element (16) is interconnected between each contact par (14) and each contact surface (15), which exerts a force on each contact pin that is directed away from the contact surface.
Finally, there is provided a pivoting adapter part (B) that is mounted on the said fixed adapter component and which contact surfaces (22) are designed in a circular manner about the center axis of acid pivoting adapter part and whereby said contact surfaces are stationary relative to the receiving element (20) for the plug-in jack.
Description
Cardactor rail system The irrvemion relates to a conductor rail ekm~tt, parkicularly for installation in living quarters or the Jibe or for installation into wall elements of living qarttara or the like, cotrtprising an esaartially U-shaped pmCrle whose sides limbs are provided with attac)t~t devitxsc ~r covering the conductor rail or the hlte whereby a nartral conductor, a ground corrdador. >wt1 a pltrae conductor extend parallel asd open toward the side limbs disposed on the bottom of the ptoflb and whereby the ground conductor it; preferably arranged between the phase conductor and the neuhal coodactor; a fixed adapter having at kast one contact pin for at least one phase conductor, the grsound condsrctor, sad at least one neutral conductor of the conductor rail element; one pivoting adapter part whose roar aide is pa~ovidad with at least one coMSCt surface per contact surface of the fixed adapter component ~d whose front side is provided with a receiving element for traditional plugs; as well as an outlet adaptrx havit~ a plug-in section for cooperation with traditional outlets; and a ~mection adapter having at Hte &aot aide facing away from the conductor rail at lead one outlet and/or connection for data lines, pattica~hrly for ISDN lines or the like.
Presently, electric lines arc perrrusnerrsly ia~tUed in livieg quarters, otFrces, err businesses or the like and outkta are momted at predetemsir~d loeafioots sad in prodctantined direction.
To operate ekctric appliances at any desired location, thane is neea~rary the use of extension cabka, terminal boxec or the line, which - on one hand - is optically not very appaabrtg and - one the other band - may also be dangerous since one may trip ova loose cables btymg about, the plug-in connection rosy be disconnected unintentionally, aJ electric applianca ony be toppled over of pulled down.
ORen times, it may also occur that angled plugs hive to bs,used in unfavoralde,:poaeiona whereby loops of cab)ie lane formed or wlteteby the arrangement of:everal plugs disposed closely next to each other is no longer possible.
Gble ducts or cable charnels are known is which individual cables may ram together sad whereby, however, the outlet: are also provided at pede~eooirtad !sestinas and cannot be amn~ and easily removod according to the changing hoed: of the aria. ht contrast, DE 36 32 414 discloses an electric (power) supply nil whereby two ekchic conductors and a ground pmtxtion line are arranged, among other things, at the bottom of a support ekraent having an essentially U.ahaped cress section. It ~
descn'bed therein to arrange the gtonnd pe~actba lines between the eketric conductors. However, undesired deformation of the side limbs of this wpport praafik may lead in a disadvantageous ensmrer to loosening or even detachment otadditional caarpotestls attached to the ends of the side limbs. These ASHEET ~
Presently, electric lines arc perrrusnerrsly ia~tUed in livieg quarters, otFrces, err businesses or the like and outkta are momted at predetemsir~d loeafioots sad in prodctantined direction.
To operate ekctric appliances at any desired location, thane is neea~rary the use of extension cabka, terminal boxec or the line, which - on one hand - is optically not very appaabrtg and - one the other band - may also be dangerous since one may trip ova loose cables btymg about, the plug-in connection rosy be disconnected unintentionally, aJ electric applianca ony be toppled over of pulled down.
ORen times, it may also occur that angled plugs hive to bs,used in unfavoralde,:poaeiona whereby loops of cab)ie lane formed or wlteteby the arrangement of:everal plugs disposed closely next to each other is no longer possible.
Gble ducts or cable charnels are known is which individual cables may ram together sad whereby, however, the outlet: are also provided at pede~eooirtad !sestinas and cannot be amn~ and easily removod according to the changing hoed: of the aria. ht contrast, DE 36 32 414 discloses an electric (power) supply nil whereby two ekchic conductors and a ground pmtxtion line are arranged, among other things, at the bottom of a support ekraent having an essentially U.ahaped cress section. It ~
descn'bed therein to arrange the gtonnd pe~actba lines between the eketric conductors. However, undesired deformation of the side limbs of this wpport praafik may lead in a disadvantageous ensmrer to loosening or even detachment otadditional caarpotestls attached to the ends of the side limbs. These ASHEET ~
-2-disadvantages exist also in the cosuattsuction s~rdio~g to US 5 759 051 wherein a plug adapter is clamped at any location on s coadtictor rail by turr»g it abotu an axis standing papendicuhur on the conductor rail whereby two attachment brackets ate held in place on the conductor nil by mass of lateral holding grooves - which holding grooves may be changed in their respective position ud spacing by minor twisting and deformation of the cot>~clor rail, and whereby the holding function may be negatively influxrxed to a large degree. Two cottbct tabs engage at the tame tame two conducting tracks by twisting the plug adapter whereby said conducting tracks are, howevux, arranged at the topside of the lateral grooves of the conductor rail. It is therefore rmt possible to attach the plug adapts on the conductor rail in a direction other than the pre-defured orientation.
In the conductor nil disclosed in EP 0 159 078, wherein its conductors arc dispoxd essentially at the bottom of the suppoatirtg pm6le, there is a plug adapter mounted as an additional components on the outer ads of the side limbs of the supporting profile. This construction has therefore also the above-descn'bed disadvantage in that the additional component rosy become loose or even detached daring deformation of the side limbs.
US patent 3,337,697 ius as its objective a trolley buswsy sysoem in which mere exist completely different conditions compared to the above-mentioned conudttctor rails for living quarters or du le'ke. In addition, said trolley boswsy system is designed to cooperate with a anovsble currant collator device and shows comttan featuorcs only at the arrangetaem of c~ductors st the bottom of the supporting profile.
It was therefore the object of the present invention to provide a system f~
the supply of electric energy in living quarters or the like, which my be rapidly and sitaiply imtalled and which is adaptable and changeable acoordmg to the chtnging trends of the user whereby special attentimt is b be paid to the secure ,. . . .
attachment of additiomt components.
This object is achieved al first according to 1!m iaventian in that an open hoDdang pro8te arm parallel to the side limM at the bottom of the pmfik whereby the sib pieces protruding fmm the bottom of the pmt9Ie arc provided with client rails that are orienoed bward the other side piece, respectively. Electric current may be collected thereby at any location along the coruduuc>or rail element without having no lay more cable arsd frt it in length. By changing the length otthe conductor rail elt:ns~t or by placing aevrnl elerr~nts to one another, there can be created in a known way the possibility to provide power supply connections at any kxation atxoss the etuire room and to dosage their iocatiori or to removs these connections again. The AMENDED
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In the conductor nil disclosed in EP 0 159 078, wherein its conductors arc dispoxd essentially at the bottom of the suppoatirtg pm6le, there is a plug adapter mounted as an additional components on the outer ads of the side limbs of the supporting profile. This construction has therefore also the above-descn'bed disadvantage in that the additional component rosy become loose or even detached daring deformation of the side limbs.
US patent 3,337,697 ius as its objective a trolley buswsy sysoem in which mere exist completely different conditions compared to the above-mentioned conudttctor rails for living quarters or du le'ke. In addition, said trolley boswsy system is designed to cooperate with a anovsble currant collator device and shows comttan featuorcs only at the arrangetaem of c~ductors st the bottom of the supporting profile.
It was therefore the object of the present invention to provide a system f~
the supply of electric energy in living quarters or the like, which my be rapidly and sitaiply imtalled and which is adaptable and changeable acoordmg to the chtnging trends of the user whereby special attentimt is b be paid to the secure ,. . . .
attachment of additiomt components.
This object is achieved al first according to 1!m iaventian in that an open hoDdang pro8te arm parallel to the side limM at the bottom of the pmfik whereby the sib pieces protruding fmm the bottom of the pmt9Ie arc provided with client rails that are orienoed bward the other side piece, respectively. Electric current may be collected thereby at any location along the coruduuc>or rail element without having no lay more cable arsd frt it in length. By changing the length otthe conductor rail elt:ns~t or by placing aevrnl elerr~nts to one another, there can be created in a known way the possibility to provide power supply connections at any kxation atxoss the etuire room and to dosage their iocatiori or to removs these connections again. The AMENDED
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-3-conductor rail is thereby preferably covered betareen the powex supply connections to keep out dirt and also to prevent risk of injury to people in the roan. The novel design with its holding profile at the bottom of the conductor tail ekmectt allows thereby the installation of additional wmponenta at any locations along the length of the conductor rail element such as plugin jacks or the like whereby pe>ssibk deformation of the remaining puts of the element, especially fhst of tire side limbs, does not hinder the mounting of additiamal components, and their loosening or evtn detachment from the conductor rail is avoided as much as possible.
To make the in>talhttion of power supply connextions euuiet, it is proposed aocardiag to another characteristic of the imetttion that a supp>emm~sry limb runs paratkl and inside of the side limbs and outside of the cotducing sacks. The sttuctttns..o,no which tha power supply connecdoaa array be attached are separate from the structures onto which the cover may be secured.
lf, according to an additioml characteristic of the iaventirnt, the lower ~crion of the supplementary limbs is provided at the side facing the center of tbc conductor rail element with at least one conducting tack running in the lnngitudiml direction of said oonductar rail element, then there is a greater tkxibility given at the com>ection components that may be coupled to the conductor rail and, at the same time, the coraxction of thex connection cotnpot~ eantmt be negatively inflttrxtced by the forces of the: contact elements that are daected away from the conductor rail.
11 the holding profile extends stress a catrduexing track acoordiOg to as additional clta~exeristic of the invention, then there is the additional advantage that grounding of the moemted additional campotrcnt may be established in a si>nple manner at the same firm of the attachtnen< via a conductive attachment element.
The least influence against deformation, and thereby the reliability and sirrQlicity in the imtallatiun of additional parts on the conductor rail, is achieved if the holding profile runs in the cents of the conductor element.
The fated adapba wmpoaent contributes also to the xhieveattant of the; stated object which is characterized according to the inve;tnion in that one cottdttetiaig contsd surfltce it provided per oozitact pin on the bottom of the side of the fixexl adaptex compexxat apposite: the conductor rail element whexeby at least one conducting resilient elemem exe:ris a force upon each contact pin, away from the contact surface and onto the phase cortdtxior or the; neutral conductor. Through this brood adapter compo~at, a conducting comectiom between the conductor nil and the: eomumers cwutectsd thereto can be guaranteed in a simple ASHEET ~
To make the in>talhttion of power supply connextions euuiet, it is proposed aocardiag to another characteristic of the imetttion that a supp>emm~sry limb runs paratkl and inside of the side limbs and outside of the cotducing sacks. The sttuctttns..o,no which tha power supply connecdoaa array be attached are separate from the structures onto which the cover may be secured.
lf, according to an additioml characteristic of the iaventirnt, the lower ~crion of the supplementary limbs is provided at the side facing the center of tbc conductor rail element with at least one conducting tack running in the lnngitudiml direction of said oonductar rail element, then there is a greater tkxibility given at the com>ection components that may be coupled to the conductor rail and, at the same time, the coraxction of thex connection cotnpot~ eantmt be negatively inflttrxtced by the forces of the: contact elements that are daected away from the conductor rail.
11 the holding profile extends stress a catrduexing track acoordiOg to as additional clta~exeristic of the invention, then there is the additional advantage that grounding of the moemted additional campotrcnt may be established in a si>nple manner at the same firm of the attachtnen< via a conductive attachment element.
The least influence against deformation, and thereby the reliability and sirrQlicity in the imtallatiun of additional parts on the conductor rail, is achieved if the holding profile runs in the cents of the conductor element.
The fated adapba wmpoaent contributes also to the xhieveattant of the; stated object which is characterized according to the inve;tnion in that one cottdttetiaig contsd surfltce it provided per oozitact pin on the bottom of the side of the fixexl adaptex compexxat apposite: the conductor rail element whexeby at least one conducting resilient elemem exe:ris a force upon each contact pin, away from the contact surface and onto the phase cortdtxior or the; neutral conductor. Through this brood adapter compo~at, a conducting comectiom between the conductor nil and the: eomumers cwutectsd thereto can be guaranteed in a simple ASHEET ~
-4-and operstiomilly reliable manner under compensation of p~sible tokratxes caused dining tnuwfaeWring and possible deformations during instaUatiott of the conductor rail element.
According to an additional characteristic of the invention, there may be provided axial omtaeta pins and clamped thereto is at least one respective resilient element oriented axially between the trouser surface and the contact pin.
Altertuttively or sdditiaully there could also be prav~ed radial contact pim whereby each radial contact pin is then comteded conductively to orte of the coarser avQtiscea sad whereby at least one preferably c~ductive resilient element biases the radial aoinact pin with a force directed radistly and ewtwacdly.
It is advantageously proposed for the fixed adaplar exxnpottau sad to simplify the imWh>tion of additional comments or the like t>ut a passage is provided for a hoWiag elemet><, which cooperates with the holding profile of the conductor rail system Secure attachment o! the additional exunpoaerrt to be mounted to the fixed adapter component msy be guaranteed, according to an additional cl~rac~ristic of the invention, in that there is provided at least one guiding tab at the side of the contact aorfatxs.
One or each guiding tab forms thereby adva~pausly a closed circular configuration with one another and which lies preferably coaxial to the center axis betwatt tire contact atafaas. A precisely oriented and aligned attachmet>< with the contact surfaces of the fixed adapter m is gusram~ together with a conductive coupling of the additioasl cotr~ottents, whereby there is the possibility given that additional components are xcurely coupled at any desired direction in esie of the circular configuration.
To males say desired direct of the plug-is ,jhclt posstbk, on top of a simple installatim amd without additional lines to be provided and a reliable ccoupling oa the condtxtat rail, there is proposed according to an additional c6aractetatic of tlx iaveatba that tl~ cotnact surfaces are desig~d circulor shoat the: tenor axis of the fixed adspoer coa~ortent and exttnd pmferably at least around one quaver of the circtttnferrrtce.
According to an additiaml ctic of the iaveatioo, an puvotiog adapoer part is provided for coupling ouw the above-descn'bed 5xed adaptu campottant, which is characterized in that there is at the teat side at least one receiving element for possible guiding tabs of the farad adapter oomponem to ensure optimum ASHEETD
According to an additional characteristic of the invention, there may be provided axial omtaeta pins and clamped thereto is at least one respective resilient element oriented axially between the trouser surface and the contact pin.
Altertuttively or sdditiaully there could also be prav~ed radial contact pim whereby each radial contact pin is then comteded conductively to orte of the coarser avQtiscea sad whereby at least one preferably c~ductive resilient element biases the radial aoinact pin with a force directed radistly and ewtwacdly.
It is advantageously proposed for the fixed adaplar exxnpottau sad to simplify the imWh>tion of additional comments or the like t>ut a passage is provided for a hoWiag elemet><, which cooperates with the holding profile of the conductor rail system Secure attachment o! the additional exunpoaerrt to be mounted to the fixed adapter component msy be guaranteed, according to an additional cl~rac~ristic of the invention, in that there is provided at least one guiding tab at the side of the contact aorfatxs.
One or each guiding tab forms thereby adva~pausly a closed circular configuration with one another and which lies preferably coaxial to the center axis betwatt tire contact atafaas. A precisely oriented and aligned attachmet>< with the contact surfaces of the fixed adapter m is gusram~ together with a conductive coupling of the additioasl cotr~ottents, whereby there is the possibility given that additional components are xcurely coupled at any desired direction in esie of the circular configuration.
To males say desired direct of the plug-is ,jhclt posstbk, on top of a simple installatim amd without additional lines to be provided and a reliable ccoupling oa the condtxtat rail, there is proposed according to an additional c6aractetatic of tlx iaveatba that tl~ cotnact surfaces are desig~d circulor shoat the: tenor axis of the fixed adspoer coa~ortent and exttnd pmferably at least around one quaver of the circtttnferrrtce.
According to an additiaml ctic of the iaveatioo, an puvotiog adapoer part is provided for coupling ouw the above-descn'bed 5xed adaptu campottant, which is characterized in that there is at the teat side at least one receiving element for possible guiding tabs of the farad adapter oomponem to ensure optimum ASHEETD
-5-cortductive contacts with the 5xed sdapter component sad fa the aquallY
ir~ott:nt aligned orienatiort in each installation positi~.
Said receiving element is thereby dvaooageously coaxial but still outside the center axis of said fixed adapter componem.
I f a passage is provided for a holding akmam" preferably through the center axis, then this aimplifus Ute assembly of said components whereby advantsgeoutly ply acne connection or holding element is naessary to extend through all components, which allows in a a~tductive configuration also the grounding of the consumer writ conrtectod to the pivoting adapter part.
Preferably, a bolding ekmmt is rotatably held in the passage of the pivoting adapxr put whereby its section protruding Crow the pivoting adapoer part extends through the passage in the fated adapter component and extettda fttttha through the interior of the holding profile of the conductor rail element.
Thus, grounding in conjunction with the holding function is gt>ua>tteed at the same tmx together with the very simple installaliat.
The simplicity of itstsllation and the disphuoement or retmval of said adapts components to or from a specific location along the cotdutaor rail may be inaeand furtlxr if the holding element is provided with a radially widened head at two opposed sides. Through simple turrtinE, the holding elemept can be moved into positions in which it can be pushed into or rr:movod between the proustdittg strips of the bolding pro5le or in which the widened sections of the head engage these stripe and hold the additional components in plan on the conductor rail.
According to a fiuther characteristic of the invet>bon, it is proposed in s special eatbodiment of the pivoting aP~ ~t the ooMact sutfaca'are desigttad in a csctthir tnrtttter about the center axis of the pivoting -adapter part whereby they extend preferably at kasl over one qtmrtar of the circumference and whereby the contact surfaces sre stationary relative to the receiving element for the plug-in jack. Thus, any desired direction of the plug-in jack can lx achieved on top of the simple installation and without additional inoetnal lines to be provi~d together with a pliable conductive coupling omo the condutxor rail.
To be able to connect a condtutor rail actaxding to the invention onto an already existing wa<let is a simple and reliable manner, there is an outlet adapter provided whose plug pins and ground contacts are preferably connected to spring-loaded elements whereby said contact ekrueats are geometrically disposed in ace of the arrangements of the conducting tracks comspondiug to the arrangerttent of the con~tctor tail element.
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-Sa-The imtallatioa of the novel ctmdttetor rail is thereby also posstbk in a simple manner in rooms s~ptied with electric current in a tnditionat tnnaer.
For the best possible tkxibitiiy and adaptation to various outlet designs there is proposed a detachable connection for the plug pins and ground contacts with the contact elements.
For inchtaion of data lines of all types, which may advatttagetntsly be installed along with the cottdttdor nil element such as 1SDN lines or the like, thtn is provided according to an additional characteristic of tile invention, a comtection adapter with at ka~ one outlet andlor inlet for data ikes at its front side tlwt fsces away Cram the conductor nil, putkularly for ISDN lines or the like. This is chatacterizod in that the rear side 9s provided with at least one spacer pin, which fits exscdy against at Iw~ one of the conducting traclca during instauation.
For sitttpk and rapid intaltali~ sad disphtcement roo basically say detdred location along the coodttetor nil, there is also a holding element mutably heW in the passage of this connoetlen adapter whereby said passage extends from protruding section d'the connection adapter into the interior of the holding profile of the coaducta rail element.
For simple and rapid installuian tad diaphtcerrrent to b~ically any desired location along the conductor rail, there is also a holding element rotaubly held in the paaage of this connection adapter whereby said pat~sage extends from protruding section of the connection adspter into the interior of the holding profile of 11x conductor nil element.
The connection sdaptu is advantageously dosigned in a manner b realise rapid and simple attachment whexeby the bolding element is proridod with a hard that is ttdituy widened at two opposed aides.
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The imretxion is described in more detsil in the following description with the aid of accompanying drawittga of a preferred mtteodiment exaaoQla, wherein: FIG. 1 a shows a cross-sectional view through a cooductac element with a cover in a wall installation; FIG. 1b shows a top view of said element; F1G. 2a snd 2b show a cross-sectional view and a top view of a conductor rail element of an additional ertteoditneat for insulletioa with walibotada: FIG. 3a and 3b show an advaaugeous emboditne~
for the connection of two conductor nil ektr>ents; FIG. 4a and 4b show two axial sections through a complete AMENDED
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ir~ott:nt aligned orienatiort in each installation positi~.
Said receiving element is thereby dvaooageously coaxial but still outside the center axis of said fixed adapter componem.
I f a passage is provided for a holding akmam" preferably through the center axis, then this aimplifus Ute assembly of said components whereby advantsgeoutly ply acne connection or holding element is naessary to extend through all components, which allows in a a~tductive configuration also the grounding of the consumer writ conrtectod to the pivoting adapter part.
Preferably, a bolding ekmmt is rotatably held in the passage of the pivoting adapxr put whereby its section protruding Crow the pivoting adapoer part extends through the passage in the fated adapter component and extettda fttttha through the interior of the holding profile of the conductor rail element.
Thus, grounding in conjunction with the holding function is gt>ua>tteed at the same tmx together with the very simple installaliat.
The simplicity of itstsllation and the disphuoement or retmval of said adapts components to or from a specific location along the cotdutaor rail may be inaeand furtlxr if the holding element is provided with a radially widened head at two opposed sides. Through simple turrtinE, the holding elemept can be moved into positions in which it can be pushed into or rr:movod between the proustdittg strips of the bolding pro5le or in which the widened sections of the head engage these stripe and hold the additional components in plan on the conductor rail.
According to a fiuther characteristic of the invet>bon, it is proposed in s special eatbodiment of the pivoting aP~ ~t the ooMact sutfaca'are desigttad in a csctthir tnrtttter about the center axis of the pivoting -adapter part whereby they extend preferably at kasl over one qtmrtar of the circumference and whereby the contact surfaces sre stationary relative to the receiving element for the plug-in jack. Thus, any desired direction of the plug-in jack can lx achieved on top of the simple installation and without additional inoetnal lines to be provi~d together with a pliable conductive coupling omo the condutxor rail.
To be able to connect a condtutor rail actaxding to the invention onto an already existing wa<let is a simple and reliable manner, there is an outlet adapter provided whose plug pins and ground contacts are preferably connected to spring-loaded elements whereby said contact ekrueats are geometrically disposed in ace of the arrangements of the conducting tracks comspondiug to the arrangerttent of the con~tctor tail element.
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-Sa-The imtallatioa of the novel ctmdttetor rail is thereby also posstbk in a simple manner in rooms s~ptied with electric current in a tnditionat tnnaer.
For the best possible tkxibitiiy and adaptation to various outlet designs there is proposed a detachable connection for the plug pins and ground contacts with the contact elements.
For inchtaion of data lines of all types, which may advatttagetntsly be installed along with the cottdttdor nil element such as 1SDN lines or the like, thtn is provided according to an additional characteristic of tile invention, a comtection adapter with at ka~ one outlet andlor inlet for data ikes at its front side tlwt fsces away Cram the conductor nil, putkularly for ISDN lines or the like. This is chatacterizod in that the rear side 9s provided with at least one spacer pin, which fits exscdy against at Iw~ one of the conducting traclca during instauation.
For sitttpk and rapid intaltali~ sad disphtcement roo basically say detdred location along the coodttetor nil, there is also a holding element mutably heW in the passage of this connoetlen adapter whereby said passage extends from protruding section d'the connection adapter into the interior of the holding profile of the coaducta rail element.
For simple and rapid installuian tad diaphtcerrrent to b~ically any desired location along the conductor rail, there is also a holding element rotaubly held in the paaage of this connection adapter whereby said pat~sage extends from protruding section of the connection adspter into the interior of the holding profile of 11x conductor nil element.
The connection sdaptu is advantageously dosigned in a manner b realise rapid and simple attachment whexeby the bolding element is proridod with a hard that is ttdituy widened at two opposed aides.
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The imretxion is described in more detsil in the following description with the aid of accompanying drawittga of a preferred mtteodiment exaaoQla, wherein: FIG. 1 a shows a cross-sectional view through a cooductac element with a cover in a wall installation; FIG. 1b shows a top view of said element; F1G. 2a snd 2b show a cross-sectional view and a top view of a conductor rail element of an additional ertteoditneat for insulletioa with walibotada: FIG. 3a and 3b show an advaaugeous emboditne~
for the connection of two conductor nil ektr>ents; FIG. 4a and 4b show two axial sections through a complete AMENDED
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-6-plug adapter ariang~ment attached to a conductor nil; FIG. 4c and 4d show a top view onto the plug adapter amngement from the front and Erom the rear, which means the latter from the direction as seen ftom the conductor rail; FIG. 5a, Sb and Sc are a top view from the front, a cross-sectional view as wells as a rear view of a line connection element; FIG. 5d artd Se illustrate a cormection clement for a terminal box in a top view sad a cross-sectional view; FIG. 6a and lib show such a xrmirral box in a top view a~ a cross-s~don~ v;ew~,. FIG:.6c shows a top view of a T-shaped conaecdan element far the coodnctorrsil; .FIG. '7a . .
and 76 show in a top view and in a cross-sectional view a tnnsition piece of the cortdnctor rail elemeuf to bypass plug-ins or the life; FIG. g shows a longitudinal sectional view through an advantageous embodiment of the cover of the conductor nil; FIG. 9a through 9c show an additional embodiment of the eottductor rail element for the corusertion to existing outlets in a top view and in a cross-sectional view at the location of the outlet and a little lo the side thereof; FIG. ild shows t -sectional view corresponding to FIG. 9c, however with a cover fttled thereon; FIG. IOa and lOb show a simple tool for installation of a phtg adapter in F1G. 3a through 3d onto the oondnctor nil element FIG. l is through l lc illustrate a connection adapter for preferred ISDN lines for use with a conductor rail ektxtettt; F1G. 12a and 12b show additional embodimcrNs of the novel conductor rail together with safety covers std a cover against [loose]
plaster; FIG. 13 is an illustration of an additional anbodiment of the canductm nil element in a smaller version and it also shows s bolding element in an alternative embodiment; FIG.
14a and 14b show an additional embadimem of the conductor rail and the attached adapter component actually with lateral cwrductar tracks in the conducmr nil elamant and contact pins in the attae6ed adapter cue.
The conductor rail element S in the basic embothment (sae FIG. 1a and Ib) coaaiaaa etaez>t>,lly of a U-shaped pro5le, preferably of silo limbo 2 connected at a right angle to the botoom 1. The bottom 1 is in said fast embodiment extended outwardly at both sides advantageously by mounting tabs for insWhttion to walls W, block walls or the like. In tlreae mo,mtietg tabs la there are provided at specific distances borings, slots Ib, predetermined breaking points or the like through which the conductor nil element S may be mourttod on the wall W by means of a screw-nod-anchor arrangement D. for example. The side limbs 2, which height may be of a varying design deperdittg on the purpose of use andlor the plumed tLicknesc of plaster finish, may have shorter mounting tabs 3 in this ernbodiment at the outer side faciAg away from the waU W, whereby said mounting tabs come !lush with the planter finish V. The profiled piece is preferably made of a synthetic material with good insttbefng qualitia. To give s good hold to additia~al components to be installed independent from possible deformations of the side limbs 2 and not to hinder their it>Siallation or removal, there ue advantageously suppkmaitary limbs 4 provided on the inside of the side limbs 2, puallel thereof and protruding fram the bottom I of the profile, whereby there could also be provided receiving metrtbers for the addieiaual contponenta or whereby acid supplementary limbc 4 make up this receiving . The area bet~t the side limbs 2 and the supplementary limbs 4 cam be use as a cable ch:anel K for TV lines, data lines, telephone lines or the like.
Resilient tips 5 are pmvukd between the side limbs 2 and the supplememary fml>s 4 into which strips 6 of a profiled cover 7 engaged and whereby said cover is attached to the eondtxtor rail S. Said profiled cover 7 may be designed htvieg predetern>ined breaking points or having aectio~ disposed next so one anger, as it is explained below in . . .. . _ . .. ~.oo>~tioa with FIG. 8, to adjust said to any d~~ .~ prod ,~.
. . ..
~uions. for additional components or to crane open at these locations for said additional components _ and through which openings these additional eomporxmts grasp the conductor rail S and/or may be attached thtreon Conducting tracks lie preferably between dx sttppktrreatary limbs ~1, peeferably three costing treks 8, 9, 10 of which the center track 9 is used as a ground and the outer tracks 8 and 10 are used as a phase copductor and as a neutral conduMOC. A holding pro5le is provided at the bottom 1 of the conductor rail eke S, parallel to the side limbs 2 sad the supplementary timber 4 to be able to attach additional components at any desired location in s rapid and simple manner. This holding profile consisUt of two additional providing strips 12 at the uppu end section proaudiag lion the bottom 1 and oriented towed the respective other sib pixe. A conducting track, preferably a ewer track 9 for grounding, lies between the two side pieces 11 of the holding proF,k.
Another basic embodiment of the novel candtxtar rail ektrtart S is s>iowm is F1G. 2a and 26 wherein this element is designed, for example, for im4alhuion in wallboards P, R#g~s gypsum wallboards or the floe. tn place of mounting tabs la as lateral exteasiaau of the b0lttNd 1, this bottom is essentially e:v~ with the side limbs 2. tn coaaeat, the front mounting tabs 3 are extended and rsst in the cutouts of the wallboard P for the c~ductor ra7 S. As passageway in Show: rvallboa:da P, having the uaul arraagemeat of clamp screws R, there ue provided at spy distances slots 3a, borings, pnedeserneined breaking points sad the like in this frmt mwmting ub 3. The height of the caaduetor rail ektneen S may here also be designed at varying dimensions depending on the thickness of the wallbwrds.
Bvm though the conductor rail ekmeat S nuy be designed at any kagfh and may be cut to say desired length, the design in specific predetumined kagths of 1 meter, 2 metaa apd 4 meters is of advanbge for -$-cffieient during and sbora~. Twro juxtaposed conductor rail eka>onm may be kept in a spatially constant position to one another in lLeir iustalistion; however, a comKCtion via a system illusttated io FIG.
3a and 3b is of advantsge. A groove 2a is provided that runs in longitudinal direction of the conductor rail at the outwardly oriented surfsce of the side limbs 2 whereby the side of the groove 2a facing the bottom 1 of the conductor rail element S rues from the center of the groove 2a in a slanted mariner toward the outside. The bottom of the groove 2a is thereby wider than its opening and it farms thereby a half swallowtail guiding clement. A copaection element C enconopssses the interlocking end sections of two conductor rail elements S whereby said eornteetioa element C Las an essentieUy square profile with the bosom 36 and the two side lath 3T, and which parts rest completely against the rear side of the bottom 1 and the side limb 2 of the conductor rail element S. 0t eotarae, the haunting tabs 1 a must be removable at the connection points or the must be kR off whemby a testes!, additional arcs, whicb is free from the monating tabs Is, allows Ltersl sliding of the cormecdon ekment_C and ottbrs thereby s sirrrpLx . ..
cooaoction sa weil as siatpk subsequent long of the coupling. At the front end of the sick limbs 3T of the com~ction element C there are: Look a6aped sections 38 forested complimentary to the cmss section of the groove 2a in the side limbo 2 of tLe conductor rail element 2, whereby uid hook-shaped sectiaats 38 hoLl the com>ection element C possibly slidabie an wee or each conductor rail element S and whereby they prevent uniatenHonal removal of falling a~tlf: M eloctric connection clement E
is additionally illustrated in FIG. 3a, which is described in mare de>ail in corgurtedort with (Ute description of) FIG. 5a through Sc.
A plug adapter illustated in FIG. 4a and 4b can be inserted between the suppkatentary limbs 4 wbereby said plug adapts ~ designed for phtgghtg-is ad electrical connection with tradition) plug-in jacks, which mesas as a rephcement for the usual outlets. The plug adapter consists of a fixed adapter coa~nent F to be corrected to the conductor rail ekmeM S and s remtovabk pivoting adapter part B fitted thereon and into rovltich the aaditioasl phrg-in jack may be inserted. The fixed adapter component F is provi~d with a preferably square or mtangular L~ttiag 13 made of imnlatirtg tmterial, preferably synthetic material again, of wdich at least ooe of the oubr dvrte~ons coQeaponds exactly to the width between the Umbs 4.
. - To e:<ab4sh cotdttctiog oontsct wide the owtdaexiag tracts 8 urd l0, sad se least with the phsae conductor and the neutral conductor, there are in this fsrst embod6rrant axially orientod contact pins provided at a distance to rheas conducting tracks 8, 10 ootnaponding to the diatatece of the tract from one another.
There are contact urcfica 15 at the side of tLa Lousing 13 opposite of the comact pins 14 and at the side of the fixed adapts corrtportent F facing away from the conductor rail element S
w>>ereby the conducing connection between the contact pins l4 and the contact sutdas IS is established, for exstaple, via a respective conducxing spring element mllor a ao~tcting guide element 16a having a spring l6 or it is established is a similar way. Said sprL~lg slmaant exeds a force that pushes the contact pins l4 away from the contact surface 15 and pushes them dtereby in axial directiaf relative to the faced adapter part F toward the coaductirtg tracks 8, 10 and out of the hottsistg 13. To attach the fixed adapter component F by mans of an additional cotapotyetn (as ~ moae detail below), there is a passage 17 provided in tire center of the horning 13 through which psstage tiwe.additional contpotteut may be guided onto the holding pro5k 11 on the eondtxtor rail S. Filly, three is additionally a guiding tab or an arrangement of guiding tabs identifxd with the number l8, which is desigeed as a strip running preferably circular and coaxial around the around the passage 17 anti which grading tab allows precise fitting onto the contact surfaces 17 of an additional component relative to tbt diaplaeement about the center axis std in any other direction.
Such a corrtponatt to be fitted is preferably tire pivoting adapter part B.
which housing 19 is made again of insulating material, preferably synthetic material, which is designed at the face advantageously like a traditional outlet (see FIG. 4c) and wlrich is provided thereby with receiving ntanbera 20 for ootttict pins of traditional phrg-in jacks or with eaodtteting contact ekmettts 21. At the rear side of the housing 19, . . . . .. . which faces .thc fixed adapter cornponettt F, there arc c,Mttact surfaces 22 provided to be p(a«d against the c~~ct lea 15 and to establish electrical contact with these contact surfaces t5 of the fixed [adapter]
component F. The contact elements 2l ~e preferably acrev~rod together with the contact surfaces 22, in say case, they arc eonductively connected.
The contact stafacea 15 of the fixod adapba component F are designed preferably circular and they extetd at an angel of preferably about 90' coaxialty to the center passage 17 of the holding and attachment element. Through this design of the contact surfaces 15, the pivoting adaput part B is the illustrated embodiment may be mounted in a position whereby it may be turacd respectively by 90° on the conducboa~
rail S and which allows a co~onding position for the plug to be inserted. Any desired irdertrrediste position could also be taken in cxae of a circular housing. For procise guidance toward the o~tact surfaces 15 of the fixed adapter component F at any chosen installation position, these is a strip 24 that rams coaxislly amend the ccnoer of the preferably circular section of the pivoting adapter part B and whereby an circular receiving member 25 is created between said strip 24 and the center section. Durit>a assembly of the pivoting adapter part B and the fixed adapser cornpoueat F, there is placed into said receiving astmber 25 the guiding bb 18 of the fixed idapser compoocnt F, which always~.romains in the eras direction ~' . .. . . ., .
relative to the conductor nil S, imlepmd~t from the orientation of the pivoting adapter part B. For the coupling of the pivoting adapter part D and the taxed tdapter component F, there cm be provided a snap.on co~ction between the bb l8 and tho ship 24, for example, whereby a circutnitmatiat projection I8a engages a circumtersntial groove 24a and w4ich still permits thereby rotation around the center axis bat not a pulling-apart in axial direction of the pivotiaig adapter pat B and tfx fixed adapter component F.
The holdir>g element 26 in its prefernd embodiment can be recognized'by a bolt extending through tbc passage 17 or 23 in the fixed adapter component F or the pivoting adapts part B holding together this fixed adapter component F and the pivoting adapter part $ and whereby these two parts are attached to the conductor rail. This holding element 26 has a End that is prel9xably providod with two laterally protruding sections 27 (set FIG. 4a and FIG. IOa). Said sections 27 reach behiad dre strips 12 on the side pieces 11 of the holding profile disposed at the bottom 1 of tlfe conducting rtil S while tlx holding element 26 is in a turned position and said sections 27 hold thereby the component to be mounted on the conductor rail S.
The head of the holditg element 26 makes thereby t with the conducting tuck 9 for grounding a~
can thereby also provide groundir~ via the outlet of tlse pivoting adapter part B for the consumer who is supplied with electric power. 'The second end of dre holding element 26, which is preferably designed as a . . .. . bolt head 28, may at the same time serve as support for,~a apciOg alaaant, which exerts a force onto the gilding elemera 26 pulling it otu of the holding prot;b at a specific roratiort thereof. Tlre bolt head 28 is then again advantageously screwed onto the holding elarrent 26 and properly seaaed thereon. The holding element 26 establishes furthermore the conadction between the ground contacts 29 in the pivoting adapter part B and the ground conductor 9 of the conductor tail S and is tbenfote made of elxtric cotdtxtive rruterial.
In addition to said connocti~s, there may be pia:a empby~sd that are, for exarnpk, designod to run the conoectioa along the corner of a room at a specific angle, prcfersbly 90°. The cams pieces may possbly be provided with changeable angles, which means having a swiveling axis mmiag at the place of the bottom 1 of the conductor rail element S and having a movable cong correction from the conductor tracks 8, 9 and 10 past this axis. Finally, long caaductor elements S can be designed in an angled mantra.
Besides the mechanical txrndection of two ~d~tctor rail elates S bordering are another, for example via a connection elearera C, there must also a conducting coonoclioa be established between said etemenn S, witich may be accorryrtiebed, for example, by plug-in crmrtactioas or spring-loadod contact links. An additional advantagooua version is illustrated in FIG. 5a thratrgh Sc, which additionally increases mechanical stability as well An ekotric cmnxtioo el~c>tt E is provided thereirne that may be slidably iasated in longitudiml direction between the limbs 4 of the e~rtdtretor rail ekmerrt S. It is provided on its main body 30 with a gripping surface 31 for easier 6andlirrg. In the bngiivdmal direction. there are three ekdrie conductive rods or lamina 32 mounted on the underside of the main body 30, which come into c~ettut with the cordrrcting tracks8, 9 and 10, and which have a cross-sectional shape thst combores the secure holding ability in the side limbs 4 of the holding pro4k 11 with the slidability in the longitudinal direction. The ends of the rods 32 may be designed to be tspared for easier insertion into the structures of the conductor rail element S (see F1G. 5c).
-lI-A similar ekxaic connection elemaN E' (F1G. 5d, Se) ntay be provided far the connection o! additional electric systems with traditional casxluarng wires. The main plate 30. is thereby provided with rods ar laminas 32 or terminal screws 33 in a conduetimg co~ction into which opatings the ends 34 of conducting wires may be securely clamped by means of eLmping screws 35. The connection to the conductor rtdl S is established the smne way as in the cottmexion eletrted E
of FIG. Se through Sc.
Traditional electric lines may also be coapiod at any desired bcation to the conductor rail S via a terminal box I according w FIG. 6a told 66. Said ttxatiml box 1 is provided with a housing 36, which has two lateral extensions 36a in the shape of the conductor rail aIam~t S and which may be connactod, for example, to the conductor rail element S with the aboveDddacdbed camection elements C and E. The dectric coed>xtora L to be coupled to the coodreoor rail S are ma into the housing 36 of the arminal box I via a .. . .... . prefetatbly.threutded jack 37 wherehiy the colds of .aid t~dttcsors L are attae;bed to terminal screws 38, w~h ~ t,n" are also connected to the conductors L' whose other one are-connects ~ the connection element E'. Aa shown in F1G. 6c, as additional cartductittg rail trait' branch off via s branch piece T, which may be fabricated at any angle or it may be pivotable whexeby electric connection to said branch piece tray be established via the extnuection ek3rrteats E.
Tn the use of the novel conductor rata S in cottjmtction with wallboards, it is moat often necessary to bypass studs or rnountittg strips L on the waUbaarda P. There is advantageously a spacer Z provided for this purpose as illustrated in FIG. 7a and 76. It lus the dimensions of the stud L
corresponding to the arched center piece 39, whereby the conducting connection of the ewtducting tracks 8, 9 and 10 is established via rovmded-off wnducting strips 40 to the cenba pioce, and wha~eby said conducting ships arc secured by marts of screws 41. A section of the stud L is shown in a break-away view in FIG. 7b to make the eiitference in width visrble between gte exater piece 39 and tba remaining spacer Z.
As it is shown in FIG. B in a lorgitttd~l sectioral view gtrwgh the exater of cover 7 of the novel conductor nil S, this cover 7 may be :ewr~ with an sdhesive strip 47 extending in letagihdinal dirxtion also during installation snd whereby aid cover 7 mty eobsist of the co>nb~ed sections 7a and 7b whose k>ngitudinal dimensions essentially to the ones of the phtg adapter. Thereby, the section 7a or 7b must be taken out only at the vort~ading bcation at which a plug adapter is to be installed and whereby a plug adapter is insertod in its place. In case: w6aa the end of the neighboring section 7b is overlapped on the outside by the: section 7a, the ~ighbaing aectioaa 7b mnat be IiRed up and taken out and strbsoqttently imated agsin, which is, whoever, easily poaabk based on the plug-in connection in the rcsilietat lips 5 of the conductor rail element S. The adheesive strip 47 may be pulled oft' after snapping the cover 7 onto the conductor tail S.
An outlet adapter A, of which and eoAbodimeut example is ahorvtt in FIG. 9a through 9d, aUoars to connect the novel conductor rail to an already existing conventional outlet and thereby - on one hand - to retrofit rooms supplied [with power] in a traditional way. and - on the other band - to obtain a reliable, more elegant and more aesthetic solution as repls~rnent of the usual terminal boxes with their cable connections.
The outlet adapoer A is additionally provided with cvnttaet pine 42, which are arranged according to the receiving member 43 of the outlet ST or also of the txtts of the ground e~tacts. The contact pies 42 are comtected via preferably detachable taottncctiotta us, for example, tertmmtl screws 44 leading through com~ction lines having contact elements attached in a spring-baled trmrmer on the co~rcrmg tracks 8, 9, of the elongated part 45 of the adapter A and camtact elements that are aiao mounted via a detachable .. . section t~oa which connct pins 42 are directly ~ctad concluatively to sad oo~uctiog tracks of the _ ~~~mr n,~ element-S. The adapter A may be attsched to the wall adjaeent to-the outlet ST by-meana of a screw-and-anchor arrangement D as illustrsted in FIG. 9c sad 9d. The electric conducting sections are pnosected agairut touching and damage by a cover 47 at locations on which the phrg adapters are provided.
A turning knob M is advantageously providod at the conductor rail S for easier and more reliable insttltation of the phtg adapter of FIG. 4a and 4b. This fuming knob M has a disk-a>vped body 48 made of insulating rnttakl, which has a larger diameter than the pivotin6 past B of the phrg adapter on at least a sxtion of its thickness. On the side of the body 48 facing the pivoting part $, drare is a threaded turning piece 49 setached l6at engages with its tongue 50 the slot 28', the cross-slot or other recesses of the bolt head 28 of the holding element 26 and whereby said turning piece coma this holding element 26 together with the turning of the body 48 to the same extent. Through this fuming, the projocfirtg sections 27 of the holding element 28 arc brought in or out of engagement with the holding strips 11 and fatten or loosen the plug ad~ta in a way so that there is no risk involved for the irntslkr to come into contact with pats being under electric power.
In F1G. l la there is shows in a cross-s~tions! view how a novel coatxetion adapter AD is attact>ed to a conducts element S and whereby it can be detached at any tittre. The connection adapter AD has essentially a Ilat face 51 and is designed for TV lines, data tinge, ISDN
lines LE or the like, which are installed preferably in the arw of the cable channel K bdvroen the side limbs 2 and the supplementary limbs 4 of the conductor rail S. tJn aid fsce 51, there is at heat afe boring provided for pasasge of the litre LE or st least one traditioml plug~in coonceti~ 52. The lies LE lesda thereby from the cable channel K, through the housing of the comtaction adapter AD, and then all the way bough to the plug-in comtection 52.
At least one additional opening 53 is provided rot the face of the conna;t~
adapts AD, which preferably receives a ~oldipg elen>ent 55 in the ('orm of a heed 54 of ~ t~ptt~d acrev~t oc.cms~-. recealr (Phillips] screw!.
'nte.bokling.elemeru 55 itself leads through. the contuctiaa far is the. foam of set-elortgaKd bolt that is rotatably contained therein. The sect~n of the holding element 55, which protrudes from the cortoection adapts, extends into the i~aior of the holding profrle 1 l 1, 12 of the conductor rail element S. The head 56 disposed is the irnerior of the holding profile 11, 12 is here also preferably ndially widened at two opposed aides and is in this way lockable in the holding pcoHfe 11, 12 by turning 'tt about its longitudinal axis whereby it also det~hably fixes the co>mection adapter AD relative to the cadnctor rail element S.
As described above relative to the fixed adapter component F and the pivoting adapter part 8, a spring count be provided also htte biasing the holdit>6 eletneat 35 wlxreby said spring exerts a force onto said holding element 55 in its Irtsertod condition to force i1 away 6rom the conducwr rail element S.
On the rear waU 57 facing the conductor rail ektnatt S, theta is ptavided at least ace spacer pin 58 (see also F1G. 11c in relation thereto) whereby four spacer pins Sg are peovidtd in the r7h>saated embodiment.
These spacer pins 58 keep the housing of the cortnectioo adt~ler AD at the proper distance to dx conductor rail S so that it carrot be pushed too !at against it sod csux daaage tltereso. The spacer pine 58 profersbly rest on the outer conducting tracks 8, l0 and are appaopriatalar made of inaulatirtg araterisl or are providod with end pieces made of ia~sulating material. The astire cooaeclion adwpte: AD
is advantageously made of an iosahting material, preferably a synthetic tasterisl. The opening 59 is the rear wall 57 of the connection adspter AD is also clearly shown in FIG. 11c, which serves as paast~ of the lip LE ljrrom the cotdttctor nil elematt S to the face 51 of the connection adapter AD.
-l4-Aa it can be seen in FIG. 12a in a paspoctive view and in FIG. 12b in a crass-tasctional view, there may be opposing grooves 60 formed in the sides of the side watts 4; 1 l o! the oo~uctor rail element S, and whereby they are also facing the comes of the ektitent S. Said grooves 60, which extend in the longitudiml direction of the conductor nil, are arranged at a cartaia height above the oaducting tracks 8, 10 whereby severs) pairs of opposing grooves 60 rnay also be provided at varying heights, and coven 61 may be pushed into the grooves in a longitudntal direction as laevotrdon agsinst unwanted and unintentioml touching of the conducting tracks 8, 10. Furthermore, it can be seen in FIG.
12a and 126 that the conductor rail element S may be designed loving any desired height whereby there is hone as embodiment illustrated that has less height than the ones in the other drawings, whielt is acpedient for the attachment in plaster with Ices thickness. To avoid that ruortu or other ca~truction material ruches the interior of the conducts nil S during installation, there is proposed a plaster ooveriatg 62 aideer installation replacing the . , d~bk cover (:x for instance FIG. la, wer 7): The laterst mounting tabs Is may be designed to be smaller, as illus~ated.
FIG. 13 shows a cross-sectional view through a coropletdy installed conductor tail S, sttac6ed to the welt W and having a covering thin layer otplaster V at its frorrt_ D~ lines, ale cables or the tiler LE m pulled into the lateral cable chamrela K, for example. hlountiag dements D, e.g. a screw-a~-anchor arrangement, are provided in the area of the cable channel K std m accaaible for mounting sad dismantling through said charnels K so that each of the lateral itba of the eordnctar rail S - and thereby the entire conductor rail - may be aside mtalkr. Since the plug adapter, consisting of the fixed adapter corr~oneni F sad the pivoting adapter part 8, protrude from the corducuu rail element S because of its lower height, there is a panel element or protective element SE fined ease which the faced adapter comiponent F may be advantageauly atdicded by means of a snap.on oormoction.
The holding element 26 that holds together the Fixed adapter aomportea~t F and drt pivoting adapDer part H.
and which attaches these two parts to the conductor rail S, a d~psed sin this additiontl embodiment sgain as v bolt having a head with two bcenlly protruding sections ~~ (tee arse FIG.
4a and F1G. l0a). 77rese . .. , sectiars 27 engage from bchird - as already descr'bed above - in a turned position of the holding etcmmt 26, the stripe 12 on the side pieces 1 i of the holding profile at the bottom 1 of the conductor nil S and fix thereby the components to be cnwmted thereon whereby the dead of the holding element 26 comes preferably into contact with the condaetirtg track 9 for gtoundittg. The second nod of the holding elemtnt 26 is provided with an and pier 28a that is again advaatagmottsly deigned m a screw head, which in turn is provided with a spring lock 28b and which is also connected to said holding element 26. A spring elerrro< must be provided in this embodiment that biases tire holding ekmeM 26 with a force directed away from the conductor rail S.
The embodiment in FIG. l4a offers in another way proton againu unwanted toncbing of the sting tracks 8, 10. TLe side pieces 1 I of the holding p~r~ik as well as the lower sections of the suppkm~ntary ptofik limbs 4 m ckuly widened so that ody narrow skis remain open tbruugh which the thin and prefersbly flat sad t~oaqlue-shaped eo>rtact pig l4 are guidod through and onto the condnctittg tracks 8, 10.
FIG. 14a sad FIG. 14b show again a conductor rail S in s higher configuration, which (as illtastra~ are suited for insWlation in chiseled or cut-out wide grooves in dte block wsll W, which wb:equentlY mry ~
abto covered with a layer of plaster V. Attscbment may be achieved hare also with a anew-aed-anchor amngement D leading tMougb the two lateral cable channels K of the eondttet4r rail S.
In tLe dahodimeet,of FtG:14a and 14b, tire lower sections of the profdo limb 4 have additiota.! ~o~ds~
~~:.ga. attd lpa: ~ ou t>~ ;aside, which means on the aids facing the idler of the for rail S. Said track may be ttxd addroot~ally or alternatively to the c~nd~ting tracks 8. !0 disposed on the botoom of the con~ctor rail S.
T6c faced adapter component F is provided in the hereby illustrated additiaoal embodiment with two radial contact pies 14a, which trst agaiest the 4tenl ~etdneting hacks 8a, 10a and which establisu the electric conductive contact. The hut pins 14a are biased by force tirotet atdially effective resilient ektaetNS l~, preferably springs. and are ptttbad agaitmt the cottdttc>ing rocks 8a, 10a.
Grounding is reslixed. Just like before, by means of the boldins element 26 that establishes mechartical c~ot~ling as well whereby said holding element 26 comes its caa~et with the ground co~ctor 9 installed st the bottom of the canfirctor rail S. A coodocting comecfron between the c;orrdttct>ag track 8a, 10a and the oottatct arcfaaa l5 on the face of the fucod adapts cmnponetn F is established by mans of resilient elements 16 and cott~edog c~nection plies 116c pttabed agsimt the coatsct stafice: IS and spinet which comxtion piers !6c rest the tesilimt elements 16 for the radial contatct pins 14a.
and 76 show in a top view and in a cross-sectional view a tnnsition piece of the cortdnctor rail elemeuf to bypass plug-ins or the life; FIG. g shows a longitudinal sectional view through an advantageous embodiment of the cover of the conductor nil; FIG. 9a through 9c show an additional embodiment of the eottductor rail element for the corusertion to existing outlets in a top view and in a cross-sectional view at the location of the outlet and a little lo the side thereof; FIG. ild shows t -sectional view corresponding to FIG. 9c, however with a cover fttled thereon; FIG. IOa and lOb show a simple tool for installation of a phtg adapter in F1G. 3a through 3d onto the oondnctor nil element FIG. l is through l lc illustrate a connection adapter for preferred ISDN lines for use with a conductor rail ektxtettt; F1G. 12a and 12b show additional embodimcrNs of the novel conductor rail together with safety covers std a cover against [loose]
plaster; FIG. 13 is an illustration of an additional anbodiment of the canductm nil element in a smaller version and it also shows s bolding element in an alternative embodiment; FIG.
14a and 14b show an additional embadimem of the conductor rail and the attached adapter component actually with lateral cwrductar tracks in the conducmr nil elamant and contact pins in the attae6ed adapter cue.
The conductor rail element S in the basic embothment (sae FIG. 1a and Ib) coaaiaaa etaez>t>,lly of a U-shaped pro5le, preferably of silo limbo 2 connected at a right angle to the botoom 1. The bottom 1 is in said fast embodiment extended outwardly at both sides advantageously by mounting tabs for insWhttion to walls W, block walls or the like. In tlreae mo,mtietg tabs la there are provided at specific distances borings, slots Ib, predetermined breaking points or the like through which the conductor nil element S may be mourttod on the wall W by means of a screw-nod-anchor arrangement D. for example. The side limbs 2, which height may be of a varying design deperdittg on the purpose of use andlor the plumed tLicknesc of plaster finish, may have shorter mounting tabs 3 in this ernbodiment at the outer side faciAg away from the waU W, whereby said mounting tabs come !lush with the planter finish V. The profiled piece is preferably made of a synthetic material with good insttbefng qualitia. To give s good hold to additia~al components to be installed independent from possible deformations of the side limbs 2 and not to hinder their it>Siallation or removal, there ue advantageously suppkmaitary limbs 4 provided on the inside of the side limbs 2, puallel thereof and protruding fram the bottom I of the profile, whereby there could also be provided receiving metrtbers for the addieiaual contponenta or whereby acid supplementary limbc 4 make up this receiving . The area bet~t the side limbs 2 and the supplementary limbs 4 cam be use as a cable ch:anel K for TV lines, data lines, telephone lines or the like.
Resilient tips 5 are pmvukd between the side limbs 2 and the supplememary fml>s 4 into which strips 6 of a profiled cover 7 engaged and whereby said cover is attached to the eondtxtor rail S. Said profiled cover 7 may be designed htvieg predetern>ined breaking points or having aectio~ disposed next so one anger, as it is explained below in . . .. . _ . .. ~.oo>~tioa with FIG. 8, to adjust said to any d~~ .~ prod ,~.
. . ..
~uions. for additional components or to crane open at these locations for said additional components _ and through which openings these additional eomporxmts grasp the conductor rail S and/or may be attached thtreon Conducting tracks lie preferably between dx sttppktrreatary limbs ~1, peeferably three costing treks 8, 9, 10 of which the center track 9 is used as a ground and the outer tracks 8 and 10 are used as a phase copductor and as a neutral conduMOC. A holding pro5le is provided at the bottom 1 of the conductor rail eke S, parallel to the side limbs 2 sad the supplementary timber 4 to be able to attach additional components at any desired location in s rapid and simple manner. This holding profile consisUt of two additional providing strips 12 at the uppu end section proaudiag lion the bottom 1 and oriented towed the respective other sib pixe. A conducting track, preferably a ewer track 9 for grounding, lies between the two side pieces 11 of the holding proF,k.
Another basic embodiment of the novel candtxtar rail ektrtart S is s>iowm is F1G. 2a and 26 wherein this element is designed, for example, for im4alhuion in wallboards P, R#g~s gypsum wallboards or the floe. tn place of mounting tabs la as lateral exteasiaau of the b0lttNd 1, this bottom is essentially e:v~ with the side limbs 2. tn coaaeat, the front mounting tabs 3 are extended and rsst in the cutouts of the wallboard P for the c~ductor ra7 S. As passageway in Show: rvallboa:da P, having the uaul arraagemeat of clamp screws R, there ue provided at spy distances slots 3a, borings, pnedeserneined breaking points sad the like in this frmt mwmting ub 3. The height of the caaduetor rail ektneen S may here also be designed at varying dimensions depending on the thickness of the wallbwrds.
Bvm though the conductor rail ekmeat S nuy be designed at any kagfh and may be cut to say desired length, the design in specific predetumined kagths of 1 meter, 2 metaa apd 4 meters is of advanbge for -$-cffieient during and sbora~. Twro juxtaposed conductor rail eka>onm may be kept in a spatially constant position to one another in lLeir iustalistion; however, a comKCtion via a system illusttated io FIG.
3a and 3b is of advantsge. A groove 2a is provided that runs in longitudinal direction of the conductor rail at the outwardly oriented surfsce of the side limbs 2 whereby the side of the groove 2a facing the bottom 1 of the conductor rail element S rues from the center of the groove 2a in a slanted mariner toward the outside. The bottom of the groove 2a is thereby wider than its opening and it farms thereby a half swallowtail guiding clement. A copaection element C enconopssses the interlocking end sections of two conductor rail elements S whereby said eornteetioa element C Las an essentieUy square profile with the bosom 36 and the two side lath 3T, and which parts rest completely against the rear side of the bottom 1 and the side limb 2 of the conductor rail element S. 0t eotarae, the haunting tabs 1 a must be removable at the connection points or the must be kR off whemby a testes!, additional arcs, whicb is free from the monating tabs Is, allows Ltersl sliding of the cormecdon ekment_C and ottbrs thereby s sirrrpLx . ..
cooaoction sa weil as siatpk subsequent long of the coupling. At the front end of the sick limbs 3T of the com~ction element C there are: Look a6aped sections 38 forested complimentary to the cmss section of the groove 2a in the side limbo 2 of tLe conductor rail element 2, whereby uid hook-shaped sectiaats 38 hoLl the com>ection element C possibly slidabie an wee or each conductor rail element S and whereby they prevent uniatenHonal removal of falling a~tlf: M eloctric connection clement E
is additionally illustrated in FIG. 3a, which is described in mare de>ail in corgurtedort with (Ute description of) FIG. 5a through Sc.
A plug adapter illustated in FIG. 4a and 4b can be inserted between the suppkatentary limbs 4 wbereby said plug adapts ~ designed for phtgghtg-is ad electrical connection with tradition) plug-in jacks, which mesas as a rephcement for the usual outlets. The plug adapter consists of a fixed adapter coa~nent F to be corrected to the conductor rail ekmeM S and s remtovabk pivoting adapter part B fitted thereon and into rovltich the aaditioasl phrg-in jack may be inserted. The fixed adapter component F is provi~d with a preferably square or mtangular L~ttiag 13 made of imnlatirtg tmterial, preferably synthetic material again, of wdich at least ooe of the oubr dvrte~ons coQeaponds exactly to the width between the Umbs 4.
. - To e:<ab4sh cotdttctiog oontsct wide the owtdaexiag tracts 8 urd l0, sad se least with the phsae conductor and the neutral conductor, there are in this fsrst embod6rrant axially orientod contact pins provided at a distance to rheas conducting tracks 8, 10 ootnaponding to the diatatece of the tract from one another.
There are contact urcfica 15 at the side of tLa Lousing 13 opposite of the comact pins 14 and at the side of the fixed adapts corrtportent F facing away from the conductor rail element S
w>>ereby the conducing connection between the contact pins l4 and the contact sutdas IS is established, for exstaple, via a respective conducxing spring element mllor a ao~tcting guide element 16a having a spring l6 or it is established is a similar way. Said sprL~lg slmaant exeds a force that pushes the contact pins l4 away from the contact surface 15 and pushes them dtereby in axial directiaf relative to the faced adapter part F toward the coaductirtg tracks 8, 10 and out of the hottsistg 13. To attach the fixed adapter component F by mans of an additional cotapotyetn (as ~ moae detail below), there is a passage 17 provided in tire center of the horning 13 through which psstage tiwe.additional contpotteut may be guided onto the holding pro5k 11 on the eondtxtor rail S. Filly, three is additionally a guiding tab or an arrangement of guiding tabs identifxd with the number l8, which is desigeed as a strip running preferably circular and coaxial around the around the passage 17 anti which grading tab allows precise fitting onto the contact surfaces 17 of an additional component relative to tbt diaplaeement about the center axis std in any other direction.
Such a corrtponatt to be fitted is preferably tire pivoting adapter part B.
which housing 19 is made again of insulating material, preferably synthetic material, which is designed at the face advantageously like a traditional outlet (see FIG. 4c) and wlrich is provided thereby with receiving ntanbera 20 for ootttict pins of traditional phrg-in jacks or with eaodtteting contact ekmettts 21. At the rear side of the housing 19, . . . . .. . which faces .thc fixed adapter cornponettt F, there arc c,Mttact surfaces 22 provided to be p(a«d against the c~~ct lea 15 and to establish electrical contact with these contact surfaces t5 of the fixed [adapter]
component F. The contact elements 2l ~e preferably acrev~rod together with the contact surfaces 22, in say case, they arc eonductively connected.
The contact stafacea 15 of the fixod adapba component F are designed preferably circular and they extetd at an angel of preferably about 90' coaxialty to the center passage 17 of the holding and attachment element. Through this design of the contact surfaces 15, the pivoting adaput part B is the illustrated embodiment may be mounted in a position whereby it may be turacd respectively by 90° on the conducboa~
rail S and which allows a co~onding position for the plug to be inserted. Any desired irdertrrediste position could also be taken in cxae of a circular housing. For procise guidance toward the o~tact surfaces 15 of the fixed adapter component F at any chosen installation position, these is a strip 24 that rams coaxislly amend the ccnoer of the preferably circular section of the pivoting adapter part B and whereby an circular receiving member 25 is created between said strip 24 and the center section. Durit>a assembly of the pivoting adapter part B and the fixed adapser cornpoueat F, there is placed into said receiving astmber 25 the guiding bb 18 of the fixed idapser compoocnt F, which always~.romains in the eras direction ~' . .. . . ., .
relative to the conductor nil S, imlepmd~t from the orientation of the pivoting adapter part B. For the coupling of the pivoting adapter part D and the taxed tdapter component F, there cm be provided a snap.on co~ction between the bb l8 and tho ship 24, for example, whereby a circutnitmatiat projection I8a engages a circumtersntial groove 24a and w4ich still permits thereby rotation around the center axis bat not a pulling-apart in axial direction of the pivotiaig adapter pat B and tfx fixed adapter component F.
The holdir>g element 26 in its prefernd embodiment can be recognized'by a bolt extending through tbc passage 17 or 23 in the fixed adapter component F or the pivoting adapts part B holding together this fixed adapter component F and the pivoting adapter part $ and whereby these two parts are attached to the conductor rail. This holding element 26 has a End that is prel9xably providod with two laterally protruding sections 27 (set FIG. 4a and FIG. IOa). Said sections 27 reach behiad dre strips 12 on the side pieces 11 of the holding profile disposed at the bottom 1 of tlfe conducting rtil S while tlx holding element 26 is in a turned position and said sections 27 hold thereby the component to be mounted on the conductor rail S.
The head of the holditg element 26 makes thereby t with the conducting tuck 9 for grounding a~
can thereby also provide groundir~ via the outlet of tlse pivoting adapter part B for the consumer who is supplied with electric power. 'The second end of dre holding element 26, which is preferably designed as a . . .. . bolt head 28, may at the same time serve as support for,~a apciOg alaaant, which exerts a force onto the gilding elemera 26 pulling it otu of the holding prot;b at a specific roratiort thereof. Tlre bolt head 28 is then again advantageously screwed onto the holding elarrent 26 and properly seaaed thereon. The holding element 26 establishes furthermore the conadction between the ground contacts 29 in the pivoting adapter part B and the ground conductor 9 of the conductor tail S and is tbenfote made of elxtric cotdtxtive rruterial.
In addition to said connocti~s, there may be pia:a empby~sd that are, for exarnpk, designod to run the conoectioa along the corner of a room at a specific angle, prcfersbly 90°. The cams pieces may possbly be provided with changeable angles, which means having a swiveling axis mmiag at the place of the bottom 1 of the conductor rail element S and having a movable cong correction from the conductor tracks 8, 9 and 10 past this axis. Finally, long caaductor elements S can be designed in an angled mantra.
Besides the mechanical txrndection of two ~d~tctor rail elates S bordering are another, for example via a connection elearera C, there must also a conducting coonoclioa be established between said etemenn S, witich may be accorryrtiebed, for example, by plug-in crmrtactioas or spring-loadod contact links. An additional advantagooua version is illustrated in FIG. 5a thratrgh Sc, which additionally increases mechanical stability as well An ekotric cmnxtioo el~c>tt E is provided thereirne that may be slidably iasated in longitudiml direction between the limbs 4 of the e~rtdtretor rail ekmerrt S. It is provided on its main body 30 with a gripping surface 31 for easier 6andlirrg. In the bngiivdmal direction. there are three ekdrie conductive rods or lamina 32 mounted on the underside of the main body 30, which come into c~ettut with the cordrrcting tracks8, 9 and 10, and which have a cross-sectional shape thst combores the secure holding ability in the side limbs 4 of the holding pro4k 11 with the slidability in the longitudinal direction. The ends of the rods 32 may be designed to be tspared for easier insertion into the structures of the conductor rail element S (see F1G. 5c).
-lI-A similar ekxaic connection elemaN E' (F1G. 5d, Se) ntay be provided far the connection o! additional electric systems with traditional casxluarng wires. The main plate 30. is thereby provided with rods ar laminas 32 or terminal screws 33 in a conduetimg co~ction into which opatings the ends 34 of conducting wires may be securely clamped by means of eLmping screws 35. The connection to the conductor rtdl S is established the smne way as in the cottmexion eletrted E
of FIG. Se through Sc.
Traditional electric lines may also be coapiod at any desired bcation to the conductor rail S via a terminal box I according w FIG. 6a told 66. Said ttxatiml box 1 is provided with a housing 36, which has two lateral extensions 36a in the shape of the conductor rail aIam~t S and which may be connactod, for example, to the conductor rail element S with the aboveDddacdbed camection elements C and E. The dectric coed>xtora L to be coupled to the coodreoor rail S are ma into the housing 36 of the arminal box I via a .. . .... . prefetatbly.threutded jack 37 wherehiy the colds of .aid t~dttcsors L are attae;bed to terminal screws 38, w~h ~ t,n" are also connected to the conductors L' whose other one are-connects ~ the connection element E'. Aa shown in F1G. 6c, as additional cartductittg rail trait' branch off via s branch piece T, which may be fabricated at any angle or it may be pivotable whexeby electric connection to said branch piece tray be established via the extnuection ek3rrteats E.
Tn the use of the novel conductor rata S in cottjmtction with wallboards, it is moat often necessary to bypass studs or rnountittg strips L on the waUbaarda P. There is advantageously a spacer Z provided for this purpose as illustrated in FIG. 7a and 76. It lus the dimensions of the stud L
corresponding to the arched center piece 39, whereby the conducting connection of the ewtducting tracks 8, 9 and 10 is established via rovmded-off wnducting strips 40 to the cenba pioce, and wha~eby said conducting ships arc secured by marts of screws 41. A section of the stud L is shown in a break-away view in FIG. 7b to make the eiitference in width visrble between gte exater piece 39 and tba remaining spacer Z.
As it is shown in FIG. B in a lorgitttd~l sectioral view gtrwgh the exater of cover 7 of the novel conductor nil S, this cover 7 may be :ewr~ with an sdhesive strip 47 extending in letagihdinal dirxtion also during installation snd whereby aid cover 7 mty eobsist of the co>nb~ed sections 7a and 7b whose k>ngitudinal dimensions essentially to the ones of the phtg adapter. Thereby, the section 7a or 7b must be taken out only at the vort~ading bcation at which a plug adapter is to be installed and whereby a plug adapter is insertod in its place. In case: w6aa the end of the neighboring section 7b is overlapped on the outside by the: section 7a, the ~ighbaing aectioaa 7b mnat be IiRed up and taken out and strbsoqttently imated agsin, which is, whoever, easily poaabk based on the plug-in connection in the rcsilietat lips 5 of the conductor rail element S. The adheesive strip 47 may be pulled oft' after snapping the cover 7 onto the conductor tail S.
An outlet adapter A, of which and eoAbodimeut example is ahorvtt in FIG. 9a through 9d, aUoars to connect the novel conductor rail to an already existing conventional outlet and thereby - on one hand - to retrofit rooms supplied [with power] in a traditional way. and - on the other band - to obtain a reliable, more elegant and more aesthetic solution as repls~rnent of the usual terminal boxes with their cable connections.
The outlet adapoer A is additionally provided with cvnttaet pine 42, which are arranged according to the receiving member 43 of the outlet ST or also of the txtts of the ground e~tacts. The contact pies 42 are comtected via preferably detachable taottncctiotta us, for example, tertmmtl screws 44 leading through com~ction lines having contact elements attached in a spring-baled trmrmer on the co~rcrmg tracks 8, 9, of the elongated part 45 of the adapter A and camtact elements that are aiao mounted via a detachable .. . section t~oa which connct pins 42 are directly ~ctad concluatively to sad oo~uctiog tracks of the _ ~~~mr n,~ element-S. The adapter A may be attsched to the wall adjaeent to-the outlet ST by-meana of a screw-and-anchor arrangement D as illustrsted in FIG. 9c sad 9d. The electric conducting sections are pnosected agairut touching and damage by a cover 47 at locations on which the phrg adapters are provided.
A turning knob M is advantageously providod at the conductor rail S for easier and more reliable insttltation of the phtg adapter of FIG. 4a and 4b. This fuming knob M has a disk-a>vped body 48 made of insulating rnttakl, which has a larger diameter than the pivotin6 past B of the phrg adapter on at least a sxtion of its thickness. On the side of the body 48 facing the pivoting part $, drare is a threaded turning piece 49 setached l6at engages with its tongue 50 the slot 28', the cross-slot or other recesses of the bolt head 28 of the holding element 26 and whereby said turning piece coma this holding element 26 together with the turning of the body 48 to the same extent. Through this fuming, the projocfirtg sections 27 of the holding element 28 arc brought in or out of engagement with the holding strips 11 and fatten or loosen the plug ad~ta in a way so that there is no risk involved for the irntslkr to come into contact with pats being under electric power.
In F1G. l la there is shows in a cross-s~tions! view how a novel coatxetion adapter AD is attact>ed to a conducts element S and whereby it can be detached at any tittre. The connection adapter AD has essentially a Ilat face 51 and is designed for TV lines, data tinge, ISDN
lines LE or the like, which are installed preferably in the arw of the cable channel K bdvroen the side limbs 2 and the supplementary limbs 4 of the conductor rail S. tJn aid fsce 51, there is at heat afe boring provided for pasasge of the litre LE or st least one traditioml plug~in coonceti~ 52. The lies LE lesda thereby from the cable channel K, through the housing of the comtaction adapter AD, and then all the way bough to the plug-in comtection 52.
At least one additional opening 53 is provided rot the face of the conna;t~
adapts AD, which preferably receives a ~oldipg elen>ent 55 in the ('orm of a heed 54 of ~ t~ptt~d acrev~t oc.cms~-. recealr (Phillips] screw!.
'nte.bokling.elemeru 55 itself leads through. the contuctiaa far is the. foam of set-elortgaKd bolt that is rotatably contained therein. The sect~n of the holding element 55, which protrudes from the cortoection adapts, extends into the i~aior of the holding profrle 1 l 1, 12 of the conductor rail element S. The head 56 disposed is the irnerior of the holding profile 11, 12 is here also preferably ndially widened at two opposed aides and is in this way lockable in the holding pcoHfe 11, 12 by turning 'tt about its longitudinal axis whereby it also det~hably fixes the co>mection adapter AD relative to the cadnctor rail element S.
As described above relative to the fixed adapter component F and the pivoting adapter part 8, a spring count be provided also htte biasing the holdit>6 eletneat 35 wlxreby said spring exerts a force onto said holding element 55 in its Irtsertod condition to force i1 away 6rom the conducwr rail element S.
On the rear waU 57 facing the conductor rail ektnatt S, theta is ptavided at least ace spacer pin 58 (see also F1G. 11c in relation thereto) whereby four spacer pins Sg are peovidtd in the r7h>saated embodiment.
These spacer pins 58 keep the housing of the cortnectioo adt~ler AD at the proper distance to dx conductor rail S so that it carrot be pushed too !at against it sod csux daaage tltereso. The spacer pine 58 profersbly rest on the outer conducting tracks 8, l0 and are appaopriatalar made of inaulatirtg araterisl or are providod with end pieces made of ia~sulating material. The astire cooaeclion adwpte: AD
is advantageously made of an iosahting material, preferably a synthetic tasterisl. The opening 59 is the rear wall 57 of the connection adspter AD is also clearly shown in FIG. 11c, which serves as paast~ of the lip LE ljrrom the cotdttctor nil elematt S to the face 51 of the connection adapter AD.
-l4-Aa it can be seen in FIG. 12a in a paspoctive view and in FIG. 12b in a crass-tasctional view, there may be opposing grooves 60 formed in the sides of the side watts 4; 1 l o! the oo~uctor rail element S, and whereby they are also facing the comes of the ektitent S. Said grooves 60, which extend in the longitudiml direction of the conductor nil, are arranged at a cartaia height above the oaducting tracks 8, 10 whereby severs) pairs of opposing grooves 60 rnay also be provided at varying heights, and coven 61 may be pushed into the grooves in a longitudntal direction as laevotrdon agsinst unwanted and unintentioml touching of the conducting tracks 8, 10. Furthermore, it can be seen in FIG.
12a and 126 that the conductor rail element S may be designed loving any desired height whereby there is hone as embodiment illustrated that has less height than the ones in the other drawings, whielt is acpedient for the attachment in plaster with Ices thickness. To avoid that ruortu or other ca~truction material ruches the interior of the conducts nil S during installation, there is proposed a plaster ooveriatg 62 aideer installation replacing the . , d~bk cover (:x for instance FIG. la, wer 7): The laterst mounting tabs Is may be designed to be smaller, as illus~ated.
FIG. 13 shows a cross-sectional view through a coropletdy installed conductor tail S, sttac6ed to the welt W and having a covering thin layer otplaster V at its frorrt_ D~ lines, ale cables or the tiler LE m pulled into the lateral cable chamrela K, for example. hlountiag dements D, e.g. a screw-a~-anchor arrangement, are provided in the area of the cable channel K std m accaaible for mounting sad dismantling through said charnels K so that each of the lateral itba of the eordnctar rail S - and thereby the entire conductor rail - may be aside mtalkr. Since the plug adapter, consisting of the fixed adapter corr~oneni F sad the pivoting adapter part 8, protrude from the corducuu rail element S because of its lower height, there is a panel element or protective element SE fined ease which the faced adapter comiponent F may be advantageauly atdicded by means of a snap.on oormoction.
The holding element 26 that holds together the Fixed adapter aomportea~t F and drt pivoting adapDer part H.
and which attaches these two parts to the conductor rail S, a d~psed sin this additiontl embodiment sgain as v bolt having a head with two bcenlly protruding sections ~~ (tee arse FIG.
4a and F1G. l0a). 77rese . .. , sectiars 27 engage from bchird - as already descr'bed above - in a turned position of the holding etcmmt 26, the stripe 12 on the side pieces 1 i of the holding profile at the bottom 1 of the conductor nil S and fix thereby the components to be cnwmted thereon whereby the dead of the holding element 26 comes preferably into contact with the condaetirtg track 9 for gtoundittg. The second nod of the holding elemtnt 26 is provided with an and pier 28a that is again advaatagmottsly deigned m a screw head, which in turn is provided with a spring lock 28b and which is also connected to said holding element 26. A spring elerrro< must be provided in this embodiment that biases tire holding ekmeM 26 with a force directed away from the conductor rail S.
The embodiment in FIG. l4a offers in another way proton againu unwanted toncbing of the sting tracks 8, 10. TLe side pieces 1 I of the holding p~r~ik as well as the lower sections of the suppkm~ntary ptofik limbs 4 m ckuly widened so that ody narrow skis remain open tbruugh which the thin and prefersbly flat sad t~oaqlue-shaped eo>rtact pig l4 are guidod through and onto the condnctittg tracks 8, 10.
FIG. 14a sad FIG. 14b show again a conductor rail S in s higher configuration, which (as illtastra~ are suited for insWlation in chiseled or cut-out wide grooves in dte block wsll W, which wb:equentlY mry ~
abto covered with a layer of plaster V. Attscbment may be achieved hare also with a anew-aed-anchor amngement D leading tMougb the two lateral cable channels K of the eondttet4r rail S.
In tLe dahodimeet,of FtG:14a and 14b, tire lower sections of the profdo limb 4 have additiota.! ~o~ds~
~~:.ga. attd lpa: ~ ou t>~ ;aside, which means on the aids facing the idler of the for rail S. Said track may be ttxd addroot~ally or alternatively to the c~nd~ting tracks 8. !0 disposed on the botoom of the con~ctor rail S.
T6c faced adapter component F is provided in the hereby illustrated additiaoal embodiment with two radial contact pies 14a, which trst agaiest the 4tenl ~etdneting hacks 8a, 10a and which establisu the electric conductive contact. The hut pins 14a are biased by force tirotet atdially effective resilient ektaetNS l~, preferably springs. and are ptttbad agaitmt the cottdttc>ing rocks 8a, 10a.
Grounding is reslixed. Just like before, by means of the boldins element 26 that establishes mechartical c~ot~ling as well whereby said holding element 26 comes its caa~et with the ground co~ctor 9 installed st the bottom of the canfirctor rail S. A coodocting comecfron between the c;orrdttct>ag track 8a, 10a and the oottatct arcfaaa l5 on the face of the fucod adapts cmnponetn F is established by mans of resilient elements 16 and cott~edog c~nection plies 116c pttabed agsimt the coatsct stafice: IS and spinet which comxtion piers !6c rest the tesilimt elements 16 for the radial contatct pins 14a.
Claims (24)
1. A conductor rail element, particularly for installation in living quarters or the like or for installation into wall elements of living quarters or the like, comprising an essentially U-shaped profile whose sides limbs (2) arc provided with attachment devices for covering the conductor rail or the like whereby a neutral conductor (10), a ground conductor (9), and a phase conductor (8) extend parallel and open toward the side limbs (2) disposed on the bottom (1) of the profile, characterised in that an open holding profile runs parallel to said side limbs (2) at the bottom (1) whereby the side pieces (11) protruding from the bottom of the profile are provided with salient rails (12) that are oriented toward the other side piece, respectively.
2. A conductor rail according to claim 1, wherein a supplementary limb (4) runs parallel and inside of said side limbs (2) and outside of the conducing tracks (8, 9, 10).
3. A conductor rail element according to claim 2, wherein the lower section of said supplementary limbs (4) is provided at the side facing the center of the conductor rail element (S) with at least one conducting track (8a, 10a) running in the longitudinal direction of said conductor rail element (S).
4. A conductor rail element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the holding profile extends over one of the conducting tracks.
5. A conductor rail element according to one of the claims 1 through 4, wherein the holding profile runs in the center of the said conductor rail element.
6. A fixed adapter component for a conductor rail element according to one of the claims 1 through 4, comprising at least one contact pin (14, 14a) for at least one phase conductor (8, 8a), a ground conductor (9), and at least one neutral conductor (10, 10a) of said conductor rail element (S), characterized in that one conducting contact surface (15) is provided per contact pin (14) on the bottom of the side of the fixed adapter component (F) opposite the conductor rail element (S) whereby at least one conducting resilient element (16) exerts a force on each contact pin (14, 14a) that is directed away from acid contact surface (15) and onto the phase conductor (8, 8a) or the neutral conductor (10, 10a).
7. A fixed adapter component according to claim 5, wherein axial contact pins (l4) are provided and clamped thereto in at least one respective resilient element (16) that is oriented axially between said contact surface (15) and said contact pin (14).
8. A fixed adapter component according to claim 6 or 7, wherein radial contact pins (14a) are provided and whereby each radial contact pin (14a) is connected conductively to one of the contact surfaces (15)
9. A fixed adapter component according to claim 8, wherein at least one preferably conductive resilient element (16a) biases said radial contact pin (14a) with a force directed radially and outwardly.
10. A fixed adapter component according to claims 6 through 9, wherein a passage (17) is provided for a holding element (26), which cooperates with the holding profile of the conductor rail element (S).
11. A fixed adapter component according to one of the claim 5 through 8, wherein at least one guiding tab (18) is provided at the side of said contact surfaces (15).
12. A fixed adapter component according to claim 11, wherein one or each guiding tab forms a closed circular configuration with one another that lies preferably coaxial to the center axis between said contact surface (15).
13. A fixed adapter component according to one of the claims 6 through 12, wherein said contact surfaces (15) are designed circular about the center axis of said fixed adapter component (F) and extend preferably at least around one quarter of the circumference.
14. A pivoting adapter part for a conductor rail element according to one of the claims 1 through 4 and a fixed adapter component according to one of the claims 5 through 10, whose rear side is provided with at least one contact surface per contact surface of the fixed adapter component and whose front side is provided with a receiving element for traditional plugs, characterized in that the rear side of said pivoting adapter is provided with at least one receiving element (25) for possible guiding tabs (18) of the fixed adapter component (F).
15. A pivoting adapter part according to claim 14, wherein one or each receiving element (25) is coaxial, but still radially outside of its center axis.
16. A pivoting adapter part according to claim 11, wherein a passage (23) is provided for said holding element (26), preferably through the center axis.
17. A pivoting adapter part according to claim 16, wherein a holding element (26) is rotatably held in said passage (23) and wherein its section protruding from the pivoting adapter part (B) extends through the passage (17) in the fixed adapter component (F) and onto the interior of the holding profile (11, 12) of said conductor rail element (S).
18. A pivoting adapter part according to claim 17, wherein said holding element (26) is provided with a radially widened head (27) at two opposing sides.
19. A pivoting adapter part according to one of the claims 14 through 18 to cooperate with the fixed adapter component according to one of the claims 6 through 13, wherein the contact surfaces (22) are designed in a circular manner about the center axis of the pivoting adapter part (B) whereby they extend preferably at least over one quarter of the circumference, and whereby said contact surfaces are stationary relative to the receiving element (20) for the plug-in jack.
20. An outlet adapter for a conductor rail element according to one of the claims 1 through 5, having a plug-in section to cooperate with traditional outlets, characterized in that the plug pins (42) and ground contacts are preferably connected to spring-loaded elements whereby said contact elements are geometrically disposed in one of the arrangements of said conducting trucks (8, 9, 10) corresponding to the arrangement of the conductor rail element (S).
21. An outlet adapter according to claim 20, wherein there is provided a detachable connection for said plug pins (42) and ground contacts with the contact elements.
22. A connection adapter for a conducts rail element according to claim 1 through 5, having at least one outlet and/or inlet for data lines at its front side that faces away from said conductor rail, particularly for ISDN lines or the like, characterized in that the rear side is provided with at least one spacer pin, which fits exactly against at least one of said conducting tracks during installation.
13. A connection adapter according to claim 22, wherein a holding element (26) is rotatably held in the passage of this connection adapter and whereby said passage extends from the protruding section of said connection adapter into the interior of the holding profile (11, 12) of said conductor rail element.
24. A connection adapter according to claim 23, wherein said holding element (26) is provided with a head (27) that is radially widened at two opposed sides.
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