CN211902088U

CN211902088U - Supporting suite

Info

Publication number: CN211902088U
Application number: CN202020216536.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 阿尔贝托·因诺琴特·因佩里亚莱
Original assignee: Imperial Corp
Current assignee: Imperial Corp
Priority date: 2019-02-27
Filing date: 2020-02-26
Publication date: 2020-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 2030-02-26
Also published as: GB2583571A; PL128983U1; GB202002729D0; IT201900002841A1; GB2583571B; PL72665Y1

Abstract

A support kit, comprising: a plurality of support elements, each support element (10, 20) being constituted by a body of elastomeric material in which a guide beam (14, 24) of metallic material is embedded, a plurality of fixing holes (13, 23) being formed at a lower seat of the body; and a plurality of bolts (30) for mutually fixing the support element (10) of an upper level and the support element of an immediately lower level, wherein the guide beam (14) of a first support element (10) is provided for fixing the device (a) to the first support element (10), and wherein the fixing hole (23) of a second support element (20) is provided for fixing the second support element (20) to the floor. According to the invention, the same support element, which is normally only used for the direct support of the device, is used for achieving the height extension, so that it is no longer necessary to have components dedicated to the height extension function.

Description

Supporting suite

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a support for an apparatus, in particular for a condensation unit of an air conditioner and a refrigeration apparatus.

Background

The construction of an air conditioning plant comprises the use of an external condensation unit and an internal unit, which are connected to each other by means of an electrical connection and a circuit for conveying a refrigerant fluid between the two units.

The installation of the condensation unit on the floor causes vibration problems during the installation operation: for this purpose, it is known to use floor supports which are substantially constituted by a body of elastomeric material having a lower seat and an upper seat. At the lower base of the supporter main body, a plurality of fixing holes are formed for fixing the supporter to the floor by screws. At the upper base of the support body, a guide beam of metal material is embedded, such guide beam having an upward facing groove serving as a seat for the head of a screw slidably associated therein.

The height of the support is such that the condensing unit is located at a distance from the floor. In some applications, it may be desirable for the condensing unit to be positioned at a distance from the floor that is greater than the height of the support; in these applications, special parts are used, which are coupled to the lower seats of the supports, to achieve the extension of the supports in height.

The production of the support requires the availability of dedicated moulds; this is disadvantageous from a production point of view, considering that the extension member is only needed in a relatively small part of the installation situation. From a warehouse management point of view, there is also a drawback in that it is necessary to provide an extension element that is usable.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The object of the present invention is to provide a solution that can overcome the above mentioned drawbacks.

According to the present invention, this and other objects are achieved by a support kit comprising: a plurality of support elements, each support element being constituted by an elongated body of elastomeric material having a lower base and an upper base, wherein a plurality of fixing holes are formed at the lower base of the body and an upwardly facing slot is formed at the upper base of the body, the support elements being configured to be arranged on top of each other according to a layered arrangement, wherein the support elements of an upper layer are arranged crosswise to the support elements of an immediately lower layer; a plurality of bolts for mutually fixing the support element of an upper layer with the support element of an immediately lower layer, each of said bolts comprising a screw having a head adapted to be coupled to the support element of a lower layer and having a shank adapted to fit into a corresponding fixing hole of the lower base of the support element of an upper layer and a nut adapted to be coupled with said screw for holding the support element of an upper layer against the support element of an immediately lower layer, wherein at least one support element of a layer on top of the layered arrangement comprises a guide beam provided for fixing the device to the support element of a layer on top of the layered arrangement, and wherein the fixing hole of at least one support element of a layer at the bottom of the layered arrangement is provided for fixing the support element of a layer at the bottom of the layered arrangement to the floor.

Further, each of the support elements comprises a guide beam embedded at the upper base of the body of elastomeric material, the guide beam having the upwardly facing slot, and each of the bolts comprises a screw having a head adapted to fit into the upwardly facing slot of the guide beam of an immediately underlying support element and having a shank adapted to fit into a corresponding fixing hole of the lower base of an overlying support element.

Further, at least one support element of the immediately lower tier comprises a plurality of through holes formed at said upwardly facing slots, and each said bolt comprises a screw having a head adapted to couple with an undercut of the support element of the immediately lower tier and having a shank adapted to fit into a respective through hole of the support element of the immediately lower tier and into a respective fixing hole of said lower base of the support element of the upper tier.

Further, each support element is formed as a rod of elastomeric material having an approximately trapezoidal cross-section.

Further, the elastomeric material is at least partially a recycled material.

Further, the elastomeric material is at least partially recycled styrene butadiene rubber.

Further, the guide beam is a C-beam having flanges folded towards each other to define respective undercuts.

Further, the fixing holes are formed in respective recesses formed in the body of elastomeric material and circumferentially arranged at the sub-seat of the body of elastomeric material.

Further, the support kit is used for a condensing unit of an air conditioning and refrigeration apparatus.

According to the invention, the same support element, which is usually only used for the direct support of the device, is used for achieving the height extension. It is therefore no longer necessary to have components dedicated to the highly extended function.

Drawings

Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, provided by way of non-limiting example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 shows an exploded view of a part of a support kit according to the invention; and

fig. 2 and 3 show an exploded view and a longitudinal cross-sectional view, respectively, of a part of a support kit according to a second embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

Such a support kit is used for fixing a device a, which may be, for example, a condensation unit of an air conditioning device, as just mentioned in fig. 1, to a floor.

The kit may comprise, for example, six support elements, three of which are shown in the figures and associated with one side of the device a and the other three of which are identical to those shown and associated with the opposite side of the device. Furthermore, in the example shown, it can be seen that an upper support element is provided above the two lower support elements, the length of which is shorter than the length of the upper support element. The upper support elements are arranged crosswise to the lower support elements. However, it will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that the number and arrangement of the support elements and the length of the individual support elements used may vary widely with respect to what is described and shown in the drawings.

Furthermore, although in the example shown the layered arrangement of support elements comprises only two layers, namely a lower layer of support elements for fixing to the floor and an upper layer of support elements for fixing device a, it is understood that the invention also comprises a layered arrangement with more than two layers, thus with a bottom layer of support elements for fixing to the floor, one or more intermediate layers of support elements and an upper layer of support elements for fixing device a.

However, for simplicity of description, reference will be made below to the example shown in fig. 1.

The upper support element (which will be referred to hereinafter as the first support element) is generally indicated by reference numeral 10. The lower support elements (which will be referred to as second support elements hereinafter) are each indicated by reference numeral 20. From a structural and functional point of view, the second support element 20 is substantially identical to the first support element 10, the former being substantially different from the latter in that it has a different length.

Each

support element

10, 20 is made as a rod of elastomeric material with an approximately trapezoidal cross section and has mirror symmetry with respect to a vertical plane extending along the centre line of the support element. The elastomeric material may be at least partially a recycled material, in particular recycled styrene butadiene rubber. The elastomeric material may for example consist of recycled styrene butadiene rubber particles combined with polyurethane (bond).

Each

support element

10, 20 is therefore constituted by a body of elastomeric material having a

lower base

11, 21 and an

upper base

12, 22.

A plurality of

fixing holes

13, 23 are formed at the

lower seats

11, 21 of the main body of each

support member

10, 20. The

fixing holes

13, 23 are formed in

recesses

13a, 23a formed in the body of each

support element

10, 20 and arranged circumferentially at the

lower seats

11, 12 of the body of each

support element

10, 20.

At the

upper base

12, 22 of the body of each support element 10, 20 a

guide beam

14, 24 of metallic material is embedded.

Such guide beams

14, 24 have upwardly facing grooves or

recesses

15, 25. In particular, each

guide beam

14, 24 is a C-beam having flanges with

ends

14a, 24a folded towards each other to define respective undercuts.

The kit further comprises a plurality of bolts 30 for fixing the first support element 10 with the second support element 20. Each bolt 30 includes: a screw 31 having a head 31a adapted to be inserted in one of the slots 25 of the guide beam 24 of the second support element 20 and having a shank 31b adapted to be inserted in the corresponding fixing hole 13 of the lower base 11 of the first support element 10; and a nut 32 adapted to couple with the screw 31 to hold the first support element 10 against the second support element 20. Each bolt 30 may include additional elements such as a washer 33.

The guide beam 14 of the first support element 10 is used to fix the device a to the first support element 10 by fixing means, such as screws or bolts, which are indicated by the line 40 in fig. 1. The fixing holes 23 of the second support element 20 are used for fixing the second support element 20 to the floor by fixing means, such as screws or bolts, which are indicated by the line 50 in fig. 1.

In the body of each

support element

10, 20, a seat 60 can be formed, suitable for receiving a respective level (for example a bubble level), to identify the inclination of the support element and thus to determine its correct positioning.

The above assembly has a stable structure in which the vibration damping characteristics of the respective support members are not changed, however, such a structure has a height twice as high as that of the single-layered support member.

Fig. 2 and 3 show a variant of the invention in which the second support element or lower element 20 does not have the guide beam 24 present in the embodiment of fig. 1, instead of which the upward facing groove 25' is formed directly on the upper base 22 of the second support element 20. At the bottom of the groove 25 'a plurality of through holes 24' are formed, which extend vertically through the body of the second support element 20.

The through holes 24' are used to fix the upper support element 10 (not shown in fig. 2 and 3 for simplicity) to the lower support element 20 by means of bolts 30. In this case, the head 31a of the screw 31 engages an undercut of the lower support element 20 (see in particular fig. 3), while the shank 31b of the screw 31 is inserted in the corresponding through hole 24' of the lower support element 20 and is adapted to be inserted in the corresponding fixing hole 13 of the lower seat 11 of the upper support element 10. Similar to the previous embodiment, a nut is coupled with the screw 31 to hold the upper support element 10 against the lower support element 20, possibly by means of a washer. In the example shown, the head 31a of the screw 31 engages, by means of its own washer 34, an undercut of the lower support element 20.

Claims

1. A support kit, characterized in that the support kit comprises:

a plurality of support elements, each support element (10, 20) being constituted by an elongated body of elastomeric material, said body having a lower seat (11, 21) and an upper seat (12, 22), wherein a plurality of fixing holes (13, 23) are formed at said lower seat (11, 21) of said body and an upward facing slot (15, 25; 25') is formed at said upper seat (12, 22) of said body, said support elements being configured to be arranged on top of each other according to a layered arrangement, wherein the support elements (10) of an upper layer are arranged crosswise to the support elements (20) of an immediately lower layer,

a plurality of bolts (30) for mutually fixing the support element (10) of an upper layer with the support element of an immediately lower layer, each of said bolts comprising a screw (31) having a head (31a) adapted to be coupled to the support element (20) of a lower layer and having a shank (31b) adapted to be fitted into a respective fixing hole (13) of said lower seat (11) of the support element (10) of an upper layer, and a nut (32) adapted to be coupled with said screw to hold the support element (10) of an upper layer against the support element (20) of an immediately lower layer,

wherein the at least one support element (10) of a layer on top of the layered arrangement comprises a guiding beam (14) provided for fixing a device (a) to the support element (10) of a layer on top of the layered arrangement, and wherein the fixing hole (23) of the at least one support element of a layer at the bottom of the layered arrangement is provided for fixing the support element (20) of a layer at the bottom of the layered arrangement to the floor.

2. Support kit according to claim 1, characterized in that each of said support elements (10, 20) comprises a guide beam (14, 24) embedded at said upper seat (12, 22) of said body of elastomeric material, said guide beam having said upward facing groove (15, 25), and

each of said bolts comprises a screw (31) having a head (31a) adapted to fit into the upward facing groove (25) of the guide beam (24) of the immediately underlying support element (20) and having a shank (31b) adapted to fit into a corresponding fixing hole (13) of the lower base (11) of the overlying support element (10).

3. The support kit according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one support element (20) of the immediately lower layer comprises a plurality of through holes (24') formed at said upward facing grooves (25'), and

each of said bolts comprises a screw (31) having a head (31a) adapted to couple with the undercut of the support element (20) of the immediately lower layer and having a shank (31b) adapted to fit into the respective through hole (24') of the support element (20) of the immediately lower layer and into the respective fixing hole (13) of the lower seat (11) of the support element (10) of the upper layer.

4. Support kit according to claim 1, characterized in that each support element (10, 20) is formed as a rod of elastomeric material having an approximately trapezoidal cross section.

5. The support kit of claim 1, wherein the elastomeric material is at least partially a recycled material.

6. The support kit of claim 5, wherein the elastomeric material is at least partially recycled styrene butadiene rubber.

7. A support kit according to claim 2, wherein the guide beams (14, 24) are C-beams having flanges (14a, 24a) folded towards each other to define respective undercuts.

8. Support kit according to claim 1, characterized in that said fixing holes (13, 23) are formed in respective recesses (13a, 23a) formed in said body of elastomeric material and arranged circumferentially at said lower seats (11, 21) of said body of elastomeric material.

9. The support kit of claim 1, wherein the support kit is for a condensing unit of an air conditioning and refrigeration apparatus.