DE202018104583U1 - retaining element - Google Patents

Abstract

Holding element (1) for holding a cleaning device (10) in a shaft (20) of a trench, the shaft (20) having a modular structure and comprising at least one shaft element (21) which has a receiving section (22) for receiving the holding element (1 ), wherein the holding element (1) has a support section (2) with which it can be arranged on the receiving section (22) of the shaft element (21), and wherein the shaft (20) comprises at least one pipe section (25) which is connected to one end (26) can be placed on a mounting section (3) formed on the holding element (1), and the cleaning device (10) can be inserted into and removed from an opening (4) in the holding element (1).

Description

The invention relates to a holding element.

Furthermore, the invention relates to a shaft for a trench with such a holding element.

Finally, the invention relates to a trench with a shaft.

Trenches are used to absorb water, especially rainwater, which is particularly abundant in heavy rain events. In order to supply the water to the trench, the trench comprises a shaft which, in addition to introducing the water into the trench, also provides access to the trench for maintenance and cleaning work. Since the water supplied to the trench is generally contaminated because it carries particles, waste and plant material with it, it is advisable to at least roughly clean this water before it is introduced into the trench. In this way, increasing pollution of the trench is countered.

This is where the invention comes in, which has set itself the task of providing a holding element for a cleaning device which can be installed in a shaft for a trench in a simple manner. Such a holding element should be simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shaft for a trench with such a holding element. The ultimate object of the present invention is to provide a trench with a shaft.

The solution to the first object, to provide a holding element for a cleaning device which can be installed in a shaft for a drainage system, is achieved with the subject matter of claim 1. Preferred embodiments of the invention are shown in the subclaims.

In the context of the present invention, it was recognized that a holding element completely fulfills the task if it is provided that the holding element for holding a cleaning device in a modular shaft of a trench, which comprises at least one shaft element, which has a receiving section for receiving the holding element , has a support section with which it can be arranged on the receiving section of the shaft element, and wherein the shaft comprises at least one pipe section which can be placed at one end on a mounting section formed on the holding element, and wherein the cleaning device can be inserted and removed from an opening in the holding element this is removable.

Such a holding element according to the present invention is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and can be easily installed in the shaft of a trench.

In particular, the holding element holds the cleaning device in the shaft of the trench in a safe manner.

In the present invention, it can be very favorable if it is provided that the opening of the holding element has a circular or approximately circular cross section. The opening of the holding element with a circular or an approximately circular cross section is particularly suitable for accommodating a cleaning device. Since such cleaning devices can be designed, for example, in the form of a bucket which is conical, such a bucket can be inserted into the opening of the holding element in a simple manner and can be held in the opening by the holding element. It is also possible to remove the bucket from the opening in the holding element in a simple manner.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention it can be provided that the edge of the opening has a chamfer. By forming a chamfer on the edge of the opening of the holding element, the cleaning device, which is designed, for example, in the form of a bucket, can be easily inserted into the opening, since the chamfer formed on the edge of the opening has a centering and guiding effect during insertion. Furthermore, the chamfer ensures a secure arrangement of the cleaning device in the opening of the holding element. In addition, the cleaning device can be easily removed from the opening by pulling it out.

It can be extremely advantageous in the present invention if it is provided that the holding element is designed such that it has a circular or approximately circular or an oval or an angular or a cross section composed of the abovementioned.

By forming a circular or an approximately circular or an oval or an angular or one of the above-mentioned composite cross-section of the holding element, this can be adapted exactly to the location of the shaft and its design in order to be securely received and arranged there.

In the present invention, it may prove extremely practical if provided is that the holding element is shaped such that, in the case of a holding element and an opening with a circular or approximately circular cross section, the center point of the opening coincides with the center point of the holding element.

By collapsing the center of the opening with the center of the holding element in the case of a holding element and an opening with a circular or approximately circular cross-section, a particularly simple manufacture and installation of such a holding element in a shaft of a trench is possible. In particular, a very inexpensive holding element can be provided in this way.

The holding element of the present invention can very advantageously be designed such that it consists of a polymer material or contains a polymer material, the polymer material being a thermoplastic, preferably a polyolefin, and particularly preferably a polypropylene or a polyethylene or a polybutylene, or that the thermoplastic is a polyvinyl chloride.

Such a holding element according to the invention can be produced in a particularly simple manner from polymer material, and in particular from the polymer materials mentioned.

Such polymer materials are long-lasting, inert, stable, have a low weight, are easy to handle, easy to install and can be provided inexpensively. In particular, it is very easy in this way to form the pipe molding from these materials.

The holding element according to the invention can advantageously be produced with the aid of a polymer molding process.

Such a holding element can be easily manufactured, in particular by an injection molding and / or a pressing and / or a rotational molding and / or a blowing and / or a thermoforming process.

The holding element of the present invention can be produced in an injection molding process and / or in a rotary sintering process and / or in an additive manufacturing process. If the holding element is produced in an additive manufacturing process, a laser sintering process can be used, for example. Other manufacturing processes or the combination of the manufacturing processes mentioned above are also possible.

In particular, it can be provided that the holding element is manufactured using a generative manufacturing process, for example by a 3-D printing process.

For this purpose, a three-dimensional model that can be read by data processing machines can advantageously be used for the production.

The invention also encompasses a method for generating a data processing machine readable three-dimensional model for use in a manufacturing method for a holding element. Here, the method includes in particular the input of data representing a holding element into a data processing machine and the use of the data to represent a holding element as a three-dimensional model, the three-dimensional model being suitable for use in the production of a holding element. Also included in the method is a technique in which the input data of one or more 3D scanners, which function either by touch or contactlessly, with the latter being given energy to a holding element and the reflected energy being received, and with a virtual three-dimensional one Model of a holding element is generated using computer-aided design software.

The manufacturing process can be a generative powder bed process, in particular selective laser melting (SLM), selective laser sintering (SLS), selective heat sintering (Selective Heat Sintering - SHS), selective electron beam melting (Electron Beam Melting - EBM / Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing - EBAM) or solidifying powder material Binder jetting. The manufacturing process can be a generative free-space process, in particular build-up welding, wax deposition modeling (WDM), contour crafting, metal powder application process (MPA), plastic powder application process, cold gas spraying, electron beam melting (Electron Beam Welding - EBW) or melt coating processes such as fused deposition Modeling (FDM) or Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). The manufacturing process can include a generative liquid material process, in particular stereolithography (SLA), digital light processing (DLP), multi jet modeling (MJM), polyjet modeling or liquid composite molding (LCM). Furthermore, the manufacturing process can include other generative layer construction processes, in particular laminated object modeling (LOM), 3D screen printing or light-controlled electrophoretic deposition.

The further object of the present invention to provide a shaft of a trench, the shaft having a holding element, as described above, is achieved by the subject matter of claim 7.

In the context of the present invention, it was recognized that a shaft of a trench can be upgraded in a particularly preferred manner if it is provided that it has a holding element as described above.

In this way, dirt that is carried along by the water supplied to the trench can be at least partially retained, thereby preventing the undesirable contamination of the trench.

The last object of the present invention to provide a trench with a shaft is solved by the subject matter of claim 8.

A trench with a shaft, which according to the above description comprises a holding element which holds a cleaning device, is very particularly suitable for being at least largely protected from undesired contamination.

The present invention is used in particular in the field of rainwater management and sewer and sewage technology, and in particular in the relocation and renovation of rainwater intake systems.

In addition to the application described, there are other fields of application in agriculture, industry and other areas.

Further important features and advantages of the invention result from the subclaims, from the figures and from the associated description of the figures.

It goes without saying that the features mentioned above and those yet to be explained below can be used not only in the combination indicated in each case, but also in other combinations or on their own without departing from the scope of the present invention.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the figures and is explained in more detail in the following description.

• 1a eine schematische perspektivische Ansicht eines Haltelements;
• 1b eine schematische geschnittene Ansicht des Halteelements aus 1;
• 2 eine schematische perspektivische Explosionsdarstellung eines Schachtes mit dem Haltelement aus 1;
• 3 eine schematische geschnittene Ansicht des in den Schacht eingebauten Halteelements mit einer Detaildarstellung.

This shows:

• 1a a schematic perspective view of a holding element;
• 1b is a schematic sectional view of the holding element 1 ;
• 2 a schematic perspective exploded view of a shaft with the holding element 1 ;
• 3 is a schematic sectional view of the holding element installed in the shaft with a detailed representation.

In the 1a is a holding element in a schematic perspective view 1 shown.

The holding element 1 is circular and has an opening in the center 4 on. The breakthrough 4 of the holding element 1 is from an edge 6 limited of a bevel 7 having. The holding element 1 has a side that is in the 1a forms the underside and the one support section 2 forms. The second side of the holding element 1 opposite the page as described above and in the 1a the top forms is as a mounting section 3 educated. The support section 2 and the touchdown section 3 of the holding element 1 face each other. Both are designed as flat surfaces that are aligned approximately parallel to one another. Both are all around for the breakthrough 4 of the holding element 1 educated.

In the 1b is a schematic sectional view of the holding member 1 from the 1a shown.

The reference numerals in 1b correspond to those in the 1a ,

From the 1b shows that the holding element 1 is essentially plate-shaped, with an approximately uniform thickness at all points. The annular retaining element 1 has a cross section 8th on who is a center point M2 has. The breakthrough 4 of the holding element 1 , which also has an annular cross section 5 owns, is the center M1 assigned.

The holding element 1 according to the 1a and 1b is shaped so that the midpoints M1 and M2 collapse so the breakthrough 4 concentric in the holding element 1 is trained.

In the 2 is a schematic exploded view of a shaft 20 with the holding element 1 out 1a . 1b shown.

The reference numerals in 2 correspond to those in the 1a . 1b ,

The shaft 20 includes a shaft element 21 , which essentially has a cube shape, with on one side of the cube-shaped shaft element 21 a receiving section 22 is integrally formed for receiving the holding element according to the invention 1 serves.

The receiving section 22 puts one around a manhole breakthrough 23 in the shaft element 21 completely extending flat surface on which the holding element 1 with its support section 2 is hangable. Here essentially the support section comes 2 of the holding element 1 with the receiving section 22 of the shaft element 21 in full or approximately full contact.

The holding element 1 is in terms of his breakthrough 4 trained such that the breakthrough 4 a cleaning device 10 can accommodate, which is designed as a bucket. The cleaning device 10 , which is designed as a bucket, has a conical wall 11 on. The cleaning device 10 will with the floor 14 ahead in the breakthrough 4 of the holding element 1 used, and penetrates so far through the breakthrough 4 until the conclusion 15 the cleaning device 10 with the bevel 7 of the edge 6 of breakthrough 4 of the holding element 1 comes into contact and in this way the cleaning device 10 is held. To facilitate this, you can use the cleaning device 10 a handle or handle can be attached in the form of a bucket, with which the positioning or removal of the cleaning device described above can be carried out 10 from the holding element 1 what is possible in the 2 is not shown.

The shaft 20 also includes a pipe section 25 the one end 26 having. The end 26 is in the direction of the shaft element 21 aligned. The face of the end 26 of the pipe section 25 when assembling the shaft 20 to the second side of the holding element 1 as described above, which as a landing section 3 is trained, put on.

The holding element 1 is in the shaft this way 20 between the shaft element 21 and the pipe section 25 clamped fixed.

It goes without saying that on the shaft element 21 other components are connected - what in the 2 not shown - that form the trench. These connections are made at further openings in the shaft element 21 , The components used for this purpose are known from the prior art and form a receiving space for the water to be taken up in the drainage system. For this purpose, the components can have a modular structure and can be stacked on top of one another and arranged on one another in order to produce a trench of the required size in terms of the volume of the amount of water to be absorbed.

In the 3 is in a schematic sectional view that in the shaft 20 built-in holding element 1 together with a detailed presentation A shown.

The reference numerals in the 3 correspond to those from the previous figures.

The sectional view shows that the holding element 1 with its support section 2 on the receiving section 22 of the shaft element 21 of the shaft 20 rests. The receiving section 22 of the shaft element 21 is as one about the manhole breakthrough 23 of the shaft element 21 Completely extending flat surface formed on a projection that extends from the shaft element 21 in the direction of the holding element 1 rises.

The shaft 20 also includes a pipe section 25 whose end 26 to the shaft element 21 is oriented. The face of the end 26 of the pipe section 25 is with the complete assembly of the shaft 20 in contact with the fitting section 3 of the holding element 1 , In this way, the holding element 1 in the shaft 20 between the shaft element 21 and the pipe section 25 trapped. By providing sealing elements on the holding element 1 and / or on the shaft element 21 and / or on the pipe section 25 can be a fluid-tight connection of the pipe section in a simple manner 25 with the shaft element 21 via the holding element 1 getting produced.

In the holding element 1 is the cleaning device 10 in the form of a bucket.

Water, especially dirty rainwater, which carries particles, dirt and organic material with it and the shaft 20 is fed to flow into the drainage not shown here, passes through the cleaning device 10 in which the water through the in the wall 11 provided wall openings 12 flowing. Here dirt up to a certain size becomes effective in the volume 13 the cleaning device 10 restrained and accumulates there. For cleaning the cleaning device 10 can, for example, using the handle or carrying handle (not shown here) from the holding element 1 through the pipe section 25 through, for example, from the street level. It is also possible to remove the cleaning device 10 from the holding element 1 an inspection or maintenance of the shaft 20 , in particular the shaft element 21 or the drainage not shown here.

With the help of the present invention it is possible to counteract undesired contamination of a trench by effectively removing dirt from the water supplied to the trench.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

retaining element

2

bearing section

3

fitting portion

4

breakthrough

5

cross-section

6

edge

7

chamfer

8th

cross-section

10

cleaning device

11

wall

12

wall opening

13

volume

14

ground

15

graduation

20

shaft

21

shaft element

22

receiving portion

23

Shaft element breakdown

25

pipe section

26

The End

27

distant end

A

detail

M1

Focus

M2

Focus

Claims (8)

Holding element (1) for holding a cleaning device (10) in a shaft (20) of a trench, the shaft (20) having a modular structure and comprising at least one shaft element (21) which has a receiving section (22) for receiving the holding element (1 ), wherein the holding element (1) has a support section (2) with which it can be arranged on the receiving section (22) of the shaft element (21), and wherein the shaft (20) comprises at least one pipe section (25) which is connected to one end (26) can be placed on a mounting section (3) formed on the holding element (1), and the cleaning device (10) can be inserted into and removed from an opening (4) in the holding element (1). Holding element (1) after Claim 1 , characterized in that its opening (4) has a circular or approximately circular cross section (5). Holding element (1) according to one of the Claims 1 or 2 , characterized in that the edge (6) of the opening (4) has a chamfer (7). Holding element (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has a circular or an approximately circular or an oval or an angular or one of the composite cross-section (8) mentioned above. Holding element (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the case of a holding element (1) and an opening (4) with a circular or approximately circular cross section (8), (5) the center point M1 of the opening (4) coincides with the center M2 of the holding element (1). Holding element (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it consists of a polymer material or contains a polymer material, the polymer material being a thermoplastic, preferably a polyolefin, and particularly preferably a polypropylene or a polyethylene or a polybutylene, or that the Thermoplastic is a polyvinyl chloride. Shaft (10) of a trench with a holding element (1) according to one of the Claims 1 to 6 , Rigole with a shaft (10) behind Claim 7 ,

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