DE7508200U - Ouschlrenn wall element - Google Patents

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Schock & Co. GmbH 7060 Schorndorf Gmünder Strasse 65

Shower partition element

The invention relates to a shower partition converter with a Folding sliding door that can be moved by means of rollers on the upper and lower rails of a frame.

A first shower partition wall of the type mentioned is already known in which the folding sliding door consists of vertically extending, flexible plastic lamellas and between these arranged, also vertically extending support webs consists, the latter two rollers each at the top and bottom wear, which can be moved in the rails and are attached to axle bearing bodies, which against the effect of springs in the support webs in

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can be moved in the vertical direction. To this extent, this known construction is relatively complex. Despite the With the known shower dividers, however, the folding sliding door is not particularly complicated because of the complicated mounting of the rollers Easily slidable, and there is also the fact that the package created when the folding sliding door is pushed together must be held together by means of a bolt because the plastic slats are elastically deformed when pushed together strive to bring the folding sliding door back into the stretched state. After all, that too Installation of the known shower partition wall is relatively complex, because the side legs of the frame of U-profile strips be formed into which the rail ends must be inserted before the frame is installed. That's why Before installation, the folding sliding door and its rollers must also be hooked into the rails so that the complete shower partition wall must be installed as a whole, which one person usually cannot do alone can.

In a second, known shower partition, there is Folding sliding door made of relatively stiff, vertically extending plastic slats, with their bead-like shape thickened longitudinal edges in lateral longitudinal grooves of a double-T profile, also running vertically Plastic support bars are inserted. This folding sliding door is also attached to the top by means of rollers and lower rails, with the rollers being carried by plastic axle boxes, the latter are attached to the support webs by means of screws screwed in at the front. Besides that

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You can hear this well-known folding slide at ZusoJiuuenschieberi _ie, rattling noises are produced, the stiff slats move with it Play are stored in the support webs, is this folding sliding door not particularly easy.

The invention was based on the object of creating a shower partition which makes a solid and stable impression and their folding sliding door is also slightly more intact than in the known constructions. i3ci the solution to this problem is a shower partition element with a folding sliding door assumed, which consists of hinge-like interconnected slats and in upper and lower Running rails is guided displaceably by means of rollers arranged above and below, which latter compared to the Slats are pivotable about vertical axes. According to the invention it is proposed to design the lamellas as Ilonlprofile and the rollers on the front side in the lichlprofile to store insertable support bodies pivotable. Ilohl profiles are of course much more torsion-resistant than the plastic slats of the above to zv / pus Place described, known construction and they open up the possibility of the castors on the stable Instead of attaching laraelles to the elements that connect the lamellas to one another in a hinge-like manner, in simple way, since correspondingly designed support bodies for the rollers are inserted into the hollow profiles at the end can be. The support body can be secured in the hollow profiles in any way, for example by snapping into place, gluing or welding.

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While in the above second discussed, known construction, the rollers on the supporting them Parts, namely the supporting webs connecting the slats, are firmly attached, they can with the invention The construction can be pivoted in relation to the parts that support it, namely the slats, and it has been shown that that this enables the folding sliding door to run particularly smoothly. Because hollow profiles are extraordinary are stiff, they do not need to be made thick-walled; so it can be relatively cheap, im Plastic hollow profiles produced by extrusion Act.

A particularly stable construction results when the rollers on the axle bearing bodies are rotatable and the latter are pivotably mounted on the support bodies. To ensure that the pivot axis of the axle box is not tilted against each other with respect to the pivot axis of the slats, it has proven to be particularly useful the support body with two bearing arms forming a fork for mounting a pivot axis of the axle bearing body to be provided, since this pivot axis is then particularly well fixed relative to the slats.

The use of axle bearing bodies in the construction according to the invention opens up a simple possibility the locking of the folding sliding door by means of magnets attached to the side: In a preferred embodiment consist at least the axle bearing body arranged at one of the lateral ends of the folding sliding door completely

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or partially made of ferromagnetic material, and the Magnets are arranged in such a way that these axle bearing bodies run against the magnets when the folding sliding door closes.

While in the second mentioned, known construction, the slats with play in the connecting them Carrying webs have to be kept, which makes Jen uncomfortable Leads rattling noises is a play-free, hinge-like connection in the construction according to the invention provided between the slats; For this purpose, the slats have undercut longitudinal grooves for insertion soft elastic plastic strips on, the latter adapted to the longitudinal grooves on their longitudinal edges Have longitudinal beads and can be bent between them. The flexibility of the plastic strips between the Slats allow the plastic strips to sit snugly pull into the slats, so that the running noise of the Folding sliding door according to the invention is extremely low.

As already mentioned, the flexible slats of the known construction mentioned in the first place lead to the fact that whose folding sliding door strives apart, what a Riejel makes necessary to hold together the package formed by the pushed together door. In the inventive Construction with its stiff slats is now proposed, the plastic strips connecting the slats to be designed in such a way that they are angled approximately around their longitudinal center axis in the unloaded state. These

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Measure leads to the fact that the folding sliding door has the tendency to push itself together to form the package, and there Anyway, a lock, in particular a Magnetverschlr.ß, is provided for holding the closed folding sliding door shut is, this feature of the construction according to the invention does not entail any disadvantages.

To with a shower partition wall element of the type mentioned, the side frame legs of profile strips are formed, which receive the ends of the running rails, the assembly compared to that explained in the first place, To simplify known construction, it is proposed according to the invention to accommodate the running rails To give profile strip part a forwardly open, approximately L-shaped cross-section; furthermore are expedient on the profile strips fittings for hooking in the track earthing attached. With such a construction it is not necessary to insert the rails from above into the to use the side frame rails forming profile strips, but the assembly can be done from the front, so that first mount the side frame legs and then the running rails from the front between the side frame legs can be used and hung in the fittings.

For shower partitions, in which one of the side frame legs is not on a building wall or the like. can be attached, care must be taken that the rails hold the frame tightly together. It is therefore proposed to design the fittings so that they fit into the running rails

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appropriately engaging projections and a screw zürn Have clamping a running rail leg between this screw and a projection. Also for education of a stable frame, the running rails then only have to be inserted from the front between the side railing legs and then tightened by tightening the Besc.ilag screws.

The frame has a particularly pleasing appearance finally through. \ on the areas with an L-shaped cross-section the profile strips attachable, with the latter Iiohlkanunerprofile forming angled profile strips, which in particular iron cutouts for the runner ends. A simple one Installation of the angle profile strips is guaranteed

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makes / that corresponding longitudinal ribs and / or grooves a locking connection between the angle profile strips and the profile strips forming the side frame handles is made possible, so that the angle profile strips only have to be put on and locked in place.

Further features, / locations and details of the invention result from the following description and the attached graphic representation of a special? preferred embodiment of a shower partition wall according to the invention; show it:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of part of a bathroom with a shower including a frame for a folding sliding door according to the invention;

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Fig. 2 is a section through the frame, but with inserted Folding sliding door, along the line 2-2 in Fig.l;

3a shows a section along line 3-3 in Fig.l, however with hinged folding sliding door and latched angle!

3b shows a section along the line 3-3 in FIG. 1, however without folding sliding door, but with latched angle profile strip;

Fig. 4 shows a section along the line 4-4 in Fig. 3b, and

5 shows a plan view of one of the side frame legs including the folding sliding door according to arrow A. in Figure 3a.

FIG. 1 shows a shower tray 10 built into a corner of a bathroom, over which a so-called shower partition is erected. This ι consists of a fixed, not affected by the invention üuschtrennwand 12 and a whole designated 14, according to the invention Duschtrennwandeleinent which a frame 16 and a η Tig. 1 includes folding sliding door, not shown. The frame consists of two profile strips 18, which form the side frame legs, and an upper and a lower running rail 20 and 22, which are fastened to the profile strips 18 in a manner to be explained in more detail below. The left of these two profile strips is attached to the building wall in a manner not shown, so that the

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right of the two profile strips 18 with the aid of the running rails 20 and 22 and the fixed shower partition wall 12 is held.

From Figures 2 and 3a it can be seen how the folding sliding door designated as a whole with 24 is constructed and how the rails 20 and 22 are designed:

The folding sliding door consists of nothing but identical slats 26 in the form of extruded Kunststoffhöh1 profiles as well as flexible plastic strips 28 connecting these lamellae to one another in a hinge-like manner together. The hollow chambers 26a of the lamellae 26 are open at the top and bottom in the embodiment shown, and for the plastic strips 28, the lamellae have grooves 30 on their longitudinal edges for appropriately designed Longitudinal beads 32 of the plastic strips 28, which can be drawn snugly into the grooves 30, see above that a backlash-free connection is created. The plastic strips 28 can be bent between the longitudinal beads, whereby the hinge-like connection of the slats 26 is created.

As FIGS. 2 and 3a show, the respective outer hollow chambers 26a of each pair of lamellae are at the end face Support body 34 inserted, each of which forms a fork 36 with two arms, which holds an axis 38 to which an axle bearing body 40 for a roller 42 can be pivoted. In this context it should be emphasized that what the drawing does not reveal that

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Axes 38 each over the centers of the plastic strips lie.

The rollers 42 are made of plastic, and also with the axle bearing bodies 40 are expediently injection molded parts.

As Fig.3a shows, the two rails have 20 and 22 an identical profile with an outer trough 44 and an inner trough 46 on one with 48 designated running rail leg. 5 shows the cross section of the profile strips 18 particularly clearly, which form the side frame legs: These profile strips have a fastening web 50 to the a short locking web 52 at the front, a holding web 54 at the rear and a stop web 56 in between. The two the latter form a groove 58 between them, in which locking magnets 60 are fastened at the top and bottom, after previously a rubber seal 62 has been drawn into the groove. The Zuhalteinagnete 60 are now arranged so that when Closing the folding sliding door, the outer axle bearing bodies 40 run against the tumbler magnets 60, whereby the folding sliding door is kept in the closed state if this axle bearing body has steel plates on its outer surfaces wear. In addition, when the folding sliding door is closed, one of the long edges of the outer one is located Lamellae 26 against the rubber seal 62.

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The stop web 56 of the profile strips 18 together with part of the fastening web 50 forms an angle profile, into which the ends of the rails 20 and 22 are inserted, which can be done from the front, since this angle profile is open to the front. In order to now attach the running rails to the profile strips 18 that form the side frame legs to be able to attach, are riveted above and below to each profile strip 18 as a whole with 64 designated fittings, their essential features in one of the inner groove 46 of the track profile adapted projection 66, in one the runway 44 adapted projection 6 8 so / ie can be seen in a clamping screw 70, which is in a threaded hole 72 of the respective fitting is running.

After the fastening of the profile strip on the left according to FIG. 1 18 on a building wall and the erection of the right of the two profile strips 18, the rails 20 and inserted from the front into the profile strips until they rest against the stop webs 56, whereupon they so on the fittings 6 4 put on v / earth that their projections 6 6 and 68 engage in the grooves 44 and 46. Then the Running rail legs 48 pressed against the projections 66 and 68 with the aid of the tensioning screws 70 and onto them Way clamped.

An angle profile strip 80, which is particularly clearly visible in FIGS. 2 and 3, serves to hold the respective profile strip 18 to cover or to complete this to a hollow chamber profile. For this purpose, the cross-section L-shaped angle profile strip, two longitudinal ribs 82

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and 84, one of which has a longitudinal rib 86 on the locking web 52 the respective profile strip 18 can reach behind while the longitudinal rib 84 in a corresponding groove 88 on the stop web 56 intervenes. For the running rails 20 and 22, the angled profile strips 80 have a cutout 90.

Whether the folding sliding door is stretched when closed or, as in FIG. 2, is zigzag-shaped, depends on the ratio the width of the slats 26 to the width of the frame 16 from. In addition, of course, every slat is guided by two rollers on the upper and lower running rails 20 and 22, respectively; this is true from Fig.2 not evident, but it goes without saying that the broken lamellae 26 at their longitudinal edges, not shown each have a support body 34 above and below.

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Claims (12)

Protection claims: 1. Shower partition element, characterized in that a folding sliding door (24) by means of rollers (42) on upper and lower rails (20,22) of a frame (16) is slidably guided. 2. Shower partition wall element according to claim 1, with a folding sliding door, which consists of hinge-like interconnected slats and in upper and lower Running rails is guided displaceably by means of rollers arranged above and below, the latter opposite the slats are pivotable about vertical axes, characterized in that the slats (26) as Hollow profiles are formed and that the rollers (42) can be inserted into the hollow profiles at the end Support bodies (34) are pivotably mounted (at 38). 3. Shower partition wall element according to claim 2, characterized in that the rollers (42) on axle bearing bodies (40) are rotatably mounted and that the latter are pivotably mounted on the support bodies (34) (at 38). 4. Shower partition wall element according to claim 3, characterized in that the support body (34) has two a fork (3b) have forming bearing arms for the storage of a pivot axis (38) of the axle bearing body (40). 5. Shower partition wall element according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that at least one of the lateral Ends of the folding sliding door arranged axle bearing body (40) wholly or partially made of ferromagnetic! " Material. - 14 - 7508200 O7.oe.75 Λ 41 118 b b - 135 - 14 - March 14, 1975 6. Shower partition wall element according to one or more of the Claims 2-5, characterized in that the pivot axes (38) of the rollers (42) with the hinge axes (Middle of the plastic strips 28) are aligned between the lamellae (26). 7. Shower partitions element after one or more of the Claims 2-6, characterized in that the slats (26) have undercut longitudinal grooves (30) for inserting flexible plastic strips (28), we I the latter, on their longitudinal edges the longitudinal grooves have adapted longitudinal beads (32) and can be bent between them. 8. shower partition element according to claim 7, characterized in that the plastic strips (28) in the unloaded Condition are angled approximately around their central longitudinal axis. 9. Shower partition element according to one or more Oer preceding claims, the side frame legs of Profilleisi-en are formed, which the ends of the Take up running rails, characterized in that the profile leg which rims on the running rail ends (20, 22) (50,56) has a forwardly open, approximately L-shaped cross section. 10. Shower partition wall element according to claim 9, characterized in that that on the profile strips (18) fittings (6 4) for hanging the running rail ends (20,22) attached are. - 15 - 7508200 08/07/75 Λ 41 118 b b - 135 - 15 March 14, 1975 11. Shower partition wall element according to claim 10, characterized in that the fittings (64) in the running rails (20,22) fittingly engaging projections (66,68) and a screw (70) for clamping a running rail leg (48) between this screw and a projection (66,68). 12. Shower partition wall element according to one or more of claims 9-11, characterized by on the Areas (50, 56) of the profile strips (18) which are L-shaped in cross-section and can be placed on with the latter hollow-chamber profiles forming angle profile strips (80), which in particular have cutouts (90) for the running rail ends (20, 22). 7508200 08/07/75