DE7527693U - DEVICE FOR SWIVELING CONNECTING TWO WALL ELEMENTS - Google Patents

Description

3Κ - office furniture A 34 786

society with limited

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6140 Bensheim DeD! · Sep. 1975

Berliner Ring 34-38

Device for the rotatable connection of two wall elements

The invention relates to a device of the type specified in more detail in the preamble of claim 1 such a device is generally known.

Known partition walls for dividing rooms, for example of open-plan offices are either placed next to each other without mutual connection or with each other with fittings tied together. These fittings can have hinges, to vary the angle between the partitions. Such rotary fittings, however, add to the Width of the wall elements and disrupt the overall aesthetic impression of the smooth wall surfaces.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the type mentioned to create, which is optional allows a rotatable or a fixed connection of two or more wall elements3 without reducing the width the wall elements are enlarged and the smooth surface of the wall elements is disturbed to a noticeable extent.

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lie object is according to the invention by the in claim 1 specified features solved.

Advantageous refinements and developments of the device according to claim 1 are characterized in claims 2-9.

The device according to the invention allows a fixed or a continuously rotatable connection of two or more Wall elements without increasing the width of the wall elements. This results in an aesthetically more favorable Overall impression, as the smooth surface of the wall elements continues over the connection point.

Due to the features of claim 2, an almost seamless connection of two or more wall elements is possible.

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light that can be adjusted continuously between 0 ° and 180 ° / to each other can be. If the dimensioning information according to claim 3 is followed, the device according to the invention is special well concealed from the outside. The features of claim 4 prevent those used according to the invention from falling out Connecting rings and also contribute to the concealment of the device according to the invention from the outside. A special one A favorable aesthetic impression is achieved by following the dimensioning information according to claim 5. The characteristics according to claim 6 give the closure caps according to claim 4 an excellent hold. The features according to claim

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allow an efficient mass production of a single type of device according to the invention for a Large number of differently sized wall elements. The features of claim 8 allow a good attachment of the device according to the invention on the respective wall element en. In connection with the features of claim 9, the features of claim 8 also contribute to the improved overall aesthetic impression of the invention Device at.

The invention is explained in more detail with reference to the drawings. Show it:

Pig. 1 is a perspective, partially cut-away view of the device according to the invention?

Pig. 2 is a partial perspective view of the upper end of a tube of the device according to the invention after Pig. 1; I.

Pig. 3 is a plan view of two by the invention! according device rigidly connected wall elements and

Pig. 4 is a plan view of two by the invention » according to the device rotatably connected wall element e.

The connecting device 1 according to the invention naoh Pig. 1

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has two rectangular profile tubes 2, 3, of which the tube

2 is connected to the end face 7 of the wall element 4 and the tube 3 is connected to the end face 8 of the wall element 5. As FIG. 2 shows in more detail for the pipe 2 and the wall element 4, the connection mentioned takes place, for example by means of screw bolts 6 which, in the vicinity of the pipe ends A of the pipes 2, 3, are attached to the respective end face 7 and 8, respectively Sate through the adjacent longitudinal wall B of the rectangular profile.

In the side walls G and D and in the longitudinal wall B opposite the longitudinal wall E of each tube 2, 3 are in In the area of the pipe ends A, four longitudinal slots 9-12 are attached, two of which are offset from one another by 90 Longitudinal slots form a pair of longitudinal slots 9, 10 and 11, 12, respectively. Into the opposite pairs of longitudinal flashes 9, 10 and 11, 12 of the tubes 2, 3, a connecting ring 13 is inserted, the height of which is equal to the length .._ · .-. the slots is 9-12. Like the top views according to Pign.

3 and 4 show, the wall elements 4 and 5 become rigid when using two connecting rings per pipe end A. connected to one another, while when using only a single connecting ring 13 per pipe end A a stepless Rotation of the wall elements 4, 5 about a center point of the connecting ring 13 permitting axis of rotation is. To secure the connecting rings 13, 3 closure caps 14-17 are inserted into the pipe ends A of the pipes 2, 3 (Pig. 1). Each cap, e.g. 14, has one

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in the relevant pipe 2 or 5 engaging foot section 18 and a head section 19 seated on the pipe end A. The head section 19 ends flush with the relevant line 2 or 3 and therefore has a rectangular surface. Furthermore, the height of the foot sections 19 and the length of the drill 2, 3 are dimensioned so that the top of the closure caps with the top of the wall elements 4 and 5 forms a flat surface. This means that the length of the tubes 2 and 3 by twice the height of the head section 19 is shorter than the height of the wall elements 4, 5 (Fig. 2).

To improve the adhesion on the inside of the pipes 2, 3, the foot sections 18 in the illustrated example of FIG. 1 have a plurality of web-shaped Wandering elevations 20 which are arranged one above the other and run parallel to the upper edge of the head section 19. Instead of web-shaped traveling elevations 20, of course, groove-shaped wall depressions can also be used or the like.

• The length of the longitudinal walls B and E of the tubes 2, 3 in the example shown corresponds to the case Fip 1-4% of the width of the wall elements 4 and 5. This dimensioning of the length is in communication with the vorste ^ and mentioned tuning of the tubes 2, 3 and the height of the closure caps 14-17 to the height of the wall element ρ 4, 5 of the connection according to the invention

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dungs device 1 an aesthetically pleasing appearance, since the smooth surface of the wall elements 4, 5 but the connecting device 1 continues away. Stand from the connecting device 1, as the top views according to Figs. "3 and 4 show only half of the rings 13 over the outer surfaces 21 of the wall elements 4, 5, which is practically not noticeable.

When using a single type of pipe for a large number Differently sized wall elements that Longitudinal slots 9-12 in rows at equal axial intervals be distributed over the entire length of the tubes 2, 3. (Fig. 1). The length of the tubes 2, 3 will then be like this adjusted according to the height of the wall elements 4, 5 that the pipe ends A with the beginning of the upper edge G of the wall element 4 or 5 closest longitudinal slot row coincides. Me different distances F between the pipe ends A and the upper edges G of the wall elements 4, 5 can by different types of caps with different Heights of their head sections 19 are balanced will.

In one embodiment of the connecting device, the longitudinal slots 9-12 and the connecting rings 13 had a Length of about 25 mm. Up to four wall elements could be securely connected to one another.

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Claims (9)

Patent attorney / Di ρί.-lng. Walter JaeMstgf 2StuttgartN.Menzelstr ^ BelQ. · "* * *" I *: 3K - office furniture A 34 786 limited company -1. Sep 1975 Berliner Hing 54-38 Jfnsprüche 1. Device for the rotatable connection of two wall elements, in particular partition walls for dividing trees, thereby geksnnzeich.net, that on adjacent end faces (7, 8) of the wall elements (4, 5) to be connected each have a tube (2 or 3) is attached, which extends at least over part of the height of the relevant wall element (4 or 5), that at each axial end of each tube (A) at least one pair of longitudinal slots (9, 10 or 11, 12) arranged essentially offset by 90 ° is provided and that in the pairs of longitudinal slots (9 »10 resp. 11, 12) adjacent pipe ends each have a connecting ring (13) can be used. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the longitudinal slots (9 to 11) are arranged such that the center of each connecting ring (13) lies approximately on the axis of rotation of the interconnected wall elements (4, 5) . -2- 7527693 ii.oi76 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the length of the longitudinal slots (9-12) and the height of the connecting rings (13) are selected to be essentially the same. 4. Device according to one of claims 1 - 3 »characterized in that the axial ends (A.) of the tubes (2, 3) with; Caps (14 - 17) are closable and that each cap (14-17) one in the pipe (2 or 3) engaging foot section (18) and a on the pipe end (A) seated and with this having a flush head section (19). 5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the length of each Rohi ^ es (2 or 3) and the height of the two end caps (14, 16 or 15 »17) together roughly equal to the height of the relevant wall element (4 or 5) is. 6. Apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the Puss sections (18) of the caps (14-17) on their outer circumferential surface web-shaped moving elevations (20) or groove-shaped wall depressions exhibit. 7. Device according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that : | that along the tubes (2, 3) at the same axial distance 7527693 02/19/76 ■ Ζ the a plurality of longitudinal slots ^ j - 12) provided is. 8. Device according to one or more of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that that the tubes (2, 3) have a rectangular profile ". 9. Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized that the length of the long side connected to the associated wall element (4 or 5) (B) each rectangular profile is essentially the Width of the wall element (4 or 5) corresponds.