DE8816513U1 - Operating device for window and/or door fittings - Google Patents

Description

Applicant: SIEGENIA-FRANK KG, Eisenhöttenstr. 22, 5900 Siegen, DE REF.: 1 004 808

Operating device for window and/or door fittings

The innovation relates to an operating device for window and/or door fittings with an operating handle rotatably mounted in a mounting plate or a gear housing, in which a handle shaft extends from a handle neck running in the direction of the bearing axis and is directed essentially perpendicularly to this bearing axis, the surfaces of the handle neck and handle shaft of the operating handle bearing a layered coating.

Actuating devices of this type are already known in many different designs. Their operating handles are either made of metal, for example light metal, as pressed or die-cast parts, or they are made of plastic using the injection molding process.

For stabilization purposes, core parts made of steel profiles or similar can be molded directly into both the metal die-cast and the plastic injection-molded operating handles.

The operating handles of the known actuating devices are usually over their entire circumferential surface, i.e. both in the

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The area of the handle neck and the handle shaft are provided with a layered coating, which ensures a consistent surface finish of the operating handle even with continuous use over a long period of time and thus also contributes to the constant good appearance of the entire operating device.

If the operating handle is made of metal, its coating usually consists of a surface layer formed by anodic oxidation or a hard lacquer layer, the latter being able to be formed in particular by electrostatic powder coating.

ff Of course, it is also conceivable to use another layer as the

; Material, for example wear-resistant plastic, hard rubber or similar

This can be seen, for example, when the grip or slip resistance of the operating handle needs to be increased.

The innovation now aims to increase the utility value of generic actuating devices, to the extent that the layer not only ensures surface protection against wear and tear during long-term use, but can also be used as a display device, in particular for different functional positions of the window and/or door fittings coupled to the actuating device.

According to the innovation, this aim is achieved essentially in that, according to the characterizing part of claim 1, the peripheral surfaces of the handle neck and/or the peripheral surfaces of the sleeves surrounding this handle neck are provided with layer coatings that are different from the handle shaft, at least in limited areas.

According to a useful further development feature of the innovation, claim 2 provides that the layer supports of the handle neck, which are different from the handle shaft, are provided in precisely delimited, e.g. recessed or raised, surface areas.

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According to the proposal of claim 3, the layer coatings in question can consist of luminescent, fluorescent or phosphorescent material, or at least contain inclusions of such a material.

Another possible further development of the innovation according to claim '/ is that the limited layer support areas are designed as an optical prism or optical lens and/or are covered thereby.

According to the proposal of claim 5, each optical prism or each optical lens can also form part of the sleeve.

However, it is also within the scope of the innovation if, according to claim 6, at least a part of the limited layer support areas consists of a solar cell material or photovoltaic material, while other layer support areas are formed by signal elements, e.g. LED or LCD display units and/or optical or acoustic signal generators, which are electrically connected to the solar cell material or photovoltaic material via a circuit element, preferably via a microprocessor.

According to claim 7, according to the innovation it is also possible for the sleeves to form the supports for the solar cell material, the signal units and the microprocessor.

According to claim 8, the innovation provides that the sleeve can be locked and/or clamped to the handle neck, while according to claim 9 this sleeve can also be provided so that it can be connected to the handle neck by means of an adhesive material layer, e.g. glued.

Finally, according to claim 10, it is also proposed that the peripheral surfaces of the handle neck and/or the sleeve have an inclined position with respect to the bearing axis of the operating handle and that the surface areas adjacent to the handle shaft have a smaller distance from the bearing axis than the surface areas facing away from it.

The drawing shows examples of an actuating device. It shows

Fig. 1 in spatial overall view an actuating device with

a mounting plate or rosette and an operating handle rotatably mounted in it,

Fig. 2 a section along the line H-II through the operating handle

the actuating device according to Fig. 1 and

Fig. 3 is a representation corresponding to Fig. 2 through a

Fig. 2 modified design of an operating handle.

Fig. 1 of the drawing shows an operating device 1 for window and/or door fittings, for example for single-handed tilt-turn fittings, which has a fastening plate or rosette 2 in which an operating handle 3 is held so as to be rotatable about a bearing axis kk which extends at a right angle to the main plane of the fastening plate or rosette 2.

The fastening plate or rosette 2 can also be designed as a housing in which an actuating gear of the operating device for the window and/or door fittings is housed.

The operating handle 3 has a handle neck 5 which extends essentially in the direction of the bearing axis bb . A handle shaft 6 extends from this handle neck 5 and is directed approximately perpendicular to the bearing axis '*-** and has such a free length that it can be comfortably grasped with one hand.

The peripheral surfaces of the entire handle shaft 6 as well as the immediately adjacent partial area 5a of the handle neck are covered with a continuous layer 7, for example an electro-

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lytic" oxidation, or a hard lacquer layer, while the peripheral surfaces in the remaining part area 5b of the handle neck 5 carry at least one other layer coating 8 or 9 or 10, at least in limited zones, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

While in the embodiment of an actuating device 1 according to Figs. 1 and 2 the layer support 5 is formed by a sleeve which almost completely encloses the partial area 5b of the handle neck 5 in the circumferential direction, the layer supports 9 and 10 are each only provided in precisely delimited, e.g. raised or recessed, surface areas of the circumferential surface of the handle neck 5, namely in its partial area 5b.

The layer supports 9 according to Fig. 1 and 2 are partially embedded in recesses 11 of the sleeve 8 and partially protrude beyond the outer surfaces of the sleeve 8, as can be easily seen. They can consist of a luminescent, fluorescent or phosphorescent material. However, it is also possible to simply embed such a material in the layer supports 9.

However, it is also conceivable to embed luminescent, fluorescent or phosphorescent material in the material of the sleeve 8, in particular in the area of the recesses 11.

The layer supports 9, which are partially accommodated in the recesses 11, can also be designed as optical prisms or optical lenses, which, for example, have a magnifying imaging effect.

Another possible design of the actuating device 1 is that at least part of the layer supports 9 carried by the sleeve 8 consists of photovoltaic material or solar cell material, while another part of these layer supports 9 is formed by signal elements.

The signal elements can be, for example, LCD or LCD display units. However, other optical or even acoustic signaling devices can also be used instead.

In such a case, the signal elements are electrically connected to the solar cell material via a circuit element, preferably via a microprocessor. By activating the circuit element,

While in the preferred case the layer supports 9, as shown in Fig. 2, are carried by the sleeve 8, which can be locked and/or clamped to the partial area 5b of the handle neck 5 or can also be secured thereto by an adhesive layer, according to Fig. 3 it is also possible to arrange the limited layer support areas 10 directly in depressions 12 which are located in the lateral surfaces on the partial area 5b of the handle neck 5.

If it is desired to fix the cuff 8 detachably to the handle neck 5, then this can have protruding locking or clamping knobs 13 on its rear surface, which can be inserted into matching holes 11 in the handle 5. Fig. 9 shows the opening for the cuff 8.

In this case, it is recommended to manufacture the cuff 8 entirely from an elastically deformable hard plastic.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing it can be seen that the peripheral surfaces of the handle neck 5 and/or the sleeve 8 assume an inclined position with respect to the bearing axis hk of the operating handle 3, in such a way that the surface areas of these peripheral surfaces adjacent to the handle 6 each have a smaller distance from the bearing axis 4-4 than the surface areas adjacent to the fastening plate or rosette 2.

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Finally, it should be noted that the layer supports 8, 9 and 10 arranged in different peripheral sections of the handle neck 5 or its partial area 5b may also have different or differing colors, shapes and/or outlines.

Claims (10)

89 109 G Applicant: SIEGENIA-FRANK KG, Eisenhüttenstr. 22, 5900 Siegen, DE ANR.: 1 004 808 PROTECTION CLAIMS 1. Operating device for window and/or door fittings with an operating handle rotatably mounted in a mounting plate or a gear housing, in which a handle shaft extends from a handle neck running in the direction of the bearing axis and is directed essentially perpendicularly to this bearing axis, the surfaces of the handle neck and handle shaft of the operating handle bearing a layer, characterized, that the peripheral surfaces of the handle neck (5) and/or the peripheral surfaces of the sleeves (8) surrounding this handle neck (5) are at least in limited areas covered by the handle shaft (6) different layer coverings (8, 9, 10). 2. Actuating device according to claim 1, characterized in that the layer supports (9, 10) of the handle neck (5) which are different from the handle shaft (6) are provided in precisely delimited, e.g. recessed and/or raised, surface areas. -2- • · t I ■ ··· 3. Actuating device according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the layer coverings (8, 8, 10) consist of luminescent, fluorescent or phosphorescent material or contain such material. 4. Actuating device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the limited layer support areas (9) are designed as an optical prism or optical lens and/or are covered thereby. 5. Actuating device according to one of claims 1 to k, characterized in that that each optical prism or each optical lens (9) forms part of the sleeve (8). 6. Actuating device according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that at least part of the limited layer support areas (9, 10) made of a photovoltaic material or solar cell material while other layer support areas (9, 10) of signal ,> elements, e.g. LED or LCC display units and/or optical v; or acoustic signal generators are formed, which are connected to the solar cell $ Material over a circuit element, preferably over a micro processor, are in electrical connection. 7. Actuating device according to claim 6, characterized in that the sleeves (8) form the supports for the solar cell material, the signal units and the microprocessor. -3- 8. Actuating device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that that the sleeves (8) can be locked and/or clamped to the handle neck (3) (13, m) . 9. Actuating device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the sleeve (8) can be connected, e.g. glued, to the handle neck (5) by means of a layer of hip material. 10. Actuating device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that that the circumferential surfaces of the handle neck (5) and/or the sleeve (8) are inclined relative to the bearing axis (^-'») of the operating handle (3) and the surface areas adjacent to the handle shaft (6) are at a smaller distance from the bearing axis (Cf-'i) than the surface areas facing away from it.