EP0651097B1 - Verbindung von Geländerstäben mit einem Geländerriegel - Google Patents

Verbindung von Geländerstäben mit einem Geländerriegel Download PDF

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EP0651097B1
EP0651097B1 EP19940402417 EP94402417A EP0651097B1 EP 0651097 B1 EP0651097 B1 EP 0651097B1 EP 19940402417 EP19940402417 EP 19940402417 EP 94402417 A EP94402417 A EP 94402417A EP 0651097 B1 EP0651097 B1 EP 0651097B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01D—CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES
    • E01D19/00—Structural or constructional details of bridges
    • E01D19/10—Railings; Protectors against smoke or gases, e.g. of locomotives; Maintenance travellers; Fastening of pipes or cables to bridges
    • E01D19/103—Parapets, railings ; Guard barriers or road-bridges
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/181—Balustrades

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  • the present invention relates to a assembly of bars with a railing rail, allowing them to be joined directly to it without the intervention of intermediate parts or a particular tightening, following a simple interlocking snap-fastening of each bar into receiving openings provided in the arm, achieving a fast, secure and effective.
  • the latter include openings of reception for the upper or lower ends of the bars in the corresponding beam, these bars then being drilled transversely for the engagement of a locking key, the beams then being covered by a finishing profile, before being joined to the vertical support stiffeners.
  • the beams are horizontal and the bars vertical.
  • the rails can form with the direction vertical parallel bars suitably spaced, a given angle, usually around 30 ° or more, for follow the slope of the stairs.
  • the canvas of each smooth is deformed appropriately to allow the passage of the corresponding end of the bars
  • the key link can be replaced by an appropriate deformation of the wall of the bar in its housing inside the smooth that it crosses, in order to immobilize it in the position adequate in relation to it according to the desired inclination for the latter.
  • connection between the rail and the bars can be obtained by means of a nozzle made of plastic, force-fitted at the end of the bar and secured to the arm by a through link pin an internal rib thereof, engaged in a groove open end, this assembly allowing relative rotation of the heald relative to the bar around the axis of the pin, to obtain the desired tilt.
  • the present invention relates to a connecting device direct between the bars and the top and bottom rails of a railing, which avoids these disadvantages.
  • the assembly of bars parallel and spaced with respect to a support rail of these bars, extending transversely to the direction longitudinal of these is characterized in that the smooth has a plurality of neighboring openings, preferably equidistant, each capable of receiving the end of a bar, and a flexible internal tab embedded in the wall inside of the arm, extending over the entire length of this and having a flat surface inclined on the vertical, able to cooperate, for each bar, with a notch delimited by edges also inclined and similarly profile as the tongue, provided at the end of the bar which enters the corresponding opening of the boom, or formed in a support member carried by this end of the bar, the tongue having a transverse return, substantially perpendicular to its plane, able to engage gradually in an open housing provided in the bottom of the notch, until it clicks into this housing joining the boom and the bar.
  • the smooth has a plurality of neighboring openings, preferably equidistant, each capable of receiving the end of a bar, and a flexible internal tab embedded
  • the notch formed directly at the end of this bar or in the organ of support carried by the latter thus engages on the tongue which slides on the inclined edges of this notch or of this organ as the bar engages in the stringer, until the return at the end of the race transverse of the tongue enters the open housing for come to rest there, thus joining the bar and the rail in a particularly effective way.
  • the tongue comprises, at the end of its return transverse, a heel bearing against the bottom of the housing the indentation at the end of the latching stroke, suitable for work the tongue in tension, in case of folding of the bar under the effect of an accidental transverse shock.
  • the heddle comprises, in the vicinity of its connection with the tongue, an internal stop limiting the stroke of engagement of the bar inside the arm.
  • inclined edges of the notch present, in the vicinity of the end of the bar, a lug preferably forming a support close to the tongue embedding area so that stiffen the boom and bar assembly in the event of an impact accidental transverse on it.
  • the openings in these heddles receiving the ends of the bars coming to be united inside these beams of the made the cooperation of their respective notches and the flat and transverse tongue provided inside each of these, have a profile that exactly matches in the straight section of these bars, apart from the only clearance, necessary for the engagement of these in the smooth.
  • each of the openings made in the beams has a cross section much larger than that of the bar which engages in it, which is only maintained in the central part of the opening by an internal rib bearing on the external wall of this bar, ensuring its guiding during the engagement of its end in the opening and guaranteeing the spacing from one bar to another according to the length of the arm.
  • the support member carried by each vertical bar, provided with the notch cooperating with the tongue of the heald has the shape of a cylindrical pin, whose axis is arranged horizontally, this pin being pivotally mounted around this axis at inside the bar, to simplify mounting and in particular to authorize the relative deflections of the boom, secured to the pin by its tongue, opposite the bar.
  • the cylindrical pin has a front end whose cross section, with a diamond profile, is engaged in a groove or slot of the bar extending from its end, the pin coming at the most abutting against the sides of this slot, in tolerating the relative deflections of the integral beam of the pawn in relation to the bar.
  • the reference 1 denotes general a railing for balcony, terrace or other similar construction, comprising a plurality of posts or vertical stiffeners 2, each comprising support means and fixing, via a plate 4, on the ground 5.
  • These vertical stiffeners 2 are associated with beams horizontal exterior, respectively a low beam 6, arranged slightly above the ground plane 5 and a smooth high 7 which, in the example considered, also constitutes a handrail for the railing.
  • parallel bars and vertical 8 which may be solid or tubular, as the case may be, partly or completely and each of which is equipped with ends of an assembly device with these healds, in accordance with the invention and the detail of which is discussed below.
  • the smooth low 6 is held against the external surface of the stiffeners 2, by means of fixing members, the detail of which realization matters little to the invention but which, as illustrated in as an example in Figure 5, may have studs 9 for maintaining a blocking end piece 10 of the heald against the corresponding stiffener.
  • the railing 1 includes not only a low beam 6 as in the example in Figures 1 and 2, but also a high beam 11 which extends under the handrail 7, this high beam being also fixed against the stiffeners 2 by means of locking end pieces 12, similar to end caps 10 and immobilized like these by studs 9, the vertical bars 8 being in this example mounted between the parallel rails 6 and 11.
  • Figure 2 illustrates in detail the structure of the two rails and bars assembled therewith.
  • Each stringer 6 or 7 comprises in particular, at the right of the ends of each of the bars 8, an opening 13 allowing at these ends to get inside each of these smooth, the latter appearing for this purpose in the form of profiles, preferably metallic, these openings 13 being shaped, as shown in Figure 3 in particular, for substantially correspond to the cross section of the bars, themselves made of metallic elements.
  • the section of the bars 8 has, substantially, the shape of a curved triangle with angles rounded; of course, such a profile is in itself indifferent to the invention and could be changed in the way the widest, depending on the aesthetics chosen for the realization of the guardrail and the various parts of it.
  • Each stringer 6 and 7 has a front wall 14 and, embedded in the bottom of the arm opposite the opening 13 correspondent receiving any bar, against the surface internal of the profile constituting this stringer, a flat tongue 15 which extends over the entire length of the heddle and which has a wall inclined to the vertical.
  • the tongue 15 At its end opposite to its recessed area against the bottom of the arm, the tongue 15 has a transverse return 16, terminated by a heel 17, the role of which will be defined below.
  • the front wall 14 in its internal surface, has one or more ribs 18 projecting inwards, arranged so that they come into contact with the external surface of the bar 8 when the latter engages in the corresponding beam, so as to guide its movement at during this movement of penetration.
  • Each bar 8 also comprises, at each of its ends, a notch 21 whose edges 22 are inclined vertically, roughly the same angle as the tongue 15, this notch comprising an open terminal housing 23 and, in contrast, in the vicinity of the corresponding end of the bar, a protruding lug 24, forming a support stop for the tongue when the bar engages in the associated beam.
  • a support 25 is advantageously provided at the bottom of each rail behind the tongue 15.
  • Figures 2 to 4 illustrate how works the assembly according to the invention, for secure the bars 8 vis-à-vis the beams 6 and 7 (or 6 and 11), Figure 4 in particular showing how this is done the cooperation of the inclined tongue 15 of each stringer with the notches 21 of the bars successively installed in smooth and snapped onto them.
  • any bar 8 is shown engaged by its lower end in the opening 13 of the low smooth 6, this opening having substantially the same profile as the bar with just enough clearance to allow the vertical sliding of the bar.
  • this one is guided, on the one hand by the ribs 18 provided in the internal surface of the front wall 14 of the heald and other leaves by the opposite side of the posterior wall
  • the tongue plane 15, which engages in the notch 21 meets the edges inclined 22 of this notch and, under the effect of displacement of the bar, slightly bend the tongue around its embedding point on the internal surface of the boom, the heel 17 provided at the end of the transverse return 16 of the tongue gradually sliding on the edges 22 (Figure 4b), until when this heel comes up to the open housing right 23 in the bottom of the notch 21 ( Figure 4c).
  • Figure 6 shows how the arrangements that above not only allow simple engagement and easy of the various bars in the rails of the railing with automatic snap-in at the end of the stroke, but achieve a effective anchoring of the ends of these bars, in particular in the event of a frontal impact applied to the center of gravity of the bar, such a shock can be particularly high since the current standards require bars to bear without rupture of their assembly with the beams a charge of the order of 600 joules.
  • Figures 7 to 13 relate to a variant of realization, more particularly adapted to the case where the railing is used to protect a staircase or the like, support stiffeners 2 and the bars 8 remaining vertical, but the low and high beams 6 and 7 having an inclination given on the horizontal, in particular to follow the slope of this staircase.
  • a pin 27 generally cylindrical in shape, preferably made of plastic, having on the one hand a stud 28, mounted in a vertical groove or slot 29, so that this pin can be forced into the bar but susceptible to undergo a limited relative rotation with respect thereto, allowing precisely the inclination of each beam vis-à-vis from the vertical direction of the bars, and on the other hand a bearing surface 30 against the internal surface of the bar 8.
  • Each of the pins 27 comprises, as before, a notch 21, able to cooperate with the flat and flexible tongue 15 provided transversely in each stringer, making strictly analogous to what has been described in relation with the first embodiment, the snap-fastening of these bars on the rails.
  • the bar 8 has in its corresponding surface 33 a groove 34, in which can come to engage, by the outside of the bar, a guide rib 35 formed in the top or bottom rail as the case may be, at the opening 36 where the bar considered enters it.
  • this opening has a transverse profile significantly larger than the clean section of the bar 8 which enters it, in order to authorize the relative travel of the boom secured to the counter vis-à-vis the bar carrying the latter.
  • the set is particularly simple to set up, the bars automatically snap into the openings in the rails and whose dimensions are exactly adapted to the profile of these bars, if applicable to the necessary deflections of the beams relative to these last.
  • Such mounting is safe and effective, requires no specific tools and leaves no visible parts, which improves the overall appearance and aesthetics of the mounting.
  • the use to make the beams and bars of hollow metal profiles ensures a maximum hold for minimum weight, arrangement of the device of assembly being itself designed so as to allow a reliable connection of bars and rails, even in the event of impact frontal corresponding to the value of the imposed standard.

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  1. Anordnung von parallelen und beabstandeten Stäben gegenüber einem Halteelement dieser Stäbe, das sich quer zu deren Längsrichtung erstreckt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Element (6,7,11) mehrere benachbarte, vorzugsweise äquidistante Öffnungen (13,36), die jeweils das Ende eines Stabs (8) aufnehmen können, und eine biegsame innere Zunge (15) aufweist, die in die Innenwand des Elements eingebaut ist, sich über dessen ganze Länge erstreckt und eine zur Vertikalen geneigte ebene Fläche aufweist, die in der Lage ist, für jeden Stab mit einer Einkerbung (21) zusammenzuwirken, welche von ebenso geneigten Rändern (22) mit gleichem Profil wie die Zunge begrenzt ist, die an dem Ende des Stabs vorgesehen sind, das in die entsprechende Öffnung des Elements hineinragt oder welche in einem Halteteil (27) ausgespart ist, das von diesem Ende des Stabs getragen wird, wobei die Zunge einen im wesentlichen senkrecht zu ihrer Ebene verlaufenden Querfortsatz (16) aufweist, der in der Lage ist, vorrückend in eine offene Aufnahme (23) zu greifen, die im Boden der Einkerbung vorgesehen ist, bis er in dieser Aufnahme einrastet, wobei er das Element und den Stab verbindet.
  2. Anordnung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Zunge (15) am Ende ihres Querfortsatzes (16) einen Ansatz zur Auflage (17) auf den Boden der Aufnahme (23) der Einkerbung (21) am Ende des Einrastvorgangs aufweist, der geeignet ist, die Zunge im Falle des Biegens des Stabs unter Einwirkung eines zufälligen Stoßes in Querrichtung (Figur 6) auf Zug arbeiten zu lassen.
  3. Anordnung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Element (6,7,11) nahe an seiner Verbindung mit der Zunge einen inneren Anschlag (20) aufweist, der den Eingriffsweg des Stabs ins Innere des Elements begrenzt.
  4. Anordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die geneigten Ränder (22) der Einkerbung (21) nahe am Ende des Stabs (8) einen Vorsprung (24) aufweisen, der vorzugsweise einen Halt nahe an der Einrastzone der Zunge (15) bildet, um so die Anordnung des Elements und des Stabs im Falle eines zufälligen Stoßes in Querrichtung auf letzteren zu versteifen.
  5. Anordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei die vertikalen Stäbe (8) mit zwei horizontal verlaufenden Elementen (6 und 7, 11), einen oberen bzw. unteren, verbunden sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die in diesen Elementen ausgesparten Öffnungen (13), die die Enden der Stäbe aufnehmen, ein Profil aufweisen, das genau dem Querschnitt dieser Stäbe entspricht, abgesehen lediglich von einem Spiel, das für deren Eingriff in das Element notwendig ist.
  6. Anordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei jedes der zwei Elemente (6 und 7, 11) mit der vertikalen Richtung der Stäbe (8) einen gegebenen Winkel bildet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede der in den Elementen ausgesparten Öffnungen (36) einen weit größeren Querschnitt als den des Stabs aufweist, der dort eingreift, wobei dieser nur in dem mittleren Teil der Öffnung mittels einer inneren Stützrippe (35) auf der Außenwand dieses Stabs gehalten wird, die während des Eingriffs seines Endes in die Öffnung seine Führung sicherstellt und den Abstand eines Stabs zum anderen längs des Elements gewährleistet.
  7. Anordnung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das von jedem vertikalen Stab (8) getragene Halteteil, das mit der Einkerbung (21) versehen ist, die mit der Zunge (15) des Elements (6,7,11) zusammenwirkt, die Form eines Zylinderstumpfes (27) aufweist, dessen Achse horizontal angeordnet ist, wobei dieser Zylinderstumpf für eine begrenzte Drehung um diese Achse im Innern des Stabs angebracht ist.
  8. Anordnung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Zylinderstumpf (27) eine Stirnfläche (28) aufweist, deren Querschnitt, der ein rautenförmiges Profil aufweist, in eine Nut oder eine Ausnehmung (29) des Stabs (8) greift, die sich von seinem Ende her erstreckt, wobei der Zylinderstumpf höchstens in Anschlag an die Seiten dieser Ausnehmung kommt, wobei er die relativen Ausfederungen des mit dem Zylinderstumpf verbuncenen Elements (6,7,11) bezüglich des Stabs toleriert.
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