EP1186837B1 - Device for wall mounting of a heating radiator and method for mounting of such a radiator - Google Patents

Abstract

The radiator is fastened to the wall (M) by means of a slot (10) made in an upper arm (7) of a bracket (5) fixed to the wall. A locking pin (11) connected to the radiator rear wall (3) and a locking spindle (16) integral with the pin are able to engage in the upper arm slot and be locked there.

Description

The present invention relates to a device for wall mounting of a heating radiator, as well as the method of fixing this radiator.

Many fastening devices are known radiators wall generally by means of consoles walls with lower ends at right angles allow to support the lower part of the radiator and the upper ends, also at right angles, are shaped to lock the rear wall of the radiator to these.

These known fastening devices are intended major disadvantages of being not only of a relatively complex structure but also to make difficult the wall installation of the radiators and, where the dismantling of fixed consoles, see, for example, documents DE 296 22 509 U1 or DE 199 30 301 A1.

The present invention aims to eliminate the disadvantages above by proposing a device for wall mounting a heating radiator a relatively simple structure and facilitating assembly or wall disassembly of the radiator.

For this purpose, the invention proposes a device for wall mounting of a heating radiator, comprising at least one radiator support bracket attached substantially vertically to the wall and consisting of two substantially horizontal lower and upper arm arranged to support the radiator, respectively at the bottom and lock the rear wall of the radiator on the wall by locking means, and which is characterized in that the locking means include a light made in the upper arm transversely to the wall and opening at the free end of this arm, a locking stud mounted to the wall back of the radiator protruding from it and a locking pin secured to the pad substantially parallel to the rear wall of the radiator and engage in the light of the upper arm and be there blocked.

The device further comprises a second radiator support bracket, identical to the first aforementioned console, and fixed substantially vertically to wall so that both consoles support the radiator near its ends.

Locking means of the rear wall of the radiator on the upper arm of the second console also include a light made in the arm top of the second console transversely to the wall and opening at the free end of this arm, a stud of lock mounted to the rear wall of the radiator in protruding from it and a locking pin secured to the stud substantially parallel to the wall back of the radiator and being able to engage in, the light the upper arm of the second console and be locked there.

Each locking pin is attached and mounted sliding in a groove of the rear wall of the radiator to position it at a relative location allowing the engagement of the locking pin in the light of the upper arm of the corresponding console.

Each locking pin comprises a part forming a head to which is fixed the locking pin and a foot for guiding and retaining the stud in the groove from the rear wall of the radiator.

When the radiator is of the circulation type front and rear wall each consisting of by flattened parallel tubes separated from each other others of a distance defining a groove, the foot of each locking pin has the shape of a T of which the transverse part bears on the faces corresponding internals respectively of two tubes flattened adjacent to the rear wall of the radiator and the leg, connected to the head portion of the stud, crosses the corresponding groove separating the two flattened tubes.

The flat face of the head portion of the stud, which is connected to the leg of the foot and located in look at the two outer faces of the two flattened tubes adjacent to the rear wall of the vehicle, has two bulging projections located on either side of the leg and bearing respectively on both sides external tubes to hold the locking pin at the relative position chosen along the groove.

The groove of the rear wall of the radiator is vertical in the mounted position thereof.

The locking axis of the stud is constituted by a screw fixed in the head portion of this stud and whose the screw head is pressed against the upper arm the corresponding console after commitment from the corresponding part of the threaded rod of the screw in the corresponding upper arm light.

The lower arm of each console includes a concave end forming the receiving cradle of the lower part of the radiator and tilting this last towards the wall at a substantially vertical position lock on the upper arm of the console.

The upper and lower arms of each console are connected to each other by an amount fixed to the wall, for example by fixing screws.

Each console is made in one piece at from a rigid metal strip, such as a sheet.

The distance separating the end of each projection curved of the transverse part of the T-foot of each pad is substantially equal to the thickness of each tube flattened.

The transverse part of the T-foot of the stud is in circular plate shape.

Each locking pin is made in one molded rigid plastics material having the shape of a cylinder section having a flat part in which is made a drilling for receiving the locking pin.

The aforementioned drilling is a tapped hole when the locking pin is constituted by a screw of blocking the locking pin on the upper arm of the corresponding console.

The invention also proposes a method of wall mounting of a heating radiator using the fixing device as described above and consisting of attaching two vertical consoles to the wall, example by fixing screws, to mount two studs locking with their locking pins respectively in two parallel grooves spaced from the rear wall of the radiator to a relative position determined in the vicinity of the upper part of radiator, to arrange the lower part of the radiator on the two lower support arms of the two consoles, to switch the radiator to the wall on the two lower arms to introduce the two axes of lock in the respective lights of both arms the consoles to lock the radiator.

When each locking pin is a screw, the the process consists in tightening the latter so that the head screw comes to bear on the upper arm corresponding and blocks the locking pin at this arms.

• la figure 1 est une vue en perspective éclatée d'un moyen de verrouillage d'un radiateur à une console murale ;
• la figure 2 est une vue de dessus suivant la flèche II de la figure 1 représentant la partie supérieure du radiateur verrouillée à la console murale ;
• la figure 3 est une vue en perspective éclatée de l'ensemble des éléments permettant de verrouiller un radiateur à un mur ; et
• les figures 4 à 6 représentent les différentes étapes de fixation du radiateur au mur.

The invention will be better understood, and other objects, features, details and advantages thereof will appear more clearly in the explanatory description which will follow with reference to the accompanying drawings given solely by way of example illustrating an embodiment. of the invention and in which:

• Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of a locking means of a radiator to a wall bracket;
• Figure 2 is a top view along the arrow II of Figure 1 showing the upper part of the radiator locked to the wall bracket;
• Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of all the elements for locking a radiator to a wall; and
• Figures 4 to 6 show the different stages of fixing the radiator to the wall.

Referring to the figures, the device for the invention will be described in the application of a wall mounting of a circulating heating radiator water 1 of the type comprising two panels of front walls 2 and rear 3 where each panel 2, 3 consists of a number of parallel flattened tubes 4 located in the same plane and separated from each other by a distance defining a groove between each pair of tubes adjacent.

However, it is understood that the invention may apply to other types of radiators from the moment where the radiator has at least one rear panel two grooves or slits located respectively in the vicinity of two ends of the radiator and extending vertically when this is fixed vertically to a wall.

The fixing device according to the invention comprises two identical consoles 5 that can be fixed vertically to a wall M and each comprising an arm lower 6 extending substantially square so as to bear the corresponding lower part of the radiator 1 and an upper arm 7 substantially in square to which the upper part can be locked radiator, and an upright 8 connecting both arms lower 6 and higher 7.

Preferably, each console 5 is made in one single piece from a rigid metal band in relatively thick sheet and is fixed to the wall by screws fixing 9 passing through the upright 8.

Each lower arm 6 of a console 5 has its end 6a of concave shape defining a cradle of receipt of the corresponding lower part of the radiator 1 and each upper arm 7 has a light or notch 10 extending transversely to wall and opening at the free end of the arm 7.

Thus, when the two consoles 5 are fixed vertically to the wall, the two arms 6, 7 occupy a substantially horizontal position.

The fastening device further comprises two locking studs 11, only one of which is shown detailed manner in Figure 1, and slidably mounted respectively along two grooves R of the panel back 3 of the radiator 1 to a relative position superior of it to cooperate with both lights 10 consoles 5 and allow the blocking by locking the upper part of the radiator to two upper arms 7. Preferably, the two grooves R receiving pads 11 are those located at ends of the rear panel 3 of the radiator.

Each locking stud 11 comprises a part forming a head 12 in the form of a cylindrical section with a flat surface upper 13 and a foot 14 for guiding and retaining the stud 11 in the corresponding groove R of the wall rear 3 of the radiator.

More specifically, the foot 14 of each stud 11 has the shape of a T whose transverse portion 14a is constituted by a circular plate and the leg 14b is connected to the flat end face 12a of the head portion 12 located opposite two tubes flattened adjacent 4 of the rear panel 3 of the radiator 1. The connecting leg 14b of the foot 14 extends diametrically at the flat face 12a, has a very short length slightly greater than the thickness of a flattened tube 4 and has a width less than the width of a groove R of define between the transverse part 14a and the flat face 12a two spaces located on both sides of leg 14b and in which can engage respectively the two end parts two flattened tubes 4 defining between they groove R. Thus, after mounting the stud 11 in the corresponding groove R, the transverse portion 14a foot 14 is almost in support on the faces corresponding internals respectively of the two tubes adjacent 4 in order to retain the stud 11 in the groove R protruding from the back panel and guiding the along it by the leg 14b. Preferably, the face 12a of each stud has two curved protrusions 15 located on either side of the leg 14b of the foot 14 and bearing respectively on both sides external of the two adjacent tubes 4 of the rear panel 3 so as to grip slightly the two flattened tubes 4 in the two spaces between the foot 14 and the flat face 12a and allow the maintenance at a chosen position of the plot 11 along the groove R. For this, the distance separating the end of each protrusion 15 from the part transversal 14a is substantially equal to the thickness of each flattened tube 4.

The fixing device further comprises an axis 16 secured to each stud 11 in extending perpendicular to the flat portion 13, that is to say parallel to the back panel 3 of the radiator 1 when the stud 11 is attached to the rear panel. The axis of lock 16 can engage in the light 10 and there be locked to attach the radiator to the console corresponding 5.

Preferably, the locking pin 16 is constituted by a screw engaged in a threaded hole corresponding to the locking pin 11 and whose stem 17 engages through the light 10 and the head 18 can be pressed against the corresponding upper arm 7 of the console 5.

Preferably, each locking pin 1 is made of a rigid plastic material integrally molded.

The process of attaching a radiator to a wall of one piece is already apparent from the foregoing description and will now be explained with reference to FIGS. 6.

First, the two consoles 5 are fixed vertically to wall M by fixing screws 9.

Then, the two locking studs 11 are introduced into their respective grooves R, for example from the bottom of the radiator as shown in in Figure 4, until they are positioned at a height predetermined at the top of the radiator which the two studs 11 are held by friction in the grooves.

The operator then enters the radiator 1 to ask the lower part of it on both arms 6. In the event that the party bottom of the radiator 1 has a collector cylindrical the circulation of hot water, the radiator can rest on the lower arms 6 by through the collectors housed in the cradles 6a of these. This configuration is advantageous because it allows the tilting of the radiator to its part lower around a horizontal axis parallel to the wall M until introduction of the rod 17 of the axis 16 into the 10. In this position, the operator has only tighten the two shafts 16 so that the heads 16 come into forced support on the two upper arms 7.

Disassembling the radiator 1 is done while simply by loosening the two locking pins 16 and disengaging them from the lights 10 by tilting of the radiator on the two lower support arms 6 to allow the removal of the radiator from these arms.

The fixing device of the invention allows the mounting a radiator to a wall and disassembling the radiator of it in an extremely easy way without the need for special tools, apart from screwdriver.

Claims (18)

1. Device for fixing a heating radiator to a wall, comprising at least one bracket (5) for supporting the radiator (1) fixed substantially vertically to the wall (M) and comprising a substantially horizontal lower arm (6) and a substantially horizontal upper arm (7) respectively adapted to support a lower portion of the radiator and to lock the rear wall of the radiator (1) to the wall (M) by means of locking means (10, 11, 16), characterised in that the locking means comprise a slot (10) in the upper arm (7) transverse to the wall and open at the free end of this arm, a locking stud (11) mounted on the rear wall (3) of the radiator (1) to project therefrom, and a locking shaft (16) fastened to the stud (11) substantially parallel to the rear wall (3) of the radiator (1) and adapted to engage in the slot (10) in the upper arm (7) and to be immobilised therein.
2. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises a second bracket (5) for supporting the radiator (1), identical to the previously cited first bracket (5) and fixed substantially vertically to the wall (M) so that the two brackets (5) support the radiator in the vicinity of its ends.
3. Device according to claim 2, characterised in that it comprises means (10, 11, 16) for locking the rear wall (3) of the radiator (1) to the upper arm (7) of the second bracket (5) and comprising a slot (10) in the upper arm (7) transverse to the wall (M) and open at the free end of this arm, a locking stud (11) mounted on the rear wall (3) of the radiator (1) and projecting therefrom, and a locking shaft (16) fastened to the stud (11) substantially parallel to the rear wall (3) of the radiator (1) and adapted to be engaged in the slot (10) in the upper arm of the second bracket (5) and to be immobilised therein.
4. Device according to any of claims 1 to 3,
   characterised in that each locking stud (11) is attached to and slidably mounted in a groove (R) on the rear wall (3) of the radiator (M) to position it at a relative location enabling engagement of the locking shaft (16) in the slot (10) in the upper arm (7) of the corresponding bracket (5).
5. Device according to claim 3, characterised in that each locking stud (11) has a head portion (12) to which the locking shaft (16) is fixed and a foot (14) for guiding and retaining the stud (11) in the groove (R) on the rear wall (3) of the radiator (1).
6. Device according to claim 5, wherein the radiator (1) is of the circulating water type whose front wall (2) and rear wall (3) each comprise parallel flattened tubes (4) separated from each other by a distance defining a groove (R), characterised in that the foot (14) of each locking stud (11) has the shape of a (T) whose transverse portion (14a) bears on the respectively corresponding internal faces of two adjacent flattened tubes (4) on the rear wall (3) of the radiator (1) and whose leg (14b), which is attached to the head portion (12) of the stud (11), passes through the corresponding groove (R) between two adjacent flattened tubes (4).
7. Device according to claim 6, characterised in that the plane face (12a) of the head portion (12) of the stud (11), to which the leg (14b) of the foot (14) is connected and which faces the two external faces of the previously cited two adjacent flattened tubes (4) of the rear wall (3) of the radiator (1), comprises two domed projections (15) situated on respective opposite sides of the leg (14b) and respectively bearing on the two external faces of the tubes (4) to retain the locking stud (11) at a selected relative position along the groove (R).
8. Device according to any preceding claim, characterised in that the groove (R) in the rear wall (3) is vertical when the radiator is in the mounted position.
9. Device according to any preceding claim, characterised in that the locking shaft comprises a screw (16) fixed into the head portion (12) of the locking stud (11) and whose head (18) is clamped against the upper arm (7) of the corresponding bracket (5) after engagement of the corresponding screwthreaded portion (17) of the screw (16) in the slot (10) of the corresponding upper arm (7).
10. Device according to any preceding claim, characterised in that the lower arm (6) of each bracket (5) has a concave end (6a) forming a cradle receiving the lower portion of the radiator (1) and allowing it to tilt towards the wall (M) to a substantially vertical position locked to the upper arm (7) of the bracket (5).
11. Device according to any preceding claim, characterised in that the upper arm (7) and the lower arm (6) of each bracket (5) are joined together by an upright (8) fixed to the wall (M), for example by fixing screws (9).
12. Device according to any preceding claim, characterised in that each bracket (5) is made in one piece from a rigid metal strip such as a metal plate.
13. Device according to any of claims 7 to 12, characterised in that distance between the end of each domed projection (15) of the transverse portion (14a) of the T-shaped foot (14) of each stud (11) is substantially equal to the thickness of each flattened tube (4).
14. Device according to any of claims 6 to 13, characterised in that the transverse portion (14a) of the foot (14) of the stud (11) is a circular plate.
15. Device according to any preceding claim, characterised in that each locking stud (11) is moulded from a rigid plastics material and takes the form of a section of a cylinder having a flat (13) in which is formed a bore adapted to receive the locking shaft (16).
16. Device according to claim 15, characterised in that the aforementioned bore is screwthreaded if the locking shaft is a screw (16) for locking the locking stud (11) to the upper arm (7) of the corresponding bracket (15).
17. A method of fixing a heating radiator to a wall using the fixing device described in any of claims 1 to 16, characterised in that it consists in fixing two vertical brackets (5) to the wall (M), for example by means of fixing screws (9), mounting two locking studs (11) provided with their locking shafts (16) in respective spaced parallel grooves (R) on the rear wall (3) of the radiator (1) at a particular relative position in the vicinity of the upper portion of the radiator, placing the lower portion of the radiator (1) on the two lower support arms (6) of the two brackets (5), and tilting the radiator (1) toward the wall (M) on the two lower arms (6) until the two locking shafts (16) enter the respective slots (10) in the two upper arms (7) of the brackets (5) to lock the radiator (1) therein.
18. Method according to claim 17, characterised in that, when each locking shaft is a screw (16), it consists in tightening the screw so that the screwhead (18) bears on the corresponding upper arm (7) and locks the locking stud (11) to that arm.

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