EP1201840B1 - Free standing partitioning system - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a free-standing partition wall system according to the preamble of claim 1, as well as a sliding door used in conjunction with the preamble of claim 2. Preferably, such systems are intended for use as a room divider and made of glass, also in combination with other materials, such as eg Aluminum, plastic, wood or the like

Such partition systems are known in the art and are offered by various manufacturers. In the known systems, the partition wall elements are fixed to columns or pillars and there are bottom guides provided, which are usually made of metal and record the type of rails, the partition elements and / or the sliding doors. The connection of the fittings with the partition elements is usually via bracket fittings that require multiple holes and are not adjustable.

From the EP 0 658 677 A1 a fireproof glazing is known in the activation exiting under cooling effect foaming protective agent and has a fire protection disk laterally retaining support structure. This support structure consists of at least one preferably vertically arranged support, which is arranged at a distance from the fire doors detached in space and fixed with its two ends to the respective space limiting surfaces and which is connected exclusively via connecting arms with the respective adjacent fire protection and this holds.

The object of the invention is to propose a cantilevered arrangement of the partition wall elements with high stability and especially with the use of full glass material gentle attachment of the fittings with the partition elements to connect the partition wall elements with the supports, wherein one of the partition wall elements can be integrated as a sliding door assembly in the partition ,
It is another object of the invention to achieve a constraint-free and secure mounting of heavy partition wall elements made of glass.

This is achieved according to the invention with the features of the characterizing part of claim 1. The partition wall system according to the invention is a free-standing system that does not require any supporting attachment to the ceiling or the room wall and exclusively on supporting, on suspended supports resting on the ground. In particular, such a partition wall system of glass elements - both the partition wall elements themselves as well as the supports and optionally also the sliding door - made; the glass may be a pane glass, multi-pane glass, safety glass, laminated safety glass, etc., as needed and intended purpose. The invention further relates to partition systems comprising a combination of glass and / or metal, for example aluminum, and / or wood, and / or plastic. Since the use of glass makes special demands on the design and strength of the fittings and the construction as well as the connection between the fittings and the partition elements, the invention will be described in connection with glass partition and sliding doors as well as particularly suitable fittings and brackets.

A special feature of the construction according to the invention is to be seen in the fact that the supporting angle fittings, which are connected to the supports, point-point joints between the supports (also referred to as swords) and the partition wall elements (also referred to as facade), with which an extremely gentle Treatment of the glass wall elements is achieved. The support wall elements rest on plates which are fixed to the floor and can be placed at any angle to the partition wall elements, usually of 90 ° or 45 °, so that in the creation of partition systems given a particular freedom in the design is. Such a partition wall system according to the invention is also suitable for endless construction, the system can be used for both the outer and the inner area, and the dimensioning of the individual supports or their support can be easily the corresponding height or width of the partition to adjust.

The cantilevered or free-hanging partition elements are supported by the supports, the wall elements (preferably made of glass) passing through fittings in the form of pairs of two-sided L-shaped angles, each with a leg of the two L-angle of an angle pair the two sides of a support wall and the other leg of the two angles on the partition wall elements passing through supporting bolts is added.

Since the partition elements can be installed in lengths of 3 m and above and in heights up to 6 m, such partition elements have a very high weight and the loads that are transmitted via the support bolts on the material at the hole reveals of the holes of the supports are extreme high. These high weight loads cause the stresses of the glass panes in the region of the bores, which are in engagement with the fittings, can lead to damage of the glass panes, so that it is crucial to keep the panes without jamming. For this purpose, glass holders are used, the lateral holding surfaces and the peripheral surface, which come into engagement with the bore of the disc, are provided with shims made of silicone or similar material, and having in the disc plane an annular space between the bore surface and peripheral surface of the holding member. After an exact tuning of the diameter of the bore and bolt shank is not possible or only in rare cases, it is proposed with the invention, to eject the load over the hole reveal the gap with high-strength, liquid, cementitious binder material to achieve a constraint-free support, so that Weights of up to 400 - 500 kg total weight can be absorbed both in the partition wall elements and in the sliding doors used. With such a construction it is further ensured that the silicone discs ensure a uniform transfer of the pressure occurring on the glass pane due to the screwing together of the glass holder, while a jam-free connection is achieved by ejecting the gap between glass and glass holder in the plane of the glass pane. Furthermore, a certain height adjustment of the glass sheets relative to the horizontal longitudinal axis of the support bolt is achieved with this construction due to the space created at the soffits of the holes in the glass panes, and the existing game when the hole in the glass pane is not set exactly relative to the other holes , or if necessary, additional To make changes and adjustments to the height position and thus a height compensation of the glass.

The fittings used for the connection of the supporting wall elements with the supporting wall elements are designed to withstand the high mechanical and weight stresses and adjustable both in the horizontal and in the vertical direction in terms of thickness and installation tolerances. The fittings are made of high strength and corrosion resistant steel. The support bolts passing through the wall elements take on each side of the supports a spider disk, e.g. made of silicone material, between the associated legs of the supporting angle and the support wall element and in each case a frame elastomer bearing. On the angled-leg outer side, in each case a shim-plate is also arranged, which are tightened by bilateral countersunk screws on the support bolt. Again, to achieve a high-strength connection pouring the Lochlaibungen made.

The legs of the L-angle, which are parallel to the partition wall elements and which are connected to each other via the support bolts, also serve to receive the sliding door. This construction is designed so that the support bolts pass through the sliding door and are fixed with the support elements on both sides by shim plates, wherein the outer disk is screwed onto the head of the support bolt. The sliding door is connected to the partition via a drive. The drive consists of ball-bearing Nirosta rollers, which are encapsulated and corrosion-resistant, and which run on round profile rails, which merge into a flat profile rail, which sit on counterparts connected to the sliding door. The flat profile rail takes on the partition by passing through support bolts, which are connected via elastomeric bearings and facade panels with the sliding door fittings in the form of the mentioned angle elements.

Fig. 1

eine Vorderansicht einer Trennwand mit integrierter Schiebetür,

Fig. 2

eine Aufsicht auf eine Fassaden-(Stützwand)-Halterung und eine Trennwand mit Beschlägen, wobei die Trennwand im rechten Winkel zur Stützwand steht,

Fig. 3

eine Aufsicht auf eine Fassaden-(Stützwand)-Halterung und eine Trennwand mit Beschlägen, wobei die Stützwand um einen Winkel von 45° zu den beiden rechtwinklig zueinander stehenden Trennwandelementen angeordnet ist,

Fig. 4

eine Darstellung ähnlich der nach Fig. 2, jedoch mit Schiebetür,

Fig. 5

eine Seitenansicht einer Trennwand mit integrierter Schiebetür, teilweise im Schnitt,

Fig. 6

eine vergrößerte und detailliertere Darstellung der Seitenansicht nach Fig. 5,

Fig. 7

eine schematische, perspektivische Darstellung eines Stützwandelementes,

Figuren 8 und 9

jeweils eine Bodenverbindung (Sockel) einer Stützwand in zwei um 90° versetzten Ansichten,

Fig. 10

eine Schiebetürrolle in perspektivischer Darstellung,

Fig. 11

die Schiebetürrolle nach Fig. 10 in Seitenansicht,

Fig. 12

ein Stirnansicht der Rolle nach Fig. 10, und

Fig. 13

eine perspektivische Darstellung der Rolle nach Fig. 10 oder 11 in Explosionsdarstellung.

The invention will be explained in conjunction with the drawing with reference to an embodiment. It shows:

Fig. 1

a front view of a partition with integrated sliding door,

Fig. 2

a view of a facade (support wall) -Haltung and a partition wall with fittings, the partition is at right angles to the support wall,

Fig. 3

a plan view of a facade (support wall) -Haltung and a partition wall with fittings, wherein the support wall is arranged at an angle of 45 ° to the two mutually perpendicular partition wall elements,

Fig. 4

a representation similar to the one after Fig. 2 , but with sliding door,

Fig. 5

a side view of a partition with integrated sliding door, partly in section,

Fig. 6

an enlarged and more detailed representation of the side view Fig. 5 .

Fig. 7

a schematic, perspective view of a supporting wall element,

FIGS. 8 and 9

in each case a floor connection (base) of a retaining wall in two views offset by 90 °,

Fig. 10

a sliding door roller in perspective view,

Fig. 11

the sliding door roller Fig. 10 in side view,

Fig. 12

an end view of the roll behind Fig. 10 , and

Fig. 13

a perspective view of the role Fig. 10 or 11 in exploded view.

This in Fig. 1 schematically shown partition wall system has partition (facade) elements 1, 2, 3, 4 and a support rail 5, which is secured to the partition wall elements, and sliding in the running rail 5 sliding door 6 and support wall segments 7, 7 'on which are supported by support plates 8 on the ground and which are arranged offset in a plane transverse to the partition elements or at an angle thereto.

The support wall elements 7, 7 'are made of the same or different material as the partition wall elements - the material is glass in particular - and rest on support plates 8 made of metal, which are firmly connected to the ground. The support plates 8 can, as in Fig. 7 shown, two spaced apart Take guide plates 9, 10, which guide and position the lower end of the respective support wall element 7, 7 '. With the support wall element 7, 7 'angle brackets 11, 12 are fixed on both sides so that the legs 13, 15 are punctiformly secured to the support wall element 7, 7', while the legs 14, 16 at right angles to the legs 13, 15 and punctiform each are fastened with a partition wall element 1. The angle brackets 11, 12 have with the Stützwanddelement congruent holes 17 which receive the frame screws 18. The frame screws 18 are secured with rib nuts 19 on both sides. Frame elastomeric bearings are inserted between the metal fittings and the glass surface of the retaining wall elements to prevent glass damage. The bulkhead screws 18 are screwed on both sides with nuts. This results in one or two punctiform fastenings of the support wall element 7 made of glass with the mounting bracket 15. The connections between metal and glass are each occupied for example by silicon wafers or formed as silicone pads to avoid damage to the glass and to achieve a uniform pressure transfer to the glass.

The other, offset by 90 ° support bracket 14 of the angle bracket 11 has a bore which receives a threaded bolt 21, the facade panels 22, 22 'on both sides of the leg 14 sets. With a facade screw 23, the bolt 21 is fixed on the leg 14. The opposite end of the bolt 21 is guided through a bore 24 in the partition wall (facade) element, positioned with elastomer bearings 25, 26 on both sides of the partition 1, 2 made of glass and fixed with a facade nut 27. Thus, leg 14 and wall element 1, 2 are firmly connected together or the wall element is cantilevered by the bracket 11. The arrangement after Fig. 2 or 3 is formed symmetrically to the support wall axis, so that the right-side angle bracket 12 is formed in the same manner as described for the left-side bracket.

In the embodiment according to Fig. 3 (here are elements that are in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 correspond with the same reference numeral, but with an additional "'"), the support wall element 7' at an angle of 45 ° to the partition wall elements The legs 13 ', 14' or 15 ', 16' of the angle brackets 11 ', 12' are likewise arranged or bent at an angle of 45 ° the execution of the fittings and fasteners or connections of these fittings with the partition elements is carried out in the same manner as in the illustration Fig. 2 ,

A modified embodiment according to Fig. 4 shows the connection of a partition with sliding door in a representation according to the Fig. 2 , Here, the bolt 28 (the bolt 21 in Fig. 2 extends) beyond the connection with the partition wall 1 out and connected on both sides rail washers 29, 30 with the sliding glass door 6 on both sides, so that the sliding door punctiform at the joints in the region of the fitting 11,12 of the bolts 28, 28 'added becomes.

The roller drive for the sliding door as well as the construction and mounting of the track on the partition wall and on the supporting wall (sword) is in Fig. 5 partially in section. The roller 31 consists of a first roller half 32 and a second roller half 33, a roller tread 34, a sealed deep groove ball bearing 35 and is mounted on a roller mounting plate 36 via a countersunk screw 37. The running surface 34 of the roller 31 runs on a running rail 38, which has a circular cross-section and in the lower region receives a profile rail 39 which is fixed on a support pin 40 on both sides of the disk holder 41. The support pin 40 is passed through the partition wall element 1 in a bore 42. Disk holder 43, 44 on both sides of the partition wall element 1 set the partition wall element 1 on the support pin 40.

Fig. 6 shows a construction of a glass holder 46 similar to that in FIG Fig. 5 shown in more detail. The roller 47 has a roller bearing 48 and consists of a first roller half 49 and a second roller half 50. The roller 47 is connected by means of a support pin 51 with the glass wall 55. The second roller half 50 receives an adjustment device 52, the mutually engaging adjusting elements, for. B. a toothed disc member 52 a and a toothed on the front side, with the element 52 in engagement annular element 52 b. The ring member 52 b is inserted into a corresponding bore of the glass wall 55 with tolerance and forms an annular gap 53 which is ejected with high-strength bonding material 54 to achieve a non-constraining support, extremely high disc weights record, and a height compensation of the glass 55 to enable. The roller 47 runs on a running rail 56, which is connected via double-sided positioning discs 58 by means of fasteners 57. The support pin 60 is inserted with a facade panel 59 in a receptacle 61 of the support wall 62. At 63, a Aushebelsicherung is shown, which is secured to the glass pane 55 and forms a support of the running rail 56.

The representations after FIGS. 8 and 9 show a bottom connection of the support wall or the glass wall 55 by means of ground anchors 64th

In the FIGS. 10-13 a sliding door roller S is shown in various views, the components of which are shown in exploded view Fig. 13 and show in detail: A roller nut 65, a roller plate 66, a roller disc 67,
Intermediate rings 68, outer elastomeric bearings 69, inner elastomeric bearings 70, an anvil 71, a deep groove ball bearing 72, cylindrical pins 73 and cap screws 74.

Claims (9)

1. Free-standing partition system with frameless partition elements (1, 2, 3, 4) connected to one another and on the same ground level, with holders (11- 20) close to the upper end of the partition elements and passing through the elements, and with vertical support elements (7) which are seated on the ground and to which the holders are fixed,
   wherein each two of the adjoining or following partition elements (1, 2; 2, 3; 3, 4) are fixed ground- and ceiling-free by means of the holders (11, 12) on supports (7, 7') which serve as the vertical support elements, and
   wherein the supports (7, 7') rest on bearings (8) which are fixed to the ground and have guiding side plates (9, 10) for the lower end of the support,
   characterised in that

   a) the supports (7, 7') are wall-shaped and stand transversely to the partition wall (1),

   b) that the holders (11-20) consist of substantially the same material and construction as the partition elements (1, 2, 3, 4) and

   c) that the holders consist of support bolts (19) which pass through the supports (7, 7') with L-angles (11, 12) on both sides of the supports (7, 7") and fixings (18) on both bolt sides.
2. Free-standing partition system according to claim 1 characterised in that one of the partition elements (1, 2, 3, 4) is a sliding door (6) which is hung from a rod-type rail (5) and runs on a roller assembly (31) whose holder (37) is fixed on the partition (1 - 4), and whose running surface (34) is formed congruent with the receiving face of the rail, and that the rail has a bolt-type support element (40) which passes horizontally through the sliding door (6) and houses support brackets (11, 12) either side in L-angled shape, of which one arm (14, 16) is fixed to the sliding door (6) and the other arm (13, 15) is fixed to the support wall (7).
3. Free-standing partition system according to claim 2 characterised in that the sliding door (6) which runs on a track rail is mounted by way of a drive gear in the form of a roller assembly (31) whose axis passes through a partition element (1, 2, 3, 4) and is fixed on the side remote from the drive gear, the roller assembly (31) is mounted by ball bearings (at 35), and runs on a circular rail (38) which has a downwardly aligned support rail (39) which rests on a holder (44) fixed to the partition (1 - 4) and which receives a horizontally aligned bearer (40) which passes through the sliding door (6), and is fixed on the opposite side to one arm (14) of a support angle (11) whose other arm (13) is received by the supporting wall (7).
4. Free-standing partition system according to one of claims 1 to 3 characterised in that the partition elements (1, 2, 3, 4), the supporting element (7) and where applicable the sliding door (6) consist of glass.
5. Free-standing partition system according to one of claims 1 to 3 characterised in that the partition element (1, 2, 3, 4), the supporting wall elements (7, 7') and/or the sliding door (6) are made from glass, metal, aluminium, wood, plastics or similar material in any combination with one another.
6. Free-standing partition system according to one of claims 1 to 5 characterised by glass holders (46) with a shaft (51) of high-tensile steel which passes through the glass panel (55) and houses and supports same, wherein the internal surfaces (54) facing one another and the circumferential surface of the hub of the glass holder (46) which come into contact with the glass panel (55) which is to be received, are coated with silicon, and the free space between the hub or silicon coating and inside of the bore of the glass panel (55) receiving the shaft (51) is injected with a binding material (53) such that the outer disc-like head part (62) has a full-length axially aligned injection opening and at least one full-length axial ejection opening which are both in communication with the annular-shaped interspace (53).
7. Free-standing partition system according to claim 6 characterised in that the glass holder (46) has an adjusting mechanism (52) with which the glass panel (55) can be vertically adjusted within a predetermined tolerance for adjustment or compensation.
8. Free-standing partition system according to claim 6 or 7 characterised in that the vertical adjustment is provided in the form of thread mechanisms (52a, 52b).
9. Free-standing partition system according to one of claims 1 to 8 characterised in that an anti-leverage mechanism (63) which forms a support for the track rail (56) is fixed to the glass panel (55).

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