EP1431489B1 - Hinge - Google Patents

Abstract

Hinge for a door, etc. comprises a first hinge part (1) with at least one first hinge drum (3) and a second hinge part (2) with a second hinge drum (4) rotatably connected to the first hinge part. The first hinge drum has a first receiving region with an internal thread (31). At least one cylindrical adjusting body (7) is provided for screwing to the first hinge drum in the direction of the axis of rotation (91) of the hinge using an external thread (71). A sleeve (45), etc. is rotatably mounted in the second hinge drum about the axis of rotation. The adjusting body, preferably in the form of a threaded rod, is rotationally fixed to the sleeve.

Description

The invention relates to a band for a door, comprising a first band member having at least a first band roll and a second band member rotatably connected to the first band member having at least a second band roll, the first band roll having a first receiving portion formed with an internal thread and at least one is provided in the direction of the axis of rotation of the tape by means of a female thread counter to the same external thread with the first tape roll screwed substantially cylindrical adjusting body.

Such bands are used for the formation of a hinge of a door. If the hinges are suitable for left-right usable doors, the tapes must be able to absorb forces upwards and downwards, whereby the door leaves can not simply be unhooked in such tapes. Known such bands have the disadvantage that the position of the band parts is fixed in the direction of the axis of rotation, whereby inaccuracies in the installation of the bands can be subsequently compensated only consuming.

Such a band for window doors or the like disclosed in WO 01/42603 A1 in which a substantially cylindrical adjusting body which is connected by means of an external thread with a, provided with an internal thread, band member is penetrated by a pivot pin. The occurring radial forces are transmitted from the hinge pin on the arranged in the hinge parts Bandbolzenbüchsen plastic. The occurring axial forces are transmitted via sliding rings on the lower Rahmenbandteit.

In addition to a design with three-piece tape, it is envisaged to carry out the hinge according to the invention also with two-piece tape.

A disadvantage of a band according to WO 01/42603 A1 has the effect that, when used with heavy gates, the plain bearings used are subject to increased wear. Furthermore, the two-piece tape embodiment is not usable left / right. The specified three-part design requires two thrust bearings to ensure a left / right applicability. In addition, the band has a large number of elaborately designed components, which is associated with increased production costs and production costs.

From DE 27 50 310 A is known for doors and the like. Specific hinge. The individual band parts are connected by a hinge pin, wherein no adjusting body designed as a threaded rod is provided, and no associated with such a sleeve.

EP 0 569 818 A describes a hinge band which can be divided by means of a linear guide for inserting a hinge part with an axis, but has no adjusting body designed as a threaded rod.

DE 23 56 166 A deals with an adjustable door hinge with a single thrust ball bearing which carries a door hinge, and an adjusting body for height adjustment of the door hinge. A disadvantage of a door hinge according to DE 23 56 166 A is that such a door hinge is not right / left is used, therefore not "upside down" can be mounted, as this would be neither adjustable in height, would still be capable of a door wear or rotatably store.

The object of the invention is to provide a band of the type mentioned, in which the known disadvantages are avoided, which is easily adjustable in height, especially in the installed state, in which a continuous height adjustment is possible, which has a high reliability and resilience , And with less material and manufacturing use, ensures a simple way of power transmission in both directions along the axis of rotation of the first band portion on the second band member.

According to the invention this is achieved in that a rotatably mounted in the second tape roll about the axis of rotation of the belt sleeve is provided, and that the preferably designed as a threaded rod adjusting body is rotatably connected to the sleeve, and that between the sleeve and the second tape roll at least one radial roller bearing is arranged for transmitting axial forces in both directions of the axis of rotation.

This makes it possible to build right / left usable tapes with only one bearing, which is both cheaper and more compact. By rolling elements, the friction within the band can be kept very low.

This results in the further advantage that when fixed in the direction of the axis of rotation of the adjusting body relative to the second roll of tape, the first roll of tape relative to the adjusting body and the second roll of tape can be made adjustable in height. Due to the design with an internal thread and an external thread height adjustment can be done in a simple manner by rotating the adjusting body relative to the first roll of tape, with a continuous height adjustment can be done. Furthermore, it is possible to produce a simply built-up and therefore inexpensive tape. Due to the design of the sleeve od. Like. A frictional and / or positive connection of the adjusting body can be provided with the sleeve, which is particularly durable and secure can be trained. Furthermore, this training can be achieved in a simple manner, a power transmission in both directions along the axis of rotation of the first band portion on the second band portion. Due to the design of the adjusting body as a threaded rod, the adjusting body can be made particularly simple and inexpensive. Furthermore, a threaded rod has a high stability.

In this case, it is possible to use a bearing suitable for absorbing axial forces in two directions rolling bearing, which is a compact and resilient solution. The serving as a running surface for the roller sleeve can be made of high-quality (curable) material as the adjusting body, which increases the life of the sleeve, simplifies the service and reduces the material and manufacturing costs, since the less loaded adjusting made of appropriately adapted material can be, which is not only cheaper but also easier and faster to work, and allows longer life of the tools.

In a further development of the invention can be provided that the adjusting body with the sleeve in the direction of the axis of rotation of the belt positively connected, in particular screwed, is. As a result, the tape according to the invention can be carried out in a simple manner with two tape rolls.

Another possible embodiment of the invention may consist in that the first band part in a conventional manner comprises a arranged on the opposite side of the first tape reel side of the second tape reel fourth tape roll, and that a securing bolt is rotatably connected to the adjusting body, wherein the securing bolt in at least the fourth tape roll is rotatably mounted and preferably has an adjustment. In particular, forces can be transmitted by the safety bolt from the first belt part to the second belt part normal to the axis of rotation, whereby the reliability of the belt is increased and thus the bearing is held without bending moments, which increases the life of the construction. By adjusting the locking member rotatably connected adjusting body can be rotated and the height adjustment of the first roll of tape with respect to the second roll of tape are made.

In this context, it can be provided in a further development of the invention that the securing bolt with the adjusting element is designed as a screw with a cylindrical screw head. Through the innovative use of standard parts, the purchase and service costs can be reduced. About the strength classes of the screws it is possible to adapt the safety bolt in a simple and cost-effective manner to the given load.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, it can be provided that a further securing bolt rotatably connects two adjacent belt rollers. The further safety pin can transmit occurring transverse forces on the band part and thus keep the bearing free of bending moment, which increases the life of the construction.

According to another embodiment of the invention can be provided that on at least one of the end faces of the adjusting body in the axial direction an adjustment recess, in particular a hexagon socket or a slot is formed. By forming the Verstellvertiefung height adjustment can be easily and quickly performed with a suitable tool.

In a further embodiment of the invention it can be provided that one of the tape rolls has an access opening to the Verstellvertiefung. As a result, the height adjustment in the installed state of the tape can be ensured in a simple manner.

In a further embodiment of the invention can be provided that on the first tape roll an anti-rotation device for clamping the adjusting body, in particular a clamping screw, is provided. By preventing rotation inadvertent height adjustment can be easily and reliably avoided.

• Fig. 1 eine Ausführungsform eines Bandes mit vier Bandrollen;
• Fig. 2 eine andere Ausführungsform eines Bandes mit vier Bandrollen;
• Fig. 3 eine andere Ausführungsform eines Bandes mit vier Bandrollen;
• Fig. 4 eine andere Ausführungsform eines Bandes mit drei Bandrollen;
• Fig. 5 eine andere Ausführungsform eines Bandes mit drei Bandrollen;
• Fig. 6 eine andere Ausführungsform eines Bandes mit drei Bandrollen und zwei Verstellkörpern; und
• Fig. 7 eine andere Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Bandes mit zwei Bandrollen und einer Hülse.
• Fig. 8 eine andere Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Bandes mit drei Bandrollen und einer Hülse.

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments are shown. Showing:

• Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a tape with four tape rolls;
• Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of a tape with four tape rolls;
• Fig. 3 shows another embodiment of a tape with four tape rolls;
• Fig. 4 shows another embodiment of a tape with three tape rolls;
• Fig. 5 shows another embodiment of a tape with three tape rolls;
• Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of a belt with three tape rolls and two Verstellkörpern; and
• Fig. 7 shows another embodiment of a tape according to the invention with two tape rolls and a sleeve.
• Fig. 8 shows another embodiment of a tape according to the invention with three tape rolls and a sleeve.

The embodiments according to FIGS. 1 to 6 are not embodiments according to the invention. These are examples of the general state of the art.

1 shows an embodiment of a band for a door, which comprises a first band part 1 with at least one first band roll 3 and a second band part 2 rotatably connected to the first band part 1 with at least one second band roll 4. The first strip roll 3 has a first receiving region formed with an internal thread 31 and a substantially cylindrical adjusting element 7 which can be screwed in the direction of the axis of rotation 91 of the strip by means of a male thread 71 which is opposite the internal thread 31 with a first strip roll 3.

By the external thread 71 and the internal thread 31, a height adjustment can be achieved by a rotation of the first tape roll 3 relative to the adjusting body 7, wherein a stepless height adjustment is given. In order to prevent inadvertent rotation of the first tape roll 3 relative to the adjusting body, an anti-rotation device 32 for clamping the adjusting body 7 may be provided on the first tape roll 3. In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the anti-rotation device 32 is designed as a clamping screw. Instead of the clamping screw, a splint, a self-adhesive thread od. Like. Be provided.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the second band part 2 has a third band roll 5 arranged on the side of the first band roll 3 opposite the second band roll 4. Furthermore, the first strip part 1 has a fourth strip roll 6 arranged on the side of the second strip roll 4 opposite the first strip roll 3. In other embodiments of the tape according to the invention less than four tape rolls 3, 4, 5, 6 or a larger number of tape rolls 3, 4, 5, 6 may be provided.

In yet other embodiments of the tape according to the invention more than one adjusting body 7 may be provided. For example, e.g. in the embodiment shown in Fig. 6 in addition to the adjusting body 7, a further adjusting body 70 is provided.

The adjustment body 7 has on a front side 78 a first support surface 72 and the second tape roll 4 on the first support surface 72 opposite the second support surface 42. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, at least one rolling element 92 is arranged between the first support surface 72 and the second support surface 42. In this case, the first support surface 72 and the second support surface 42 may be formed as a rolling bearing, in particular, a commercial rolling bearing between the adjusting body 7 and the second roll of tape 4 may be arranged.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the rolling elements 92 are mounted substantially free of play. It can be provided that the second support surface 42 and / or the fourth support surface 53 is slidably mounted in the second hinge part 2 in the direction of the axis of rotation 91 of the belt in the second hinge part 2 and can be fixed with the second hinge part 2. As a result, the first strip roll 3 can be introduced into the intermediate space between the second strip roll 4 and the third strip roll 5, and subsequently the second support surface 42 and / or the fourth support surface 53 can be displaced and finally fixed.

The adjustment body 7 may have a third support surface 73 and the third tape roll 5 on the first support surface 72 opposite end face 78 a third support surface 73 opposite fourth support surface 53.

Forces normal to the axis of rotation 91 can in particular be taken up by a further securing bolt 85 which rotatably connects the fourth belt reel 6 to the second belt reel 4, as is given in the embodiments according to FIGS. 1 to 3.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the bearing of the rolling elements 92 has a clearance, wherein the first hinge part can be separated from the second hinge part 2 after release of the further securing bolt 85. This represents a particularly inexpensive producible embodiment of a tape according to the invention.

Between the tape rolls 3, 4, 5, 6 may also be formed a sliding bearing, as is the case in the embodiment of FIG. It can be provided that a plain bearing washer between the respective support surfaces 72, 42, 73, 53 is arranged, whereby the friction can be reduced and in a maintenance and / or repair, if necessary, the plain bearing disc can be replaced, whereby the material costs due to wear low can be kept.

The adjusting body 7 may be formed as a threaded rod. Furthermore, the adjusting body 7 may comprise a tube and at least one end plate connected to the tube. A threaded rod is simple and inexpensive to produce, with a pipe optionally allows further material reduction.

For adjusting the height, an adjusting recess 74, in particular a hexagon socket, a slot or the like can be formed on at least one of the end faces 78 of the adjusting body 7 in the axial direction. If the adjusting body 7 is formed as a tube, then the adjusting recess 74 can be formed over the entire axial extension of the adjusting body 7, e.g. by the tube is formed inside as hexagon socket. It has proven to be advantageous if the second roll of tape 4 and / or the third roll of tape 5 has an access opening 41, 51 to the Verstellvertiefung 74.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 3, the securing bolt 8 is non-rotatably connected to the adjusting body 7, the securing bolt 8 extending into at least one band roll 4, 5 adjacent to the first band roll 3. The securing bolt 8 may have an adjusting element 81, whereby the height adjustment by operation of the adjusting element 81 ennöglicht.

4 and 5, an embodiment of a band with three tape rolls 3, 4, 5, 6 is shown in each case, wherein each of the securing bolt 8 is rotatably connected to the adjusting body 7.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 6, the fourth tape roll 6 has a second receiving area formed with an internal thread 61, in which a further adjusting body 70 is arranged. In this embodiment, the adjusting body 7 and the further adjusting body 70 are accessible in a simple manner, since the first roll of tape 3 and the fourth roll of tape 4 are directly accessible.

If the securing bolt 8 is non-rotatably connected to the adjusting body 7 and the further adjusting body 70, an unintentional unequal adjustment of the adjusting body 7 and of the further adjusting body 70 can be reliably achieved in a simple manner be avoided. As a result, a particularly high reliability and safety of the strip according to the invention can be ensured.

In Fig. 7, another embodiment of a tape according to the invention with two tape rolls 3, 4, and a sleeve 45 is shown, wherein the sleeve 45 is rotatably mounted about the axis of rotation 91 of the tape in the second tape roll 4. The adjusting body 7 is rotatably connected to the sleeve 45. The sleeve 45 may also be formed as a ring, disc od. Like. Be formed.

The adjusting body can in particular od with the sleeve 45. Like. In the direction of the axis of rotation 91 of the band positively connected, in particular screwed be. As a result of this design, a force transmission in both directions along the axis of rotation 91 from the first band part 1 to the second band part 2 can be achieved in a simple manner.

In a further, not shown embodiment of the invention, it may be provided that the first roll of tape 3 is connected to the rotatably mounted further securing bolt 85 with a first roll of tape 3 opposite third roll of tape 5, or it may be provided that the second Tape reel 4 is connected to a rotatably mounted further locking pin 85 with a second reel 4 adjacent another roll of tape, whereby occurring transverse forces are absorbed and thus the bearing is held without bending moment. In a further embodiment of a band according to Fig. 7, it may be provided that this is extended to a band with four tape rolls 3, 4, 5, 6. The further securing bolt 85 can connect the third tape roll 5 with the fourth tape roll 6. The lower load on the storage life is increased.

In Fig. 8, another embodiment of a tape according to the invention with three tape rolls 3,4, 6 and a sleeve 45 is shown, wherein the sleeve 45 is mounted about the axis of rotation 91 of the tape rotatably in the first tape roll 3. The adjusting body 7 is rotatably connected to the sleeve 45 and non-positively connected in the direction of the axis of rotation 91. As a result, a power transmission in both directions of the rotation axis can be made possible.

The securing bolt 80 is designed in this embodiment as a screw with a cylindrical screw head with hexagon socket, wherein the screw head is supported via a support sleeve 46 on the roll 4 and so absorbs transverse forces that holds the middle part of the band structure, in particular the storage, free of bending moment. This results in a lower mechanical load and a longer life of the construction.

The embodiments of a strip according to the invention shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 have the advantage that they can be used left-to-right and make do with a single bearing.

The features of the described embodiments can be combined and / or exchanged with each other.

Claims (8)

1. A hinge for a door, comprising a first hinge part (1) with at least a first hinge roll (3) and a second hinge part (2) with at least a second hinge roll (4), which second hinge part is rotatably connected with the first hinge part (1), with the first band roll (3) comprising a first receiving region formed with an inside thread (31) and with at least one substantially cylindrical adjusting body (7) is provided which can be screwed together with the first hinge roll (3) by means of an outside thread (71) which is diametrically opposed to the inside thread (31), characterized in that a sleeve (45) is provided which is rotatably held in the second hinge roll (4) about the rotational axis (91) of the hinge, and that the adjusting body (7), preferably configured as a threaded rod, is torsionally rigidly connected with the sleeve (45), and that at least one radial roller bearing for transmitting axial forces in both directions of the rotational axis (91) is arranged between the sleeve (45) and the second hinge roller (4).
2. A hinge according to claim 1, characterized in that the adjusting body (7) is joined in a non-positive way, especially screwed together, with the sleeve (45) in the direction of the rotational axis (91) of the hinge.
3. A hinge according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first hinge part (1) comprises in the known manner a fourth hinge roller which is arranged at the side of the second hinge roller (4) opposite of the first hinge roller (3), and that a securing pin (8) is torsionally rigidly connected with the adjusting body, with the securing pin (8) being held rotatably in at least the fourth hinge roll (6) and preferably comprises an adjusting element (81).
4. A hinge according to claim 3, characterized in that the securing pin (8) with the adjusting element (81) is arranged as a screw with a cylindrical screw head.
5. A hinge according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that a further securing pin (85) rotatably connects two adjacent hinge rolls.
6. A hinge according to one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that an adjusting recess (74), especially a hexagon socket or a slot, is formed in the axial direction on at least one of the face sides (78) of the adjusting body (7).
7. A hinge according to claim 6, characterized in that one of the hinge rolls (3, 4, 5, 6) comprises an access opening (41, 51) to the adjusting recess (74).
8. A hinge according to one of the claims 1 to 7, characterized in that an anti-twist device (32) for clamping the adjusting body (7), especially a locking screw, is provided on the first hinge roll (3).

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