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EP1715115A2
EP1715115A2 EP06008075A EP06008075A EP1715115A2 EP 1715115 A2 EP1715115 A2 EP 1715115A2 EP 06008075 A EP06008075 A EP 06008075A EP 06008075 A EP06008075 A EP 06008075A EP 1715115 A2 EP1715115 A2 EP 1715115A2
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C3/00—Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
    • E04C3/005—Girders or columns that are rollable, collapsible or otherwise adjustable in length or height
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2/7407—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts
    • E04B2/7453—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with panels and support posts, extending from floor to ceiling
    • E04B2/7457—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with panels and support posts, extending from floor to ceiling with wallboards attached to the outer faces of the posts, parallel to the partition
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B9/00—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation
    • E04B9/06—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation characterised by constructional features of the supporting construction, e.g. cross section or material of framework members
    • E04B9/061—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation characterised by constructional features of the supporting construction, e.g. cross section or material of framework members supporting construction for curved ceilings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C3/00—Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
    • E04C3/02—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces
    • E04C3/04—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal
    • E04C3/06—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal with substantially solid, i.e. unapertured, web
    • E04C3/07—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal with substantially solid, i.e. unapertured, web at least partly of bent or otherwise deformed strip- or sheet-like material
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2002/7481—Locating rails with adjustable curvature
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C3/00—Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
    • E04C3/02—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces
    • E04C3/04—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal
    • E04C2003/0404—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal beams, girders, or joists characterised by cross-sectional aspects
    • E04C2003/0443—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal beams, girders, or joists characterised by cross-sectional aspects characterised by substantial shape of the cross-section
    • E04C2003/0473—U- or C-shaped

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  • the present invention is concerned with a flexible profile of a plurality of longitudinally consecutive members which are coupled together via connecting portions.
  • Flexible profiles are used to construct lightweight, non-structural building components.
  • drywall area elements with the help of profiles with each other and with other adjacent components, eg. As floors, ceilings or walls connected.
  • other adjacent components eg. As floors, ceilings or walls connected.
  • straight wall For receiving curved panels, such.
  • flexible semi-finished products, etc. fasteners are required, which differ from a linear extension.
  • the custom-made means a financial and temporal overhead by oversizing, ordering, manufacturing and transport with the respective lead times.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a flexible profile, which can be targeted to the desired, deviating from the linear orientation form and can be fixed in this form.
  • the object is achieved by a flexible profile of the type described above, in which the adjacent members are connected via a connecting element, which has a first bending edge with an adjacent member and a second, with the first bending edge at least in the linearly oriented state of the profile aligned bending edge with the other adjacent member, wherein the first and the second bending edge are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the profile and the connecting element has a perpendicular to the first and second bending edge aligned third bending edge.
  • the advantage of the flexible profile according to the invention is that the flexible profile is bendable in a defined direction against increased resistance, since the bending tabs are less labile than the known joint shapes. In the desired shape, the profile can then be fixed, for example, in a conventional manner.
  • the profile has two different geometric member types, which are repeated alternately, but also the same types of members are possible.
  • adjacent members are each mirror-symmetrical to each other, wherein the third bending edges mark the mirror planes. This results in a connection geometry for the connection of the adjacent members with the connecting element, which is formed mirror-symmetrically alternately repeated.
  • the connecting element is bendable in a range of 90 ° about the first and second bending edge, so that the connecting element can be bent in one or the other, perpendicular thereto direction by means of the third axis.
  • the desired shape of the flexible profile can be stabilized by means of flexible connecting means connecting a plurality of links, in order to facilitate the installation process by obtaining a stabilized profile.
  • the flexible connecting means are formed flat and connected by means of tabs with the flexible profile. These tabs guide the flexible connecting means in the longitudinal direction.
  • the tabs are formed on side walls of the profile, which are connected to the members and are at an angle of 90 ° to these.
  • the tabs prevent vertical deflection of the profile by the guidance of the flexible connection means. It is also conceivable, however, the use of rope-like connecting means, such as ropes and wires.
  • the connecting means inserted into the tabs are preferably fixable in these tabs or directly against the members of the profile, for example by jamming or crimping the tabs against the connecting means, so that the fixing process can be carried out on site with standard tools.
  • a support structure is constructed using at least one stiffened flexible profile.
  • a support structure that can be used in interior design, for example, for use in partitions to increase the design freedom in modern architecture, for the construction of elements to improve the room acoustics, since especially in the context of sound propagation deviating from the linear shape forms Of the space-forming elements are of great importance, or for specially shaped surfaces for visual design.
  • the profile described above can also serve for the construction of cable or cable ducts or shafts. This offers the particular advantage that rectangular shocks can be avoided, causing z. B. electrical lines must be less curved and thus claimed. Since the cross sections of such cable ducts are often determined by the spatial conditions in corners or joints, the flexible profile according to the invention also makes possible overall smaller cross sections.
  • a section of a flexible profile 10 is shown in a linearly aligned state in an oblique view. It is a kind of delivery condition.
  • the flexible profile 10 has two different geometric link types 12, 14, which are repeated alternately.
  • the adjacent types of links 12, 14 are connected via a connecting element 16.
  • the geometric link types 12, 14 have side walls 18, 20, each having four edge tabs 22, 24, 26, 28, in which a flexible connecting means 30 is inserted.
  • the connecting element 16 is in the delivery state in FIG. 1 and has not yet been bent into the position in which the flexible profile 10 can be bent with the connecting means 30 inserted into the edge tabs 22, 24, 26, 28.
  • Fig. 2 shows an oblique view of a section of a flexible profile 10 in a curved shape.
  • the connecting regions 16 between the adjacent geometric link types 12, 14 are bent in a first processing step by a first bending edge 32 and a second bending edge 34 (see also FIG. 3) by 90 °.
  • the adjacent link types 12, 14 are bent around a third bending edge 36 arranged in the connecting element 16.
  • the flexible profile 10 is guided in the curved shape shown in Fig. 2 by means of the connecting means 30 in the edge tabs 22, 24, 26, 28.
  • the connecting means may be jammed or crimped with the tabs or sidewalls. Conceivable, however, are other types of fixing, such as screwing, riveting or gluing.
  • FIG. 3 is a more detailed oblique view of a connection region of the section of a flexible profile in curved form shown in FIG. 2.
  • the connecting element 16 is connected to the first bending edge 32 with the adjacent member 12 and the second, with the first bending edge 32 at least in the linearly aligned state of the profile aligned bending edge 34 with the other adjacent member 14 wherein the first bending edge 32 and the second bending edge 34 are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the flexible profile 10.
  • the connecting element 16 has the third bending edge 36 aligned perpendicular to the first and second bending edges 32, 34, about which the adjacent links 12, 14 of the flexible profile 10 are pivotable.
  • the flexible profile is additionally stiffened, since the connecting element 16 is no longer pivotable about the first bending edge 32 and the second bending edge 34 after bending about the third bending edge 36, since this at the third bending edge 36th bent connecting element 16 is no longer aligned, ie after bending the flexible profile about the third bending edge 36, the connecting element 16 can not be bent back to the initial state.
  • the illustrated recesses 38 are accommodating possibilities for, for example, connecting means for fastening further elements or for ceiling or base-side fastening elements.
  • Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of a support structure for an element of the interior of buildings, such.
  • the elements used for the panel are not shown. Stiffened between two each flexible profiles 10 in curved form connecting means 40 by means of the side walls 18, 20 stretched.
  • the dimensionally stable elements are suspended by means of schematically shown suspensions 42 of, for example, a ceiling, not shown.
  • the connecting elements 16 are bent in the linearly aligned state of the flexible profile 10 by means of the first and second bending edge 32, 34 by 90 ° and the band-shaped connecting means 30 of the tabs 22, 24, 26, 28 pulled out in the side walls 18, 20, so that the flexible profile 10 is bendable about the third bending edge 36 of the connecting element 16.

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The section has a connecting unit (16) joined with adjacent components (12, 14) via bent-edges, where one bent-edge is flush with other bent-edge when the section is aligned lengthwise. A connecting unit (30) connects the components and is directly fixed in a strap opposite to the components. The section is produced as a single sheet metal component from a band-shaped semi finished product. An independent claim is also included for a load carrying system comprising a flexible section.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung befaßt sich mit einem flexiblen Profil aus mehreren in Längsrichtung aufeinanderfolgenden Gliedern, die über Verbindungsbereiche miteinander gekoppelt sind.The present invention is concerned with a flexible profile of a plurality of longitudinally consecutive members which are coupled together via connecting portions.

Flexible Profile werden zur Konstruktion von leichten, nicht tragenden Bauteilen im Bereich von Gebäuden verwendet. Im sogenannten Trockenbau werden flächige Elemente mit Hilfe von Profilen miteinander und mit angrenzenden anderen Bauteilen, z. B. Böden, Decken oder Wänden, verbunden. Insbesondere im Bereich des Innenausbaus kommen auch von der geraden Wand abweichende Ausbildungen zum Einsatz. Für die Aufnahme gekrümmter Paneele, wie z. B. Gipskartonplatten, biegbarer Halbzeuge etc. sind Befestigungsmittel erforderlich, die von einer linearen Erstreckung abweichen. Dies kann z. B. durch Maßanfertigung gekrümmter Profile, durch Auflösen in viele punktförmige Halterungen oder durch flexible Profile erfolgen. Die Maßanfertigung bedeutet einen finanziellen und zeitlichen Mehraufwand durch Aufmaß, Bestellung, Fertigung und Transport mit den jeweiligen Vorlaufzeiten. Erfolgt die Bestellung vor Ausführung der Rohbauarbeiten, muß auf die im Rohbau stets vorhandenen Toleranzen durch zusätzliche Maßnahmen reagiert werden. Die Auflösung in punktförmige Halterungen zur Aufnahme der flächigen, gekrümmten Bauteile erschwert die Formgebung der gekrümmten Form des Bauteils und bedingt außerdem einen erhöhten Montageaufwand. Bei flexiblen Profilen erfolgt die Formgebung vor dem Einbau durch manuelle Anpassung. Die erforderliche Flexibilität wird z. B. durch gelenkartige Verbindungsbereiche einzelner Glieder erreicht, wie aus der WO 02/18723 A1 bekannt. Aus der US 6,115,984 und der WO 2003/097956 A1 ist außerdem die Anwendung mehrerer Biegestellen zwischen den einzelnen Gliedern bekannt, bei denen die Blechverbindungen so gewählt sind, daß beim Verbiegen die Wirkung von gelenkartigen Verbindungen vorliegt, um eine Flexibilität des Profils zu erreichen. Die erforderliche Flexibilität bedingt bei den bekannten Ausführungsformen eine geringere Stabilität des Profils, wodurch sowohl die Formgebung als auch der Einbauvorgang beeinträchtigt ist.Flexible profiles are used to construct lightweight, non-structural building components. In the so-called drywall area elements with the help of profiles with each other and with other adjacent components, eg. As floors, ceilings or walls connected. In particular, in the field of interior design and deviating formations are used by the straight wall. For receiving curved panels, such. As plasterboard, flexible semi-finished products, etc. fasteners are required, which differ from a linear extension. This can be z. B. made by custom-made curved profiles, by dissolving in many punctiform mounts or by flexible profiles. The custom-made means a financial and temporal overhead by oversizing, ordering, manufacturing and transport with the respective lead times. If the order is placed before the shell construction work, it is necessary to react to the tolerances that are always present in the bodyshell by means of additional measures. The resolution in punctiform holders for receiving the flat, curved components complicates the shape of the curved shape of the component and also requires an increased assembly costs. For flexible profiles, the shaping takes place before installation by manual adjustment. The required flexibility is z. B. achieved by articulated connection areas of individual members, as from WO 02/18723 A1 known. From the US 6,115,984 and the WO 2003/097956 A1 In addition, the use of several bending points between the individual members is known, in which the sheet metal connections are chosen so that the bending of the effect of articulated connections is present in order to achieve flexibility of the profile. The flexibility required in the known embodiments, a lower stability of the profile, whereby both the shape and the installation process is impaired.

Die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung besteht darin, ein flexibles Profil zu schaffen, das gezielter in die gewünschte, von der linearen Ausrichtung abweichende Form gebracht werden kann und in dieser Form fixierbar ist.The object of the present invention is to provide a flexible profile, which can be targeted to the desired, deviating from the linear orientation form and can be fixed in this form.

Erfindungsgemäß wird die Aufgabe durch ein flexibles Profil der eingangs beschriebenen Art gelöst, bei dem die benachbarten Glieder über ein Verbindungselement verbunden sind, das über eine erste Biegekante mit einem benachbarten Glied und über eine zweite, mit der ersten Biegekante wenigstens im linear ausgerichteten Zustand des Profils fluchtende Biegekante mit dem anderen benachbarten Glied verbunden ist, wobei die erste und die zweite Biegekante in der Längsrichtung des Profils ausgerichtet sind und das Verbindungselement eine senkrecht zu der ersten und zweiten Biegekante ausgerichtete dritte Biegekante aufweist.According to the invention the object is achieved by a flexible profile of the type described above, in which the adjacent members are connected via a connecting element, which has a first bending edge with an adjacent member and a second, with the first bending edge at least in the linearly oriented state of the profile aligned bending edge with the other adjacent member, wherein the first and the second bending edge are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the profile and the connecting element has a perpendicular to the first and second bending edge aligned third bending edge.

Der Vorteil des erfindungsgemäßen flexiblen Profils besteht darin, daß das flexible Profil in einer definierten Richtung gegen einen erhöhten Widerstand biegbar ist, da die Biegelaschen weniger labil als die bekannten Gelenkformen sind. In der gewünschten Formgebung kann das Profil dann z.B. in an sich bekannter Weise fixiert werden.The advantage of the flexible profile according to the invention is that the flexible profile is bendable in a defined direction against increased resistance, since the bending tabs are less labile than the known joint shapes. In the desired shape, the profile can then be fixed, for example, in a conventional manner.

Besonders bevorzugt ist eine Ausführungsform, bei welcher das Profil zwei verschiedene geometrische Gliedertypen aufweist, die abwechselnd wiederholt sind, wobei allerdings auch gleiche Gliedertypen möglich sind.Particularly preferred is an embodiment in which the profile has two different geometric member types, which are repeated alternately, but also the same types of members are possible.

Weiterhin bevorzugt ist eine Ausführungsform, bei der benachbarte Glieder jeweils spiegelsymmetrisch zueinander sind, wobei die dritten Biegekanten die Spiegelebenen markieren. Dadurch ergibt sich für die Verbindung der benachbarten Glieder mit dem Verbindungselement eine Anschlußgeometrie, die spiegelsymmetrisch ausgebildet abwechselnd wiederholt ist.Further preferred is an embodiment in which adjacent members are each mirror-symmetrical to each other, wherein the third bending edges mark the mirror planes. This results in a connection geometry for the connection of the adjacent members with the connecting element, which is formed mirror-symmetrically alternately repeated.

In einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform ist das Verbindungselement in einem Bereich von 90° um die erste und zweite Biegekante biegbar, damit das Verbindungselement in der einen oder der anderen, senkrecht dazu verlaufenden Richtung mit Hilfe der dritten Achse gebogen werden kann.In a preferred embodiment, the connecting element is bendable in a range of 90 ° about the first and second bending edge, so that the connecting element can be bent in one or the other, perpendicular thereto direction by means of the third axis.

Besonders bevorzugt ist eine Ausführungsform, bei der die gewünschte Formgebung des flexiblen Profils mit Hilfe flexibler Verbindungsmittel, die mehrere Glieder verbinden, stabilisierbar ist, um durch den Erhalt eines stabilisierten Profil den Einbauvorgang zu erleichtern.Particularly preferred is an embodiment in which the desired shape of the flexible profile can be stabilized by means of flexible connecting means connecting a plurality of links, in order to facilitate the installation process by obtaining a stabilized profile.

Zweckmäßigerweise sind die flexiblen Verbindungsmittel flächig ausgebildet und mit Hilfe von Laschen mit dem flexiblen Profil verbunden. Diese Laschen führen die flexiblen Verbindungsmittel in deren Längsrichtung.Conveniently, the flexible connecting means are formed flat and connected by means of tabs with the flexible profile. These tabs guide the flexible connecting means in the longitudinal direction.

In einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform sind die Laschen an Seitenwandungen des Profils ausgebildet, die mit den Gliedern verbunden sind und zu diesen in einem Winkel von 90° stehen.In a preferred embodiment, the tabs are formed on side walls of the profile, which are connected to the members and are at an angle of 90 ° to these.

Bei dieser Ausbildungsform verhindern die Laschen durch die Führung der flexiblen Verbindungsmittel ein vertikales Verbiegen des Profils. Denkbar ist aber auch die Verwendung von seilartigen Verbindungsmitteln, wie beispielsweise Seile und Drähte.In this embodiment, the tabs prevent vertical deflection of the profile by the guidance of the flexible connection means. It is also conceivable, however, the use of rope-like connecting means, such as ropes and wires.

Die in die Laschen eingeführten Verbindungsmittel sind vorzugsweise in diesen Laschen oder unmittelbar gegen die Glieder des Profils fixierbar, beispielsweise durch Verklemmen oder Vercrimpen der Laschen gegen die Verbindungsmittel, damit der Fixiervorgang vor Ort mit Standardwerkzeug durchführbar ist.The connecting means inserted into the tabs are preferably fixable in these tabs or directly against the members of the profile, for example by jamming or crimping the tabs against the connecting means, so that the fixing process can be carried out on site with standard tools.

Besonders bevorzugt ist eine Ausführungsform, bei der das Profil in einem rationellen Fertigungsprozeß aus einem bandförmigen Halbzeug als ein einstückiges Blechteil kostengünstig herstellbar ist. Grundsätzlich können aber auch andere Materialien, wie zum Beispiel Kunststoff, in geeigneten Herstellungsverfahren verarbeitet werden.Particularly preferred is an embodiment in which the profile in a rational manufacturing process of a strip-shaped semifinished product is inexpensive to produce as a one-piece sheet metal part. In principle, however, other materials, such as plastic, can be processed in suitable manufacturing processes.

In einer bevorzugten Anwendung ist eine Tragkonstruktion mit Hilfe wenigstens eines versteiften flexiblen Profils aufgebaut. Besonders bevorzugt ist eine Tragkonstruktion, die im Innenausbau verwendbar ist, beispielsweise für den Einsatz in Trennwänden zur Erhöhung des Gestaltungsspielraums in der modernen Architektur, für die Konstruktion von Elementen zur Verbesserung der Raumakustik, da besonders im Zusammenhang mit Schallausbreitung die von der linearen Form abweichenden Formen der raumbildenden Elemente von großer Bedeutung sind, oder für besonders geformte Flächen zur visuellen Gestaltung.In a preferred application, a support structure is constructed using at least one stiffened flexible profile. Particularly preferred is a support structure that can be used in interior design, for example, for use in partitions to increase the design freedom in modern architecture, for the construction of elements to improve the room acoustics, since especially in the context of sound propagation deviating from the linear shape forms Of the space-forming elements are of great importance, or for specially shaped surfaces for visual design.

Darüber hinaus kann das zuvor beschriebene Profil auch zum Aufbau von Kabel- oder Leitungskanälen oder- schächten dienen. Hierbei bietet sich der besondere Vorteil, daß rechtwinklige Stöße vermieden werden können, wodurch z. B. elektrische Leitungen weniger stark gekrümmt und damit beansprucht werden müssen. Da die Querschnitte solcher Kabelkanäle oftmals durch die räumlichen Gegebenheiten in Ecken oder Stoßstellen bestimmt werden, ermöglicht das erfindungsgemäße flexible Profil insgesamt auch kleinere Querschnitte.In addition, the profile described above can also serve for the construction of cable or cable ducts or shafts. This offers the particular advantage that rectangular shocks can be avoided, causing z. B. electrical lines must be less curved and thus claimed. Since the cross sections of such cable ducts are often determined by the spatial conditions in corners or joints, the flexible profile according to the invention also makes possible overall smaller cross sections.

Nachfolgend wird anhand der beigefügten Zeichnungen näher auf ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung eingegangen. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine Schrägansicht eines Ausschnitts eines flexiblen Profils in linear ausgerichtetem Zustand;
Fig. 2
eine Schrägansicht eines Ausschnitts eines flexiblen Profils in gebogener Form;
Fig. 3
eine Schrägansicht eines Verbindungsbereiches des in Fig. 2 dargestellten Ausschnitts eines flexiblen Profils in gebogener Form und
Fig. 4
eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Tragkonstruktion für ein Element des Innenausbaus von Gebäuden unter Verwendung flexibler Profile in gebogener Form.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show it:
Fig. 1
an oblique view of a section of a flexible profile in a linearly aligned state;
Fig. 2
an oblique view of a section of a flexible profile in a curved shape;
Fig. 3
an oblique view of a connecting portion of the section shown in Fig. 2 of a flexible profile in a curved shape and
Fig. 4
a perspective view of a support structure for an element of the interior of buildings using flexible profiles in a curved shape.

In Fig. 1 ist in Schrägansicht ein Ausschnitt eines flexiblen Profils 10 in linear ausgerichtetem Zustand gezeigt. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Art Anlieferungszustand. Das flexible Profil 10 weist zwei verschiedene geometrische Gliedertypen 12, 14 auf, die abwechselnd wiederholt sind. Die benachbarten Gliedertypen 12, 14 sind über ein Verbindungselement 16 verbunden. Die geometrischen Gliedertypen 12, 14 haben Seitenwandungen 18, 20, die über jeweils vier Randlaschen 22, 24, 26, 28 verfügen, in die ein flexibles Verbindungsmittel 30 eingeführt ist. Das Verbindungselement 16 befindet sich in Fig. 1 in dem Anlieferungszustand und ist noch nicht in die Position gebogen, in der das flexible Profil 10 mit den in die Randlaschen 22, 24, 26, 28 eingeschobenen Verbindungsmitteln 30 biegbar ist.In Fig. 1, a section of a flexible profile 10 is shown in a linearly aligned state in an oblique view. It is a kind of delivery condition. The flexible profile 10 has two different geometric link types 12, 14, which are repeated alternately. The adjacent types of links 12, 14 are connected via a connecting element 16. The geometric link types 12, 14 have side walls 18, 20, each having four edge tabs 22, 24, 26, 28, in which a flexible connecting means 30 is inserted. The connecting element 16 is in the delivery state in FIG. 1 and has not yet been bent into the position in which the flexible profile 10 can be bent with the connecting means 30 inserted into the edge tabs 22, 24, 26, 28.

Fig. 2 zeigt in Schrägansicht einen Ausschnitt eines flexiblen Profils 10 in gebogener Form. Die Verbindungsbereiche 16 zwischen den benachbarten geometrischen Gliedertypen 12, 14 sind in einem ersten Verarbeitungsschritt um eine erste Biegekante 32 und eine zweite Biegekante 34 (siehe auch Fig. 3) um 90° gebogen. Die benachbarten Gliedertypen 12, 14 sind um eine im Verbindungselement 16 angeordnete dritte Biegekante 36 gebogen. Das flexible Profil 10 wird in der in Fig. 2 gezeigten gebogenen Form mit Hilfe der Verbindungsmittel 30 in den Randlaschen 22, 24, 26, 28 geführt. Dadurch läßt sich das Profil bei aufgestelltem Verbindungselement nur noch durch Biegung um die dritten Biegkanten in Querrichtung krümmen. Die Verbindungsmittel können mit den Laschen oder den Seitenwandungen verklemmt oder vercrimpt werden. Denkbar sind aber auch andere Fixierarten, wie beispielsweise Verschrauben, Nieten oder Kleben.Fig. 2 shows an oblique view of a section of a flexible profile 10 in a curved shape. The connecting regions 16 between the adjacent geometric link types 12, 14 are bent in a first processing step by a first bending edge 32 and a second bending edge 34 (see also FIG. 3) by 90 °. The adjacent link types 12, 14 are bent around a third bending edge 36 arranged in the connecting element 16. The flexible profile 10 is guided in the curved shape shown in Fig. 2 by means of the connecting means 30 in the edge tabs 22, 24, 26, 28. As a result, the profile can be curved in erected connecting element only by bending around the third bending edges in the transverse direction. The connecting means may be jammed or crimped with the tabs or sidewalls. Conceivable, however, are other types of fixing, such as screwing, riveting or gluing.

Bei Fig.3 handelt es sich um eine detailliertere Schrägansicht eines Verbindungsbereiches des in Fig. 2 dargestellten Ausschnitts eines flexiblen Profils in gebogener Form. Bezogen auf den in Fig. 1 gezeigten Anlieferungszustand ist das Verbindungselement 16 mit der ersten Biegekante 32 mit dem benachbarten Glied 12 und über die zweite, mit der ersten Biegekante 32 wenigstens im linear ausgerichteten Zustand des Profils fluchtende Biegekante 34 mit dem anderen benachbarten Glied 14 verbunden, wobei die erste Biegekante 32 und die zweite Biegekante 34 in der Längsrichtung des flexiblen Profils 10 ausgerichtet sind. Das Verbindungselement 16 verfügt über die senkrecht zu der ersten und zweiten Biegekante 32, 34 ausgerichtete dritte Biegekante 36, um welche die benachbarten Glieder 12, 14 des flexiblen Profils 10 verschwenkbar sind. Durch Verschwenken um die dritte Biegekante 36 wird das flexible Profil zusätzlich ausgesteift, da das Verbindungselement 16 nach einem Biegen um die dritte Biegekante 36 nicht mehr um die erste Biegekante 32 und die zweite Biegekante 34 schwenkbar ist, da diese bei dem um die dritte Biegekante 36 gebogenen Verbindungselement 16 nicht mehr fluchten, d.h. nach dem Biegen des flexiblen Profils um die dritte Biegekante 36 kann das Verbindungselement 16 nicht mehr in den Anfangszustand zurückgebogen werden. Bei den dargestellten Aussparungen 38 handelt es sich um Aufnahmemöglichkeiten für beispielsweise Verbindungsmittel zur Befestigung von weiteren Elementen oder für decken- oder bodenseitige Befestigungselemente.FIG. 3 is a more detailed oblique view of a connection region of the section of a flexible profile in curved form shown in FIG. 2. Referring to the delivery state shown in Fig. 1, the connecting element 16 is connected to the first bending edge 32 with the adjacent member 12 and the second, with the first bending edge 32 at least in the linearly aligned state of the profile aligned bending edge 34 with the other adjacent member 14 wherein the first bending edge 32 and the second bending edge 34 are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the flexible profile 10. The connecting element 16 has the third bending edge 36 aligned perpendicular to the first and second bending edges 32, 34, about which the adjacent links 12, 14 of the flexible profile 10 are pivotable. By pivoting about the third bending edge 36, the flexible profile is additionally stiffened, since the connecting element 16 is no longer pivotable about the first bending edge 32 and the second bending edge 34 after bending about the third bending edge 36, since this at the third bending edge 36th bent connecting element 16 is no longer aligned, ie after bending the flexible profile about the third bending edge 36, the connecting element 16 can not be bent back to the initial state. The illustrated recesses 38 are accommodating possibilities for, for example, connecting means for fastening further elements or for ceiling or base-side fastening elements.

Fig. 4 zeigt in perspektivischer Ansicht eine Tragkonstruktion für ein Element des Innenausbaus von Gebäuden, wie z. B. ein Deckensegel, wobei die zur Verkleidung eingesetzten Elemente nicht dargestellt sind. Zwischen jeweils zwei versteiften flexiblen Profilen 10 in gebogener Form sind Verbindungsmittel 40 mit Hilfe der Seitenwandungen 18, 20 gespannt. Die in sich formstabilen Elemente sind mit Hilfe schematisch gezeigter Abhängungen 42 von beispielsweise einer nicht gezeigten Decke abgehängt.Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of a support structure for an element of the interior of buildings, such. As a ceiling sail, the elements used for the panel are not shown. Stiffened between two each flexible profiles 10 in curved form connecting means 40 by means of the side walls 18, 20 stretched. The dimensionally stable elements are suspended by means of schematically shown suspensions 42 of, for example, a ceiling, not shown.

Für den Fall, daß das flexible Profil 10 senkrecht zu der in dem gezeigten Beispiel vorhandenen Richtung gebogen werden soll, werden die Verbindungselemente 16 im linear ausgerichteten Zustand des flexiblen Profils 10 mit Hilfe der ersten und zweiten Biegekante 32, 34 um 90° gebogen und die bandförmigen Verbindungsmittel 30 aus den Laschen 22, 24, 26, 28 in den Seitenwandungen 18, 20 herausgezogen, so daß das flexible Profil 10 um die dritte Biegekante 36 des Verbindungselements 16 biegbar ist.In the event that the flexible profile 10 is to be bent perpendicular to the direction shown in the example shown, the connecting elements 16 are bent in the linearly aligned state of the flexible profile 10 by means of the first and second bending edge 32, 34 by 90 ° and the band-shaped connecting means 30 of the tabs 22, 24, 26, 28 pulled out in the side walls 18, 20, so that the flexible profile 10 is bendable about the third bending edge 36 of the connecting element 16.

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Flexibles Profil (10) aus mehreren in Längsrichtung aufeinanderfolgenden Gliedern, die über Verbindungsbereiche miteinander gekoppelt sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die benachbarten Glieder (12, 14) über ein Verbindungselement (16) verbunden sind, das über eine erste Biegekante (32) mit einem benachbarten Glied (12) und über eine zweite, mit der ersten Biegekante (32) wenigstens im linear ausgerichteten Zustand des Profils fluchtende Biegekante (34) mit dem anderen benachbarten Glied (14) verbunden ist, wobei die erste und die zweite Biegekante (32, 34) in der Längsrichtung des Profils ausgerichtet sind und das Verbindungselement (16) eine senkrecht zu der ersten und zweiten Biegekante (32, 34) ausgerichtete dritte Biegekante (36) aufweist.Flexible profile (10) of a plurality of longitudinally successive links which are coupled together via connecting portions, characterized in that the adjacent links (12, 14) via a connecting element (16) are connected via a first bending edge (32) with a adjacent member (12) and via a second, with the first bending edge (32) at least in the linearly aligned state of the profile aligned bending edge (34) is connected to the other adjacent member (14), wherein the first and the second bending edge (32, 34) in the longitudinal direction of the profile and the connecting element (16) has a perpendicular to the first and second bending edge (32, 34) aligned third bending edge (36). Flexibles Profil nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Profil zwei verschiedene geometrische Gliedertypen (12, 14) aufweist, die abwechselnd wiederholt sind.Flexible profile according to claim 1, characterized in that the profile comprises two different geometrical member types (12, 14) which are repeated alternately. Flexibles Profil nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß benachbarte Glieder jeweils spiegelsymmetrisch zueinander sind, wobei die dritten Biegekanten (36) die Spiegelebenen markieren.Flexible profile according to claim 2, characterized in that adjacent members are each mirror-symmetrical to each other, wherein the third bending edges (36) mark the mirror planes. Flexibles Profil nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Verbindungselement in einem Bereich von 90° um die erste und zweite Biegekante umbiegbar (32, 34) ist.Flexible profile according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the connecting element in a range of 90 ° around the first and second bending edge is bendable (32, 34). Flexibles Profil nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die gewünschte Formgebung des flexiblen Profils mit Hilfe flexibler Verbindungsmittel (30), die mehrere Glieder verbinden, stabilisierbar ist.Flexible profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the desired shape of the flexible profile can be stabilized by means of flexible connecting means (30) connecting a plurality of links. Flexibles Profil nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verbindungsmittel (30) flächig ausgebildet sind.Flexible profile according to claim 5, characterized in that the connecting means (30) are formed flat. Flexibles Profil nach Anspruch 5 oder 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verbindungsmittel (30) mit Hilfe von Laschen (22, 24, 26, 28) an dem flexiblen Profil gehalten sind.Flexible profile according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the connecting means (30) are held on the flexible profile by means of tabs (22, 24, 26, 28). Flexibles Profil nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Laschen (22, 24, 26, 28) an Seitenwandungen (18) des Profils ausgebildet sind und die Verbindungsmittel (30) zwischen den ausgestellten Laschen (22, 24, 26, 28) und der Seitenwandung (18) geführt sind.A flexible profile according to claim 7, characterized in that the tabs (22, 24, 26, 28) are formed on side walls (18) of the profile and the connecting means (30) between the flared tabs (22, 24, 26, 28) and the side wall (18) are guided. Flexibles Profil nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Seitenwandungen mit den Gliedern verbunden sind und zu diesen in einem Winkel von 90° stehen.Flexible profile according to claim 8, characterized in that the side walls are connected to the members and are at an angle of 90 ° to them. Flexibles Profil nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die in die Laschen (22, 24, 26, 28) eingefügten Verbindungsmittel (30) in diesen Laschen und/oder den Seitenwandungen fixierbar sind.Flexible profile according to Claim 9, characterized in that the connecting means (30) inserted into the tabs (22, 24, 26, 28) can be fixed in these tabs and / or the side walls. Flexibles Profil nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Laschen (22, 24, 26, 28) gegen die Verbindungsmittel (30) verklemmt sind.Flexible profile according to claim 10, characterized in that the tabs (22, 24, 26, 28) are clamped against the connecting means (30). Flexibles Profil nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüchen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Profil ein einstückiges Blechteil ist.Flexible profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the profile is a one-piece sheet-metal part. Tragkonstruktion, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß diese mit Hilfe wenigstens eines versteiften flexiblen Profils nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche aufgebaut ist.Supporting structure, characterized in that it is constructed with the aid of at least one stiffened flexible profile according to one of the preceding claims. Verwendung eines flexiblen Profils nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12 oder einer Tragkonstruktion nach Anspruch 13 zum Innenausbau von Gebäuden, Erstellen von Trennwänden oder den Aufbau von Kabel- und/oder Leitungskanälen.Use of a flexible profile according to any one of claims 1 to 12 or a support structure according to claim 13 for the interior of buildings, creating partitions or the construction of cable and / or ducts.
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