EP2157898B1 - Sliding door and shower partition with sliding door - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a shower according to the preamble of claim 1.

Shower enclosures with sliding doors are known in a wide variety of design variants from the prior art. A distinction is made between frame and frameless constructions.

From the WO 94/24917 is a shower enclosure previously known, in which the cutting discs are mounted on a telescopic arm. However, such structures are very complex and prone to failure.

From the AT-PS 365 732 is a sliding door with several Schlebeflügeln and a frame for separating a shower from the rest of the room known, the sliding door wings are equipped with engaging in guide grooves of the frame rollers. The frames consist of telescopically telescoping profiles. This document discloses a shower having the features of the preamble of claim 1.

Another partition for showers with a sliding door is from the DE 43 08 413 known. The sliding door is mounted with support rollers that roll on the top of the guide rail. At the bottom of the guide rail is also rolling on the guide rail further role available, support roller and counter-guide roller are interconnected by a at least the guide rail cross-fitting. The support rollers are attached to the sliding door so that the attachment axis extends above the fixed wall portion. This results in that always the sliding sash is formed higher than the fixed side part.

However, such constructions are not suitable for so-called floor-free (without threshold area) shower enclosures to ensure a sufficiently resistant seal. The object of the invention is to propose a shower with a shower enclosure with at least one door, which has a sufficiently resistant seal in a so-called floor-free Construction possible. According to the invention, this object is solved by the features of claim 1.

Accordingly, the invention includes a shower for a shower enclosure comprising at least one door, which is displaceable by means of spaced at the upper edge of the door wings or gliders which engage in guide rails of an upper frame profile, wherein the rollers or sliders on fittings are connected to the door leaf. According to the invention, for the support of each roller or each slider of the door leaf, the guide rail has an upper rectilinear horizontal course and a recess arranged next to it, wherein the recess has a lower rectilinear horizontal course and a rising ramp, the ramp being between extends the lower course and the upper course, whereby the rollers or sliders and thus the door wings in the rail during the opening and closing operation can be raised and / or lowered. The raising and lowering of the rollers or sliders can be done either simultaneously or in parallel, depending on the execution. This advantageously makes it possible to ensure a sufficiently resistant seal in so-called floor-free (without threshold area) shower enclosures.

Advantageously, the rollers or sliders are provided over its circumference with at least one guide groove. According to one embodiment of the invention a plurality of parallel side by side extending guide rails are provided. Particularly advantageous is provided in an embodiment of the invention that at least two mutually parallel guide rails and at least two spaced-apart rollers or sliders are provided, each roller runs on a different guide rail, and the guide rails on the side facing the frame profile from the lower rectilinear Course parallel rise obliquely and / or curved as a ramp, wherein the ramp extends between the lower course and the upper course and then in sections straight and horizontally on the upper course, with the upper course of this guide rail continues to the side of the frame profile while in the other guide rail adjacent to the upper course a vertically sloping recess is arranged, wherein the recess has a lower rectilinear horizontal course and a ramp to the upper course , wherein the upper course continues horizontally and rectilinearly and parallel to the upper course of the guide rail to the side of the frame profile. According to another preferred embodiment of the invention it is provided that a roller is designed as a double role with at least two mutually parallel circumferential guide grooves and another role as a single role with a circumferential guide groove, wherein at least two mutually parallel guide rails are provided, wherein a guide rail with an alternating course of rectilinear horizontal upper courses, obliquely rising ramps, lower courses and vertical sloping recesses extending over the entire width of the upper frame profile frame profile runs, while the other guide rail is formed only rectilinear horizontally, wherein the height of the upper course of the other former guide rail equivalent.

In this case, the guide rail with the constant rectilinear horizontal course parallel to the other guide rail is preferably arranged only in a limited section within the upper frame profile. The limited section is advantageously arranged approximately centrally within the upper frame profile and runs parallel to the other guide rail which has the following course within this section: rectilinear, horizontally extending elevation, an adjoining vertically sloping depression which partially leads to a horizontal and rectilinear but deeper course follows and an adjoining oblique or curvilinear elevation, which expires horizontally and in a straight line.

According to a further particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, at least two height-offset one above the other, parallel guide rails are provided within the frame profile, wherein at least one roller in the upper guide rail and at least one further roller in the lower guide rail, wherein the fittings for connecting the rollers or sliders are formed with different lengths of the door and the guide rails with respect to the arrangement of ramps and depressions have a different course. Advantageously, the guide rails are designed such that the spaced apart rollers or sliders rest in the closed state of the door leaf in a recess of the guide rail and at the opening of the door a diagonally or follow a curved ramp up to an upper horizontal straight course.

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eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung einer Ausführung der Duschabtrennung einer Dusche mit einem verschiebbaren Türflügel,

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eine Vorderansicht der Ausführung nach Fig. 1,

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eine Draufsicht der Ausführung nach Fig. 2,

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eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung einer weiteren Ausführung einer Duschabtrennung mit einem verschiebbaren Türflügel,

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eine Vorderansicht der Ausführung nach Fig. 6,

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eine Draufsicht der Ausführung nach Fig. 7,

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eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung einer weiteren Ausführung einer Duschabtrennung mit einem verschiebbaren Türflügel,

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eine Vorderansicht der Ausführung nach Fig. 11,

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The invention will be described in more detail by means of embodiments in conjunction with the drawings. Showing:

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a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the shower enclosure of a shower with a sliding door,

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a front view of the embodiment according to Fig. 1 .

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a sectional view taken along the line A - A of Fig. 2 .

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a sectional view taken along the line B - B of Fig. 2 .

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a plan view of the embodiment according to Fig. 2 .

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a schematic perspective view of another embodiment of a shower enclosure with a sliding door,

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a front view of the embodiment according to Fig. 6 .

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a sectional view taken along the line A - A of Fig. 7 .

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a sectional view taken along the line B - B of Fig. 7 .

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a plan view of the embodiment according to Fig. 7 .

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a schematic perspective view of another embodiment of a shower enclosure with a sliding door,

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a front view of the embodiment according to Fig. 11 .

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a sectional view taken along the line A - A of Fig. 12 .

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a sectional view taken along the line B - B of Fig. 12 .

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a plan view of the embodiment according to Fig. 12 ,

The Fig. 1 shows a schematic and perspective view of a shower enclosure A without shower tray and the other walls with a fixed partition wall 1 and a sliding door 2, which are arranged within a frame profile 3. By the reference numerals 3.2 and 3.3, the vertical the shower enclosure A delimiting frame profiles are designated. The door 2 is by means of spaced at the upper edge of the door spaced rollers 4, 5 in the guide rails 8, 9 of the upper Frame profile 3.1 intervene sliding. The rollers 4, 5 are connected via the fittings 6, 7 with the door 2. The guide rails 8, 9 have in addition to a straight horizontal course a rising ramps b and arranged next to this wells with a lower rectilinear horizontal curve c, whereby the rollers 4, 5 or slider and thus the door 2 in the rail during the opening or closing operation can be lifted and / or lowered. In the present variant according to the Fig. 1 to 5 rise the two guide rails on the side of the vertical frame profile 3.3 from a lower rectilinear horizontal gradient c initially obliquely to a ramp b and then extend in sections a straight and horizontal, with the upper horizontal and rectilinear course a of the guide rail 9 to the side of the frame profile 3.2 continues. In the guide rail 8 follows on the upper horizontal rectilinear course a a vertical sloping depression, which then followed in sections a horizontal and straight but deeper curve c and then rises again to a ramp b, which is parallel to an upper horizontal and rectilinear a other guide rail 9 continues to the side of the frame profile 3.2. In the closed state, the two rollers 4, 5 are at the lowest point in the area c, wherein the roller 4 is located near the left frame profile 3.3. The door 2 is on the ground or near the ground. The roller 4 engages with its guide groove 4.1 in the rail 9 and the roller 5 extends with the guide 5.1 on the rail 8. When opening the rollers 4, 5 raised over the ramps b on the upper course a and remain in the fully open State at this level. The door is closed in the reverse order. The design of the guide rails 8, 9 makes it possible to keep the door 2 always horizontally, taking into account the optimal roller distances. The door 2 is raised or lowered with minimal effort with a smooth flow of a lifting and lowering function.

In the Fig. 6 to 10 Another variant B of the invention is shown. In this embodiment, the roller 4 is formed as a double roller with two mutually parallel circumferential guide grooves 4.1, 4.2, wherein the second roller 5 is a single roller with a circumferential guide groove 5.1. Again, two mutually parallel guide rails 8, 9 are provided, wherein the guide rail 8 again with an alternating course of rectilinear horizontal courses a, inclined ramps b and vertically sloping recesses with an adjoining lower rectilinear horizontal course c over the entire frame profile 3.1 runs. However, the guide rail 9 is formed here only as a rectilinear horizontal course a, wherein the height of the maximum elevation of the guide rail 8 corresponds. The guide rail 9 is formed here only partially in the approximately central region of the upper frame profile 3.1 as a straight horizontal course a. Training up to one side of the frame profile is also possible. To the left and right of this are each vertical sloping depressions follow, which follow to the sides of the vertical frame profiles 3.3 and 3.2 a lower rectilinear horizontal curve c. Both the double roller 4 and the single roller 5 run on the guide rail 8, wherein the double roller 4 extends during the sliding operation both on the rail 8 and on the rail 9.

In the closed state, the two rollers 4, 5 are at the lowest point in the course c, the double roller 4 is close to the left frame profile 3.3. The door 2 is on the ground or near the ground. The roller 4 engages with its guide groove 4.1 in the rail 8 and the roller 5 extends with the guide groove 5.1 also on the rail 8. When opening the rollers 4 and 5 are raised over the ramps b on the courses a. In order to prevent lowering of the roller 4 in the adjoining the course a recess 8 of the rail 8, the roller 4 is formed as a double role, which continues at this point with its guide groove 4.2 on the upper course a of the guide rail 9. Both roles remain in the fully open state at this level. The door is closed in the reverse order.

In the Fig. 11 to 15 Another variant C of the invention is shown. In this embodiment, at least two height-offset one above the other, parallel guide rails 8, 9 are provided within the upper frame profile 3.1, wherein a roller 4 in the upper guide rail 8 and the roller 5 in the lower guide rail 9 extends. The fittings 6, 7 for connecting the rollers 4, 5 with the door 2 are formed differently long. The guide rails 8, 9 have with respect to the arrangement of rising Elevations b and sloping depressions c have a different course.

The guide rails 8, 9 are here designed such that the spaced-apart rollers 4, 5 rest in the closed state of the door leaf in each case in a recess of the guide rail 8 and 9 and when opening the door leaf 2 of a sloping ramp b on an upper rectilinear horizontal Follow a course.

In the closed state, the two rollers 4, 5 are at the lowest point in the course c, the roller 4 is located near the left frame profile 3.3. The door 2 is on the ground or near the ground. The roller 4 engages with its guide groove 4.1 in the upper rail 8 and the roller 5 extends with the guide 5.1 on the lower rail 9. When opening the rollers 4, 5 raised over the ramps b on the upper course a and remain in completely open state at this level. The door is closed in the reverse order.

Claims (9)

1. Shower with a shower partition, which comprises at least one door leaf, which may be moved with the aid of rollers or sliders arranged separately from one another on the upper edge of the door leaf, which can be moved by engagement in guide rails of an upper frame profile, wherein the rollers or sliders are fixed to the door leaf by means of fittings, characterised in that, for the support of each roller or each slider (4,5) of the door leaf (2), the guide rails exhibit an upper straight horizontal run (a) and a recess arranged next thereto, wherein the recess comprises a lower straight horizontal run (c) and a rising ramp (b), wherein the ramp extends between the lower run (c) and the upper run (a), as a result of which the rollers or sliders (4,5) and hence the door leaf (2) on the guide run may be raised and/or lowered during an opening or closing process.
2. Shower according to claim 1, characterised in that the rollers or sliders (4,5) are provided over their circumference with at least one guide groove (4.1, 5.1).
3. Shower according to claims 1 and 2, characterised in that a plurality of guide rails (8,9) are provided running parallel next to one another.
4. Shower according to claims 1 to 3, characterised in that at least two guide rails (8,9) running parallel to one another and at least two rollers (4,5) spaced apart from one another are provided, wherein the roller (4) runs on the guide rail (9) and the roller (5) runs on the guide rail (8), and the guide rails (8,9) rise on the side facing the frame profile (3.3) out of the lower straight run (c) in parallel, obliquely and/or in a curved manner as a rising ramp (b), wherein the rising ramp (b) extends between the lower recess run (c) and the upper ramp run (a), and then runs, in sections, straight and horizontally on the upper run (a), wherein the upper run (a) of the guide rail (9) continues as far as the side of the frame profile (3.2), while, with the guide rail (8), a vertical falling recess is arranged next to the upper run (a), wherein the recess exhibits a lower straight horizontal recess run (c) and a ramp (b) rising to the upper run (a), wherein the upper run (a) continues horizontally and in a straight line and parallel to the upper run (a) of the guide rails (9) as far as the side of the frame profile (3.2).
5. Shower according to claim 1, characterised in that a roller (4) is configured as a double roller with at least two circumferential guide grooves (4.1, 4.2) arranged parallel to one another, and a further roller (5) is configured as a single roller with a circumferential guide groove (5.1), wherein at least two guide rails (8,9) running parallel to one another are provided, wherein one guide rail (8) runs with a changing course of run from straight horizontal upper runs (a), obliquely rising ramps (b), falling recesses (c), and vertical falling recesses over the entire width of the upper frame profile (3.1), while the other guide rail (9) is configured only as straight and horizontal, wherein its height corresponds to the upper run (a) of the guide rail (8).
6. Shower according to claims 1 and 5, characterised in that the guide rail (9) is arranged with the same consistent straight horizontal upper run (a) parallel to the other guide rail (8) only in one limited section inside the upper frame profile (3.1).
7. Shower according to claim 6, characterised in that the limited section is arranged approximately centrally inside the upper frame profile (3.1) and runs parallel to the other guide rail (8), which inside this section comprises the following run: Upper straight horizontal run (a), a recess arranged next to this, wherein the recess comprises a lower straight run (c) and a rising ramp (b), which extends as far as an upper run (a).
8. Shower according to claims 1 and 2, characterised in that, inside the upper frame profile (3.1), at least two guide rails (8,9) are provided, height-offset to one another, running parallel, wherein at least one roller (4) runs in the upper guide rail (8) and at least one further roller (5) runs in the lower guide roller (9), wherein the fittings (6,7) for connecting the rollers (4,5) or sliders with the door leaf (2) are configured as being of different lengths, and the guide rollers (8,9) are configured with runs which differ from one another in relation to the arrangement of rising ramps (b) and falling recesses.
9. Shower according to claim 1, characterised in that the guide rails (8,9) are configured in such a way that the rollers or sliders (4,5) spaced at a distance from one another, in the closed state of the door leaf (2) rest in a recess c of the guide rails (8,9), and, when the door leaf is opened, follow an oblique or curved rising ramp (b) as far as an upper horizontal straight run (a).

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