EP2171172A1

EP2171172A1 - Glass panel railing

Info

Publication number: EP2171172A1
Application number: EP08784271A
Authority: EP
Inventors: René Bangratz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-07-02
Filing date: 2008-07-01
Publication date: 2010-04-07
Also published as: PL2171173T3; ES2587341T3; RU2010103222A; WO2009003452A1; DE202007009239U1; EP2171173B1; RU2495986C2; RU2471940C2; EP2171173A1; RU2010103273A; DE112008002410A5; WO2009003431A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a glass panel railing, where the glass panes (16) are kept clamped with their base region in a formstable U-profile (20). The inner sides of both limbs (22, 24) of this profile (20) are planar. The base region (18) of the glass pane (16) can be pressed between at least one profiled body (34). Spacer elements (60.6, 62.6) for securing the lateral alignment of the glass pane (16) are provided between said glass pane (16) and the U-profile and/or between the U-profile and the profiled body in at least one partial region of the longitudinal extension (200) of the railing.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Glass railing

TECHNICAL AREA

The invention relates to a railing that contains clamped with their foot glass panes and in which therefore can be dispensed with banister post.

STATE OF THE ART

Under the name "GM Railing" a glass pane railing of the type mentioned is known. Each of the existing glass panes of this railing construction is glued with its lower longitudinal edge area in a U-profile. Glass pane and U-profile form a firmly assembled construction and assembly module, which can be hung in a mounting profile arranged on site. The installation of such a railing is not possible with any glass panes but only with the discs already containing modules. Since the U-profile and the glass pane are a solid component, the U-profile and glass pane of each module must always be the same length, which must be taken into account during construction (assembly) and during repair and replacement work. In addition, the module weight to be considered during assembly does not only include the weight of the glass pane but always also the weight of the U-profile.

PRESENTATION OF THE INVENTION

Based on this prior art, the present invention seeks to provide an easy to install, economically priced and technically flawless glass pane railing.

This invention is given by the features of the main claim. Further developments of the invention are the subject of further claims. The invention makes it possible, when mounting a glass sheet railing, to move the glass panes and the U-profiles held clamped independently of each other. The respectively to be moved comparatively low loads thereby allow easy manual installation.

According to the invention, the individual glass pane, which may consist of several, for example two, firmly interconnected as glued together individual slices in which they use clamped holding U-profile loose, and then the glass, for example by means of wedge-like inserts tip over while accurately aligned to arrange in the relevant U-profile and optionally fill the spaces inside the U-profile with a flow or pasty curable filler.

Before inserting a sheet of glass in a U-profile, this U-profile can already be fixed to an on-site fixed mounting profile mounted as hung in particular. The attachment can also be made by means of screw or welded connections.

In the clamping arrangement of a glass pane in a U-profile, the foot region of the glass pane can be enclosed with a light, for example made of plastic U-shaped protective profile. Wedges can then be used so that they do not press directly against the glass surface. As a result, the glass surface can not be damaged, which would otherwise significantly increase the risk of breakage of the disc. Wedges can be made of any solid, even metallic material.

According to embodiments shown in the drawing, the wedges between the U-profile and profile bodies, which may be formed as a U-shaped protection profile, are placed. It is also possible to insert one or more wedges into a slot provided in a lateral profile body. In the latter case, the respective profile body is pressed against one or both legs of the U-profile.

In particular, the wedging method according to the invention makes it possible to replace only a glass pane when the glass pane breaks; the U-profile does not need to be replaced. In an arbitrarily long U-profile and several discs can be used. In this case, a disc project beyond the U-profile in its longitudinal direction. The outstanding part of the disc could find room in another U-profile.

Further embodiments and advantages of the invention are to be taken from the further features set forth in the claims and the following embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The invention will be described and explained in more detail below with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings. Show it:

1 shows a section through a first embodiment of a glass pane clamped holding construction of a glass sheet railing according to the invention,

2 is a partial perspective view of the present in the railing of FIG. 1 components,

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 2, with another

Embodiment of a U-shaped profile body enveloping the foot region of the glass pane, and with outer trim parts for the U profile and with a handrail for the railing,

4 is a perspective view of a composite of the items of FIG. 3 glass sheet railing,

5 shows a cross section through the U-shaped profile body shown in Fig. 3 and 4 in its transport state,

Fig. 6 is a view similar to that of Fig. 4, with a gap between the U-profile and the glass filling filling compound. WAYS FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

A glass pane railing 10 is shown with its foot portion in sections in Fig. 1. The existing in the present case of two on an adhesive layer 13 firmly bonded together discs 12, 14 existing glass 16 sitting with its foot portion 18 is clamped in a U-shaped profile 20. The left and right legs 22, 24 of the U-section 20 is inside and outside planar and protrudes to form a respective fillet 26, 28 at right angles from a bottom 30 of the U-profile 20 forming web in the drawing upwards. At the upper end of the right leg 24 there is a 180 degree turn 32. With this bend 32, the U-profile 20 can be hung in a mounting profile, for example from above.

The two legs 22, 24 of the U-profile 20 may be different lengths. Thus, in the case of a glass pane railing mounted on the front side of a floor or ceiling plate, the inner leg 24 could be made lower than the outer leg 22, in particular for optical reasons.

The glass pane 16 is enclosed tightly by a U-shaped profile 34. This U-shaped profile 34 has a bottom 36 with a lateral left and right Eckabschrägung 38, 40. In the region of Eckabschrägung 38 and 40 projects a left wall 42 and right wall 44 approximately at right angles from the bottom 36 upwards. The wall thickness 46 of the two walls 42, 44 increases towards the top, away from the bottom 36, continuously. The clear width 48 between the two walls 42, 44 is constantly large. The width 48 could also decrease slightly towards the top, so that then the two walls 42, 44 would tend slightly towards each other upwards. In any case, the maximum clear width 48 between the two walls 42, 44 in the present example is slightly smaller than the width or thickness 49 of the glass pane 16. Thus, by pushing apart of the two walls 42, 44 of the U-shaped profile 34, the glass pane 16th used with their foot area 18 in the U-shaped profile 34 and placed on the floor 36. The slight pushing apart of the two walls 42, 44 can be facilitated by a respective inner fillet 50, 52 in the transition region of the wall 42, 44 with the bottom 36. The slight enlargement of the clear width 48 of the U-shaped profile 34 is made possible by longitudinal slots 54 and 56, 58 formed from inside and outside into the bottom 36. The glass pane 16 can therefore be set with cap-shaped tight U-shaped profile 34 into the U-section 20 from above.

The U-shaped profile 34 is made of lightweight plastic material which has sufficient compressive strength. The weight of the glass pane 16 is only slightly increased by the pushed onto it U-shaped profile 34.

For tilt-proof holding the glass sheet 16 in the U-profile 20 wedges 60, 62 between the left leg 22 and the left wall 42 and between the right leg 24 and the right wall 44 are inserted. If the glass pane 16 is placed exactly in the middle between the two legs 22, 24 of the U-profile 20, the left and right wedge 60, 62 are the same size and in particular sit equally deep in the U-profile 20. In a non-central arrangement of Glass pane 16 in the U-profile 20, which may be the case with not exactly aligned U-profile 20, the two wedges 60, 62 are not equal in cross section. The two wedges 60, 62, or in general the wedges used to wed the glass sheet 16, may preferably be made from a much longer wedge than shown in FIG. By different breaking off sections of such a longer wedge then arbitrarily thick wedges can be made. To facilitate breaking apart of the wedges have these predetermined breaking points, which are present in the present case as a longitudinal groove 70 on the facing to the respective legs 22, 24 of the U-profile 20 outside 72 at a parallel distance from each other.

The wedges 60 and 62 are made in the present example of hard plastic with a Shore hardness of about 85. They can also consist of metallic material.

Thus, the glass sheet 16 with an attached U-shaped profile 34 can be easily inserted into the U-section 20, the maximum width 76 of the U-shaped profile 34 is smaller than the clear width 78 between the two legs 22, 24 of the U-shaped Profile 20.

The glass pane railing 10.30 shown in FIG. 3 with its individual components differs from the glass pane railing 10 described above in particular by slightly different wedges 60.6, 62.6 and by its U-shaped profile 34.30. So both have left and right Wall 42.30 and 44.30 a structured, in this example, jagged surface 192. A similar surface 190 also have the two wedges 60.6, 62.6 in the region of the two walls 42.30, 44.30 facing outer sides. The two walls 42.30, 44.30 are in this embodiment of a U-shaped profile in their respective height slightly different lengths (high).

The lower portion of the U-shaped profile 34.30 differs from that of the U-shaped profile 34 by its bottom 36.30. This bottom 36.30 has in the state shown for example in Fig. 3, where the U-shaped profile 34.30 is not yet inserted into a U-profile, such as in a U-profile 20, a projecting into the interior of the U-shaped profile , saddle-roof-shaped form. In the state shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, that saddle-roof-shaped shape is pressed downwards against the bottom 30 of the U-profile 20 by the glass pane 16 inserted into the U-shaped profile 34.30, as will be explained in more detail below.

In the connection region of the bottom 36.30 with the two walls 42.30, 44.30 of the U-shaped profile 34.30, a cross-sectional configuration tapering to the wall cross-section is present. This cross-sectional taper is in the present example in the form of a V-shaped outwardly opening longitudinal slot 270, 272 available. These two longitudinal slots 270, 272 cause that upon depression of the saddle roof-shaped bottom 36.30 by an inserted glass 16, the below the longitudinal slots each existing wall / floor portions 274, 276, each having an outer fillet, well outward against the left or right Legs 22, 24 of the U-profile 20 press. In this way, play-free installation of the foot region of the glass pane (16) in the bottom region of the U-profile 20 is possible. In the upper part of the U-profile 20, the play-free system is made possible by the wedges 60.6, 62.6, the rest in the space between the two walls 42.30, 44.30 of the U-shaped profile, the backlash on the two outer sides of the glass sheet 16, and left or right leg of the U-section 20 are pressed from above. The wedges 60.6, 62.6 are so deeply into the existing between the U-shaped profile 34..20 and the U-profile 20 space down beaten until the desired play-free installation of the glass pane on the U-profile 20, in the upper portion of the U-profile 20, is achieved. It is influenced by the different depths of insertion of such wedges influence on the target orientation of the glass. On the upper longitudinal edge of the glass pane 16, a cross-section arbitrarily shaped handrail 280 can be postponed. The handrail 280 has for this purpose an inner longitudinal slot 282, which is adapted to the thickness of the glass pane 16 so that the handrail 280 can sit immovably on the upper longitudinal wall of the glass pane 16. The length of the handrail 280 will usually be longer than the length of a disc 14, so that by a handrail 280 and a plurality of discs 14 at the same time, at least in the longitudinal direction 200 regions, can be detected. In general, the handrail 280 will also extend beyond the existing between two discs 14 shock 283 away.

The handrail 280 can be fastened sufficiently firmly to the glass pane 16 via an adhesive layer 281 present in its longitudinal slot 282.

Manufacturing technology, the U-shaped profile 34.30 is produced in the form shown in Fig. 5 in the present example case. Its two walls 42.30, 44.30 project upwards slightly widening from the ground 36.30. In the upper region of the two walls 42.30, 44.30 these are integrally connected to each other by a plate-shaped cross strut. This cross strut corresponds to a wedge 60.6 in the present example case. The wedge 60.6 thus stabilizes the U-shaped profile during its manufacture and its transport state and is part of a continuous casting profile consisting of the profile 34.30 and the wedge 60.6. Before the glass sheet 16 is inserted into the U-shaped profile 34.30, the wedge 60.6 is separated from the walls, which can be done due to the very thin connection areas 284, 286 in a simple manner, without additional tools. The wedge 60.6 is present in the continuous casting profile in the longitudinal direction of the U-shaped profile as a plate. By transverse joints in this plate identical plate parts can be easily separated from each other, which is not shown in the drawing, and in this way several, in the longitudinal direction 200 then comparatively shorter wedges are obtained.

Between the walls of the U-shaped profile 34.30 also several such wedges can be provided as queraussteifende discs in producing the continuous casting profile. In Fig. 4, the U-shaped profile 34.30 can be seen with its compressed bottom 36.30. The two wall / floor regions 274, 276 press against the inside of the U-profile 20. This pressing system is achieved by the pressure of the glass pane 16 used in the bottom region of the U-shaped profile 34.30.

Between the two walls 42.30, 44.30 of the U-shaped profile 34.30 and the two legs 22, 24 of the U-section 20, the wedges 60.6 and 62.6 are present. The textured, serrated outer sides 190 of the wedges interlock with the corresponding structured, serrated outer sides 192 of the U-shaped profile 34.30, so that a pressing contact of the glass sheet 16 is also achieved in the upper region of the two legs 22, 24 of the U-profile 20 ,

The left leg 22 and the bottom 30 of the U-profile 20 can be covered by a left cover 300 from the outside. This cover profile has an upper longitudinal edge region 302 which projects at right angles from its side wall 304 inwards, that is to say in the direction of the glass pane 16. This longitudinal edge region 302 ends in an inwardly projecting longitudinal rib 306 and has a downwardly projecting bevel 305.

The bottom wall 308 protruding at right angles from the side wall 304 terminates in a thickened bend 310. When installed, the left cover profile 300 can be placed on the bottom 30 of the U-shaped profile from the outside in a clip-like manner. With its side wall 304, the left cover 300 is then close to the left leg 22 of the U-profile 20 at. In this case, the longitudinal edge region 302 covers the upper end face 312 of the left leg 22. Between the end face 312 and the longitudinal edge portion 302 is a small clearance available, as well as between the fold 305 and the inside of the left leg 22. This allows tolerances on the one hand in the cover 300th and on the other hand taken into account in the U-profile 20.

Between the glass pane 16 and the left cover profile 300, a left sealing profile 320 is inserted. This sealing profile 320 has a left longitudinal groove 322 in which the longitudinal rib 306 of the left cover profile 300 is sealed can be used. On the longitudinal side opposite its longitudinal groove 322, the sealing profile 320 has two upper longitudinal lips 324, 326 and a lower longitudinal lip 328 which spreads obliquely downwards. With these lips, the sealing profile abuts against the outside of the disc 14 (FIG. 4).

On the opposite side of the disc 14 is a mirror-image, right sealing profile 330 is present. With its three longitudinal ribs 332, 334, 336 it is in its installed state close to the right outer side of the disc 14 at. With its longitudinal groove 338 lying opposite thereto, it sits tightly in a projecting longitudinal rib 342 of a right-hand cover profile 350.

The right cover profile 350 represents an outer panel of the 180-degree bend 32 of the U-profile 20. Thus, this cover 350 has a side wall 352 and a perpendicular thereto projecting cap portion 354. Side wall and cap portion form a cross-section approximately a right angle. Sidewall 352 terminates at the bottom in a 90 degree bend 356 having an upwardly and outwardly directed hooked tip 358. With this tip 358, the right cover profile 350 abuts from underneath on the bottom 362 of the 180 degree bend in the assembled state. The tip 358 can also be present so that it engages behind this bottom 362 and thus, as it were, encloses the 180-degree bend 32 from below.

The cap member 354 has a flat top 364 in the present example case.

This upper side 364 is aligned in the installed in Fig. (4) state with the top 364 of the left cover 300. Therefore, the two sealing profiles 320, 330 are located at the same height relative to the bottom 30 of the U-profile 20. The bottom 366th the cap member 354 has an inner curvature 368, which is adapted to the curvature of the 180-degree bend 32 of the U-profile 20 so that the right cover profile 350 can be placed like a clip on the outside of this 180-degree bend 32. In the fitted state, the underside 366 lies with an end-side, tapered longitudinal edge 370 on this 180-degree bend 32.

The glass pane railing 10.60 shown in FIG. 6 corresponds to the glass pane railing shown in FIG. 4, with the difference that no U-shaped profile 34.30 that is continuous in the longitudinal direction 200 but only in FIG The longitudinal direction 200 in sections, the glass plate 16 framing from below U-shaped profiles 34.60 are present, the cross section correspond to the U-shaped profiles 34.30. In Fig. 6 two sections present U-shaped profiles 34.60 are shown. Corresponding to the number of these sections present U-shaped profiles 34.60 16 two wedges 60.60 or 62.60 are also present only on each side of the glass sheet, which correspond in cross section to the wedges 60.6 and 62.6. These wedges have a length in the longitudinal direction 200, which in the present example is the same size as the longitudinal extension of the U-shaped profiles 34.60. The wedges could also have a greater lengthwise extension. The space between the two legs 22, 24 of the U-Prof ils 20 and the glass sheet 16, which is not filled by the U-shaped profiles 34.60 and the wedges 60.60, 62.60 is in the embodiment of FIG. 6 with a pasty , curable potting compound 380 filled. This potting compound may be UV-resistant, but it is also possible to provide a UV-resistant cover for this potting compound 380. This could, for example, be achieved again by attaching covering profiles 300, 350 together with the UV-resistant sealing profiles 320, 330.

Claims

claims

01. glass pane railings (10, 10.30, 10.60),

with at least one glass pane (16) held clamped in its foot region (18),

- wherein the glass sheet (16) in a dimensionally stable U-profile (20), in particular steel profile, is durable,

- characterized in that

- The two legs (22, 24) of the U-profile (20) have a flat inner surface,

- The foot portion (18) of the glass sheet (16), at least in a partial region of the longitudinal extent of the railing, between at least one profile body (34, 34.30, 34.60) is press-fitted,

between the glass pane and U-profile and / or between U-profile and profile body at least in a partial region of the longitudinal extent of the railing, the lateral alignment of the glass pane securing spacer members (60, 62, 60.6, 62.6, 60.60, 62.60) are present.

02. glass pane railing according to claim 1,

- characterized by the fact that

- The wall thickness of each of the two legs (22, 24) of the U-profile (20) is constantly large.

03. Glass sheet railing according to claim 1 or 2,

- characterized in that

- The two legs (22, 24) of the U-profile (20) have a flat outer surface.

04. Glass pane railing according to one of the preceding claims,

- characterized in that

- On one leg (24) of the U-profile (20) is formed a bend (32) in the form of a Hangerandes.

05. Glass pane railing according to one of the preceding claims,

- characterized in that

- On at least one side of the glass pane (16) existing free space in the interior of the U-profile (20) at least partially with flow or pasty, curable potting compound (380) can be filled.

06. Glass pane railing according to one of the preceding claims,

- characterized in that

- In the U-profile (20) threaded holes and / or Gewindedurchbohrungen are available as fastening and / or alignment of the U-profile.

07. glass pane railing according to claim 5 or 6,

- characterized in that

- The no bend having legs (22) of the U-profile (20) has an upwardly tapering wall thickness.

08. Glass pane railing according to one of the preceding claims,

- characterized in that

- As profile body at least one approximately U-shaped profile (34, 34.30, 34.60) is present.

09. glass sheet railing according to claim 8,

- characterized in that

- As profile body two approximately U-shaped profiles are present, which are stackable assembled in the U-profile,

the first of these profiles surrounds the foot region of the glass pane, at least in a partial region of the longitudinal extension of the railing,

- The second of these profiles, the foot region of the first profile tightly encloses and between the bottom portion of the glass and the respective leg of the U-profile is press-fitted.

10. glass sheet railing according to claim 8 or 9,

- characterized in that

- The outer sides of the two legs of the glass panes comprising profile body (34.30, 34.60) at least partially have a structured, rough, in particular corrugated or jagged surface.

11. glass pane railing according to one of claims 8 to 10,

- characterized in that

- In at least one of the two legs of the glass sheet comprehensive profile body, and there near the bottom of this profile body, a cross-sectional taper such as a longitudinal slot (270, 272) is present.

12. Glass pane railing according to one of the preceding claims,

- characterized in that

- A wedge (60, 60.6, 60.60, 62, 62.6, 62.60) and / or a pin and / or a transversely guided through the U-profile screw member is present as a spacer.

13. glass-screen railing according to claim 12,

- characterized in that

- The externally applied to a profile body outside of a spacer member at least partially has a textured rough, in particular corrugated or jagged surface (190).

14. Glass pane railing according to one of the preceding claims,

- characterized in that

- In not yet inserted into a U-profile and a glass pane (16) not yet enclosing state of a U-shaped profile body, its transport state, at least one spacer member (60.6) is releasably secured to it.

15. glass pane railing according to claim 14,

- characterized in that

- At least one spacer member (60.6) between the two walls (42.30, 44.30) of the U-shaped profile body (34.30) is present and in each case via a thinned cross-sectional area (270, 272) integrally connected to the two walls.

16. Glass pane railing according to one of the preceding claims,

- characterized in that

- At least a first cover profile (300, 350) for a U-profile (20) is present, through which at least one outer side of the U-profile, at least partially, can be covered.

17. glass pane railing according to claim 16,

- characterized in that

- The first cover profile (300) has a first longitudinal edge region (302) through which the end face (312) of the one leg (22) of the U-profile (20) can be covered,

- The first cover profile (300) has a second longitudinal edge region (308) through which the bottom region (30) of the U-profile (20) can be covered.

18. glass sheet railing according to claim 16 or 17,

- characterized in that

- At least a second cover profile (350) for a U-profile (20) is present, through which at least the outer side of a leg (24) of the U-profile present bend (32), at least partially, can be covered.

19. glass sheet railing according to claim 18,

- characterized in that

- The second cover profile (350) cap-shaped surrounds the bend (32).

20. Glass sheet railing according to one of claims 16 to 19,

- characterized in that

- The cover profiles (300, 350) on the U-profile (20) are clipped.

21. glass pane railing according to one of the preceding claims,

- characterized in that

- A sealing profile (320, 330) between cover (300, 350) and glass (16) is present.

22. glass sheet railing according to claim 21,

- characterized in that

- The sealing profile (320, 330) has a lateral longitudinal groove (322, 338), with which it on a longitudinal rib (306, 342) of a cover (300, 350) can be pushed,

- Several sealing lips (324, 326, 328, 332, 334, 336) which can be applied to a glass pane (16) are present opposite this longitudinal groove on the sealing profile.