EP2310604A1 - Movable wall system - Google Patents

Movable wall system

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EP2310604A1
EP2310604A1 EP09749978A EP09749978A EP2310604A1 EP 2310604 A1 EP2310604 A1 EP 2310604A1 EP 09749978 A EP09749978 A EP 09749978A EP 09749978 A EP09749978 A EP 09749978A EP 2310604 A1 EP2310604 A1 EP 2310604A1
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wheels
upper guide
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wall element
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Panu Veijalainen
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/56—Suspension arrangements for wings with successive different movements
    • E05D15/58—Suspension arrangements for wings with successive different movements with both swinging and sliding movements
    • 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
    • E04B2/82—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge characterised by the manner in which edges are connected to the building; Means therefor; Special details of easily-removable partitions as far as related to the connection with other parts of the building
    • E04B2/827—Partitions constituted of sliding panels
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E06B3/92—Doors or windows extensible when set in position
    • E06B3/922—Doors or windows extensible when set in position with several wings opening horizontally towards the same side of the opening and each closing a separate part of the opening
    • E06B3/924—Doors or windows extensible when set in position with several wings opening horizontally towards the same side of the opening and each closing a separate part of the opening positioned in one plane when closed
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/56—Suspension arrangements for wings with successive different movements
    • E05D15/58—Suspension arrangements for wings with successive different movements with both swinging and sliding movements
    • E05D2015/588—Suspension arrangements for wings with successive different movements with both swinging and sliding movements with radially separating hinge parts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
    • E05Y2201/684—Rails; Tracks
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
    • E05Y2800/20—Combinations of elements
    • E05Y2800/22—Combinations of elements of not identical elements of the same category, e.g. combinations of not identical springs
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
    • E05Y2800/26—Form or shape
    • E05Y2800/29—Form or shape forming a unitary piece with another element
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/10—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
    • E05Y2900/13—Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/142—Partition walls

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a movable wall sys- tern as defined in the preamble of claim 1.
  • a suchlike typical movable wall system comprises a number of wall elements.
  • Mounted to the fixed structure of the building is an upper guide by which the wall elements are movable in its guidance and can be turned about a vertical axis to be opened.
  • the upper guide comprises a support or pair of supports.
  • a vertical shaft is mounted at the lower end to the upper edge of a wall element, and a wheel or a pair of wheels is fitted with a bearing to the shaft and ar- ranged to be supported by the support or pair of supports and to move in the guidance of the support or pair of supports, constituting the wheel or pair of wheels on the hinge side of the wall element.
  • a hinge device is arranged to lock the wheel or pair of wheels in place immovably relative to the upper guide for turning of the wall element so that the wall element may be turned about the vertical central axis of the shaft.
  • the hinge device comprises a hinging part mounted to the upper guide and typically comprising a cavity with a concave round first surface.
  • a counterpart is mounted to the shaft on the same plane with the hinging part.
  • the counterpart comprises a convex round second outer surface so that when aligned with the hinging part as the wall element is being turned, the second surface of the counterpart is able to turn in- side the first surface of the cavity to lock the wall element in place.
  • the concave first surface and the matching convex second surface are cy- under surfaces.
  • the objective of the invention is to eliminate the drawbacks referred to above.
  • the movable wall system according to the invention is characterized by what has been presented in claim 1.
  • the movable wall system according to the invention comprises - wall elements ,
  • an upper guide mounted to the fixed structure of the building, so that the wall elements are movable by the upper guide in its guidance and can be turned about a vertical axis to be opened, the upper guide comprising a support or pair of supports,
  • a wheel or pair of wheels fitted with a bearing to the shaft and arranged to be supported by the support or pair of supports to move in the guidance of the support or pair of supports, constituting the wheel or pair of wheels on the hinge side of a wall element
  • a hinge device for locking the wheel or pair of wheels in place immovably relative to the upper guide for turning a wall element so that it may be turned about the vertical central axis of the shaft, the hinge device comprising -- a hinging part mounted to the upper guide and comprising a cavity with a concave round first surface
  • the first surface and the second surface consist of parts of a spherical surface having their center of curvature on the central axis.
  • the advantage of the invention is that in co- operating with each other said spherical surfaces center each other efficiently and provide good support for turning the wall element right from the beginning of the turning action.
  • the first surface and the second surface are spherical calotte surfaces.
  • the first surface and/or the second surface is a hemispheric surface.
  • the system comprises a second wheel or pair of wheels connected to the upper edge of a wall element at a distance from the first wheel or pair of wheels, constituting the wheel or pair of wheels on the opening side of the wall element so that when the wall element is being moved by the upper guide in its guidance, the second wheel or pair of wheels is supported by the upper guide and when the wall element is being opened the wheel or pair of wheels can be withdrawn from the support of the upper guide, and a second support or pair of supports in par- allel with the first support or pair of supports, arranged below the first support or pair of supports, so that the second wheel or pair of wheels is arranged to move as supported by the support or pair of supports.
  • the hinging part is mounted to the upper guide in said space in which the second wheel or pair of wheels has been arranged to move.
  • the upper guide is a substantially hollow box-shaped light metal profile wherein the interior space is limited in the lateral direction by vertical side walls.
  • the first pair of supports is formed by two flanges extending towards each other from the side walls in the interior space of the upper guide profile and comprising round rolling surfaces for the first wheel or pair of wheels, with a first gap through which the shaft extends down provided between the flanges.
  • the second pair of supports is formed by two flanges extending towards each other at the lower edge of the upper guide profile and comprising round rolling surfaces for the second wheel or pair of wheels, with a second gap aligned with the first gap provided between the flanges, through which second gap the shaft extends down and out from the interior space of the upper guide profile.
  • the center of curvature of the rolling surfaces of the flanges in the first pair of supports is provided on the central axis.
  • the center of curvature of the rolling surfaces of the flanges in the second pair of supports is provided on the central axis.
  • Fig. 1 presents a side view of a first embodiment of the movable wall system according to the invention in a closed position
  • Fig. 2 presents a side view of the movable wall system of Fig. 1 in an opened position
  • Fig. 3 shows section III-III of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 4 shows section IV-IV of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 5 illustrates a situation corresponding to Fig. 3 where a wall element has been turned for 90°
  • Fig. ⁇ shows section VI-VI of Fig. 3, Fig. 7, analogous to Fig. 6, illustrates the turning of a wall element towards the position of Fig. 5 and 8, and
  • Fig. 8 shows section VIII-VIII of Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a movable wall system comprising a number of wall elements 1, there being four of them in the illustrated example.
  • the movable wall system of Fig. 1 is in a closed position in which the wall elements are disposed successively on the same vertical plane forming a partition.
  • the movable wall system is in an opened position in which the wall elements 1 have been moved side by side and turned into a position perpendicular to the image plane.
  • the system is a so-called top-hung system, therefore comprising an upper guide 2 mounted to the fixed structure of the building so that wall elements • 1 can be moved by the upper guide in its guidance.
  • the entire weight of the wall elements 1 is laid on the upper guide 2.
  • Illustrated in Fig. 1 is a straight upper guide 2, but also angles, curves and other forms apart from straight may be provided in the upper guide 2.
  • the wall elements 1 may be turned about a vertical axis to open the wall, as will be described in more detail in connection with Fig. 2.
  • the wall elements 1 are glass elements, each comprising a rectangular glass pane 17 and a frame profile 18 mounted to the horizontal upper edge of the glass pane 13. Also the lower edge comprises a corresponding frame profile.
  • the vertical side edges of the glass pane 17 are preferably frameless.
  • the upper guide 2 comprises a first support flange 3 or pair of flanges 3 1 , 3 2 which is substantially continuous for its entire length, and below a parallel second support flange 13 or pair of flanges 13 1 , 13 2 which is interrupted by an opening 19.
  • each movable element 1 comprises two wheels or pairs of wheels wherein the first wheel 5 or pair of wheels 5 1 , 5 2 moves by the upper first support flange 3 or pair of support flanges 3 1 , 3 2 on the so-called hinge side.
  • the first wheel 5 or pair of wheels 5 1 , 5 2 is fitted with a bearing to a vertical shaft 4 to rotate about a substantially horizontal axis.
  • the shaft 4 is mounted at the lower end to the upper edge of a wall element 1.
  • the wheel or pair of wheels 5 1 , 5 2 has been arranged to be supported by the support or pair of supports 3; 3 1 , 3 2 .
  • the system comprises a second wheel or pair of wheels 12; 12 1 , 12 2 connected to the upper edge of the wall element 1 at a distance from the first wheel or pair of wheels 5; 5 1 , 5 2 .
  • the second wheel or pair of wheels 12; 12 1 , 12 2 constitutes the wheel or pair of wheels on the opening side of the wall element 1, so that when the wall ele- ment is moved by the upper guide in its guidance, the wheel or pair of wheels is supported by the upper guide and when the wall element is being opened they may be withdrawn from the support of the upper guide 2 and extracted through an opening 19.
  • the second sup- port or pair of supports 13; 13 1 , 13 2 is parallel with the first support or pair of supports 3; 3 1 , 3 2 and arranged below the first support or pair of supports.
  • the second wheel or pair of wheels has been arranged to move as supported by the second support or pair of supports.
  • a substantially vertical second shaft 20 which is shorter than the first shaft 4 is mounted at the lower end to the frame profile 18 to a distance from the first shaft 4.
  • Fit- ted with a bearing to the upper end of the second shaft 20 is said second wheel 12 or pair of wheels 12 1 , 12 2 on the opening side to rotate about a horizontal axis.
  • the second wheel 12 or pair of wheels 12 1 , 12 2 on the opening side moves as supported by the second support 13 or pair of supports 13 1 , 13 2 .
  • the side wall 14 of the upper guide profile 2 comprises an opening 19 which interrupts the flange 13 2 of the second pair of supports, the opening being wider in the longitudinal direction of the upper guide profile 2 than the second wheel 12 or the wheels 12 1 , 12 2 of the second pair of wheels.
  • the opening 19 extends from the lower edge of the upper guide profile 2 to a point below the flanges 3 1 , 3 2 of the first pair of supports so that the second pair of wheels 12 1 , 12 2 can be withdrawn from the interior space of the upper guide pro- file 2 and extracted through the opening 19 when the wall element 1 is being opened.
  • the distance between the first shaft 4 and the second shaft 20 is adapted so that when moved to a hinging site the second wheel 12 or pair of wheels 12 1 , 12 2 in a movable element 1 is always caught at the opening 20 to be extracted.
  • a hinge device 6 is provided.
  • the hinge device 6 allows turning of the wall element 1 about the vertical central axis L of -the shaft 4.
  • the hinge device 6 comprises a hinging part 7 mounted to the upper guide 2.
  • the hinging part comprises a cup- shaped cavity 8 with a concave round first inner surface 9. This concave first surface 9 is substantially in the form of a hemisphere or spherical calotte.
  • Mounted to the shaft 4 is a counterpart 10 on the same plane with the hinging part 7.
  • the counterpart 10 com- prises a convex round second outer surface 11 in the form of a hemisphere or spherical calotte so that when the counterpart is aligned with the hinging part as the wall element is being turned, the second surface 11 of the counterpart 10 is able to turn inside the first surface 9 of the cavity to lock the wall element 1 in place to form a hinge.
  • the center of curvature of the first surface 9 and the second surface 11 is provided on the central axis L about which the turning action is performed.
  • the spherical first sur- face 9 and second surface 11 provide right from the beginning of the turning of a wall element 1 good support for guiding the turning action. Even if the wall element 1 would be slightly tilted relative to the vertical plane in the beginning of the turning action, the hinge device 6 directs the wall element 1 to be parallel with the vertical plane.
  • the hinging part 7 is mounted to the upper guide 2 in a space between the first support 3 and the second support 13 where the second wheel or pair of wheels 12; 12 1 , 12 2 has been arranged to move.
  • the upper guide 2 is a substantially hollow box-shaped light metal profile wherein the interior space is limited in the lat- eral direction by vertical side walls 14.
  • the first pair of supports 3 1 , 3 2 is formed by two flanges 3 1 and 3 2 extending towards each other from the side walls 14 in the interior space of the upper guide profile and comprising round rolling surfaces for the first wheel or pair of wheels 5; 5 1 , 5 2 , with a first gap 15 through which the shaft 4 extends down provided between the flanges.
  • the second pair of supports 13 1 , 13 2 is formed by two flanges 13 1 , 13 2 extending towards each other at the lower edge of the upper guide pro- file 2 and similarly comprising round rolling surfaces for the second wheel or pair of wheels 12; 12 1 , 12 2 .
  • a second gap 16 aligned with the first gap 15, through which second gap the shaft 4 extends down and out from the interior space of the upper guide profile 2.
  • Fig. 3 and 5 illustrate yet another preferred feature of the system, i.e.
  • the wheels 5 1 , 5 2 of the first pair of wheels being shaped so as to have their outer surfaces on a spherical surface with a center of the radius on the vertical central axis L of the shaft 4, about which axis the wall element 1 turns at the hinging site.
  • the center of curvature of the flanges 3 1 , 3 2 in the first pair of supports is provided on said central axis on the same horizontal line with the center of the radius of the wheels 5 1 , 5 2 so that the wheels 5 1 , 5 2 of the first pair of wheels can be easily turned about the central axis L inside the upper guide 2 between the positions of Fig. 3 and 5.
  • the wheels constituted by the first pair of wheels 5 1 , 5 2 are preferably similar to the wheels constituted by the second pair of wheels 12 1 and 12 2 .

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Abstract

The invention relates to a movable wall system comprising a hinge device (6) for locking a wheel or pair of wheels (5; 51, 52) in place immovably relative to an upper guide (2) for turning a wall element (1), so that the wall element (1) can be turned about the vertical central axis (L) of a shaft (4), the hinge device comprises a hinging part (7) mounted to the upper guide (2) and comprising a cavity (8) with a concave round first surface (9), and a counterpart (10) mounted to the shaft (4) on the same plane with the hinging part (7) and comprising a convex round second surface (11) so that when the counterpart is aligned with the hinging part when the wall element is being turned, the second surface (11) of the counterpart is able to turn inside the first surface (9) of the cavity to lock the wall element in place. The first surface (9) and the second surface (11) consist of parts of a spherical surface having their center of curvature on the central axis (L).

Description

MOVABLE WALL SYSTEM
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a movable wall sys- tern as defined in the preamble of claim 1.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Systems according to the preamble are previously known for example from publications DE 103 33 612 Al and DE 00 02 214 Al.
A suchlike typical movable wall system comprises a number of wall elements. Mounted to the fixed structure of the building is an upper guide by which the wall elements are movable in its guidance and can be turned about a vertical axis to be opened. The upper guide comprises a support or pair of supports. A vertical shaft is mounted at the lower end to the upper edge of a wall element, and a wheel or a pair of wheels is fitted with a bearing to the shaft and ar- ranged to be supported by the support or pair of supports and to move in the guidance of the support or pair of supports, constituting the wheel or pair of wheels on the hinge side of the wall element.
To hinge the wall element, a hinge device is arranged to lock the wheel or pair of wheels in place immovably relative to the upper guide for turning of the wall element so that the wall element may be turned about the vertical central axis of the shaft. The hinge device comprises a hinging part mounted to the upper guide and typically comprising a cavity with a concave round first surface. A counterpart is mounted to the shaft on the same plane with the hinging part. The counterpart comprises a convex round second outer surface so that when aligned with the hinging part as the wall element is being turned, the second surface of the counterpart is able to turn in- side the first surface of the cavity to lock the wall element in place.
In the known solutions, the concave first surface and the matching convex second surface are cy- under surfaces.
The problem is that in top-hung heavy movable wall systems in which the lower end of a wall element is not supported by any guide in the lateral direction, such wall element may be in a slightly tilted position relative to the vertical plane when it is being opened, so that said cylinder surfaces are not parallel and instead form a point- or line-type contact to each other. In this case, the surface pressure of their contact is applied over a small area which increases the friction that resists the turning action, making the opening of the wall element more difficult and wearing the parts of the hinge device. Further, the vertical cylinder surfaces do not support hinging in the vertical direction. In addition, the edge of the cylindrical counterpart easily collides with the hinging part because the entire height of the cylinder surface must be caught at once in the cavity of the hinging part. Therefore, the cylinder edge must often be beveled, which requires larger opening angle before the wall element is "under control".
OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION
The objective of the invention is to eliminate the drawbacks referred to above.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The movable wall system according to the invention is characterized by what has been presented in claim 1. The movable wall system according to the invention comprises - wall elements ,
- an upper guide mounted to the fixed structure of the building, so that the wall elements are movable by the upper guide in its guidance and can be turned about a vertical axis to be opened, the upper guide comprising a support or pair of supports,
- a substantially vertical shaft mounted at the lower end to the upper edge of a wall element,
- a wheel or pair of wheels fitted with a bearing to the shaft and arranged to be supported by the support or pair of supports to move in the guidance of the support or pair of supports, constituting the wheel or pair of wheels on the hinge side of a wall element, and - a hinge device for locking the wheel or pair of wheels in place immovably relative to the upper guide for turning a wall element so that it may be turned about the vertical central axis of the shaft, the hinge device comprising -- a hinging part mounted to the upper guide and comprising a cavity with a concave round first surface, and
-- a counterpart mounted to the shaft on the same plane with the hinging part and comprising a con- vex round second surface, so that when the counterpart is aligned with the hinging part as a wall element is being turned, the second surface of the counterpart is able to turn inside the first surface of the cavity to lock the wall element in place. According to the invention, the first surface and the second surface consist of parts of a spherical surface having their center of curvature on the central axis.
The advantage of the invention is that in co- operating with each other said spherical surfaces center each other efficiently and provide good support for turning the wall element right from the beginning of the turning action.
In one embodiment of the system, the first surface and the second surface are spherical calotte surfaces.
In one embodiment of the system, the first surface and/or the second surface is a hemispheric surface.
In one embodiment of the system, the system comprises a second wheel or pair of wheels connected to the upper edge of a wall element at a distance from the first wheel or pair of wheels, constituting the wheel or pair of wheels on the opening side of the wall element so that when the wall element is being moved by the upper guide in its guidance, the second wheel or pair of wheels is supported by the upper guide and when the wall element is being opened the wheel or pair of wheels can be withdrawn from the support of the upper guide, and a second support or pair of supports in par- allel with the first support or pair of supports, arranged below the first support or pair of supports, so that the second wheel or pair of wheels is arranged to move as supported by the support or pair of supports. The hinging part is mounted to the upper guide in said space in which the second wheel or pair of wheels has been arranged to move.
In one embodiment of the system, the upper guide is a substantially hollow box-shaped light metal profile wherein the interior space is limited in the lateral direction by vertical side walls. The first pair of supports is formed by two flanges extending towards each other from the side walls in the interior space of the upper guide profile and comprising round rolling surfaces for the first wheel or pair of wheels, with a first gap through which the shaft extends down provided between the flanges. The second pair of supports is formed by two flanges extending towards each other at the lower edge of the upper guide profile and comprising round rolling surfaces for the second wheel or pair of wheels, with a second gap aligned with the first gap provided between the flanges, through which second gap the shaft extends down and out from the interior space of the upper guide profile.
In one embodiment of the system, the center of curvature of the rolling surfaces of the flanges in the first pair of supports is provided on the central axis.
In one embodiment of the system, the center of curvature of the rolling surfaces of the flanges in the second pair of supports is provided on the central axis.
LIST OF FIGURES
In the following section, the invention will be described in detail with examples of its embodi- ments and with reference to the accompanying drawing in which
Fig. 1 presents a side view of a first embodiment of the movable wall system according to the invention in a closed position, Fig. 2 presents a side view of the movable wall system of Fig. 1 in an opened position,
Fig. 3 shows section III-III of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 shows section IV-IV of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 illustrates a situation corresponding to Fig. 3 where a wall element has been turned for 90°,
Fig. β shows section VI-VI of Fig. 3, Fig. 7, analogous to Fig. 6, illustrates the turning of a wall element towards the position of Fig. 5 and 8, and
Fig. 8 shows section VIII-VIII of Fig. 5. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Fig. 1 illustrates a movable wall system comprising a number of wall elements 1, there being four of them in the illustrated example. The movable wall system of Fig. 1 is in a closed position in which the wall elements are disposed successively on the same vertical plane forming a partition. In Fig. 2 the movable wall system is in an opened position in which the wall elements 1 have been moved side by side and turned into a position perpendicular to the image plane.
The system is a so-called top-hung system, therefore comprising an upper guide 2 mounted to the fixed structure of the building so that wall elements • 1 can be moved by the upper guide in its guidance. The entire weight of the wall elements 1 is laid on the upper guide 2. Illustrated in Fig. 1 is a straight upper guide 2, but also angles, curves and other forms apart from straight may be provided in the upper guide 2. In addition, the wall elements 1 may be turned about a vertical axis to open the wall, as will be described in more detail in connection with Fig. 2.
In this example, the wall elements 1 are glass elements, each comprising a rectangular glass pane 17 and a frame profile 18 mounted to the horizontal upper edge of the glass pane 13. Also the lower edge comprises a corresponding frame profile. The vertical side edges of the glass pane 17 are preferably frameless.
The upper guide 2 comprises a first support flange 3 or pair of flanges 31, 32 which is substantially continuous for its entire length, and below a parallel second support flange 13 or pair of flanges 131, 132 which is interrupted by an opening 19. As also seen from Fig. 2 and 3, each movable element 1 comprises two wheels or pairs of wheels wherein the first wheel 5 or pair of wheels 51, 52 moves by the upper first support flange 3 or pair of support flanges 31, 32 on the so-called hinge side.
The first wheel 5 or pair of wheels 51, 52 is fitted with a bearing to a vertical shaft 4 to rotate about a substantially horizontal axis. The shaft 4 is mounted at the lower end to the upper edge of a wall element 1. The wheel or pair of wheels 51, 52 has been arranged to be supported by the support or pair of supports 3; 31, 32.
As seen from Fig. 1 and 4, the system comprises a second wheel or pair of wheels 12; 121, 122 connected to the upper edge of the wall element 1 at a distance from the first wheel or pair of wheels 5; 51, 52. The second wheel or pair of wheels 12; 121, 122 constitutes the wheel or pair of wheels on the opening side of the wall element 1, so that when the wall ele- ment is moved by the upper guide in its guidance, the wheel or pair of wheels is supported by the upper guide and when the wall element is being opened they may be withdrawn from the support of the upper guide 2 and extracted through an opening 19. The second sup- port or pair of supports 13; 131, 132 is parallel with the first support or pair of supports 3; 31, 32 and arranged below the first support or pair of supports. The second wheel or pair of wheels has been arranged to move as supported by the second support or pair of supports.
As seen from Fig. 1 and 4, a substantially vertical second shaft 20 which is shorter than the first shaft 4 is mounted at the lower end to the frame profile 18 to a distance from the first shaft 4. Fit- ted with a bearing to the upper end of the second shaft 20 is said second wheel 12 or pair of wheels 121, 122 on the opening side to rotate about a horizontal axis. The second wheel 12 or pair of wheels 121, 122 on the opening side moves as supported by the second support 13 or pair of supports 131, 132. The side wall 14 of the upper guide profile 2 comprises an opening 19 which interrupts the flange 132 of the second pair of supports, the opening being wider in the longitudinal direction of the upper guide profile 2 than the second wheel 12 or the wheels 121, 122 of the second pair of wheels. The opening 19 extends from the lower edge of the upper guide profile 2 to a point below the flanges 31, 32 of the first pair of supports so that the second pair of wheels 121, 122 can be withdrawn from the interior space of the upper guide pro- file 2 and extracted through the opening 19 when the wall element 1 is being opened. In different wall elements, the distance between the first shaft 4 and the second shaft 20 is adapted so that when moved to a hinging site the second wheel 12 or pair of wheels 121, 122 in a movable element 1 is always caught at the opening 20 to be extracted.
As seen from Fig. 3 and 6 to 8, to lock the first wheel or pair of wheels 5; 51, 52 in place immovably relative to the upper guide 2 for turning the wall element 1, a hinge device 6 is provided. The hinge device 6 allows turning of the wall element 1 about the vertical central axis L of -the shaft 4. The hinge device 6 comprises a hinging part 7 mounted to the upper guide 2. The hinging part comprises a cup- shaped cavity 8 with a concave round first inner surface 9. This concave first surface 9 is substantially in the form of a hemisphere or spherical calotte. Mounted to the shaft 4 is a counterpart 10 on the same plane with the hinging part 7. The counterpart 10 com- prises a convex round second outer surface 11 in the form of a hemisphere or spherical calotte so that when the counterpart is aligned with the hinging part as the wall element is being turned, the second surface 11 of the counterpart 10 is able to turn inside the first surface 9 of the cavity to lock the wall element 1 in place to form a hinge. The center of curvature of the first surface 9 and the second surface 11 is provided on the central axis L about which the turning action is performed.
As seen from Fig. 6, the spherical first sur- face 9 and second surface 11 provide right from the beginning of the turning of a wall element 1 good support for guiding the turning action. Even if the wall element 1 would be slightly tilted relative to the vertical plane in the beginning of the turning action, the hinge device 6 directs the wall element 1 to be parallel with the vertical plane.
Still referring to Fig. 3, the hinging part 7 is mounted to the upper guide 2 in a space between the first support 3 and the second support 13 where the second wheel or pair of wheels 12; 121, 122 has been arranged to move.
As seen from Fig. 3 to 4, the upper guide 2 is a substantially hollow box-shaped light metal profile wherein the interior space is limited in the lat- eral direction by vertical side walls 14. The first pair of supports 31, 32 is formed by two flanges 31 and 32 extending towards each other from the side walls 14 in the interior space of the upper guide profile and comprising round rolling surfaces for the first wheel or pair of wheels 5; 51, 52, with a first gap 15 through which the shaft 4 extends down provided between the flanges. The second pair of supports 131, 132 is formed by two flanges 131, 132 extending towards each other at the lower edge of the upper guide pro- file 2 and similarly comprising round rolling surfaces for the second wheel or pair of wheels 12; 121, 122. Provided between the flanges 131, 132 is a second gap 16 aligned with the first gap 15, through which second gap the shaft 4 extends down and out from the interior space of the upper guide profile 2. Fig. 3 and 5 illustrate yet another preferred feature of the system, i.e. the wheels 51, 52 of the first pair of wheels being shaped so as to have their outer surfaces on a spherical surface with a center of the radius on the vertical central axis L of the shaft 4, about which axis the wall element 1 turns at the hinging site. Similarly, the center of curvature of the flanges 31, 32 in the first pair of supports is provided on said central axis on the same horizontal line with the center of the radius of the wheels 51, 52 so that the wheels 51, 52 of the first pair of wheels can be easily turned about the central axis L inside the upper guide 2 between the positions of Fig. 3 and 5. The wheels constituted by the first pair of wheels 51, 52 are preferably similar to the wheels constituted by the second pair of wheels 121 and 122.
The invention is not limited merely to the examples of its embodiments referred to above; instead, many variations are possible within the scope of the inventive idea defined by the claims.

Claims

1. A movable wall system comprising
- wall elements (1), - an upper guide (2) mounted to the fixed structure of the building, so that the wall elements can be moved by the upper guide in its guidance and turned about a vertical axis to be opened, the upper guide comprising a support or pair of supports (3; 31, 32),
- a substantially vertical shaft (4) mounted at the lower end to the upper edge of a wall element
(D,
- a wheel or pair of wheels (5; 51, 52) fitted with a bearing to the shaft (4) and arranged to be moved as supported by the support or pair of supports (3; 31, 32) in the guidance of the support or pair of supports, constituting the wheel or pair of wheels on the hinge side of a wall element, and - a hinge device (6) for locking the wheel or pair of wheels (5; 51, 52) in place immovably relative to the upper guide (2) for turning the wall element-
(1), so that the wall element (1) may be turned about the vertical central axis (L) of the shaft (4) , the hinge device comprising
-- a hinging part (7) mounted to the upper guide (2) and comprising a cavity (8) with a concave round first surface (9), and
-- a counterpart (10) mounted to the shaft (4) on the same plane with the hinging part (7) and comprising a convex round second surface (11) so that when the counterpart is aligned with the hinging part as the wall element is being turned, the second surface (11) of the counterpart is able to turn inside the first surface (9) of the cavity to lock the wall element in place, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the first surface (9) and the second surface (11) consist of parts of a spherical surface having their the center of curvature on the central axis (L) .
2. The system according to claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the first surface (9) and the second surface (11) are spherical calotte surfaces.
3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, c h a r a c - t e r i z e d in that the first surface (9) and/or the second surface (11) is a hemispheric surface.
4. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the system comprises a second wheel or pair of wheels (12; 121, 122) connected to the upper edge of the wall element (1) at a distance from the first wheel or pair of wheels (5; 51, 52) and constituting the wheel or pair of wheels on the opening side of the wall element, so that when the wall element is being moved by the upper guide in its guidance the wheel or pair of wheels is supported by the upper guide and when the wall element is being opened the wheel or pair of wheels can be withdrawn from the support of the upper guide, and a second sup- port or pair of supports (13; 131, 132) in parallel with the first support or pair of supports (3; 31, 32) and arranged below the first support or pair of supports, the second wheel or pair of wheels being arranged to move as supported by the support or pair of supports, and that the hinging part (7) is mounted to the upper guide (2) in said space where the second wheel or pair of wheels is arranged to move.
5. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the upper guide (2) is a substantially hollow box-shaped light metal profile wherein the interior space is limited in the lateral direction by vertical side walls (14), that the first pair of supports (31, 32) is formed by two flanges (31 and 32) extending towards each other from the side walls (14) in the interior space of the upper guide profile and comprising round rolling surfaces for the first wheel or pair of wheels (5; 51, 52), with a first gap (15) through which the shaft (4) extends down provided between the flanges, that the second pair of supports (131, 132) is formed by two flanges (131, 132) extending towards each other at the lower edge of the upper guide profile (2) and comprising round rolling surfaces for the second wheel or pair of wheels (12; 121, 122) , with a second gap (16) aligned with the first gap (15) provided between the flanges, through which second gap the shaft (4) extends down and out from the interior space of the upper guide profile.
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