EP2492426A2 - Push door system and shower cabinet comprising the push door system - Google Patents

Abstract

The system (2) has a wall element (10), and a sliding door (20) movable parallel to a plane of the wall element. A carriage of a linear guide is fixed at the wall element, and a rail of the linear guide is fixed at the sliding door. A base is arranged at the wall element and at the sliding door, and a carriage of another linear guide is fixed at the sliding door. A rail of the latter linear guide is arranged at another sliding door (30). Axes of rotation of rollers extend in the plane of the sliding doors.

Description

The present invention relates to a sliding door system and a shower cubicle comprising at least one sliding door system according to the invention.

It is known to use for the separation of the shower area sliding door systems in which at least one or - especially in larger shower areas - two sliding doors are arranged on a fixed element. The sliding doors move relative to each other or relative to the fixed element on predetermined paths. For flat solid elements, these are translational paths that run parallel to the plane of the wall element.

The weight forces of the sliding doors are usually absorbed by suspensions in the upper part of the doors. The sliding suspensions also fulfill the function of guiding the top of the respective sliding door. To guide the underside guide rails are usually arranged on the floor or on the edge of a shower tray, which ensure compliance with the desired trajectory in cooperation with other guide elements on the respective sliding door.

A disadvantage of these embodiments is that such guide rails must have relatively large dimensions and in particular a relatively large amount in order to ensure the guidance of the undersides of the sliding doors, even with negligent use of the sliding doors. This results in particular for elderly or physically handicapped persons an additional obstacle when using a shower, which is clad with the sliding door system. Entering such a guide rail can also be painful or even hazardous to health.

The present invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a sliding door system and this sliding door system comprehensive shower cubicle available in a simple, inexpensive, maintenance-free and cleaning technically unaufwendiger design barrier-free access to a through the Sliding door system separated area, in particular to a shower area, allow.

This object is achieved by the inventive sliding door system according to claim 1 and by the shower cubicle according to claim 9. Advantageous embodiments of the sliding door system according to the invention are specified in the subclaims 2 to 8.

According to the invention, a sliding door system is provided with a wall element and a first sliding door, wherein the first sliding door is displaceable in a movement parallel to the plane of the wall element and a carriage of a first linear guide is fixedly mounted on the wall element and a rail of the first linear guide on the first sliding door is fixed. In this case, the present invention is not limited to the fact that the wall element is permanently fixed in space, but the wall element may optionally also be formed slidably or pivotally. Preferably, the wall element is designed as a flat surface, so that the movement of the first sliding door is a translatory movement parallel to the plane of the wall element. In the case where the wall member has an arcuate profile, the parallel plane of movement means a curved plane so that the linear guide also has a curved course. On the wall element of the carriage of the linear guide is arranged, which can also be referred to as a carriage. That is, the linear guide is arranged in this case so that the carriage is substantially fixed and the rail of the linear guide performs the relative movement with respect to the wall member.

The advantage of the sliding door system according to the invention lies in dispensing with a fixed guide device or rail, such as the known in the art rails on the edge of a shower tray or on the floor, which can be a hindrance to the entry into the shower area and / or a Risk of injury. In addition, no rail is provided on the wall element, whereby the visual appearance is improved and over a relatively large area of the width of the wall element this has a smaller depth, so that more space is provided in the interior of the shower area. In addition, the danger of contamination of the rail is reduced by the inventive arrangement of carriage and rail.

The sliding door system according to the invention is particularly advantageous if it also has a second sliding door which is displaceable in a movement parallel to the plane of the first sliding door, wherein a carriage of a second linear guide is fixedly arranged on the first sliding door and a rail of the second linear guide the second sliding door is arranged. This means that a linear guide is also arranged between the first sliding door and the second sliding door, as provided according to the invention between the wall element and the first sliding door. The movements of the first and the second sliding door thus take place parallel to the plane of the wall element. The second sliding door may also be referred to as a handle element, since a handle for manually opening and closing the sliding door system is preferably arranged on it.

With regard to the design of the respective linear guide is provided that the respective carriage comprises a base, on the upper side at least one roller is rotatably arranged, the axis of rotation in the plane of movement of the sliding door leading to, and wherein the rail of the respective sliding door to a Flank has, by means of which in the case of contact with the cylinder surface of the roller, the leadership in the movement can be realized. Preferably, therefore, the rail of the leading sliding door in the plane of this sliding door and is arranged under the sliding door.

In an advantageous embodiment, the rail comprises two parallel flanks, but which are spaced apart from one another in such a way that they do not simultaneously contact the cylinder jacket surface of the roll.

In order to realize a stable guidance, provision is made in particular for several rollers to be arranged in series in the direction of the movement. In translational movement of the respective sliding door thus the rollers are arranged linearly one behind the other.

To further improve the guiding effect can be provided that at least one sliding door a rolling element is arranged and the sliding door system further comprises a guide rail, wherein the rolling element is arranged rollably on the guide rail and between the guide rail and the rolling element such a form fit is present that provided with the rolling element sliding door by means of the rolling element and the Guide rail is guided in their movement. Preferably, such a rolling element is arranged on the second sliding door or the grip element. This means that in this case the second sliding door has two guides in the lower area, namely the linear guide on the first sliding door and the guide realized by means of rolling element and guide rail. The rolling element is preferably a roller with two lateral shoulders which abut laterally on the guide rail during rolling of the roller. The guide rail is arranged on the edge of a shower tray or on the floor. The height of the guide rail is so small that it does not significantly difficult entry into the shower and represents a risk of injury. The height of the guide rail is preferably between 3 mm and 10 mm, in particular between 4 mm and 6 mm. In addition to improving the guiding effect, the guide rail also provides a splash guard against overflowing water. To realize a tolerance compensation or to compensate for uneven floors is provided that the rolling on the guide rail rolling element is mounted resiliently vertically adjustable.

When sliding door system according to the invention is preferably provided that the sliding doors are each hung at least in a suspension that receives the weight of the respective sliding door. The suspension serves to accommodate most of the weight of the sliding door. The respective linear guides alone or in combination with the guide rail are designed such that they do not absorb more than 20% of the weight and in particular not more than 5% of the weight of the respective sliding door.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the sliding door system is provided that the suspension of the sliding door is designed to be rotatable, so that the sliding door, when the carriage and the rail of its linear guide are disengaged to a running in the plane of the sliding door or parallel to its plane Rotary axis is pivotable. In an arrangement of a guide rail and a rolling element of course, then the pivoting is given, even if the rolling element is disengaged from the guide rail. The rotation allows rotation of the sliding door into the area separated by the sliding door system, such as the shower area. This significantly facilitates the cleaning of this sliding door. In particular, the fact that no high guide rails on the floor or on the edge of a shower tray are provided for guiding the sliding doors, the pivoting movement of the sliding door can be done without a guide rail would be a hindrance or there is a risk of damage to the guide rail.

According to the invention, a shower cubicle is also provided which comprises at least one sliding door system according to the invention.

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eine erfindungsgemäße Duschkabine;

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ein erfindungsgemäßes Schiebetürsystem;

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die Unterseite eines erfindungsgemäßen Schiebetürsystems von der Außenseitenseite;

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die Unterseite eines erfindungsgemäßen Schiebetürsystems von der gegenüberliegenden Seite;

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die Unterseite eines erfindungsgemäßen Schiebetürsystems in Explosionsdarstellung von der Außenseite;

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die Unterseite eines erfindungsgemäßen Schiebetürsystems in Explosionsdarstellung von der gegenüberliegenden Seite;

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den Schlitten einer Linearführung;

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die Unterseite eines erfindungsgemäßen Schiebetürsystems mit Führungsschiene;

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das in einem Stützelement und Aufnahmeelement aufgenommene Wälzelement; und

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Stützelement und Aufnahmeelement in Explosionsdarstellung.

The invention will be explained below with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Show it:

FIG. 1

a shower cubicle according to the invention;

FIG. 2

a sliding door system according to the invention;

FIG. 3

the underside of a sliding door system according to the invention from the outside side;

FIG. 4

the underside of a sliding door system according to the invention from the opposite side;

FIG. 5

the underside of a sliding door system according to the invention in exploded view from the outside;

FIG. 6

the underside of a sliding door system according to the invention in exploded view from the opposite side;

FIG. 7

the carriage of a linear guide;

FIG. 8

the underside of a sliding door system according to the invention with guide rail;

FIG. 9

the rolling element received in a supporting element and receiving element; and

FIG. 10

Support element and receiving element in exploded view.

In FIG. 1 a shower cubicle 1 according to the invention is shown, which has two of the sliding door systems 2 according to the invention. As can be seen in particular from a synopsis with FIG. 2 shows, each of the sliding door systems 2 comprises a wall element 10, a first sliding door 20 and a second sliding door 30, which may also be referred to as a handle member and having a handle 31. From the FIGS. 1 and 2 it can be seen that the sliding doors 20 and 30 are arranged in different planes with respect to the plane of the wall element 10 and are displaceable. The weight forces of the sliding doors 20 and 30 are through in the FIGS. 1 and 2 only indicated suspensions 600 added. At the bottom of the respective sliding door system 2, a guide rail 500 is also arranged.

The present invention is not limited to the arrangement of a plurality of sliding doors 20, 30 and the arrangement of the guide rail 500, but the sliding door system 2 can also be configured with only only the first sliding door 20 and / or without the guide rail 500.

In the FIGS. 3 to 6 in each case the underside of the sliding door system 2 is shown. To simplify the illustration, the surfaces of the sliding doors 20, 30, which may be glass panes in particular, are not shown, but only fastening elements 40 for attachment to the surface elements. It can be seen that the sliding door 20 is displaceable in a plane parallel to the plane of the wall element 10 and that the second sliding door 30 in a plane parallel to the plane of the first sliding door 20 and also parallel to the plane of the wall element 10 is displaceable, as shown by the Arrows in the Figures 3 and 4 is clarified. On the wall element 10, a base 100 is arranged, which lies outside the plane of the wall element 10. This base 100 represents the carriage 12 of the first linear guide 11, which is arranged between the wall element 10 and the first sliding door 20. This fixed slide 12 interacts with the rail 13, which is a part of the first sliding door 20 together.

At the first sliding door 20, a base 100 is also arranged, which realizes the fixed slide 22 of the second linear guide system 21 between the first sliding door 20 and the second sliding door 30. This carriage 22 cooperates with the rail 23, which is designed as part of the second sliding door 30 together. As a result, the sliding doors 20, 30 can be displaced relative to the wall element 10.

In FIG. 4 is the inside of the FIG. 3 illustrated sliding door system 2, wherein it is apparent that on the pedestals 100 rollers 200 are arranged, which reduce the friction between the respective slide 12, 22 and the rail 13, 23 upon movement of the respective sliding door 20, 30.

In the Figures 5 and 6 the lower portion of the sliding door system 2 according to the invention is shown in exploded view. Obviously out FIG. 5 Here, in particular, the distance of the respective carriage 12, 22 to the wall element 10 and to the first sliding door 20th

From the in FIG. 6 shown inside the sliding door system can be seen that on each a fixed carriage 12, 22 forming base 100 a plurality of rollers 200 are arranged in series one behind the other. The greater the distance between the rollers, the better the guiding effect. It is also clearly evident that the lower parts of the sliding doors 20, 30 are designed as U-shaped rails 13, 23. These rails 13, 23, which have the U-profile forming flanks 300, lie against the cylinder jacket surfaces 220 of the rollers 200 and are guided by these.

In FIG. 7 is shown in enlarged scale, a carriage 12 and 22 of a first or second linear guide. This carriage comprises the already mentioned base 100, on the upper side 110 of which the rollers 200 are arranged. The axes of rotation 210 of the rollers 200 extend substantially in the plane of the leading sliding door. The diameter of the rollers 200 is selected such that the cylinder jacket surfaces 220 only come into contact with an edge 300 of the respective rail 13, 23.

Out FIG. 7 It can also be seen that the fastening element for fastening the base 100 to the plane or to the surface element of the sliding door 20, 30 is an integral part of the base 100.

The sliding door system 2 according to the invention can be configured with a guide rail 500, as they in particular FIG. 8 is apparent. On this Guide rail 500 may be an in FIG. 8 only indicated and arranged in a receiving element 430 rolling element 400 roll. Between the rolling element 400 and the guide rail 500 is such a form fit that the rolling element 400 is guided by the guide rail 500 and thus the second sliding door 30, on which the rolling element 400 is arranged, is guided on the translatory guide rail 500. Thus, the second sliding door 30 receives in the lower region two guides, namely by the linear guide on the second sliding door 30 and by the guide rail 500th

In FIG. 9 the structural design of the rolling element 400 and its connection to the second sliding door 30 is shown. It can be seen that the rolling element 400 is formed as a roller with two lateral shoulders 410. The side shoulders 410 cause a positive guidance of the rolling element 400 on the guide 500. The rolling element 400 is rotatably received in a receiving element 430, which is supported by a spring 420 vertically displaceably received in a support member 440. This support element 440 is an integral part of the underside of the second sliding door 30, which is fastened with the fastening element 40 on the surface element of the sliding door 30. To secure the receiving element 430 against falling out of the support member 440 is on the underside of a fuse element 460, which may be, for example, a snap ring or a disc spring arranged.

In particular FIG. 10 can be removed, the receiving element 430 can move on the slide 450 of the support member 440 supporting in the vertical direction. By the force of the compression spring 420, the rolling element 400 is constantly pressed onto the guide rail 500, so that it can not detach from the guide rail 500 and a permanent guiding effect is ensured. Characterized in that according to the invention between the wall element 10 and the sliding door or between the sliding doors 20, 30, the linear guide is provided, the guide rail 500 can be configured with extremely small dimensions, so that it does not constitute an obstacle to the user of the shower area.

Due to the fact that the guide rail 500 is designed only with a very small height or is not arranged, a sliding door, in particular the second sliding door 30, as in FIG. 1 indicated to be pivoted about an axis of rotation 700 when the second sliding door 30 has been moved to a position such that the carriage 22 and the rail 23 of the second linear guide 21 are not in engagement with each other. The guide for the movement of the second sliding door 30 in such a position assumes the suspension 600 in the upper region of the sliding door 30. By the rotation of the second sliding door 30 about the axis of rotation 700, the second sliding door 30 can pivot into the shower area and can be cleaned there , The fact that no or only a very small guide rail 500 is arranged at the lower region of the sliding door, it can not lead to a collision of the sliding door 30 with the guide rail 500.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

shower cabin

2

sliding door system

10

wall element

11

first linear guide

12

carriage

13

rail

20

first sliding door

21

second linear guide

22

carriage

23

rail

30

second sliding door

31

Handle

40

Fixing element (for disc)

100

base

110

top

200

role

210

axis of rotation

220

Cylinder surface

300

flank

400

rolling

410

lateral heel

420

feather

430

receiving element

440

support element

450

slipway

460

fuse element

500

guide rail

600

suspension

700

axis of rotation

Claims (9)

Sliding door system with a wall element and a first sliding door, which is displaceable in a movement parallel to the plane of the wall element,
characterized in that
a carriage (12) of a first linear guide (11) is fixedly arranged on the wall element (10) and a rail (13) of the first linear guide (11) is fixedly arranged on the first sliding door (20). Sliding door system according to claim 1,
characterized in that
the sliding door system (2) has a second sliding door (30) which is displaceable in a movement parallel to the plane of the first sliding door (20), wherein a carriage (22) of a second linear guide (21) is fixedly arranged on the first sliding door (20) is and a rail (23) of the second linear guide (21) on the second sliding door (30) is arranged. Sliding door system according to one of claims 1 and 2,
characterized in that
the respective carriage (12, 22) comprises a base (110) on whose upper side at least one roller (200) is rotatably arranged, whose axis of rotation (210) extends in the plane of movement of the sliding door (20, 30) to be guided, and wherein the rail (13, 23) of the respective sliding door to be led (20, 30) has a flank (300), by means of which, when resting against the cylinder jacket surface (220) of the roller (200), the guidance can be realized in the movement. Sliding door system according to claim 3,
characterized in that
a plurality of rollers (200) are arranged in the direction of movement in series one behind the other. Sliding door system according to one of claims 2 to 4,
characterized in that
at least one sliding door (20, 30) a rolling element (400) is arranged and the sliding door system (2) further comprises a guide rail (500), wherein the rolling element (400) on the guide rail (500) is arranged to roll and between the guide rail ( 500) and the rolling element (400) such a positive engagement is present, that with the rolling element (400) provided sliding door (20, 30) by means of the rolling element (400) and the guide rail (500) is guided in their movement. Sliding door system according to claim 5,
characterized in that
the rolling element (400) is mounted resiliently vertically displaceable. Sliding door system according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the sliding door (20, 30) is suspended in a suspension (600) which receives the weight of the sliding door (20, 30). Sliding door system according to claim 7,
characterized in that
the suspension (600) of the sliding door (20, 30) is designed to be rotatable so that the sliding door (20, 30) when the carriage (12, 22) and the rail (13, 23) of their linear guide (11, 21) except Are engaged, about a plane extending in its plane or parallel to its axis of rotation (700) is pivotable. Shower cabin comprising the sliding door system (2) according to one of claims 1 to 8.

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