EP2687660A2 - Hinge - Google Patents

Abstract

The hinge has a fitting (10) that is designed as a door bracket (11) and a fitting (20) that is designed as a counter-fitting (21). The fittings form a gap (32) and are interconnected through a rotary joint (34) that is pivoted about an axis of rotation (31). A positioning device (70) enables displacement of two fittings along a direction parallel to the axis of rotation. The positioning device varies the gap width during pivoting of door (101) and adjustment of displacement of fittings relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis. An independent claim is included for a shower partition.

Description

The invention relates to a hinge for pivoting a door, in particular for the door of a shower enclosure, with the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a shower enclosure with at least one such hinge.

Such hinges for pivoting a door relative to a wall are already known from the prior art. So shows about the AT 010 648 U1 of 15 July 2009 a door hinge with a lifting and lowering mechanism. By this lifting-lowering mechanism, the door is raised during the pivoting operation or lowers during the closing process, whereby the shower enclosure is sealed. In this case, an arcuate ramp is formed in the hinge, on which a driving element of the hinge moves and thus the door is raised or lowered. Among other things, it is disadvantageous that can deposit dirt on the arcuate ramp, which is very difficult to remove and that the sealing effect is small when the door is closed.

The object of the invention is to provide a comparison with the prior art improved hinge for a shower enclosure, which u. a. a better sealing effect of the shower enclosure causes.

This object is achieved by a hinge with the features of claim 1 and a shower enclosure according to claim 15.

Further advantageous embodiments of the invention are defined in the dependent claims.

The fact that the pivoting of the two fittings on the hinge causes both an adjustment of the two fittings relative to each other in a direction perpendicularly changing the gap width to the axis of rotation and in the direction of the axis of rotation, it comes that a vertical and a horizontal offset of the door he follows. Thus, a better sealing shower enclosure is achieved because the door further away from the wall of the shower enclosure when it is pivoted (opened) and the subsequent closing of the door a seal the Shower enclosure can compress more than is the case with conventional shower enclosures.

It has proven to be particularly suitable if the adjusting device has at least one setting contour and a traveling element movable in or on the at least one adjusting contour, wherein the at least one setting contour is arranged on one of the two fittings and the driving element on the other fitting, so that pivoting of the both fittings on the hinge to an adjustment of the two fittings leads to each other, wherein the at least one control contour and / or the driving element are designed such that the pivoting of the two fittings on the hinge both a 'adjusting the two fittings relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis by changing the gap width and in the direction of the axis of rotation causes.

It has proven to be advantageous if the adjusting contour and / or the driving element are designed such that the pivoting of the two fittings on the hinge over a portion of the pivoting range only causes an adjustment of the two fittings relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation and the Pivoting the two fittings over another part of the pivoting range causes only an adjustment of the two fittings relative to each other in the direction of the axis of rotation.

Particularly preferably, it can be provided that starting from a position in which the two fittings are aligned substantially in a plane to one another, in a position in which the two fittings are pivoted to each other, first adjusting the two fittings is perpendicular to the axis of rotation and then the adjustment of the two fittings in the direction of the axis of rotation takes place.

In one embodiment of the invention, the driving element is designed as a gear and the adjusting contour has a first portion which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation, wherein the gear on the first portion is movable up to a stop and the adjusting contour has a second portion which movement allowed in the direction of the axis of rotation, wherein on one side of the gear, a lifting-lowering device is arranged, which causes a determination of the two fittings along the second portion in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation after the determination of the gear on the stop.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the driving element is again designed as a gear and the adjusting device has at least two control contours, wherein the first adjusting contour is perpendicular to the axis of rotation, wherein the gear along the first control contour is moved to a stop and the second control contour a Movement allowed in the direction of the axis of rotation, wherein on one side of the gear, a lifting-lowering device is arranged, which causes the adjustment of the two fittings along the second setting contour in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation after the determination of the gear on the stop.

A particularly advantageous constructive variant provides that the adjusting device has a guide for the driving element, wherein the guide has a portion which is formed so that a method of the driving element along the portion of a combined movement of the two fittings to each other at right angles to and along the Rotary axis causes.

Conveniently, the section is formed as a ramp with an inclined plane on which the driving element is substantially rectilinearly movable.

Due to the formation of the ramp as an inclined plane, dirt can not deposit itself on the inclined plane of the ramp itself.

It has proven to be particularly advantageous when the ramp is formed on the counter fitting or on the door fitting.

According to a preferred embodiment it can be provided that the inclined plane of the ramp in installation position extends substantially parallel to the wall or substantially parallel to the door.

Furthermore, it can preferably be provided that the driving element slides on the inclined plane. The fact that the driving element slides on the inclined plane, can be dispensed with roles or wheels. It is of course also conceivable that rollers are used to reduce the friction occurring.

Particularly preferably, it can be provided that the two fittings are connected to each other via a pivot pin, wherein preferably the pivot pin is rotatably formed in one of the two fittings. Thus, the pintle twisted simultaneously with one of the two fittings.

A particularly advantageous structural variant provides that the adjusting device has at least one adjusting contour and at least one adjusting element, wherein the actuating element is supported on the one hand on the adjusting contour and on the other hand on one of the two fittings, so that when pivoting the door also a horizontal offset of the door ,

It has also proven to be advantageous for the pivot pin to have, at least in regions, a cross-section deviating from the circular shape.

Preferably, it may further be provided that the setting contour is formed on the pivot pin.

Likewise, it has been found to be advantageous that the pivot pin is rotatably formed in the door fitting and the ramp is formed on the counter fitting and the actuator is supported on the counter fitting.

Conveniently, the actuating element is bolt-shaped.

It is also proposed that the adjusting device has a setting device for adjusting the stroke of the door, so that the door relative to the wall or to a shower tray in particular horizontally adjustable both in angle and in the distance, wherein the adjusting device has at least one adjustment, the corresponds to the actuator, wherein the adjusting element rests on the actuating element. By the formation of an adjustment, the door can be aligned relative to the wall of the shower enclosure - possibly even after the successful installation of the shower enclosure.

It has proved to be advantageous if the adjusting element of the adjusting device is designed as a screw-preferably as a grub screw.

Preferably, it can further be provided that the adjusting device has at least two adjusting elements, wherein the adjusting elements are supported on the one hand on the adjusting contour and on the other hand on one of the two fittings. By forming two actuators, a stable construction can be achieved.

It can further be provided that the two adjusting elements are arranged parallel to each other.

Particularly preferably, it can be provided that the adjusting device has at least two adjusting elements which correspond to the two adjusting elements, wherein the two adjusting elements bear against the two adjusting elements. By forming two adjustment elements of the adjustment device, the door of the shower enclosure can be preferably aligned.

It has proven to be advantageous if at least one energy accumulator is provided with variable memory content and that the memory contents of the at least one energy accumulator can be changed by pivoting the at least two fittings about the pivot.

A particularly advantageous structural variant provides that the at least one energy accumulator supports the adjustment of the two fittings in the direction parallel to the axis of rotation.

It has proven to be advantageous if, when pivoting the at least two fittings from a predetermined zero position, the at least one

Power storage supports a provision of at least two fittings in the zero position.

Preferably, it may further be provided that the at least one energy accumulator supports a pivoting of the at least two fittings from the predetermined zero position.

Particularly preferably, it can be provided that at least two energy accumulators are provided, of which at least one energy storage assisted by the at least two fittings from the predetermined zero position, the provision of at least two fittings in the zero position and another of the at least two energy storage, the pivoting of at least supports two fittings from the predetermined zero position.

It has proved to be advantageous if the at least one energy accumulator has a longitudinal extent which runs essentially parallel to the axis of rotation.

It is also proposed that the at least one energy accumulator is designed as a spring.

According to a preferred embodiment it can be provided that the spring is designed as a helical spring.

As it has been found advantageous if the spring is designed as a compression spring.

Protection is also desired for a shower enclosure with at least one hinge preferably having at least two hinges - for pivoting a door relative to a wall according to at least one of the described embodiments.

It has proven to be particularly advantageous if the shower enclosure has at least one sealing lip between the door and the wall, wherein by pivoting the door in a closed state of the door, the sealing lip between the door and the wall can be pressed. As a result, the sealing effect between the door and the wall can be increased when the door is closed.

Likewise, it has been found to be particularly advantageous if by completely pivoting the door into an open state of the door, the sealing lip can be lifted off the door or the wall. As a result, jamming of the sealing lip between the door and the wall in the open state of the door can be avoided.

Fig. 1

eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Duschabtrennung mit einem Scharnier,

Fig. 2

eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Duschabtrennung mit einem Scharnier mit entfernter Abdeckung,

Fig. 3

eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Duschabtrennung mit entferntem Fahrelement,

Fig. 4

eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Duschabtrennung wie in Fig. 3 in einer anderen Perspektive,

Fig. 5a und Fig. 5b

zwei perspektivische Schnitte durch eine Duschabtrennung und dessen Scharnier,

Fig. 6a bis Fig. 6c

drei Schnittdarstellungen einer Duschabtrennung und dessen Scharnier in unterschiedlichen Stellungen,

Fig. 7a und 7b

eine Variante eines Scharniers in einer geschnittenen Frontansicht und in einer Draufsicht,

Fig. 8a und 8b

eine weitere Variante eines Scharniers in Frontansicht und in Draufsicht in geschlossenem Zustand,

Fig. 9a und 9b

das Scharnier der Figuren 8a und 8b in geöffnetem Zustand und

Fig. 10

eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Duschabtrennung mit zwei Scharnieren,

Fig. 11

eine Vorderansicht eines weiteren verschwenkten Scharniers,

Fig. 12

eine Draufsicht des Schamiers der Figur 11,

Fig. 13

eine Vorderansicht eines Scharniers in Nulllage,

Fig. 14

eine Draufsicht des Scharniers der Figur 13,

Fig. 15

eine Vorderansicht eines Scharniers in Nulllage,

Fig. 16

eine Vorderansicht eines verschwenkten Scharniers,

Fig. 17

eine Vorderansicht eines weiteren Scharniers in Nulllage,

Fig. 18

eine Vorderansicht des Scharniers der Figur 17 im verschwenkten Zustand.

Further details and advantages of the present invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the description of the figures with reference to the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawing. Show:

Fig. 1

a perspective view of a shower enclosure with a hinge,

Fig. 2

a perspective view of a shower enclosure with a hinge with the cover removed,

Fig. 3

a perspective view of a shower enclosure with removed driving element,

Fig. 4

a perspective view of a shower enclosure as in Fig. 3 in a different perspective,

Fig. 5a and Fig. 5b

two perspective sections through a shower enclosure and its hinge,

Fig. 6a to Fig. 6c

three sectional views of a shower enclosure and its hinge in different positions,

Fig. 7a and 7b

a variant of a hinge in a sectional front view and in a plan view,

Fig. 8a and 8b

a further variant of a hinge in front view and in plan view in the closed state,

Fig. 9a and 9b

the hinge of the FIGS. 8a and 8b in open condition and

Fig. 10

a perspective view of a shower enclosure with two hinges,

Fig. 11

a front view of another pivoted hinge,

Fig. 12

a top view of the shame of FIG. 11 .

Fig. 13

a front view of a hinge in zero position,

Fig. 14

a top view of the hinge of the FIG. 13 .

Fig. 15

a front view of a hinge in zero position,

Fig. 16

a front view of a pivoted hinge,

Fig. 17

a front view of another hinge in zero position,

Fig. 18

a front view of the hinge of the FIG. 17 in the pivoted state.

In the following description and the drawings, those parts of the adjusting device 70, which cause the adjustment of the fittings 10, 20 along a direction parallel to the rotation axis 31 are also summarized under the term "lifting-lowering device 30" and those parts of the adjusting device 70, which Adjustment of the fittings 10, 20 in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation 31 effect, also summarized under the term "lifting device 40".

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a shower enclosure 110, wherein the shower enclosure 110 has a wall 102 and a door 101. Via the hinge 100, the wall 102 is connected to the door 101.

The hinge 100 consists of a fitting 10, which is designed as a door fitting 11 and is fixed to the door 101, and on the other hand from the fitting 20, which is designed as a counter fitting 21. The counter fitting 21 is normally attached to either a wall 102 or a fixed part 102 of the shower enclosure 110. The two fittings 10 and 20 are hingedly connected to each other via a pivot pin 4.

The two fittings 10 and 20 are connected to form a column width 33 having gap 32 via the rotary joint 34 about a rotation axis 31 pivotally connected to each other. In this preferred embodiment, via the hinge 100, the door 101 can be pivoted both into the interior of the shower enclosure 101 and into the outside space.

In this preferred embodiment, the pivot pin 4 is rotatably formed on the door fitting 11 and connected via the driving element 2 with the counter fitting 21. The counter fitting 21 has a cover 22, which in the FIG. 2 was removed to gain insight into the interior of the hinge.

FIG. 2 shows a hinge 100 for pivoting a door 101, wherein in this embodiment it is the door 101 of a shower enclosure 110. In this case, the hinge 100, the two fittings 10 and 20, wherein one of the fittings, namely the fitting 10, is formed as a door fitting 11 and the other fitting 20 is formed as a counter fitting 21.

The two fittings 10 and 20 are pivotally connected to each other via a rotary joint 34 about a rotation axis 31 and form a gap 32, which has a gap width 33 - the gap width between the wall 102 and the door 101. Furthermore, the hinge 100 has an adjusting device 70th for the two fittings 10 and 20 on.

A pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 via the rotary joint 34 leads to an adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 to each other. The pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 via the pivot 34 causes both an adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 relative to each other in a direction perpendicularly changing the gap width 33 to the axis of rotation 31 and in the direction of the axis of rotation 31st

How good of the FIG. 2 it can be seen, the driving element 2 of the fitting 20 can move on the ramp 1, wherein the ramp 1 has an inclined plane 3, on which the driving element 2 moves. The adjusting device 70 in this case has the guide 5 for the driving element 2, wherein the guide 5 has a portion which is formed so that a method of the driving element 2 along the portion of a combined movement of the two fittings 10 and 20 to each other at right angles to and along the axis of rotation 31 causes. By the method of the driving element 2, the door 101 is raised on the one hand and on the other hand removed from the wall 102. It is the Section designed as a ramp 1 with an inclined plane 3, on which the driving element 2 is substantially rectilinearly movable,

The driving element 2 functions in this embodiment as a hinge arm of the hinge 100 and is also integrally formed.

Thus, the difference to the existing state of the art is also evident here, since in the existing state of the art the door is raised during the pivoting process, but it does not come to a horizontal offset relative to the wall. Thus, a greater distance between the door 101 and the wall 102 is achieved, whereby the shower enclosure 110 is easier to clean and increases the sealing effect when closing the door 101 between the door 101 and the wall 102.

In addition, no dirt can permanently deposit on the inclined plane 3 of the ramp 1, since any contamination on the inclined plane 3 of the ramp 1 can flow.

In this preferred embodiment, the ramp 1 is formed on the counter fitting 21. Likewise, it is also conceivable to form the ramp 1 on the door fitting 11.

As can be clearly seen from this illustration, the inclined plane 3 of the ramp 1 is formed substantially parallel to the wall 102 of the shower enclosure 110.

The driving element 2 is formed in this preferred embodiment without wheels or rollers and slides only on the inclined plane 3 of the ramp 1 there. It is also conceivable, of course, for rollers to be used as a driving element 2 in order to reduce the friction occurring between the driving element 2 and the inclined plane 3 of the ramp 1. Thus, for example, it is envisaged to form the guide 5 with the driving element 2 as a slide bearing, which is thus movable under extremely low friction on the inclined plane 3 of the ramp 1.

FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the hinge 100 of the shower enclosure 110, wherein in the hinge 100 for reasons of clarity, the driving element 2 is not shown. As a result, the ramp 1 and its inclined plane 3 is clearly visible, it being easy to read from this perspective, in particular, that the inclined plane 3 runs parallel to the wall 102. In another embodiment, it would also be conceivable that the inclined plane 3 and its ramp 1 would be formed on the door fitting 11 and thus would then run the inclined plane 3 of the ramp 1 parallel to the wall 102.

In this embodiment, it can also be seen that the adjusting device 70 has a setting contour 41 and the adjusting elements 42 and 43, wherein the adjusting elements 42 and 43 are supported on the one hand on the adjusting contour 41 and on the other hand on one of the two fittings 10 and 20, so that it on Pivoting the door 101 to a horizontal offset of the door 101 comes.

In this case, the pivot pin 4 has a deviating from the circular cross-section, whereby thus the adjusting contour 41 is formed on the pivot pin 4.

In this preferred embodiment, the pivot pin 4 is rotatably formed on the door fitting 11 and the ramp 1 - as already mentioned - formed on counter fitting 21, wherein the adjusting elements 42 and 43 are supported on the one hand on the counter fitting 21 and on the other hand supported on the adjusting contour 41 on the pivot pin 4.

FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the hinge 100 of the shower enclosure 110th

In this illustration, those parts of the adjusting device 70 can be seen, which cause the adjustment perpendicular to the axis of rotation 31 (parts adjusting contour 41 and adjusting elements 42 and 43).

In this preferred embodiment, a setting device 50 is further formed for the adjusting device 70, with which the stroke of the door 101 are adjusted can, wherein the adjusting device 50 has the two adjusting elements 52 and 53, which correspond to the adjusting elements 42 and 43 of the lifting device 40, wherein the two adjusting elements 52 and 53 abut the adjusting elements 42 and 43. By adjusting the adjusting device 50 and its two adjusting elements 52 and 53, the distance between the door 101 is set to the wall element 102 and it also changes the angle between the wall 102 and the door 101st

In this illustration, it is further clearly recognizable that the two adjusting elements 42 and 43 are supported on counter-fitting 21.

In the FIGS. 5a and 5b are sectional views in perspective of the hinge 100 of the shower enclosure 110 shown in different door positions.

In these figures of the hinge 100 is again on the representation of the driving element 2 (see FIG. 2 ) is omitted to gain better insight into the hinge 100.

In these two illustrations of the hinge 100 is particularly well on the one hand, the lifting device 40 and on the other hand, the adjustment device 50 and its operation recognizable. The two adjusting elements 42 and 43 correspond to the two adjusting elements 52 and 53 of the adjusting device 50. In this preferred embodiment, the adjusting elements 52 and 53 of the adjusting device 50 as a screw 54 - taken exactly as grub screw 55 -.

By rotating the screws 54 there is an offset of the two adjusting elements 42 and 43 of the lifting device 40, since these two elements 42 and 43 abut the adjusting elements 52 and 53 of the adjusting device 50.

By rotating the two setscrews 55 of the adjusting device 50 in a clockwise direction thus takes place a horizontal offset of the door 101, wherein thereby the Door 101 further away from the counter fitting 21 and thus also the angle between the wall 102 and the door 101 can be changed.

By means of the adjusting device 50, it is also still possible to align the door 101 after mounting already carried out on a shower tray, not shown. For this purpose, one adjusts the adjusting elements 52 and 53 of the adjusting device 50 unevenly, that is, a grub screw 55 is screwed in or screwed in a different extent than the second grub screw 55 of the adjusting device 50. This results in a change in the angle of the door 101 relative to Wall 102 of the shower enclosure 110.

In practice, therefore, one will close the door 101 of the shower enclosure 110. Should this then result in a horizontal gap between the door 101 and the shower tray, it can be minimized or closed by corresponding change in the position of the adjusting elements 52 and 53 of the adjusting device 50, this gap.

If the adjusting elements 52 and 53 - ie the grub screws 55 - are turned counterclockwise, the door 101 moves closer to the wall 102 and the angle between the wall 102 and the door 101 can thus be changed again.

By the interaction of the adjusting device 50 with the lifting device 40 so a hinge 100 is achieved, which has an adjustable and again adjustable lifting-lowering device 30.

Thus, the door 101 can also be subsequently aligned after installation of the shower enclosure 110, without doing something on the hinge 100 or on the shower enclosure 110 would have to be dismantled - apart from the cover 22 (see FIG. 1 ).

The two adjusting elements 42 and 43 of the lifting device 40 are based on the control contour 41 of the pivot pin 4. The pivot pin 4 is rotatably formed in the door fitting 11. When pivoting the door 101 of the Door fitting 11 mitverschwenkt. The fact that the pivot pin 4 is rotatably formed with respect to the door fitting 11, this is also mitverschwenkt. The adjusting contour 41 on the pivot pin 4 now acts on the two adjusting elements 42 and 43 of the lifting device 40, whereby - as in FIG. 5b shown - the door 101 is pushed further away from the wall 102, since the actuating contour 41 in this position has a greater distance from the central axis of the pivot pin 4.

If you now turn the door 101 back by 90 ° - as in FIG. 5a is shown - the door 101 moves back closer to the wall 102, since in this position, the control contour 41 has a smaller distance from the central axis of the pivot pin 4.

In these two representations of the FIGS. 5a and 5b is also clearly visible that the adjusting elements 42 and 43 are preferably formed bolt-shaped and are arranged parallel to each other. Thus, a simple alignment of the door 101 to the wall 102 is made possible.

In the FIGS. 6a to 6c is again shown in three different positions, the pivoting of a door 101 of a shower enclosure 110 relative to a wall 102.

A basic orientation of the door 101 relative to the wall 102 again takes place via the two adjusting elements 52 and 53 of the adjusting device 50.

When pivoting the door 101, the door 101 presses on the setting contour 41 of the pivot pin 4 of the hinge 100 of the two actuating elements 42 and 43 of the adjusting device 40 from ( FIG. 6b ), which results in a horizontal offset of the door 101 relative to the wall 102, up to an end point (FIG. FIG. 6c ), in which the distance of the door 101 is greatest relative to the wall 102. Thus, the gaps between the wall 102 and the door 101 can be more easily cleaned. During the subsequent closing of the door 101, this again approaches the wall 102 due to the control contour 41 of the pivot pin 4 and also lowers automatically (not apparent from these representations, see FIG. 2 ).

In the FIGS. 7a and 7b Now, a variant of a door hinge 100 is shown, in which the vertical offset and the horizontal offset is not the same time when pivoting the fittings 10 and 20 of the door hinge 100, but at the first horizontal offset occurs and then - after completion of the horizontal offset - the vertical offset is performed. In this case, the driving element 2 is formed as a toothed wheel 60 which is linearly movable along a toothed rack - the setting contour 141 - in the fitting 20 until it abuts a stop 61 in the fitting 20. Subsequently, the lifting-lowering device 30 is used and the fitting 10 is raised via the adjusting contour 41 at the pivot 34.

The actuating contours 41 and 141 and the driving element 2 are thus designed such that the pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 via the pivot 34 over a portion of the pivoting range only one adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation 31st causes and the pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 via another part of the pivoting range only an adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 relative to each other in the direction of the axis of rotation 31 causes.

Starting from a position in which the two fittings 10 and 20 are aligned substantially in a plane to each other, in a position in which the two fittings 10 and 20 are pivoted to each other, carried out in this embodiment, first adjusting the two fittings 10 and 20 perpendicular to the axis of rotation 31 and then the adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 takes place in the direction of the axis of rotation 31. It is also conceivable that these successive adjustments could also take place vice versa.

A pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 via the rotary joint 34 also leads in this embodiment to an adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20th to each other. The pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 via the pivot 34 causes both an adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 relative to each other in a direction perpendicularly changing the gap width 33 to the axis of rotation 31 and in the direction of the axis of rotation 31st

In this embodiment, the adjusting device 70 has two setting contours 41 and 141, wherein the driving element 2 designed as a gear 60 along the first actuating contour 141 - which is designed as a rack and perpendicular to the axis of rotation 31 - moves up to the stop 61. Furthermore, a second control contour 41 is provided, which has a portion which allows movement in the direction of the axis of rotation 31, wherein on one side of the gear 60, a raising-lowering device 30 is arranged, which after the detection of the gear 60 at the stop 61st an adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 along the portion of the second adjusting contour 41 in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation 31 causes.

In the FIGS. 8a to 9b a further variant of a door hinge 100 is shown in which it comes to each other during pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 to both a horizontal and vertical displacement of the two fittings 10 and 20. In this embodiment, the vertical and horizontal offset again takes place simultaneously, as in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 6c , This hinge 100 likewise has, in turn, an adjusting device 70 which has two setting contours 41 and 141, setting contour 41 for the vertical offset and the setting contour 141 for the horizontal offset of the fitting 20 for fitting 10.

In the FIGS. 8a and 8b the two fittings 10 and 20 are aligned substantially in a plane to each other and the driving element 2 is located close to the pivot 34 and its axis of rotation 31. About a power storage, which is formed in this preferred embodiment as the spring device 23, the driving element. 2 of the fitting 20 is pressed against the setting contour 141 of the adjusting device 70. Furthermore, the hinge 100 has a lifting-lowering device 30, which has the setting contour 41, via which the fitting 20 can be raised or lowered relative to the fitting 10. In this presentation of the FIGS. 8a and 8b the fitting 20 is in the lowered position. This corresponds to the closed state of the shower enclosure 110, not shown here.

FIGS. 9a and 9b now show an opening state of the hinge 100, wherein it should be noted that the representation of the hinge 100 is shown rotated by 90 ° counterclockwise, compared to the representation of FIGS. 8a and 8b , By pivoting the two fittings 10 and 20 relative to each other, the driving element 2 along the control contour 141 of the actuator 70 was pushed horizontally away from the pivot 34 and the axis of rotation 31 and against the spring force of the spring of the spring device 23 of the fitting 20th

At the same time, the fitting 20 was raised above the setting contour 41. Thus, a combined movement of the two fittings 10 and 20 to each other at right angles to and along the axis of rotation 31 is effected.

Likewise, it would of course be conceivable to force a change in position of the control contour 41 a later response to the vertical increase. An advantage that would result from this would be that a sealing lip, which is located between the door and the wall, would not be lifted with the door until the door had already separated horizontally from the wall and thus the sealing lip under any Compressive stress is more. This means that a time-staggered execution of the two movements takes place.

The temporal sequence could also be controlled in reverse, first the vertical movement and then the horizontal movement. This would be advantageous, for example, if a surge protection strip is mounted on the floor. Then the door would first be lifted before it is pivoted so as not to run over the splash guard strip - for example with the lower edge of the door or a draining rubber mounted on the lower edge of the door.

By the spring of the spring device 23 of the fitting 20, it is further possible that there is an automatic closing of the shower enclosure, since the spring of the spring device 23, the driving element 2 presses on the Stellkontor 141 and along this to the closed position, in which the two fittings 10 and 20 lie substantially in one plane, slides.

A pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 via the pivot 34 also leads in this third embodiment to an adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 to each other. The pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 via the pivot 34 causes both an adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 relative to each other in a direction perpendicularly changing the gap width 33 to the axis of rotation 31 and in the direction of the axis of rotation 31st

FIG. 10 shows a perspective view of a shower enclosure 110, in which between the wall 102 and the door 101, two hinges 100 are formed. Through the two hinges 100, the door 101 is pivoted relative to the wall 102, wherein it comes to a horizontal and vertical displacement of the door 101 relative to the wall 102 of the shower enclosure 110 during the pivoting operation. In this case, a sealing lip is formed between the door 101 and the wall 102 in order to seal the shower partition 110 in the closed state of the door 101, whereby no water can escape from the interior of the shower enclosure 110. On the representation of the sealing lip was in this FIG. 10 omitted, since it is an already known, belonging to the state of the art sealing lip.

Due to the vertical and horizontal offset of the door 100 when pivoting the door 101 in a closed state of the door 101, the sealing lip between the door 101 and the wall 102 can be pressed - and to a much greater extent than in belonging to the prior art shower enclosures Case is - whereby the sealing effect is enhanced.

Another effect of the new hinge 100 is that by the vertical and horizontal displacement of the door 100 when pivoting the door 101 in an open state of the door 101, the sealing lip is completely lifted from the door 101 or the wall 102, thereby jamming the sealing lip between the door 101 and the wall 102 can be avoided in the open state of the door 101. In prior art shower enclosures, the case often occurs that the sealing lip between the door and the wall is clamped with the door open, which can lead to damage to the sealing lip.

This occurs in prior art shower enclosures in that they have an eccentric center of rotation of the hinge, which reduces the distance between the door and the wall as the door is opened and thus allows the sealing lip to be trapped between the door and the wall , The new hinge 100, however, this is avoided because the center of the pivot point of the hinge 100 is centered and thus does not reduce the distance between the door and wall when you open the door.

Further embodiments are in the FIGS. 11 to 18 shown, in which the hinge 100 has at least one energy storage 80.

The hinge 100 in the embodiments of the FIGS. 11 to 18 has a force memory 80 with variable memory content, wherein the memory contents of the at least one energy accumulator 80 by the pivoting of the at least two fittings 10 and 20 about the pivot 34 is changeable.

In the embodiment of the FIGS. 11 to 18 is the energy storage 80 with variable memory content between the fitting 20 and the driving element 2 of the adjusting device 70th

FIGS. 11 to 14 shows a further hinge with a power storage 80. This power storage 80 helps a user close the door by the energy storage 80 when closing the door pushes the drive element 2 down and thus the door can be easily closed.

FIG. 13 and 14 now shows the hinge 100 in the zero position N after the energy storage 80 has supported the closing of the door. Thus, the force accumulator 80 caused the provision of the at least two fittings 10 and 20 in the zero position N.

FIG. 15 and 16 shows a further hinge with a force storage 80. This energy storage 80 helps a user to open the door by the energy storage 80 when opening the door pushes the drive element 2 upwards and thus the door can be easily opened.

If there is a pivoting of the two fittings 10 and 20 relative to each other, the hinge 100 moves out of its zero position N, so the power storage 80 supports this pivoting of the at least two fittings 10 and 20 from this predetermined zero position N out.

In these preferred exemplary embodiments, the force accumulator 80 has a longitudinal extent with a longitudinal axis 81 which runs essentially parallel to the axis of rotation 31 of the rotary joint 34.

Here, it is preferably provided that the longitudinal axis 81 of the energy accumulator 80 is spaced from the axis of rotation 31 of the rotary joint 34. This allows the hinge 100 to be made smaller than the prior art. Namely, in the prior art, the energy accumulator 80 is seated on the hinge of the hinge, whereby the hinge builds higher.

Characterized in that the actuating arm 7 moves horizontally (by the adjusting device 70) moves with him and the power storage 80, that is, the adjusting device 70, the distance between the longitudinal axis 81 of the energy accumulator 80 and the axis of rotation 31 of the pivot joint 34 during the pivoting of at least two fittings 10 and 20 around the axis of rotation 31 of the rotary joint 34 leaves unchanged. This is the embodiment of the FIGS. 11 to 14 . FIG. 15 and 16 and FIG. 17 and 18 the case.

Likewise, however, it would be provided that the energy accumulator 80 is not fixed in the actuating arm 7 is formed but is firmly connected to the fitting 20 and the actuating arm 7 moves relative to the force accumulator 80. Then, the distance between the longitudinal axis (81) of the energy accumulator (80) and the axis of rotation (31) of the rotary joint (34) during the pivoting of the at least two fittings (10, 20) around the Change the rotation axis (31) of the swivel joint (34). This variant of the stationary force accumulator 80 is of course intended for all illustrated embodiments. In this case, a guide groove on the actuating arm 7 for the energy accumulator 80 would preferably be provided.

In this embodiment of the FIGS. 11 to 14 only one energy storage 80 is shown in each case. Likewise, it is of course conceivable that two or more force accumulator 80 are provided which support the pivoting of the at least two fittings 10 and 20 from the predetermined zero position N. This also applies to the embodiment of FIGS. 15 and 16 in which it can also be provided that two or more energy accumulator 80 are provided, the at least two or more energy storage 80, the provision of at least two fittings 10 and 20 in the successful pivoting of the at least two fittings 10 and 20 from the predetermined zero position support the zero position N.

If a plurality of force accumulators 80 are used, it is preferably provided that the longitudinal axes 31 of these force accumulators 80 are formed parallel to one another in order to achieve a uniform application of force.

In the Figures 17 and 18 a further variant of a hinge 100 is shown in which two power storage 80 are provided, of which a force storage 80 at the successful pivoting of the at least two fittings 10 and 20 from the predetermined zero position N, the provision of at least two fittings 10 and 20 in the zero position N. supports and another force storage 80 supports the pivoting of the at least two fittings 10 and 20 from the predetermined zero position. It is also envisaged here that several force accumulators 80 are also provided, of which at least two force accumulators 80 assist the provision of the at least two fittings 10 and 20 into the zero position N when the at least two fittings 10 and 20 are pivoted out of the predetermined zero position N. / or at least two other power storage 80 support the pivoting of the at least two fittings 10 and 20 from the predetermined zero position N. In practice, it is envisaged that this hinge 100 operates only with a power storage 80, either to open the door or close. The second energy storage 80 is disabled to do so, for example, expanded. Thus, with one and the same hinge 100, an opening assist or a closing assist can be achieved, and two different hinges need not be produced.

In all embodiments, it is preferably provided that the energy accumulator 80 is designed as a spring. Here come as springs especially preferred coil springs are used, which are designed as compression springs. Likewise, it is of course conceivable to use any other energy storage.

The energy storage 80 supports in all embodiments of FIGS. 11 to 18 the adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 in the direction parallel to the axis of rotation 31. In the embodiments of the FIGS. 11 to 18 supports the power storage 80 and the adjustment of the two fittings 10 and 20 in the direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation 31st

With regard to the embodiments of the FIGS. 11 to 18 applies mutatis mutandis that in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 6c Mentioned. Regarding the embodiment of the Figure 7a Of course, it is also conceivable to equip this with a power storage to facilitate the opening and / or closing the door.

Finally, it should be noted that in all embodiments by appropriate design, it is contemplated that the vertical and horizontal displacement of the door relative to the wall can be done both simultaneously, partially simultaneously and in any order one after the other. The important thing is that the door is offset after pivoting both vertically and horizontally.

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Hinge (100) for pivoting a door (101), in particular for the door (101) of a shower enclosure (110), with - At least two fittings (10, 20), wherein one of the fittings (10) as a door fitting (11) and another fitting (20) as a counter fitting (21) is formed, wherein the two fittings (10, 20) under training one of a gap width (33) having gap (32) via a rotary joint (34) about a rotational axis (31) are pivotally connected together and - An adjusting device (70) which causes an adjustment of the two fittings (10, 20) along a direction parallel to the axis of rotation (31), characterized in that the adjusting device (70) further when pivoting the door (101) also causes an adjustment of the two fittings (10, 20) relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation (31) while changing the gap width (33). Hinge according to claim 1, characterized in that the adjusting device (70) has at least one adjusting contour (41, 141) and a driving element (2) movable in or on the at least one adjusting contour (41, 141), wherein the at least one adjusting contour (41 , 141) on one of the two fittings (10, 20) and the driving element (2) on the other fitting (10, 20) is arranged so that a pivoting of the two fittings (10, 20) via the pivot (34) to a Adjustment of the two fittings (10, 20) leads to each other, wherein the at least one control contour (41, 141) and / or the driving element (2) are designed such that the pivoting of the two fittings (10, 20) via the pivot (34 ) both an adjustment of the two fittings (10, 20) relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis (31) while changing the gap width (33) and in the direction of the axis of rotation (31) causes. Hinge according to claim 2, characterized in that the at least one control contour (41, 141) and / or the driving element (2) are designed such that the pivoting of the two fittings (10, 20) via the rotary joint (34) via a part only one adjustment of the two fittings (10, 20) relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation (31) and the pivoting of the two fittings (10, 20) over another part of the pivoting range only one adjustment of the two fittings (10 , 20) relative to each other in the direction of the axis of rotation (31) causes. Hinge according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, starting from a position in which the two fittings (10, 20) are aligned substantially in a plane to each other, in a position in which the two fittings (10, 20 ) are pivoted to each other, first the adjustment of the two fittings (10, 20) perpendicular to the axis of rotation (31) and then the adjustment of the two fittings (10, 20) in the direction of the axis of rotation (31), or vice versa. Hinge according to claim 2, characterized in that the adjusting device (70) comprises a guide (5) for the driving element (2), wherein the guide (5) has a portion which is designed such that a method of the driving element (2) along the portion causes a combined movement of the two fittings (10, 20) to each other at right angles to and along the axis of rotation (31). Hinge according to claim 5, characterized in that the section as a ramp (1) with an inclined plane (3) is formed, on which the driving element (2) is substantially rectilinearly movable. Hinge according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the two fittings (10, 20) via a pivot pin (4) are interconnected, wherein preferably the pivot pin (4) in one of the two fittings (10, 20) rotatably formed is and / or that the pintle (4) at least partially has a deviating from the circular cross-section. Hinge according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the adjusting device (70) at least one adjusting contour (41, 141) and at least one adjusting element (42, 43), wherein the adjusting element (42, 43) on the one hand at least a control contour (41, 141) and on the other hand on one of the two fittings (10, 20) is supported, so that upon pivoting of the door (101), a horizontal offset of the door (101). Hinge according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the adjusting device (70) has an adjusting device (50) for adjusting the stroke of the door (101), so that the door (101) relative to the wall (102) both at an angle is also adjustable in the distance, wherein the adjusting device (50) has at least one adjusting element (52, 53) which corresponds to the adjusting element (42, 43), wherein the adjusting element (52, 53) on the adjusting element (42, 43). Hinge according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that at least one energy accumulator (80) is provided with variable memory content and that the memory contents of the at least one energy accumulator (80) by pivoting the at least two fittings (10, 20) about the hinge (34) is changeable. Hinge according to claim 10, characterized in that the at least one energy accumulator (80) supports the adjustment of the two fittings (10, 20) in the direction parallel to the axis of rotation (31). Hinge according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that upon successful pivoting of the at least two fittings (10, 20) from a predetermined zero position (N), the at least one energy storage (80) a Provision of at least two fittings (10, 20) in the zero position (N) supports. Hinge according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the at least one energy accumulator (80) supports a pivoting of the at least two fittings (10, 20) from the predetermined zero position (N). Hinge according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that at least two force accumulators (80) are provided, of which at least one energy accumulator (80) upon successful pivoting of the at least two fittings (10, 20) from the predetermined zero position (N) the provision of supports at least two fittings (10, 20) in the zero position (N) and another of the at least two energy accumulators (80) supports the pivoting of the at least two fittings (10, 20) from the predetermined zero position (N). Shower partition (110) having at least one hinge (100) - preferably at least two hinges (100) - for pivoting a door (101) relative to a wall (102) according to one of claims 1 to 14.

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