EP3295849A1 - Shower door clamp for a sliding door system of a shower, connected component and a method for coupling a shower door clamp with a carriage - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shower door clamp (300) for a sliding door system of a shower, comprising a clamp body (320) in which a sliding door leaf (400) can be clamped, and suspension means (310) for holding the shower door clamp (300) including a sliding door leaf clamped therein (400) on a carriage (200) through which the shower door clamp (300) including the sliding door leaf (400) clamped therein is slidably mountable on a holding body (100), wherein the suspension means (310) has an adjusting section (313) and the clamping body (31). 320) have a connecting portion (321), wherein the suspension means (310) via the adjusting portion (313) and the connecting portion (321) with the clamping body (320) releasably connectable and thereby relative to the clamping body (320) is movable. Furthermore, the invention relates to a composite component (1000) with a shower door clamp (300) according to the invention. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for coupling a shower door clamp (300) according to the invention with a carriage (200) in a component assembly (1000) according to the invention.

Description

The present invention relates to a shower door clamp for a sliding door system of a shower, a composite component and a method for coupling a shower door clamp with a carriage for mounting the shower door clamp with a sliding door leaf clamped therein via the carriage on a holding body.

So-called shower door clamps or glass clamps and carriages for sliding door systems of a shower are generally known in the prior art. Trolleys generally have a base body with a bearing portion for supporting the shower door clamp, on which a sliding door leaf, usually a glass sliding door leaf, is clamped on. Trolleys further include a sliding portion for slidably supporting the carriage on a holding body for holding the shower door clamp including the therein clamped sliding door leaf by means of the carriage. The holding body is mounted, for example, on a frame body or on another holding body, on or with which the shower is to be installed.

For the installation of a shower door clamp including a clamped therein sliding door to the holding body by means of the carriage more people are usually required. As a result, the assembly is correspondingly complex, complicated, time-consuming and therefore cost-intensive.

It is always desirable to realize a simple way to adjust the height of the mounted sliding door leaf.

Object of the present invention is to at least partially overcome the disadvantages described above. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a shower door clamp, a composite component for a sliding door system of a shower and a method for coupling a shower door clamp with a carriage, by means of which the sliding door system of the shower is easy and faster to install and a subsequent height adjustment is possible ,

The above object is solved by the claims. In particular, the object is achieved by a shower door clamp according to claim 1, a component assembly according to claim 4 and a method according to claim 8. Further features and details of the invention will become apparent from the description and the drawings. In this case, features and details that are described in connection with the shower door clamp, of course, also in connection with the component assembly according to the invention, the method according to the invention and in each case vice versa, so with respect to the disclosure of the individual aspects of the invention always reciprocal reference is or may be.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a shower door clamp for a sliding door system of a shower is provided. The shower door clamp has a clamping body, in which a sliding door leaf can be clamped. Further, the shower door clamp has a suspension means for holding the shower door clamp including a sliding door leaf clamped therein on a carriage in which the shower door clamp, including the sliding door leaf clamped therein, can be displaceably mounted on a holding body. The suspension means has an adjusting portion and the clamping body has a connecting portion, wherein the suspension means via the adjusting portion and the connecting portion with the clamping body releasably connectable and thereby is movable relative to the clamping body.

Characterized in that the suspension means is arranged relative to the clamping body relatively movable, a simple height adjustment of the shower door clamp and the sliding door leaf on the carriage can be realized. About the suspension means the shower door clamp can also be easily and safely stored or mounted on the carriage.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible that in a shower door clamp, the suspension means as a screw body with a screw head for holding the Duschtürklemme including therein clamped sliding door leaf on the carriage, the adjustment as a threaded portion of the screw body and the connecting portion as a threaded guide for receiving the Threaded section are configured. As a result, the suspension means can be provided in a particularly cost-effective manner. In addition, the screw head form a secure bearing and the threaded portion a fine and easy way to adjust the height.

Furthermore, it is possible that in a shower door clamp according to the invention, the thread guide at an acute angle, in particular at an angle between 10 ° and 70 °, preferably at an angle between 20 ° and 45 °, to an outer surface of the clamping body to which the thread guide opens, is designed. This can both a secure hold of the Screw head on the carriage and an effective height adjustment of a sliding door leaf can be achieved.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, a component assembly for a sliding door system of a shower is provided. The component composite has a shower door clamp as detailed above. In addition, the component composite on a carriage through which the shower door clamp, including the clamped sliding door leaf is slidably mounted on a holding body, wherein the suspension means for holding the shower door clamp including the clamped therein sliding door leaf on the carriage form fit in an at least partially complementary to the suspension means in the carriage Storage section is used. Thus, an inventive composite component brings the same advantages as they have been described in detail with respect to the device according to the invention.

In the context of the present invention, it is furthermore possible for the bearing section to be arranged on a first end region of a base body of the carriage in the case of a component assembly and to have an undercut recess for at least partially receiving and supporting the suspension means, in particular the screw head. As a result, the shower door clamp can be inserted particularly easily into the carriage or into the bearing section of the carriage and can be stored particularly securely in the bearing section.

It may be of further advantage if, in a component assembly according to the invention, the bearing section of the carriage is a monolithic constituent of the basic body. Since with respect to the bearing portion is dispensed with various items that are merged would have a particularly cost effective and reliable functioning storage section can be provided.

Moreover, in a component assemblage according to the present invention, it is possible that a force introduction point in the bearing portion in which the suspension means, in particular the screw head, abuts on the running body holding the shower door clamp including the sliding door leaf clamped therein, is kept at a defined distance from a center of a C -shaped sliding portion of the carriage, which is designed for displaceably supporting the carriage on a running profile of the holding body, in the direction of a first side surface of a main body of the running body, which faces away from a second side surface, on which the bearing portion is configured offset. As a result, a self-holding effect can be achieved by which the sliding door leaf or the shower door clamp is held after installation of the composite component on the support body without additional fixation in the desired position on the carriage.

• Drehen des Laufwagens um die Drehachse in Richtung weg vom Haltekörper,
• Einbringen des Aufhängungsmittels in den Lagerabschnitt, und
• Drehen des Laufwagens mit der darin über das Aufhängungsmittel gelagerten Duschtürklemme zurück in Richtung hin zum Haltekörper.

Damit bringt ein erfindungsgemäßes Verfahren die gleichen Vorteile mit sich, wie sie ausführlich mit Bezug auf den erfindungsgemäßen Bauteilverbund beschrieben worden sind. Insbesondere kann hierdurch eine erfindungsgemäße Duschtürklemme mit einem darin eingeklemmten Schiebetürblatt durch eine Person bzw. besonders einfach montiert werden.In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of coupling a shower door clamp to a carriage in a component assembly as described in detail above, wherein the component assemblage comprises a support body having a raceway on which the carriage extends over a C-shaped slide portion which is complementary or substantially complementary to the running profile, slidably mounted and rotatable about an axis of rotation corresponding to a central axis of the C-shaped sliding portion. The method comprises the following steps:

• Turning the carriage about the axis of rotation in the direction away from the holding body,
• Introducing the suspension means into the bearing section, and
• Rotating the carriage with the shower door clamp mounted therein via the suspension means, back toward the support body.

Thus, a method according to the invention brings the same advantages as have been described in detail with reference to the component assembly according to the invention. In particular, in this way a shower door clamp according to the invention with a sliding door leaf clamped therein can be mounted by a person or particularly simply.

In one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible that in one method, the carriage with the shower door clamp mounted therein over the suspension means is rotated back towards the holding body until a projection of a force application point in the bearing portion in which the suspension means abuts the running body, in Gravitational direction on a central axis of the tread, by a defined distance on the central axis of the tread from a center of the tread toward a main body of the holding body, from which the running profile protrudes, is offset. That is, the force introduction point is moved in the direction of the holding body horizontally to the gravitational direction, behind a pivot axis of the carriage. As a result, a self-holding effect can be achieved by which the sliding door leaf or the shower door clamp is held in the desired position on the carriage after installation of the component composite on the support body or after turning back according to the invention without additional fixation

Further, measures improving the invention will become apparent from the following description of various embodiments of the invention, which are shown schematically in the figures. All resulting from the claims, the description or the drawing features and / or advantages, including constructive details and Spatial arrangements can be essential to the invention both for themselves and in the various combinations.

Figur 1

eine Explosionsdarstellung eines Laufwagens sowie einer Duschtürklemme,

Figur 2

eine perspektivische Darstellung eines Laufwagen sowie einer Duschtürklemme in einem gekoppelten Zustand,

Figur 3

einen Laufwagen in einer Vorderansicht,

Figur 4

einen Laufwagen in einer Draufsicht,

Figur 5

einen Laufwagen und eine Haltevorrichtung in einer Seitenansicht,

Figur 6

einen Bauteilverbund zwischen einer Haltevorrichtung und einem Laufwagen sowie eine Duschtürklemme, und

Figur 7

einen Bauteilverbund zwischen einer Haltevorrichtung, einem Laufwagen und einer Duschtürklemme.

Each show schematically:

FIG. 1

an exploded view of a carriage and a shower door clamp,

FIG. 2

a perspective view of a carriage and a shower door clamp in a coupled state,

FIG. 3

a carriage in a front view,

FIG. 4

a carriage in a plan view,

FIG. 5

a carriage and a holding device in a side view,

FIG. 6

a composite component between a holding device and a carriage and a shower door clamp, and

FIG. 7

a composite component between a holding device, a carriage and a shower door clamp.

Elements with the same function and mode of action are in the FIGS. 1 to 7 each provided with the same reference numerals. In the figures, only the hidden lines are shown, which contribute to the understanding of the present invention.

Fig. 1 shows an exploded view of a carriage 200 and a shower door clamp 300 for a sliding door system of a shower. In Fig. 2 are the in Fig. 1 shown carriage 200 and the shower door clamp 300 shown in an interconnected state.

Fig. 3 shows a carriage 200 on a shower door clamp 300 in a front view. As in Fig. 3 To recognize, the carriage 200 has a base 210. The main body 210 has a left side surface 217 and a right side surface 218. The carriage 200 further includes a sliding portion 220. At the sliding portion 220, a first sliding bearing 230a and a second sliding bearing 230b are arranged, which are designed as a plastic insert part. The first sliding bearing 230a has a first gripping surface 231a and the second sliding bearing 230b has a second gripping surface 231b. As in Fig. 3 1, a first roller 240a and a second roller 240b are arranged or encapsulated in the carriage 200 or in the main body 210. The two rollers 240a, 240b are each made of plastic. The first roller 240a has a first rolling surface 241a and the second roller 240b has a second rolling surface 241b. The first sliding bearing 230a, the second sliding bearing 230b and the two rollers 240a, 240b are arranged along the sliding section 220, wherein the two rollers 240a, 240b are arranged on the sliding section 220 in front of the first sliding bearing 230a and after the second sliding bearing 230b.

Fig. 4 shows a carriage 200 on a shower door clamp 300 in a plan view. In Fig. 4 two stop pins 250 can be seen, which extend parallel or substantially parallel to the left and right side surfaces 217, 218. Furthermore, in Fig. 4 to recognize a screw head 311 of a designed as a screw body suspension means 310.

In Fig. 5 are a holding body 100 and a carriage 200 shown in a side view, which can be coupled to a composite component 1000. The holding body 100 has a running profile 110 with a running surface 111. In the running profile 110, a rotation axis R is shown, about which a carriage 200, which is connected to the holding body 100, is rotatable or pivotable. The carriage 200 has a base body 210 with a bearing portion 211 for supporting a shower door clamp 300. In addition, the carriage has a sliding portion 220 for slidably supporting the carriage 200 on the holding body 100 for holding the shower door clamp 300 including a sliding door blade 400 clamped therein by means of the carriage 200. The sliding portion 220 has a C-shaped gripping surface 231 b for embracing the running surface 111 of the running profile 110 of the holding body 100 that is configured to be complementary to the gripping surface 231 b. As in Fig. 5 To recognize, the Umgreiffläche 231b a Umgreifwinkel of more than 180 °, more precisely of about 210 °.

In the Fig. 5 Umgreiffläche 231 b shown is part of a sliding bearing 230 b, which is arranged in the main body 210. On the sliding bearing 230b, there is further disposed a pulley (second pulley) 240b, the rolling surface of which is part of the sliding portion 220. That is, in the present case may be understood by the rolling surface, a sliding surface or a sliding portion or a part of the sliding portion.

The bearing section 211 is arranged on a first end region 212 of the main body 210, which faces away from a second end region 213 of the main body 210, on which the sliding section 220 is located, and has an undercut recess for at least partially receiving and supporting a shower door clamp 300 on. The bearing portion 211 is configured as a monolithic constituent of the main body 210.

At the first end region 212 of the main body 210 are further two stop pins 250 (in the side view of a stop pin 250 the other) arranged orthogonal to the first side surface 214 of the body 210 extend beyond the first side surface 214 of a second side surface 215 of the base body 210, on which the bearing portion 211 is located facing away from or opposite to this.

In the base body 210 or on the bearing portion 211, a compensation section 216 is further configured, which has a curved and preferably smooth or substantially smooth surface, and on which a suspension means 310 may be different in a height adjustment.

Furthermore, in Fig. 5 have shown that a force introduction point Y in the bearing section 211 is offset by a defined distance, for example by several millimeters, from a center X of the C-shaped sliding section 220 of the carriage 200 in the direction of the first side face 214.

In Fig. 6 a component composite 1000 with a carriage 200 and a holding body 100 is shown. The in Fig. 6 shown carriage has two rollers 240a, 240b (second roller 240b obscured first roller 240a). As in Fig. 6 2, the second roller 240b has a second rolling surface 241b disposed between a first side surface 242 and a second side surface 243 of the second roller 240b. The first, in Fig. 6 not explicitly shown roller 240a, is corresponding designed. In this case, the rolling surface 241 b of the second roller 240 b forms a part of the sliding portion 220. In addition, the main body 210 is adjacent to the two side surfaces 242, 243 of the second roller 240 b arranged and the rolling surface 241 b lies in the direction of an opening of the base 210 for contacting the Tread 111 free.

The gripping surfaces 231 a, 231 b and the tread 111 are arranged in a form-fitting contacting and ausgestalte, so when moving the carriage 200 on the holding body 100 by the gripping surfaces 231 a, 231 b a stripping or cleaning action on the tread 111 is formed.

Furthermore, in Fig. 6 a shower door clamp 300 including a sliding door leaf 400 clamped therein. The shower door clamp 300 has a suspension means 310, which is designed according to the illustrated embodiment as a screw body with a screw head 311. The suspension means further comprises, at an end portion or an end face, a setting portion 312 configured as an octagonal recess. The suspension means 310 or the screw body also has an adjustment portion 313 in the form of a threaded portion. The shower door clamp 300 also has a clamping body 320, which can be clamped to the sliding door leaf 400 or on which the sliding door leaf can be clamped. The clamping body 320 has a connecting portion 321 in the form of a thread guide. For connecting the suspension means 310 or the screw body with the clamping body 320, the adjusting section 313 or the threaded section of the screw body is rotated into the connecting section 321 or the thread guide of the clamping body 320. Thus, the suspension means 310 via the adjustment portion 313 and the connecting portion 321 with the Clamping body 320 releasably connectable and thereby movable relative to the clamping body 320. When the shower door clamp 300 is disposed above the screw head of the screw body on the carriage 200, a relative height of the shower door clamp 300 to the carriage 200 and the holding body 100 can be adjusted by rotating the screw body in the connecting portion 321 and in the thread guide. That is, a height adjustment can be made by inserting a proper tool into the adjustment section 312 and moving the suspension means 310 as needed.

As further in Fig. 6 illustrated, the thread guide at an acute angle W, which in the present case is about 25 °, to an outer surface of the clamping body 320, to which the thread guide opens, designed.

Fig. 7 shows a composite component 1000 with a holding body 100, a carriage 200 and a shower door clamp 300, in which a sliding door leaf is clamped.

Subsequently, with reference to Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 described a method for coupling a shower door clamp 300 to a carriage 200.

In this case, in a first step, the carriage 200 is rotated about the pivot axis or axis of rotation R in the direction away from the holding body 100. Subsequently, the suspension means 310 is inserted into the bearing portion 211. Now, the carriage 200 with the shower door clamp 300 mounted therein via the suspension means 310 is rotated about the rotation axis R back toward the holding body 100. More specifically, the carriage 200, with the shower door clamp 300 mounted therein via the suspension means 310, is moved back toward the Holding body 100 is rotated until a projection of the force application point Y in the bearing portion 211, in which the suspension means 310 bears against the running body 200, in the direction of gravity on a central axis Z of the run profile 110 by several millimeters on the central axis of the run profile 110 from a center X 'of Running profile 110 toward a main body 120 of the holding body 100, from which the running profile 110 protrudes, is offset. The main body 120 forms the essential or dimension and / or weight-related predominant part of the holding body 100.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100

holding body

110

tread

111

tread

120

main body

200

carriage

210

body

211

bearing section

212

first forehead area

213

second forehead area

214

first side surface

215

second side surface

216

compensation section

217

left side surface

218

right side surface

220

sliding

230a

first sliding bearing

230b

second sliding bearing

231

first gripping surface

231b

second gripping surface

240a

first roller

240b

second run roller

241a

first rolling surface

241b

second rolling surface

242

first side surface

243

second side surface

250

stop pin

300

Shower door clamp

310

Suspension means (screw)

311

screw head

312

Adjustment section (inner octagon recess)

313

Adjustment section (threaded section)

320

clamping bodies

321

Connecting section (thread guide)

400

sliding sheet

1000

component composite

R

axis of rotation

W

angle

X

Center of the sliding section or the gripping surfaces

X '

Center point of the running profile

Y

Force application point

Z

central axis

D

distance

Claims (9)

A shower door clamp (300) for a sliding door system of a shower, comprising a clamp body (320) in which a sliding door leaf (400) is clamped, and suspension means (310) for holding the shower door clamp (300) including a sliding door leaf (400) clamped therein Carriage (200), through which the shower door clamp (300), including the sliding door leaf (400) clamped therein, can be displaceably mounted on a holding body (100),
characterized,
in that the suspension means (310) has an adjustment section (313) and the clamping body (320) has a connection section (321), wherein the suspension means (310) can be releasably connected to the clamping body (320) via the adjustment section (313) and the connection section (321) and is movable relative to the clamping body (320). Shower door clamp (300) according to claim 1,
characterized,
in that the suspension means (310) is provided as a screw body with a screw head (311) for holding the shower door clamp (300) including the sliding door leaf (400) clamped therein on the carriage (200), the adjusting section (313) as a threaded section of the screw body and the connecting section (31). 321) are designed as a thread guide for receiving the threaded portion. Shower door clamp (300) according to claim 2,
characterized,
that the thread guide at an acute angle (W), in particular at an angle between 10 ° and 70 °, preferably at an angle between 20 ° and 50 °, to an outer surface of the clamping body (320), which opens to the thread guide, is designed. A composite part (1000) for a sliding door system of a shower, comprising a shower door clamp (300) according to any one of the preceding claims and a carriage (200) through which the shower door clamp (300) including the sliding door leaf (400) clamped therein, slidably mounted on a holding body (100) wherein the suspension means (310) for holding the shower door clamp (300) including the sliding door leaf (400) clamped therein on the carriage (200) form-fit into a bearing section (211), which is at least partially complementary to the suspension means (310) in the carriage (200). can be used. Composite component (1000) according to claim 4,
characterized,
in that the bearing section (211) is arranged on a first end region (212) of a base body (210) of the carriage (200) and has an undercut recess for at least partially receiving and supporting the suspension means (310), in particular the screw head. Composite component (1000) according to one of claims 4 to 5,
characterized,
that the bearing section (211) is a monolithic part of the body (210). Component assembly (1000) according to one of claims 4 to 6,
characterized,
that a force introduction point (Y) in the bearing section (211), in which the suspension means (310), in particular the screw head, rests on the running body (200) when holding the shower door terminal (300) including the clamped therein sliding door panel (400) by a distance defined from a center (X) of a C-shaped sliding portion (220) of the carriage (200), which is designed for displaceably supporting the carriage (200) on a running profile (110) of the holding body (100), in the direction of a first side surface (214 ) of a main body (210) of the running body (200), which faces away from a second side surface (215), on which the bearing portion (211) is designed, is offset. A method of coupling a shower door clamp (300) to a carriage (200) in a component assembly (1000) according to one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the component assembly (1000) comprises a holding body (100) with a running profile (110) on which Carriage (200) via a C-shaped sliding portion (220) which is complementary or substantially complementary to the running profile (110), displaceable and about an axis of rotation (R) corresponding to a central axis of the C-shaped sliding portion (220) , is rotatably mounted, comprising the steps: Turning the carriage (200) about the axis of rotation (R) in the direction away from the holding body (100), - Introducing the suspension means (310) in the bearing portion (211), and - Turning the carriage (200) with the therein over the suspension means (310) mounted shower door clamp (300) back towards the holding body (100). Method according to claim 8,
characterized,
in that the carriage (200), with the shower door clamp (300) mounted therein via the suspension means (310), is rotated back towards the holding body (100) until a projection of a force introduction point (Y) in the bearing section (211) in which the suspension means (310) on the running body (200), in the direction of gravity on a central axis (Z) of the running profile (110) to a defined distance (D) on the central axis of the running profile (110) from a center (X ') of the running profile (110 ) is displaced toward a main body (120) of the holding body (100) from which the running profile (110) protrudes.

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