EP3295849B1 - 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

Description

The present invention relates to a shower door clamp for a sliding door system of a shower, a component assembly and a method for coupling a shower door clamp to 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. Carriages generally have a base body with a bearing section for storing the shower door clamp, on which a sliding door leaf, usually a glass sliding door leaf, is clamped. Carriages furthermore have a sliding section for displaceably supporting the carriage on a holding body for holding the shower door clamp, including the sliding door panel clamped therein, by means of the carriage. The holding body is mounted, for example, on a frame body or on a further holding body, on or with which the shower is to be installed.

EP 1 02 0154 A2 describes a shower partition with at least one fixed side part and a sliding wing, both the side part and the wing being equipped with fittings or punctiform fittings for fastening over their upper edges.

DE 199 920 0640 U describes a shower partition, which has at least one fixed side part made of glass and which includes a running rail in the upper area, which has a curved course at least over a partial area.

DE 35 409 60 C1 describes a shower partition with sliding door elements that are suspended at the top and with at the bottom the arranged guide elements on a plurality of parallel spaced rail elements of a guide rail.

US 8,955,195 B2 discloses a shower door clamp comprising a clamping body in which a sliding door leaf can be clamped, and a suspension means for holding the shower door clamp including a sliding door leaf clamped therein on a carriage, by means of which the shower door clamp including the sliding door leaf clamped therein can be slidably mounted on a holding body, the suspension means being displaceably mountable Adjustment section and the clamping body have a connecting section, the suspension means can be releasably connected to the clamping body via the adjustment section and the connecting section and can be moved relative to the clamping body, the suspension means as a screw body with a screw head for holding the shower door clamp including the sliding door leaf clamped therein on the carriage, the Adjustment section as a threaded section of the screw body and the connecting section as a threaded guide for receiving the threaded section tts are configured, the thread guide is configured at an angle to an outer surface of the clamping body, to which the thread guide opens.

For the assembly of a shower door clamp including a sliding door clamped therein on the holding body by means of the carriage, several people are usually necessary. As a result, the assembly is correspondingly complex, complicated, time-consuming and consequently also cost-intensive. It is always desirable to have a simple way of adjusting the height of the mounted sliding door panel.

The object of the present invention is to at least partially remedy the disadvantages described above. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a shower door clamp, a component assembly for a sliding door system of a shower and a method for coupling a shower door clamp to a carriage, by means of which the sliding door system of the shower can be installed quickly and easily and a subsequent height adjustment is possible .

The above object is solved by the features of the independent claims. Advantageous refinements are specified in the subclaims. Further features and details of the invention emerge from the description and the drawings. Features and details that are described in connection with the shower door clamp also apply, of course, in connection with the component assembly according to the invention, the method according to the invention and vice versa, so that with respect to the disclosure of the individual aspects of the invention, reference is or is always made to one another can.

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 pinched. Furthermore, the shower door clamp has a suspension means for holding the shower door clamp, including a sliding door leaf clamped therein, on a carriage which the shower door clamp including the sliding door leaf clamped therein is slidably supported on a holding body. The suspension means has an adjustment section and the clamping body has a connecting section, the suspension means being releasably connectable to the clamping body via the adjustment section and the connecting section and being movable relative to the clamping body. Because the suspension means is arranged so as to be movable relative to the clamping body, a simple height adjustment of the shower door clamp or of the sliding door leaf on the carriage can be realized. The shower door clamp can also be easily and securely stored or hung on the carriage using the suspension means.

According to the present invention, it is disclosed that in the case of a shower door clamp, the suspension means is designed as a screw body with a screw head for holding the shower door clamp, including the sliding door leaf clamped therein, on the carriage, the adjustment section as a threaded section of the screw body and the connecting section as a threaded guide for receiving the threaded section are. As a result, the suspension means can be provided particularly inexpensively. In addition, the screw head forms a secure bearing and the threaded section is a fine and easy option for height adjustment.

Furthermore, it is disclosed 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 faces opens up, is designed. This allows 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 made available. The component assembly has a shower door clamp as shown in detail above. In addition, the component assembly has a carriage, by means of which the shower door clamp, including the sliding door leaf clamped therein, can be slidably supported on a holding body, the suspension means for holding the shower door clamp, including the sliding door leaf clamped therein, on the carriage in a form-fitting manner in an at least partially complementary suspension means in the carriage Bearing section can be used. A component assembly according to the invention thus brings with it the same advantages as have been described in detail with reference to the device according to the invention.

In the context of the present invention, it is furthermore possible for the bearing section in a component assembly to be arranged on a first end region of a base body of the carriage and to have an undercut recess for receiving and storing the suspension means, in particular the screw head, at least in sections. 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 can be a further advantage if the bearing section of the carriage is a monolithic component of the base body in a component assembly according to the invention. Since with regard to the bearing section, various individual parts that are brought together are dispensed with would have to be provided a particularly inexpensive and reliably functioning storage section.

In addition, in a component assembly according to the present invention, it is possible for a force introduction point in the bearing section, in which the suspension means, in particular the screw head, lies against the running body when the shower door clamp, including the sliding door leaf clamped therein, by a defined distance from a center point of a C -shaped sliding section of the carriage, which is designed for slidably mounting the carriage on a running profile of the holding body, in the direction of a first side surface of a base body of the running body, which is offset from a second side surface on which the bearing section is configured, is offset. A self-holding effect can thereby be achieved, by means of which the sliding door leaf or the shower door clamp is held in the desired position on the carriage after the component assembly has been installed on the support body without additional fixation.

• 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 a further aspect of the present invention, a method for coupling a shower door clamp to a carriage in a component assembly as described in detail above is provided, the component assembly having a holding body with a running profile, on which the carriage is connected via a C-shaped sliding section , which is designed to be complementary or essentially complementary to the running profile, displaceable and rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation which corresponds to a central axis of the C-shaped sliding section. The process has the following steps:

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

A method according to the invention thus brings with it the same advantages as have been described in detail with reference to the component assembly according to the invention. In particular, this enables a shower door clamp according to the invention with a sliding door leaf clamped therein to be assembled by a person or in a particularly simple manner.

In the present invention, it is also disclosed that in a method, the carriage with the shower door clamp mounted therein via the suspension means is rotated back towards the holding body until a projection of a force introduction point in the bearing section, in which the suspension means lies against the running body, in the direction of gravity on a central axis of the running profile, by a defined distance on the central axis of the running profile from a center point of the running profile in the direction of a main body of the holding body, from which the running profile protrudes. In other words, the force application point is moved in the direction of the holding body horizontally to the direction of gravity, behind a rotation or swivel axis of the carriage. As a result, a self-holding effect can be achieved, by means of which the sliding door leaf or the shower door clamp is held in the desired position on the carriage after the component assembly has been installed on the support body or after being turned back according to the invention without additional fixation

Further measures improving the invention result from the following description of various exemplary embodiments of the invention, which are shown schematically in the figures. All features and / or advantages arising from the claims, the description or the drawing, including structural details and spatial arrangements can be essential to the invention both by 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 shows schematically:

Figure 1

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

Figure 2

1 shows a perspective illustration of a carriage and a shower door clamp in a coupled state,

Figure 3

a carriage in a front view,

Figure 4

a carriage in a top view,

Figure 5

a carriage and a holding device in a side view,

Figure 6

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

Figure 7

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

Elements with the same function and mode of operation are in the Figures 1 to 7 each provided with the same reference numerals. Only the hidden lines that help to understand the present invention are shown in the figures.

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 Carriage 200 shown 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 recognizable, the carriage 200 has a base body 210. The base body 210 has a left side surface 217 and a right side surface 218. The carriage 200 also has a sliding section 220. A first sliding bearing 230a and a second sliding bearing 230b are arranged on the sliding section 220 and are designed as a plastic insert. The first slide bearing 230a has a first engagement surface 231a and the second slide bearing 230b has a second engagement surface 231b. As in Fig. 3 shown, a first roller 240a and a second roller 240b are arranged or encapsulated in the carriage 200 or in the base body 210. The two rollers 240a, 240b each consist of plastic. The first roller 240a has a first roller surface 241a and the second roller 240b has a second roller surface 241b. The first slide bearing 230a, the second slide bearing 230b and the two rollers 240a, 240b are arranged along the slide section 220, the two rollers 240a, 240b being arranged on the slide section 220 before the first slide bearing 230a and after the second slide 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 suspension means 310 configured as a screw body.

In Fig. 5 A holding body 100 and a carriage 200 are shown in a side view, which can be coupled to form a component assembly 1000. The holding body 100 has a running profile 110 with a running surface 111. An axis of rotation R is shown in the running profile 110, about which a carriage 200, which is connected to the holding body 100, can be rotated or pivoted. The carriage 200 has a base body 210 with a bearing section 211 for storing a shower door clamp 300. In addition, the carriage has a sliding section 220 for slidably mounting the carriage 200 on the holding body 100 for holding the shower door clamp 300, including a sliding door leaf 400 clamped therein, by means of the carriage 200. The sliding section 220 has a C-shaped gripping surface 231b for gripping around the tread 111 of the running profile 110 of the holding body 100 which is complementary to the gripping surface 231b. As in Fig. 5 To recognize, the gripping surface 231b has a gripping angle of more than 180 °, more precisely of approximately 210 °.

In the Fig. 5 The gripping surface 231b shown is part of a sliding bearing 230b, which is arranged in the base body 210. A roller (second roller) 240b is also arranged on the sliding bearing 230b, the roller surface of which is part of the sliding section 220. That is, in the present case, the rolling surface can be understood to mean a sliding surface or a sliding section or a part of the sliding section.

The bearing section 211 is arranged on a first end region 212 of the base body 210, which faces away from a second end region 213 of the base body 210, on which the sliding section 220 is located, and has an undercut recess for receiving and storing a shower door clamp at least in sections 300 on. The bearing section 211 is designed as a monolithic component of the base body 210.

Arranged on the first end region 212 of the base body 210 are further two stop pins 250 (in the side view one stop pin 250 covers the other), which extend orthogonally to the first side surface 214 of the base body 210, the first side surface 214 of a second side surface 215 of the base body 210, on which the bearing section 211 is located, faces away or is located opposite it.

In the base body 210 or on the bearing section 211 there is also a compensating section 216, which has a curved and preferably smooth or essentially smooth surface, and against which a suspension means 310 can rest differently when the height is adjusted.

Furthermore, in Fig. 5 It is 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 point X of the C-shaped sliding section 220 of the carriage 200 in the direction of the first side surface 214.

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

The gripping surfaces 231a, 231b and the running surface 111 are arranged in a form-fitting manner in contact with one another, so that when the carriage 200 is moved on the holding body 100, the gripping surfaces 231a, 231b produce a stripping or cleaning effect on the running surface 111.

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, according to the invention, is designed as a screw body with a screw head 311. The suspension means also has an adjustment section 312 on an end region or an end face, which is designed as an inner octagonal recess. The suspension means 310 or the screw body also has an adjustment section 313 in the form of a threaded section. The shower door clamp 300 also has a clamping body 320 which can be clamped to the sliding door leaf 400 or to which the sliding door leaf can be clamped. The clamping body 320 has a connecting section 321 in the form of a thread guide. To connect the suspension means 310 or the screw body to the clamping body 320, the adjustment 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. Accordingly, the suspension means 310 is connected to the adjustment section 313 and the connection section 321 Clamping body 320 releasably connectable and movable relative to the clamping body 320. If the shower door clamp 300 is arranged 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 or to the holding body 100 can be adjusted by turning the screw body in the connecting section 321 or in the thread guide. That is, a height adjustment can be carried out by inserting a suitable tool into the setting section 312 and the suspension means 310 being moved or rotated as required.

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

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

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

In a first step, the carriage 200 is rotated about the pivot axis or rotational axis R in the direction away from the holding body 100. The suspension means 310 is then inserted into the bearing section 211. Now the carriage 200 with the shower door clamp 300 mounted therein via the suspension means 310 is rotated back about the axis of rotation R in the direction towards 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 towards Holding body 100 is rotated until a projection of the force introduction point Y in the bearing section 211, in which the suspension means 310 bears against the running body 200, in the gravitational direction on a central axis Z of the running profile 110 by several millimeters on the central axis of the running profile 110 from a center point X ' Running profile 110 in the direction of a main body 120 of the holding body 100, from which the running profile 110 protrudes. The main body 120 forms the main component of the holding body 100 or the predominant component related to the dimension and / or the weight.

Reference list

100

Holding body

110

Running profile

111

Tread

120

Main body

200

Carriage

210

Basic body

211

Storage 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 section

230a

first plain bearing

230b

second plain bearing

231a

first encompassing area

231b

second wrap-around area

240a

first roller

240b

second running role

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 octagonal recess)

313

Adjustment section (threaded section)

320

Sprags

321

Connection section (thread guide)

400

Sliding door leaf

1000

Component group

R

Axis of rotation

W

angle

X

Center point 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)

1. Shower-door clamp (300) for a sliding-door system of a shower,
   having a clamping body (320), into which a sliding-door leaf (400) can be clamped, and
   having a suspension means (310) for retaining the shower-door clamp (300), including a sliding-door leaf (400) clamped therein, on a carriage (200), by means of which the shower-door clamp (300), including the sliding-door leaf (400) clamped therein, can be mounted in a displaceable manner on a retaining body (100), wherein
   the suspension means (310) has an adjustment portion (313) and the clamping body (320) has a connecting portion (321),
   the suspension means (310) can be connected in a releasable manner to the clamping body (320), and in the process can be moved relative to the clamping body (320), via the adjustment portion (313) and the connecting portion (321),
   the suspension means (310) is configured in the form of a screw body with a screw head (311) for retaining the shower-door clamp (300), including the sliding-door leaf (400) clamped therein, on the carriage (200), the adjustment portion (313) is configured in the form of a threaded portion of the screw body, and the connecting portion (321) is configured in the form of a threaded guide for accommodating the threaded portion,
   the threaded guide is made at an acute angle (W) in relation to an outer surface of the clamping body (320) in the direction of which the threaded guide opens, and
   the suspension means (310) for retaining the shower-door clamp (300), including the sliding-door leaf (400) clamped therein, on the carriage (200) can be inserted in a form-fitting manner into a bearing portion (211) which is made in the carriage (200) so as to complement the suspension means (310) at least in part.
2. Shower-door clamp (300) according to the preceding claim, wherein the threaded guide is made at an angle of between 10° and 70° in relation to that outer surface of the clamping body (320) in the direction of which the threaded guide opens.
3. Shower-door clamp (300) according to the preceding claim, wherein the threaded guide is made at an angle of between 20° and 50°.
4. Component assembly (1000) for a sliding-door system of a shower,
   having a shower-door clamp (300) according to one of the preceding claims, and
   having a carriage (200), by means of which the shower-door clamp (300), including the sliding-door leaf (400) clamped therein, can be mounted in a displaceable manner on a retaining body (100).
5. Component assembly (1000) according to the preceding claim relating to a component assembly (1000), wherein the bearing portion (211) is arranged on a first end region (212) of a main body (210) of the carriage (200) and has an undercut depression for accommodating and bearing the suspension means (310), in particular the screw head, at least in part.
6. Component assembly (1000) according to either of the preceding claims relating to a component assembly (1000), wherein the bearing portion (211) is a monolithic constituent part of the main body (210) .
7. Component assembly (1000) according to one of the preceding claims relating to a component assembly (1000), wherein a force-introduction point (Y) in the bearing portion (211), at which the suspension means (310), in particular the screw head, butts against the carriage (200) as it retains the shower-door clamp (300), including the sliding-door leaf (400) clamped therein, is offset by a defined distance from a centre point (X) of a C-shaped sliding portion (220) of the carriage (200), said sliding portion being configured for mounting the carriage (200) in a displaceable manner on a running profile (110) of the retaining body (100), in the direction of a first side surface (214) of a main body (210) of the carriage (200), said first side surface being directed away from a second side surface (215), on which the bearing portion (211) is made.
8. Method for coupling a shower-door clamp (300) to a component assembly (1000) according to one of the preceding claims relating to a component assembly (1000), wherein
   the component assembly (1000) has a retaining body (100) with a running profile (110), on which the carriage (200) is mounted such that it can be displaced via a C-shaped sliding portion (220), which is made so as to complement or substantially complement the running profile (110), and such that it can be rotated about an axis of rotation (R), which corresponds to a centre axis of the C-shaped sliding portion (220), the method having the following steps:

   - rotating the carriage (200) about the axis of rotation (R) in a direction away from the retaining body (100),

   - introducing the suspension means (310) into the bearing portion (211), and

   - rotating the carriage (200), with the shower-door clamp (300) mounted therein via the suspension means (310), back in the direction of the retaining body (100).
9. Method according to the preceding claim, wherein the carriage (200), with the shower-door clamp (300) mounted therein via the suspension means (310), is rotated back in the direction of the retaining body (100) until a projection of a force-introduction point (Y) in the bearing portion (211), at which the suspension means (310) butts against the carriage (200), in the direction of gravitational force onto a centre axis (Z) of the running profile (110) is offset by a defined distance (D), along the centre axis of the running profile (110), from a centre point (X') of the running profile (110) in the direction of a main body (120) of the retaining body (100), from which the running profile (110) projects.

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