EP3296496A1 - Carriage for a sliding door system of a shower and composite component - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a carriage (200) for a sliding door system of a shower, comprising a base (210) having a bearing portion (211) for supporting a shower door clamp (300), and a sliding portion (220) for slidably supporting the carriage (200) a holding body (100) for holding the shower door clamp (300) including therein a sliding door leaf (400) by means of the carriage (200), wherein the sliding portion (220) at least partially a C-shaped gripping surface (231a, 231b) for embracing an at least partially Complementary or substantially complementary to the Umgreiffläche (231a, 231b) configured running surface (111) of a running profile (110) of the holding body (100), wherein the gripping surface has a Umgreifwinkel of more than 180 °. Furthermore, the invention relates to a component composite (1000) with a carriage (200) according to the invention.

Description

The present invention relates to a carriage for a sliding door system of a shower and a composite component with a carriage.

So-called walkers for sliding door systems of a shower are generally known in the art. Such carriages usually have a base body with a bearing portion for supporting a 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.

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, a carriage and a Component assembly for a sliding door system for a shower to provide, by means of which the sliding door system of the shower is easy and quick to install.

The above object is solved by the claims. In particular, the object is achieved by a carriage according to claim 1 and a composite component according to claim 6. 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 carriage, of course, also in connection with the component assembly 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 carriage for a sliding door system of a shower is provided. The carriage has a base body with a bearing portion for supporting a shower door clamp. Further, the carriage has a sliding portion for slidably supporting the carriage on a holding body for holding the shower door clamp including a sliding door leaf clamped therein by means of the carriage. The sliding portion has at least partially a C-shaped gripping surface for embracing a at least partially complementary or substantially complementary configured to Umgreiffläche running surface of a running profile of the holding body, wherein the gripping surface has a Umgreifwinkel of more than 180 °.

Through the sliding portion or the Umgreiffläche with the Umgreifwinkel of more than 180 ° of the trolley is rotatable about its longitudinal axis or pivotally arranged the running profile such that a lifting of the carriage is prevented from the running profile. This results in a simple assembly by the carriage for inserting the shower door clamp with the clamped therein sliding door leaf, which is designed for example as a glass, is rotated, so that the bearing section and the shower door clamp on the sliding door are approximately at a height. The sliding door, for example, the glass in the form of a shower door, is then inserted into the bearing section on the carriage and pivoted back by a rotational movement of the carriage in a functional position.

The gripping surface preferably has a gripping angle in a range between 180 ° and 300 °, particularly preferably in a range between 200 ° and 280 °.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible that in a carriage of the sliding portion has at least one sliding bearing made of plastic, wherein the sliding bearing forms the Umgreiffläche at least in sections. As a result, the carriage is inexpensive to produce. A plain plastic bearing can also be easily and inexpensively replaced. In addition, can be realized by a plain bearing made of plastic, a slight press fit or at least a close contact between the gripping surface and the tread. This allows the slide bearing serve as a kind of seal and / or dirt wiper on the tread. Furthermore, moisture and chemistry can be easily removed from a tread of the holder body. In addition, a particularly easy and safe running of the sliding door leaf or the carriage are achieved.

Furthermore, it is possible that, in a carriage according to the invention, the bearing section is disposed on a first end region of the base body, which faces away from a second end region of the base body on which the sliding section is located, and a recess for at least partially receiving and supporting the shower door clamp having. As a result, the shower door clamp can be inserted particularly easily into the carriage or into the bearing section of the carriage.

It may also be within the scope of the present invention if, in the case of a carriage, the bearing section is a monolithic constituent of the basic body. Since it is dispensed with respect to the bearing portion on various items that would have to be merged, a particularly cost effective and reliable functioning storage section can be provided

Moreover, it is possible in the present invention that at least one stop pin is arranged on a first end region of the base body, which extends orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a rotational axis of the gripping surface and beyond a first side surface of the base body, the first side surface of a second side surface of the base body, on which the bearing portion is located facing away. The stop pin can serve as a bearing or stop on the holding body in a simple manner, so that the carriage is not rotated or pivoted too far in the direction of the holding body.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a composite component for a sliding door system for a shower is provided. The component composite has a carriage as described in detail above and a holding body for holding a Shower door clamp including a sliding door leaf clamped therein by means of the carriage, wherein the holding body has a running profile with a tread and the C-shaped gripping surface of the sliding portion, the tread which is at least partially complementary or substantially complementary to the Umgreiffläche configured with a Umgreifwinkel of more than 180 ° surrounds. Thus, a component assembly according to the invention brings with it the same advantages as have been described in detail with reference to the carriage according to the invention.

In the case of a component assembly according to the invention, it is possible here for the gripping surface and the running surface to be arranged and configured in a form-fitting manner, at least in sections, in contact with one another, in particular in the form of an interference fit. This allows the slide bearing serve as a kind of seal and / or dirt wiper on the tread.

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 of the claims, description or drawings resulting features and / or advantages, including constructive details and spatial arrangements may be essential to the invention both in itself 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 has 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 slidable bearings of the carriage 200 on the holding body 100 for holding the shower door clamp 300 including a therein clamped sliding door 400 by means of the carriage 200 on. The sliding section 220 has a C-shaped encompassing surface 231b for encompassing the running surface 111 of the running profile 110 of the holding body 100 which is designed to be complementary to the gripping surface 231b. 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 231b shown is part of a sliding bearing 230b, which is arranged in the base 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 , 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 main body 210, at which the bearing portion 211 is located, is 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 designed accordingly. In this case, the rolling surface 241b of the second roller 240b forms part of the sliding portion 220. In addition, the main body 210 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 210 for contacting the tread 111th free.

The gripping surfaces 231a, 231b and the running surface 111 are arranged in a form-fitting contacting manner and configured, so that when the carriage 200 is moved on the holding body 100 by the gripping surfaces 231a, 231b, a stripping or cleaning action is produced 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 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. Consequently, the suspension means 310 can be detachably connected via the adjusting section 313 and the connecting section 321 to the clamping body 320 and can be moved 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, 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 rotated back toward the holding body 100 until a projection of the force application point Y in the bearing portion 211 in which the suspension means 310 abuts the running body 200 in the direction of gravity Central axis Z of the tread 110, by several millimeters on the central axis of the tread 110 from a center X 'of the tread 110 toward a main body 120 of the holding body 100, of 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

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

1000

component composite

Claims (7)

Carriage (200) for a sliding door system of a shower, comprising a main body (210) with a bearing section (211) for supporting a shower door clamp (300), and a sliding section (220) for displaceably supporting the carriage (200) on a holding body (100) for holding the shower door clamp (300) including a sliding door leaf (400) clamped therein by means of the carriage (200),
characterized,
in that the sliding section (220) at least partially has a C-shaped gripping surface (231a, 231b) for embracing a running surface (111) of a running profile (110) of the holding body (100) which is at least partially complementary or substantially complementary to the gripping surface (231a, 231b). has, wherein the gripping surface has a Umgreifwinkel of more than 180 °. Carriage (200) according to claim 1,
characterized,
in that the sliding section (220) has at least one sliding bearing (230a, 230b) made of plastic, wherein the at least one sliding bearing (230a, 230b) forms the encompassing surface (231a, 231b) at least in sections. Carriage (200) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
in that the bearing section (211) is arranged on a first end region (212) of the main body (210) facing away from a second end region (213) of the main body (210) on which the sliding section (220) is located, and one Deepening to the at least partially receiving and storing the shower door clamp (300). Carriage (200) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the bearing section (211) is a monolithic part of the body (210). Carriage (200) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
in that a first end region (212) of the main body (210) has at least one abutment pin (250) which extends orthogonally or substantially orthogonally to a first side surface (214) of the main body (210) and beyond this lateral surface (214) wherein the first side surface (214) faces away from a second side surface (215) of the base body (210) on which the bearing portion (211) is located. A composite part (1000) for a sliding door system of a shower, comprising a carriage (200) according to any one of the preceding claims and a holding body (100) for holding a shower door clamp (300) including a sliding door leaf (400) clamped therein by means of the carriage (200) the holding body (100) has a running profile (110) with a running surface (111) and the C-shaped gripping surface (231a, 231b) of the sliding portion (220) has the running surface (111) which is at least partially complementary or substantially complementary to the gripping surface (111). 231a, 231b), with a gripping angle of more than 180 ° surrounds. Composite component (1000) according to claim 6,
characterized,
that the Umgreiffläche (231a, 231b) and the tread (111) at least in sections form-fitting contacting another, in particular in the form of a press fit, arranged and configured.

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