EP3327232B1 - Carriage for a partition wall element of a partition wall installation, profiled element for a ceiling guide of a partition wall installation and partition wall installation - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a sliding wall system with a carriage for a sliding wall element of the sliding wall system, having a carriage housing, a first running wheel, a second running wheel and a suspension element, the running wheels being mounted so as to be rotatable about at least one running wheel axis with respect to the carriage housing by at least one bearing device, and wherein furthermore the suspension element is arranged in and / or on the vehicle housing, protruding from the car housing, in such a way that a sliding wall element can be fastened to the suspension element. Furthermore, the sliding wall system comprises a profile element for a ceiling guide, having a first runner profile, a second runner profile and a profile gap, which is particularly preferably arranged between the first runner profile and the second runner profile, the profile element being intended for use with such a carriage. The sliding wall element is attached to the carriage and the carriage is movably arranged in the profile element.

Sliding wall systems are used to variably close and reopen openings in rooms. Such sliding wall systems can also be used for a variable division of rooms. Sliding wall systems in particular have a plurality of sliding wall elements which are movably guided in a profile element of a ceiling guide of the sliding wall system via at least one carriage each. It is known to design these sliding wall systems at least partially automatically, that is to say in particular that at least one of the carriages is constructed as a drive carriage. A Such a drive carriage has a drive unit which is designed to drive a running wheel and thus enables a driven and automatic movement of the sliding convertible element along the ceiling guide.

In such sliding wall systems, it is known to provide one or more switch sections for a branching of a lane in a profile element of the ceiling guide. Crossing lanes can also be made possible by such switch sections. A carriage can cut at least a first path section and a second path section in such a switch section. A wide variety of routes for the individual carriages of the sliding wall system can be provided in this way. For example, it is conceivable to set up parking spaces in which the individual sliding wall elements are arranged parallel to one another.

In the case of completely manually operated sliding wall systems, a route section selected in a switch section can be set directly by a user. In automatic sliding wall systems in which at least one of the carriages is designed as a drive carriage, however, such direct influencing of a movement of the sliding wall element and thus the carriage or the drive carriage is often no longer possible. According to the prior art, complex switching mechanisms, both for switch sections and for carriages, are known in order to define a travel path of a sliding wall element of a sliding wall system. However, these are mechanically complex and cause high costs, both in production and in their use, in particular, for example, with regard to susceptibility to maintenance.

EP 0 719 902 A1 shows a carriage according to the preamble of claim 1.

DE 20 2008 011 015 U1 Figure 11 shows a suspension roller assembly for movable partitions mounted on a guide rail for moving a door plank. A running wheel bearing is arranged in the guide rail, which in turn has a guide plate at the upper end.

It is therefore the object of the invention to at least partially remedy the disadvantages described above of carriages for a sliding wall element of a sliding wall system, of profile elements for a ceiling guide of a sliding wall system and of sliding wall systems. In particular, the object of the invention is to provide a sliding wall system with a carriage and a profile element in which a travel path of the carriage can be set in a particularly simple and inexpensive manner, in which in particular mechanically active, in particular switchable, components can be dispensed with.

This object is achieved by a sliding wall system with the features of independent claim 1.

The carriage has at least one arrangement element which has two or more receiving positions for the optional but fixed arrangement of a guide element, a guide element for defining a path of the carriage being arranged in at least one of the receiving positions. The arrangement element is arranged on the suspension element in such a way that the at least one guide element is arranged below the profile element.

The carriage housing provides a volume for at least a part of the carriage, in which this part of the carriage is arranged. Protection against damage and / or contamination can thereby be provided. The first and second running wheels are each designed to contact a running surface of a profile element of a ceiling guide of the sliding wall system, whereby a movement of the carriage in the profile element of the ceiling guide of the sliding wall system can be made possible. The two running wheels have at least one running wheel axis about which the respective running wheel is rotatably mounted in the carriage, the two running wheels preferably being arranged coaxially to one another and thus having a common running wheel axis. A mounting device enables this movement, with the mounting direction also making it possible, in particular, for example, to reduce or minimize friction losses of a rotation of the running wheels. Furthermore, the carriage has a suspension element to which a sliding wall element of the sliding wall system can be fastened. The suspension element can be inside the car body or directly on the car body be attached. It is crucial that the suspension element protrudes from the car housing in such a way that the sliding wall element can be attached to it. In the profile element on which the drive carriage is movably arranged, a profile gap is provided through which the suspension element also protrudes. The running wheels of the drive car thus contact the profile element on one side, the suspension element protrudes through the profile gap and the sliding wall element is then attached to the suspension element on the other, opposite side of the profile element. In the case of sliding wall systems, the sliding wall element can already be held by just one carriage. Such holding can, however, also be provided by several of the carriages and / or a combination of one or more of the carriages and one or more drive carriages which have a drive unit.

The carriage has at least one arrangement element. Such an arrangement element can be designed as an independent component, but also as an integral part of an existing element of the carriage. The arrangement element has two or more receiving positions. A receiving position is a location on the arrangement element which is designed to receive a guide element. In other words, each of the receiving positions of an arrangement element has the necessary devices to receive a guiding element or that a guiding element can be arranged at this receiving position. These devices can, for example, be threaded bores, snap elements or axle elements for guide elements designed in the manner of a roller. According to the invention it is provided that at least one of the receiving positions is occupied by a guide element. This assignment, which is an arrangement of a Running element corresponds to a receiving position of the arrangement element, can optionally and particularly preferably be made reversible. A guide element within the meaning of the invention is a component and / or a device that is designed to adjust a path of the carriage when moving in a ceiling guide of a sliding wall system or can be used for such an adjustment. In particular, through a preferably mechanical interaction of such a guide element with a profile element of the ceiling guide, particularly preferably with a counter-guide element in a switch section of a profile element of the ceiling guide, a travel path of the carriage in the ceiling guide can be set. If there are several such switch sections in the profile element of the ceiling guide, a selection of the receiving position of the at least one running element on the arrangement element can be particularly preferred to set in which of the switch sections this interaction of the at least one guide element takes place and which path is taken in the corresponding switch section by the carriage will. In other words, a special travel path of the carriage can be set in the entire profile element of the ceiling guide by the receiving position of the arrangement element in which the at least one guide element is arranged on the arrangement element. By choosing the receiving position that is used for the arrangement of a guide element, a path of the carriage can be determined in particular in advance of use. By changing this choice or by changing the occupancy of the at least two receiving positions with guide elements, it is possible in particular to define the path to be taken by the carriage with only passive mechanical elements, i.e. in particular not actively switchable and / or movable elements, are made in a particularly simple mechanical manner. A complex mechanical switchover for setting a path to be taken for the carriage, which for example requires switching mechanisms and in particular mostly controllable, switchable and / or at least movable components, can thereby be avoided. Another functionality that can also be provided by guide elements is ensuring that the carriage is positioned, for example in the middle, in a profile element of a ceiling guide of a sliding wall system.

An arrangement element is arranged on the suspension element of the carriage. Another arrangement element can be arranged on the car body. An arrangement within the meaning of the invention can include an, in particular reversible, fastening of the arrangement element on the vehicle housing and / or on the suspension element. Furthermore, an integral, in particular one-piece, configuration of the arrangement element with the carriage housing and / or the suspension element of the carriage represents an arrangement according to the invention. The carriage housing of the carriage mostly protects a section of the carriage that is located above the profile element. An additional arrangement of an arrangement element on the car housing can thus provide that both an arrangement of guide elements above the profile element and can be provided below the profile element by arranging the arrangement element on the suspension element. A particularly large number of locations at which receiving positions can be provided for an arrangement of a guide element can thus be created. A variability of the adjustable running paths for the carriage can thereby be increased overall.

The carriage can also be designed in such a way that the at least one guide element is designed as a guide roller. Such a guide roller is preferably a cylinder-like guide element which is rotatably mounted in the respective receiving position. In other words, the guide roller can rotate about its axis of rotation, in particular when it comes into contact with a profile element, preferably a counter-guide element of a profile element, a ceiling guide for adjusting a travel path of the carriage. Frictional losses in these interactions can be minimized by designing a guide element as a guide roller, in particular by rotating the guide roller. In particular, tilting of the guide element and thus of the entire carriage in the profile element can also be prevented or at least made significantly more difficult. An axis of rotation of such a guide roller can furthermore preferably be aligned parallel to a vertical axis of the carriage and thus mostly perpendicular to a wheel axis and a running direction of the carriage. In other words, in this case the axis of rotation of the guide roller is aligned parallel to a vertical axis of the carriage. A rolling of the guide elements designed as guide rollers on mating guide elements of a profile element, which extend in the direction of the running direction of the carriage, can thereby be further simplified.

In the case of the carriage, it can preferably be provided that the carriage has two or more, preferably six or eight, receiving positions. The receiving positions are each provided by at least one arrangement element. In other words, each of the receiving positions is exhibited by an arrangement element. Pick-up positions are those places on the carriage where guide elements can be arranged. By providing two or more, preferably six or eight, such receiving positions, in particular a particularly large number of possible combinations of arranged guide elements can be provided. A combination of arranged guide elements defines in particular the path that the carriage will take when used in a profile element of a ceiling guide of a sliding wall system. In this way, a particularly large number of possible definitions of routes through the two or more, preferably six or eight, receiving positions can also be provided.

Furthermore, the carriage can be designed in such a way that the carriage is designed as a drive carriage and has a drive unit with an electric drive, which is at least partially arranged inside the first impeller and for driving the first impeller with the first impeller by a first coupling element is mechanically coupled. In other words, the interior of the first impeller is used to at least partially provide installation space for the electric drive. It is thus possible to use the volume of the impeller for the electric drive or the drive unit. A drive torque of the electric drive is transmitted to the first impeller via a first coupling element. The first coupling element can, for example, be a transmission, in particular be a planetary gear. A first coupling element within the meaning of the invention is also a direct configuration of at least part of the first impeller as part of the electric drive, for example as a rotor of the electric drive be that no or at least only little additional space has to be provided for the arrangement of the drive unit. A difference in the installation space requirement between a carriage designed as a drive carriage and a carriage that does not have a drive unit can be minimized as a result. All the advantages that have been described in relation to a carriage without a drive unit can thus also be provided by a carriage which is designed as a drive carriage.

It can also be provided in the case of the carriage that the suspension element has a bearing element to enable the sliding convertible element to rotate about at least one axis perpendicular to the axial extent of the running wheels. Such a bearing element can be designed, for example, as a swivel joint. Such a swivel joint can, for example, use a roller bearing to produce a rotary movement about a vertical axis that is perpendicular to both a direction of movement of the carriage in the ceiling guide and to at least one wheel axis, and a swivel movement of the sliding convertible element about a transverse axis via at least one horizontal bolt , which is aligned perpendicular to the vertical axis and to at least one impeller axis. A rotation about the vertical axis simplifies, in particular, a movement of the sliding wall element on a curved path or an arrangement of several sliding wall elements in a parking position. Enabling one Pivoting movement about a transverse axis has the particular advantage that contact with the corresponding running profile can be ensured at all times by a running wheel driven by the drive unit in a profile element of the ceiling guide

The profile element for the ceiling guide of the sliding wall system has a first running profile, a second running profile and a profile gap, which is particularly preferably arranged between the first running profile and the second running profile, the running wheels of the carriage being arranged on each one of the running profiles and the The suspension element extends through the profile gap, the profile element also having at least one counter-guide element for guiding a guide element of the carriage in a contacting manner.

The carriage is movably arranged in the profile element, the running wheels of the carriage being arranged on each of the running profiles of the profile element. The suspension element of the carriage protrudes through the profile gap of the profile element, so that the sliding wall element can be attached to the suspension element of the carriage. The two running profiles of the profile element are preferably arranged in such a way that the profile gap is located between the first and the second running profile. In this way, the running wheels, via which a weight force of the sliding convertible element is transmitted to the profile element, are also arranged on both sides of the profile gap, whereby a particularly good and even loading of the profile element can be achieved.

The profile element has at least one counter-guide element which is designed to guide a guide element of the carriage in a contacting manner. In other words, when the carriage moves in the running profile, and thus in a ceiling guide of a sliding wall system, the at least one counter-guide element at least temporarily touches the at least one guide element of the carriage. An at least partially form-fitting guidance of the guide element, and thus of the entire carriage, through the counter-guide element can thereby be provided. The guide element of the carriage is in turn arranged on the arrangement element of the carriage in a receiving position, by means of which a specific path along the profile element can be established. The at least one counter-guide element of the profile element can therefore preferably be arranged at positions of the profile element at which a branching path of the carriage is possible. By guiding the guide element through the counter-guide element in a contacting manner, it is thus possible to establish a path of a carriage in a profile element of a ceiling guide of a sliding wall system in a particularly simple manner and in particular without mechanically actively switchable and / or movable elements.

Particularly preferably, the profile element can be designed in such a way that the profile element has at least one switch section in which a path, the path at least comprising the running profiles and the profile gap, forks into at least a first path section and a second path section, the switch section being the at least one Has counter-guide element for contacting guidance of a guide element of the carriage. A carriage can preferably move in the profile element along a path. The path includes at least the two running profiles and the profile gap, see above that along the entire runway both the rollable arrangement of one of the running wheels of the carriage on one of the running profiles and the arrangement of the suspension element extending through the profile gap can be provided. A switch section can enable this path to be branched into at least a first and a second path section. The profile element can also have several such switch sections. Diverse route combinations can be provided in this way. According to the invention it is provided that the switch section has the counter-guide element. The counter-guide element can, for example, be arranged and / or fastened to the switch section, but can also be formed in one piece and / or in one piece with it. The mating guide element is designed to guide the guide element and thus the carriage in a contacting manner. By arranging the counter-guide element in the switch section, it is particularly easy to set and determine which path section of the path the carriage will follow when driving through the switch section. For example, in a first arrangement combination of the at least one guide element of the carriage and the at least one counter-guide element on the switch section, the first path section and in a second arrangement combination different from the first arrangement combination of the at least one guide element of the carriage and the at least one counter-guide element on the switch section, the second path section can be set and specified for the path of the carriage. A particularly simple and, in particular, only based on passive mechanical elements, the guide elements and the counter guide elements, the definition of a travel path of the carriage in a switch section of the profile element can be provided.

Furthermore, the profile element can be further developed in such a way that the switch section has at least one positioning element for optional positioning, in particular for optional reversible positioning, of the counter-guide element on the switch section, a position of the counter-guide element on the positioning element defining the path of the carriage through the switch section. By means of such a positioning element it can thus be provided in particular that the at least one counter-guide element can be arranged at different positions on the switch section, it being possible for these positions to be assumed by the at least one counter-guide element. A wide variety of definitions of routes of the carriage via the contacting guidance of a guide element of the carriage through the at least one counter-guide element can thereby be made possible. In particular, several such positions of the positioning element can optionally be occupied with counter-guide elements or remain free. Through the positioning element and in particular through the optional positioning, a large number of possible arrangement variants of counter-guide elements on a switch section of the profile element can thus be provided in a particularly simple manner. A reversibility of the arrangement is particularly preferably provided so that, in other words, an arrangement of the at least one counter-guide element on the positioning element that has been carried out once, and thus a determination of a travel path of a carriage, can be changed at a later point in time.

In addition, it can be provided in the profile element that the at least one counter-guide element is designed as a guide web and / or as a guide curve. A mating guide element designed as a guide bar and a mating guide element designed as a guide curve differ in that they are formed on different, in particular opposite, sides of a guide element for guiding the same in a contacting manner. For example, in a carriage whose guide element is designed as a guide roller with an axis of rotation parallel to a vertical axis of the carriage and whose suspension element is positioned centrally between the running wheels, there is a guide bar for guiding this guide element in contact with one another on an outside, that is to say at a distance, and a suspension element Running curve for contacting guidance on an inside, that is, near or at least closer to the suspension element. In particular, the same guide element can be particularly easily steered in different directions by means of a contacting guide by means of catwalks and trajectories. Branches of a path of a carriage to the right and to the left can thus be determined with the same guide element on the carriage, a mating guide element designed as a guide bar and a mating guide element designed as a guide curve being used for the different directions. An increase in the variability of the possible routes without a significant increase in the complexity of the profile element or in particular of the carriage can thus be provided.

Fig. 1

eine erfindungsgemäße Schiebewandanlage,

Fig. 2

zwei Ausgestaltungsformen eines Laufwagens der erfindungsgemäßen Schiebewandanlage,

Fig. 3

ein Laufwagen beim Durchfahren eines Weichenabschnitts eines Profilelements der erfindungsgemäßen Schiebewandanlage,

Fig. 4

ein Laufwagen beim Durchfahren eines Weichenabschnitts eines Profilelements in einer Schnittdarstellung der erfindungsgemäßen Schiebewandanlage,

Fig. 5

ein erstes Beispiel einer Festlegung eines Laufwegs eines Laufwagens der erfindungsgemäßen Schiebewandanlage, und

Fig. 6

ein zweites Beispiel einer Festlegung eines Laufwegs eines Laufwagens der erfindungsgemäßen Schiebewandanlage.

A sliding wall system according to the invention and its further development advantages are explained in more detail below with reference to drawings. Elements with the same function and mode of operation are in the Figures 1 to 6 each provided with the same reference numerals. They show schematically:

Fig. 1

a sliding wall system according to the invention,

Fig. 2

two embodiments of a carriage of the sliding wall system according to the invention,

Fig. 3

a carriage when driving through a switch section of a profile element of the sliding wall system according to the invention,

Fig. 4

a carriage when driving through a switch section of a profile element in a sectional view of the sliding wall system according to the invention,

Fig. 5

a first example of a definition of a path of a carriage of the sliding wall system according to the invention, and

Fig. 6

a second example of a definition of a path of a carriage of the sliding wall system according to the invention.

Fig. 1 shows a sliding wall system 100 according to the invention, a sliding wall element 101 of the sliding wall system 100 being shown. The sliding wall element 101 is connected at its upper end to a respective suspension element 14 of a carriage 10 and a drive carriage 103. The carriage 10 and the drive carriage 103 are in turn movably arranged in a profile element 40 of a ceiling guide 102 of the sliding wall system 100. By a movement In particular, driven by a drive unit 20 (not shown) of the drive carriage 103, the sliding wall element 101 can be moved along the ceiling guide 102. A variable division of a room in which such a sliding wall system 100 is arranged can thereby be provided. It is already visible in this illustration that the drive carriage 10 and the carriage 103 preferably differ at least not significantly in terms of their size. This can be provided in particular by the configuration according to the invention of a drive carriage 10, the drive unit 20 or the electric drive 21 of which is arranged inside at least one of the running wheels 11, 12 (each not shown).

In Fig. 2 two possible embodiments of a carriage 10 are shown. In the embodiment shown on the right, the carriage 10 is also designed as a drive carriage 103. The two embodiments also differ in particular in an arrangement of the respective guide elements 32. The two embodiments are described together below, the specific differences being discussed in each case.

The carriage 10 has a carriage housing 13 which accommodates at least an upper part of the carriage 10. Current collectors 19 protrude from the upper surface of the carriage housing 13, which provide electrical energy for electrical systems of the carriage 10, such as sensor devices or for an electric drive 21 of a drive unit 20, for example from a correspondingly in the ceiling guide 102 (not included shown) built-in busbar. On the car body 13, a suspension element 14 is also arranged, which for an arrangement of a Sliding wall element 101 (not shown) is provided. For this purpose, the suspension element 14 has, in particular, a bearing element 16 which enables the sliding convertible element 101 to be rotated or pivoted. The first running wheel 11 and the second running wheel 12 are also rotatably arranged on the suspension element 14. In the illustrated embodiments, the running surfaces 17 of the running wheels 11, 12 are designed to be offset. In other words, the running surfaces 17 of the running wheels 11, 12 are shortened axially, that is to say along a running wheel axis 60, and have a radius that is enlarged by a running wheel shoulder 18 compared to the rest of the running wheel 11, 12.

The carriage 10 shown on the right is designed as a drive carriage 103 and has an electric drive 21 of a drive unit 20, which is at least partially arranged in the interior of at least the first impeller 11, preferably also in the interior of the second impeller 12. It can also be clearly seen that a drive axle 61 of the electric drive 21, which is particularly preferably at least substantially cylindrical, is arranged coaxially to an impeller axle 60, the first impeller 11 and the second impeller 12 preferably having a common impeller axle 60, as shown. Furthermore, the electric drive 21 is coupled to the first impeller 11 via a first coupling element 22, which is designed here as a planetary gear 24. The running wheels 11, 12 are supported by a bearing device 15.

Both illustrated embodiments of the carriage 10 have at least one arrangement element 30, on which guide elements 32 are arranged in different receiving positions 31. In the illustrated embodiments, all receiving positions 31 are occupied by guide elements 32, but it is also possible as an alternative Recording positions 31 remain free (not shown). According to the invention, however, at least one of the receiving positions 31 in the carriage 10 is always occupied by a guide element 32.

The embodiment of a carriage 10 shown on the left has two arrangement elements 30, one of which is arranged on the housing element and the other on the suspension element 14. A total of eight guide elements 32, which are designed as guide rollers, can be arranged at eight receiving positions 31, as shown.

In the embodiment of the carriage 10 shown on the right, only one arrangement element 30 is arranged on the suspension element 14. This arrangement element 30 also has several receiving positions 31 in which, as shown, guide elements 32, in particular guide rollers, can be arranged. In the illustrated embodiment of the carriage 10, two of the guide elements 32 are arranged in a receiving position 31 close to the arrangement element 30, the other two guide elements 32 in a receiving position 31 further away from the arrangement element 30. Overall, this embodiment of the carriage 10 also results in eight possible receiving positions 31.

In both embodiments, guide elements 32 of this type can ensure, on the one hand, a central positioning of the carriage 10 in a profile element 40 of a ceiling guide 102 (not shown in each case). On the other hand, by arranging the guide elements 32 in different receiving positions 31, in particular in switch sections 45 (not shown) of the profile element 40, a running direction of the carriage 10 and thus of the entire sliding convertible element 101 can be determined particularly easily.

Preferably, mating guide elements 51 (not shown) can be provided in the switch sections 45, which are designed to guide the corresponding guide element 32 in a contacting manner.

This is in the Fig. 3 and 4th in which the carriage 10 is shown in a switch section 45 of the profile element 40. the Fig. 3 and 4th are described together below.

So is in the Fig. 3 and 4th a switch section 45 of a profile element 40 is shown, which can be used in a ceiling guide 102 of a sliding wall system 100 according to the invention (in each case not shown), in Fig. 4 especially in a sectional view. It is clearly visible that a path 44, along which a carriage 10 can move in the ceiling guide 102, forks in this switch section 45 into a first path section 46 and a second path section 47. In this preferred embodiment, such a path 44 is composed of at least a first running profile 41, a second running profile 42 and a profile gap 43 arranged between the running profiles 41, 42. The running wheels 11, 12 of the carriage 10 are each movably arranged on one of the running profiles 41, 42 and the suspension element 14, on which a sliding wall element 101 (not shown) can be arranged, extends through the profile gap 43 a positioning element 50 on which, particularly preferably optionally and / or reversibly, mating guide elements 51 can be arranged. Such a mating guide element 51 can guide the corresponding guide element 32 both as a guide web 52 from the inside or as a guide curve 53 in a contacting manner from the outside. By this mutual, contacting guidance, when a carriage 10 is driven through in the switch section 45, it can be determined which of the path sections 46, 47 through the Carriage 10 is taken, see in particular Fig. 4 . Overall, this setting of a path 44 can be provided in a particularly simple and, in particular, mechanically passive manner by the carriage 10 and the profile element 40. In other words, the use of actively switchable and / or movable mechanical elements can be avoided for defining a path 44 of a carriage 10 in a profile element 40 of a ceiling guide 102 of a sliding wall system 100.

Fig. 5 shows a first example of a definition of a path 44 of a carriage 10, as it can be provided in a sliding wall system 100 according to the invention by the carriage 10 and the profile element 40. The example relates in particular to approaching two different parking spaces in which two sliding wall elements 101 are already located in the figure, in FIG Fig. 5 denoted by X and Y. Each of the sliding wall elements 101 is suspended via a carriage 10 and a drive carriage 103 in the profile element 40 of the ceiling guide 102 of the sliding wall system 100 according to the invention. The two parking spaces are each accessible through two switch sections 45, in Fig. 5 with A, B for the first parking space and with C, D for the second parking space. Top left in Fig. 5 the profile element 40 with counter-guide elements 51 is shown schematically in six possible positions. All of the mating guide elements 51 are designed as guide webs 52 and thus contact a corresponding guide element 32 from the inside. At the same time, the guide elements 32 which can be contacted by the counter guide elements 51 are also shown.

In the lower part of the Fig. 5 the configurations of the guide elements 32 and mating guide elements 51 of the carriages 10, drive carriages 103 and profile elements 40 and their interaction are shown. So are in the Rows the arrangements of the counter guide elements 51 at the individual switch sections 45 A, B, C and D are shown, in the columns the arrangement of the guide elements 32 in the carriages 10 or drive carriages 103 of the sliding wall elements 101 X and Y. Can be clearly seen in particular that for each interaction exactly one combination of a guide element 32 and a counter-guide element 51 is always active and thus defines a path 44 for the corresponding combination of carriage 10 or drive carriage 103 and switch section 45 through contacting guidance. One example is the carriage 10 of the sliding convertible element 101 Y, which, by arranging its guide elements 32 accordingly in the switch sections 45 A and B, cuts the straight path section and turns into the corresponding parking position in the switch section 45 C. Overall, the illustrated exemplary distribution of sliding wall elements 101 to different parking spaces in a sliding wall system 100 according to the invention can only be provided with passive elements, in particular the guide elements 32 of the carriages 10 or the counter-guide elements 51 of the profile elements 40.

In Fig. 6 a second example of a definition of a path 44 of a carriage 10 in a sliding wall system 100 according to the invention is shown, as can be provided by the carriage 10 and the profile element 40. This example relates in particular to a release wing of the sliding wall system 100, here the sliding wall element 101 Y. The final position of the release wing is accessible via a switch section 45A. Another illustrated sliding wall element 101 is shown in FIG Fig. 6 denoted by X. Each of the sliding wall elements 101 is in turn via a carriage 10 and a drive carriage 103 in the profile element 40 of the ceiling guide 102 Sliding wall system 100 according to the invention is suspended. The two sliding wall elements 101 X and Y come from a parking space that is accessible via two switch sections 45 in Fig. 6 labeled B and C. Top left in Fig. 6 the profile element 40 with counter-guide elements 51 is shown schematically in eight possible positions. In contrast to the in Fig. 5 The embodiment shown, the counter-guide elements 51 are partially designed as guide webs 52 and partially as guide curves 53 and thus contact a guide element 32 from the inside or from the outside. At the same time, the guide elements 32 which can be contacted by the counter guide elements 51 are also shown.

In the lower part of the Fig. 6 are analogous to Fig. 5 the configurations of the guide elements 32 and mating guide elements 51 of the carriages 10, drive carriages 103 and profile elements 40 and their interaction are shown. In the rows, the arrangements of the mating guide elements 51 on the individual switch sections 45 A, B and C are shown, and the columns clearly show the arrangement of the guide elements 32 in the carriages 10 or drive carriages 103 of the sliding wall elements 101 X and Y. is in particular that in this embodiment, in which both guide webs 52 and guide curves 53 are present, a single guide element 32 can be contacted from different sides by a mating guide element 51. This is shown by way of example on the carriage 10 of the sliding convertible element 101 A, the guide element 32 of which is guided in contacting manner in the switch section 45 A by a counter-guide element 51 designed as a guide web 52, and is guided in a contacting manner in the switch section 45 B by a counter-guide element 51 designed as a guide curve 53. In this way, both a curved path with a right curvature and a curved path with a left curvature can be used by the same guide element 32 Route 44 can be set. Overall, in this exemplary embodiment, too, the determination of the paths 44 of the individual carriages 10 or drive carriages 103 can only be provided with passive elements, in particular the guide elements 32 of the carriages 10 or the counter-guide elements 51 of the profile elements 40.

List of reference symbols

10

Carriage

11

first impeller

12th

second impeller

13th

Car body

14th

Suspension element

15th

Storage device

16

Bearing element

17th

Tread

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Walking heel

19th

Pantograph

20th

Drive unit

21

electric drive

22nd

first coupling element

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Planetary gear

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Arrangement element

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Recording position

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Guiding element

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Profile element

41

first running profile

42

second running profile

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Profile gap

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Walkway

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Turnout section

46

first section

47

second section

50

Positioning element

51

Counter-guide element

52

Guide walkway

53

Guide curve

60

Impeller axle

61

Drive axle

100

Sliding wall system

101

Sliding wall element

102

Ceiling guide

103

Drive car

Claims (10)

1. A sliding wall system (100), having at least one profile element (40) of a ceiling guide (102), a running carriage (10) and a sliding wall element (101), wherein the sliding wall element (101) is fastened to the running carriage (10) and the running carriage (10) is arranged so as to be movable in the profile element (40),

   wherein the running carriage has a carriage housing (13), a first runner (11) and a second runner (12) as well as a suspension element (14), wherein the runners (11, 12) are mounted so as to be rotatable about at least one runner axis (60) by way of at least one bearing device (15) in relation to the carriage housing (13), wherein the suspension element (14) is also arranged in and/or on the carriage housing (13) protruding from the carriage housing (13) in such manner that the sliding wall element (101) can be fastened to the suspension element (14), wherein the running carriage (10) has an arrangement element (30) which has two or more receiving positions (31) for the selective arrangement of a guide element (32), and wherein a guide element (32) is arranged in at least one of the receiving positions (31) to determine a running path (44) of the running carriage, wherein the profile element (40) has a first running profile (41), a second running profile (42) and a profile gap (43) which is in particular preferably arranged between the first running profile (41) and the second running profile (42), wherein the runners (11, 12) of the running carriage (10) are arranged on each one of the running profiles (41, 42) and the suspension element (14) extends through the profile gap (43), wherein the profile element (7) also has at least one counter-guide element (51) for guiding a guide element (32) of the running carriage (10) by means of contact,

   wherein the suspension element (14) protrudes through the profile gap (43), characterized in that the arrangement element (30) is arranged on the suspension element (14) in such manner that the at least one guide element (32) is arranged below the profile element (40).
2. The sliding wall system (100) according to claim 1,
   characterized in
   that the running carriage (10) has a further arrangement element (30), which has two or more receiving positions (31) for the selective arrangement of a guide element (32), wherein the further arrangement element (30) is arranged on the carriage housing (13).
3. The sliding wall system (100) according to claim 1 or 2,
   characterized in
   that the at least one guide element (32) is formed as a guide roller.
4. The sliding wall system (100) according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in
   that the running carriage (10) has two or more, preferably six or eight, receiving positions (31).
5. The sliding wall system (100) according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in
   that the running carriage (10) is formed as a drive carriage (103) and has a drive unit (20) with an electric drive (21), which is arranged at least partially inside the first runner (11) and is mechanically coupled to the first runner (11) by a first coupling element (22) for driving the first runner (11).
6. The sliding wall system (100) according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in
   that the suspension element (14) has a bearing element (16) for enabling a rotation of the sliding wall element (101) about at least one axis perpendicular to the axial extension of the runners (11, 12).
7. The sliding wall system (100) according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in
   that the profile element (40) has at least one switch section (45) in which a running path (44), the running path (44) at least having the running profiles (41, 42) and the profile gap (43), forks into at least one first path section (46) and a second path section (47).
8. The sliding wall system (100) according to claim 7,
   characterized in
   that the switch section (45) has at least one counter-guide element (51) for guiding a guide element (32) of the running carriage (10) by means of contact.
9. The sliding wall system (100) according to claim 8,
   characterized in
   that the switch section (45) has at least one positioning element (50) for selectively positioning, in particular selectively reversibly positioning the counter-guide element (51) on the switch section (45), wherein a position of the counter-guide element (51) on the positioning element (50) determines the running path (44) of the running carriage (10) through the switch section (45).
10. The sliding wall system (100) according to claim 8 or 9,
    characterized in
    that the at least one counter-guide element (51) is formed as a guide web (52) and/or as a guide curve (53).

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