EP3382120A1 - Partition wall assembly and mounting method - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a partition wall.
- the present invention relates to a modular partition wall.
- the present invention relates to a method for mounting a partition wall.
- Modular wall structures are generally known comprising a frame capable of firmly supporting the weight of a pane, for example made of glass or other pane material, to form a wall having an aesthetically pleasing appearance.
- Frames of the type described above may consist of fixtures or fixture profiles to which movable panes are connected by means of snap-fit devices in which the fastening elements may comprise deformable elements adapted to be engaged as undercut in special hooking seats.
- Frames of the type described above may be obtained by employing profiled structural elements, so as to reduce the weight of the structure and to conceal the fastening elements, thus making the frame structure aesthetically pleasing and simultaneously its installation quick.
- patent application WO-2015-075586 of the same Applicant shows a modular frame structure and a modular movable wall associable by means of a snap engagement device, in which in an hooking seat is obtained on the top cross-member of the frame and an hooking seat is obtained on the bottom baseboard of the frame, said seats having a shape and a material such as to allow an elastic deformation thereof to snap-fit a profiled element associated with the pane engaging as undercut in the seat.
- Such a solution offers satisfactory features in providing a snap engagement device comprising deformable elements inside the hooking seat which are concealed and therefore aesthetically pleasing but is not free of drawbacks.
- the mounting of such a solution forces the pane to be lifted and the top part of the pane to be inclined towards the cross-member to allow the profiled element associated with the pane to be inserted into the hooking seat of the top cross-member by snap engagement, which thus allows the bottom portion of the pane to be rested and engaged only after having engaged the top portion of the pane to the top cross-member.
- the cavity of the hooking seat obtained in the top cross-member develops above and vertically to the pane, and has a considerable depth so as to be adapted to entirely and firmly fit the engagement profile, forcing a top cross-member to be obtained, significantly exceeding in height the pane, which, thereby, makes this partition wall solution not adapted for applications in rooms having irregular or very low ceilings, or in any case ceilings just higher than the pane.
- document GB-2520925 shows a glass partition wall solution in which a groove in the edge of the pane is provided, adapted to receive a male profiled element having a tooth projecting from the top cross-member of the frame to form a coupling of the male-female type with the pane.
- the need is also felt to provide a fast and quick implementation method for mounting a modular partition wall, which is simultaneously capable of providing a firm and secure engagement of the pane to the frame.
- a partition wall assembly comprises at least one frame and at least one pane, in which said frame comprises at least a first side assembly to form at least one of the top side, or cross-member, of the frame, or the bottom side, or baseboard, of the frame, said first side assembly comprising at least one track, adapted to be firmly connected to the ceiling or to the floor or to a support structure, and in which said pane comprises at least one male element protruding in a cantilever manner from said pane, forming a male element free end and a male element attachment root associated with the pane.
- said male element free end is rigid and not adapted to be elastically deformed when mounting the pane to the frame.
- said first side assembly comprises at least one seat profile, directly or indirectly connected to said track, and at least one hooking element, connected to said seat profile, in which said seat profile and said hooking element delimit a first hooking seat having a first seat opening, said first hooking seat receiving said pane male element free end, and in which said hooking element comprises at least one elastically deformable hooking arm to bias said male element free end to approach said seat profile.
- said seat profile at least partially delimits a second hooking seat having a second seat opening, preferably opposite to said first seat opening with respect to said hooking element, said second hooking seat receiving a portion of said hooking element.
- said hooking element comprises at least one elastically deformable snap engagement fin snap engaging with an hooking portion of the seat profile arranged as an undercut with respect to the second seat opening.
- said hooking element comprises an hooking foot extending at least laterally to said hooking arm.
- said second hooking seat receives said hooking foot hooked to said hooking portion of the seat profile arranged as an undercut with respect to said second seat opening.
- said hooking foot extends laterally to and below said hooking arm so as to be, when the pane is hooked to the cross-member of the frame, adjacent to said pane.
- said male element extends substantially in axis with the pane.
- said first side assembly forms the top side, or cross-member, of the frame.
- said pane is made of glass.
- a partition wall assembly 1 comprising at least one frame 2 and at least one pane 3.
- said pane 3 is made of glass, for example tempered glass or laminated glass or the like.
- said pane 3 is made of transparent or translucent material for panes, such as, for example, polymeric material for panes. In accordance with an alternative embodiment, said pane 3 is made of panel material.
- Said frame 2 comprises a first side assembly 4 to form at least one of the bottom side 6, or baseboard 5, of the frame 2, or the top side 5, or cross-member 5, of the frame 2.
- said first side assembly 4 forms the top side 5, or cross-member 5, of the frame 2.
- said frame 2 further comprises a second side assembly 17 to form the other between the bottom side 6, or baseboard 6, of the frame 1, or the top side 5, or cross-member 5, of the frame 2.
- said second side assembly 17 forms the bottom side 6, or baseboard 6, of the frame 2.
- Said first side assembly 4 comprises at least one track 7 adapted to be firmly connected to the ceiling or to the floor or to a support structure.
- Said pane 3 comprises at least one male element 8 protruding in a cantilever manner from said pane 3, forming a male element free end 13 and a male element attachment root 14 associated with the pane 3.
- the provision of said male element 8 forms a prominence projecting from said pane 3.
- said male element 8 extends substantially in axis with the pane 3.
- Said male element free end 13 is rigid and not adapted to be elastically deformed when mounting the pane 3 to the frame 2.
- said male element free end 13 is not adapted to be elastically deformed in case of bending when mounting the pane 3 to the frame 2.
- said male element free end 13 is not adapted to be plastically deformed when mounting the pane to the frame.
- Said first side assembly 4 comprises at least one seat profile 9, directly or indirectly connected to said track 7.
- said first side assembly 4 comprises a telescopic profile 28 fitted on said track 7 and adapted to telescopically extend with respect to said track 7.
- said telescopic profile 28 and said track 7 form a telescopically extensible device, preferably telescopically extensible in the vertical or subvertical direction.
- an adjustment jack is provided, adapted to telescopically extend said telescopic profile 28 with respect to said track 7.
- said height of the partition wall assembly 1 may be adjusted, making it adapted for applications in rooms in which the ceiling 30 is high or very high.
- said seat profile 8 is fitted on said telescopic profile 28 of said first side assembly 4.
- said seat profile 8 is telescopically extensible with respect to said telescopic profile 28.
- an adjustment jack is provided, adapted to telescopically extend said seat profile 8 with respect to said telescopic profile 28.
- Said first side assembly 4 further comprises at least one hooking element 15, connected to said seat profile 9.
- said hooking element 15 is made in one piece or monobloc.
- said hooking element 15 is obtained starting from a cut and folded sheet metal sheet.
- Said seat profile 9 and said hooking element 15 delimit a first hooking seat 16 having a first seat opening 19, said first hooking seat 16 receives said male element free end 13 of the pane 3.
- said hooking element 15 comprises at least one elastically deformable hooking arm 24 to bias said male element free end 13 to approach said seat profile 9.
- said hooking arm 24 elastically biases said male element 8 to approach said seat profile 9. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said hooking arm 24 is elastically preloaded to bias said male element 8 to approach said seat profile 9.
- said male element 8 of the pane 3 may be firmly engaged to the first side assembly 4.
- said male element 8 may be firmly engaged, while keeping said pane 3 in the nominal position engaged to the frame 2.
- said hooking arm 24 forms at least one arm free end 25 protruding in a cantilever manner towards said pane 3.
- said arm free end 25 is directed in the vertical or subvertical direction, and said male element free end 13 is directed in the vertical or subvertical direction.
- said hooking arm 24 of the hooking element 15 delimits with said seat profile 9 at least a second hooking seat 18.
- said seat profile 9 at least partially delimits a second hooking seat 18 receiving a portion of said hooking element 15.
- said second hooking seat 18 has a second seat opening 20 which is opposite to said first seat opening 19 with respect to said hooking element 15.
- said second hooking seat 18 is appreciably narrower than said first hooking seat 20.
- said seat profile 9 delimits said second hooking seat 18 developing adjacent to said pane 3, when said pane 3 is engaged to said cross-member 5 of the frame 2.
- the vertical extension of said partition wall assembly 1 may be reduced, by virtue of the second hooking seat 18, which receives said hooking element 15, extending adjacent to the pane 3 of the partition wall assembly 1, avoiding said second hooking seat 18 from extending above the pane 3.
- said hooking element 15 comprises at least one elastically deformable snap engagement fin 21 snap engaging with at least one hooking portion 22 of the seat profile 9 arranged as an undercut with respect to the second seat opening 20.
- said hooking element 15 comprises at least one elastically deformable snap engagement fin 21 snap engaging with at least one hooking portion 22 of the seat profile 9 arranged as an undercut with respect to the second seat opening 20.
- said hooking element 9 comprises at least one hooking foot 23 extending substantially laterally to said hooking arm 24.
- said seat profile 9 delimits said second hooking seat 18 developing substantially in the horizontal direction, avoiding it from developing in the vertical direction above the top portion 34 of the pane 3.
- said at least one hooking foot 23 extends substantially horizontally and laterally to said hooking arm 24, avoiding it from developing above and vertically to said hooking arm 24.
- said at least one hooking foot 23 is connected by means of fastening device 54, for example threaded fastening device, to said seat profile 9.
- said hooking element 9 comprises at least one hooking foot 23 extending at least laterally to said hooking arm 24, so as to be, when the hooking element is engaged in said second hooking seat 16, entirely levelled with said hooking arm 24.
- an hooking element 15 may be obtained, having a reduced vertical encumbrance as compared to known solutions, and having hover a vertical encumbrance such as to allow said partition wall assembly 1 to be particularly adapted to be mounted in rooms having low ceilings or ceilings just higher than the size of the pane 3.
- said hooking foot 23 extends laterally to and below said hooking arm 24 so as to be, when the pane 3 is hooked to the cross-member 5 of the frame 3, adjacent to said pane 3.
- an hooking element 15 may be obtained, having a reduced vertical encumbrance as compared to known solutions, and however having a vertical encumbrance such as to allow the pane 3 to be easily engaged to the cross-member 5 of the frame 2 even in rooms having low ceilings or ceilings just higher than the height of the pane 3.
- At least one portion of said hooking foot 23 extends below the free end of the hooking arm, when said first side assembly 4 forms said cross-member 5.
- said second hooking seat 18 receives said hooking foot 23 of said hooking element 15 hooked to said hooking portion 22 of the seat profile arranged as an undercut with respect to said second seat opening 20.
- said hooking foot 23 of said hooking element 15 comprises said elastically deformable snap engagement fin 21 snap engaging with an hooking portion 22 of the seat profile 9 arranged as an undercut with respect to the second seat opening 20.
- said snap engagement fin 21 comprises a first insertion slide 26 adapted to aid the insertion of the hooking element 15 in said second hooking seat 18 abutting against portions of said seat profile 9 delimiting said second seat opening 20 or said second hooking seat 18.
- said snap engagement fin 21 comprises a second extraction slide 29, inclined opposite to said first insertion slide 26, said second extraction slide 29, when abutting against said hooking portion 22 of the seat profile 9 is adapted to aid the extraction of said hooking foot 23 of the hooking element 15 from the second hooking seat 18. Thereby, the engagement of said hooking element 15 to said second hooking seat 18 may be reversed.
- said hooking element 15 comprises a locking tab 53 cooperating with said snap engagement fin 21, to keep a firm engagement of the hooking element to seat profile 9.
- said locking tab 53 abuts against a face of the seat profile 15 facing towards said second seat opening 20.
- said pane 3 of said partition wall assembly 1 comprises a top portion 34 of the pane 3, adapted to face the cross-member 5 of the frame 2, and a bottom portion 36 of the pane 3, adapted to face the baseboard 6 of the frame 2.
- said pane 3 comprises a first pane face 11 and an opposite second pane face 12, separated from one another by a set pane thickness 10.
- said pane 3 comprises a pane edge 31 forming the edge of the top portion 34 of the pane 3 or the edge of the bottom portion 36 of the pane 3 in which said male element 8 protrudes in a cantilever manner from said pane edge 31.
- said male element 8 is made in one piece with said pane 3.
- said male element 8 forms a single bloc with said pane 3.
- said male element 8 is made in a separate piece with respect to said pane 3 and is then assembled thereto.
- said male element 8 is made in a separate piece with respect to said pane 3 and is then glued thereto, for example, by means of the employment of an adhesive product 32, for example, a double-sided adhesive tape.
- said male element 8 is glued by means of an adhesive product 32 in said male element attachment root 14 to said pane edge 31.
- said adhesive product 32 may be stressed by shearing, when the pane 3 is assembled on the frame 2, allowing the adhesive product to offer greater resistance than when it is stressed by traction.
- said male element 8 is made as an angular profile, having said male element attachment root 14 glued to said pane edge 31 and said male element free end 11 protruding in a cantilever manner from said pane edge 31.
- said male element 8 is made as a T-shaped profile, having said male element attachment root 14 glued to said pane edge 31 and said male element free end 11 protruding in a cantilever manner from said pane edge 31.
- said male element free end 13 extends substantially rectilinear, avoiding the formation of a curved path. Thereby, the action of said arm 24, biasing the male element free end 13 to approach said seat profile 9, is promoted.
- said male element 8 is made as an angular profile having said male element free end 13 substantially flush with one of said opposite pane faces 11, 12.
- said male element free end 13 is substantially flush with the face of said opposite pane faces 11, 12 nearer to said seat profile 9, when the pane 3 is engaged to the frame 2.
- said partition wall assembly 1 is a single-pane partition wall comprising a single pane 3.
- said partition wall assembly 1 comprises two panes 3 separated by a gap 33.
- said first side assembly 4 comprises at least one covering profile 35 adapted to conceal the functional hooking elements of said partition wall assembly 1 and adapted to inhibit the elastic deformation of the hooking element 15.
- said covering profile 35 makes said second hooking seat 18 inaccessible by means of said second seat opening 20.
- said covering profile 35 snap engages with a snap-fit tab 46 of the hooking element 15.
- said snap-fit tab 46 is obtained on a portion of said hooking foot 23.
- said covering profile 35 comprises an engagement body 49 adapted to rest on said hooking element 15 to prevent the elastic deformation of said hooking element 15, and a covering profile top 51, adapted to conceal said hooking element 15 and said male element 8 of the pane 3.
- said covering profile top 51 has a sloping shape.
- said covering profile top 51 comprises at least one locking portion 27 adapted to lock with a mutually shaped portion of the pane 3, for example of the male element attachment root 14, or of the hooking element 15, so as to prevent the movement of the pane 3 or the elastic deformation of the hooking element 15, when the pane 3 is engaged to the frame 2.
- said hooking foot 23 substantially has a U-shape, defining with a third hooking seat 48, having a third seat opening 50, said third hooking seat 48 being adapted to receive an engagement body 49 of said covering profile 35.
- At least one acoustic seal 45 is interposed between said covering profile 35 and said hooking element 15 .
- said third hooking seat 48 is at least partially compenetrated with said second hooking seat 18.
- said second hooking seat 18 emerges, by means of said second seat opening 20, in said third hooking seat 48.
- said snap-fit tab 46 of the hooking element 15 is arranged as an undercut with respect to the third seat opening 50.
- said covering profile 35 comprises an abutment surface of the covering profile 47, adapted to abut against a portion of said snap-fit tab 46 of the hooking element 15 arranged as an undercut with respect to said third seat opening 50.
- said hooking element 15 comprises a clip spring simultaneously straddling said male element 8 and the seat profile portion 9 partially delimiting said first hooking seat 16.
- said hooking element 15 consists of a clip spring.
- said first side assembly 4 comprises a closing flat profile 52 connected to said seat profile 8 and adapted to make said first side assembly 4 substantially a box profile.
- said second side assembly 17 comprises a closing flat profile 52 connected to said second side assembly profile 37 and adapted to make said second side assembly 17 substantially a profile box.
- the closing flat profile 52 of the first side assembly 4 faces and is opposite to the closing profile of the second side assembly 17.
- said second side assembly 17 comprises a second side assembly track 37, adapted to be firmly connected to the floor 44 or to the ceiling 30 or to a support structure, and a second side assembly profile 38, directly or indirectly connected to said second side assembly track 37.
- said second side assembly profile 38 is fitted on said second side assembly track 37.
- said second side assembly profile 38 is telescopically associated with said second side assembly track 37, so that said second side assembly profile 38 and said second side assembly track 37 form a telescopically extensible device.
- an adjustment jack is provided, adapted to telescopically extend said second side assembly profile 38 with respect to said second side assembly track 37.
- said second side assembly profile 38 comprises a resting portion 39 forming a resting surface 40 for at least one portion of a pane edge 31 of said pane 3.
- said resting surface 40 of said resting portion 39 delimits a groove 41 receiving a male element 8 associated with said pane 3.
- said resting portion 39 protrudes in a cantilever manner from the body of said second side assembly profile 38.
- said first side assembly 4 forms the top side 5, or cross-member 5, of the frame 2 and said second side assembly 17 forms the bottom side 6, or baseboard 6, of the frame 2, in which said pane 3 comprises said male element 8 associated with the pane edge 31 of the top pane portion 34 which is received in said first hooking seat 16 in accordance with any of the embodiments previously described, and in which said pane 3 comprises a further male element 8 associated with the pane edge 31 of the bottom portion of said pane 36, and in which said groove 41 of the resting portion 39 receives said further male element 8 associated with the pane edge 31 of the bottom portion of said pane 36.
- said further male element 8 associated with the pane edge 31 of the bottom portion of said pane 36 is made in a separate piece with respect to said pane 3 and is then assembled thereto. In accordance with an embodiment, said further male element 8 associated with the pane edge 31 of the bottom portion of said pane 36 is made in a separate piece with respect to said pane 3 and is then glued thereto.
- said further male element 8 associated with the pane edge 31 of the bottom portion of said pane 36 protrudes in a cantilever manner from said pane, and preferably from the pane edge 31 of the bottom portion of said pane 36, forming a free end of the further male element 42, and an attachment root of the further male element 43, associated, and preferably glued, to said pane.
- said further male element 8 associated with the pane edge 31 of the bottom portion of said pane 36 is made in one piece with said pane 3.
- said track 7 of said first side assembly 4 has a prevalent extension in the longitudinal direction X-X.
- said hooking element 15 has an extension in the longitudinal direction X-X shorter than said track 7.
- said seat profile 9 of said first side assembly 4 has a prevalent extension in the longitudinal direction X-X.
- said hooking element 15 has an extension in the longitudinal direction X-X shorter than said seat profile 9.
- said partition wall assembly 1 comprises a plurality of hooking elements 15 associated with detached longitudinally separated portions of said seat profile 9.
- said pane 3 prevalently extends in the longitudinal direction X-X and in the vertical Y-Y or subvertical direction Y-Y.
- an acoustic seal 45 is interposed between said male element 8 associated with the pane 3 and said seat profile 9 .
- an adhesive product 32 is interposed between said male element 8 associated with the pane 3 and said seat profile 9 .
- said partition wall assembly 1 is a modular unit, or module, of a modular partition wall assembly.
- a method for mounting a partition wall assembly 1 comprising at least one frame 2 and at least one pane 3, comprises the following steps:
- steps -D-, -E- and -F- are to be provided in succession, in the order indicated.
- said step -F- comprises the further substep of snap engaging said at least one hooking element 15 to said seat profile 9.
- said step -D- comprises the further substep of inserting a further male element 8 associated with the pane edge 31 of the bottom portion 36 of the pane 3 into a groove 41 obtained on said resting portion 39 of the baseboard 6 of the frame 2.
- said method comprises, following step -F-, the further step of associating, preferably engaging, and preferably snap engaging, a covering profile 35 to said hooking element 15 engaged to the seat profile 9.
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A partition wall assembly (1) comprising at least one frame (2) and at least one pane (3); wherein said frame (2) comprises a first side assembly (4) to form at least one of the bottom side (6), or baseboard (5), of the frame (2), or the top side (5), or cross-member (5), of the frame (2); and wherein said first side assembly (4) comprises at least one track (7) adapted to be firmly connected to the ceiling (30) or to the floor (44) or to a support structure; and wherein said pane (3) comprises at least one male element (8) protruding in a cantilever manner from said pane (3), forming a male element free end (13) and a male element attachment root (14) associated with the pane (3); said male element free end (13) being rigid and not adapted to be elastically deformed when mounting the pane (3) to the frame (2); and wherein said first side assembly (4) comprises: - at least one seat profile (9), directly or indirectly connected to said track (7); - at least one hooking element (15), connected to said seat profile (9); said seat profile (9) and said hooking element (15) delimiting a first hooking seat (16) having a first seat opening (19), said first hooking seat (16) receives said male element free end (13) of the pane (3); and wherein said hooking element (15) comprises at least one elastically deformable hooking arm (24) to bias said male element free end (13) to approach said seat profile (9).
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- . The present invention relates to a partition wall.
- . In particular, the present invention relates to a modular partition wall.
- . Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for mounting a partition wall.
- . Modular wall structures are generally known comprising a frame capable of firmly supporting the weight of a pane, for example made of glass or other pane material, to form a wall having an aesthetically pleasing appearance. Frames of the type described above may consist of fixtures or fixture profiles to which movable panes are connected by means of snap-fit devices in which the fastening elements may comprise deformable elements adapted to be engaged as undercut in special hooking seats.
- . Frames of the type described above may be obtained by employing profiled structural elements, so as to reduce the weight of the structure and to conceal the fastening elements, thus making the frame structure aesthetically pleasing and simultaneously its installation quick.
- . For example, patent application
WO-2015-075586 of the same Applicant, shows a modular frame structure and a modular movable wall associable by means of a snap engagement device, in which in an hooking seat is obtained on the top cross-member of the frame and an hooking seat is obtained on the bottom baseboard of the frame, said seats having a shape and a material such as to allow an elastic deformation thereof to snap-fit a profiled element associated with the pane engaging as undercut in the seat. - . Such a solution offers satisfactory features in providing a snap engagement device comprising deformable elements inside the hooking seat which are concealed and therefore aesthetically pleasing but is not free of drawbacks. In fact, the mounting of such a solution forces the pane to be lifted and the top part of the pane to be inclined towards the cross-member to allow the profiled element associated with the pane to be inserted into the hooking seat of the top cross-member by snap engagement, which thus allows the bottom portion of the pane to be rested and engaged only after having engaged the top portion of the pane to the top cross-member.
- . Furthermore, the cavity of the hooking seat obtained in the top cross-member develops above and vertically to the pane, and has a considerable depth so as to be adapted to entirely and firmly fit the engagement profile, forcing a top cross-member to be obtained, significantly exceeding in height the pane, which, thereby, makes this partition wall solution not adapted for applications in rooms having irregular or very low ceilings, or in any case ceilings just higher than the pane.
- . For example, document
GB-2520925 - . Although such a solution is advantageous from some points of view, it forces making panes of considerable thickness to allow the groove in the top edge of the pane to be obtained by milling.
- . Furthermore, however, the mounting of such a pane forces to lift the pane, which may be heavy when made of glass, to incline the top portion of the pane to allow the tooth of the male profile to be locked in the pane groove, and then to push the pane upwards, which in turn lifts the male profile by a stroke set by the depth of the cavity inside the top cross-member which fits such a male profile. Therefore, such a solution does not solve the issue and forces the top cross-member of the frame to be made, which considerably exceeds in height the associated pane, which makes this partition wall solution not adapted for applications with irregular or very low ceilings, or in any case ceilings just higher than the pane.
- . The need is strongly felt to provide a modular partition wall solution with improved flexibility and versatility of use, adapted for installations in rooms having ceilings which are irregular or slightly higher than the pane of the partition wall, while being pleasing to the eye.
- . Therefore, the need is strongly felt to provide a modular partition wall solution made of glass or another pane material, with a simplified mounting as compared to known solutions, without however providing reduced engagement safety, while avoiding special machining operations from being required on the panes.
- . The need is also felt to provide a fast and quick implementation method for mounting a modular partition wall, which is simultaneously capable of providing a firm and secure engagement of the pane to the frame.
- . Simultaneously, the need is felt to provide an aesthetically pleasing partition wall solution, adapted to conceal the functional elements for engaging the pane to the frame.
- . Furthermore, the need is felt to provide a versatile partition wall solution.
- . It is an object of the present invention to obviate the drawbacks of the background art and provide a solution to the needs mentioned so far with reference to the background art.
- . These and other objects are achieved by means of a partition wall assembly according to
claim 1 and by means of a method according toclaim 10. - . Some advantageous embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, a partition wall assembly comprises at least one frame and at least one pane, in which said frame comprises at least a first side assembly to form at least one of the top side, or cross-member, of the frame, or the bottom side, or baseboard, of the frame, said first side assembly comprising at least one track, adapted to be firmly connected to the ceiling or to the floor or to a support structure, and in which said pane comprises at least one male element protruding in a cantilever manner from said pane, forming a male element free end and a male element attachment root associated with the pane.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said male element free end is rigid and not adapted to be elastically deformed when mounting the pane to the frame.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said first side assembly comprises at least one seat profile, directly or indirectly connected to said track, and at least one hooking element, connected to said seat profile, in which said seat profile and said hooking element delimit a first hooking seat having a first seat opening, said first hooking seat receiving said pane male element free end, and in which said hooking element comprises at least one elastically deformable hooking arm to bias said male element free end to approach said seat profile.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said seat profile at least partially delimits a second hooking seat having a second seat opening, preferably opposite to said first seat opening with respect to said hooking element, said second hooking seat receiving a portion of said hooking element.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said hooking element comprises at least one elastically deformable snap engagement fin snap engaging with an hooking portion of the seat profile arranged as an undercut with respect to the second seat opening.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said hooking element comprises an hooking foot extending at least laterally to said hooking arm.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said second hooking seat receives said hooking foot hooked to said hooking portion of the seat profile arranged as an undercut with respect to said second seat opening.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said hooking foot extends laterally to and below said hooking arm so as to be, when the pane is hooked to the cross-member of the frame, adjacent to said pane.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said male element extends substantially in axis with the pane.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said first side assembly forms the top side, or cross-member, of the frame.
- . According to an aspect of the invention, said pane is made of glass.
- . Further features and advantages of the assembly and method in accordance with the invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments thereof, given by way of indication and not by way of limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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figure 1 shows a sectional view of a partition wall assembly, in accordance with an embodiment; -
figure 2 shows an enlarged view of a detail of the partition wall assembly shown inFigure 1 ; -
figure 3 shows an enlarged view of a detail of the partition wall assembly shown inFigure 1 ; -
figure 4 shows a sectional view of a partition wall assembly, in accordance with an embodiment, installed in a room having a ceiling slightly higher than the pane of the partition wall; -
figure 5 shows a sectional view of a portion of a partition wall assembly, in accordance with an embodiment; -
figure 6 shows a sectional view of a portion of a partition wall assembly, in accordance with an embodiment; -
figures 7 and8 show sectional views showing some possible steps of a method for mounting a partition wall assembly, in accordance with a possible operating mode; -
figures 9 ,10 , and11 show axonometric views of a partition wall assembly, in accordance with some embodiments; -
figure 12 shows a sectional view of a portion of a partition wall assembly, in accordance with an embodiment; -
figure 13 shows a sectional view of a portion of a partition wall assembly, in accordance with an embodiment. - . In accordance with a general embodiment, a
partition wall assembly 1 is provided, comprising at least oneframe 2 and at least onepane 3. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said
pane 3 is made of glass, for example tempered glass or laminated glass or the like. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
pane 3 is made of transparent or translucent material for panes, such as, for example, polymeric material for panes. In accordance with an alternative embodiment, saidpane 3 is made of panel material. - . Said
frame 2 comprises afirst side assembly 4 to form at least one of thebottom side 6, orbaseboard 5, of theframe 2, or thetop side 5, orcross-member 5, of theframe 2. Preferably, saidfirst side assembly 4 forms thetop side 5, orcross-member 5, of theframe 2. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said
frame 2 further comprises asecond side assembly 17 to form the other between thebottom side 6, orbaseboard 6, of theframe 1, or thetop side 5, orcross-member 5, of theframe 2. Preferably, saidsecond side assembly 17 forms thebottom side 6, orbaseboard 6, of theframe 2. - . Said
first side assembly 4 comprises at least onetrack 7 adapted to be firmly connected to the ceiling or to the floor or to a support structure. - .
Said pane 3 comprises at least onemale element 8 protruding in a cantilever manner from saidpane 3, forming a male elementfree end 13 and a maleelement attachment root 14 associated with thepane 3. The provision of saidmale element 8 forms a prominence projecting from saidpane 3. In accordance with an embodiment, saidmale element 8 extends substantially in axis with thepane 3. - . Said male element
free end 13 is rigid and not adapted to be elastically deformed when mounting thepane 3 to theframe 2. Preferably, said male elementfree end 13 is not adapted to be elastically deformed in case of bending when mounting thepane 3 to theframe 2. In accordance with an embodiment, said male elementfree end 13 is not adapted to be plastically deformed when mounting the pane to the frame. - . Said
first side assembly 4 comprises at least oneseat profile 9, directly or indirectly connected to saidtrack 7. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
first side assembly 4 comprises atelescopic profile 28 fitted on saidtrack 7 and adapted to telescopically extend with respect to saidtrack 7. In other words, saidtelescopic profile 28 and saidtrack 7 form a telescopically extensible device, preferably telescopically extensible in the vertical or subvertical direction. Preferably, an adjustment jack is provided, adapted to telescopically extend saidtelescopic profile 28 with respect to saidtrack 7. - . By virtue of the provision of said telescopically extensible device formed by said
track 7 and by saidtelescopic profile 28, the height of thepartition wall assembly 1 may be adjusted, making it adapted for applications in rooms in which theceiling 30 is high or very high. In accordance with an embodiment, saidseat profile 8 is fitted on saidtelescopic profile 28 of saidfirst side assembly 4. In accordance with an embodiment, saidseat profile 8 is telescopically extensible with respect to saidtelescopic profile 28. Preferably, an adjustment jack is provided, adapted to telescopically extend saidseat profile 8 with respect to saidtelescopic profile 28. - . Said
first side assembly 4 further comprises at least one hookingelement 15, connected to saidseat profile 9. Preferably, said hookingelement 15 is made in one piece or monobloc. For example, said hookingelement 15 is obtained starting from a cut and folded sheet metal sheet. - . Said
seat profile 9 and said hookingelement 15 delimit a first hookingseat 16 having afirst seat opening 19, said first hookingseat 16 receives said male elementfree end 13 of thepane 3. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said hooking
element 15 comprises at least one elasticallydeformable hooking arm 24 to bias said male elementfree end 13 to approach saidseat profile 9. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said hooking
arm 24 elastically biases saidmale element 8 to approach saidseat profile 9. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said hookingarm 24 is elastically preloaded to bias saidmale element 8 to approach saidseat profile 9. - . Thereby, the action of said elastically deformable hooking
arm 24 biases thepane 3 to remain in the assembled position at thefirst side assembly 4. - . By virtue of the provision of said elastically deformable hooking
arm 24 to bias said male elementfree end 13 to approach saidseat profile 9, saidmale element 8 of thepane 3 may be firmly engaged to thefirst side assembly 4. - . By virtue of the provision of such an hooking
element 15 having said hookingarm 24, saidmale element 8 may be firmly engaged, while keeping saidpane 3 in the nominal position engaged to theframe 2. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said hooking
arm 24 forms at least one armfree end 25 protruding in a cantilever manner towards saidpane 3. In accordance with an embodiment, said armfree end 25 is directed in the vertical or subvertical direction, and said male elementfree end 13 is directed in the vertical or subvertical direction. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said hooking
arm 24 of the hookingelement 15 delimits with saidseat profile 9 at least a second hookingseat 18. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said
seat profile 9 at least partially delimits a second hookingseat 18 receiving a portion of said hookingelement 15. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said second hooking
seat 18 has a second seat opening 20 which is opposite to saidfirst seat opening 19 with respect to said hookingelement 15. - . Preferably, said second hooking
seat 18 is appreciably narrower than said first hookingseat 20. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
seat profile 9 delimits said second hookingseat 18 developing adjacent to saidpane 3, when saidpane 3 is engaged to said cross-member 5 of theframe 2. Thereby, the vertical extension of saidpartition wall assembly 1 may be reduced, by virtue of the second hookingseat 18, which receives said hookingelement 15, extending adjacent to thepane 3 of thepartition wall assembly 1, avoiding said second hookingseat 18 from extending above thepane 3. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said hooking
element 15 comprises at least one elastically deformablesnap engagement fin 21 snap engaging with at least one hookingportion 22 of theseat profile 9 arranged as an undercut with respect to thesecond seat opening 20. Thereby, a firm and quick snap engagement between the hookingelement 15 and theseat profile 9 is allowed, avoiding fastening device in separate pieces from being employed. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said hooking
element 9 comprises at least one hookingfoot 23 extending substantially laterally to said hookingarm 24. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
seat profile 9 delimits said second hookingseat 18 developing substantially in the horizontal direction, avoiding it from developing in the vertical direction above thetop portion 34 of thepane 3. In accordance with an embodiment, said at least one hookingfoot 23 extends substantially horizontally and laterally to said hookingarm 24, avoiding it from developing above and vertically to said hookingarm 24. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said at least one hooking
foot 23 is connected by means offastening device 54, for example threaded fastening device, to saidseat profile 9. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said hooking
element 9 comprises at least one hookingfoot 23 extending at least laterally to said hookingarm 24, so as to be, when the hooking element is engaged in said second hookingseat 16, entirely levelled with said hookingarm 24. Thereby, an hookingelement 15 may be obtained, having a reduced vertical encumbrance as compared to known solutions, and having hover a vertical encumbrance such as to allow saidpartition wall assembly 1 to be particularly adapted to be mounted in rooms having low ceilings or ceilings just higher than the size of thepane 3. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said hooking
foot 23 extends laterally to and below said hookingarm 24 so as to be, when thepane 3 is hooked to thecross-member 5 of theframe 3, adjacent to saidpane 3. Thereby, an hookingelement 15 may be obtained, having a reduced vertical encumbrance as compared to known solutions, and however having a vertical encumbrance such as to allow thepane 3 to be easily engaged to thecross-member 5 of theframe 2 even in rooms having low ceilings or ceilings just higher than the height of thepane 3. - . In accordance with an embodiment, at least one portion of said hooking
foot 23 extends below the free end of the hooking arm, when saidfirst side assembly 4 forms saidcross-member 5. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said second hooking
seat 18 receives said hookingfoot 23 of said hookingelement 15 hooked to said hookingportion 22 of the seat profile arranged as an undercut with respect to saidsecond seat opening 20. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said hooking
foot 23 of said hookingelement 15 comprises said elastically deformablesnap engagement fin 21 snap engaging with an hookingportion 22 of theseat profile 9 arranged as an undercut with respect to thesecond seat opening 20. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said
snap engagement fin 21 comprises afirst insertion slide 26 adapted to aid the insertion of the hookingelement 15 in said second hookingseat 18 abutting against portions of saidseat profile 9 delimiting said second seat opening 20 or said second hookingseat 18. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said
snap engagement fin 21 comprises asecond extraction slide 29, inclined opposite to saidfirst insertion slide 26, saidsecond extraction slide 29, when abutting against said hookingportion 22 of theseat profile 9 is adapted to aid the extraction of said hookingfoot 23 of the hookingelement 15 from the second hookingseat 18. Thereby, the engagement of said hookingelement 15 to said second hookingseat 18 may be reversed. - . By virtue of the provision of such an hooking
foot 23, the fastening of the hooking element by means of screws or other fastening device in separate pieces with respect to the hookingelement 15 may be avoided, while however allowing to obtain a firm engagement of the hookingelement 15 to theseat profile 9, and thus of thepane 3 in the first hookingseat 16. Thereby, the number of pieces of the partition wall assembly is reduced and the mounting of thepane 3 to theframe 2 is simplified and made quicker, without however reducing the safety of the engagement of thepane 3 to theframe 2. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said hooking
element 15 comprises alocking tab 53 cooperating with saidsnap engagement fin 21, to keep a firm engagement of the hooking element toseat profile 9. Preferably, said lockingtab 53 abuts against a face of theseat profile 15 facing towards saidsecond seat opening 20. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
pane 3 of saidpartition wall assembly 1 comprises atop portion 34 of thepane 3, adapted to face thecross-member 5 of theframe 2, and abottom portion 36 of thepane 3, adapted to face thebaseboard 6 of theframe 2. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
pane 3 comprises afirst pane face 11 and an oppositesecond pane face 12, separated from one another by aset pane thickness 10. In accordance with an embodiment, saidpane 3 comprises apane edge 31 forming the edge of thetop portion 34 of thepane 3 or the edge of thebottom portion 36 of thepane 3 in which saidmale element 8 protrudes in a cantilever manner from saidpane edge 31. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
male element 8 is made in one piece with saidpane 3. For example, saidmale element 8 forms a single bloc with saidpane 3. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
male element 8 is made in a separate piece with respect to saidpane 3 and is then assembled thereto. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
male element 8 is made in a separate piece with respect to saidpane 3 and is then glued thereto, for example, by means of the employment of anadhesive product 32, for example, a double-sided adhesive tape. - . Preferably, said
male element 8 is glued by means of anadhesive product 32 in said maleelement attachment root 14 to saidpane edge 31. Thereby, saidadhesive product 32 may be stressed by shearing, when thepane 3 is assembled on theframe 2, allowing the adhesive product to offer greater resistance than when it is stressed by traction. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
male element 8 is made as an angular profile, having said maleelement attachment root 14 glued to saidpane edge 31 and said male elementfree end 11 protruding in a cantilever manner from saidpane edge 31. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
male element 8 is made as a T-shaped profile, having said maleelement attachment root 14 glued to saidpane edge 31 and said male elementfree end 11 protruding in a cantilever manner from saidpane edge 31. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said male element
free end 13 extends substantially rectilinear, avoiding the formation of a curved path. Thereby, the action of saidarm 24, biasing the male elementfree end 13 to approach saidseat profile 9, is promoted. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
male element 8 is made as an angular profile having said male elementfree end 13 substantially flush with one of said opposite pane faces 11, 12. Preferably, said male elementfree end 13 is substantially flush with the face of said opposite pane faces 11, 12 nearer to saidseat profile 9, when thepane 3 is engaged to theframe 2. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
partition wall assembly 1 is a single-pane partition wall comprising asingle pane 3. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
partition wall assembly 1 comprises twopanes 3 separated by agap 33. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
first side assembly 4 comprises at least one coveringprofile 35 adapted to conceal the functional hooking elements of saidpartition wall assembly 1 and adapted to inhibit the elastic deformation of the hookingelement 15. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said covering
profile 35 makes said second hookingseat 18 inaccessible by means of saidsecond seat opening 20. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said covering
profile 35 snap engages with a snap-fit tab 46 of the hookingelement 15. In accordance with an embodiment, said snap-fit tab 46 is obtained on a portion of said hookingfoot 23. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said covering
profile 35 comprises anengagement body 49 adapted to rest on said hookingelement 15 to prevent the elastic deformation of said hookingelement 15, and acovering profile top 51, adapted to conceal said hookingelement 15 and saidmale element 8 of thepane 3. Preferably, said coveringprofile top 51 has a sloping shape. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said covering
profile top 51 comprises at least one lockingportion 27 adapted to lock with a mutually shaped portion of thepane 3, for example of the maleelement attachment root 14, or of the hookingelement 15, so as to prevent the movement of thepane 3 or the elastic deformation of the hookingelement 15, when thepane 3 is engaged to theframe 2. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said hooking
foot 23 substantially has a U-shape, defining with a third hookingseat 48, having athird seat opening 50, said third hookingseat 48 being adapted to receive anengagement body 49 of said coveringprofile 35. - . In accordance with an embodiment, between said covering
profile 35 and said hookingelement 15 at least oneacoustic seal 45 is interposed. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said third hooking
seat 48 is at least partially compenetrated with said second hookingseat 18. In accordance with an embodiment, said second hookingseat 18 emerges, by means of saidsecond seat opening 20, in said third hookingseat 48. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said snap-
fit tab 46 of the hookingelement 15 is arranged as an undercut with respect to thethird seat opening 50. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said covering
profile 35 comprises an abutment surface of the coveringprofile 47, adapted to abut against a portion of said snap-fit tab 46 of the hookingelement 15 arranged as an undercut with respect to saidthird seat opening 50. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said hooking
element 15 comprises a clip spring simultaneously straddling saidmale element 8 and theseat profile portion 9 partially delimiting said first hookingseat 16. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said hooking
element 15 consists of a clip spring. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
first side assembly 4 comprises a closingflat profile 52 connected to saidseat profile 8 and adapted to make saidfirst side assembly 4 substantially a box profile. In accordance with an embodiment, saidsecond side assembly 17 comprises a closingflat profile 52 connected to said secondside assembly profile 37 and adapted to make saidsecond side assembly 17 substantially a profile box. - . In accordance with an embodiment, the closing
flat profile 52 of thefirst side assembly 4 faces and is opposite to the closing profile of thesecond side assembly 17. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
second side assembly 17 comprises a secondside assembly track 37, adapted to be firmly connected to thefloor 44 or to theceiling 30 or to a support structure, and a secondside assembly profile 38, directly or indirectly connected to said secondside assembly track 37. Preferably, said secondside assembly profile 38 is fitted on said secondside assembly track 37. Preferably, said secondside assembly profile 38 is telescopically associated with said secondside assembly track 37, so that said secondside assembly profile 38 and said secondside assembly track 37 form a telescopically extensible device. Preferably, an adjustment jack is provided, adapted to telescopically extend said secondside assembly profile 38 with respect to said secondside assembly track 37. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said second
side assembly profile 38 comprises a restingportion 39 forming a restingsurface 40 for at least one portion of apane edge 31 of saidpane 3. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said resting
surface 40 of said restingportion 39 delimits agroove 41 receiving amale element 8 associated with saidpane 3. In accordance with an embodiment, said restingportion 39 protrudes in a cantilever manner from the body of said secondside assembly profile 38. - . In accordance with a preferred embodiment, said
first side assembly 4 forms thetop side 5, orcross-member 5, of theframe 2 and saidsecond side assembly 17 forms thebottom side 6, orbaseboard 6, of theframe 2, in which saidpane 3 comprises saidmale element 8 associated with thepane edge 31 of thetop pane portion 34 which is received in said first hookingseat 16 in accordance with any of the embodiments previously described, and in which saidpane 3 comprises a furthermale element 8 associated with thepane edge 31 of the bottom portion of saidpane 36, and in which saidgroove 41 of the restingportion 39 receives said furthermale element 8 associated with thepane edge 31 of the bottom portion of saidpane 36. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said further
male element 8 associated with thepane edge 31 of the bottom portion of saidpane 36 is made in a separate piece with respect to saidpane 3 and is then assembled thereto. In accordance with an embodiment, said furthermale element 8 associated with thepane edge 31 of the bottom portion of saidpane 36 is made in a separate piece with respect to saidpane 3 and is then glued thereto. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said further
male element 8 associated with thepane edge 31 of the bottom portion of saidpane 36 protrudes in a cantilever manner from said pane, and preferably from thepane edge 31 of the bottom portion of saidpane 36, forming a free end of the furthermale element 42, and an attachment root of the furthermale element 43, associated, and preferably glued, to said pane. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said further
male element 8 associated with thepane edge 31 of the bottom portion of saidpane 36 is made in one piece with saidpane 3. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
track 7 of saidfirst side assembly 4 has a prevalent extension in the longitudinal direction X-X. In accordance with an embodiment, said hookingelement 15 has an extension in the longitudinal direction X-X shorter than saidtrack 7. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
seat profile 9 of saidfirst side assembly 4 has a prevalent extension in the longitudinal direction X-X. In accordance with an embodiment, said hookingelement 15 has an extension in the longitudinal direction X-X shorter than saidseat profile 9. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
partition wall assembly 1 comprises a plurality of hookingelements 15 associated with detached longitudinally separated portions of saidseat profile 9. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
pane 3 prevalently extends in the longitudinal direction X-X and in the vertical Y-Y or subvertical direction Y-Y. - . In accordance with an embodiment, between said
male element 8 associated with thepane 3 and saidseat profile 9 anacoustic seal 45 is interposed. - . In accordance with an embodiment, between said
male element 8 associated with thepane 3 and saidseat profile 9 anadhesive product 32 is interposed. - . In accordance with an embodiment, said
partition wall assembly 1 is a modular unit, or module, of a modular partition wall assembly. - . A method for mounting a
partition wall assembly 1 is described below. - . A method for mounting a
partition wall assembly 1 comprising at least oneframe 2 and at least onepane 3, comprises the following steps: - -A- providing at least one
pane 3 comprising at least onemale element 8 protruding in a cantilever manner from saidpane 3, forming a male elementfree end 13 and a maleelement attachment root 14 associated with thepane 3, said male elementfree end 13 being rigid and not adapted to be elastically deformed when mounting thepane 3 to theframe 2; - -B- providing a
first side assembly 4 to form thetop side 5, orcross-member 5, of theframe 2, in which saidfirst side assembly 4 comprises at least onetrack 7 firmly connected to theceiling 30 or to a support structure connected to theceiling 30 and at least oneseat profile 9 directly or indirectly connected to saidtrack 7; - -C- providing a
second side assembly 17 to form thebottom side 6, orbaseboard 6, of theframe 2, in which saidsecond side assembly 17 comprises a restingportion 39, forming a restingsurface 40 for at least one portion of apane edge 31 of saidpane 3, and preferably apane edge 31 of abottom pane portion 36; - -D- resting said
pane 3 on said restingportion 39 of thebaseboard 6 of theframe 2; - -E- putting said male element
free end 13 of thepane 3 side by side with saidseat profile 9 of thecross-member 5 of theframe 2; - -F- connecting, and preferably engaging, at least one hooking
element 15 comprising at least one elasticallydeformable hooking arm 25 to saidseat profile 9 so that said hookingelement 15 and saidseat profile 9 delimit a first hookingseat 16 receiving said male elementfree end 13 of thepane 3, and so that said hookingarm 25 influences said male elementfree end 13 approaching saidseat profile 9. - . In accordance with a preferred operating mode, said steps -D-, -E- and -F- are to be provided in succession, in the order indicated.
- . In accordance with a possible operating mode, said step -F- comprises the further substep of snap engaging said at least one hooking
element 15 to saidseat profile 9. - . in accordance with a possible operating mode, said step -D- comprises the further substep of inserting a further
male element 8 associated with thepane edge 31 of thebottom portion 36 of thepane 3 into agroove 41 obtained on said restingportion 39 of thebaseboard 6 of theframe 2. - . In accordance with a possible operating mode, said method comprises, following step -F-, the further step of associating, preferably engaging, and preferably snap engaging, a covering
profile 35 to said hookingelement 15 engaged to theseat profile 9. - . By virtue of the features described above, provided mutually separate or together, where applicable in particular embodiments, a solution to the - sometimes conflicting - needs above-listed may be provided, producing the aforementioned advantages, and in particular:
- an aesthetically pleasing
partition wall assembly 1 may be obtained, in which the functional hooking elements are concealed; - a
partition wall assembly 1 is provided, adapted for applications in rooms with low or irregular ceiling, without however reducing the safety of the engagement between the pane and the frame; - a partition wall solution is provided having a covering profile simply snap-engageable and adapted to conceal the functional elements, while being adapted to reinforce the engagement of the pane to the frame, inhibiting the elastic deformation of the hooking element;
- a method for mounting a partition wall assembly is proposed, which is extremely simple and quick and simultaneously capable of offering a firm and secure engagement of the pane to the frame;
- a method for mounting a partition wall assembly is proposed, which is quick but not laborious for one or more operators;
- a
partition wall assembly 1 is provided in which special machining operations on the pane are avoided, thus reducing the manufacturing time of the components of the partition wall; - a partition wall solution is provided in which the frame is capable of exerting an engagement preload on a portion of said pane, increasing the engagement and operation safety;
- if need be, the engagement of the pane to the frame may be obtained without employing screws or other fastening device in separate pieces with respect to the frame or pane.
- . Those skilled in the art can make modifications and adaptations to the embodiments described above and can replace several elements with others which are functionally equivalent in order to meet contingent and specific needs, without however departing from the scope of the following claims.
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- partition wall assembly
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- frame
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- pane
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- first side assembly
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- cross-member
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- baseboard
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- first side assembly track
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- male element
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- seat profile
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- pane thickness
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- first pane face
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- second opposite pane face
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- male element free end
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- male element attachment root
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- hooking element
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- first hooking seat
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- second side assembly
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- second hooking seat
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- first seat opening
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- second seat opening
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- snap engagement fin
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- hooking portion of the seat profile
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- hooking element hooking foot
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- hooking element hooking arm
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- arm free end
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- first insertion slide of the snap engagement fin
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- locking portion of the covering profile top
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- telescopic profile
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- second extraction slide of the snap engagement fin
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- ceiling
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- pane edge
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- adhesive product
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- covering profile
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- resting portion groove
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- free end of the further male element
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- attachment root of the further male element
- 44)
- floor
- 45)
- acoustic seal
- 46)
- snap-fit tab of the hooking element
- 47)
- seat profile abutment surface
- 48)
- third hooking seat
- 49)
- covering profile engagement body
- 50)
- third hooking seat opening
- 51)
- covering profile top
- 52)
- closing flat profile
- 53)
- locking tab
- 54)
- fastening device
- X-X)
- longitudinal direction
- Y-Y)
- vertical or subvertical direction
Claims (10)
- A partition wall assembly (1) comprising at least one frame (2) and at least one pane (3);
wherein said frame (2) comprises at least one first side assembly (4) to form at least one between the top side (5), or cross-member (5), of the frame (2), or the bottom side (6), or baseboard (6), of the frame (2);
and wherein said first side assembly (4) comprises at least one track (7) adapted to be firmly connected to the ceiling (30) or to the floor (44) or to a support structure;
and wherein said pane (3) comprises at least one male element (8) protruding in a cantilever manner from said pane (3), forming a male element free end (13) and a male element attachment root (14) associated with the pane (3);
said male element free end (13) being rigid and unsuitable to elastically deform during the mounting of the pane (3) to the frame (2);
and wherein said first side assembly (4) comprises:- at least one seat profile (9), directly or indirectly connected to said track (7);- at least one hooking element (15), connected to said seat profile (9);said seat profile (9) and said hooking element (15) delimiting a first hooking seat (16) having a first seat opening (19), said first hooking seat (16) receives said male element free end (13) of the pane (3);
and wherein said hooking element (15) comprises at least one elastically deformable hooking arm (24) to bias said male element free end (13) in approach to said seat profile (9). - A partition wall assembly (1) according to claim 1, wherein said seat profile (9) at least partially delimits a second hooking seat (18) receiving a portion of said hooking element (15); and/or wherein said second hooking seat (18) has a second seat opening (20) opposite to said first seat opening (19) with respect to said hooking element (15).
- A partition wall assembly (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said hooking element (15) comprises at least one elastically deformable snap engagement fin (21) snap fitting against at least one hooking portion (22) of the seat profile (9) arranged as undercut with respect to the second seat opening (20).
- A partition wall assembly (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said hooking element (15) comprises an hooking foot (23) extending at least laterally with respect to said hooking arm (24); and/or wherein
said second hooking seat (18) receives said hooking foot (23) hooked to said hooking portion (22) of the seat profile arranged as undercut with respect to said second seat opening (20). - A partition wall assembly (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said hooking foot (23) extends laterally and below with respect to said hooking arm (24) so as to result, when the pane (3) is hooked to the cross-member (5) of the frame (3), adjacent to said pane (3).
- A partition wall assembly (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said first side assembly (4) forms the top side (5), or cross-member (5), of the frame (2).
- A partition wall assembly (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said pane (3) is made of glass.
- A partition wall assembly (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said male element (8) extends substantially in axis with the pane (3); and/or wherein
said male element (8) is glued by means of an adhesive product (32) in said male element attachment root (14) to said pane edge (31); and/or wherein
said male element (8) is made as an angular profile having said male element free end (13) substantially flush with a pane face (11 or 12) of said opposite pane faces (11, 12). - A partition wall assembly (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said second side assembly (17) comprises a second side assembly track (37), adapted to be firmly connected to the floor (44) or to the ceiling (30) or to a support structure, and a second side assembly profile (38), directly or indirectly connected to said second side assembly track (37); and/or wherein
said second side assembly profile (38) comprises a resting portion (39) forming a resting surface (40) for at least one portion of a pane edge (31) of said pane (3); and/or wherein
said resting surface (40) delimits a groove (41) receiving a male element (8) associated with said pane (3); and/or wherein
said hooking arm (24) forms an arm free end (25) protruding in a cantilever manner towards said pane (3); and/or wherein
said hooking arm (24) of the hooking element (15) delimits with said seat profile (9) said second hooking seat (18); and/or wherein
said arm free end (25) is directed in a vertical or subvertical direction, and said male element free end (13) is directed in a vertical or subvertical direction; and/or wherein
said snap engagement fin (21) comprises a first insertion slide (26) adapted to aid the insertion of the hooking element (15) in said second hooking seat (18) abutting against portions of said seat profile (9) delimiting said second seat opening (20) or said second hooking seat (18); and/or wherein
said snap engagement fin (21) comprises a second extraction slide (29), inclined opposite with respect to said first insertion slide (26), said second extraction slide (29), when abutting against said hooking portion (22) of the seat profile (9) is adapted to aid the extraction of said hooking foot (23) of the hooking element (15) from the second hooking seat (18); and/or wherein
said first side assembly (4) comprises a telescopic profile (28) fitted on said track (7) and adapted to telescopically extend with respect to said track (7); and/or wherein
said first side assembly (4) comprises at least one covering profile (35) adapted to conceal the functional hooking elements of said partition wall assembly (1) and adapted to inhibit the elastic deformation of the hooking element (15); and/or wherein
said covering profile (35) makes said second hooking seat (18) inaccessible by means of said second seat opening (20); and/or wherein
said covering profile (35) snap hook with a snap fit tab (46) of the hooking element (15); and/or wherein
said covering profile (35) comprises an engagement body (49) adapted to rest on said hooking element (15) to prevent the elastic deformation of said hooking element (15), and a covering profile top (51), adapted to conceal said hooking element (15) and said male element (8) of the pane (3); and/or wherein
said male element free end (13) extends substantially rectilinear; and/or wherein
said male element (8) is made in one piece with said pane (3); and/or wherein
said hooking element (15) comprises a clip spring simultaneously straddling said male element (8) and the seat profile portion (9) partially delimiting said first hooking seat (16); and/or wherein
said partition wall assembly (1) is a modular unit, or module, of a modular partition wall assembly. - A method for mounting a partition wall assembly (1), said partition wall assembly comprising at least one frame (2) and at least one pane (3), comprises the following steps:- providing at least one pane (3) comprising at least one male element (8) protruding in a cantilever manner from said pane (3), forming a male element free end (13) and a male element attachment root (14) associated with the pane (3), said male element free end (13) being rigid and not adapted to elastically deform during the mounting of the pane (3) to the frame (2);- providing at least one first side assembly (4) to form the top side (5), or cross-member (5), of the frame (2), wherein said first side assembly (4) comprises at least one track (7) firmly connected to the ceiling (30) or to a support structure connected to the ceiling (30) and at least one seat profile (9) directly or indirectly connected to said track (7);- providing at least one second side assembly (17) to form the bottom side (6), or baseboard (6), of the frame (2), wherein said second side assembly (17) comprises a resting portion (39), forming a resting surface (40) for at least one portion of a pane edge (31) of said pane (3), and preferably a pane edge (31) of a bottom pane portion (36);- resting said pane (3) on said resting portion (39) of the baseboard (6) of the frame (2);- putting said male element free end (13) of the pane (3) side by side with said seat profile (9) of the cross-member (5) of the frame (2);- connecting, and preferably engaging, at least one hooking element (15) comprising at least one elastically deformable hooking arm (25) to said seat profile (9) so that said hooking element (15) and said seat profile (9) delimit a first hooking seat (16) receiving said male element free end (13) of the pane (3), and so that said hooking arm (25) influences said male element free end (13) approaching said seat profile (9).
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