EP4215687A1 - Geländer mit einer vorrichtung zur einstellung der höhe des geländerpaneels - Google Patents

Geländer mit einer vorrichtung zur einstellung der höhe des geländerpaneels Download PDF

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EP4215687A1
EP4215687A1 EP23152990.0A EP23152990A EP4215687A1 EP 4215687 A1 EP4215687 A1 EP 4215687A1 EP 23152990 A EP23152990 A EP 23152990A EP 4215687 A1 EP4215687 A1 EP 4215687A1
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Romain CHAPEL
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/181—Balustrades
    • E04F11/1812—Details of anchoring to the wall or floor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/181—Balustrades
    • E04F11/1817—Connections therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/181—Balustrades
    • E04F11/1817—Connections therefor
    • E04F2011/1823—Connections therefor between balustrade filling members, e.g. balusters or panels, and horizontal or sloping balustrade members

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  • the present invention relates to the field of the construction of railings with panels such as windows.
  • the invention relates to the adjustment in position of such a guardrail panel during assembly of the guardrail.
  • Railings, railings, or balustrades are both practical and aesthetic furniture.
  • Panel railings are known in particular which use a succession of vertical panels for their construction.
  • Mainly glass panels are used, usually tempered, stacked and/or laminated.
  • the panels making up the railings are large in size and mass, and the various elements making up the railing are delivered in kits, which a professional then installs on site.
  • the deflection of the free end of the panels must generally remain below a limit value for a given horizontal force per linear unit of guardrail.
  • the precise values depend in particular on the local legislation.
  • the rail where the stresses exerted on the panel are concentrated, is therefore a fixing element to the support formed by the ground, and a mechanical connection with the panel.
  • the adjustment of the vertical position of the panels, in height and in horizontality, is important for the aesthetics of the railing.
  • installers often use shims, of variable height, placed under the panels.
  • the weight of the panels is generally several tens of kilograms per meter of railing. Also, the vertical adjustment of the position of the panel is complicated and laborious. Further, removing and handling the panels increases the risk of damaging one of the panels, which are generally made of brittle materials such as glass or cut stone.
  • the guardrail installer By turning the screw, the guardrail installer causes the shoe to translate vertically, which guides the translation in the rail.
  • the screw due to the transversely offset nature of the side hole, is accessible without removing the panel, height adjustment is thus simplified.
  • the sabot can be made of plastic material, optionally charged, in particular by injection.
  • the shoe can also be made of metal, or even combine several materials.
  • the screw can be standard.
  • the height adjustment device is therefore simple and inexpensive to produce, and can be added to known and used railing mounting kits.
  • the height adjustment device may further comprise a nut, inserted in a horizontal groove and bearing the thread of the lateral bore.
  • the nut is then advantageously metallic.
  • the tapping is then more solid, and the machining of the shoe is further simplified.
  • the screw advantageously has a conical tip. This conical tip is then planted in the rail, which reinforces the maintenance of the shoe and therefore of the panel.
  • the screw advantageously has a flat tip.
  • This flat tip has significant friction, which reinforces the maintenance of the shoe and therefore of the panel.
  • the rail may have a step on a vertical wall, and the shoe a shoulder, forming an upper stop limiting the upward travel of the shoe.
  • the shoe may have, on the side opposite the lateral hole, an arm, carrying at its free end a finger, coming, when the shoe carries the panel, bearing against a substantially vertical wall of the housing of the housing.
  • This arm and this finger buttress the shoe when it is subjected to the vertical forces of the screw and the weight of the panel.
  • the sabot may include an amount on the side opposite the hole in the form of a vertical lip.
  • the shoe may comprise an upright through which the hole passes, having a horizontal protuberance, oriented towards the expected position of the panel and forming a support surface for the shoe on the panel.
  • This shoe is particularly suitable for asymmetrical guardrails, with one side facing, for example, the void and therefore difficult to access.
  • the shoe may further comprise a lower recess, for example on the support surface of the panel, forming a passage for a strip of diodes for lighting from below the panel.
  • the sabot can be made of plastic material, optionally charged, in particular by injection.
  • the sabot can be made of metal, in particular aluminum.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a segment of a guardrail 100.
  • the guardrail 100 comprises a panel 1, in particular made of glass, and here composed of two tempered glass panels, stacked with a layer of plastic lamination between them.
  • the panel 1 can be a panel of stone, laminated glass, tempered glass, or even simply metal.
  • the panel 1 is arranged vertically, and forms the barrier of the guardrail when installed. Gravity, or at least the direction of the panel, provides a vertical axis, the length of the panel corresponds to a longitudinal direction of the guardrail 100, and the third direction, corresponding to the thickness of the panel, is considered transverse.
  • the lower edge of the panel 1 is embedded in a lower rail 3.
  • the rail 3 is made in the form of a metal profile, in particular extruded.
  • the rail 3 is for example made of aluminum, and is fixed to the support, here the ground, for example by means of holes and masonry screws (not shown).
  • seals 5 Between the upper edge of the rail 3 and the panel 1 are arranged seals 5, in particular lip seals. These seals 5 are for example clipped or fitted onto the upper edge of the rail 3, and their lips bear against the panel 1. These seals 5 form an aesthetic facing by ensuring the continuity of the visible outer surface, and also make it possible to limit the penetration and accumulation of dust and humidity between the rail 3 and the panel 1.
  • the 100 guardrail of the figure 1 is cut at the longitudinal level of a height adjustment device 7 of the panel 1 according to the invention.
  • the guardrail 100 has means 9 for fixing the panel 1 to the rail 3.
  • the fixing means 9 shown in picture 2 are for example those described in the document FR3096704 , on behalf of the plaintiff.
  • These fixing means 9 comprise corners 91 and a cradle 93.
  • the panel 1 rests on the cradle 93, the corners 91 are arranged on either side transversely of the panel 1, facing each other. Screws 95 or other clamping means bring the corners 91 of the cradle 93 closer together, when they are tightened.
  • fastening means 9 are possible in particular: with clamps, with a guide, etc. as they are known from the state of the art.
  • the fixing means 9 and the height adjustment device 7 are both arranged and contained in a housing 31 of the rail 3, into which the lower portion of the panel 1 is also inserted.
  • the fixing means 9 and the height adjustment device 7 are offset longitudinally, and both enter into engagement with the panel 1.
  • the height adjustment device 7 is more visible in figure 4 , which shows the railing in cross-sectional view, at the longitudinal level of the height adjustment device 7.
  • the height adjustment device 7 is also shown outside the rail 3 in perspective in figure 5 .
  • the height adjustment device 7 comprises a shoe 71.
  • the shoe 71 is in particular made of plastic, such as polyethylene, in particular high or very high density (HDPE). It can be made by molding, and be packaged and sold with the 100 railing construction kit.
  • plastic such as polyethylene, in particular high or very high density (HDPE). It can be made by molding, and be packaged and sold with the 100 railing construction kit.
  • the shoe 71 can be made of other materials: metal and in particular aluminum, resin or composite material, etc.
  • the shoe 71 can be made of several materials, with support parts in metal or more solid material, and deformation parts in flexible plastic to allow insertion into the rail 1.
  • the shoe 71 has an outer surface adjusted in sections to the bottom and to the vertical walls of the housing 31 of the rail 1, so as to form a guide in vertical translation with said vertical walls of the housing 31 of the rail 1 by pressing the outer surface on the vertical walls of the housing 31, in particular on both sides of the shoe 71, allowing guidance in translation during vertical movements.
  • the shoe 71 of the embodiment of the figure 4 has a general U-shape, corresponding to the rounded bottom of the housing 31 of the rail 1.
  • the bottom of the U is here delimited by a support surface 11 for the panel 1.
  • This support surface 11 is flat, and the panel 1 bears on it by its edge when it is installed.
  • the vertical arm of the U of sabot 71 on the left in figure 4 forms a shoulder comprising a lateral, vertical and transversely offset bore 13 with respect to the support surface 11 for the panel 1.
  • the bore 13 is crossed by a screw 15 which cooperates with the thread of the bore 13.
  • the screw 15 is in particular of greater total length than the length of the bore 13.
  • the vertical arm of the U of sabot 71 on the left in figure 4 forms a shoulder comprising a lateral, vertical and transversely offset bore 13 with respect to the support surface 11 for the panel 1.
  • the bore 13 is crossed by a screw 15 which cooperates with the thread of the bore 13.
  • the thread is carried by a metal nut 17, inserted in a horizontal groove in the shoe 71.
  • the nut 17 is here parallelepiped and fitted to the groove 19.
  • the nut carries a thread complementary to the thread of the screw 15.
  • the finger 21 comes, when the shoe 71 carries the panel 1, to bear against a vertical wall of the housing 31 of the rail 3.
  • the finger 21 and the arm form a power take-off, which reinforces the maintenance of the panel 1.
  • This shape allows material to be removed which lightens and reduces the cost of the shoe 71, while increasing its deformability for better insertion.
  • the screw 15 is in particular made of a material such as chrome steel, in particular harder than the material of the rail 3, here aluminum.
  • the screw 15 has a conical point, entering, when the panel 1 is raised and bearing against the shoe 71, in power take-off with the rail 3 by planting itself in the softer material of the rail 3. Any tilting or translation is then avoided, or will at least require greater efforts to set the panel 1 in motion.
  • the rail 3 has a step 23, and the shoe a stop shoulder 25, forming an upper stop limiting the upward travel of the shoe 71 by pressure on the stop shoulder 25.
  • the total travel of the shoe 71 is therefore delimited by the bottom of the housing 31 downwards, and by the step 23 upwards.
  • the shoe 71 also has a lower recess 27, made in the form of a recess on the outer surface of the bottom of the U.
  • the lower recess 27 increases the compression deformability of the shoe 71, and forms a longitudinal passage for a strip of light-emitting diodes, for lighting from the bottom of the panel 1.
  • the deformability of the shoe 71 allows its insertion from above, overcoming the step 23. However, if said shoe 71 is made of a material that is not very elastically deformable, it can always be inserted from the open side of the housings 31 of the rails 1.
  • the height adjustment device 7 is compact and easy to install.
  • the height adjustment is done by turning the screw 15, screw which is accessible from the transverse side of the panel 1, until it protrudes from the hole 13 at the bottom, which will raise the shoe 71 and therefore the panel 1 resting on it.
  • the panel 1 can thus remain in place in the rail 3, and does not have to be moved with each adjustment.
  • the lower recess 27 is arranged at the bottom of the U formed by the shoe 71, at the level of the support surface 11, said support surface 11 being separated in two by the lower recess 27.
  • the arrangement of the rail 3 and the panel 1 is relatively symmetrical: the panel 1 is, transversely, in the center of the housing 31 of the rail 1, and an opening is present on each side of the panel 1, allowing for example access with a tool, such as a screwdriver, indifferently from both sides.
  • the fixing means 9 of the panel 1 exert symmetrical forces, with a substantially symmetrical disposition.
  • guardrails 100 at the end of the slab or in front of a void. These railings 100 then no longer have to be accessible from both sides, and are therefore highly asymmetrical in their design.
  • Such an asymmetrical guardrail 100 is shown in figure 7 .
  • the associated height adjustment device 7 is shown separately in figure 8 .
  • Panel 1 of railing 100 of the figure 6 is notably offset to the right of the figure 6 in the housing 31 of the rail 1.
  • the spacing between the panel 1 and the vertical wall of the rail 3 on the right in figure 6 is minimal, and corresponds to the thickness of the seal 5, which is compressed by the panel 1 against said vertical wall.
  • the fixing means 9 (not shown) then comprise a single corner 91, arranged opposite the inaccessible side, therefore on the left in figure 7 , which presses panel 1 against the vertical wall of rail 3.
  • the shoe 71 has a general U-shape, with a flat bottom, corresponding to the flat bottom of the housing 31 of the rail 3, a left upright 73 through which the bore 13 passes, and a right upright of reduced size, in particular restricted to a simple vertical lip 75.
  • the vertical lip 75 is arranged, when the guardrail 100 is assembled, between the vertical wall of the housing 31 of the rail 3 and the panel 1, on the side of the void and supposed to be inaccessible (on the right in figure 6 ).
  • the upright 73 through which the hole 13 passes has a horizontal protrusion 77, oriented towards the expected position of the panel 1.
  • the horizontal protrusion 77 forms a support surface for the shoe 71 on the panel 1, which contributes to the maintenance by compression and pinching of the panel 1 against the vertical wall of the rail 3.
  • the width of this horizontal protuberance 77 can be adapted to the panel 1 and to its thickness, and thus reinforces the maintenance of said panel 1.
  • the screw 15 here also has a conical tip which sinks into the flat bottom of the housing 31 of the rail 3. Thus, a longitudinal translation effect by rolling on the screw 15 is avoided when the said screw 15 is turned for the height adjustment of the panel 1.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2479357A1 (de) * 2011-01-25 2012-07-25 Maene Nv Vorrichtung zum Halten eines starren Blattmaterials
FR3017909A1 (fr) * 2014-02-26 2015-08-28 Sb Ingenierie Dispositif de fixation d'un panneau dans un rail support
US20170037653A1 (en) * 2014-04-13 2017-02-09 Manfred Schopf Clamps for panel-type fences
US20180002949A1 (en) * 2016-07-01 2018-01-04 Chingyao Kuo Supporting mechanism for glass fence
FR3096704A1 (fr) 2019-05-31 2020-12-04 Sb Ingenierie "Agencement pour la fixation d'un panneau dans un rail par serrage de coins extérieurs depuis un côté intérieur du panneau"

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2479357A1 (de) * 2011-01-25 2012-07-25 Maene Nv Vorrichtung zum Halten eines starren Blattmaterials
FR3017909A1 (fr) * 2014-02-26 2015-08-28 Sb Ingenierie Dispositif de fixation d'un panneau dans un rail support
US20170037653A1 (en) * 2014-04-13 2017-02-09 Manfred Schopf Clamps for panel-type fences
US20180002949A1 (en) * 2016-07-01 2018-01-04 Chingyao Kuo Supporting mechanism for glass fence
FR3096704A1 (fr) 2019-05-31 2020-12-04 Sb Ingenierie "Agencement pour la fixation d'un panneau dans un rail par serrage de coins extérieurs depuis un côté intérieur du panneau"

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