EP4215687A1 - Railing equipped with a device for adjusting the height of the railing panel - Google Patents

Railing equipped with a device for adjusting the height of the railing panel 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
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    • 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
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    • 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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L'invention se rapporte à un garde-corps (100), comportant :- au moins un panneau (1),- un rail (3), configuré pour être attaché à un sol et présentant un logement (31) pour le panneau (1) lorsqu'il est installé,- des moyens de fixation (9) du panneau (1) au rail (3),caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre un dispositif de réglage en hauteur (7) du panneau (1), ledit dispositif comportant- un sabot (71), présentant :* une surface extérieure ajustée au moins par sections à un fond et des parois verticales du logement (31), de sorte à former un guide en translation verticale avec des parois du logement (31) du rail (3) par appui de la surface extérieure sur les parois verticales du logement (31),* une surface d'appui (11) pour le panneau (1) lorsqu'il est installé,* un perçage latéral (13), vertical et transversalement décalé par rapport à la surface d'appui (11) pour le panneau (1), traversant le sabot (71) et présentant un taraudage (17),* une vis (15), configurée pour être insérée dans le perçage latéral (13) et le traverser, et pour coopérer avec le taraudage(17) du perçage latéral (13).The invention relates to a guardrail (100), comprising:- at least one panel (1),- a rail (3), configured to be attached to a floor and having a housing (31) for the panel ( 1) when installed, - means (9) for fixing the panel (1) to the rail (3), characterized in that it further comprises a device for adjusting the height (7) of the panel (1) , said device comprising- a shoe (71), having:* an outer surface fitted at least in sections to a bottom and vertical walls of the housing (31), so as to form a guide in vertical translation with the walls of the housing ( 31) of the rail (3) by resting the outer surface on the vertical walls of the housing (31),* a bearing surface (11) for the panel (1) when it is installed,* a lateral hole (13 ), vertical and transversely offset with respect to the support surface (11) for the panel (1), crossing the shoe (71) and having a thread (17),* a screw (15), configured to be inserted in the lateral bore (13) and cross it, and to cooperate with the internal thread (17) of the lateral bore (13).

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DOMAINE TECHNIQUETECHNICAL AREA

La présente invention concerne le domaine de la construction de garde-corps à panneaux tels que des vitres. En particulier, l'invention concerne l'ajustement en position d'un tel panneau de garde-corps lors de l'assemblage du garde-corps.The present invention relates to the field of the construction of railings with panels such as windows. In particular, the invention relates to the adjustment in position of such a guardrail panel during assembly of the guardrail.

Les garde-corps, rambardes, ou balustrades sont un mobilier autant pratique qu'esthétique. On connaît notamment les garde-corps à panneaux qui utilisent une succession de panneaux verticaux pour leur réalisation. On utilise principalement des panneaux en verre, généralement trempé, empilé et/ou feuilleté.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.

ART ANTÉRIEURPRIOR ART

On connaît des structures utilisant un rail dans lequel le bord inférieur des panneaux est inséré. Des éléments de maintien, tels que des coins et pièces de calage sont alors insérés entre les panneaux et les rails pour la fixation du panneau. Le garde-corps est alors en majeure partie transparent, et peut aisément être intégré dans une façade déjà décorée.Structures using a rail in which the lower edge of the panels is inserted are known. Holding elements, such as corners and wedging pieces are then inserted between the panels and the rails for fixing the panel. The railing is then mostly transparent, and can easily be integrated into an already decorated facade.

Les panneaux composant les garde-corps sont de dimensions et masse importantes, et les différents éléments composant le garde-corps sont livrés en kits, qu'un professionnel installe ensuite sur site.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.

La fixation de ces panneaux au rail obéit en outre à un nombre important de contraintes. En effet, les panneaux ne doivent pas ou peu bouger lorsqu'ils sont soumis à un effort à leur extrémité libre, par exemple du fait du vent ou d'une personne prenant appui sur le garde-corps.The fixing of these panels to the rail also obeys a large number of constraints. In fact, the panels must not move or only slightly move when they are subjected to a force at their free end, for example due to the wind or a person leaning on the guardrail.

Notamment, le débattement de l'extrémité libre des panneaux doit généralement rester inférieur à une valeur limite pour une force horizontale donnée par unité linéaire de garde-corps. Les valeurs précises dépendent notamment de la législation locale.In particular, 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.

En Europe, par exemple, une force de 100 kg par mètre de garde-corps est appliquée pendant quinze minutes sur l'extrémité libre des panneaux. Cette extrémité libre doit alors présenter un déplacement maximal inférieur à 35 mm, et, une fois relaxée, un écart final à la position de départ inférieur à 3 mm.In Europe, for example, a force of 100 kg per meter of railing is applied for fifteen minutes to the free end of the panels. This free end must then have a maximum displacement of less than 35 mm, and, once relaxed, a final deviation from the starting position of less than 3 mm.

Le rail, où se concentrent les contraintes exercées sur le panneau, est donc un élément de fixation au support que forme le sol, et de liaison mécanique avec le panneau.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.

Le réglage de la position verticale des panneaux, en hauteur et en horizontalité, est important pour l'esthétique du garde-corps. Pour maintenir la continuité et l'horizontalité des panneaux d'un garde-corps, les installateurs ont souvent recours à des cales, de hauteur variable, placées sous les panneaux.The adjustment of the vertical position of the panels, in height and in horizontality, is important for the aesthetics of the railing. To maintain the continuity and horizontality of the panels of a railing, installers often use shims, of variable height, placed under the panels.

L'ajustement ou le réglage de ces cales se fait alors soit en changeant la cale au profit d'une autre de dimensions différentes, soit en ajustant les dimensions de la cale. Il est alors nécessaire de soulever le panneau et de le sortir du rail afin d'accéder aux cales.The adjustment or setting of these wedges is then done either by changing the wedge in favor of another of different dimensions, or by adjusting the dimensions of the wedge. It is then necessary to lift the panel and remove it from the rail in order to access the wedges.

Le poids des panneaux est en général de plusieurs dizaines de kilogrammes par mètre de garde-corps. Aussi, le réglage vertical de la position du panneau est compliqué et laborieux. En outre, le retrait et la manipulation des panneaux augmente le risque d'endommager un des panneaux, qui sont généralement réalisés en matériaux cassants tels que du verre ou de la pierre tranchée.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.

Il existe donc un besoin d'un moyen de réglage en hauteur des panneaux d'un garde-corps, en particulier sans compromettre la solidité de la liaison mécanique au sol. Ce moyen de réglage doit être simple et aisé d'utilisation, et notamment éviter d'avoir à manipuler les panneaux mêmes autant que faire se peut.There is therefore a need for a means of adjusting the height of the panels of a guardrail, in particular without compromising the solidity of the mechanical connection to the ground. This means of adjustment must be simple and easy to use, and in particular avoid having to manipulate the panels themselves as much as possible.

EXPOSÉ DE L'INVENTIONDISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

Afin de répondre à ce besoin, l'invention propose un garde-corps, comportant :

  • au moins un panneau,
  • un rail, configuré pour être attaché à un support et présentant un logement pour le panneau lorsqu'il est installé,
  • des moyens de fixation du panneau au rail,
caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre un dispositif de réglage en hauteur du panneau, ledit dispositif comportant
  • un sabot, présentant :
    • * une surface extérieure ajustée au moins par sections à un fond et des parois verticales du logement, de sorte à former un guide en translation verticale avec des parois du logement du rail par appui de la surface extérieure sur les parois verticales du logement,
    • * une surface d'appui pour le panneau lorsqu'il est installé,
    • * un perçage latéral, vertical et transversalement décalé par rapport à la surface d'appui pour le panneau, traversant le sabot et présentant un taraudage,
    • * une vis, configurée pour être insérée dans le perçage latéral et le traverser, et pour coopérer avec le taraudage du perçage latéral.
In order to meet this need, the invention proposes a guardrail, comprising:
  • at least one panel,
  • a rail, configured to be attached to a support and presenting a housing for the panel when it is installed,
  • means for fixing the panel to the rail,
characterized in that it further comprises a device for adjusting the height of the panel, said device comprising
  • a hoof, presenting:
    • * an outer surface adjusted at least in sections to a bottom and vertical walls of the housing, so as to form a guide in vertical translation with walls of the rail housing by bearing of the outer surface on the vertical walls of the housing,
    • * a support surface for the panel when it is installed,
    • * a lateral, vertical and transversely offset hole in relation to the support surface for the panel, crossing the shoe and having a thread,
    • * a screw, configured to be inserted into the side hole and pass through it, and to cooperate with the tapping of the side hole.

En tournant la vis, l'installateur du garde-corps fait se translater verticalement le sabot, qui guide la translation dans le rail. La vis, du fait du caractère décalé transversalement du perçage latéral, est accessible sans retrait du panneau, le réglage en hauteur est ainsi simplifié.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.

Le sabot peut être réalisé en matière plastique, éventuellement chargée, notamment par injection. Dans certaines applications, le sabot peut aussi être réalisé en métal, voire combiner plusieurs matériaux. La vis peut quant à elle être standard.The sabot can be made of plastic material, optionally charged, in particular by injection. In certain applications, the shoe can also be made of metal, or even combine several materials. The screw can be standard.

Le dispositif de réglage en hauteur est donc simple et peu coûteux à réaliser, et peut être ajouté aux kits de montage d'un garde-corps connus et utilisés.The height adjustment device is therefore simple and inexpensive to produce, and can be added to known and used railing mounting kits.

Le dispositif de réglage en hauteur peut en outre comporter un écrou, inséré dans une saignée horizontale et portant le taraudage du perçage latéral.The height adjustment device may further comprise a nut, inserted in a horizontal groove and bearing the thread of the lateral bore.

L'écrou est alors avantageusement métallique. Le taraudage est alors plus solide, et l'usinage du sabot est simplifié plus avant.The nut is then advantageously metallic. The tapping is then more solid, and the machining of the shoe is further simplified.

Si le fond du logement est arrondi, la vis présente avantageusement une pointe conique. Cette pointe conique vient alors se planter dans le rail, ce qui renforce le maintien du sabot et donc du panneau.If the bottom of the housing is rounded, 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.

Si le fond du rail est plan, la vis présente avantageusement une pointe plate. Cette pointe plate présente des frottements importants, ce qui renforce le maintien du sabot et donc du panneau.If the bottom of the rail is flat, 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.

Le rail peut présenter un redent sur une paroi verticale, et le sabot un épaulement, formant une butée supérieure limitant la course vers le haut du sabot.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.

Le sabot peut présenter, du côté opposé au perçage latéral, un bras, portant à son extrémité libre un doigt, venant, lorsque le sabot porte le panneau, en appui contre une paroi sensiblement verticale du logement du logement.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.

Ce bras et ce doigt arc-boutent le sabot lorsqu'il est soumis aux forces verticales de la vis et du poids du panneau.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.

Le sabot peut comporter un montant du côté opposé au perçage sous forme de lèvre verticale.The sabot may include an amount on the side opposite the hole in the form of a vertical lip.

Le sabot peut comporter un montant traversé par le perçage, présentant une protubérance horizontale, orientée vers la position attendue du panneau et formant une surface d'appui du sabot sur le panneau.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.

Ce sabot convient particulièrement aux garde-corps asymétriques, avec un côté orienté vers, par exemple, le vide et donc difficilement accessible.This shoe is particularly suitable for asymmetrical guardrails, with one side facing, for example, the void and therefore difficult to access.

Le sabot peut en outre comporter un évidement inférieur, par exemple sur la surface d'appui du panneau, formant passage pour une bande de diodes pour un éclairage par le dessous du panneau.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.

Le sabot peut être réalisé en matière plastique, éventuellement chargée, notamment par injection.The sabot can be made of plastic material, optionally charged, in particular by injection.

En alternative, le sabot peut être réalisé en métal, notamment en aluminium.BRÉVE Alternatively, the sabot can be made of metal, in particular aluminum. BRIEF

DESCRIPTION DES FIGURESDESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la fixation selon l'invention apparaîtront à la lecture de la description détaillée des figures ci-après, figures parmi lesquelles :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un segment de garde-corps,
  • la figure 2 est une vue en perspective selon un autre angle du segment de garde-corps,
  • la figure 3 est une vue en coupe du segment de garde-corps à hauteur d'un système de fixation du panneau,
  • la figure 4 est une vue en coupe du segment de garde-corps à hauteur d'un dispositif de réglage en hauteur selon l'invention,
  • la figure 5 est une vue en perspective du dispositif de réglage en hauteur,
  • la figure 6 est une vue en perspective d'un mode de réalisation alternatif du dispositif de réglage en hauteur,
  • la figure 7 est une vue en perspective d'un garde-corps selon un autre mode de réalisation,
  • la figure 8 est une vue en perspective du dispositif de réglage en hauteur pour le garde-corps de la figure 7.
Other characteristics and advantages of the binding according to the invention will appear on reading the detailed description of the figures below, figures among which:
  • there figure 1 is a perspective view of a railing segment,
  • there figure 2 is a perspective view from another angle of the railing segment,
  • there picture 3 is a sectional view of the railing segment at the height of a panel fastening system,
  • there figure 4 is a sectional view of the railing segment at the height of a height adjustment device according to the invention,
  • there figure 5 is a perspective view of the height adjuster,
  • there figure 6 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the height adjustment device,
  • there figure 7 is a perspective view of a guardrail according to another embodiment,
  • there figure 8 is a perspective view of the height adjustment device for the railing of the figure 7 .

Les modes de réalisation représentés sont donnés à titre d'exemple illustratif et non limitatif. D'autres modes de réalisation sont directement dérivables de ceux-ci par modifications mineures et combinaison de différents modes de réalisation.The embodiments shown are given by way of illustrative and non-limiting example. Other embodiments are directly derivable from these by minor modifications and combination of different embodiments.

DESCRIPTION DÉTAILLÉE DE L'INVENTIONDETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Figure 1 est une vue schématique en perspective d'un segment d'un garde-corps 100. Le garde-corps 100 comporte un panneau 1, notamment en verre, et ici composé de deux panneaux de verre trempé, empilés avec entre eux une couche de feuilletage plastique. En alternative, le panneau 1 peut être un panneau en pierre, en verre feuilleté, en verre trempé, voire simplement métallique. Figure 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. Alternatively, the panel 1 can be a panel of stone, laminated glass, tempered glass, or even simply metal.

Le panneau 1 est disposé vertical, et forme la barrière du garde-corps lorsqu'installé. La gravité, ou au moins la direction du panneau, fournit un axe vertical, la longueur du panneau correspond à une direction longitudinale du garde-corps 100, et la troisième direction, correspondant à l'épaisseur du panneau, est considérée transverse.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.

Le bord inférieur du panneau 1 est encastré dans un rail 3 inférieur. Le rail 3 est réalisé sous forme de profilé métallique, notamment extrudé. Le rail 3 est par exemple en aluminium, et est fixé au support, ici le sol, par exemple au moyen de perçages et de vis de maçonnerie (non représentés).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).

Entre le rebord supérieur du rail 3 et le panneau 1 sont disposés des joints 5, en particulier des joints à lèvres. Ces joints 5 sont par exemple clipsés ou emboîtés sur le rebord supérieur du rail 3, et leurs lèvres sont en appui contre le panneau 1. Ces joints 5 forment un parement esthétique en assurant la continuité de la surface extérieure apparente, et permettent en outre de limiter la pénétration et l'accumulation de poussière et d'humidité entre le rail 3 et le panneau 1.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.

Le garde-corps 100 de la figure 1 est coupé au niveau longitudinal d'un dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7 du panneau 1 selon l'invention.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.

En figure 2, le segment de garde-corps 100 est vu en trois-quarts depuis le haut, les joints 5 ayant été retirés pour une meilleure visibilité des éléments situés dans le rail 3.In picture 2 , the railing segment 100 is seen in three-quarters from the top, the joints 5 having been removed for better visibility of the elements located in the rail 3.

Le garde-corps 100 présente des moyens de fixation 9 du panneau 1 au rail 3. Les moyens de fixation 9 représentés en figure 2 sont par exemple ceux décrits dans le document FR3096704 , au nom de la demanderesse.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.

La figure 3 est une coupe transverse verticale à hauteur des moyens de fixation 9.There picture 3 is a vertical transverse section at the height of the fastening means 9.

Ces moyens de fixation 9 comportent des coins 91 et un berceau 93. Le panneau 1 est en appui sur le berceau 93, les coins 91 sont disposés de part et d'autre transversalement du panneau 1, en vis-à-vis. Des vis 95 ou autre moyen de serrage rapprochent, lorsqu'ils sont serrés, les coins 91 du berceau 93. Ce faisant, un effort transverse de pincement est exercé sur le panneau 1 du fait d'une forme évasée vers le haut du rail 3 et des coins 91.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.

D'autres moyens de fixation 9 sont notamment possibles : à pinces, à guide etc. tels qu'ils sont connus de l'état de la technique.Other fastening means 9 are possible in particular: with clamps, with a guide, etc. as they are known from the state of the art.

Les moyens de fixation 9 et le dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7 sont tous deux disposés et contenus dans un logement 31 du rail 3, dans lequel est aussi insérée la portion inférieure du panneau 1.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.

Les moyens de fixation 9 et le dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7 sont décalés longitudinalement, et entrent tous deux en prise avec le panneau 1.The fixing means 9 and the height adjustment device 7 are offset longitudinally, and both enter into engagement with the panel 1.

Le dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7 est plus visible en figure 4, qui montre le garde-corps en vue en coupe transverse, au niveau longitudinal du dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7.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.

Le dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7 est en outre représenté hors du rail 3 en perspective en figure 5.The height adjustment device 7 is also shown outside the rail 3 in perspective in figure 5 .

Le dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7 comporte un sabot 71. Le sabot 71 est notamment réalisé en plastique, tel que du polyéthylène, en particulier haute ou très haute densité (PEHD). Il peut être réalisé par moulage, et être conditionné et vendu avec le kit de construction du garde-corps 100.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.

Selon le poids attendu des panneaux 3, notamment lorsqu'ils sont épais et lourds, le sabot 71 peut être réalisé en d'autres matériaux : métal et notamment aluminium, résine ou matériau composite, etc. Notamment, le sabot 71 peut être réalisé en plusieurs matériaux, avec des parties d'appui en métal ou matériau plus solide, et des parties de déformation en plastique souple pour permettre une insertion dans le rail 1.Depending on the expected weight of the panels 3, in particular when they are thick and heavy, the shoe 71 can be made of other materials: metal and in particular aluminum, resin or composite material, etc. In particular, 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.

Le sabot 71 présente une surface extérieure ajustée par sections au fond et aux parois verticales du logement 31 du rail 1, de sorte à former un guide en translation verticale avec lesdites parois verticales du logement 31 du rail 1 par appui de la surface extérieure sur les parois verticales du logement 31, notamment des deux côtés du sabot 71, permettant un guidage en translation lors de mouvements verticaux.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.

Le sabot 71 du mode de réalisation de la figure 4 a une forme générale en U, correspondant au fond arrondi du logement 31 du rail 1. Le fond du U est ici délimité par une surface d'appui 11 pour le panneau 1. Cette surface d'appui 11 est plane, et le panneau 1 prend appui dessus par son chant lorsqu'il est installé.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.

Le bras vertical du U du sabot 71 à gauche en figure 4 forme un épaulement comportant un perçage 13 latéral, vertical et transversalement décalé par rapport à la surface d'appui 11 pour le panneau 1. Le perçage 13 est traversé par une vis 15 qui coopère avec le taraudage du perçage 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.

La vis 15 est notamment de longueur totale plus importante que la longueur du perçage 13.The screw 15 is in particular of greater total length than the length of the bore 13.

Le bras vertical du U du sabot 71 à gauche en figure 4 forme un épaulement comportant un perçage 13 latéral, vertical et transversalement décalé par rapport à la surface d'appui 11 pour le panneau 1. Le perçage 13 est traversé par une vis 15 qui coopère avec le taraudage du perçage 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.

Selon le mode de réalisation particulier des figures 1 à 5, le taraudage est porté par un écrou métallique 17, inséré dans une saignée horizontale du sabot 71. L'écrou 17 est ici parallélépipédique et ajusté à la saignée 19. L'écrou porte un taraudage complémentaire du filetage de la vis 15.According to the particular embodiment of the figures 1 to 5 , 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.

Le bras vertical du U du sabot 71 à droite en figure 4, du côté opposé au perçage 13, porte à son extrémité libre un doigt 21 pointant transversalement vers l'extérieur du sabot 71. Le doigt 21 vient, lorsque le sabot 71 porte le panneau 1, en appui contre une paroi verticale du logement 31 du rail 3.The vertical arm of the U of sabot 71 on the right in figure 4 , on the side opposite the hole 13, carries at its free end a finger 21 pointing transversely outward from the shoe 71. 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.

En venant ainsi en appui, le doigt 21 et le bras forment une prise de force, ce qui renforce le maintien du panneau 1. Cette forme permet un enlèvement de matière qui allège et réduit le coût du sabot 71, tout en augmentant sa déformabilité pour une meilleure insertion.By thus coming to rest, 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.

La vis 15 est notamment réalisée en matériau tel que de l'acier chromé, notamment plus dur que le matériau du rail 3, ici de l'aluminium.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.

La vis 15 présente une pointe conique, entrant, lorsque le panneau 1 est élevé et en appui contre le sabot 71, en prise de force avec le rail 3 en se plantant dans le matériau plus tendre du rail 3. Tout basculement ou translation est alors évité, ou nécessitera au moins des efforts plus importants pour mettre en mouvement le panneau 1.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.

Le rail 3 présente un redent 23, et le sabot un épaulement de butée 25, formant une butée supérieure limitant la course vers le haut du sabot 71 par pression sur l'épaulement de butée 25. La course totale du sabot 71 est donc délimitée par le fond du logement 31 vers le bas, et par le redent 23 vers le haut.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.

Le sabot 71 présente aussi un évidement inférieur 27, réalisé sous forme de retrait sur la surface extérieure du fond du U. L'évidement inférieur 27 augmente la déformabilité en compression du sabot 71, et forme un passage longitudinal pour une bande de diodes électroluminescentes, pour un éclairage par le bas du panneau 1.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.

La déformabilité du sabot 71 permet son insertion par le haut, en surmontant le redent 23. Cependant, si ledit sabot 71 est en matériau peu déformable élastiquement, il pourra toujours être inséré depuis le côté ouvert des logements 31 des rails 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.

Le dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7 selon l'invention est compact et aisé à mettre en place. Le réglage en hauteur se fait en tournant la vis 15, vis qui est accessible depuis le côté transversal du panneau 1, jusqu'à ce qu'elle dépasse du perçage 13 en bas, ce qui va faire monter le sabot 71 et donc le panneau 1 en appui sur celui-ci. Le panneau 1 peut ainsi rester en place dans le rail 3, et n'a pas à être déplacé à chaque ajustement.The height adjustment device 7 according to the invention 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.

En mettant deux dispositifs de réglage en hauteur 7 à chaque extrémité longitudinale d'un panneau 1, il est alors possible d'ajuster simplement la hauteur totale du panneau 1 par action simultanée sur les deux dispositifs de réglage en hauteur 7, ainsi que l'orientation dans le plan du panneau 1 par action sur un seul des deux dispositifs de réglage en hauteur 7.By placing two height adjustment devices 7 at each longitudinal end of a panel 1, it is then possible to simply adjust the total height of the panel 1 by simultaneous action on the two height adjustment devices 7, as well as the orientation in the plane of the panel 1 by action on only one of the two height adjustment devices 7.

En figure 6 est représenté un mode de réalisation alternatif de dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7.In figure 6 an alternative embodiment of the height adjustment device 7 is shown.

Dans ce mode de réalisation l'évidement inférieur 27 est disposé au fond du U formé par le sabot 71, au niveau de la surface d'appui 11, ladite surface d'appui 11 étant séparée en deux par l'évidement inférieur 27.In this embodiment, 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.

Lorsqu'une bande de diodes ou un autre dispositif d'éclairage est inséré dans l'évidement inférieur 27, cette bande de diodes est disposée contre le chant inférieur du panneau 1, sans interruption de ce contact, contrairement au mode de réalisation de la figure 5.When a strip of diodes or another lighting device is inserted into the lower recess 27, this strip of diodes is placed against the lower edge of the panel 1, without interrupting this contact, unlike the embodiment of the figure 5 .

Dans les modes de réalisation discutés en lien avec les figures précédentes, la disposition du rail 3 et du panneau 1 est relativement symétrique : le panneau 1 est, transversalement, au centre du logement 31 du rail 1, et une ouverture est présente de chaque côté du panneau 1, permettant par exemple un accès avec un outil, tel qu'un tournevis, indifféremment des deux côtés. Les moyens de fixation 9 du panneau 1 exercent des forces symétriques, avec une disposition sensiblement symétrique.In the embodiments discussed in connection with the previous figures, 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.

Cependant, il est aussi commun de réaliser des garde-corps 100 en bout de dalle ou en face d'un vide. Ces garde-corps 100 n'ont alors plus à être accessibles des deux côtés, et sont en conséquence fortement asymétriques dans leur conception.However, it is also common to make 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.

Un tel garde-corps 100 asymétrique est représenté en figure 7. Le dispositif de réglage en hauteur 7 associé est représenté séparément en figure 8.Such an asymmetrical guardrail 100 is shown in figure 7 . The associated height adjustment device 7 is shown separately in figure 8 .

Le panneau 1 du garde-corps 100 de la figure 6 est notamment excentré vers la droite de la figure 6 dans le logement 31 du rail 1. En particulier, l'espacement entre le panneau 1 et la paroi verticale du rail 3 à droite en figure 6 est minimal, et correspond à l'épaisseur du joint 5, qui est compressé par le panneau 1 contre ladite paroi verticale.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. In particular, 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.

Notamment, les moyens de fixation 9 (non-représentés) comportent alors un unique coin 91, disposé à l'opposé du côté inaccessible, donc à gauche en figure 7, qui presse le panneau 1 contre la paroi verticale du rail 3.In particular, 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.

Le sabot 71 présente une forme générale en U, avec un fond plan, correspondant au fond plan du logement 31 du rail 3, un montant gauche 73 traversé par le perçage 13, et un montant droit de taille réduite, notamment restreint à une simple lèvre verticale 75.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.

La lèvre verticale 75 est disposée, lorsque le garde-corps 100 est assemblé, entre la paroi verticale du logement 31 du rail 3 et le panneau 1, du côté du vide et sensé être inaccessible (à droite en figure 6).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 ).

Le montant 73 traversé par le perçage 13 présente une protubérance horizontale 77, orientée vers la position attendue du panneau 1. La protubérance horizontale 77 forme une surface d'appui du sabot 71 sur le panneau 1, qui contribue au maintien par compression et pincement du panneau 1 contre la paroi verticale du rail 3. La largeur de cette protubérance horizontale 77 peut être adaptée au panneau 1 et à son épaisseur, et renfonce ainsi le maintien dudit panneau 1.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.

La vis 15 présente ici aussi une pointe conique qui s'enfonce dans le fond plan du logement 31 du rail 3. Ainsi, un effet de translation longitudinale par roulement sur la vis 15 est évité lorsque ladite vis 15 est tournée pour le réglage en hauteur du panneau 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.

L'espace et les ouvertures pour l'infiltration et l'accumulation d'eau et de poussière sont alors minimisés du côté du vide, et tous les éléments qui doivent être manipulés (coins, vis etc.) sont disposés du côté accessible. L'usage simplifié est alors préservé.The space and the openings for the infiltration and the accumulation of water and dust are then minimized on the vacuum side, and all the elements which must be handled (corners, screws etc.) are placed on the accessible side. Simplified use is then preserved.

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Garde-corps, comportant : - au moins un panneau (1), - un rail (3), configuré pour être attaché à un support et présentant un logement (31) pour le panneau (1) lorsqu'il est installé, - des moyens de fixation (9) du panneau (1) au rail (3), caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre un dispositif de réglage en hauteur (7) du panneau (1), ledit dispositif comportant - un sabot (71), présentant : * une surface extérieure ajustée au moins par sections à un fond et des parois verticales du logement (31), de sorte à former un guide en translation verticale avec des parois du logement (31) du rail (3) par appui de la surface extérieure sur les parois verticales du logement (31), * une surface d'appui (11) pour le panneau (1) lorsqu'il est installé, * un perçage latéral (13), vertical et transversalement décalé par rapport à la surface d'appui (11) pour le panneau (1), traversant le sabot (71) et présentant un taraudage (17),* une vis (15), configurée pour être insérée dans le perçage latéral (13) et le traverser, et pour coopérer avec le taraudage (17) du perçage latéral (13). Guardrail, comprising: - at least one panel (1), - a rail (3), configured to be attached to a support and having a housing (31) for the panel (1) when it is installed, - fastening means (9) of the panel (1) to the rail (3), characterized in that it further comprises a device (7) for adjusting the height of the panel (1), said device comprising - a shoe (71), having: * an outer surface adjusted at least in sections to a bottom and vertical walls of the housing (31), so as to form a guide in vertical translation with the walls of the housing (31) of the rail (3) by resting the outer surface on the vertical walls of the housing (31), * a support surface (11) for the panel (1) when it is installed, * a side hole (13), vertical and transversely offset from the support surface (11) for the panel (1), crossing the shoe (71) and having a thread (17),* a screw (15), configured to be inserted into the side hole (13) and cross it, and to cooperate with the thread (17) of the side hole (13). Garde-corps selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dispositif de réglage en hauteur (7) comporte un écrou (17), inséré dans une saignée horizontale (19), portant le taraudage du perçage latéral (13).Railing according to Claim 1, characterized in that a height adjustment device (7) comprises a nut (17), inserted in a horizontal groove (19), carrying the tapping of the lateral bore (13). Garde-corps selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la vis (15) présente une pointe conique.Railing according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the screw (15) has a conical point. Garde-corps selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le rail (3) présente un redent (23) sur une paroi verticale, et le sabot (71) un épaulement, formant une butée supérieure limitant la course vers le haut du sabot (71).Guardrail according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rail (3) has a step (23) on a vertical wall, and the shoe (71) a shoulder, forming an upper stop limiting the upward travel of the shoe (71). Garde-corps selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le sabot (71) présente, du côté opposé au perçage latéral (13), un bras, portant à son extrémité libre un doigt (21), venant, lorsque le sabot (71) porte le panneau (1), en appui contre une paroi sensiblement verticale du logement du logement (31).Guardrail according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shoe (71) has, on the side opposite the lateral bore (13), an arm, carrying at its free end a finger (21), coming, when the shoe (71) carries the panel (1), bearing against a substantially vertical wall of the housing of the housing (31). Garde-corps selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que le sabot (71) comporte un montant du côté opposé au perçage (13) sous forme de lèvre verticale (75).Railing according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the shoe (71) comprises an upright on the side opposite the bore (13) in the form of a vertical lip (75). Garde-corps selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le sabot (71) comporte un montant (73) traversé par le perçage (13), présentant une protubérance horizontale (77) d'épaisseur adaptée à l'épaisseur du panneau (1), orientée vers la position attendue du panneau (1) et formant une surface d'appui du sabot (71) sur le panneau (1).Guardrail according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shoe (71) comprises an upright (73) through which the hole (13) passes, having a horizontal protrusion (77) of thickness adapted to the thickness of the panel (1), oriented towards the expected position of the panel (1) and forming a support surface for the shoe (71) on the panel (1). Garde-corps selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le sabot comporte un évidement inférieur (27) sur la surface d'appui (11) pour le panneau.Railing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shoe has a lower recess (27) on the support surface (11) for the panel. Garde-corps selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le sabot (71) est réalisé en matière plastique.Railing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shoe (71) is made of plastic. Garde-corps selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le sabot (71) est réalisé en aluminium.Railing according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the shoe (71) is made of aluminium.
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