ES2633266T3 - Separator element - Google Patents

Abstract

Separating element to be disposed between two construction parts arranged separated from each other, with - a plurality of sections (1) arranged modularly at least consecutively so as to form a row, - of which, correspondingly, two adjacent sections (1) are linked together in a place of attachment (2); and - of which each section (1) has at least two blocks (4) of equal height, mutually separated from each other, of at least one strip (3) extending between its two joining places (2), that - in each case, they are joined together by an elastically configured soul (5) and - whose two frontal areas (10, 11) are arranged in each case in an area common to all the blocks (4) and which in particular is flat, where - the separator element is configured in one piece as a part obtained by injection casting.

Description

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DESCRIPTION

Separator element

The invention relates to a separator element to be disposed between two construction parts that are to be arranged or mounted separately from each other. A separating strip for roof construction is already known. It is made of synthetic material and has a meander curvature. The separating bar has a constant continuous height and is fixed by screws to one of the slats that form the seat base.

A separating strip is also known to be screwed onto a supporting beam of floor planks. The separating bar consists of synthetic material and presents a wavy configuration. Its two ends have complementary configurations between each other, so that two separating slats can be joined together with a view to their extension (WO 2010/142581 A1).

In addition, it is known to join at their ends and in cross between sf slats fixed in size in the form of modules with the help of separate joining elements (DE 638942).

The invention has the objective of creating a separating element that can be applied flexibly and that in particular allows adequate evacuation of water and air circulation.

To achieve this objective, the invention proposes a separating element provided with the features mentioned in claim 1. The improvements of the invention are the subject of the secondary claims.

Therefore, to configure the separation, the separator element contains the plurality of blocks of equal height, whose height thus defines the separation. In this regard, "height" means the extension between both support areas or front of the blocks, while the soul joins the sides of the blocks between them. The sides of the blocks must be arranged, each of them, in a plane that is common to all blocks. In other words, during placement on a flat area, both the upper frontal areas of all the blocks must be aligned with each other and also the lower frontal areas of all the blocks must be aligned with each other Thanks to the elasticity of the souls, both areas They can also be arranged, in each case, on a surface, for example, the surface of a circular cylinder, in this case where all the upper or lower frontal areas of the blocks are located on the surface . The blocks are arranged in strips mutually separated from each other and, correspondingly, two consecutive blocks are joined together by means of a soul.

The soul can serve not only to reduce material consumption but also to elastically configure each strip in the lateral direction, without thereby reducing the stability of the strip in the direction of the request, determined by the stability of the blocks.

In particular, the sections linked to each other in pairs at the junction sites can have an identical configuration.

In a refinement of the invention, it can be provided that the width of the separator element is modifiable in the perpendicular direction with respect to the direction of its placement, for example, by a conformation of the separator element. In this way, it should be possible to adapt the separator element to substructures of different widths. If, for example, a substructure is made of slats mutually separated from each other, it should be possible to arrange the separator element so that it bridges the slats.

In a refinement of the invention, it can be provided that a section has two block strips, the front areas of the blocks of each of the strips being located in the same plane as the front areas of the blocks of the other strip.

For example, both strips of a section can be found in the same place of union at the corresponding ends of the section.

In an improvement it can be provided that both strips of blocks of a section will approach each other in the direction towards the place of union, and that eventually they will also join there instead, in the remaining region, that is, in the region between the places of union of the section, they present a greater mutual separation. For example, the separation in the middle between two places of union may be the largest.

It is also possible, and is within the scope of the invention, that both strips of the separator element are linearly configured and extend parallel to each other. In this case, the sections of the separator element, as far as the strip is concerned, may present a direct transition to each other. However, in the place of the union, both strips can be joined together or be directly joined together

It has already been mentioned that the soul that links the blocks serves to reduce the consumption of material and to make the corresponding strip more flexible, and that especially for this purpose it is narrow. It serves firstly to join the blocks between each other in order to obtain a unitary manipulable element.

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In an improvement, it can be foreseen that also the height of the soul, which links the blocks, is less than the height of the blocks. This also improves water permeability and air circulation, since water can flow under the soul.

In particular, it can be provided that the soul presents a separation with respect to the planes of both front areas of the blocks. In this case, to enable water permeability, the orientation of the separating element is no longer of interest.

In another embodiment of the invention, the junction site may be configured so as to present a junction node that is common to both neighboring sections. Therefore, the strips of both sections are joined together in a joint node.

However, it is also possible, and it is proposed in another embodiment of the invention, that both strips, especially when they extend parallel to each other, are joined by a transverse soul, such that the place of union serves both to join the sections of the separating element as well as joining both strips of a section. This transverse core can be joined in particular by way of a hinge of lamina in each case with a block of each strip. In this way, it is possible to achieve a modification of the separation between both strips and with it the width of the separating element by means of a rotation of the transverse soul. It is also possible to form the transverse soul itself.

In another embodiment, it can be provided that the height of the joint site is smaller than the height of the blocks. In particular, it can be provided that a frontal area of the junction site is aligned with the plane of one of the frontal areas of the blocks of both adjacent sections.

And in another refinement of the invention, it can be provided that the joint site has a through hole, which extends parallel to the direction of the height of the blocks. Therefore, the place of attachment can be used, for example, to fix the separator element to the seat base by means of a nail or screw.

Since the separator element is modularly composed of a plurality of sections, it may be necessary to shorten a separator element. To do this, in an improvement of the invention, it can be provided that the separator element has weak places, where it is possible to cut the separator element. It is convenient that the weak places are arranged in the region of the places of a union, but alternatively or additionally, it is also possible to arrange them between adjacent blocks.

Thanks to the use of weak points, the possibility of producing separating elements with relatively large lengths is presented, so that they can be rolled up and presented as profiled material.

According to another feature, it can be provided that at least one strip has two parts or sections that extend linearly, and that enclose an angle between sf

It is also possible that at least one strip is extended arched.

And in another refinement of the invention, it can be envisioned that the arrangement of the strips is symmetrically configured with respect to a line that links the junction sites of a section.

In particular, the invention proposes to manufacture the separating element of a biologically degradable synthetic material.

Other features, details and preferences of the invention result from the claims whose wording is based on the content of the description, from the following description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, as well as with the help of the drawings. The individual features of the various embodiments and of the drawings can be combined with each other arbitrarily, without departing from the scope of the invention. About:

Figure 1 is a top view on a separator element with three sections;

Figure 2 is a side view of the separator element of Figure 1, from the right;

Figure 3 is an enlarged representation of a junction between two sections;

Figure 4 also represents, on an enlarged scale, a side view of the union of two blocks of a strip;

Figure 5 is a perspective representation of a cutout of a separator element of a second embodiment;

Figure 6 is a side view of the separator element of Figure 5, similar to Figure 2;

Figure 7 is a top view on the separator element of Figures 5 and 6, in a representation corresponding to Figure 1.

Figure 1 shows a separator element, constructed by three essentially identical sections 1. Each section 1 extends between two places of union 2, where the outer sections end in a place of union

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2. In a normal case, a separating element is formed with a much larger number of sections 1, but for the representation it is enough to have three sections 1. Each section 1 has two strips 3 of separating blocks 4, which are joined together by each other ^ a continuous soul 5 and with the junction places 2. In the exemplary embodiment shown, each strip 3 of separator blocks 4 has two straight sections 3a, 3b, which between them cover an obtuse angle.

The soul 5 is essentially narrower of the separator blocks 4. In its corresponding last section between the last separator block 4 and the place of union 2, the soul 5 has a wider configuration and presents in its transition towards the place of union 2 proper a width that is reduced and ends at a point.

The separator element has a longitudinal direction, which coincides with a joint line between the junction places 2 of a section 1. Both strips 3 are configured and arranged symmetrically with respect to said longitudinal direction. In approximately the middle between both places of union 2, the two strips 3 have their maximum mutual separation.

All blocks 4 have the same size.

As can be recognized in Figure 2, all blocks 4 also have the same height. The soul 5, which can be seen in Figure 2 at the place of the maximum separation between two strips 3, has a height that is less than that of the blocks 4. This also applies to the place of union 2.

Now, on an enlarged scale, Figure 3 shows a junction place 2 between two sections 1 of the separator element. The union element 2 is configured as a ring-shaped union node 6, which has a central hole 7. The end sections 8 of both souls 5 have, in contrast to the rest of the part of the souls 5, a greater width . But in the transition to union node 6, its width is reduced to almost one point. Thus, in the penimeter of the union node 6, a weak place is formed directly, in which it is possible to easily tear the soul 5 from the place of union 2.

Each separation block 4 has a hole 9, through a frontal area 10 of each separator block 4 towards its opposite frontal area.

While Figure 2 represents the separator element from the lateral direction of Figure 1, and the visual direction in Figure 2 also obliquely affects the soul 5, Figure 4 shows on an enlarged scale a side view of two separator blocks in a perpendicular direction with respect to the development of the soul 5. Each block 4 has 2 frontal areas 10, 11 opposite each other and extending parallel to each other. The separation between both front areas 10, 11 between them configures the height of the separator block 4. The upper frontal areas 10 in Figure 4 of all the separator blocks of both strips 3 of a section are in a plane, as well as the lower front areas 11 in Figure 4 of all separator blocks 4 of both strips 3.

The soul 5 that joins the separator blocks 4 is not only, as already noted, narrower than the separator blocks 4, but also has a smaller height. Both longitudinal edges 12 of the soul 5 have a distance with respect to the planes in which the corresponding frontal areas 10 or 11 of the separator blocks 4 are located. In this way, it is possible, when the separator blocks are arranged between two elements to be mounted separately from each other, flow the water below and eventually also above the soul 5.

The hole 7 in the joining nodes 6 can be used to fix the separating element by means of a nail or a screw to the seat base.

Due to the open shape of both strips 3 of each section 1 and the elasticity of the core 5, during assembly it is possible to zoom in between each other or to a certain extent also to remove the joining places from each other, assuming this is necessary due to the circumstances that arise during the fixation.

In the embodiment shown and in this aspect also described, the separator blocks 4 are configured as parallelepiped with a rectangular plan. However, of course, it is also possible and part of the scope of the invention for the separator blocks to have other basic shapes, for example, the shape of a cube.

Figures 5 to 7 show a second embodiment of the separator element proposed by the invention. For the same elements of this separator element, the same reference numbers are used.

First of all with respect to Figure 7, she shows a top view corresponding to Figure 1 on a section 1 of the second embodiment of the separator element. Again, section 1 consists of two strips 3 of blocks 4 of equal height that have a mutual separation between each other. The blocks 4 are connected to each other by corresponding individual sections of a soul 5. Unlike the embodiment of the preceding Figures 1 to 4, both strips 3 of blocks 4 extend, each of them, in a straight and parallel way between sf .

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They are joined to each other by the transverse souls 13 that form the junction places 2. In Figure 7, these transverse souls 13 have been represented in broken lines.

As can be seen in the top view of Figure 7, between blocks 4, souls 5 have the same height as these. The transverse soul 13 that joins both strips 3 is clearly narrower than the strips 3, because it must be able to deform. If, for example, the lower strip 3 of Figure 7 moves in its own longitudinal direction, both strips 3 approach each other due to the parallelogram effect of the transverse souls 13. This can take place both because of the fact that the Transversal souls 13, while remaining straight, rotate in their places of deformation, as well as the fact that they deform by themselves in the form of "S". In this way, it is possible to modify the separation between both strips 3 of separator blocks 4.

In the side view of Figure 6, from below in Figure 7, it can be seen that the soul 5 is shaped in a height direction in approximately the middle between both front areas 10, 11 of the blocks 4, such that both by above and below the souls 5 there is an interstitium through which water can pass. Between both specially configured blocks 4 ', the soul 5 is displaced in the direction of height downwards, so that its lower side 14 is located at a height with the lower side of the individual blocks 4. In this place, the soul 5 'is somewhat longer than among the other blocks 4. In this place, the soul has an opening 19 to pass a screw or a nail. Compared to the arrangement of the hole 9 in the blocks 4, this arrangement has the advantage that in this place a screw head 4 does not protrude above the upper frontal area 10 of the blocks 4, so it does not cause complications.

Figure 5 shows a cutout of a separator element in an interrupted representation. It can be seen that also, in the direction of height, the transverse soul 13 has a more slender configuration than the blocks 4.

In the same way as in the preceding embodiments, the width of the separator element, that is, in this case, the separation between the outer sides of the strips 3, remote in each case with respect to the other strip, is modifiable. The maximum separation is determined by the length of the transverse souls 13. To reduce the separation, both strips 3 move parallel to each other so as to approach each other.

In the case of the preceding embodiment, the width of the separator element can be modified by bringing two joining places 2 closer together, whereby the break points of both strips 3 move outwards. As for the embodiment of Figure 1 to Figure 4, it is possible to modify the width of the separator element individually for each section.

The separating element of both embodiments is manufactured in one piece as an injection casting, for example, in lengths of 0.5 m. The number and arrangement of the blocks in each section can be chosen arbitrarily.

Claims (16)

5 10 fifteen twenty 25 30 35 40 Four. Five 1. Separating element to be arranged between two construction parts arranged separated from each other, with - a plurality of sections (1) arranged modularly at least consecutively so as to form a row, - of which, correspondingly, two adjacent sections (1) are joined together in a joint location (2); Y - of which each section (1) has at least two blocks (4) of equal height, mutually separated from each other, of at least one strip (3) extending between its two joining places (2), which - in each case, they are joined together by an elastically configured soul (5) and - whose two frontal areas (10, 11) are arranged in each case in a common area to all blocks (4) and which is especially flat, where - the separator element is configured in one piece as a part obtained by injection casting. 2. Separator element according to claim 1, wherein the width of the separator element is modifiable. 3. Separator element according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one section (1) has at least two strips (3) of blocks (4), wherein the front areas (10, 11) of the blocks (4) of both strips (3) are correspondingly arranged in a plane common to the blocks (4) of both strips (3). 4. Separator element according to claim 3, wherein both strips (3) approach each other in the direction towards the place of union (2), and in a region, located in the middle between the places of union (2) , present a greater separation. 5. Separator element according to claim 3, wherein the strips (3) of the blocks (4) extend parallel to each other. 6. A separating element according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the height of the core (5) that links the blocks (4) is less than the height of the blocks (4). 7. Separator element according to claim 6, wherein the soul (5) has a separation in height direction from the planes of both front areas (10, 11) of the blocks (4). 8. Separator element according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one junction site (2) is formed by junction nodes (6) common to both adjacent sections (1). 9. The separating element according to one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the joint location (2) is formed by a transverse core (13) which, at each of its ends, is correspondingly connected with a block ( 4) of each of the strips (3) of blocks (4). 10. A separating element according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the height of the joint site (2) is less than the height of the blocks (4). 11. Separator element according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a frontal area of the junction site (2) is aligned with the plane of the one of the frontal areas (10, 11) of the blocks (4). 12. Separator element according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the junction site (2) has a hole (7) extending parallel to the direction of the height of the blocks (4). 13. Separator element according to one of the preceding claims, wherein in the region of the junction site (2) a weak place for the separation of adjacent sections (1) has been configured. 14. Separating element according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one strip (3) has two parts (3a, 3b) that extend in a straight line, which enclose an angle to each other. 15. Separating element according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one strip (3) has an arcuate development. 16. Separator element according to one of claims 3 to 15, wherein the arrangement of the strips (3) is symmetrically configured with respect to a longitudinal axis linking the junction places (2).