IL176813A

IL176813A - Wall mounting bracket for radiators

Info

Publication number: IL176813A
Application number: IL176813A
Authority: IL
Inventors: Arduino Bordignon
Original assignee: Mb Srl; Arduino Bordignon
Priority date: 2005-07-12
Filing date: 2006-07-12
Publication date: 2011-04-28
Also published as: ES2327806B2; FR2893392A1; CN1896607B; ITPD20050214A1; CN1896607A; ES2327806A1; IL176813A0

Description

P'n I 453495 ΠΊΝ WALL MOUNTING BRACKET FOR RADIATORS The present invention relates to a wall mounting bracket for radiators.

In particular, the invention can be applied conveniently to radiators provided with radiating modules connected by an upper manifold and a lower manifold.

As it is known, radiators are mostly fixed to walls and supported by supporting brackets.

Typically, said supporting brackets are constituted by a body for fixing to a wall, for example by means of expansion plugs, from which a U-shaped portion protrudes on which the upper manifold of the radiator rests.

In conventional radiators, which have a certain mass, the pipes for the intake and delivery of water in the radiator are rigid and particularly strong, and thus can also act as a support for the radiator and as means for stably fixing the radiator to a wall.

A whole range of lighter radiators is known, such as for example certain radiators of new design, certain aluminum radiators and other types of radiator, in which the water intake and delivery pipes neither support nor fix stably said radiators to the wall.

In particular, this is true in radiators in which the water intake and delivery pipes are made of plastics.

Likewise, there are radiators provided with an electric resistor immersed in a heat transfer liquid, which do not require water intake and delivery pipes but simply require electrical connections.

In these described types, the radiators in practice are only supported by the brackets and therefore, if hit violently, they may become displaced and leave the receptacles formed by the brackets, with the possibility to fall disastrously to the ground, damaging the piping and the floor, with danger for the safety of the people who are in the vicinity of said radiators.

The aim of the present invention is to provide a bracket for radiators that solves the drawbacks noted in known types.

Within this aim, an object of the present invention is to provide a bracket for radiators that allows to lock the radiator stably.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a bracket for radiators that allows easy and quick mounting of the radiator.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a bracket for radiators that is structurally simple.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a bracket for radiators that can be manufactured with known systems and technologies.

This aim and these and other objects, which will become better apparent hereinafter, are achieved by a wall mounting bracket for radiators, constructed in accordance with the present invention.

According to the present invention, there is provided a wall mounting bracket for radiators, particularly of the type provided with radiating modules connected in an upper region and in a lower region by manifolds, which comprises a plate to be fixed to a wall, from an upper part of which a cantilevered portion protrudes for stably supporting the upper manifold of a radiator; characterized in that it further comprises means for locking the lower manifold of the radiator, which form an upper abutment and at least one lateral abutment, respectively for the upper portion and for at least the portion that lies furthest, with respect to the wall, of the lower manifold of the radiator, which are adapted to prevent movements of the radiator in an upward direction and at least in the opposite direction with respect to the wall; and further characterized in that said means for locking the lower manifold of the radiator comprise a hook-shaped body, which is pivoted to a lower part of said plate and can be turned, during the mounting of the radiator, from a disengagement position to a position for stable engagement with the lower manifold of the radiator and for automatic locking thereto said hook-shaped body, when arranged in said engagement position, surrounding at least the upper portion and the portion that lies furthest with respect to the wall of the lower manifold of the radiator, thus forming said upper abutment and said at least one lateral abutment, means for preventing rotation from the engagement position to the disengagement position being associated with said hook-shaped body.

A number of prior art devices are known, such as those described in GB-2096451, TB-2254412, DE4401128, FR-2771 158, DP077086, and US2111918, but such constructions are not as simple, and/or do not allow the radiator to be stably locked to the manifold, as in the present invention.

Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become better apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment thereof, illustrated by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a side view of the bracket according to the invention, illustrating the rotated position of said hook-shaped body for engagement and disengagement on the lower manifold; Figure 2 is a perspective view, taken from the right, of the bracket of Figure 1 ; Figure 3 is a perspective view, taken from the left, of the bracket of Figure 1 , showing said hook-shaped body in exploded view; Figure 4 is an enlarged-scale view of a detail of the bracket of Figure 1 related to the pivoting of said hook-shaped body; Figure 5 is a side view of the bracket of Figure 1 during the mounting of a radiator; Figure 6 is a side view of the bracket of Figure 1 after the mounting of a radiator.

It is noted that anything found to be already known during the patenting process is understood not to be claimed and to be the subject of a disclaimer.

With reference to the figures, a bracket for radiators according to the invention is generally designated by the reference numeral 10.

The bracket 10 can be used to support and fix to a wall a radiator 1 1 (Figures 5 and 6) of the type composed for example of radiating modules, in which there is a heat transfer liquid, which are hydraulically connected to each other by means of an upper manifold 13 and a lower manifold 14, both of which are horizontal.

The bracket 10 is composed of a plate 15, which in this embodiment is predominantly elongated vertically and is intended to be fixed to a wall; for fixing, the plate 15 is provided with slotted holes 16, which are suitable to be associated for example with expansion plugs inserted in corresponding holes provided in the wall.

A cantilevered portion 18 for the stable support of the upper manifold 13 of the radiator 1 1 protrudes from an upper part 17 of the plate 15.

The cantilevered portion 18 forms a concave receptacle 19, on which a portion of the upper manifold 13 rests; in particular, the concave receptacle 19 is formed on a shell 20 made of plastics, which covers the cantilevered part of the plate 15.

Conveniently, the bracket 10 comprises means 12 for locking the lower manifold 14, which are adapted to prevent movements of the radiator in an upward direction and at least in the opposite direction with respect to' the wall.

Advantageously, in this embodiment said means for locking the lower manifold 14 comprise a hook-shaped body 22, which is pivoted to a lower part 21 of the plate 15.

The hook-shaped body 22 can be turned during the mounting of the radiator 1 1 from a disengagement position to a position for stable engagement with the lower manifold 14 of the radiator 11, as shown clearly in Figures 1, 5 and 6.

In particular, the upper part 17 and the lower part 21 of the plate 15, on which the cantilevered portion 18 and the pivoting region of the hook-shaped body 22 are located, are formed at the ends of a rib 23, which protrudes from one of the two vertical edges of the plate 15, at right angles thereto.

The hook-shaped body 22 is pivoted about a horizontal axis, which is substantially parallel to the extension of the manifolds 13 and 14.

In particular, in this embodiment, the hook-shaped body 22 has its concavity directed downward when it is arranged in the position for engagement on the lower manifold 14 (Figure 6), whereas when it is arranged in the disengagement position (Figure 5) the concavity is directed at least partially away from the plate 15, so as to allow the insertion of the lower manifold 14 during the mounting of the radiator, as described in greater detail hereinafter.

In particular, the hook-shaped body 22 is constituted by a pivoting portion 24, from which a pivot 25 protrudes which is inserted in a corresponding hinge seat 26, and by the hook-shaped portion formed by two mutually opposite wings, respectively a first wing 27a and a second wing 27b; the first wing 27a corresponds to the wing that lies furthest from the plate 15 in the engagement position.

The wings 27a and 27b in practice form lateral abutments and an upper abutment, respectively for the lateral portions 14a and for the upper portion 14b of the lower manifold 14, which are suitable to prevent movements of the radiator in an upward direction and in a horizontal direction toward and away from the wall.

In practice, the hook-shaped body 22, when it is in the engagement position on the lower manifold 14, surrounds the lateral portions 14a and the upper portion 14b of said manifold.

To prevent movements of the hook-shaped body 22 for disengagement from the lower manifold 14, means 28 for preventing rotation from the engagement position to the disengagement position are associated with said hook-shaped body.

The rotation prevention means 28 are constituted, in this embodiment, by a shoulder 29, which is formed on the hook-shaped body 22 and is arranged in abutment, when the body is in the engagement position, against an edge portion 30 of the rib 23 on which the hook-shaped body 22 is pivoted; the edge portion 30 contrasts the rotation of the hook-shaped body 22 toward the disengagement position, making the shoulder 29 abut.

In particular, the edge portion 30 of the rib 23 on which the hook-shaped body 22 is pivoted has a substantially vertical portion 31 and a substantially circular arc-like portion, which corresponds substantially to part of the circular arc of the hook-shaped body 22; said substantially circular arc-like portion is composed of an upper region 32a and a lower region 32b.

The shoulder 29 is L-shaped and corresponds, when in abutment against the edge portion 30, to the substantially vertical portion 31 and to the upper portion 32a of the circular arc-like portion.

In particular, the shoulder 29 is formed by a step-like portion, which is formed on the face of the hook-shaped body 22 that is directed toward the rib 23, which divides said face into a surface that coincides with the pivoting plane 34 from which the pivot 25 protrudes and into a surface 35 for sliding on the rib 23 when the hook-shaped body 22 is in the disengagement position.

The hook-shaped body 22 is made of an elastically deformable material, such as for example plastics; when the hook- shaped body 22 is in the disengagement position, it is deformed elastically, since it is the sliding surface 35 of the hook-shaped body 22, not the pivoting surface 34, that is arranged in contact with the rib 23; in this configuration, the shoulder 29 is raised on the rib 23.

When the hook-shaped body 22 is in the engagement position, the pivoting surface 34 thereof is in contact with the rib 23 and the shoulder 29 is aligned with the edge portion 30 of the rib 23, which contrasts its rotation toward the disengagement position.

The pivot 25 is formed by two semicylindrical portions 36, which face each other and are mutually spaced so as to allow their flexing; the ends of the semicylindrical portions 36 form a retaining tooth-shaped portion.

The hinge seat 26 is constituted by a circular through hole, which opens, along an arc whose breadth is substantially smaller than the diameter of the pivot 25, onto a conical guiding slot 37, which is formed at the edge of the rib 23.

A further shoulder 38 is provided on the second wing 27b and protrudes from the pivoting surface 34 of the hook-shaped body 22 in the longitudinal direction of the pivot 25; when the hook-shaped body 22 is in the engagement position, the additional shoulder 38 is arranged in abutment against the lower region 32b of the substantially circular arc-like part of the edge portion 30 of the rib 23, so as to act as a rotation stroke limiter for the hook- shaped body 22.

The operation of the invention is as follows.

At least one pair of brackets 10 is fixed to a wall, suitably spaced, locking the corresponding plates 15 for example by means of expansion plugs.

In this configuration, the hook-shaped bodies 22 are rotated upward so that there is a vertical "interspace" between the ends of the wings 27, and the sliding surface 35 of each first wing 27a is in contact with the rib 23.

The radiator is rested on the bracket, placing the upper manifold 13 on the receptacle 19; in this configuration, it is inclined with respect to the wall and its lower part is spaced from the lower part of the bracket 10.

By pivoting on the upper manifold 13, the radiator is moved closer to the bracket 10 in its lower part.

The lower manifold 14 thus pushes against the end of the second wing 27b, turning the hook-shaped body 22.

The hook-shaped body turns until the radiator is vertical and in this position the hook-shaped body surrounds the upper portion and the lateral portions of the lower manifold 14, preventing it from moving vertically and laterally.

The hook-shaped body 22 can no longer rotate, since the additional shoulder 38 that protrudes from the pivoting surface 34 abuts against the lower region 32b of the substantially circular arc-like part of the edge portion 30 of the rib 23.

In this position, the shoulder 29 is arranged in alignment with the edge portion 30 of the rib 23, preventing the rotation of the hook-shaped body 22 toward the disengagement position.

If one wishes to disconnect the radiator, it is sufficient to deform, for example with a screwdriver, and turn the hook-shaped body so as to disengage the shoulder 30.

In practice it has been found that the invention thus described solves the problemsyioted in known types of wall mounting bracket for radiators; in particular, the present invention provides a wall mounting bracket for radiators that allows to lock the radiator stably.

The use of the hook-shaped body in fact allows to lock the movement of the radiator in a vertical direction, in a direction away from the wall and, with reference to the described preferred embodiment, also in the direction toward the wall.

Moreover, the particular structure allows easy and quick mounting of the radiator: it is in fact sufficient to rest the upper manifold on the cantilevered portion and allow it to turn by gravity on the manifold so that the lower part of the radiator pushes against the hook-shaped body, locking itself.

Any removal also is not difficult, since it is sufficient to easily deform the hook-shaped body.

Further, the structure is extremely simple, to the full advantage of low-cost production.

The invention thus conceived is susceptible of numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the appended claims; all the details may further be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.

In practice, the materials employed, so long as they are compatible with the specific use, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to requirements and to the state of the art. 176813/3

Claims

1. A wall mounting bracket for radiators, particularly of the type provided with radiating modules connected in an upper region and in a lower region by manifolds, which comprises a plate to be fixed to a wall, from an upper part of which a cantilevered portion protrudes for stably supporting the upper manifold of a radiator; characterized in that it further comprises means for locking the lower manifold of the radiator, which form an upper abutment and at least one lateral abutment, respectively for the upper portion and for at least the portion that lies furthest, with respect to the wall, of the lower manifold of the radiator, which are adapted to prevent movements of the radiator in an upward direction and at least in the opposite direction with respect to the wall; and further characterized in that said means for locking the lower manifold of the radiator comprise a hook-shaped body, which is pivoted to a lower part of said plate and can be turned, during the mounting of the radiator, from a disengagement position to a position for stable engagement with the lower manifold of the radiator and for automatic locking thereto, said hook-shaped body, when arranged in said engagement position, surrounding at least the upper portion and the portion that lies furthest with respect to the wall of the lower manifold of the radiator, thus forming said upper abutment and said at least one lateral abutment, means for preventing rotation from the engagement position to the disengagement position being associated with said hook-shaped body.

2. The bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that said hook-shaped body is pivoted about a horizontal axis which is substantially parallel to the extension of said manifolds, said hook-shaped body having its concavity directed downward when arranged in the position for engagement on said lower manifold, while when it 10 176813/3 is arranged in the disengagement position the concavity is directed at least partially away from said plate so as to allow insertion of the lower manifold during the mounting of the radiator.

3. The bracket according to claim 2, characterized in that said hook-shaped body is constituted by a pivoting portion, from which a pivot protrudes which is inserted in a corresponding hinge seat, and by a hook-shaped portion, which is formed by two mutually opposite wings, respectively a first wing and a second wing , said first wing corresponding to the wing which, in the engagement position, lies furthest from said plate, said hook-shaped body, when it is in the engagement position on the lower manifold, surrounding the lateral portions and the upper portion of the lower manifold, so as to prevent upward and horizontal movements thereof.

4. The bracket according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said upper part and said lower part of said plate are formed at the ends of a rib that protrudes at right angles from said plate.

5. The bracket according to claim 4, characterized in that said rotation prevention means are constituted by a shoulder, which is formed on said hook-shaped body and is arranged in abutment, when said hook-shaped body is in the engagement position, against an edge portion of said rib on which said hook-shaped body is pivoted, said edge portion contrasting the rotation of said hook-shaped body toward the disengagement position, making said shoulder abut against it.

6. The bracket according to claim 5, characterized in that said shoulder is formed by a step-like portion, which is formed on the face of said hook-shaped body directed toward said rib and divides said face into a surface that coincides with the pivoting surface from which said pivot protrudes and into a surface for sliding on said rib when said hook-shaped body is in the disengagement position, said hook-shaped 11 176813/3 body being made of an elastically deformable material; when said hook-shaped body is in the disengagement position, it is deformed elastically, since said shoulder is raised on the rib, when said hook-shaped body is in the engagement position, said pivoting surface is in contact with said rib and said shoulder is aligned with the edge portion of the rib, which contrasts its rotation toward the disengagement position.

7. The bracket according to claim 6, characterized in that said edge portion of said rib on which said hook-shaped body is pivoted has a substantially vertical portion and a substantially circular arc-like portion, which corresponds substantially to part of the circular arc of the hook-shaped body, said substantially circular arc-like portion being composed of an upper region and a lower region.

8. The bracket according to claim 7, characterized in that said shoulder is reshaped and corresponds, when in abutment against the edge portion to said substantially vertical portion and to the upper region of the circular arc-like portion.

9. The bracket according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that on said second wing there is an additional shoulder, which protrudes from said pivoting surface of said hook-shaped body in the longitudinal direction of said pivot when said hook-shaped body is in the engagement position, said additional shoulder being arranged in abutment against the lower region of the substantially circular arc-like part of said edge portion of the rib so as to act as a rotation stroke limiter for said hook-shaped body.

10. The bracket according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said pivot is formed by two semicylindrical portions which face each other and are spaced so as to allow their flexing, the ends of said semicylindrical portions forming a retention tooth-like portion, the hinge seat being constituted by a circular 12 176813/3 through hole which is open, over an arc that is substantially narrower than the diameter of the pivot onto a conical guiding slot formed at the edge of said rib.

11. 1 1. The bracket according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said cantilevered portion forms a concave receptacle on which a portion of said upper manifold rests.

12. The bracket according to claim 11 , characterized in that said concave receptacle is formed on a shell made of plastics, which covers the cantilevered part of the plate.

13. The bracket according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said plate has a predominantly vertical G.E. Ehrlich (1995) Ltd. 11 Menachem Begin Street 52 521 Ramat Gan