IL22539A - Folding partitions and walls - Google Patents

Description

PARTITIONS WALLS The present invention relates to folding partitions and Folding partitions or walls are being used at present to a part of a and these partitions or walls are formed of a sort of double ourtain offlexible material which can be opened and divided at The curtains conventionally used are cumbersome and are not easy to handle to the metallie framing with hinged members sustaining the curtain and which has to be handled together with the The curtain according the present invention can instead be made in such a way that it is very light and easy to it of easy cheap constructs In the construction of the use can be made of elements obtained by the union of two synthetic plastics materials of different degrees stiffness may be constituted by the same plastics material plastioised to different so as ti comprise two rigid parts united by a flexible According to the present invention there provided a folding partition or wall comprising a structure constituted by a series of elements connected together and each extending from top to bottom of the least some of the said elements each having at least one y rigid part and at least one substantially ible the said two parts being formed in one piece and extending from top to bottom of the and elements comprised of two such parts connected to other elements of the series by substantially rigid the series of elements constituting the like structure presenting a series of nating substantially rigid parts and ly flexible parte across partition or wall whereby the substantially flexible parts and the substantially rigid parts to pushed close one another to the of present invention now described in more detail way of example with re erenc to the accompanying drawings in which 1 diagrammatioally represents plan view a curtain according to the present 2a 2 are similar views of other embodiments of the curtain according to and show in the open position and in the closed position another type of curtain according to the to 9 respectively show accessories for use with curtains according to the 7 shows a connecting membe to serve as an abutment and on the free edges of curtains according to the 8 show connecting members to serve as an abutment fixed to a to receive the free vertical edge of a curtain according to the and shows a member for a or for framin the opening of a 10 are views in perspective Of separate parts one embodiment of the head of an device for producing elements for curtains according to the in 0a shows the part of the head serving as an for rigid shows the part of the head serving as an inlet for flexible shows the part of the head for coupling together the two materials rigid and shows a conveyor that in the directions of movement of the 10 the part shown in shows a through which the composite material shows a component part of the die shown in is a plan view from top of the lower component part of the die of showing the or welding zone of the and 11 shows in enlarged a preferred embodiment of the junction between the flexible material and the rigid With reference firstly to the curtain shown is represented in the closed position in this essentially comprises a plurality of elements 1 which may he produced by means of the elements are of substantially equal size and each constituted hy two parts 2 and made of rigid material and hy an Intermediate part made o flexible The parts 2 3 of eac pair of contiguous elements 1 are firmly connected hy a indicated generally hy reference numeral 5 constituted hy mating ors constituted hy end members 6 and 7 located at the longitudinal edges of the parts 2 Th end members 6 and are of substantially rigid Bach end 6 is bifurcated and has arms 8 and 9 forming a socket with a spherical The end member 7 of the part 3 of each element is forced into the socke Each end member 7 has the shape of an eyelet with a central hole 10 provided for the passage of stay rods for ing the Every is provided with wheels scoured to the rod by means of a connecting member slidabie on a The curtain can be opened or closed by opening folding in the direction of the arrows and as Indicated in 1 and shows another embodiment of the curtain according to the invention also a retracted position and comprising rigid parts 2 Joined by flexible parts Each part 2 presents at its respective ends a bifurcated member and an eyele member 7 having a 10 through Each is also provided at its respective ends with a bifurcated member 6 and an eyelet member 7 a hole 10 through These end members Of the part are adapted to mate with the members 7 and 6 of contiguous parts The shown in 2a and 2b correspond essentially to of with the difference that the flexible part is an integral part of rigid parts 2a part has an end provided with an eyelet 7 to be connected to a bifurcated member 6 on one end of rigid part 2b the end part ie provided with a bifurcated membe 6 to be connected to an eyelet 7 provided on one end of rigid part At the end adjacent a wall the curtain will present an end the one indicated by in figure 2 which can be connected with the connecting member 6 of Another embodiment of the curtain according to the invention shown in 3 and whieh show the curtain in expanded position and in retracted position In this each element 1 is of two pairs o rigid indicated by 2 whieh are connected with each other by central parts and by other parts to rigid connecting members constituting the ends of the elements respectively by and The connecting member carries centrally of end and rigid with it an eyelet end 7 with a hole member 7 engaged with member having a bifurcated end membe Both members and are provided with extensions and with corresponding end parts contiguous elements when the curtain is expanded 8 and 9 show respectively a connectin member 20 for a wall to receive a free vertical edge of a curtain and a connecting member 21 for fixing in a door for the same 7 shows end abutments for curtains according the for use on the edges of the which meet when the curtains are One abutment a part 22 of rigid synthetic plastics material and a part 23 synthetic plastics material simila to the material used for refrigerator doors and which houses within a hollow part of rectangular section a permanent magnet The other abutment comprises a part 25 of rigid synthetic plastics substantially similar to the part 22 and carrying Inside a piece of metal In this way the two leaves of a curtai or mobile wall according to the present invention ca be fastened by means o magnetic attraction without using any fastening elements which are difficult to accommodate owing to the small space The shaped parts 22 and may even as the connecting member of may be provided inside with a piece of metal corresponding to the piece 26 of for closing doors or walls made of curtain according to the invention having only one Referring to 10 there are perspective views separate of an extruder device for producing elements for curtains according to the for Instance of the shown In is shown an inlet head 27 for the rigid synthetic plastics which forwarded the direction of the arrow The head 27 has a orifice 28 having a close to of the combined of the two parts 2 and of the element The head 27 is followed by a part 29 shown and convenientl pieces 30 and 31 superimposed and which present two extensions which are also superimposed to form a baf le 32 which separates an orifice substantially similar to the orifice an orifice 3 substantially In which receives the flexible synthetic material destined to constitute the part of the element 1 The f synthetic plastics material fed the orifice 3k the part shown in through a duct 3k1 The part 29 is ollowed by the part 35 10 which is formed with a group of adapted to shape the rigid and flexible synthetic plastics materials travelling through the part 35 and cause them to assume the of the parts 3 of element 4 In a orifice 36 shapes the part an Orifice 37 having the orm of a half circle shapes the part and an orifice shapes the part In order to produce the eyelet 7 with the hole necessary material in this case a synthetic plastics material is extruded through a circular row of small holes 39 around a core in the part The part 6 to shaped in a hole beneath the After leaving the part the synthetic plasties materials enter a part which completes the extrude This too is formed by a plurality of Two pieces should be noted which are similar and and Between these there a kk alighed wit the baffle provided the part 35 between the cavities 37 and The baffle does not occupy clear from the whole depth of a groove formed by the pieces and one end of which blocked by a visible behind which baffle kk terminates in the zone The union between the rigid synthetic plastics material takes place in the part The materials issuing from the cavities 50 in the part k3 are the same as the materials shaped in the cavities 38 but since the cavities and 50 merge into one the materials with one another to form the element 1 which is constituted by two rigid parts 2 and 3 with position of a lexible part cavity 50 is terminated with a hole 51 which the eyelet 10 formed by the core The cayity terminated by a shaped like an open rin 52 formed b the pieces and and by the piece visible in perspective view in 10 in plan view in The piece 52 comprises a flange with a eylindrically shaped edge member This piece is able to form the fork 6 a the end of the part 2 of the element 1 insufficientOCRQuality

Claims (2)

1. 22539/2 ΐ· A folding partition Of wall comprising a curtain-like structure constituted by a series of elements connected together and each extending from top to "bottom of the curtain, at least some of the said elements each having at least one substantially rigid part and at least one substantially flexible part* the said two parts being formed in one piece and extending from to to bottom of the element, and the elements comprised of two euoh parts being connected to other elements of the series by substantially rigid connectors, the series of elements constituting the Curtain-like structure presenting a; series of alternating substantiall rigid parts and substantiall flexible parts across the partition or wall whereb the substantiall flexible parts can bend and allow the substantially rigid parts to be pushed close to one another to fold the partition or wall, 2o A folding partition according to claim 1 wherein each of the said substantially rigid connectors consists of an extension in one piece with one of the elements and at one of the longitudinal edges thereoft the elements having a connector at each longitudinal edge and each oonneotor o one element being shaped to connect with the adjacent connecto of another element* 3· A folding partition according to claim 2 wherein at least some of the said connectors are formed with a hole to receive a stay rod for the Curtain-like structure. 1*· A folding partition according to claims 1, 2 or 3 wherei the elements of the said series are formed of extruded synthetic plastics material. 22539/2 5. A folding partition acoording to claim h, wherein the substantially flexible and s¾ibBtantially rigid parts of the elements are made from different synthetic plasties materials. 6. A folding partition according to claim 1+ wherein the substantially flexible and substantially rigid parts of the elements are made from the same synthetle plastics material plasticised to a different degree* 7· A folding partition or wall substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in Pig.1, Pig.

2. , Pig. 2a, Pig. 2b or Fige.3 and k of the accompanying drawings.