JP4954893B2 - Holding means for connecting structural parts, especially flooring panels - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a holding means for connecting structural parts, in particular, a covering panel, based on elastic deformation, and the covering panel and the covering panels to form a covering material based on elastic deformation. It is related with the holding means of the covering panel used in order to connect.

  A wide variety of coated panel configurations are known. The coated panel may consist of natural stone, ceramic material, plastic or wood, in some cases metal. There can also be a mixture of these materials, which are incorporated one into the other or fastened to a common support panel. Such a connection between the face material and the supporting panel is often used when there is only one face material so that it can be used as thin as possible and therefore cost-effective, usually expensive. It is done. For reasons related to cost and manufacturing, the supporting panels are usually made of plastic, in particular polyurethane, each adhered to a material referred to herein below as a decorative panel or fitted into a mold, A support panel is foam-molded thereon.

  Such coated panels can be partially overlapped along the peripheral area for better adjustment, but can be joined to the floor using conventional adhesives or adhesives to the substructure And the substructure is in the form of strips or grids and in the first example suitably clamped on the support surface, so that the coated panels are bonded with adhesive or the result It is attached to a fastening system that is properly positioned with the appropriate dimensions, or is clipped by elastically deforming the individual areas.

  Other fastening methods that can be implemented are known, in which a relatively small holding panel is used instead of such a grid or such strips fastened to the support surface, The retaining panel can be coupled to the covering panel to ensure that one covering panel is positioned and possibly fastened with respect to another covering panel. In some cases, it is also known to provide various elements for ease of fastening or for actual manufacture based on elastic deformation, which elements always move the end position beyond the maximum deformation position. By selecting, it constitutes a kind of top dead center mechanism.

  Therefore, the present invention performs such fastening by elastically deforming a holding portion called “clip” or “snap fastener” below, and it has been found that these work well. It has been found that various problems occur in this respect. That is, the manufacturing tolerances are increased, and the disadvantage of increasing the non-uniform density distribution in a holding element that can be elastically deformed by foam molding is usually caused. Various problems arise in that accurate and desirable positioning with respect to each other cannot be maintained over a relatively large surface area, if so at high cost.

  Examples of such connecting elements are known from the following documents.

  EP 0816592 discloses a flooring element, which has mushroom-shaped projections in its peripheral region, these projections being perpendicular to the main face of the element And can be fitted into corresponding recesses in the peripheral region of adjacent elements. In this way, the flooring is formed by connecting the individual elements.

  U.S. Pat. No. 3,676,971 discloses a covering panel in which different types of attachments are made, the attachment of the holding panel with four covering panels at the corners, each in place. This is done by holding. The retaining panels have roof-shaped ridges that project into complementary recesses on the underside of the covering panel. Surprisingly, this is an example in which neither actual fixing nor actual adjustment of the covering panel was considered (FIG. 2). The free sliding of the panel is only disturbed. It is clear that relatively large tolerances can be tolerated (joints or gaps 17, 18 and 19 in FIG. 2).

  German Patent No. 4135662 discloses a multipurpose platform consisting of several metal sheets, which are connected in each case by connecting elements arranged in the corner regions. By screwing through the slot, the connection is thus made, not by elastic deformation of the holding part.

  EP-A-0191868 discloses another method of placing a flooring panel on a frame containing strips. The frame portions are not fixed to each other anyway, but the strips are adjusted to each other by projecting cylindrical pins into the cylindrical fitting holes of adjacent strips. The flooring panel itself is easily mounted in the frame thus formed.

  French Patent No. 2690472 is far from the field of the present invention and deals with the connection of the intersection to an I-beam, in which a stirrup is placed around the I-beam. Engage and pull the screw / nut through one of the holes in the intersection to pull it up against the intersection and secure it to the upper chord of the I-beam, thereby fixing the intersection.

  Other coated panel connections are known from the following documents:

  A wide variety of different embodiments of adjusting and fastening elements are known from the literature on the formation of auxiliary floor systems. In this regard, German Patent Application Publication No. 2339978, German Patent Application Publication No. 2360784, German Patent Application Publication No. 3114590, German Patent Application Publication No. 3330612, French Patent Invention No. 2710360 Reference is made only to WO 97/26424 and US Pat. No. 5,333,423. The floors disclosed in these documents include support elements that are spaced and / or fastened on the underlaying material, adjusted to the desired height, A floor panel is placed and the adjustment and installation is done with protrusions and recesses in a manner similar to the literature mentioned in the background art. The last French document mentioned is insofar as it deals with removable display floors where the supports can also be interconnected to form a kind of frame and the center of the individual cover panels can be supported. Slightly different.

  EP 0 191 868 has a strip element which is fastened to a flooring and into which a covering panel is inserted last, thereby providing an auxiliary flooring similar to the flooring of the French literature mentioned last. Disclose. As a result of the insertion method, fixing is done only by the weight of the individual panels, but with this system it is not possible to make any attachment to the wall or ceiling, or even to an inclined surface.

  Another auxiliary flooring similar to the above mentioned French literature exhibition floor is known from US Pat. No. 5,323,575. In this specification, a frame element having a large area capable of accommodating a plurality of covering panels is used, and the covering panel is mounted on a strip-shaped protrusion of the frame element and similarly supported by a cylindrical support / adjustment element near the center. Is done. The frame elements can be connected to each other by making the peripheral region an appropriate shape. Again, this flooring can only be used as a floor and on flat ground.

  German Offenlegungsschrift 4,244,424 discloses an auxiliary flooring in which the individual structural elements used form a channel through which cables or tubes can pass. Nothing is said about fastening or adjusting these elements to the support surface or to each other.

  A flooring which is not an auxiliary flooring but can compensate for the height difference is known from German Utility Model No. 20208282. In this specification, the height of the panel bearing support surface that rests on the support surface is adjustable, and the panel rests on the bearing and is adjusted to a predetermined position within the surface of the covering by a vertical cross member.

  In German Patent Application No. 1918203, French Patent No. 2345560 and US Pat. No. 4,172,168, adjacent panels are designed in a shape-fitting manner similar to a puzzle piece at the periphery. Discloses a flooring which is held in place with respect to each other. Apart from the problem of various types of non-planarity on the support surface, none of these documents deal with fastening individual panels to the support surface and only deal with mutual positioning.

  Finally, certain types of floor coverings that overlap flooring are described in French Patent Invention No. 2206430, French Patent Invention No. 2570116, US Pat. No. 3,857,749 and This is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,090,338. All these documents include floor coverings, the panel of floor coverings including a bottom region and a top region, the two regions being different from each other, but being appropriately adjacent. Thus, the two regions can perform surface bonding without a gap. This has the purpose of avoiding the problem of overloading the edges of the coated panel, especially the corners. However, none of these documents deal with the incorporation of these panels into the support surface anyway. This incorporation is carried out in the usual way according to the individual literature, i.e. by bonding the surface area with an adhesive using an appropriate adhesive or by applying an adhesive to the surface area. Done (floating laying).

  Finally, the Applicant's WO 02/31290 deals with flooring and wall coverings, by the way, a strip with protrusions can be incorporated into the support surface, the protrusions and the covering panel The recesses of the appropriate shape on the side facing the support surface interact so that the panels can be adjusted and in some cases fastened. Regarding the design of these adjustment elements and their counterparts, all that has been said before is that they can interact in a form-fitting manner, can be designed with elasticity, so that they can be elastically deformed and / or plastic. The connection can also be made such that the other can be fitted into one by deformation and can be released without breaking, and the positioning element can be conical, frustoconical or spherical It is possible that this invention is only disclosed.

  One of the Applicants' International Application No. PCT / AT05 / 000202 is not published prior to the priority date, but for the coated panels to be joined, adjusting and mounting functions in cooperation with the mating part A special coated panel holding element is described which fulfills Since this element and its cooperating counterpart part have a complicated structure, the manufacturing cost is high. In addition, in order to be able to perform the adjustment function, on the one hand it is necessary to provide rigidity, and on the other hand it is necessary to reduce the rigidity so that it does not deviate from the desired position during installation. Means that a compromise is needed.

  The object of the present invention is to specify conditions for connecting the holding panel and the covering panel, or connecting one covering panel and another covering panel, thereby positioning accuracy of another panel relative to one panel. And ensure that it is at least equally easily and reliably laid and fastened. In the present invention, instead of the covering panel, other structural parts can always be connected to each other. However, this is not necessarily mentioned to make the text easier to interpret.

  For these purposes, the holding means and the covering panel each have at least one adjusting element and at least one holding element, the adjusting element of the holding means being substantially shape-fitting with the adjusting element of the covering panel. The holding element of the holding means is achieved by the present invention which is substantially press-fit connected to the holding element of the covering panel.

  The adjusting and holding elements are understood to be both protruding parts, such as pins, mushroom-shaped protrusions, and associated voids or recesses. The position of the two structural parts to be connected is determined by a shape-fitting connection by the adjustment element. The retaining element provides a press-fit connection, but ensures that the structural parts are secured to each other. The press fit can be ensured by the mushroom shape and the corresponding “undercut” shape of the recess associated therewith, but it can also be done by a friction fit based on elastic deformation. Conical or pyramidal structures may be used as long as the slope is within the friction cone. A substantial factor is that the structural parts can thereby be separated again without breaking or being damaged simply by withstanding elastic deformation.

  In the first configuration of the present invention, the holding means is arranged on the covering panel itself, and can be manufactured integrally with the covering panel, for example. The mating parts to be paired are arranged at corresponding locations on the cover panels to be connected.

  In the second configuration, the holding means is provided on the holding panel. In this case, the holding panel and the covering panel have an adjusting element and a holding element, and the adjusting element and the holding element interact with the corresponding mating parts on the covering panel and the holding panel, respectively. In the present invention, it is preferable that the adjustment element has a cylindrical shape or a prism shape, and the adjustment element protrudes to a position higher than the contact surface between the holding panel and the covering panel, as compared with the case of the holding element.

  This ensures that one of the adjusting elements engages the other and ensures the mutual positioning of the two panels before the elastically deformable holding elements interact, in this case holding As a result of the non-uniform elastic deformation of the elements, the panels do not shift from one another.

  In both cases, the free end of the adjustment element can be cut or chamfered diagonally for ease of assembly. The adjustment element can be formed integrally on the panel (holding panel or coated panel) during foaming or injection molding, but can also be foam molded or cast into each panel as a lost core, for example metal Made adjustment elements can be used. The mating part may be formed as a recess that is fitted with a chamfered peripheral edge, or a metal bush that is fitted may be foamed into a lost core type. Finally, the adjustment element and the mating counterpart may be incorporated by bonding with an adhesive, but this is an exception because it is costly and must be accurately bonded with an adhesive. Only preferred in some cases.

  Thus, as already known, the holding element may comprise a mushroom-shaped protrusion, which is pushed into an undercut-shaped recess or the like, which is preferably a snap-shaped metal structure The body is foam molded in or on each structural component in a lost core fashion. These retaining elements are cost-effective and reliable and can be opened and closed several times, in which case the replacement of the covering panel is generally unnecessary in terms of the retaining force generated by the snap fasteners, but even once incorporated This is easy unless the coated panel itself is bonded to the support surface or the holding panel with an adhesive. Such clips or snap fasteners are known in the automotive industry, where such clips or snap fasteners that fasten the dressing in the interior of the car and in the trunk are technically sophisticated. Many are used in different forms.

  The invention is described in more detail below with reference to the drawings.

  Firstly, the connecting element according to the invention has been described herein in connection with floor coverings or wall coverings, but it is pointed out again that it can be used in various ways in the building industry and in mechanical engineering. To do.

  FIG. 1 suitably outlines a variation of the present invention that directly interconnects a plurality of adjacent coated panels. In the example shown here, each covering panel includes a supporting panel and at least one decorative panel, the supporting panel guarantees mechanical strength, and at least one decorative panel determines the appearance. Since the types of figures are not important to the present invention, all are merely schematic. The covering panel has a stepped outer shape in the peripheral region, and the stepped outer shape extends along a transition portion between the decorative panel and the supporting panel or is formed within the range of the supporting panel. Also good. These profiles are shaped like half a row and have been known in the prior art. In the exemplary embodiment shown here, the cover panel 1 comprises a support panel 3 with rounded corners and a decorative panel 2 (which may consist of several parts), the decorative panel 2 being on the support panel The corners are arranged at right angles, and the corner regions are arranged to recede from the peripheral edge of the support panel 3.

  In order to obtain a groove-free surface area covering, the diagonally opposite corners (not shown) are in the opposite form, in which the decorative panel 2 corresponds to the support panel 3 correspondingly. This results in a so-called “surface fit”. These configurations are also known in the prior art and need not be touched further here.

  Next, according to the present invention, adjacent panels are connected to each other by the snap fastener 5, and the snap fastener 5 is disposed at an appropriate location on the protruding support panel 3, and a corresponding mating part ( (Not shown). According to the present invention, the snap fastener 5 and / or its counterpart is subjected to elastic deformation during engagement, which couples the two associated covering panels together. These holding elements are designed as snap fasteners 5 in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the mating parts on the structural parts to be connected form as much a pressure-fit connection as possible.

  For precise adjustment of the adjacent covering panels in relation to each other, according to the invention, the adjustment pins 4 protrude into corresponding adjustment recesses (not shown) in the associated adjacent covering panels, in which This is achieved by maintaining a sufficiently low level of tolerance, so that adjacent coated panels are in place with each other in the coated surface. The adjusting element having the mating part to be connected on the structural part forms a connecting part with a pressure fit as much as possible. By making the adjusting portion independent from the holding portion, the adjusting and holding action is improved as compared with the case where a portion combining the adjusting portion and the holding portion is provided. The reason for this is that it can substantially give the adjustment part a high stiffness associated with movement and / or deformation transverse to the axis (and thus parallel to the plane of the panel) and the design of the holding part. In this plane, “the rigidity is low (soft)”, but the holding characteristics in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the panel can be improved.

  According to the present invention, the adjustment pin 4 is then engaged inside the adjustment opening before the snap fastener 5 and its mating part contact each other. In the case of a normal structure having a flat surface as the joint surface of the protruding region of the support panel 3, the adjustment opening opens to this joint surface, and the mating portion of the snap fastener also ends flush with this joint surface. The reason is that otherwise surface contact in the area of the snap fastener is not possible. Therefore, in the case of this configuration, the height H of the adjustment pin 4 is higher than the height h of the snap fastener 5 upward from the end surface of the protruding portion of the support panel 3 so as to satisfy the conditions according to the present invention. It is necessary and sufficient height.

  The previous description and drawings describe an embodiment, in which the thickness of the portion of the supporting panel that protrudes from the decorative panel is the same as the other locations, in this case The mating part of the adjusting pin 4 and the mating part of the snap fastener 5 need to be formed on the decorative panel 2. In some situations, it is clear that this is disadvantageous and unnecessary from a mechanical point of view and from a coated panel manufacturing method. The design of the supporting panel 3 can be designed such that the protruding portion is thinner than the region below the decorative panel 2. In this case, the mating portion of the adjustment pin 4 and the mating portion of the snap fastener 5 Are at least partially, preferably entirely, disposed within the support panel. The reason for this is that, in relation to the manufacturing cost and the manufacturing accuracy, it is preferable to provide these elements on the supporting panel in a lost core type, and the supporting panel is usually formed in the mold by foaming or injection molding. It is to be molded with.

  However, as already mentioned above, the coating method according to the invention in which strips or holding panels are provided between the individual coated panels can also be used easily.

  A first embodiment of this type is shown in FIGS. In the present description, FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the holding panel 12 designed according to the invention resting on the support surface 10, in this case all to interact with the holding panel, which will be made transparent. An outline of one cover panel 11 of four cover panels is illustrated. The holding panel 12 includes a positioning pin 14 and a snap fastener (not shown) attachment portion 15 ′ corresponding to the snap fastener 5 of the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  FIG. 4 is a side view as viewed from the direction of arrow III in FIG. 3, and as can be seen from FIG. 4, the locating pin 14 is, in this exemplary embodiment, an annular cylindrical shape, It protrudes from the surface of the panel 12 to a position higher than the height at which the attachment portion 15 'for the snap fastener protrudes. Thus, the height ratio is determined such that the positioning pin 14 contacts the associated positioning opening before the snap fastener contacts the mounting portion 15 '.

  As can be seen from FIG. 4, the cylindrical positioning pin 14 has a rib 16 extending in the axial direction, and the rib 16 can perform particularly accurate adjustment.

  FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the holding panel 12. This holding panel has grooves 17 which allow the holding panel 12 to be separated, in particular along these grooves, by turning it with the purpose of special parts or special tools. Even if not, the corners of the covering panel are easily fixed in the peripheral area of the covering portion. For this purpose and in order to alleviate the problems with production by injection molding, an opening 18 is provided in the central region. Of course, the holding panel 12 can be manufactured by filling a mold with a foam material, but it has been found that it is preferable to use a holding panel made of plastic processed by injection molding. The reason for this is that, for these panels, the time required for production, the precision of the parts produced, and the mechanical strength are generally superior to the holding panels produced by using foamed resin. .

  It is also possible to produce the coated panel 11 which generally contains a support panel and at least one decorative panel by injection molding as well, but the decorative panel or individual decorative panels can be in a lost-core fashion. After insertion, it has been found that a molding method is generally preferred in which the mold is then preferably filled with closed cell polyurethane (or similar synthetic resin) as a foam. The mating portion of the positioning pin 14 is provided by molding the corresponding pin in the mold, and the snap fastener fastening portion corresponding to the snap fastener 5 is formed by a corresponding insert at an appropriate position in the mold. Sometimes it is molded.

  FIG. 14 shows a preferred development of this variant. The positioning pin 14 and the snap fastener 5 are provided or formed on a common L-shaped insert 27, and the insert 27 is also foam-molded as a lost core during the manufacture of a support panel (not shown). Thus, the insert 27 can be manufactured from a material that is particularly suitable for transmitting forces in the connection region. With this arrangement, the coated panel can be made simple to a great extent in the mold. In the example shown here, the insert side 33 facing the cover panel is not exactly flat and it is not necessary to do so, but this results in the cover panel being formed flat and into the cover panel. Locking is ensured. The recess 34 is filled with the material of the support panel during foam molding, further improving the compatibility. This method can also be omitted or replaced with some other method, which is easy for those skilled in the art of synthetic resin technology who understand the present invention.

  FIG. 6 shows a plan view of a modification having a strip-shaped holding panel 22, which is the same as the holding panel 12 except that it has a strip shape. This also has an adjustment element or locating pin 24 and a holding element or snap fastener 25, which are provided in place.

  FIGS. 7 to 12 show another embodiment of a variant of the holding panel according to the invention, which embodiment can be used not only for covering panels, but especially for wall elements for standing trade fair stands or booths. It can also be used for room partitions in so-called dry interiors, and in particular for toys.

  In FIG. 7, the adjustment element and the holding element extend substantially parallel to the plane of the panel 21. Conversely, the adjusting element 4 and the holding element 5 of the covering panel 1 of FIG. 1 are arranged perpendicular to the face of the covering panel. Of course, in the case of panels which are connected to each other without the holding means being arranged between the panels, the adjusting and holding elements and their counterparts are parallel to the surface of the panel or this surface. It is also possible to incline against.

  In particular, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing how to use the coated panel. FIG. 7 shows only a schematic horizontal cross section of the corner area of the floor or wall covering, in which four square covering panels 21 are joined together. In this embodiment, at least the peripheral edge of the covering panel 21 in the area interacting with the holding panel 22 is substantially flat rather than the step shape in the embodiment according to FIGS. The end wall of the cover panel 21 includes a recess 24 ′ that interacts with a positioning pin 24 provided on the support panel 22. Similarly, the support panel 22 includes a snap fastener 25 that interacts with a mating portion 25 ′ of the end wall 26 of the cover panel 21. These snap fasteners 25 can be snap fasteners known from automotive engineering, as described above, or, in particular, when the connected elements are small, they are integrally formed with these elements and elastically deformed under. It can be cut, especially in certain structural parts, if the parts to be joined are large and stiff, it can be a holding element that is considerably larger and acts with a more pronounced holding force.

  A very important element in this embodiment is also that the adjustment elements 24, 24 'are already interacting when the holding elements 25, 25' begin to interact.

  FIG. 8 shows a schematic side view of the holding panel or holding means 22, again showing the outline of the configuration of the adjustment pin 24 and the clip 25, but again. Details of the design of these elements will be understood from what has been described above and will not be shown or described in further detail here.

  The holding means 32 shown in FIG. 9 corresponds substantially to twice the holding strip or holding means 22 in terms of width for structural parts that are in contact with each other over a height higher than the general height of the covering panel. Is preferably used. Of course, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, there may be a half of the holding means 22 or similar structure. 10 shows a holding means 22 'whose length is only half of the holding means 22 of FIG. FIG. 11 shows a holding means 22 ″, in which case the adjusting element 25 and the clip 24 are provided only on one side of the holding means 22 with the same length. ”, The other side is flat and forms a continuous surface 26 with the structural component 21. Finally, FIG. 12 shows the holding means 22 ′ ″, the holding means 22 ′ ″ The other side is formed in the same way as the holding means 22 "and the other side is formed in the same way as the holding means 22 '.

  Of course, all these holding means and holding means 32 may be arranged in a plurality perpendicular to the plane of the drawing, and as mentioned above, the dimensions and design of the adjusting elements, in particular the holding elements, are also different. It's okay.

  Regarding the holding means 22 and the like shown here, FIGS. 7 to 12 show only one adjusting element 24 to be connected to one structural component 21 for the sake of clarity. It is usually preferred to provide at least two such adjustment pins per holding part. As can be seen from the schematic, the holding means 22 according to the invention can also be used for simple and reliable mechanical connection between the individual structural parts for the three-dimensional structure. In this case, the system according to the invention fits very well, especially if it is designed so that it can be easily and repeatedly disassembled, especially at trade fair booths or stands, barriers or partitions. Finally, it should be mentioned again that it can be adapted for use in toys. This may also be preferred for building blocks and industrial building materials. All that is necessary is to provide each structural component 21 with a mating part corresponding to the connecting element and the holding means 22 at every possible location, so any of these will be used last. Which is left free and which depends on the combination chosen in each case. However, especially in the case of toys and also in the case of non-disassembleable counters or furniture parts, or visible surfaces of room dividers, a covering designed similarly to the right part of the holding means 22 '' ' The material can be used, and using it does not allow any kind of connection, but the surface of the structural component 21 ends flat.

  FIG. 13 shows a variant of the invention, in which the holding means 22 for each structural component 21 has at least two adjusting elements 24. As a result, the position of the individual structural parts 21 can be adjusted better as a result of better fixing during assembly.

  Of course, other shapes may be possible, especially if the coated panel is not right angle, and in some cases other shapes are preferred. Those skilled in the art of manufacturing such coated panels, knowing the present invention, are easy to adapt so that they can be clamped with appropriate holding force to achieve the desired disassembly.

  A highly preferred development of the present invention is the integration of wires that are electrically conductively connected to one another by metal holding elements, especially in the case of coated panels used as floor coverings. Thus, particularly at trade fairs, data lines, evacuation route lights, etc. can be formed in a simple and reliable manner. All that is required is to “branch” the conductors at the appropriate locations, which are easily realized by special plugs or covering panels that integrate the connections.

  An example of such a configuration is schematically illustrated in FIG. The holding panel 12 includes a conductor 32 that is completely covered by an electrically insulating panel material (or insulator), and the conductor 32 is used for the snap fasteners 5 of the covering panel 1, as shown in FIG. 15 'are electrically connected to each other. The snap fasteners 5 for those parts are electrically connected to the electrical element 30, in short, to the heating element, the row of luminaires, or just the electric wire by means of an electric wire (not shown). In the example shown here, the covering panel arranged on the left has, for example, an electronic device 31 that can interact with a remote control or sensor.

  When more than one snap fastener is provided for each corner of the coated panel, a bipolar power supply can be easily provided. In other cases, it is necessary to pay some attention to the position of the individual covering panels within the covering.

If the electrical element 30 is an array of lighting fixtures (in a single row), it covers the information of the evacuation route, or in the case of a particularly flat design, covers an “eye catcher” for a specific exhibition etc. It can be provided in the material. The electronic device 31 may in this case set a series of pulses or, in the case of an escape luminaire, supply a switch-on pulse in connection with a central fire alarm system or the like. Of course, the decorative panel 29 should be transparent or at least translucent.

  Of course, the electrical element 30 may be designed as a heating element, which heating element may be flat or bent. Finally, data lines, power supplies, etc. can be easily routed to display cases, desks or sales desks without expensive floor integration or unsightly “overhead routing”.

  The present invention is not limited to the modifications shown and described, and various modifications may be made. In particular, the holding panel may take several other forms, in particular in the form of strips, in this case abutting and extending along adjacent covering panels, holding and adjusting a plurality of covering panels, Connect electrically.

  The heating element and / or the lighting element may be designed as a point, straight or flat. The electronic device can be controlled by a remote control unit or the like. This is known to the present invention and presents no problem to those skilled in the art of heating and / or lighting and controlling and adjusting them.

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Claims (9)

It is a holding means for connecting the structural parts, particularly the cover panels, by press-fitting connection, and the holding means is
At least one adjustment element (4, 14, 24, 24 ') for making at least a substantially shape-fit connection to a corresponding mating part on the structural part to be connected;
At least one elastically deformable retaining element (5, 15 ', 25, 25') for making at least a substantially press-fit connection to a corresponding counterpart on the structural part to be connected;
The holding means characterized by having.   The adjusting element (4, 14, 24, 24 ') protrudes further than the holding element (5, 15', 25, 25 ') from the surface in contact with the structural parts to be connected. The holding means according to claim 1.   3. Holding means according to claim 1, characterized in that the adjusting element (4, 14, 24, 24 ') is preferably in the form of a cylindrical or prismatic positioning pin.   The holding means according to claim 3, wherein the positioning pin has a rib (16) extending in the axial direction.   5. Holding means according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding element (5, 15 ', 25, 25') is designed as a snap fastener or a clip. Panels, in particular coated panels (1, 11, 21),
Substantially corresponding mating parts on the structural parts (1, 11, 21, 12, 22, 22 ′, 22 ″, 22 ′ ″, 32) connected to the panels (1, 11, 21). At least one adjustment element (4, 14, 24, 24 ') for making a shape-fit connection to
Substantially corresponding mating parts on the structural parts (1, 11, 21, 12, 22, 22 ′, 22 ″, 22 ′ ″, 32) connected to the panels (1, 11, 21). And at least one elastically deformable retaining element (5, 15 ', 25, 25') for making a press-fit connection to the panel.   As is known per se, the panel (1, 11, 21) comprises a support panel (3) and a decorative panel (2), the support panel (3) being in at least one position. The panel according to claim 6, characterized in that it projects beyond the contour of the decorative panel (2), the adjustment element (4) and the holding element (5) being arranged in this position. It is a holding part for connecting structural parts, especially covering panels, and the holding parts (12, 22, 22 ′, 22 ″, 22 ′ ″, 32)
Adjusting elements (4, 14, 24, 24 ') for effecting a substantially shape-fitting connection to corresponding mating parts on the structural parts (1, 11, 21) to be connected;
Elastically deformable holding elements (5, 15 ′, 25, 25 ′) for making a substantially press-fit connection to corresponding mating parts on the structural parts (1, 11, 21) to be connected When,
A holding part characterized by comprising: A covering panel (1, 11, 21) and a holding portion (12, 22, 22 ′, 22 ″, 22 ′ ″, 32) are provided,
Each holding part
An adjustment element (4, 14, 24, 24 ') for making a substantially shape-fitting connection to a corresponding counterpart on the covering panel (1, 11, 21);
Elastically deformable holding elements (5, 15 ', 25, 25') for making a substantially press-fit connection to corresponding mating parts on the covering panel (1, 11, 21);
Have
Each holding part is connected to at least two, preferably four, covering panels.

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