WO2016054810A1

WO2016054810A1 - Shower door assembly having frame reinforcing and noise reducing functions

Info

Publication number: WO2016054810A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/088330
Authority: WO
Inventors: 危五祥
Original assignee: 佛山市理想卫浴有限公司
Priority date: 2014-10-10
Filing date: 2014-10-10
Publication date: 2016-04-14
Also published as: EP3061898B1; EP3061898A1; CN105518241A; CN105518241B; EP3061898A4

Abstract

A shower door assembly having frame reinforcing and noise reducing functions. The shower door assembly comprises: a first frame (10), a second frame (20) sleeved outside the first frame (10), and a connecting element (30). The first frame (10) and the second frame (20) are roughly U-shaped, and two openings are arranged facing each other when the first frame (10) and the second frame (20) are connected. The connecting element (30) is disposed in the first frame (10) and presses against two side walls (101, 102) of the first frame (10). The assembly is convenient to install, and is tight and gapless after installation.

Description

Shower door assembly with frame reinforcement and noise reduction

Technical field

The invention relates to a shower door, in particular to an inner expansion type shower door assembly with a frame reinforcement and noise reduction function.

Background technique

The height of the shower door is generally about 2 meters, and the frame is generally 2 meters long strip-shaped parts. The frames are usually mounted one on the other outside. When installing, the ends of the two frames are fixed by screws and other parts, and the middle part is not fixed. Due to the limitations of the existing production conditions, there is an error between the dimensions of the frame of the package, so there is a gap between the middle portions of the two frames, so that it cannot move relative to the fixed one. Moreover, in this case, when the door is opened and closed, the frame may be noisy due to the collision, causing an unpleasant use feeling to the user.

The existing solution is to drill holes in the middle of the two frames and fix them by screws; however, on the one hand, the adjustment frame should have the position of the holes, increase the cost, the drilling requires at least two people to complete, and the cost is relatively high. Long time. On the other hand, drilling can easily damage the surface of the frame (usually made of aluminum or aluminum alloy), affecting the appearance of the product, and even causing the product to be scrapped, increasing the user's loss;

Another solution is to add a rubber strip in the gap, because the strip used is thin strip and usually soft, which makes the size difficult to grasp, the installation operation is difficult, and a part of the strip is exposed, which affects the appearance. .

Summary of the invention

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a shower door assembly having a frame reinforcement and noise reduction function, comprising: a first frame comprising a bottom wall and two parallel side walls extending from the bottom wall, the bottom wall Forming a first cavity having an opening together with the two parallel side walls; and a second frame sleeved outside the first frame, the second frame comprising a bottom wall and a bottom wall extending Two parallel side walls, the bottom wall and the two parallel side walls together defining a second cavity having an opening, the opening of the first cavity being opposite the opening of the second cavity; Wherein the shower door assembly further includes at least one connecting element, the connecting element having elasticity and having a dimension in at least one direction that is greater than a distance between the two side walls of the first bezel.

The elastic connecting element enables the two side walls of the first frame to expand outward under the action of the elastic force, thereby being combined with the second The two side walls of the frame abut to achieve fixing and noise reduction.

In one embodiment, the connecting element has a guide on a side facing the bottom wall of the first bezel.

In one embodiment, the connecting element is one of a rectangular parallelepiped, a cube, a cylinder, and a sphere, preferably a rectangular parallelepiped.

In one embodiment, the dimension of the connecting element in the at least one direction is greater than the distance between the two side walls of the first bezel by 1 mm to 5 mm, preferably by 2 mm.

In one embodiment, the bottom wall of the second bezel has a groove extending along the length of the bottom wall and recessed into the second cavity for accommodating other elements such as glass, glue strips, tracks, and the like.

In one embodiment, one of the side walls of the second frame has a groove extending along the length of the side wall for mounting other components such as glass, rubber strip, etc., thereby forming a 90 degree or other angular angle connection. .

In one embodiment, the connecting element is made of an elastic material to achieve compression deformation under external force and shape recovery upon withdrawal of an external force. The elastic material is, for example, a rubber or an ethylene-ethyl acetate copolymer.

In one embodiment, the shower door assembly comprises two connecting elements, preferably evenly distributed in the middle of the two frames.

In one embodiment, the first frame is a wall frame, and the second frame is connected to a glass, a strip or a track.

The shower door assembly provided by the invention can realize the socket between the two frames without using tools such as a drill bit and a screw, and the connection between the two frames is very tight, no gap is generated, and thus the reinforcement is obvious. And noise reduction. Further, the connecting member used in the present invention is not exposed to the outside, and thus does not affect the appearance.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic exploded view of an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is another schematic view of the first bezel shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a schematic view of a second frame of an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic view of a second frame of another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of an elastic connecting element of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic illustration of another resilient attachment member of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the embodiment of the present invention before installation.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view showing the mounting of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view showing the mounting of an embodiment of the present invention.

Other components not related to the design points of the present invention are omitted from the drawings.

detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Referring to Figure 1, there is shown the main components of an exemplary shower door assembly of the present invention including a first bezel 10, a second bezel 20, and a connecting member 30. In this embodiment, the shower door assembly comprises two connecting elements 30, the number of connecting elements being dependent on the length of the bezel, preferably one connecting element 30 per 1 m long bezel.

In this embodiment, the first bezel 10 is a wall frame for mounting against a wall. The second frame 20 can be an adjustment frame for connecting components of other shower doors such as glass, rails, and the like.

FIG. 2 shows the detailed structure of the first bezel 10. The first bezel 10 is generally U-shaped, and the left wall 101, the right wall 102 and the bottom wall 103 form a cavity 104 having a width W1 and a depth L1.

The bottom wall 103 is provided with a hole 107 so that it can be mounted to the wall with screws. In other embodiments, the first bezel 10 can also be coupled to other components.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the second frame 20 is substantially U-shaped, and the left wall 201, the right wall 203, and the bottom wall 202 form a cavity 204. The width of the cavity 204 is W2 and the depth is L2. . In the present embodiment, the size of the width W2 is substantially equivalent to the sum of the width W1, the wall thickness of the left wall 101, and the wall thickness of the right wall 102, and the size of the depth L2 is substantially equal to the size of the depth L1. Thus, the second frame 20 can be sleeved outside the first frame 10.

In this embodiment, the bottom wall 202 is provided with a groove 207 for mounting glass, glue strips and the like. In other embodiments, the second bezel 20 can be coupled to other rails or the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, another embodiment of the second bezel 20 is shown, wherein the left wall 201 or the right wall 203 is provided with a groove 208 for mounting glass, glue strips, etc. to form a corner of 90 degrees or other angles. Join.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the embodiment, the connecting member 30 is substantially rectangular parallelepiped, and includes a side surface 305. Side 306, bottom surface 307, and have a width W3, a length L3, and a height H3. The connecting member 30 is made of an elastic material, preferably rubber or ethylene-ethyl acetate copolymer (EVA) or the like.

Of course, the shape of the connecting member 30 is not limited by the embodiment as long as it can realize that the two side walls of the frame are pressed outside the cavity so that the two side walls and the two side walls of the second frame Close contact. Thus, in another embodiment, as shown in Figure 6, the connecting elements can be of other shapes, such as a cylinder (A) or a sphere (B).

1 and 5, in the present embodiment, the side surface 305 and the side surface 306 of the connecting member 30 correspond to the

walls

101 and 102 of the first frame 10, and the distance W3 between the side surface 305 and the side surface 306 is slightly larger than W1, for example, greater than 2 mm. The bottom surface 307 corresponds to the bottom wall 103, and the length L3 is slightly smaller than the dimension L1 minus the depth of the groove 207 (if any), for example 5 mm.

The size of the height H3 in this embodiment depends on the stability and elasticity required for the mounting of the connecting member 30, and is generally 30-60 mm, which is 40 mm in this embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the connecting member 30 has a guide portion 301 on the bottom surface 307 to facilitate loading the first bezel 10 into the cavity 104.

As shown in FIGS. 7-9, in the present embodiment, after the connecting member 30 is inserted into the first bezel 10, since W3 is slightly larger than W1, W1 is also enlarged under the pressing. When it is required to fit the first bezel 10 into the cavity 204 of the second bezel 20, an external force F is applied outside the two side walls of the first bezel 10 (for example, an external force F is manually applied), so that the connecting member 30 is compressed until the first The dimension W1 of the bezel 10 is reduced to fit into the cavity 204 of the second bezel 20. After the first frame 10 completely enters the cavity 204 of the second frame 20, the external pressure is released, and the side wall 101 and the side wall 102 of the first frame 10 are expanded toward the side wall by the elastic force of the connecting member 30, thereby The

side walls

101, 102 are tightly abutted against the side walls 201 and the side walls 203 of the second bezel 20, thereby achieving a fixed connection of the two

bezels

10, 20, so that no vibration or noise occurs when the doors are opened and closed.

It should be noted that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the design concept of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any insubstantial modification made to the present invention by using the concept also falls within the protection scope of the present invention. within.

Claims

A shower door assembly having a frame reinforcement and noise reduction function, comprising:

a first bezel comprising a bottom wall and two parallel side walls extending from the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the two parallel side walls collectively defining a first cavity having an opening;

a second frame disposed outside the first frame, the second frame comprising a bottom wall and two parallel side walls extending from the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the two parallel side walls being common Defining a second cavity having an opening, the opening of the first cavity being opposite the opening of the second cavity;

It is characterized in that

The shower door assembly further includes at least one connecting element that is resilient and has a dimension in at least one direction that is greater than a distance between the two side walls of the first bezel.
A shower door assembly having a frame reinforcement and noise reduction function according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member has a guide portion on a side facing the bottom wall of the first bezel.
The shower door assembly with frame reinforcement and noise reduction function according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member is one of a rectangular parallelepiped, a square, a cylinder, and a sphere.
A shower door assembly having a frame reinforcement and noise reduction function according to claim 1, wherein a dimension of said connecting member in said at least one direction is larger than between two side walls of said first frame The distance is 1mm to 5mm.
A shower door assembly having a frame reinforcement and noise reduction function according to claim 4, wherein a dimension of said connecting member in said at least one direction is larger than between two side walls of said first frame The distance is 2mm.
The shower door assembly with frame reinforcement and noise reduction function according to claim 1, wherein the bottom wall of the second frame has a length along the length of the bottom wall and is concave toward the second cavity. Into the trough.
A shower door assembly having a frame reinforcement and noise reduction function according to claim 1 The one side wall of the second frame has a groove extending along a length direction of the side wall.
A shower door assembly having a frame reinforcement and noise reduction function according to claim 1, wherein said connecting member is made of rubber or ethylene-ethyl acetate copolymer.
A shower door assembly having a frame reinforcement and noise reduction function according to claim 1, wherein said shower door assembly comprises two connecting members.
The shower door assembly with frame reinforcement and noise reduction function according to claim 1, wherein the first frame is a wall frame, and the second frame is connected to a glass, a rubber strip or a track.