EP0560218A2 - Elément de cloison - Google Patents

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EP0560218A2
EP0560218A2 EP93103530A EP93103530A EP0560218A2 EP 0560218 A2 EP0560218 A2 EP 0560218A2 EP 93103530 A EP93103530 A EP 93103530A EP 93103530 A EP93103530 A EP 93103530A EP 0560218 A2 EP0560218 A2 EP 0560218A2
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Karl-Heinz Auer
Reinhold Lagoda
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2/7407—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts
    • E04B2/7416—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with free upper edge, e.g. for use as office space dividers
    • E04B2/7433—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with free upper edge, e.g. for use as office space dividers with panels and support posts
    • E04B2/7438—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with free upper edge, e.g. for use as office space dividers with panels and support posts with adjustable angular connection of panels to posts

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  • the present invention relates to a wall element in which an edge profile is provided along two opposite edges of a wall body, the surface of which is curved outwards and is coated with Velcro.
  • Wall elements of this type are used in the construction of implementable partition walls which serve to subdivide rooms.
  • the Velcro strip provided on the edges of the wall elements enables two or more wall elements to be quickly connected to one another. Due to the outwardly curved surface of the mutually opposite edge profiles of two wall elements, these can be connected to one another in any angular positions. Because of these advantages, generic wall elements have found widespread use.
  • the edge profile used in known wall elements has a cross section of approximately mushroom shape; the outwardly curved surface is formed by half a cylinder shell, on its two longitudinal edges adjoining radially inward-facing contact surfaces lying in an axial plane of the cylinder shell, from which in turn detent springs project.
  • the Velcro strip is not only applied to the curved surface formed by half the cylinder shell; rather, it is hammered in on the longitudinal edges of the cylinder shell and also lies on the contact surfaces of the edge profile, so that it is held by the contact surfaces of the wall body when the edge profile is installed, in order to avoid signs of detachment.
  • larger velocities are permitted when the Velcro is folded in from the side, and the visual impression of the finished wall element is also improved by wrapping the Velcro.
  • the Velcro strip can become detached if the edge profile coated with it is not immediately mounted on the corresponding wall body. Because the cylindrical shell of the edge profile and the contact surfaces meet at a right angle, so that the Velcro tape must be bent at this point. However, this is not possible due to the rigidity of the Velcro tape, which must have a minimum thickness to bridge the joint between two wall elements. For this reason, prefabricated edge profiles cannot be stored over a longer period of time before they are installed on the wall body, or before the assembly of a prefabricated edge profile that is stored for a longer period of time on the wall body, the protrusions of the Velcro tape must be pressed against the contact surfaces of the edge profile. This leads to corresponding additional costs in the production of the known wall elements.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a wall element which does not have the disadvantages of the known wall elements described above.
  • the structural design of the wall element should open up the possibility that the prefabricated edge profiles coated with Velcro tape can also be stored over a longer period of time before they are mounted on the wall body, without detachment phenomena occurring in the edge regions of the Velcro tape.
  • each edge profile consists of a tube which is coated on its outer surface at least over part of its circumference with Velcro.
  • the edge profile provided in the context of the invention thus has no longitudinal edges; Rather, it has a uniform curvature in its entire area in which the Velcro lies. The Velcro therefore does not need to be broken; there is no longer a tendency to detachment caused by the rigidity of the Velcro strip.
  • the Velcro strip is not curved so strongly at any point that it would be unduly stressed.
  • Another advantage of the invention is that the prefabrication of the edge profile is extremely simple; because the tube only needs to be unrolled on the designed Velcro tape coated with an adhesive film.
  • a time-consuming alignment of the Velcro strip with respect to the edge profile with regard to its position can be omitted. And by rolling up the tube, the formation of bubbles under the Velcro is reliably avoided.
  • Another important advantage of the design of the wall element according to the invention is that the edge profile has maximum rigidity due to its design as a tube. It therefore need not be connected to the wall body over its entire length; rather, a fastening of the edge profile with the wall body at a few points is sufficient.
  • each edge profile is fastened to the wall body with two holding elements provided in the region of its end faces.
  • Such holding elements for the tubes are in particular an eccentric quick-release tendons.
  • the above-mentioned quick-tensioning elements have eccentric discs and holding claws articulated thereon.
  • Each quick-action clamping element is placed on the face of the unit consisting of the wall body and the pipe to be fastened, by inserting the eccentric disc into a bore provided in the face of the wall body and engaging the retaining claw on the face in the attached pipe.
  • the holding claw is tightened and the tube is prestressed against the wall body.
  • each tube is notched on the end face to form a cutout in which the holding claw of a quick-action clamping element or another holding element can engage. Because with such a design, the holding element can be arranged sunk and the edge profile can be dimensioned as long as the wall body; this favors the visual appearance of the wall element according to the invention.
  • the two edges of the wall body which are to be provided with the edge profiles, preferably each have a fillet, which are suitable for receiving the pipes over part of their circumference.
  • the tubes are laterally supported by the wall body.
  • the flanks of the fillets cover the longitudinal edges of the Velcro tape, which favors the visual impression of the wall element, and fix the Velcro tape to the tube.
  • a fastening profile is clamped between the wall body and at least one edge profile for fastening holders, carriers or the like to the erected wall element.
  • a fastening profile can be designed, for example, as a perforated rail, in the externally accessible holes of which the holders, supports or the like are hung.
  • a clamping rail which has an outwardly projecting clamping edge on which the holder, carrier or the like can be placed.
  • the tube provided as an edge profile in the context of the invention advantageously consists of plastic, aluminum or steel; Pipes made of plastic are preferably stiffened by ribs arranged inside.
  • one edge profile of the wall element will be fitted with hard Velcro and the other edge profile of the wall element will be fitted with soft Velcro, but this is not mandatory; for special uses it can also be useful to provide the same Velcro tape on both edge profiles.
  • both edge profiles of a wall element as tubes and the explained preferred fastening of the edge profiles to the wall body can be realized with the same advantages on wall elements, in which only one edge profile is equipped with Velcro tape and the other, on the other hand, is equipped with textile material, as is generally the case with end wall elements of a partition.
  • the invention can also be used with the described advantages in the case of wall elements in which both edge profiles are coated with textile material instead of Velcro due to their insulated arrangement.
  • an application of the invention is also possible for those wall elements which have an edge profile on only one side with a curved surface suitable for the attachment of a further wall element, while an edge profile of any other design is provided on the opposite edge of the wall body or an edge profile is even missing can.
  • the two vertical edges of the wall body 1, of which only the right one in the Drawing is shown, are provided with a three-surface fillet 2.
  • a perforated rail 3 is inserted into the fillet, which along its longitudinal edges has recesses which are accessible from the outside and into which small hooks can be hung.
  • the cross section of the perforated rail 3 is adapted to that of the fillet 2, so that the perforated rail lies evenly on the surface of the fillet.
  • the tube 4 forming the edge profile is inserted into the perforated rail 3.
  • the tube 4 is coated over 80% of its circumference with the Velcro tape 5. Only in the area facing the wall body 1 does the tube 4 have no Velcro coating. The edges of the Velcro strip 5 thus come to lie under the side surfaces of the perforated rail 3 or the flanks 6 of the wall body which delimit the fillet 2.
  • the thickness of the wall body 1, the width of the perforated rail 3 and the diameter of the tube 4 are matched to one another in such a way that the completely assembled wall element has a smooth outer surface by a smooth transition between the parts mentioned.
  • a groove 7 is in each case in the upper and the lower horizontal end edge of the wall body 1 or 8 introduced in which, for example, electrical lines can be laid.
  • the grooves are covered with a completely installed partition by means of covers, not shown, so that there is a smooth upper and lower end edge of the finished wall element.
  • a cylindrical bore 9 is made in the wall body 1.
  • An eccentric disk 10 of a holding element 11 is inserted into this bore.
  • the eccentric disc 10 has a minimally reduced diameter compared to the bore 9, so that it sits without play in the bore, but at the same time can be rotated in the bore without too much effort.
  • each holding element 11 has an eccentrically attached holding claw 12 which is angled at its free end.
  • each holding claw 12 projects through a cutout 14 in the tube 4 into the interior thereof and lies against the inner surface of the tube 4.
  • the fastening profile 3 also has cutouts 16 on the end face, which correspond to the cutouts 14 of the tube and through which the fastening claws 12 pass.
  • each eccentric disk 10 On the face side, each eccentric disk 10 has a slot-shaped recess 15 into which a screwdriver can be used to rotate the eccentric disk 10 in the bore 9 when mounting the tube 4 in the manner and in the direction that the holding claw 12 is moved in the direction of the arrow "x".
  • the length of the tube 4 corresponds to the height of the wall body 1, so that the finished wall element has a smooth upper and lower end edge.
  • the opposite edge of the wall element is constructed in the same way as the edge shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and having an edge profile.

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  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Finishing Walls (AREA)
  • Bidet-Like Cleaning Device And Other Flush Toilet Accessories (AREA)
  • Joining Of Building Structures In Genera (AREA)
  • Panels For Use In Building Construction (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Inorganic Compounds Of Heavy Metals (AREA)
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EP93103530A 1992-03-11 1993-03-05 Elément de cloison Expired - Lifetime EP0560218B1 (fr)

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JP (1) JPH0610427A (fr)
AT (1) ATE174089T1 (fr)
DE (3) DE4207644A1 (fr)
DK (1) DK0560218T3 (fr)
ES (1) ES2125921T3 (fr)
GR (1) GR3029464T3 (fr)
ZA (1) ZA931712B (fr)

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EP0899391A1 (fr) * 1997-08-25 1999-03-03 PREFORM RAUMGLIEDERUNGSSYSTEME GmbH Paroi de séparation mobile ainsi qu'élément de cette paroi
EP1217139A1 (fr) * 2000-12-23 2002-06-26 PREFORM Holding d.o.o. Elément de paroi
DE202009006004U1 (de) 2009-04-24 2009-07-02 Preform Gmbh Mobile Stellwand

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EP0899391A1 (fr) * 1997-08-25 1999-03-03 PREFORM RAUMGLIEDERUNGSSYSTEME GmbH Paroi de séparation mobile ainsi qu'élément de cette paroi
EP1217139A1 (fr) * 2000-12-23 2002-06-26 PREFORM Holding d.o.o. Elément de paroi
DE202009006004U1 (de) 2009-04-24 2009-07-02 Preform Gmbh Mobile Stellwand

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EP0560218A3 (fr) 1995-02-15
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JPH0610427A (ja) 1994-01-18
DE9218552U1 (de) 1994-07-21
ZA931712B (en) 1993-09-20
ES2125921T3 (es) 1999-03-16
DE59309170D1 (de) 1999-01-14
GR3029464T3 (en) 1999-05-28
DE4207644A1 (de) 1993-09-23
DK0560218T3 (da) 1999-08-16

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