Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
  • F24D19/00—Details
  • F24D19/0002—Means for connecting central heating radiators to circulation pipes
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
  • F24D19/00—Details
  • F24D19/0097—Casings or frame structures for hydraulic components
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
  • F24D3/00—Hot-water central heating systems
  • F24D3/10—Feed-line arrangements, e.g. providing for heat-accumulator tanks, expansion tanks ; Hydraulic components of a central heating system
  • F24D3/1058—Feed-line arrangements, e.g. providing for heat-accumulator tanks, expansion tanks ; Hydraulic components of a central heating system disposition of pipes and pipe connections
  • F24D3/1066—Distributors for heating liquids

Definitions

• the invention relates to a connection arrangement, in particular for heating devices, preferably for radiators and / or underfloor heating and / or the like, according to claim 1 or according to claims 26 or 27.
• radiators In order to connect radiators to a central heating system, particularly in bathrooms or other rooms, the pipes of a central heating system that are routed in the building walls must be led out of the wall in order to be able to connect the available supply and return lines to radiators and possibly underfloor heating or the like .
• a connection arrangement with valves, thermostatic devices, connection fittings of various types, etc. must be arranged outside the wall in the area of the connections for the heating devices.
• connection arrangement in which the connection arrangements for a heating device are optically hardly or no longer disadvantageous. This object is achieved by the connection arrangement according to the present invention according to independent claims 1, 26 and 27. Advantageous embodiments of the connection arrangement according to the invention emerge from the subclaims.
• a receptacle body for installation parts for heating devices such as valves, line sections, bypass, control devices, pumping devices and / or the like
• this receptacle body having a housing, preferably with can be provided with a lid.
• the receiving body or the housing has holes for the supply and return from the central heating system and at least two further holes for the supply and return for making the connections of the supply and return of the heating device.
• These supply and return holes are provided in particular for the lines of the central heating system in the side walls of the receiving body or the housing in such a way that they are hidden in the wall or the section of the building where the heating device in question is being installed.
• the supply and return for the radiator can be hidden in the wall and the supply and return for the heating device, in particular the radiator, also come from the wall, in the area to the side or above the receiving body or the Housing.
• a simpler type of installation results if the receiving body or the housing has a fixed front section through which the supply and return lines for the heating device, in particular the heating element, can be passed.
• a cover can be connected to this section in the front area, which is to be set preferably for a central heating system according to the one-pipe system for assembly purposes and for adjusting the flow of the heating medium through the heating device, in particular radiators.
• the connection arrangement according to the invention can also be used in two-pipe systems.
• the cover and / or a cover which covers or covers the cover is advantageously adjustable at least in the cover or cover or wall plane. This makes it possible that even with a slightly misaligned mounting of the receiving body or housing in a building section by adjusting the cover or the panel suitable alignment can be made to the wall level of the building section in question, so that tiles, decorative elements or the like to be arranged on the cover or the panel, for example, can be attached in such a way that the evenness of the wall in question is not or hardly affected by the visual impression.
• an adjustment device can be provided between the receiving body or housing and the cover or the receiving body or housing and the cover, but also between the cover and the cover, which enables adjustment and fixing of the adjusted elements to one another.
• a corresponding adjustment device can consist, for example, of slots running perpendicularly or diagonally to one another in each of the said parts of the connection arrangement according to the invention, through which a fixing screw or a fixing element passes, so that an alignment can be carried out in this way, specifically with the above-mentioned Success.
• larger round holes, swivel joints and the like can also be used instead of slots to enable adjustment.
• the housing can furthermore have holes for the flow and return to the underfloor heating, which then preferably in the installed state of the receiving body or housing Building wall should be included.
• the lines required for connecting the underfloor heating can be connected to the flow or return of the central heating system.
• the line sections which extend from the housing to the radiator for connecting the radiator, should advantageously be extendable or shortenable in order to facilitate assembly.
• the telescopic design of the line sections for connecting the radiator should be particularly advantageous, in such a way that the line sections can be telescopically extended or shortened, so that a standardized connection arrangement can be used to cover a wide range of connection requirements, for example if the radiator in question is to be installed at a short distance from the wall or at a large distance from the wall.
• the line sections for connecting the radiator can also be extended in a conventional manner, but then at the expense of the visual impression.
• flexible conduit sections in the receiving body or in the housing in the forward and / or return flow to or from the central heating system or to and from the radiator or to or from the floor heating device are provided.
• Such flexible line sections can be provided, for example, in the form of plastic hoses, plastic or metal and also plastic-metal composite lines. Using such flexible line sections makes it possible to use subsequent heating installation parts standardized in, for example, misalignment of the line sections installed in the wall, since the flexible line sections can compensate for the tolerances.
• a sleeve, a pipe section or the like can be applied between the flow and the return line for connecting the heating element to the arrangement, which in particular connects the flow and return to the heating element optically.
• the flow and return to the radiator can be relatively close to each other in the arrangement, while the manifolds or manifolds of the radiator can be connected via additional connecting legs.
• Such an arrangement will be preferred because the dimensions of the receiving body or the housing can then be kept relatively small.
• the dimensions of the receiving body or the housing can also be larger, with a width of the receiving body also being pers or housing can be provided so that the line sections for connecting the radiator do not have to additionally connect with angled sections to ultimately connect the connections of the radiator.
• the front section or the cover or the panel advantageously has fixing sections for decorative elements, in particular tiles or the like.
• the cover or the panel can also be made of white plastic, for example, or a material that is colored according to the radiator color or the color of the tiles.
• the visual impression of the arrangement according to the invention should be particularly advantageous if the tile pattern and the tile structure also extend beyond the arrangement according to the invention, so that the connection arrangement essentially disappears completely.
• a recess for a valve or a thermostatic valve can be provided in the front section or the cover and / or the panel.
• the adjusting knob of the valve or of the thermostatic valve can then pass through this recess, so that an adjustment of the flow of heating medium through the radiator is made possible.
• the front section or the cover can advantageously be provided with at least one recess or at least one window section, for example for a remote control receiver, for a control lamp of an electrical resistance heater or the like, in order to enable the inclusion of further functional units in the arrangement according to the invention.
• the heating installation components included in the arrangement according to the invention can include a flow control device with a heating medium temperature sensing device which is provided in the return of the underfloor heating.
• the flow control device and the heating medium temperature sensing device are also housed in the receiving body and the housing according to the invention.
• connection and control sections of the underfloor heating system which is to support the radiator, are also accommodated in the receiving body or housing, then the provisional assembly arrangements made up to now no longer need to be followed up, in which a floor control set together with a temperature sensor for the temperature of the heating medium returning from the underfloor heating had to be installed from case to case according to the spatial possibilities.
• Said thermostatic valve for regulating the flow of heating medium in relation to the room temperature can be arranged in the flow branch from the central heating flow in front of the flow lines to the heating element and the underfloor heating. As a result, both heating devices can be controlled as a function of the temperature in a room, in particular a bathroom.
• Advantages can also be associated with an arrangement in which the branch from the flow from the central heating system to the underfloor heating is arranged in front of a thermostatic valve which regulates the inflow of the heating medium to the heating body.
• a thermostatic valve which regulates the inflow of the heating medium to the heating body.
• the flow control device which controls the flow through the underfloor heating, can consist of a two-way valve which is inserted into the underfloor heating return.
• the flow control device also known as a floor control set, can be opened or closed, although only one temperature circuit is provided by the central heating system, which has the higher temperature required for the heating element is operated, set a lower temperature in the underfloor heating can by slowing the flow rate for the heating medium through the underfloor heating so much that the underfloor heating can be operated at harmless temperatures.
• Another form of connection of the underfloor heating likewise preferably within the receiving body or the housing, can be considered using a three-way valve as a flow control device.
• a bypass can be provided between the underfloor heating flow and the underfloor heating return, so that the three-way valve can direct heating medium from the return into the flow of the underfloor heating in order to add already cooled heating medium to the heating medium at the flow to the underfloor heating in this way to reduce the temperature of the heating medium to an advantageous value.
• a throttle valve device can be provided in the return of the heating element.
• a pump can advantageously also be arranged in the return, preferably in front of the two-way valve or the three-way valve, which ensures that the heating medium flows through the underfloor heating.
• the pump can also be integrated in the bypass.
• the temperature of the heating medium should be connected in connection with the admixture of heating medium from the return of the underfloor heating to the supply of the underfloor heating is measured behind the bypass mouth at the flow in order to control the admixture of used heating medium from the return to the flow accordingly.
• a two-way valve can also be arranged in the return of the underfloor heating in the flow direction behind the branch to the bypass.
• a throttle device with a corresponding throttling function should advantageously be arranged within the bypass.
• a flow restriction device should be provided in the return of the radiator so that the respective optimized flow rates can be assigned to the radiator and the underfloor heating.
• a particularly preferred embodiment according to the invention results when all the heating installation components which are required for the connection and control of the heating body and for the connection and control of the underfloor heating can all be accommodated in the receiving body or the housing.
• Other control elements such as the receiver of a remote control for regulating a resistance heater provided in the heating body, etc., can also be provided here.
• connection arrangement can also result from the fact that at least some, preferably all, of the necessary control and / or connection components are provided in an installation block which can preferably be formed integrally in two halves which are to be put together, or in one piece made of cast or injection molded part, with recesses for a pump, for a thermostatic valve, for a two-way or multi-way valve and the like can be provided.
• a further connection arrangement designed according to the invention in particular for radiators and / or underfloor heating in a two-pipe or in a single-pipe system, results if the connection arrangement is provided with a central heating flow and return flow as well as a heating element flow and return flow, optionally, in the event that underfloor heating is also connected, underfloor heating supply and return can also be provided.
• a shut-off valve body preferably with a control or lockable bypass between the flow and return sides, in particular for the heating body, can, according to the invention, comprise connection and / or control components according to at least one of claims 13 to 25.
• connection arrangement results when a heating element is connected via a flow to the heating element and a return from the heating element to a central heating system, a connecting section being provided between the flow of the heating element and the return of the heating element, so that at least the space between the forward and the return is covered.
• the otherwise optically disruptive connecting lines for connecting the heating element to the flow and return can be optically adapted to the heating element.
• the connecting section can be mounted, for example, on the flow or return.
• the connecting section can cover the flow or the return or can make them appear visually via recesses.
• the connecting section can also have a recess for a thermostatic head.
• Other components can be integrated into the connection section.
• the Schwarzkö ⁇ er can be connected to the heating installation components of the arrangement according to the invention via leg or angle sections. This is particularly expedient if the line connections are relatively close to one another in order to keep the dimensions of the receiving body or the housing relatively small.
• the each leg or angle section preferably optically match the radiator, for example by adapting the leg or angle sections to the optics of the heating tubes and / or the collecting tubes of the relevant radiator.
• FIG. 1 shows a front view of an embodiment with features according to the invention
• Fig. 2 shows a top view of an embodiment with features according to the invention
• FIG. 3 shows a top view of an embodiment with features according to the invention with a schematically illustrated, connected heating body
• FIG. 4 shows the embodiment according to FIG. 3 in a front view
• FIG. 5 shows a connection arrangement according to a further embodiment according to the invention in a schematic illustration
• 1 shows a first embodiment 10, which comprises a housing 12 and a housing cover section 14 (not shown).
• the housing 12 has two openings 20, 22 at the lower area, through which a flow 18 and a return 16 from or to a central heating system can be provided and passed within a building wall.
• valve device 24 following "the flow and the return, which can be used for various purposes.
• This can be provided, for example, to shut off the heating element to be connected and can be above it
• they may have a bypass which is adjustable in their flow rate, in order to allow a flow of heating medium through the bypass both during operation and when the radiator is shut off.
• Further line sections can be connected to the valve fitting 24, with an externally controllable valve being provided in advance can be, for example, a thermostatic valve that can be adjusted via a recess in the front or the cover 14 of the housing 12.
• a shut-off valve 28 can also be provided, which, like possibly the thermostatic valve 26, also integrates into a connection device
• flexible line sections designated by the reference symbols 36, 34 are provided, which facilitate assembly in that these flexible line sections 34, 36 can accommodate tolerances and adjustment errors.
• These sections 34, 36 can of course preferably also be provided between the flow and the return 16, 18 and the valve device 24.
• Further line sections which are designed, for example, as knees 30, 32, can be attached to the flexible line sections 34, 36.
• the orifices 38a, 38b of the knees 30, 32 can be designed such that on the one hand they protrude from the front section or the cover 14 of the housing 12 and on the other hand they have an inner circumference which extends telescopically in line connection sections 39a, 39b (see FIGS. 3 and 4) Can accommodate heating medium tightly, whereby depending on the distance between the wall on which the radiator is to be mounted and the radiator, different dimensional requirements for the connections can be met through different receiving depths of the line sections 39a, 39b in the line sections 38a, 38b.
• Fig. 2 the 1 shown in a plan view, the position of the housing 12 in the wall surrounding the housing 12 is clearly visible.
• the protruding line sections 38a, 38b of the knees 30, 32 can also be seen better with reference to FIG. 2.
• the line sections 38a, 38b are placed close to one another, so that the dimensions of the housing 12 can be minimized accordingly.
• the housing 12 can be made of plastic or metal and can also have anchoring sections that enable improved fastening or anchoring within the walls of a building.
• FIG. 3 shows an embodiment with features according to the invention, which is already connected to a heating body 100.
• the line sections 39a, 39b which cannot be seen in FIG. 3 due to the lack of a sectional representation, are accommodated approximately halfway in the outgoing line sections 38a, 38b from the knees 30, 32 according to FIG. 1. If a smaller distance between the wall and the heating element is to be set or if a larger distance is to be set, the line sections 39a, 39b can be pushed into the line sections 38a, 38b or pulled out of these.
• Respective leg or angle sections 70 connect to the line sections 39a, 39b in order to supply the heating medium to the heating body 100 to be connected.
• a connection section 40 can be provided between the line sections 39a, 39b or the leg or angle sections 70, which can preferably be optically adapted to the appearance of the line sections 39a, 39b or the leg or angle sections 70.
• connection sections 38b, 38a, 39b, 39a can be directly spaced apart from the wall or the correspondingly dimensioned housing 12 are brought out, in which case the connecting section 40 must in principle be as long or wide as the heating element 100 to be connected.
• connection arrangement by means of which a heating body 100 and an underfloor heating 200 can be connected to the piping system of a central heating system. It should be said that it is advantageous if so many components of the connection arrangement according to FIG. 5 or also according to FIGS. 6, 7a and 7b and preferably all connection components can be accommodated in the housing according to FIGS. 1 to 4, since this enables a particularly simple and visually appealing installation.
• a thermostatic valve 126 In the flow 142 from the central heating system (not shown) there is a thermostatic valve 126, to which a branch to a heating element flow 147 and a floor heating flow 148 connects.
• the Schuppe ⁇ er 100 can be connected by a connection fitting 149, which makes it possible to lock the Schwarzkö ⁇ er and possibly bypass at least partially by means of a bypass.
• a throttle device 141 In the return 143 of the heating body 100, a throttle device 141 is provided, which takes into account the higher line resistance of the underfloor heating. By means of the throttle device 141, the line resistance of the heating element 100 is increased to such an extent that the current of the heating medium at the flow 142 can be divided in a meaningful manner, so that both the heating element and the underfloor heating 200 can make a contribution.
• a two-way valve with a temperature sensor is arranged, which measures the temperature of the heating medium at the return 146 and regulates the passage of the heating medium through the floor heating 200 accordingly, so that in a heating system with only one control level of the flow temperature of the heating medium, the temperature of the heating medium, which is relatively high and matched to the heating element, can be reduced in accordance with the delayed passage through the heating coils of the underfloor heating system 200.
• the respective returns 143, 146 converge again and combine to form the central heating return 144.
• FIG. 6 a connection arrangement is proposed, in which, in contrast to the embodiment according to FIG. 5, the thermostat valve 126 is only provided behind the derivation of the flow 148 of the underfloor heating 200.
• the underfloor heating 200 is assigned a three-way valve here, which again mixes the used heating medium by means of a pump 151 with the supply 148 of the underfloor heating 200 via a bypass 152.
• the temperature of the heating medium is measured at the sensor 150 in the flow of the underfloor heating 200 where the flow from the central heating and the bypass 152 have already been brought together.
• more or less used heating medium can be returned from the three-way valve 145a to the flow 148 in order to keep the flow temperature of the underfloor heating 200 within an appropriate temperature range.
• the underfloor heating it is possible to operate the underfloor heating independently of the room temperature and the function of the heating body 100. If the underfloor heating is to be controlled depending on the room temperature, the thermostatic valve 126 could be arranged before the branch 148 of the underfloor heating 200 branches, as is shown in FIG. 7a.
• thermostatic valve 126 This preferred arrangement of the thermostatic valve according to FIG. 7a is accompanied by a throttle valve 141 and the arrangement of the pump 151 in the return 146 of the underfloor heating 200 in order to be able to take into account the changed temperature and heating medium pressure conditions. So that even in the event that the thermostatic valve 126 is completely blocked, a sensible control sequence is possible, either the thermostatic valve 126 can be coupled to the control of the three-way valve 145a or, if the temperature falls below a certain temperature, the sensor 150 and the Stop the activity of the pump 151 and only start again when a minimum temperature is detected by the temperature sensor 150.
• FIG. 7b essentially corresponds in its function to the embodiment according to FIG. 7a, however, instead of an expensive three-way valve 145a, a two-way valve 145 in turn is used in connection with a throttle device 153 in the bypass 152 to prevent the heating medium from bypassing the heating coils of the underfloor heating system 200, since the flow resistance of the underfloor heating system 200 would in any case be lower than that via the bypass 152. Accordingly, a throttle device 141 is also provided in the return line 143 from the heating body.

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