EP4361499A2 - Bande lumineuse dotée de composants optimisés pour le démontage - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP4361499A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: coupling; support rail; rail; side walls; longitudinal
Prior art date: 2022-10-07
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EP23201914.1A

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Rudolf Niggemann

Mohammed Hadeil

Alexander Drölle

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Trilux GmbH and Co KG

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2022-10-07 Priority claimed from DE102022126024.0A external-priority patent/DE102022126024A1/de

2023-07-19 Priority claimed from DE102023119091.1A external-priority patent/DE102023119091A1/de

2023-10-05 Application filed by Trilux GmbH and Co KG filed Critical Trilux GmbH and Co KG

2024-05-01 Publication of EP4361499A2 publication Critical patent/EP4361499A2/fr

2024-06-26 Publication of EP4361499A3 publication Critical patent/EP4361499A3/fr

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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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the invention relates to a system for realizing a luminaire elongated in a longitudinal direction according to the preamble of claim 1 and a conductor rail protective cap of such a system and a luminaire realized by means of such a system and a method for separating a coupling of such a system from a support rail of such a system.
Systems of this type are designed to create a luminaire that is elongated in a longitudinal direction and comprises several longitudinally elongated support rails.
the support rails are typically used to fix the luminaire to a building structure, for example to a ceiling.
the support rails represent a type of basic framework for the luminaire and are designed to accommodate supply lines and preferably to accommodate mounting bodies to which lamps are attached.
the support rails thus provide an infrastructure for the luminaire.
Electrical functional elements of the luminaire are usually attached to the mounting bodies, for example circuit boards with LEDs, radio modules, electrical cables and/or operating devices.
the respective support rail is usually first attached to the building structure and then the mounting body, the is equipped with at least one of the electrical functional elements of the luminaire, fixed to the support rail, so that the support rail and mounting body form an interior space in which essential elements of the luminaire are arranged, for example circuit boards, operating devices, contact devices, etc.
the support rail and mounting body are each elongated in a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal extent preferably being at least five times the extent perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
the support rail usually has a U-shaped cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, which extends in a vertical direction and in a transverse direction and is open at one vertical end and which is formed by a support rail base and two support rail side walls.
the support rail side walls thus run vertically away from the support rail base, and the support rail base connects the support rail side walls which are spaced apart transversely from one another.
the support rail base and support rail side walls can have contours or recesses.
the support rail base and the support rail side walls usually together form an interior space which is at least partially enclosed by the support rail side walls and the support rail base. The interior is thus defined by the support rail.
All support rails of a system have the features described here.
a generic system has at least a first and a second support rail, which are connected to one another at their mutually facing longitudinal ends to form the luminaire.
the two support rails are fixed to one another by means of a coupling which has a U-shaped cross-section which is formed by a coupling base and two coupling side walls.
the coupling side walls thus run vertically away from the coupling base, and the support rail base connects the coupling side walls which are spaced apart transversely from one another.
the U-shaped cross-section of the coupling is preferably open at its end opposite the coupling base.
each of the support rails has a substantially constant cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the cross-section preferably being identical except for recesses and/or punchings in the support rail base and/or support rail side walls.
the cross-section of all support rails is often substantially the same.
the support rails are fixed relative to one another by the coupling perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and in particular also to one another in the longitudinal direction by means of the coupling.
the coupling is usually arranged in the two support rails in such a way that the coupling base runs along both support rail bases and each of the coupling side walls rests against a respective one of the support rail side walls assigned to it.
the support rail is usually attached to the building structure via its support rail base.
the mounting body is usually arranged at the open vertical end of the support rail, so that the mounting body vertically limits the interior space defined by the support rail and the interior space is surrounded by the support rail and mounting body perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. is enclosed.
the enclosure of the interior which is formed by the support rail and the mounting body, can be interrupted, for example to allow access to the interior, for example for air supply.
the interior is continuously enclosed over at least 80%, in particular at least 90% of its longitudinal extent, in particular over its longitudinal extent.
the mounting body often has a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, which comprises a mounting body base extending in the transverse direction and mounting body side walls extending vertically away from the mounting body base on the two transverse sides of the mounting base.
the support rail and mounting body are usually manufactured separately from one another.
the support rail and/or mounting body and/or coupling are usually each manufactured from a sheet metal by forming.
the support rail and/or mounting body and/or coupling are each designed as a one-piece, i.e. one-part, component.
the mounting body is held by a retaining spring on support rail retaining anchors of the support rail.
the retaining spring is usually firmly connected to the mounting body and has retaining projections that can be elastically deflected in the transverse direction.
the support rail retaining anchors are preferably designed as projections.
supply lines are usually provided, which are arranged in the interior of the support rails and through which the lamps and/or other electrical functional elements which are arranged on the mounting bodies of the luminaire.
a generic system often has a current guide rail, which is usually made of plastic, in particular by means of an extrusion process, and which is also elongated in the longitudinal direction, i.e. has an elongated longitudinal extension between its two longitudinal ends.
the current guide rail is usually arranged on an inner side of the support rail facing the interior and is fixed to the support rail, in particular on the support rail base and/or on at least one of the support rail side walls.
the current guide rail extends over a significant portion of the length of the support rail, in particular over at least 80% of the longitudinal extension of the support rail.
the current guide rail usually has several channels arranged next to one another along the transverse direction, which are open to an access side that is accessible from the interior.
the channels preferably extend continuously over the entire length of the current guide rail.
the transverse direction, the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction run perpendicular to one another.
a conductor wire is arranged in at least some of the channels, and at least one longitudinal end of the conductor rail is usually connected to an external voltage source, via which electrical energy and in particular electrical signals can be applied to the conductor wires.
the conductor wires can thus serve as supply lines in the support rails.
an electrical connector in particular designed as an electrical feed device, is usually arranged at the longitudinal end and is electrically connected to the conductor wires.
an electrical connector is arranged at each longitudinal end of the conductor rail.
the electrical connectors can be designed, for example, as connectors that correspond to one another, for example a first as a plug to a second as a socket.
at least one connector is provided on at least one longitudinal end of the current guide rail, current guide rails that are adjacent in the longitudinal direction can be electrically connected to one another so that the conductor wires can form a through-wiring.
the system usually also includes a contact device via which an electrical contact is made between the conductor wires assigned to the current guide rail and at least one electrical functional element of the mounting body.
the contact device is usually fixed to the mounting body and ensures an electrical connection of the at least one electrical functional element when the mounting body is held in its intended position on the support rail in which the light is implemented.
the contact device is designed to engage in the channels from the access side of the support rail in order to contact the conductor wires.
Generic systems are used in a wide range of applications, for example in warehouses, production halls, supermarkets or open-plan offices, where luminaires with a plurality of support rails and mounting bodies are used.
the basic principle of luminaires manufactured with a generic system is that the support rails form the electrical and mechanical infrastructure of these luminaires, whereas the mounting bodies are attached to the support rails and have the electrical functional elements that are required in the respective application area.
the electrical functional elements are usually designed as lighting modules with lighting means, in particular comprising LED boards.
further electrical functional elements can also be provided on the respective mounting body, such as a presence sensor (for example an infrared sensor), a camera, a radio module, etc.
the electrical functional elements are usually fixed to the mounting body.
each luminaire component can comprise a support rail, a current conducting rail and a mounting body and in particular a coupling attached to the support rail.
the luminaire components are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction, the support rails of the respective luminaire components being mechanically connected to one another by means of the coupling and the supply lines that run in the support rails, in particular the conductor wires arranged in the current conducting rails of the luminaire components, in pairs, ie one conductor wire of the first luminaire component is connected to one conductor wire of the second Luminaire components are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner.
a luminaire of the respective system therefore comprises a large number of support rails and in particular a large number of mounting bodies and/or current guide rails or a large number of luminaire components, each of which is connected to one another as explained.
the coupling since the coupling must be reliably fixed to the support rails so that it is possible to fix two support rails using the coupling and therefore the coupling is usually already fixed in position in the support rail over whose end it protrudes, a certain amount of effort is required to dismantle the coupling from the support rail or to separate the coupling from the support rail, at least the application of a not inconsiderable force to the coupling relative to the support rail. If such a force is applied by one hand alone, there is a considerable risk of injury, since the coupling is usually not accessible from the outside in a luminaire and therefore the outer contour of the coupling is not optimized for manual operation.
the coupling is usually formed from a thicker sheet than the support rail.
the sheet from which the coupling is formed has a thickness of at least 1 mm, in particular at least 1.2 mm.
the sheet from which the support rail is formed has a thickness of less than 70% of the thickness of the sheet from which the support rail is formed.
the present invention is based on the object of providing a system or at least one component of such a system or a luminaire which is realized by means of such a system or a method for dismantling a coupling from a support rail, with which at least one disadvantage of generic systems or components or luminaires or methods is at least partially eliminated.
the invention proposes a system with the features according to claim 1.
the system is designed to realize a lamp that is elongated in a longitudinal direction.
the system comprises at least a first and a second longitudinally elongated support rail, each of which has a U-shaped cross section that extends in a vertical direction and in a transverse direction and that is open at a vertical end, corresponding to its shape in the manner of a U.
the support rails each have a support rail base and two support rail side walls that form the U-shaped cross section.
the system has a coupling for mechanically connecting the two support rails.
the coupling has a U-shaped cross section that is formed by a coupling base and two coupling side walls.
the coupling In an operating state of the system, the coupling is arranged with a first longitudinal section forming a first longitudinal end of the coupling in the first support rail and with a second longitudinal section forming a second longitudinal end of the coupling in the second support rail and fixes these two support rails to one another.
the coupling In an assembled state of the system, however, the coupling is only arranged with its second longitudinal section in the second support rail and fixed to it and detached from the first support rail.
the coupling protrudes with its first longitudinal section in the longitudinal direction over the second support rail, to which it is fixed in a fixed position.
the assembled state and the operating state each define a specific arrangement of the components of the system in relation to one another.
the first support rail is detached from the second support rail and from the coupling or separated from them and can thus be used independently of the second Support rail and the coupling are arranged in space.
the first support rail and the second support rail are two of the support rails of the system which are designed to assume the arrangements defined here, in which the properties of the operating state or assembly state of the system defined here are present.
the second support rail can be a last support rail in the longitudinal direction of a lighting component arrangement or support rail arrangement in which a plurality of support rails are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction and are each held in a fixed position to one another via a coupling of the system.
the coupling explained protrudes beyond a longitudinal end of the second support rail, while another support rail is arranged at the opposite longitudinal end of the second support rail and is connected to the second support rail with another coupling of the system.
Such support rail end caps are sufficiently familiar to the expert in the state of the art, for example manufactured by injection molding as a plastic component, and serve to optically and mechanically close off such an arrangement on lighting components or on support rails.
the system comprises a disassembly tool for releasing the coupling from the second support rail starting from the assembled state.
the coupling has a receptacle corresponding to the disassembly tool, which is formed by at least one of the coupling side walls, in particular by both coupling side walls and/or the coupling base.
the disassembly tool is designed to correspond to the coupling in such a way that it can be inserted into the receptacle to realize a disassembly position of the disassembly tool in such a way that it is guided relative to the coupling with a positive connection acting along the longitudinal direction towards the first longitudinal end of the coupling to enable such a force load on the disassembly tool relative to the second support rail in the longitudinal direction towards the first longitudinal end of the coupling with which the coupling can be released and removed from the second support rail starting from the assembled state along the longitudinal direction.
the system thus comprises a disassembly tool that is specifically designed to correspond to the coupling so that the disassembly tool enables easy release and removal and thus separation of the coupling from the second support rail starting from the assembled state in which the coupling is arranged with its second longitudinal section in the second support rail and with its first longitudinal section protrudes beyond the second support rail in the longitudinal direction.
separating or removing the coupling refers to removing the coupling starting from the longitudinal end of the second support rail and away from this longitudinal end of the second support rail, which is formed by the longitudinal section of the second support rail in which the coupling is arranged with its second longitudinal section in the operating state and in the assembled state.
the disassembly tool is thus designed to correspond to the coupling in such a way that by applying a release force to the disassembly tool, which acts predominantly in the longitudinal direction, in particular exclusively in the longitudinal direction, the coupling can be released from the second support rail.
the holder and disassembly tool are designed to correspond to one another in such a way that a sufficient release force relative to the second support rail can be applied to the coupling via the disassembly tool alone in order to release the coupling from the second support rail starting from the assembled state and thus remove it from there.
applying force to the coupling using the disassembly tool is preferably sufficient to release it from the second support rail.
the holder can be designed in such a way that it is designed to correspond to simple commercially available disassembly tools, for example to a disassembly tool comprising an elongated cylinder section, such as a screwdriver.
a specially contoured disassembly tool is provided as the disassembly tool, which is designed to match a special contour of the holder, so that such a non-commercially available disassembly tool is required to apply a sufficient release force to the coupling through its interaction with the holder.
the interaction of the disassembly tool and the holder ensures that the coupling can be removed particularly easily from the second support rail starting from the assembled state.
the receptacle extends over a transverse width which is at least 10%, in particular at least 20% of a transverse width of the coupling, in particular at least 80%, in particular is at least 90% of the transverse width of the coupling.
the transverse width of the coupling is the total extension length of the coupling in the transverse direction.
the receptacle can extend over its transverse width continuously or with interruptions.
the receptacle can comprise several partial receptacles which are jointly designed to correspond to the disassembly tool.
the receptacle can have two recesses aligned with one another as two partial receptacles, wherein the disassembly tool can be inserted into both recesses or partial receptacles at the same time.
the receptacle has a contact surface against which the disassembly tool rests in the disassembly position with its longitudinal end pointing to the first longitudinal end of the coupling.
the contact surface runs with at least one directional component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, so that the force required to pull the coupling out of the second support rail can be applied to the coupling via the contact surface by means of the disassembly tool through the interaction between the contact surface and the disassembly tool.
the disassembly tool rests with its said longitudinal end only on the contact surface, so that a force is only applied to the coupling from the disassembly tool via the contact surface when the coupling is removed by means of the disassembly tool. is removed from the second support rail.
the receptacle is formed by an undercut formed in at least one of the coupling side walls and/or the coupling base. This undercut preferably forms the contact surface.
the contact surface naturally extends as a surface in two surface directions or spatial directions, with its shape being defined by its two surface directions that span the surface. The surface directions can also be curved, for example when the contact surface has a curved planar course.
At least one of its surface directions in particular both surface directions within the same surface section, run with a directional component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
one of the surface directions runs perpendicular to the longitudinal direction at least in sections.
the contact surface preferably has a surface area of at least 2 mm 2 , in particular at least 3 mm 2 , in particular at least 5 mm 2 , in particular less than 50 mm 2 , in particular less than 30 mm 2 , over which the disassembly tool rests against it in the disassembly position, thereby providing a sufficiently large surface area over which Force can be transmitted from the disassembly tool in the longitudinal direction to the first longitudinal end of the coupling to the coupling.
the contact surface preferably extends continuously over this surface area with at least one directional component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
the contact surface can be formed, for example, by a step which runs in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction with a step surface corresponding to the contact surface.
the contact surface can, for example, have a circular arc-like cross-section running perpendicular to the transverse direction and extend with a directional component, in particular one of its surface directions, parallel to the transverse direction, wherein, due to the extension in the transverse direction, it extends with a directional component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
the receptacle preferably encloses the disassembly tool in the disassembly position along at least one specific spatial direction on both sides.
the receptacle therefore preferably extends on both sides, each of which forms one end of the disassembly tool in a specific spatial direction.
the specific spatial direction particularly preferably runs perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
the receptacle is arranged in the disassembly position of the disassembly tool on one side of the disassembly tool, which limits the disassembly tool in the longitudinal direction towards the first longitudinal end of the coupling, and on two sides of the disassembly tool, which limits the disassembly tool in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, in particular in the vertical direction.
the receptacle can provide particularly good guidance of the disassembly tool in the disassembly position.
the disassembly tool By the receptacle resting on one side of the disassembly tool, which limits the disassembly tool in Longitudinal direction limited, the disassembly tool can be pressed against the holder by applying a release force acting in the longitudinal direction, so that the coupling can be released from the second support rail using the disassembly tool, starting from the assembly state explained.
the disassembly tool and the contact surface are preferably designed to correspond to one another in such a way that a force of at least 50 N acting in the longitudinal direction towards the first longitudinal end of the coupling can be transferred from the disassembly tool to the coupling for removing the coupling from the second support rail simply by the disassembly tool being in contact.
a contour that is formed in at least one of the clutch side walls and/or the clutch base forms at least a portion of the receptacle, in particular the receptacle.
the contour particularly preferably comprises a hole.
the clutch side walls and the clutch base are preferably made in one piece from a sheet metal by forming the sheet metal.
the contour preferably comprises a hole that is provided in the sheet metal.
the receptacle preferably comprises this hole, so that the hole is part of the receptacle.
the contour comprises a first partial contour, in particular a first hole, which is provided in a first of the clutch side walls, and a second partial contour, in particular a second hole, which is provided in a second of the clutch side walls.
the partial contours particularly preferably each form a part of the receptacle and thus a partial receptacle.
the receptacle preferably comprises the two partial contours.
the partial contours preferably each form a portion of the contact surface.
the disassembly tool can be guided particularly well in its disassembly position relative to the coupling side walls and, moreover, the holder can be particularly easy to implement in the coupling.
the partial contours are particularly preferably arranged in alignment with one another along the transverse direction. This can particularly simplify the insertion of the disassembly tool into the holder formed at least in sections by both partial contours, and this can enable a uniform application of force from the disassembly tool to the coupling in order to release the coupling from the second support rail.
the coupling comprises at least one scratching spring that can be deflected elastically from a rest position on at least one of its coupling side walls and/or on the coupling base.
the coupling comprises at least one scratching spring that can be deflected elastically from a rest position on each of its coupling side walls. If only one scratching spring is provided, this is preferably arranged centrally on the coupling base with respect to the transverse direction. In one embodiment, at least one scratching spring is arranged on each of the coupling side walls, but not on the coupling base.
All scratch springs i.e. the at least one scratch spring and, if several scratch springs are provided, the scratch springs, are deflected in the assembled state and each rest on a respective one of the support rail side walls and/or the support rail base of the second support rail, ensuring that the coupling is fixed relative to the second support rail.
a rest position of the scratch spring means a position in which no external forces act on the scratch spring enclosed by the coupling.
a first scratch spring is preferably arranged on a first of the coupling side walls and a second scratch spring on a second of the coupling side walls, in particular each arranged directly adjacent to this.
the scratch spring is deflected from its rest position by the respective support rail side wall, on which the respective scratch spring rests, and/or by the support rail base, on which the respective scratch spring rests, forming an inherent spring force that presses the scratch spring onto and thus against the support rail.
the scraper spring rests against the associated one of the support rail side walls or the support rail base with a pressing force that runs at least predominantly perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
the scraper springs provided on the respective coupling side wall each rest with a scraper spring section against one of the support rail side walls and/or the support rail base of the second support rail that is associated with them and against one of the support rail side walls and/or the support rail base of the first support rail that is associated with them, so that they are pressed against both the first and the second support rail, thereby ensuring a fixation of the both support rails to each other in the operating state.
the scratch spring is preferably deflected in the assembled state and in the operating state in a direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, starting from the rest position.
the first and second support rails each comprise a first and a second support rail side wall and the coupling comprises a first scratch spring which, in the operating state, rests against the two first support rail side walls of the two support rails and in particular a second scratch spring which, in the operating state, rests in a fixed position against the second support rail side walls of the two support rails.
the relative position of the two support rails to one another can be particularly favored due to the contact of the scratch spring against the support rail side walls of both support rails.
each of the coupling side walls preferably comprises a coupling side wall section.
the coupling side wall section preferably extends in a straight line along the vertical direction and rests on the first and second support rails at its vertical upper end and its vertical lower end. Due to the straight extension of the coupling side wall section and the resting on its vertical ends, the coupling side wall section enables a particularly reliable fixation of the coupling to the support rails and thus a particularly reliable fixation of the support rails to one another.
the at least one scratch spring ensures a particularly reliable fixation of the coupling to the support rails guaranteed.
the at least one scratch spring in the operating state ensures a reliable relative fixation of the support rails to one another along the longitudinal direction, in that the scratch spring claws into the support rails.
the scratch spring can create a reliable electrical contact between the two support rails, so that when only one support rail is connected to a PE conductor via the coupling, the other of the support rails is also connected to the PE conductor. If the scratch spring is arranged on the coupling side wall, the scratch spring can also be provided in a particularly space-saving manner.
all scratch springs are arranged exclusively in a longitudinal region of the coupling which, in the operating state, extends from the mutually facing longitudinal ends of the two support rails in the longitudinal direction by less than 10 cm, in particular less than 8 cm, in particular less than 5 cm, in particular less than 3 cm, into both support rails.
the scratch springs each have at least one scratch nose which, in the assembled state, presses directly against one of the support rail side walls and/or the support rail base of the second support rail.
the scratch springs each have a plurality of scratch noses which are spaced apart from one another in particular along the longitudinal direction and in particular along the transverse direction, wherein particularly preferably in the operating state all of the Scraper noses press directly against one of the support rail side walls and/or one of the support rail bases of the first and second support rails.
the scraper springs have a spring section, in particular a plurality of spring sections.
the spring section, in particular the spring sections extend from at least one, in particular all of the scraper noses, in particular in the longitudinal direction and preferably in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction away from the scraper nose.
the spring section directly borders on the scraper nose.
the spring section forms a first section and the scraper nose a second section of the scraper spring, wherein the two sections merge into one another by an angle, in particular at an angle of at least 30°, wherein the first section forms an angle to the transverse direction that is at least 30° larger than the second section.
the spring section in particular each of the spring sections, is deflected elastically along a deflection direction that runs perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, compared to the rest position.
the scratching nose is rigid in a section extending away from the spring section along the deflection direction.
a projection surface depicting the extension of the spring section and running perpendicular to the deflection direction is larger, in particular 20% larger, in particular 60% larger, in particular 80% larger, in particular more than 100% larger than a projection surface depicting the extension of the scratching nose and running perpendicular to the deflection direction. Projection surface.
the scraper nose has an axial area moment of inertia that is at least twice as high as the axial area moment of inertia of the spring section in relation to a deformation due to the deflection in the deflection direction.
the scraper springs are formed separately from the first and second coupling side walls.
the scraper noses are each attached to one of the coupling side walls, in particular indirectly via the spring section of the respective scraper spring.
the scraper springs are particularly preferably deflected in the assembled state and in particular in the operating state starting from their rest position in the vertical direction. This can ensure a sufficient spring pressure force with which the scraper springs press in the vertical direction against the support rail side wall or the support rail base.
the system comprises a release tool which is designed to correspond to the scratch springs and can be arranged in a release position in which it rests on all scratch springs, i.e. on one scratch spring when only one scratch spring is provided, or on all scratch springs when several scratch springs are provided, and deflects them beyond the deflection, thereby realizing a release state of the system starting from the assembly state in which all scratch springs are released from the second support rail.
an independent solution of the present invention is provided by a system for realizing a lamp which is elongated in a longitudinal direction, which comprises several support rails which are elongated in the longitudinal direction and designed to accommodate mounting bodies equipped with lamps, each of which has a U-shaped cross-section that extends in a vertical direction and in a transverse direction and is open at a vertical end and is formed by a support rail base and two support rail side walls, wherein the system comprises a coupling for mechanically connecting a first and a second of the support rails, which has a U-shaped cross-section that is formed by a coupling base and two coupling side walls, wherein in an operating state of the system the coupling is arranged with a first longitudinal section forming a first longitudinal end of the coupling in a first of the support rails and with a second longitudinal section forming a second longitudinal end of the coupling in a second of the support rails and fixes these two support rails to one another, wherein in an assembled state of the system the coupling is
the coupling In the released state, the coupling is arranged with its second longitudinal section in the second support rail in the same way as in the assembled state.
the scratch springs press against the support rail side walls of the second support rail assigned to them and/or against the support rail base of the second support rail
the scratch springs are released from the support rail side wall or the support rail base of the second support rail assigned to them, so that in the released state the scratch springs no longer contribute to fixing the coupling relative to the second support rail.
the release tool can therefore be used to specifically deflect the scratch springs so that the coupling can be particularly easily removed from the second support rail, in particular by sliding the coupling in the longitudinal direction as explained.
the coupling can be separated from the second support rail starting from the assembled state by first achieving the release state using the release tool by positioning the release tool in its release position, after which the coupling side walls and the coupling base are then moved longitudinally relative to the second support rail to remove the coupling from the second support rail.
the release tool is thus designed to correspond to the scraper springs that are provided on the two coupling side walls.
the release tool can be used to release the scraper springs, so that the separation of the coupling from the second support rail is particularly simplified by the one release tool.
the coupling has a guide in which the release tool is arranged so as to be displaceable, wherein the release tool mounted in the guide and can be moved along a displacement path defined by the guide between a first position, which it occupies in the assembled state of the system, and the release position.
the release tool is guided captively on the coupling by the guide and can only be moved relative to the coupling along the displacement path and between displacement path ends defined by the guide, wherein in particular the release tool is arranged at one of the displacement path ends in the release position.
the guide and the release tool are designed to correspond to one another in such a way that the displacement path, in particular straight, runs predominantly in the longitudinal direction or in the vertical direction or is at least a section of a circular path around an axis running perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
the release tool has a locking device and the coupling has a locking device corresponding to the locking device, wherein the release tool is fixed to its position along the displacement path in the release position by the locking device and locking device engaging with one another.
the amount of a force acting in the longitudinal direction required to remove the coupling from the support rail is reduced by at least 50%, in particular by at least 70%.
the second support rail and the coupling can be designed to correspond to one another in such a way that in order to remove the coupling from the second support rail, starting from the assembled state, while avoiding reaching the release state, ie when starting from the assembled state, the coupling is removed from the second support rail without the scratch springs being released from the second support rail while they are within the second Support rail, a force acting in the longitudinal direction of at least 200 N, in particular at least 300 N is required, while to remove the coupling from the second support rail, starting from the assembled state after the release state has been reached and while maintaining the release of the scratch springs from the second support rail achieved in the release state, only a force acting in the longitudinal direction of less than 100 N, in particular less than 80 N, in particular less than 60 N is required.
At least one of the scratch springs rests on one of the support rail side walls of the second support rail and the release tool in the release state lies across the coupling base and across all of the scratch springs.
the one release tool which, in its release position, spans the coupling base, can thus release the scratch springs which are arranged on the two coupling side walls particularly easily.
the release tool is preferably designed as a plastic component, in particular as an injection-molded component. This makes it particularly easy and targeted to manufacture the release tool, and thus cost-effective and effective.
the scratch springs in the assembled state each press with a spring force acting in the vertical direction against a projection provided in the respective associated support rail side walls and/or against the support rail base. Since the support rail side walls extend over a considerable vertical extent, the vertical pressing against such a projection can create a particularly effective, sufficiently large pressing force between the scratch spring and Support rail side wall.
the coupling side walls rest with an upper and a lower end of a coupling side wall section formed by them on a guide receptacle assigned to them, which is formed by the support rail side walls assigned to them and in particular together with the support rail base, wherein the coupling side wall section comprises a flat wall region which runs perpendicular to the transverse direction and connects the upper and lower ends of the coupling side wall section to one another.
the coupling side wall section can be designed to be particularly resilient in the vertical direction.
a scratch spring can be fixed to the coupling side wall section, in particular enclosed by the wall region, in a particularly resilient manner in the vertical direction.
the coupling side walls each have a shoulder with a recess through which the scratch springs each extend in the vertical direction.
the coupling side wall section which in the assembled state is received by the guide receptacle of the second support rail and rests with its upper and lower ends on this guide receptacle, extends vertically beyond this recess.
the respective scratch spring is preferably arranged and fastened on an inner side of the clutch side wall assigned to it or on the inner side of the clutch base, the inner side of the clutch side wall being, of course, the side of the clutch side wall that is transverse to the other clutch side wall. points.
At least one of the clutch side walls and/or the clutch base comprises a fixing device and the scraper spring arranged on the respective clutch side wall or the clutch base comprises a holding device designed to correspond to the fixing device.
the fixing device is integrally formed by the clutch side wall or by the clutch base and/or the holding device by the scraper spring.
the first clutch side wall and the second clutch side wall each have a fixing device, wherein the scraper springs each have a holding device designed to correspond to the fixing device of the clutch side wall assigned to them.
the fixing device In the assembled state and in particular in the operating state, the fixing device is connected to the holding device in particular rigidly, in particular in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner, with the scraper spring being fixed in position to the clutch side wall.
the fixing device is connected to the holding device in a form-fitting manner along the longitudinal direction.
the fixing device in the assembled state and in particular in the operating state, the fixing device is connected to the holding device exclusively in a force-locking manner in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
the fixing device and the holding device are clamped to one another with the scratch spring being fixed in position on the coupling side wall.
the fixing device and the holding device can be connected to one another by applying a fixing force directed perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
the release tool and the disassembly tool are integrated in a single tool.
the system thus comprises a tool that simultaneously forms the release tool and the disassembly tool.
the tool can be brought into the disassembly position in such a way that it simultaneously holds the disassembly position and the release position, so that the release state of the system is realized when the tool is in the disassembly position.
This tool can thus simultaneously release the scratch springs and the tool can be arranged in the holder in such a way that a force can be applied to the coupling in the longitudinal direction relative to the second support rail, with which the coupling can be pulled out of the support rail, while the scratch springs are deflected so far that they no longer contribute to fixing the coupling relative to the second support rail.
the system has a first current guide rail and a second current guide rail, each of which has channels running in the longitudinal direction, in each of which at least one conductor wire is arranged.
the first current guide rail is arranged within the U-shaped cross section of the first support rail and is fixed to it
the second current guide rail is arranged within the U-shaped cross section of the second support rail and is fixed to it.
the conductor wires arranged in the channels of the current guide rails are accessible from an access side of the current guide rails.
the channels are each open on a side that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, so that they are accessible via this side, which is also the access side of the respective current guide rail.
the system has a conductor rail protective cap that can be plugged onto one of the longitudinal ends of the second conductor rail, insulating the conductor wires at this longitudinal end of the conductor rail.
a conductor rail protective cap that can be plugged onto one of the longitudinal ends of the second conductor rail, insulating the conductor wires at this longitudinal end of the conductor rail.
the conductor wires at this longitudinal end of the conductor rail are accessible from this longitudinal end.
the accessibility of the conductor wires from this longitudinal end of the second conductor rail simplifies the connection of the conductor wires of the conductor rail, for example to an electrical connector.
conductor rail protective cap that can be plugged onto the said longitudinal end of the second conductor rail while insulating the conductor wires at this longitudinal end, particularly good protection can be ensured against a leakage current or even an electrical breakdown occurring between the conductor wires at the end of the conductor rail and/or against the conductor wires being touched by a person.
the conductor rail protective cap can thus prevent the wires from being accessible, which would otherwise be the case, in its plugged-on position, also known as the protective position.
the conductor rail protective cap can be designed to correspond to the longitudinal end of the conductor rail in such a way that in its protective position, in which it is plugged onto the conductor rail to insulate the conductor wires, it covers the conductor wires at least at their longitudinal ends and/or extends between two adjacent conductor wires in order to to insulate them from each other.
the conductor rail protective cap can particularly preferably be plugged onto such a longitudinal end of the first conductor rail as well as onto such a longitudinal end of the second conductor rail while ensuring insulation, so that the conductor rail protective cap can assume two different protective positions, on the one hand a protective position for insulating the conductor wires at one of the longitudinal ends of the first conductor rail, and on the other hand for insulating the conductor wires at one of the longitudinal ends of the second conductor rail.
the conductor rail protective cap is particularly preferably designed as a plastic component, in particular produced by means of an injection molding process.
the conductor rail protective cap is particularly preferably designed as the release tool.
the conductor rail protective cap can thus be brought into its protective position, in which it insulates the conductor wires at one longitudinal end of the second conductor rail, but on the other hand it can be brought into the release position as a release tool, whereby the release state of the system is established.
the inventors have recognized that such a multifunctional design of a conductor rail protective cap or a release tool is particularly advantageous.
a luminaire component comprising at least a support rail, a conductor rail and a coupling attached to one end of the support rail, is supplied with at least one conductor rail protective cap so that when this luminaire component is used as the end of an arrangement of luminaire components or a luminaire, the conductor wires at the end of the conductor rail can be insulated.
the conductor rail protective cap as a release tool at the same time can be used, the coupling can be easily released from the second support rail and then removed from the second support rail.
the conductor rail protective cap has a cap body in which channels are formed for receiving end sections of the conductor wires of the second conductor rail.
the end sections of the conductor wires form the respective end of the conductor wire at the longitudinal end of the conductor rail, onto which the conductor rail protective cap is placed in its protective position.
a wing is formed at each transverse end of the cap body, wherein the wings form a section of the disassembly tool that interacts with the receptacle and/or a section of the release tool that interacts with the scratch springs.
the conductor rail protective cap can in particular be designed as a disassembly tool.
the conductor rail protective cap is particularly preferably designed as a tool in which the release tool and the disassembly tool are integrated.
the conductor rail protection cap By having a cap body with channels for receiving end sections of the conductor wires of the second conductor rail, the conductor rail protection cap can effectively provide insulation of the conductor wires at the said end of the second conductor rail.
the inventors have recognized that it is particularly advantageous to provide at least one wing on this cap body, which can be specifically designed to ensure sufficient insulation, which can then provide further properties of the conductor rail protection cap as a disassembly or release tool and for this purpose can be used without taking into account the a sufficient insulation required properties of the conductor rail protection cap, since this is already provided by the design of the cap body which is coordinated with this.
the wing, or all of the wings when several wings are provided is provided at one end, i.e.
the cap body delimits the cap body in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
one wing is provided at each transverse end of the cap body.
all of the wings and the cap body are preferably manufactured as a one-piece component, in particular by means of an injection molding process.
all of the wings are arranged both with respect to the transverse direction and with respect to the vertical direction at least in sections outside the spatial extension of the cap body, which is formed or arranged in the transverse direction between the wings.
the at least one wing in particular each of the several wings, has a first and a second wing part.
the first wing part is designed to interact with the receptacle and the second wing part is designed to interact with the scratch springs.
the first wing part is angled to the second wing part.
the second wing part is at least as large as the first wing part, in particular larger, in particular at least 1.5 times as large as the first wing part, whereby the focus is on its body volume. This makes it possible to take into account the different requirements placed on the two wing parts particularly well and at the same time keep the size of the wing as small as possible.
the interaction of the wings with the scratching springs the further deflection of the scratch springs explained can be provided to realize the release state in which the scratch springs are released from the second support rail and thus the coupling can be removed from the second support rail particularly easily.
the interaction of the wings with the receptacle aims to ensure that, as explained, by means of the current guide rail protective cap acting as a disassembly tool in the disassembly position of the current guide rail protective cap, such a force can be applied to the coupling by means of the current guide rail protective cap that it can be moved out of the second support rail starting from the assembled state, in particular after the release state has been realized beforehand.
the system has a further disassembly tool for releasing the coupling from the second support rail starting from the assembly state.
the coupling has a further receptacle corresponding to the further disassembly tool, which is formed by at least one of the coupling side walls and/or the coupling base and into which the further disassembly tool can be inserted to realize a disassembly position of the further disassembly tool in such a way that it is guided relative to the coupling with a positive connection acting along the longitudinal direction towards the first longitudinal end of the coupling to enable a force load to be applied to the further disassembly tool relative to the second support rail in the longitudinal direction towards the first longitudinal end of the coupling, with which the coupling can be released and removed from the second support rail starting from the assembly position along the longitudinal direction.
the further receptacle can have properties that are presently in connection with the receptacle described.
the further disassembly tool and the further receptacle can be designed to correspond to one another, as is explained here with reference to the receptacle and the disassembly tool. Accordingly, the receptacle and disassembly tool can also be designed as is described here with reference to the further disassembly tool and the further receptacle.
the further disassembly tool and the further receptacle thus provide a further possibility of easily removing the coupling from the second support rail starting from the assembled state.
the coupling not only to correspond to a disassembly tool but also to correspond to a further disassembly tool by having the further receptacle in addition to the receptacle, even if only one of the disassembly tool and the further disassembly tool is available, simple disassembly or simple separation of the coupling from the second support rail starting from the assembled state can be ensured.
the further receptacle is preferably spaced apart from the receptacle, in particular spaced apart in the longitudinal direction.
the conductor rail protective cap can be provided as the disassembly tool, as explained, and a particularly simple commercially available additional disassembly tool can be provided as the additional disassembly tool, for example the elongated cylindrical section of a screwdriver.
the holder and the disassembly tool can thus enable particularly convenient disassembly of the coupling from the second support rail, while even if the disassembly tool is lost, the coupling can still be disassembled as easily as possible from the second support rail.
the additional holder is particularly preferably provided in a longitudinal end section of the coupling, which starting from the first longitudinal end of the coupling, extends over less than 20%, in particular less than 15%, in particular less than 10% of the longitudinal extension length of the coupling. This makes the further receptacle particularly easy to access.
the invention further relates to a conductor rail protective cap of an embodiment of a system according to the invention.
the properties of the conductor rail protective cap are apparent to the person skilled in the art from the explanation of embodiments of the system according to the invention.
the conductor rail protective cap according to the invention represents in itself a solution to the objective technical problem underlying the invention due to its explained advantageous properties.
the invention further relates to a method for separating a coupling, which has a U-shaped cross section formed by a coupling base and two coupling side walls, from a support rail starting from an assembly state in which the coupling is fixed to the support rail and protrudes from the support rail with its first longitudinal end.
the coupling thus protrudes at a first longitudinal end of the support rail with a first longitudinal section of its longitudinal extension length, while it is arranged in the support rail with a second longitudinal section and fixed to it.
the support rail has a U-shaped cross section which extends in a vertical direction and in a transverse direction and is open at a vertical end and is formed by a support rail base and two support rail side walls.
the support rail is preferably fundamentally suitable for receiving a mounting body equipped with lighting means, for example by arranging the mounting body at the open end of the support rail and fastening it thereto relative to the support rail and/or by inserting the mounting body at least in sections into the support rail starting from the open end of the U-shaped cross section or from a longitudinal end of the support rails and fastening it thereto.
the mounting body can preferably be fastened to the support rail in such a way that the lighting means radiate away from the support rail base in a vertical direction, so that the support rail and mounting body can enclose an interior space and the lighting means radiate away from this interior space.
a current conducting rail is arranged within the U-shaped cross section of the support rail, which has channels running in the longitudinal direction, in each of which a conductor wire is arranged.
the channels are preferably open on an access side of the current conducting rail, so that the conductor wires can be contacted directly via the access side of the current conducting rail, for example via a contact device as explained above.
a disassembly tool is introduced into a receptacle which is formed by at least one of the coupling side walls and/or the coupling base.
the receptacle is preferably formed by at least both coupling side walls and in particular also by the coupling base.
the force can also be a have a force component that runs perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, but in any case the force has a force component acting in the longitudinal direction, preferably the force acts predominantly in the longitudinal direction.
the invention further relates to a method for separating a coupling, which has a U-shaped cross section formed by a coupling base and two coupling side walls, from a support rail starting from an assembly state in which the coupling is fixed to the support rail and protrudes from the support rail with its first longitudinal end, wherein the support rail has a U-shaped cross section which extends in a vertical direction and in a transverse direction and is open at a vertical end and is formed by a support rail base and two support rail side walls, wherein the support rail is particularly suitable for receiving a mounting body equipped with lighting means, wherein a current conducting rail is arranged within the cross section of the support rail, which has channels running in the longitudinal direction, in each of which a conducting wire is arranged.
the coupling comprises at least one scratching spring which can be deflected elastically from its rest position.
at least one scratching spring which can be deflected elastically from a rest position is arranged on at least one of the coupling side walls and/or the coupling base of the coupling. All scratch springs are deflected in the assembled state and rest against one of the support rail side walls and/or the support rail base of the support rail, ensuring that the coupling is fixed relative to the support rail.
all scratch springs are released from the support rail by moving a release tool against the scratch springs, after which the Coupling is pulled out of the support rail.
the coupling is pulled out of the support rail using the disassembly tool explained above.
the release tool and the disassembly tool are one and the same tool and are thus integrated in a single tool.
the release tool and/or the disassembly tool are each preferably designed as a single piece.
the release tool and/or the disassembly tool can be designed in multiple parts.
the invention further relates to a luminaire which is produced by means of an embodiment of a system according to the invention.
the support rails each face one another with one of their longitudinal ends and are arranged with these longitudinal ends next to one another, in particular directly next to one another.
the luminaire preferably comprises a plurality of mounting bodies which are fixed to the support rails of the luminaire and close the open side of the support rails over their longitudinal extent.
the luminaire preferably comprises the disassembly tool and/or the release tool, wherein the disassembly tool and/or the release tool is held fixed to the coupling, in particular within an interior space enclosed by the support rails and in particular at least one of the mounting bodies.
first current conducting rail is arranged in the first support rail and a second current conducting rail is arranged in the second support rail, wherein the lighting means of the mounting bodies which are arranged in the respective support rail are electrically connected to the current conducting rail which is arranged in the respective support rail via a contact device which is arranged in the respective support rail.
Embodiments of a system according to the invention or of a lamp according to the invention can have features that are described here in connection with embodiments of a method according to the invention.
Embodiments of a method according to the invention can have features that are described here in connection with embodiments of a system according to the invention.
Embodiments of a system according to the invention or of a lamp according to the invention and embodiments of a method according to the invention can have features that are described here in connection with generic systems or methods.
the various embodiments can be advantageously combined with one another.
FIG 1 comprehensively the Figures 1a and 1b the coupling 3 of an embodiment of a system according to the invention is shown schematically in two different views.
the coupling 3 comprises a coupling base 31, a first coupling side wall 32 and a second coupling side wall 33.
Figure 1a a view of the second longitudinal end of the coupling 3 is shown
Figure 1b a view of the first longitudinal end of the coupling 3.
the coupling 3 has a longitudinal end section 326, 336 on each of its coupling side walls 32, 33, which runs at an angle to the longitudinal direction X.
the first longitudinal end sections 326, 336 at the first longitudinal end of the coupling 3 together form the absolute first longitudinal end of the coupling 3
the second longitudinal end sections 326, 336 of the coupling side walls 32, 33 together form the absolute second longitudinal end of the coupling 3.
the coupling base 31 has It has a centering section 37 at each of its two longitudinal ends, which in the present case is designed as a centering projection.
the coupling side walls 32, 33 have lower coupling side wall projections 332 and upper coupling side wall projections 334 as well as recesses 331, 333. Furthermore, stiffening beads 330 are provided in the coupling side walls 32, 33, whereas a flat wall area connects the upper and lower coupling side wall ends of the two coupling side walls 32, 33 to one another, wherein these coupling side wall ends are formed by the coupling side wall projections 332, 334.
a stop 35 is provided on each coupling side wall 32, 33, which is used to limit an insertion depth of the coupling 3 in a support rail 1, such as in Figure 5b
a scraper spring 38 is formed on each of the coupling side walls 32, 33, which forms scraper noses 381, via which they can be used for fixing and electrical contact as in the Figures 2 and 3 explained in more detail on a respective associated support rail side wall.
recesses 300 are provided in the coupling base 31 for passing electrical cables through the coupling base 31. The functioning of the scratch springs 38 is explained with reference to the Figures 2-5 discussed in more detail below.
each of the coupling side walls 32, 33 forms a partial receptacle and these partial receptacles together form the overall receptacle of the coupling 3.
each partial receptacle in the figures is already marked with the reference numeral 360, whereby the two partial receptacles which the two coupling side walls 32, 33 together form the receptacle 360 of the coupling 3.
This receptacle 360 is designed to correspond to a disassembly tool of the described embodiment of the system according to the invention, which in Figure 1 is not shown.
a conductor rail protective cap 2 of an embodiment of a system according to the invention is shown, which can function as such a disassembly tool.
This conductor rail protective cap or this disassembly tool can be inserted into the receptacle 360 in such a way that it is guided relative to the coupling 3 with a positive connection acting along the longitudinal direction X towards the first longitudinal end of the coupling 3, so that a force load can be applied to the disassembly tool relative to the second support rail in the longitudinal direction X towards the first longitudinal end of the coupling 3, with which the coupling 3 can be removed from the explained assembly state, as shown in Figure 3 shown, can be detached from the support rail 1 and removed therefrom.
each of the coupling side walls 32, 33 forms a partial contour of the further receptacle, which in the present case is designed as a hole, wherein the partial contours are arranged in alignment with one another along the transverse direction Y. Due to the aligned arrangement of the partial contours with one another, a further receptacle 361 is thus formed which is easily accessible in the transverse direction and into which a further disassembly tool, which has a cylinder-like, elongated tool section, can be inserted, such as a screwdriver.
This further disassembly tool enables easy disassembly of the coupling 3 from a support rail 1, since this further disassembly tool can be introduced into the aligned partial contours in such a way that it is received by the partial contours with a positive connection that acts in the longitudinal direction and thus such a force can be applied to the further disassembly tool that it presses against a contact surface of the further holder 361 and as a result the coupling 3 can be pulled out of the support rail 1 by means of a force acting relatively between the support rail 1 and the disassembly tool in the longitudinal direction towards the first longitudinal end of the coupling 3.
the coupling side walls 32, 33 are each received in guide receptacles formed by the support rail side walls and are pressed vertically against the guide receptacles with their upper and lower coupling side wall ends, the upper and lower ends being connected by an upper wall region of the respective coupling side wall running perpendicular to the transverse direction, which is generally advantageous according to the invention.
the first longitudinal end sections 326, 336 of the coupling side walls 32, 33 to the longitudinal direction X and to the transverse direction Y.
the first longitudinal end sections are angled both to the longitudinal direction X and to the transverse direction Y.
Figure 2d is a Figure 2c corresponding top view of support rail 1 and coupling 3 is shown.
the scratching springs 38 with their scratching noses 381 are also shown purely schematically.
the scratching springs 38 are in Figure 2d shown in their resting position, which they naturally have in the Figure 2d cannot hold the position shown.
Figure 2d it is clear that in the rest position the scraper noses 381 extend vertically over the upper coupling side wall projections 334, as in Figure 1a and 1b shown, protrude so that in the operating state, due to a deflection of the respective scratch spring 38, they press with a vertical spring force against the guide receptacles which are formed by the support rail side walls of the support rail 1.
a current guide rail 4 of the described embodiment of the system according to the invention is also shown.
the current guide rail 4 has channels running in the longitudinal direction X, arranged next to one another, in each of which a conductor wire 5 is arranged, wherein the conductor wires 5 arranged next to one another are insulated from one another by the current guide rail 4.
the current guide rail 4 is, as is generally advantageous according to the invention, held pressed against support rail side wall projections which are formed by the support rail side walls. Generally preferred and as is the case in the present embodiment, the current guide rail 4 is pressed against the support rail base. However, other embodiments are also conceivable in which the current guide rail is held pressed between support rail side wall projections and is spaced from the support rail base.
the Current conducting rail 4 is arranged vertically between the support rail base and the longitudinal sections 326, 336. Only in a transverse region between the longitudinal end sections 326, 336 does it extend with a vertical extension length that is less than 30% of its total vertical extension length and/or with less than 20%, in particular less than 10% of its transverse width vertically along the longitudinal end sections 326, 336, which is generally advantageous according to the invention.
the further disassembly tool is thus particularly well guided in the further receptacle 361, and a tensile force can be applied to the further disassembly tool particularly easily and reliably, with which the coupling 3 can be pulled out of the support rail 1 along the longitudinal direction X.
FIG 4 comprehensively the Figures 4a and 4b a conductor rail protective cap 2 of an embodiment of a system according to the invention is shown schematically in two basic representations with two different views.
This conductor rail protective cap 2 is manufactured as a plastic injection molded part and serves several purposes: Firstly, the conductor rail protective cap 2 can be plugged with its cap body 21 onto a longitudinal end of the conductor rail 4 to insulate the conductor wires 5 that are arranged in the conductor rail 4, as is shown in part in Figure 5A For this purpose, the conductor rail protective cap 2 has in its cap body 21 channels 20 for receiving end sections of the conductor wires 5, as shown in Figure 4b is shown. A wing 23 is formed at each transverse end of the cap body 21.
the conductor rail protection cap 2 fulfills a further purpose, namely its suitability as a disassembly and release tool.
the wings 23 each have a first wing part 232 which is designed to cooperate with the receptacle 360, which, for example, is in Figure 1 and in Figure 5b shown, is designed so that the conductor rail protective cap 2 can fulfill its function as a disassembly tool.
the wings have a second wing part 231 which is designed to interact with the scraper springs 38 so that the conductor rail protective cap 2 can fulfill its purpose as a release tool.
the first and second wing parts 232, 231 are angled towards each other, in this case angled by approximately 90° to each other.
the scratch springs 38 each have a Holding device 383, which is designed to correspond to a fixing device 384, which is formed on the respective coupling side wall 32, 33, as can be seen in particular from Figure 5B can be seen.
the scraper springs 38 also each have a spring section 382 which is designed to be resilient in the vertical direction Z and via which the scraper noses 381 of the scraper springs 38 are connected to the holding device 383 of the respective scraper spring 38.
the spring sections 382 of the scraper springs 38 are deflected vertically and press the scraper noses 381 against the respective support rail 1, in the assembly state against the second support rail, in the operating state against the second and against the first support rail.
the conductor rail protection cap 2 is arranged relative to the second support rail 1 and to the scratching springs 38 in such a way that it presses with its second wing part 231 against the spring section 382, as shown in the Figures 5b and 5c is shown.
the scratch springs 38 are increasingly deflected until their scratch noses 381 are released from the second support rail 1.
the first wing part 232 comes into contact with the contact surface provided by the receptacle 360, whereby the conductor rail protective cap 2 comes into its disassembly position, in which the system is still in the release state, so that the release position and disassembly position are identical.

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