Assembly device for a side wall cladding element of a rail vehicle

Abstract

A rail vehicle includes a side wall cladding element and a first profile rail fastened to the side wall cladding element. The first profile rail is provided for freely positioning and securing a first holder constructed to complement the first profile rail. The first holder in turn is connected to a framework or body shell of the rail vehicle.

Claims

1. A rail vehicle, comprising: at least one side wall cladding element; a first profile rail fastened to said at least one side wall cladding element; at least one second profile rail fastened to said at least one side wall cladding element; a first holder being complementary to said first profile rail and being freely positioned along said first profile rail for fastening said first holder to said at least one side wall cladding element, said first holder being connected to a body shell of the rail vehicle; a second holder being complementary to said at least one second profile rail and being freely positioned along said at least one second profile rail for fastening said second holder to said at least one side wall cladding element; and at least one further cladding element being a ceiling cladding element connected to said second holder.

2. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said first profile rail and said second profile rail are interconnected in a materially integral manner.

3. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said first profile rail and said second profile rail are formed in one piece.

4. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first or second profile rails is disposed at an upper end of said at least one side wall cladding element.

5. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said first holder is clamped to said first profile rail.

6. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, which further comprises first portions of hook-and-loop fasteners being fastened to said at least one side wall cladding element, said first portions being configured to be connected to second portions of said hook-and-loop fasteners being connected to the body shell of the rail vehicle.

7. The rail vehicle according to claim 1, which further comprises: a guide connected to the body shell of the rail vehicle; and at least one hook to be hooked into said guide, said at least one hook being fastened to said at least one side wall cladding element.

8. The rail vehicle according to claim 7, wherein said at least one hook is disposed at a lower end of said at least one side wall cladding element.

9. A rail vehicle, comprising: at least one side wall cladding element; a first profile rail having a C-shaped cross section and being fastened to said at least one side wall cladding element; at least one second profile rail having a C-shaped cross section and being fastened to said at least one side wall cladding element; said C-shaped cross section of said first profile rail having an upwardly pointing opening, and said C-shaped cross section of said second profile rail having a laterally pointing opening; a first holder being complementary to said first profile rail and being freely positioned along said first profile rail for fastening said first holder to said at least one side wall cladding element, said first holder being connected to a body shell of the rail vehicle; a second holder being complementary to said at least one second profile rail and being freely positioned along said at least one second profile rail for fastening said second holder to said at least one side wall cladding element; and at least one further cladding element connected to said second holder.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

(1) The invention permits numerous embodiments. The invention will be explained in more detail by means of the following figures in which in each case one exemplary design embodiment is illustrated. Identical elements are provided with the same reference signs in the figures, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 shows in a perspective manner a side wall cladding element according to the invention, from that side that faces the outer skin of a rail vehicle;

(3) FIG. 2 shows a detailed section through a fastening mechanism of the side wall cladding element according to the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(4) A side wall cladding element according to the invention is illustrated in FIG. 1. Said side wall cladding element, on the lower end thereof, for dedicated fastening to a body shell of a rail vehicle has three hooks 2 for hooking the side wall cladding element 1 into a guide which is designed so as to be complementary to the hooks and which on its part is fastened to the body shell of the rail vehicle, on account of which the side wall cladding element 1 is also fastened to the body shell of the rail vehicle. As an object to be hooked, a guide 10, implemented for example as a rail which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rail vehicle, forms the counterpart to the hooks 2. The guide 10 is connected to the body shell of the rail vehicle, which is not illustrated in more detail here.

(5) The side wall cladding element 1, at the upper end thereof, comprises a first profile rail 3 in which here three first holders 4 are guided. The first profile rail 3 serves for freely positioning the first holders 4, which are designed so as to be complementary to the first profile rail 3, along the first profile rail 3 and for fastening the first holders 4 to the first profile rail 3. The first holders 4 are designed so as to be releasably connectable to the first profile rail 3.

(6) Said holders are clamped, wedged, or screwed to the first profile rail 3, for example. Additionally said holders are, in particular releasably, connectable to the body shell of the rail vehicle, for example by way of a screw connection.

(7) Additionally, a plurality of portions of a first component of a hook-and-loop fastener which is composed of two components are laterally applied to the side wall cladding element 1, here in vertically running strips 5. Said portions likewise serve for fastening the side wall cladding element 1 to the body shell of the rail vehicle. The portions of the other, second component of the hook-and-loop fastener, which are correspondingly disposed on door and/or window pillars, are not shown here.

(8) If and when the side wall cladding element 1 outlined here is assembled, initially the hooks 2 are hooked into the guide and the side wall cladding element 1 is aligned. First fixing is performed by means of hook-and-loop fasteners 5. The first holders 4 in the first profile rail 3 are subsequently connected to the body shell, in particular in a releasable manner by means of screw connections. Where a double-action or a second profile rail is provided, ceiling elements may be subsequently aligned on the former by way of two holders and be connected thereto, on account of which said ceiling elements by way of the side wall cladding element 1 are connected to the body shell of the rail vehicle.

(9) FIG. 2 illustrates in a detailed manner fastening of an inventive side wall cladding element 1 to a body shell 13 of a rail vehicle. The side wall cladding element 1 at the upper end thereof has a first profile rail 3 which in the cross section is designed so as to be C-shaped, wherein the opening of the profile rail 3 which is designed so as to be C-shaped points upwardly, the C thus lying on its back. A first holder 4 is axially guided in the first profile rail 3 and is initially freely positionable therealong. By way of a clamp connection by means of a screw 14, said holder is then also releasably connected to the profile rail 3 and secured against being displaced along the first profile rail 3. At the same time, the first holder 4 is screwed to a door or window pillar of the body shell 13 of the rail vehicle. The side wall cladding element 1 is thus releasably connected to the body shell 13 of the rail vehicle. The first profile rail 3 here is designed so as to be complementary to the first holder 4, in order for the latter to be received so as to be free along the first profile rail 3.

(10) The first profile rail 3 here has a C-shaped cross section. Said first profile rail may also be T-shaped, G-shaped, or shaped as a hat rail, the holder being correspondingly shaped. It is a common feature of the profile rails in the context of the invention that they initially serve for receiving and guiding a holder which is correspondingly designed so as to be complementary to the profile rail. Since the holders after assembly on the profile rails are no longer displaceable therealong, the profile rails act less as guide rails but rather as support rails.

(11) Apart from the first profile rail 3, the side wall cladding element 1 has a further, second profile rail 6. The second profile rail 6 serves for fastening further cladding elements, presently ceiling cladding elements 8. In an analogous manner to the first profile rail 3, on the second profile rail 6 also, a second holder 7 which is designed so as to be complementary to the second profile rail is, in particular releasably, fastenable so as to be freely positionable along the second profile rail 6. The second holder 7 is connected to the at least one further cladding element, presently a ceiling cladding element 8. In this way, the ceiling cladding elements 8 are also connected to the body shell 13 of the rail vehicle.

(12) The first and second profile rail 3 and 6 here are embodied so as to be unipartite. They have openings which face away from one another in a perpendicular manner. The first profile rail 3 has an opening which acts vertically, and the second profile rail 6 has an opening which acts horizontally. A vertical or vertically acting C-opening means that the C is open to the right or the left, in particular faces into the interior of the rail vehicle, as here. However, a horizontal or horizontally acting C-opening is present when the C is open toward the bottom or in particular toward the top. A vertical C opening here is not understood to be a slot which runs perpendicularly to the floor. A horizontal C opening does not apply to a slot which runs parallel with the floor, as is included in the second profile rail 6.