Abstract
A partitioning wall element for a partitioning wall installation includes a telescoping element, which is deployable in a horizontal direction. The telescoping element includes a pressure beam and a screening profile, wherein the screening profile is retained in or at the pressure beam. The screening profile includes at least one first screening holding component, which, in particular in a latching manner, cooperates with at least one corresponding pressure beam holding component of the pressure beam.
Claims
1. A partitioning wall element for a partitioning wall installation, wherein the partitioning wall element comprises a telescoping element deployable in a horizontal direction, wherein the telescoping element comprises a pressure beam and a screening profile, wherein the screening profile is retained in or at the pressure beam, wherein the screening profile includes at least one first screening holding means, which in a latching manner, cooperates with at least one corresponding pressure beam holding means of the pressure beam, wherein the pressure beam holding means and the screening holding means cooperate in such a manner that in a first position, the screening profile is retained in or at the pressure beam, in which a first distance between a first abutment section of the pressure beam and the screening profile is formed, and in a second position, the screening profile is retained in or at the pressure beam, in which a second distance between the first abutment section of the pressure beam and the screening profile is formed, wherein the screening profile includes lateral parts, which, at least one of (a) in the first and in the second positions and (b) over an actuating path, overlap covering panels of the partitioning wall element, wherein the pressure beam comprises the first abutment section and the second abutment section, against which the screening profile abuts with intermediate arrangement of a spring-elastic element.
2. The partitioning wall element according to claim 1, wherein the screening profile includes a covering element, from which the screening holding means extends towards the inside into the telescoping element, wherein the covering element extends at least partially vertically to at least one of (a) a wall plane of the partitioning wall element and (b) the covering element overlaps at least the pressure beam.
3. The partitioning wall element according to claim 1, wherein the screening holding means is at least one of (a) incorporated integrally and (b) made from the same material, monolithically with the screening profile.
4. The partitioning wall element according to claim 1, wherein the screening profile is mounted on the pressure beam by means of a horizontal movement.
5. The partitioning wall element according to claim 1, wherein the screening holding means and the pressure beam holding means cooperate such that the screening profile is disposed to be mobile opposed to the telescoping direction with regard to the pressure beam, wherein a spring element is disposed between the screening profile and the pressure beam, which element charges the screening profile with a force directed away from the pressure beam.
6. The partitioning wall element according to claim 1, wherein the screening profile is disposed at the pressure beam in a first mounting position and in a second mounting position, wherein, in the second mounting position, the screening profile is rotated about a vertical axis compared to the first mounting position, wherein, only in the first mounting position, the screening profile is able to occupy the first position, or only in the second mounting position the screening profile is able to occupy the second position.
7. The partitioning wall element according to claim 1, wherein at least one of (a) the screening holding means extend in a vertical direction beyond the screening profile and (b) the pressure beam holding means extend beyond the pressure beam in the vertical direction.
8. The partitioning wall element according to claim 1, wherein the pressure beam comprises a first wall section and a second wall section, at which the pressure beam holding means are disposed, wherein the first wall section of the pressure beam and the second wall section of the pressure beam, at least in one section, extend parallel to the first web of the screening profile and to the second web of the screening profile.
9. The partitioning wall element according to claim 1, wherein the pressure beam holding means comprise a first pressure beam holding means, a second pressure beam holding means, and a third pressure beam holding means, wherein the first pressure beam holding means and the second pressure beam holding means are disposed at the first wall section of the pressure beam, and the third pressure beam holding means is disposed at the second wall section of the pressure beam.
10. The partitioning wall element according to claim 1, wherein a second screening holding means is provided, wherein the first screening holding means comprises a first web and the second screening holding means a second web.
11. The partitioning wall element according to claim 10, wherein the first web and the second web extend parallel towards each other.
12. The partitioning wall element according to claim 11, wherein the first screening holding means includes a form closure means, which is configured at the web, a latching projection projecting from the first web, and the second screening holding means includes a second form closure means, which is configured at the second web, a second latching projection projecting from the second web, wherein the first form closure means is disposed at a first height at the first web and the second form closure means at a second height at the second web, wherein the first height is different from the second height.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) Hereinafter, the disclosure will be explained in more detail, on the basis of exemplary embodiments. Technical features having the same function are numbered in the Figures with the same reference numerals. In the drawings:
(2) FIG. 1 shows an inventive partitioning wall installation with an inventive partitioning wall element in a frontal view,
(3) FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view through an inventive partitioning wall element with a manually deployable telescoping element according to A-A of FIG. 1,
(4) FIG. 3 shows the same view as in FIG. 2, in which the heights H1 to H6 are illustrated,
(5) FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view through an inventive partitioning wall element with an automatically deployable telescoping element in an exemption position according to A-A of FIG. 1,
(6) FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view through an inventive partitioning wall element with an automatically deployable telescoping element of FIG. 4 in an actuating position according to X-X of FIG. 1, and
(7) FIG. 6 shows a cut-out from a longitudinal section according to B-B of FIG. 1 for the exemplary embodiment depicted in FIGS. 4 and 5.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(8) FIG. 1 depicts a low-level diagrammatic illustration of an inventive partitioning wall installation 1 and of an inventive partitioning wall element 2 of the partitioning wall installation 1 when mounting a partitioning wall. The partitioning wall element 2 is guided in a track 31 for example at the ceiling via running rollers 32 and comprises a non-illustrated ceiling-sided and floor-sided sealing strip. The sealing strips are deployable against the ceiling, respectively the floor for a sound-proof termination and may brace the partitioning wall element 2.
(9) The partitioning wall element 2 includes a first vertical lateral surface 3 and a second vertical lateral surface 4, wherein the first lateral surface 3 in the illustrated exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 may be telescoping.
(10) For this purpose, the partitioning wall element 2 comprises a telescoping element 23 deployable in a horizontal direction, whichin the plane of the image of FIG. 1is deployable to the right hand side in a telescoping direction according to the arrow 50. The deployment movement of the telescoping element 23 with regard to the rest of the partitioning wall element 2 is generated by means of a drive device 25, which is manually actuatable and/or motor-actuatable and, in this case, is purely diagrammatically illustrated and in FIG. 1 covered by means of an encasing panel 26. By way of example the drive device 25 includes two deployment units 37. The drive device 25 comprises a manual drive and/or electromotive drive (not illustrated), which may be incorporated into one of the deployment units 37 or may be disposed between the deployment units. Each deployment unit 37 may comprise for example a spindle nut, which is driven by means of the manual and/or electromotive drive via a spindle. The spindle nut may be connected for example via a scissor-arm assembly to the telescoping element 23. In each deployment unit 37, the rotation of the spindle moves the spindle nut along the spindle, such that the telescoping element 23 moves in horizontal direction laterally out of the rest of the partitioning wall element 2, such that the telescoping element 23 is able to occupy a deployed condition II. The telescoping element 23 may be likewise retracted by means of the drive device 25 and occupy a retracted condition I. In FIG. 1 the telescoping element 23 is illustrated in the retracted condition I.
(11) In FIG. 1, the telescoping element 23 comprises a concealed and in the FIGS. 2 to 5 an illustrated pressure beam 5, which is coupled to the drive device 25. Furthermore, the pressure beam 5 is connected to the covering panels 27 of the telescoping element 23, of which one covering panel 27 is illustrated in FIG. 1. In the retracted condition I, the covering panels 27 partially conceal the encasing panels 26. Via the pressure beam 5, the covering panels 27 are laterally deployed or retracted again by means of the drive device 25. By deploying the telescoping element 23 a gap 100 between the stationary wall 101 and the partitioning wall element 2 may be closed. With the gap being closed, the telescoping element 23 is in the deployed condition II. Hereby, a visual protection and a sound protection are achieved. Even though, in the FIGS. 2 to 5 for the sake of clarity, respectively only one covering panel 27 or encasing panel 26 is illustrated, nevertheless respectively opposite covering panels 27 and encasing panels 26 are provided.
(12) As illustrated in the FIGS. 2 to 4, the pressure beam 5 is preferably configured as a profile, which is in particular extruded or formed by extrusion. The pressure beam 5 is screwed to the drive device 25 at a frontal surface 30 of the pressure beam 5 by means of an attachment element 29. Thereby, the machining expense, when manufacturing the pressure beam 5, is omitted or reduced.
(13) According to the disclosure, a screening profile 6 is provided, which forms the lateral termination of the telescoping element 23 and covers the pressure beam 5. The screening profile 6 together with the hollow chamber seals, acting as an elastic sound absorber 28, illustrated in the FIGS. 2 to 5, forms the lateral surface 3 of the partitioning wall element 2. The screening profile 6 is masked by the attaching element 29. Hereby, it is possible that, despite the simple manufacturing of the pressure beam 5, the partitioning wall element 2 features a pleasing aesthetical design.
(14) As illustrated in FIG. 1, the screening profile 6 extends essentially over the entire vertical height 52 of the covering panels 27. The screening profile 6 is extruded. Thereby, the screening profile 6 may be easily adapted to the vertical height of the covering panels 27.
(15) As illustrated in the FIGS. 2 to 5, a first and a second screening holding means 7, 8 are formed monolithically with the rest of the screening profile 6. The screening holding means 7, 8 extend over the entire vertical height of the screening profile 6. Correspondingly, the pressure beam holding means 10, 11 are monolithically formed with the rest of the pressure beam 5. The pressure beam holding means 9, 10, 11 extend over the entire vertical height of the pressure beam 5. Hereby, the screening profile 6 and the pressure beam 5 are simply scalable and reliably retained at each other. By incorporating the screening holding means 7, 8 into the screening profile 6 and incorporating the pressure beam holding means 9, 10, 11 into the pressure beam 5, in a technical simple manner, the screening profile 6 is retained at the pressure beam 5. The screening holding means 7, 8 extend into the inside of the telescoping element 23. Hereby, the retaining locations, which are formed by means of the screening holding means 7, 8 and the pressure beam holding means 9, 10, 11 and which form the support of the screening profile 6 at the pressure beam 5, are not visible.
(16) Depending on the embodiment of the drive device 25, the inventive partitioning wall element 2 according to FIG. 1 may include a motor-deployable telescoping element 23 or a manually deployable telescoping element 23. In the deployed condition II, the partitioning wall element 2 with the motor-deployable telescoping element 23 and the partitioning wall element 2 with the manually deployable telescoping element 23 are identical from the outside. As long as no obstacle is present, in the retracted condition I according to FIG. 1, the screening profile 6 of the motor-deployable telescoping element 23 overlaps somewhat less with the covering panels 27 than the screening profile 6 of the manually deployable telescoping element 23, as shown when comparing the FIGS. 2 and 4. Otherwise, the exterior impression is also identical in the retracted condition I. Hereby, fully automatic, semi-automatic and manual partitioning wall elements 2 are identical in their exterior appearance. Thus, the screening profile 6 overlaps for example the spring elements 22, the safety switch 35 and/or the Reed switch 36 of a motor-deployable telescoping element 23. Hereby, the spring elements 22, the safety switches 35 and/or the Reed switches 36 are not visible to the viewer. The spring elements 22, the safety switches 35 and/or the Reed switches 36 are disposed on the inside of the telescoping elements 23.
(17) The FIGS. 2 to 4 show a cross-sectional view of the partitioning wall element 2 of FIG. 1 according to the line A-A. The FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of the partitioning wall element of FIG. 4 according to the line X-X of FIG. 1. Hereby, in the FIGS. 2 and 3, a partitioning wall element 2 with a manually deployable telescoping element 23 and in the FIGS. 4 and 5 a partitioning wall element 2 with a motor-deployable telescoping element 23 are illustrated. As illustrated in the FIGS. 2 to 5, the same screening profile 6 may be employed in both the manual and in the motor-deployable telescoping element 23. For this purpose, in the FIGS. 2 and 3, the screening profile 6 is located in a first mounting position III and in the FIGS. 4 and 5, it is located in a second mounting position IV. In the first mounting position III, the screening profile 6, when compared to the screening profile 6 in the second mounting position IV, is rotated by 180 about a horizontal axis 53. In a motor-deployable telescoping element 23, likewise the pressure beam 5 is the same as in a manually deployable telescoping element 23. Thus, the utilization of the same components allows for keeping the multiplicity of variants and therefore the stock for the inventive partitioning wall element 2 very low. Moreover, an exchange of a manual drive device 25 against a motor-driven drive device 25, mounting the safety switches 35, the Reed switches 36 and, if required, the spring elements 22 and a 180 rotation of the screening profile 6, allows in a simple manner for converting the partitioning wall element 2 with a manually deployable telescoping element 23 to a partitioning wall element 2 with a motor-deployable telescoping element 23.
(18) As respectively illustrated in the FIGS. 2 to 5, the pressure beam 5 has a U-shaped basic profile 24, at which a first L-shaped wall section 16 and a second L-shaped wall section 17 of the pressure beam 5 are disposed. A first pressure beam holding means 9 and a second pressure beam holding means 10 are formed at the first wall section 16. A third pressure beam holding means 11 is formed at the second wall section 17.
(19) A first abutment section 18 adjoins the first L-shaped wall section 16 and a second abutment section 19 adjoins the second L-shaped wall section 17. The first abutment section 18 and the second abutment section 19 extend rectangularly to the L-shaped wall sections 16, 17 such that the short branch of an L-shaped wall section 16, 17 extends parallel to the abutment section 18, 19.
(20) The screening profile 6 is disposed in a captive manner in or at the pressure beam 5. For this purpose, the screening profile 6 includes the first screening holding means 7 and the second screening holding means 8. The first and the second screening holding means 7, 8 are horizontally spaced apart. In the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 2 to 5 shown, the first screening holding means 7 is formed from a first web 12, a first latching projection 14 being disposed at the distal end thereof. The second screening holding means 8 comprises a second web 13, wherein the first web 12 and the second web 13 almost present the same height H5, as illustrated in FIG. 3. A second latching projection 15 is disposed at the second web 13. The webs 12, 13 are configured such as to be elastically bending, i. e. for example upon inserting the screening profile 6 in or at the pressure beam 5, the embodiment of the wall sections 16, 17 causes them to elastically pivot towards each other. Hereby, the screening profile 6 may be clipped into the pressure beam 5 by means of a horizontal movement. Once clipped in, the screening holding means 7, 8 engage in a form closure with the pressure beam holding means 9, 10, 11 in the telescoping direction 50. Hereby, the screening profile 6 is latched at the pressure beam 5.
(21) The pressure beam holding means 9, 10, 11 and screening holding means 7, 8 are configured to be asymmetrically with regard to a central plane 51. Hereby, it is possible that in the first mounting position III, the screening profile 6 takes up a first position V with regard to the pressure beam 5, which is illustrated in the FIGS. 2 and 3, whereas in the second mounting position IV, the screening profile 6 occupies a second position VI with regard to the pressure beam 5, as illustrated in FIG. 4. Hereby, in the first position V, as well as in the second position VI, the latching projections 14, 15 are latched with the pressure beam holding means 9, 10, 11, such that the screening profile 6 is retained at the pressure beam 5 in the telescoping direction 50. It is visible, that, in the configuration shown in FIG. 4, the distance A2 between the screening profile 6 and the pressure beam 5, compared to the configuration with the distance A1 between the screening profile 6 and the pressure beam 5 shown in FIG. 2 has increased.
(22) Depending on whether or not the first position V or the second position VI is occupied, the two screening holding means 7, 8 respectively latch with different pressure beam holding means 9, 10, 11. In the first position V, the first screening holding means 7 is in engagement with the first pressure beam holding means 9 of the first wall section 16. In the first position V, the second screening holding means 8 is in engagement with the third pressure beam holding means 11 of the second wall section 17. However, in the second position VI, the first screening holding means 7 is in engagement with the third pressure beam holding means 11 of the second wall section 17 and the second screening holding means 8 is in engagement with the second pressure beam holding means 10 of the first wall section 16.
(23) The asymmetry of the screening holding means 7, 8 and of the pressure beam holding means 9, 10, 11 results in the distance A1 of the first position V, which differs from the distance A2 of the second position VI. Hereby, the second latching projection 15 is disposed at a height H2 at the second web 13, whereas the height H2 is configured to be smaller than the height H1 of the first latching projection 14 of the first web 12. Correspondingly, the height H3 of the first pressure beam holding means 9 is larger than the height H6 of the third pressure beam holding means 11. In turn, the height H6 is larger than the height H4 of the second pressure beam holding means 10. In this case, the height difference H1H2 of the latching projections 14, 15 corresponds to the height difference H3H6 of the first and third pressure beam holding means 9, 11 as well as the height difference H6H4 of the third and of the second pressure beam holding means 10, 11. Hereby, the heights H1 to H6 refer respectively to a covering element 33 of the screening profile 6.
(24) So that the screening holding means 7, 8 may be clipped well in both the first and in the second mounting positions III, IV, the first and the second webs 12, 13 are aligned parallel to each other. The long branches of the first and second wall sections 16, 17 are configured to be parallel and spaced apart from the first and second webs, and serve as a guide for the latching projections 14, 15.
(25) The screening profile 6 includes the panel-shaped covering element 33. Together with the hollow chamber profiles 28, the covering element 33 forms the lateral surface 3 of the partitioning wall element 2. In this case, the covering element 33 conceals the pressure beam 5. The covering element 33 extends essentially in vertical direction perpendicularly to a wall plane 20 and to the central plane 51 of the partitioning wall element 2. The surface of the screening profile 6 pointing to the outside is configured to be continuous and in an advantageous manner presents no attaching means, buttons or switches, which are visible from outside.
(26) Lateral parts 34 adjoin the covering element 33, which parts, in a top view on the frontal or the back sides of the partitioning wall element, overlap a portion of the covering panels 27. Hereby, an overlapping is intended in such a manner that in both a first position V of the screening profile 6, which is shown in FIG. 2, and in the second position VI, which is shown in FIG. 4, a partial overlapping of the covering panels 27 is realized such that a transition between the covering element 33 and the covering panels 27 is respectively masked.
(27) In the position of the screening profile 6 shown in FIG. 2, the screening profile is essentially fixed to the pressure beam 5 to be immobile.
(28) With the intention to guarantee on the one hand an improved affixing by means of a pretension acting upon the latching, and to cause an acoustic uncoupling between the screening profile 6 and the pressure beam 5, a spring-elastic element 21 is disposed in the area of the first abutment section 18 and preferably also in the area of the second abutment section 19. This element may include a rubber-like sealing band. Moreover, the spring-elastic element 21 serves for the vertical affixing of the screening profile 6 to the pressure beam 5. Hereby, the spring-elastic element 21 generates an adhesive friction, which prevents a vertical movement of the screening profile 6. Moreover, the abutment of the screening profile 6 via the spring-elastic element 21 against the pressure beam 5 prevents a movement of the screening profile 6 opposed to the telescoping direction, which movement appears to be considerable to the viewer. In addition, a movement of the screening profile 6 opposed to the telescoping direction is essentially prevented by means of abutment of the distal ends of the screening holding means 7, 8 against the short branches of the wall sections 16, 17 and/or an abutment of the covering element 33 against the covering panels 27.
(29) However, in the arrangement shown in FIG. 4, the screening profile 6 is disposed to be mobile in the direction towards the pressure beam 5, i. e. opposed to the telescoping direction 50. In the event, during deployment, the screening profile 6 abuts against an obstacle, the screening profile 6 is moved opposed to the telescoping direction 50 and actuates the safety switch 35, which is attached to the pressure beam 5. The deployment of the telescoping element 23 may be interrupted hereby. So that the screening profile 6 is mobile, the screening holding means 7, 8 are configured in the second position VI opposed to the telescoping direction 50 without form closure to the pressure beam holding means 9, 10, 11. Likewise, the distal ends of the screening holding means 7, 8 are spaced apart opposed to the telescoping direction 50.
(30) Spring elements 22 are disposed between the screening profile 6 and the pressure beam 5 (refer to FIG. 6), which charge the screening profile 6 with a force directed away from the pressure beam 5 and, in the second position VI shown in FIG. 3, press against the second pressure beam holding means 10 and the third pressure beam holding means 11. The obstacle may overcome said force such that the safety switch 35 may be actuated. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the spring elements 22 formed as leaf springs are attached to the frontal surface 30 of the pressure beam 5.
(31) Thus, the second position VI illustrated in FIG. 4 corresponds to an exemption position, in which the screening profile 6 may be actuated opposed to the telescoping direction 50. In FIG. 5, the screening profile 6 is illustrated after having actuated the safety switch 35 in an actuating position VII. Moreover, the telescoping element 23 has reached a terminal position and therefore the deployed condition II and is abutting against the wall 101. In the actuating position VII, the screening profile 6 has the same distance A1 to the pressure beam 5 as in the first position V. Thus, the non illustrated seals may be employed to the same extend in a manually deployable telescoping element 23 as in a motor-deployable telescoping element 23 and they offer the same sound protection. However, the actuating position VII does not correspond to the first position V. In the actuating position VII, the screening profile 6 is rather not positively retained in the telescoping direction 50, but, on account of the force of the spring element 22 without cancelling the form closure, the screening profile 6 is able to move back into the exemption position according to FIG. 4. Thus, the safety switch 35 may be reversibly actuatable. With the intention to prevent a form closure of the second latching projection 15 with the pressure beam holding means 9, the distal ends of the webs 12, 13 are provided, which reach an earlier locating against the pressure beam 5. Thus, the distal ends of the webs 12, 13 serve as an abutment.
(32) In addition to the safety switches 35, Reed switches 36 (refer to FIG. 6) are provided, which are attached on an inside of the covering element 33. The Reed switches 36 are provided for overriding an actuation of the safety switch 35 in the vicinity of the wall 101 and for indicating in such a way that it is not an unwanted obstacle, but the wall 101 to be reached that has been reached. The Reed switches 36, which cooperate with magnets disposed at the wall 101, therefore serve for distinguishing between an unwanted obstacle and the wall 101. When reaching the wall 101, unlike an unwanted obstacle, the deployment of the telescoping element 23 is not immediately interrupted, but continues until the actuating position VII illustrated in FIG. 5 has been reached with the same sealing effect.
(33) With the intention to prevent a vertical displacement of the screening profile 6 into the second position VI according to FIG. 4, a holder, which rests upon the spring element 22, is attached on the inside at the screening profile 6.
