Device for fastening a vertically oriented panel

Abstract

A device for fastening a panel in a floor profile, having a floor-side floor profile with a guide channel of U-shaped cross section, a support element arranged in the guide channel, is U-shaped and has a fastening channel, wherein support walls form an introduction opening for introducing the panel with their edges facing away from a rest face. At least one movably attached clamping element is provided on each support wall and interacts with an associated working face on the support wall such that the clamping element is movable from a starting position, into an end position, and back and effects clamping of the panel arranged in the fastening channel between the support walls. An actuating device is included, which is connected to at least one clamping element and arranged on the mounting side and via which the clamping element is moved and the panel is clamped in the fastening channel.

Claims

1. A device for fastening a panel in a floor profile, having a floor-side floor profile with a guide channel of U-shaped cross section formed by a floor profile bottom and two lateral flanges, which form a guide channel in the longitudinal direction, a support element, which is arranged in the guide channel, is likewise U-shaped in cross section and has a fastening channel for fixing the panel in the guide channel, which is formed by two support walls, which each bear against an inner side of a flange, and a rest face, which connects these support walls and on which a lower edge of the panel sits when positioned as intended, wherein the support walls form an introduction opening for introducing the panel with their edges facing away from the rest face, wherein at least one movably attached clamping element is provided on each support wall and interacts with an associated working face on the support wall in question such that the clamping element in question is movable from a starting position, in which the clamping element protrudes the least into the fastening channel, into an end position, in which the clamping element protrudes maximally into the fastening channel, and back and thereby effects clamping of the panel arranged in the fastening channel between the support walls, an actuating device, which is connected to at least one clamping element and is arranged on the mounting side and via which the at least one clamping element configured to be moved and the panel configured to be clamped in the fastening channel, wherein the fastening channel has a narrowed cross section in the region of the introduction opening.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the narrowed cross section is realised by at least one element configured to be pivoted relative to the associated support wall.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the narrowed cross section is realised at least by a mounting-side angle compensator, which is connected to a clamping element and is movable together with a clamping element.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein an upper mounting-side clamping element and a lower mounting-side clamping element are located on the mounting-side support wall, said clamping elements being movable together via a single actuating device such that both of them jointly narrow the cross section of the fastening channel for the clamping effect.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the upper mounting-side clamping element and the lower mounting-side clamping element are movable towards and away from one another by the actuating device.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the lower mounting-side clamping element is connected to a drop-side lower clamping element via a connecting element such that a tensile force configured to be transmitted via the actuating device from the mounting-side clamping element to the drop-side lower clamping element, as a result of which both clamping elements narrow the cross section of the fastening channel for the clamping effect.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the connecting element is formed by a deflection band.

8. The device according to claim 5, wherein the actuating device is formed by a setting screw, which extends through a threadless channel in the upper mounting-side clamping element into a screw channel in the lower mounting-side clamping element, as a result of which the two clamping elements configured to be moved towards one another by rotating the setting screw.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein a longitudinal extent of the setting screw and a movement direction of the clamping elements run perpendicularly to the plane of the rest face.

10. The device according to claim 4, wherein at least one compression spring acts on the mounting-side lower clamping element, which compression spring is compressed when the lower clamping element is tightened, and the spring rate of which acts on the lower clamping element on relaxing, in order to lower the lower clamping element.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the mounting-side support wall has a detachable closure clip, on which the upper movable clamping element is arranged, wherein the closure clip configured to be inserted from above in the direction of the rest face and configured to be detachably attached via a locking connection.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein the movement of all the movable clamping elements configured to be driven via a single actuating device.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein the guard rail panel includes glass.

14. A method for fastening a panel in a floor profile having a guide channel of U-shaped cross section, comprising the following steps: a) introducing at least one support element into the guide channel of the floor profile, wherein the support element has a rest face for receiving the lower edge of the panel and at least one movably attached clamping element on each of the inner sides of lateral support walls; b) inserting the panel into the support element arranged in the guide channel from above through an introduction opening in the direction of the rest face so that the lower edge of the panel rests on the rest face, and orienting the panel into a desired vertical position in the guide channel, wherein the support element follows the orientation of the panel; c) actuating an actuating device that is accessible from the mounting side, as a result of which the movable clamping element is moved from a relaxed starting position, in which the movable clamping element protrudes the least into the fastening channel, into an end position, in which the movable clamping element protrudes maximally into the fastening channel, and as a result clamps the panel in the fastening channel.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the lower mounting-side clamping element is connected to a drop-side lower clamping element via a connecting element such that, on actuation of the actuating device, a tensile force is transmitted from the mounting-side clamping element to the drop-side lower clamping element, as a result of which both clamping elements narrow the cross section of the fastening channel for the clamping effect.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the clamping elements are loosened and retightened as required by actuation of the actuating device in order to carry out corrections of the orientation of the panel, wherein all the movable clamping elements are moved together via the single actuating device.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0067] Further features and advantages of the present disclosure can be found in the drawings below and the described exemplary embodiments with which the disclosure shall be explained in more detail by way of example without limiting the disclosure thereto.

[0068] In the figures:

[0069] FIG. 1: shows a device according to the disclosure in a side view,

[0070] FIG. 2: shows a device according to the disclosure in cross section,

[0071] FIG. 3: shows a three-dimensional diagram of the device of FIG. 1,

[0072] FIG. 4: shows a view from above of a mounting-side support wall with detachable closure clip,

[0073] FIG. 5: shows an exploded diagram of a base part with a drop-side support wall with a ramp for a lower clamping element,

[0074] FIG. 6: shows an exploded diagram of a screw setting group,

[0075] FIG. 7: shows an arrangement of compression springs on the drop side and the mounting side.

[0076] FIG. 8: shows a perspective diagram of a height adjustment element.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0077] FIG. 1 illustrates a device according to the disclosure in a side view. A panel can be seen, preferably a guard rail panel 4, arranged in a U-shaped support element 2, which is inserted into a guide channel 3 of a U-shaped floor profile 1. The floor profile 1 has a floor profile bottom 7 and two lateral flanges 5, which form the guide channel 3.

[0078] A mounting side 9, which usually faces a building (not shown), and a drop side 10, which faces away from the building, are indicated by the arrows.

[0079] The support element 2 forms a fastening channel 70 for fixing the panel 4 in the guide channel 3, which is formed by two support walls 28, 45, which each bear against an inner side 8 of a flange 5, and a rest face 44, which connects these support walls 28, 45 and on which a lower edge of the panel 4 sits when positioned as intended. Outer sides of the support walls 28, 45 of the support element 2 bear against the inner sides 8 of the lateral flanges 5 of the floor profile 1 in order to be able to clamp the guard rail panel 4 therebetween by means of a mounting-side upper clamping element 20 (see FIG. 2), a mounting-side lower clamping element 25, a drop-side lower clamping element 42, a drop-side upper clamping element 46.

[0080] With their edges 6 facing away from the rest face 44, the support walls 28, 45 form an introduction opening 74 through which the panel 4 can be introduced.

[0081] FIG. 2 shows a sectional diagram of the device in cross section; the vertical section plane runs through the support element 2. The ramps 27 and working faces bearing against them, a mounting-side lower working face 82, a mounting-side upper working face 26, a drop-side lower working face 48, and a drop-side upper working face 47 can be seen. Also shown are a mounting-side angle compensator 22 and a drop-side angle compensator 40 on the upper clamping elements 20, 46.

[0082] A narrowed cross section in the region of the introduction opening 74 can clearly be seen. The width of the introduction opening 74 is therefore narrower than the free region of the rest 44 in the fastening channel 70. It is thereby possible to pivot and orient the inserted panel 4 in the vertical direction.

[0083] It can be seen in the three-dimensional diagram of the device in FIG. 3 that a screw channel 68 is accessible on the mounting side 9. This is located in a detachable closure clip 23, which holds the guard rail panel 4 in a starting position favourable for mounting via the upper mounting-side clamping element 20 at the start of mounting. The closure clip 23 is part of the mounting-side support wall 20.

[0084] FIG. 4 shows a view from above of the mounting-side support wall 28 with detachable closure clip in a side view. The closure clip 23 is connected detachably to the support element 2 on the mounting side via lateral locking arms 76. Mounting-side working faces 47 (see FIG. 3) are provided on cut-outs of the mounting-side support wall 28. A band deflector 61 is connected to a setting screw 60 via a deflection ring 63 and a nut 67 and positioned on the closure clip 23 in a cut-out of the mounting-side support wall 28. A deflection band 66 is placed around the band deflector 61, wherein the deflection band 66 is guided around under a base part 41 or the rest face to the drop side 10.

[0085] FIG. 5 shows, in an exploded diagram, the base part 41 with the drop-side support wall 45 and a ramp 27 for the lower clamping element 42. The ramp 27 has a curvature or bulge in order to be able to compensate for a change in the inclination of the guard rail panel 4. The closure clip 23 can be inserted therein from above. Also shown is the upper drop-side clamping element 46 with a drop-side angle compensator 40. A clamp retainer 69 is also shown, which is connected to the upper mounting-side clamping element 20. The clamp retainer 69 is connected to the upper mounting-side clamping element 20 such that loosening or unscrewing of the setting screw 60 also causes the clamp retainer 69 and thus also the upper mounting-side clamping element 20 to be lifted. This considerably simplifies dismounting.

[0086] The closure clip 23 also has a setting screw spring 80, which surrounds the setting screw 60 and is compressed on screwing in. However, the setting screw spring can also be omitted.

[0087] A screw setting group 78 can be seen in FIG. 6. The deflection band 66 is folded over twice, i.e., has two end loops. At both ends of the deflection band 66 there are receptacles for either a mounting-side band pin 64 or a drop-side band pin 65, via which receptacles the corresponding clamping elements 25, 42 are fastened to the deflection band 66. Band deflector springs 62 keep the band deflector 61 under load and press it upwards in the direction of the introduction opening 74.

[0088] FIG. 7 shows, inter alia, an advantageous arrangement of mounting-side compression springs 24. Via pointed receiving bolts moulded on the mounting-side lower clamping element 25, the mounting-side upper compression springs 24 are pressed upwards in a controlled manner even when no tensile force is effective through the deflection band 66. On the lower drop-side clamping element 42 there is a bracket 49 for receiving the lower drop-side compression springs 43 at their upper ends in order to press them downwards in a controlled manner when the drop-side lower clamping element 42 is tightened by means of the tensile force via the deflection band 66.

[0089] FIG. 8 shows a height adjustment element 84 that can likewise be inserted into the guide channel 3 of the floor profile 1, preferably in the region of vertical side edges of the guard rail panel 4. The height adjustment element 84 has a side wall 85 and a bottom 86, on which the lower edge, facing the floor profile 1, of the set guard rail panel 4 sits. In the exemplary embodiment shown, two upwardly protruding lateral retaining arms 87 adjoin the bottom 86 and laterally fix the guard rail panel 4. The retaining arms 87 each have oblique faces 89 at their free ends, said oblique faces facilitating insertion or introduction of the guard rail panel 4 from above. By means of a vertical screw 88, lifting elements 88, which are let into the bottom 86 in the lower starting position, can be raised upwards together with the guard rail panel 4. In the exemplary embodiment shown, two lifting elements 90 arranged next to one another are provided, said lifting elements being movable together upwards and downwards via the screw 88. It is possible via such height adjustment elements 90 to set the height of the guard rail panel 4 in the floor profile 1 or support element 2.

[0090] Before insertion into the guide channel 3, the lifting elements 90 are in a middle position and allow the guard rail panel 4 to be lowered and lifted from this position, driven upwards and downwards by up to 10 mm in each case, preferably up to 3 mm, via the screw 88.

[0091] A different suitable adjusting element can also be used instead of a screw 88.