EP0384215B1 - Sliding door for showers - Google Patents

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EP0384215B1
EP0384215B1 EP90102363A EP90102363A EP0384215B1 EP 0384215 B1 EP0384215 B1 EP 0384215B1 EP 90102363 A EP90102363 A EP 90102363A EP 90102363 A EP90102363 A EP 90102363A EP 0384215 B1 EP0384215 B1 EP 0384215B1
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Reinhard Oepping
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
    • A47K3/30—Screens or collapsible cabinets for showers or baths
    • A47K3/34—Slidable screens
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/0621—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides
    • E05D15/0626—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides for wings suspended at the top
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/606—Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/61—Cooperation between suspension or transmission members
    • E05Y2201/612—Cooperation between suspension or transmission members between carriers and rails
    • E05Y2201/614—Anti-derailing means
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/10—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
    • E05Y2900/114—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof for showers

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  • the present invention relates to a shower cubicle sliding door with a plurality of sliding door wings which can be displaced along an upper guide rail and which, for cleaning purposes, can be pivoted independently of one another out of their vertical position of use into an inclined position.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a shower cubicle sliding door of the generic type, in which the pivotability of the sliding door wing is achieved in a particularly simple manner.
  • the free end of the boom is expediently as Ball and the bearing bore of the roller as a partially spherical inner ring.
  • the bearing of the roller on the free end of the boom thus corresponds to the construction of a spherical bearing.
  • Such a joint bearing is inexpensive to manufacture and sufficiently precise for the intended application.
  • the shower cubicle sliding door shown in perspective in FIG. 1 and designated overall by reference number 10 has three sliding door leaves 11, 12 and 13, which are guided so as to be displaceable along an upper guide rail 14.
  • This upper guide rail 14 consists of a cross section circular profile with an outer, axially parallel guide groove 15, which Fig. 2 shows very clearly.
  • the guide rail 14 is at least partially encompassed by guide devices 16 at the upper ends of vertical bars 17 of the sliding door leaves 11 to 13.
  • Fig. 2 clearly shows that these guide devices 16 are provided with a plurality of supporting rollers 18 supported on the circumference of the circular guide rail 14.
  • both a smooth longitudinal displacement is achieved and the possibility is opened to pivot the sliding door leaves 11 to 13 from their vertical position of use into an inclined position in order to be able to clean the overlapping area between adjacent sliding door leaves more easily.
  • Fig. 2 also makes it very clear that a boom 19 is attached to a vertical spar 17 of an outer sliding door leaf 11 at the upper end, which carries a roller 20 at its free end. This roller 20 is guided in the guide groove 15 already mentioned.
  • the bearing of the roller 20 on the bearing 19 can be referred to as a pendulum bearing and the arm 19 carries at its free end a ball 21, while the bearing bore 22 of the roller 20 is designed as a part-spherical inner ring.
  • the roller 20 is constructed in two parts and consists of the inner ring 23 already mentioned, which has the part-spherical bearing bore 22, and a bearing ring 24 with ball bearings thereon.
  • This two-part, ball-bearing construction ensures that this roller 20 runs smoothly despite the possibility to be able to deflect the boom 19 in relation to the running direction of the roller 20.

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Abstract

A sliding door (10) for showers, having a plurality of sliding door leaves (11, 12 and 13), which are displaceable along an upper guide rail (14), is to be designed in such a way that the sliding door leaves (11-13) can be swivelled in a simple manner from their vertical position of use into an oblique position. For this purpose, the guide rail (14) is produced from a cross-sectionally circular profile and is at least partially overlapped by guide devices (16) connected to the sliding door leaves (11-13). At the upper end of a vertical beam (17) of a central sliding door leaf (12), an extending arm (19) is attached to a running roller (20) which is guided in a guide groove (15) of the guide rail (14) and is mounted in a floating manner on the free end of the extending arm (19). <IMAGE>

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Duschkabinen-Schiebetür mit mehreren, längs einer oberen Führungsschiene verschiebbaren Schiebetürflügeln, die zu Reinigungszwecken unabhängig voneinander aus ihrer vertikalen Gebrauchslage heraus in eine Schrägstellung verschwenkbar sind.The present invention relates to a shower cubicle sliding door with a plurality of sliding door wings which can be displaced along an upper guide rail and which, for cleaning purposes, can be pivoted independently of one another out of their vertical position of use into an inclined position.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Duschkabinen-Schiebetür der gattungsgemäßen Art zu schaffen, bei der die Verschwenkbarkeit der Schiebetürflügel auf besonders einfache Art und Weise erreicht ist.The present invention has for its object to provide a shower cubicle sliding door of the generic type, in which the pivotability of the sliding door wing is achieved in a particularly simple manner.

Diese Aufgabe wird bei einer gattungsgemäßen Duschkabinen-Schiebetür gelöst durch folgende Merkmale:

  • a) die Führungsschiene besteht aus einem im Querschnitt kreisrunden Profil mit einer außenliegenden, achsparallen Führungsnut,
  • b) die Führungsschiene ist von Führungseinrichtungen, die an den oberen Enden von vertikalen Holmen der Schiebetürflügel befestigt sind, mindestens teilweise umgriffen,
  • c) am oberen Ende eines im Verschiebebereich eines benachbarten vertikalen Holmes eines mittleren Schiebetürflügels liegenden vertikalen Holmes eines äußeren Schiebetürflügels ist ein Ausleger mit einer an seinem freien Ende gelagerten, in der Führungsnut geführten Laufrolle angeschlossen,
  • d) die Laufrolle ist auf dem freien Ende des Auslegers pendelnd gelagert.
This task is solved in a generic shower cubicle sliding door by the following features:
  • a) the guide rail consists of a profile with a circular cross section with an external, axially parallel guide groove,
  • b) the guide rail is from guide devices that are attached to the upper ends of vertical bars of the sliding door leaves, at least partially encompassed,
  • c) at the upper end of a vertical spar of an outer sliding door wing lying in the displacement area of an adjacent vertical spar of a middle sliding door wing, a boom is connected with a roller mounted at its free end and guided in the guide groove,
  • d) the roller is swinging on the free end of the boom.

Durch die Verwendung eines kreisrunden Profiles für die obere Führungsschiene und durch die verwendung von Führungseinrichtungen, die diese Führungsschiene zumindest teilweise umgreifen, wird der Forderung nach schwenkbarer Lagerung der Schiebetürflügel auf besonders einfache Art und Weise entsprochen. Da es in jedem Falle notwendig ist, zwei benachbarte vertikale Holme eines äußeren und eines mittleren Schiebetürflügels gegeneinander zu verschieben, ist die Verwendung einer an einem Ausleger gelagerten Laufrolle und deren Führung in der Führungsnut der Laufschiene erforderlich. Die Verschwenkbarkeit dieses äußeren Türflügels wird dann gewährleistet durch die die Führungsschiene umgreifende Führungseinrichtung einerseits und die pendelnde Lagerung der Laufrolle am ausleger andererseits.The use of a circular profile for the upper guide rail and the use of guide devices which at least partially encompass this guide rail meet the requirement for pivotable mounting of the sliding door leaves in a particularly simple manner. Since it is necessary in any case to move two adjacent vertical bars of an outer and a middle sliding door wing against each other, the use of a roller mounted on a bracket and its guidance in the guide groove of the rail is required. The pivotability of this outer door leaf is then ensured by the guide device encompassing the guide rail on the one hand and the oscillating mounting of the roller on the extension arm on the other hand.

Zweckmäßigerweise ist das freie Ende des Auslegers als Kugel un die Lagerbohrung der Laufrolle als teilkugeliger Innenring ausgebildet.The free end of the boom is expediently as Ball and the bearing bore of the roller as a partially spherical inner ring.

Die Lagerung der Laufrolle auf dem freien Ende des Auslegers entspricht somit der Konstruktion eines Gelenklagers. Eine derartige Gelenklagerung ist preiswert herstellbar und für den vorgesehenen Anwendungsfall ausreichend präzise.The bearing of the roller on the free end of the boom thus corresponds to the construction of a spherical bearing. Such a joint bearing is inexpensive to manufacture and sufficiently precise for the intended application.

Weitere Merkmale der Erfindung sind Gegenstand weiterer Unteransprüche.Further features of the invention are the subject of further dependent claims.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist in den beigefügten Zeichnung dargestellt und wird im folgenden näher beschrieben. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Duschkabinen-Schiebetür
Fig. 2
einen Vertikalschnitt durch die obere Führungsschine der Duschkabinen-Schiebetür im Bereich eines vertikalen Holmes eines äußeren Schiebetürflügels.
An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings and will be described in more detail below. Show it:
Fig. 1
a perspective view of a shower cubicle sliding door
Fig. 2
a vertical section through the upper guide rail of the shower cubicle sliding door in the area of a vertical bar of an outer sliding door leaf.

Die in Fig. 1 in perspektivischer Darstellung gezeigte und insgesamt mit dem Bezugszeichen 10 bezeichnete Duschkabinen-Schiebetür weist drei Schiebetürflügel 11,12 und 13 auf, welche längs einer oberen Führungsschiene 14 verschiebbar geführt sind.The shower cubicle sliding door shown in perspective in FIG. 1 and designated overall by reference number 10 has three sliding door leaves 11, 12 and 13, which are guided so as to be displaceable along an upper guide rail 14.

Diese obere Führungsschiene 14 besteht aus einem im Querschnitt kreisrunden Profil mit einer außenliegenden, achsparallel verlaufenden Führungsnut 15, was Fig. 2 sehr anschaulich zeigt.This upper guide rail 14 consists of a cross section circular profile with an outer, axially parallel guide groove 15, which Fig. 2 shows very clearly.

Die Führungsschiene 14 ist von Führungseinrichtungen 16 an den oberen Enden von vertikalen Holmen 17 der Schiebetürflügel 11 bis 13 zumindest teilweise umgriffen.The guide rail 14 is at least partially encompassed by guide devices 16 at the upper ends of vertical bars 17 of the sliding door leaves 11 to 13.

Fig. 2 zeigt wieder deutlich, daß diese Führungseinrichtungen 16 mit mehreren, auf dem Umfang der kreisrunden Führungsschiene 14 abgestützten Tragrollen 18 versehen sind.Fig. 2 clearly shows that these guide devices 16 are provided with a plurality of supporting rollers 18 supported on the circumference of the circular guide rail 14.

Hierdurch wird sowohl eine leichtgängige Längsverschiebung erreicht wie auch die Möglichkeit eröffnet, die Schiebetürflügel 11 bis 13 aus ihrer vertikalen Gebrauchslage heraus in eine Schrägstellung zu verschwenken, um den einander überlappenden Bereich zwischen bei vernachbarten Schiebetürflügeln leichter reinigen zu können.As a result, both a smooth longitudinal displacement is achieved and the possibility is opened to pivot the sliding door leaves 11 to 13 from their vertical position of use into an inclined position in order to be able to clean the overlapping area between adjacent sliding door leaves more easily.

Fig. 2 macht außerdem sehr deutlich, daß an einem vertikalen Holm 17 eines äußeren Schiebetürflügels 11 am oberen Ende ein Ausleger 19 befestigt ist, der an seinem freien Ende eine Laufrolle 20 trägt. Diese Laufrolle 20 ist in der schon erwähnten Führungsnut 15 geführt.Fig. 2 also makes it very clear that a boom 19 is attached to a vertical spar 17 of an outer sliding door leaf 11 at the upper end, which carries a roller 20 at its free end. This roller 20 is guided in the guide groove 15 already mentioned.

Die Lagerung der Laufrolle 20 auf dem Auslager 19 ist als Pendellagerung zu bezeichnen und der Ausleger 19 trägt an seinem freien Ende eine Kugel 21, während die Lagerbohrung 22 der Laufrolle 20 als teilkugeliger Innenring ausgebildet ist.The bearing of the roller 20 on the bearing 19 can be referred to as a pendulum bearing and the arm 19 carries at its free end a ball 21, while the bearing bore 22 of the roller 20 is designed as a part-spherical inner ring.

Somit ist auch eine Verschwenkbarkeit des Auslegers 19 relativ zur Laufrolle 20 problemfrei gewährleistet, so daß auch der äußere Schiebetürflügel 11 ohne Schwierigkeiten aus seiner vertikalen Gebrauchslager heraus verschwenkt werden kann.Thus, a pivotability of the boom 19 relative to the roller 20 is ensured without problems, so that the outer sliding door leaf 11 can be pivoted out of its vertical use bearing without difficulty.

Wie Fig. 2 weiterhin deutlich macht, ist die Laufrolle 20 zweiteilig ausgebildet und besteht aus dem schon erwähnten, die teilkugelige Lagerbohrung 22 aufweisenden Innenring 23 und einem darauf kugelgelagerten Laufring 24. Diese zweiteilige, kugelgelagerte Konstruktion gewährleistet eine hohe Laufruhe dieser Laufrolle 20 trotz der Möglichkeit, den Ausleger 19 gegenüber der Laufrichtung der Laufrolle 20 auslenken zu können.As further made clear in FIG. 2, the roller 20 is constructed in two parts and consists of the inner ring 23 already mentioned, which has the part-spherical bearing bore 22, and a bearing ring 24 with ball bearings thereon. This two-part, ball-bearing construction ensures that this roller 20 runs smoothly despite the possibility to be able to deflect the boom 19 in relation to the running direction of the roller 20.

Zur Geräuschdämpfung ist der Laufring 24 der Laufrolle 20 vorzugsweise aus Kunststoff oder aus einem Gummi hergestellt.To reduce noise, the race 24 of the roller 20 is preferably made of plastic or rubber.

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  1. A shower cubicle sliding door comprising a plurality of sliding door portions which are displaceable along an upper guide rail and which for cleaning purposes are pivotable independently of each other out of their vertical position of use into an inclined position, characterised by the following features:
    a) the guide rail (14) comprises a profile member of a round cross-section, with an outwardly disposed guide groove (15) which is parallel to its axis,
    b) the guide rail (14) is at least partially embraced by guide devices (16) which are fixed to the upper ends of vertical frame members (17) of the sliding door portions (11, 12, 13),
    c) an arm (19) with a runner (20) mounted at its free end and guided in the guide groove (15) is connected to the upper end of a vertical frame member (17) of an outer sliding door portion (11), which vertical frame member (17) lies in the region of displacement of an adjacent vertical frame member (17) of a middle sliding door pportion (12), and
    d) the runner (20) is mounted swingaly on the free end of the arme (19).
  2. A shower cubicle sliding door according to claim 1 characterised in that the free end of the arm (19) is in the form of a ball (21) and the mounting bore (22) of the runner (20) is in the form of a part-spherical inner ring.
  3. A shower cubicle sliding door according to claim 1 or claim 2 characterised in that the runner (20) is of a two-part construction and comprises an inner ring (23) and a roller ring (24) mounted rotatably thereon.
  4. A shower cubicle sliding door according to claim 3 characterised in that the roller ring (24) is ball bearing-mounted on the inner ring (23).
  5. A shower cubicle sliding door according to claim 3 or claim 4 characterised in that the roller ring (24) comprises plastics material, rubber or the like.
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