EP0651097A1 - Connection means between balustrade bars and balustrade rail - Google Patents

Connection means between balustrade bars and balustrade rail Download PDF

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EP0651097A1
EP0651097A1 EP94402417A EP94402417A EP0651097A1 EP 0651097 A1 EP0651097 A1 EP 0651097A1 EP 94402417 A EP94402417 A EP 94402417A EP 94402417 A EP94402417 A EP 94402417A EP 0651097 A1 EP0651097 A1 EP 0651097A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01D—CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES
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    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
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  • the present invention relates to a device for assembling bars with a railing rail, allowing them to be joined directly to the latter without the intervention of intermediate parts or of a particular clamping member, following a simple snap-fit fitting of each bar into receiving openings provided in the arm, providing a quick, safe and effective connection.
  • the latter include receiving openings for the upper or lower ends of the bars in the corresponding beam, these bars then being drilled transversely for the engagement of a locking key, the beams then being covered by a finishing profile, before being joined to the vertical support stiffeners.
  • the beams are horizontal and the bars vertical.
  • the heddles can form, with the vertical direction, parallel bars suitably spaced, a given angle, usually of the order of 30 ° or more, to follow the slope of the staircase.
  • the fabric of each stringer is deformed in an appropriate manner to allow the passage of the corresponding end of the bars, the connecting key being able to be replaced by an appropriate deformation of the wall of the bar in its housing inside the beam which it crosses, in order to immobilize it in the appropriate position relative to the latter according to the inclination desired for the latter.
  • connection between the heald and the bars can be obtained by means of a nozzle. made of plastic, forcibly mounted at the end of the bar and secured to the heddle by a connecting pin passing through an internal rib thereof, engaged in an open groove in the end piece, this mounting allowing relative rotation of the smooth relative to the bar around the axis of the pin, in order to obtain the desired inclination.
  • the present invention relates to a direct connection device between the bars and the top and bottom rails of a railing, which avoids these drawbacks.
  • the device considered, for the assembly of parallel bars and spaced with respect to a support rail of these bars, extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of these is characterized in that the heald has a plurality of neighboring openings, preferably equidistant, each capable of receiving the end of a bar, and a flexible internal tab embedded in the internal wall of the heald, extending over the entire length of it ci and having a flat surface inclined on the vertical, able to cooperate, for each bar, with a notch delimited by edges also inclined and of the same profile as the tongue, provided at the end of the bar which penetrates into the corresponding opening smooth, or formed in a support member carried by this end of the bar, the tongue having a transverse return, substantially perpendicular to its plane, capable of gradually engaging in an open housing provided in the bottom of the notch, until snap into this housing by securing the boom and the bar.
  • the heald has a plurality of neighboring openings, preferably equidistant, each capable of receiving the end
  • the notch formed directly at the end of this bar or in the support member carried by the latter thus engages on the tongue which slides on the inclined edges of this notch or of this member as the bar engages in the heddle, until, at the end of the race, the transverse return of the tongue enters the housing open to immobilize, thereby joining the bar and the beam in a particularly effective way.
  • the tongue comprises, at the end of its transverse return, a heel bearing against the bottom of the housing of the notch at the end of the latching stroke, suitable for making the tongue work in traction, in case of folding of the bar under the effect of an accidental transverse shock.
  • the heddle comprises, in the vicinity of its connection with the tongue, an internal stop limiting the engagement stroke of the bar inside the heald.
  • the inclined edges of the notch have, in the vicinity of the end of the bar, a lug preferably forming a support close to the embedding area of the tongue so as to stiffen the assembly of the heddle and the bar in the event of accidental transverse impact thereon.
  • the openings formed in these beams receiving the ends of the bars coming to join inside these beams due to the cooperation of their notches and the flat and transverse tab provided inside each of these, have a profile that exactly matches in the cross section of these bars, to the only clearance, necessary for the engagement of these in the stringer.
  • each of the openings formed in the rails has a cross section much greater than that of the bar which engages therein, the latter being only held in the central part of the opening by an internal rib bearing on the external wall of this bar, ensuring its guidance during the engagement of its end in the opening and guaranteeing the spacing from one bar to another depending on the length of the beam.
  • the support member carried by each vertical bar provided with the notch cooperating with the tongue of the heddle, has the shape of a cylindrical pin, the axis of which is arranged horizontally, this pin being mounted with limited pivoting around this axis inside the bar, in order to simplify the assembly and in particular to allow the relative deflections of the heald, secured to the pin by its tongue, vis-à-vis the bar.
  • the cylindrical pin has a front end, the cross section of which, having a diamond-shaped profile, is engaged in a groove or slot of the bar extending from its end, the pin coming at most into abutment against the sides of this slot, by tolerating the relative deflections of the heald secured to the pin relative to the bar.
  • the reference 1 generally designates a railing for balcony, terrace or other similar construction, comprising a plurality of posts or vertical stiffeners 2, each comprising support and fixing means, by l '' through a plate 4, on the ground 5.
  • These vertical stiffeners 2 are associated with horizontal external beams, respectively a low beam 6, arranged slightly above the ground plane 5 and a high beam 7 which, in the example considered, also constitutes a handrail for the guard. body.
  • the bottom rail 6 is held against the external surface of the stiffeners 2, by means of fixing members, the detail of which is of little importance to the invention but which, as illustrated in as an example in Figure 5, may include studs 9 for maintaining a locking end piece 10 of the heald against the corresponding stiffener.
  • the guardrail 1 includes not only a low rail 6 as in the example of Figures 1 and 2, but also a high rail 11 which extends under the handrail 7, this top rail also being fixed against the stiffeners 2 by means of locking end pieces 12, similar to the end pieces 10 and immobilized like the latter by studs 9, the vertical bars 8 being in this example mounted between the parallel side rails 6 and 11.
  • Figure 2 illustrates in detail the structure of the two rails and the bars assembled with them.
  • Each heald 6 or 7 comprises in particular, at the ends of each of the bars 8, an opening 13 allowing these ends to penetrate inside each of these healds, the latter being for this purpose in the form of profiles, preferably metallic, these openings 13 being shaped, as shown in Figure 3 in particular, to correspond substantially to the cross section of the bars, themselves made of metallic elements.
  • the section of the bars 8 has, substantially, the shape of a curvilinear triangle with rounded angles; of course, such a profile is in itself indifferent to the invention and could be modified in the widest way, depending on the aesthetics chosen for the realization of the railing and of the various parts thereof.
  • Each stringer 6 and 7 has a front wall 14 and, embedded in the bottom of the stringer opposite the corresponding opening 13 receiving any bar, against the internal surface of the profile constituting this stringer, a flat tongue 15 which extends over the entire length of the beam and which has a wall inclined to the vertical.
  • the tongue 15 At its end opposite to its embedding zone against the bottom of the heddle, the tongue 15 has a transverse return 16, terminated by a heel 17, the role of which will be defined below.
  • the front wall 14 in its internal surface, has one or more ribs 18 projecting inwards, arranged so that they come into contact with the external surface of the bar 8 when the latter engages in the corresponding beam, so as to guide its movement during this penetration movement.
  • Each bar 8 also comprises, at each of its ends, a notch 21 whose edges 22 are inclined to the vertical, substantially at the same angle as the tongue 15, this notch comprising an open terminal housing 23 and, in contrast, in the vicinity of the corresponding end of the bar, a protruding lug 24, forming a support stop for the tongue when the bar engages in the rail associated.
  • a support 25 is advantageously provided in the bottom of each heald behind the tongue 15.
  • FIGs 2 to 4 illustrate the way in which the assembly device according to the invention is used, in order to secure the bars 8 with respect to the healds 6 and 7 (or 6 and 11), Figure 4 in particular showing how the cooperation of the inclined tongue 15 of each heald is carried out with the notches 21 of the bars successively put in place in the healds and snapped onto them.
  • any bar 8 is shown engaged by its lower end in the opening 13 of the bottom rail 6, this opening having substantially the same profile as the bar with a clearance just sufficient to allow the vertical sliding of the bar.
  • the latter is guided, on the one hand by the ribs 18 provided in the internal surface of the front wall 14 of the heddle and on the other hand by the opposite face of the rear wall.
  • Figure 6 shows how the above arrangements not only allow simple and easy engagement of the various bars in the rails of the railing with an automatic snap-in at the end of the stroke, but also achieve effective anchoring of the ends of these bars, in particular in the event of a frontal impact applied to the center of gravity of the bar, such a shock can be particularly high since the standards in force require the bars to bear without breaking their assembly with the beams a load of the order of 600 joules.
  • Figures 7 to 13 relate to an alternative embodiment, more particularly suited to the case where the railing is used to protect a staircase or the like, the support stiffeners 2 and the bars 8 remaining vertical, but the beams low and high 6 and 7 having an inclination given on the horizontal, in particular to follow the slope of this staircase.
  • a pin 27 of generally cylindrical shape, preferably made of plastic, having on the one hand a stud 28, mounted in a vertical groove or slot 29, so that this pin can be force-fitted into the bar but liable to undergo relative to that here a limited relative rotation, allowing precisely the inclination of each heald vis-à-vis the vertical direction of the bars, and on the other hand a bearing surface 30 against the internal surface of the bar 8.
  • Each of the pins 27 comprises, as before, a notch 21, able to cooperate with the flat and flexible tongue 15 provided transversely in each heald, making in a strictly analogous manner to what has been described in relation to the first embodiment, the snapping of these bars on the rails.
  • the stud 28 has, seen in cross section ( Figure 10), a diamond profile whose ends 31 and 32 are capable of coming into contact with the faces of the groove or slot 29 where the stud engages.
  • the bar 8 in line with the bearing surface 30 of the pin 27, the bar 8 has in its corresponding surface 33 a groove 34, into which can engage, from the outside of the bar, a guide rib 35 formed in the top or bottom rail as appropriate, in line with the opening 36 through which the bar in question enters it.
  • this opening has a transverse profile which is appreciably wider than the proper section of the bar 8 which penetrates therein, in order to allow the relative movement of the heald secured to the pin vis-à-vis the bar carrying the latter.
  • An assembly device is thus produced for the vertical bars of a railing with the top and bottom rails of the latter, these rails being able to be both horizontal and having a relative inclination.
  • the assembly is particularly simple to put in place, the bars automatically snapping into the openings made in the rails and whose dimensions are exactly adapted to the profile of these bars, if necessary to the necessary clearances of the rails relative to these latter.
  • Such an assembly is safe and effective, requires no specific tools and leaves no visible parts, which improves the overall appearance and aesthetics of the assembly.
  • the use for forming the beams and bars of hollow metal profiles ensures maximum strength for a minimum weight, the arrangement of the assembly device itself being designed to allow a reliable connection bars and beams, even in the event of a frontal impact corresponding to the value of the imposed standard.

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Device for assembling parallel and spaced bars to a rail for supporting these bars, extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of these bars, characterised in that the rail (6, 7, 11) includes a plurality of neighbouring openings (13, 36), preferably equidistant, each of which can receive the end of one bar (8), and a flexible internal tongue (15) fitted into the internal wall of the rail, extending over the entire length of this rail and having a plane surface which is inclined to the vertical and can cooperate, for each bar, with a notch (21) defined by edges (22), which are also inclined and have the same profile as the tongue, and are provided on the end of the bar which penetrates into the corresponding opening in the rail, or else arranged in a support member (27) carried by this end of the bar, the tongue including a transverse return (16) which is substantially perpendicular to its plane, capable of progressively engaging in on open housing (23) provided in the bottom of the notch, until it clicks into this housing so as to connect the rail to the bar. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention est relative à un dispositif pour l'assemblage de barreaux avec une lisse de garde-corps, permettant de les réunir directement à celle-ci sans l'intervention de pièces intermédiaires ou d'un organe de serrage particulier, consécutivement à un simple emboîtement à encliquetage de chaque barreau dans des ouvertures de réception prévues dans la lisse, réalisant une liaison rapide, sûre et efficace.The present invention relates to a device for assembling bars with a railing rail, allowing them to be joined directly to the latter without the intervention of intermediate parts or of a particular clamping member, following a simple snap-fit fitting of each bar into receiving openings provided in the arm, providing a quick, safe and effective connection.

Les solutions connues, mises en oeuvre dans la technique pour réunir les lisses haute et basse d'un garde-corps au moyen d'une pluralité de barreaux, espacés les uns des autres d'une distance maximale déterminée, afin de former la partie avant d'un tel garde-corps supportée à l'aplomb d'un balcon, d'une terrasse, d'un escalier ou d'une autre construction analogue par des raidisseurs ou poteaux verticaux fixés sur le sol, utilisent généralement un système de clavetage qui exige un usinage préalable de ces barreaux et de ces lisses.Known solutions, implemented in the art for joining the top and bottom rails of a railing by means of a plurality of bars, spaced from each other by a determined maximum distance, in order to form the front part of such a railing supported directly above a balcony, terrace, staircase or other similar construction by stiffeners or vertical posts fixed to the ground, generally use a keying system which requires prior machining of these bars and these heddles.

Notamment, ces dernières comportent des ouvertures de réception pour les extrémités haute ou basse des barreaux dans la lisse correspondante, ces barreaux étant ensuite percés transversalement pour l'engagement d'une clavette de blocage, les lisses étant ensuite recouvertes par un profilé de finition, avant d'être solidarisées des raidisseurs verticaux de support.In particular, the latter include receiving openings for the upper or lower ends of the bars in the corresponding beam, these bars then being drilled transversely for the engagement of a locking key, the beams then being covered by a finishing profile, before being joined to the vertical support stiffeners.

Généralement, les lisses sont horizontales et les barreaux verticaux. Toutefois, pour constituer par exemple une rambarde d'escalier, les lisses peuvent former avec la direction verticale des barreaux parallèles convenablement espacés, un angle donné, habituellement de l'ordre de 30° ou plus, pour suivre la pente de l'escalier. Dans ce cas, la toile de chaque lisse est déformée de manière appropriée pour permettre le passage de l'extrémité correspondante des barreaux, la clavette de liaison pouvant être remplacée par une déformation appropriée de la paroi du barreau dans son logement à l'intérieur de la lisse qu'il traverse, afin de l'immobiliser dans la position adéquate par rapport à celle-ci selon l'inclinaison souhaitée pour cette dernière.Generally, the beams are horizontal and the bars vertical. However, to constitute, for example, a stair railing, the heddles can form, with the vertical direction, parallel bars suitably spaced, a given angle, usually of the order of 30 ° or more, to follow the slope of the staircase. In this case, the fabric of each stringer is deformed in an appropriate manner to allow the passage of the corresponding end of the bars, the connecting key being able to be replaced by an appropriate deformation of the wall of the bar in its housing inside the beam which it crosses, in order to immobilize it in the appropriate position relative to the latter according to the inclination desired for the latter.

Enfin et dans une autre variante classique, la liaison entre la lisse et les barreaux peut être obtenue au moyen d'un embout en matière plastique, monté en force à l'extrémité du barreau et solidarisé de la lisse par une goupille de liaison traversant une nervure interne de celle-ci, engagée dans une rainure ouverte de l'embout, ce montage autorisant une rotation relative de la lisse par rapport au barreau autour de l'axe de la goupille, afin d'obtenir l'inclinaison souhaitée.Finally and in another classic variant, the connection between the heald and the bars can be obtained by means of a nozzle. made of plastic, forcibly mounted at the end of the bar and secured to the heddle by a connecting pin passing through an internal rib thereof, engaged in an open groove in the end piece, this mounting allowing relative rotation of the smooth relative to the bar around the axis of the pin, in order to obtain the desired inclination.

Toutes ces solutions présentent des inconvénients, du fait d'un montage exigeant plusieurs pièces et de la nécessité de mettre en oeuvre une série d'opérations successives afin de mettre en place les barreaux dans les lisses, engager les clavettes ou goupilles de fixation à travers les parties dépassantes de ces barreaux et rapporter finalement les profilés de finition, ce qui entraîne un temps non négligeable qui grève le prix de revient de l'installation. Par ailleurs, elles pénalisent la tenue mécanique de l'ensemble, les lisses, constituées de profilés ouverts pour le passage des barreaux et la mise en place des clavettes d'immobilisation de ces derniers, nécessitant l'adjonction de profilés complémentaires pour assurer leur continuité ; enfin, elles sont peu satisfaisantes sur le plan esthétique, en laissant apparaître, le cas échéant, les moyens de liaison, en particulier dans le cas de pièces en matière plastique.All these solutions have drawbacks, due to an assembly requiring several parts and the need to implement a series of successive operations in order to place the bars in the beams, engage the keys or fixing pins through the protruding parts of these bars and finally return the finishing profiles, which results in a non-negligible time which strikes the cost price of the installation. In addition, they penalize the mechanical strength of the assembly, the beams, made up of open profiles for the passage of the bars and the positioning of the immobilization keys of the latter, requiring the addition of complementary profiles to ensure their continuity. ; finally, they are unsatisfactory from an aesthetic point of view, revealing, where appropriate, the connecting means, in particular in the case of plastic parts.

La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de liaison directe entre les barreaux et les lisses haute et basse d'un garde-corps, qui évite ces inconvénients.The present invention relates to a direct connection device between the bars and the top and bottom rails of a railing, which avoids these drawbacks.

A cet effet, le dispositif considéré, pour l'assemblage de barreaux parallèles et espacés vis-à-vis d'une lisse de support de ces barreaux, s'étendant transversalement à la direction longitudinale de ceux-ci, se caractérise en ce que la lisse comporte une pluralité d'ouvertures voisines, de préférence équidistantes, propres à recevoir chacune l'extrémité d'un barreau, et une languette interne souple encastrée dans la paroi intérieure de la lisse, s'étendant sur toute la longueur de celle-ci et présentant une surface plane inclinée sur la verticale, apte à coopérer, pour chaque barreau, avec une échancrure délimitée par des bords également inclinés et de même profil que la languette, prévus à l'extrémité du barreau qui pénètre dans l'ouverture correspondante de la lisse, ou bien ménagée dans un organe de support porté par cette extrémité du barreau, la languette comportant un retour transversal, sensiblement perpendiculaire à son plan, apte à s'engager progressivement dans un logement ouvert prévu dans le fond de l'échancrure, jusqu'à s'encliqueter dans ce logement en solidarisant la lisse et le barreau.To this end, the device considered, for the assembly of parallel bars and spaced with respect to a support rail of these bars, extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of these, is characterized in that the heald has a plurality of neighboring openings, preferably equidistant, each capable of receiving the end of a bar, and a flexible internal tab embedded in the internal wall of the heald, extending over the entire length of it ci and having a flat surface inclined on the vertical, able to cooperate, for each bar, with a notch delimited by edges also inclined and of the same profile as the tongue, provided at the end of the bar which penetrates into the corresponding opening smooth, or formed in a support member carried by this end of the bar, the tongue having a transverse return, substantially perpendicular to its plane, capable of gradually engaging in an open housing provided in the bottom of the notch, until snap into this housing by securing the boom and the bar.

Par emboîtement d'un barreau quelconque dans l'ouverture correspondante de la lisse prévue pour le recevoir, l'échancrure ménagée directement à l'extrémité de ce barreau ou dans l'organe de support porté par cette dernière, vient ainsi en prise sur la languette qui glisse sur les bords inclinés de cette échancrure ou de cet organe au fur et à mesure de l'engagement du barreau dans la lisse, jusqu'au moment où, en fin de course, le retour transversal de la languette pénètre dans le logement ouvert pour s'y immobiliser, en solidarisant ainsi le barreau et la lisse d'une manière particulièrement efficace.By fitting any bar into the corresponding opening of the heald intended to receive it, the notch formed directly at the end of this bar or in the support member carried by the latter, thus engages on the tongue which slides on the inclined edges of this notch or of this member as the bar engages in the heddle, until, at the end of the race, the transverse return of the tongue enters the housing open to immobilize, thereby joining the bar and the beam in a particularly effective way.

Selon une caractéristique particulière du dispositif considéré, la languette comporte, en bout de son retour transversal, un talon d'appui contre le fond du logement de l'échancrure en fin de course d'encliquetage, propre à faire travailler la languette en traction, en cas de pliage du barreau sous l'effet d'un choc transversal accidentel.According to a particular characteristic of the device considered, the tongue comprises, at the end of its transverse return, a heel bearing against the bottom of the housing of the notch at the end of the latching stroke, suitable for making the tongue work in traction, in case of folding of the bar under the effect of an accidental transverse shock.

Avantageusement, la lisse comporte, au voisinage de sa liaison avec la languette, une butée interne limitant la course d'engagement du barreau à l'intérieur de la lisse. En outre, les bords inclinés de l'échancrure présentent, au voisinage de l'extrémité du barreau, un ergot formant de préférence un appui proche de la zone d'encastrement de la languette de manière à rigidifier l'assemblage de la lisse et du barreau en cas de choc transversal accidentel sur celui-ci.Advantageously, the heddle comprises, in the vicinity of its connection with the tongue, an internal stop limiting the engagement stroke of the bar inside the heald. In addition, the inclined edges of the notch have, in the vicinity of the end of the bar, a lug preferably forming a support close to the embedding area of the tongue so as to stiffen the assembly of the heddle and the bar in the event of accidental transverse impact thereon.

Lorsque les barreaux verticaux sont associés à deux lisses, respectivement haute et basse, s'étendant horizontalement, les ouvertures ménagées dans ces lisses, recevant les extrémités des barreaux venant se solidariser à l'intérieur de ces lisses du fait de la coopération de leurs échancrures respectives et de la languette plane et transversale prévue à l'intérieur de chacune de ces dernières, présentent un profil qui correspond exactement à la section droite de ces barreaux, au seul jeu près, nécessaire à l'engagement de ceux-ci dans la lisse.When the vertical bars are associated with two beams, respectively high and low, extending horizontally, the openings formed in these beams, receiving the ends of the bars coming to join inside these beams due to the cooperation of their notches and the flat and transverse tab provided inside each of these, have a profile that exactly matches in the cross section of these bars, to the only clearance, necessary for the engagement of these in the stringer.

Dans une variante de réalisation, où chacune des deux lisses forme avec la direction verticale des barreaux un angle donné, notamment dans un garde-corps constituant la rambarde d'un escalier, chacune des ouvertures ménagée dans les lisses présente une section transversale largement supérieure à celle du barreau qui s'y engage, celui-ci étant seulement maintenu dans la partie centrale de l'ouverture par une nervure interne d'appui sur la paroi externe de ce barreau, assurant son guidage au cours de l'engagement de son extrémité dans l'ouverture et garantissant l'espacement d'un barreau à un autre selon la longueur de la lisse.In an alternative embodiment, where each of the two rails forms with the vertical direction of the bars a given angle, in particular in a railing constituting the railing of a staircase, each of the openings formed in the rails has a cross section much greater than that of the bar which engages therein, the latter being only held in the central part of the opening by an internal rib bearing on the external wall of this bar, ensuring its guidance during the engagement of its end in the opening and guaranteeing the spacing from one bar to another depending on the length of the beam.

Dans cette même variante de réalisation, l'organe de support porté par chaque barreau vertical, muni de l'échancrure coopérant avec la languette de la lisse, présente la forme d'un pion cylindrique, dont l'axe est disposé horizontalement, ce pion étant monté à pivotement limité autour de cet axe à l'intérieur du barreau, afin de simplifier le montage et notamment d'autoriser les débattements relatifs de la lisse, solidarisée du pion par sa languette, vis-à-vis du barreau.In this same alternative embodiment, the support member carried by each vertical bar, provided with the notch cooperating with the tongue of the heddle, has the shape of a cylindrical pin, the axis of which is arranged horizontally, this pin being mounted with limited pivoting around this axis inside the bar, in order to simplify the assembly and in particular to allow the relative deflections of the heald, secured to the pin by its tongue, vis-à-vis the bar.

Selon une caractéristique particulière, le pion cylindrique comporte une extrémité frontale dont la section droite, présentant un profil en losange, est engagée dans une rainure ou fente du barreau s'étendant à partir de son extrémité, le pion venant au plus en butée contre les côtés de cette fente, en tolérant les débattements relatifs de la lisse solidarisée du pion par rapport au barreau.According to a particular characteristic, the cylindrical pin has a front end, the cross section of which, having a diamond-shaped profile, is engaged in a groove or slot of the bar extending from its end, the pin coming at most into abutment against the sides of this slot, by tolerating the relative deflections of the heald secured to the pin relative to the bar.

D'autres caractéristiques du dispositif selon l'invention, pour l'assemblage de barreaux verticaux d'un garde-corps avec les lisses haute ou basse de celui-ci, apparaîtront encore à travers la description qui suit de plusieurs exemples de réalisation, donnés à titre indicatif et non limitatif, en référence aux dessins annexé sur lesquels :

  • La Figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un garde-corps dans lequel les lisses sont équipées d'un dispositif d'assemblage de barreaux selon l'invention.
  • La Figure 2 est une vue en coupe et en élévation, à plus grande échelle, des lisses haute et basse du garde-corps selon la Figure 1, permettant de mieux préciser le détail de la réalisation des moyens d'assemblage des barreaux verticaux avec ces lisses.
  • La Figure 3 est une vue de dessus de la lisse basse du garde-corps, montrant le profil d'une des ouvertures de réception d'un barreau.
  • La Figure 4 représente, selon quatre vues successives repérées respectivement de a à d, la lisse basse du garde-corps et le barreau qui s'engage dans l'une des ouvertures de celle-ci, en illustrant les diverses phases de la mise en place de ce barreau, jusqu'à son encliquetage final sur la lisse.
  • La Figure 5 est une vue schématique en élévation du garde-corps, illustrant une variante pour la réalisation de la lisse haute de celui-ci.
  • La Figure 6 illustre la disposition prise par un barreau du garde-corps en cas de choc frontal accidentel et le comportement du dispositif d'assemblage dans un tel cas.
  • La Figure 7 est une vue analogue à la Figure 1, mais dans laquelle les lisses haute et basse du garde-corps forment un angle donné avec la direction verticale des barreaux, en particulier lorsque le garde-corps constitue une rambarde d'escalier.
  • La Figure 8 est une vue en coupe longitudinale à plus grande échelle d'un barreau et des lisses du garde-corps selon la Figure 7.
  • Les Figures 9, 10 et 11 sont des vues de détail, respectivement en coupe transversale, selon la ligne X-X de la Figure 9, et en coupe longitudinale d'une partie d'un barreau entrant dans la réalisation du garde-corps selon les Figures 7 et 8.
  • La Figure 12 est une vue en coupe transversale d'un barreau selon la ligne XII-XII de la Figure 8, illustrant en vue de dessus l'ouverture ménagée dans la lisse basse du garde-corps, recevant le barreau considéré.
  • La Figure 13 est une vue en coupe longitudinale de la partie inférieure d'un barreau, représenté engagé dans la lisse basse du garde-corps.
Other characteristics of the device according to the invention, for the assembly of vertical bars of a railing with the top or bottom beams thereof, will become more apparent from the following description of several exemplary embodiments, given for information and not limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railing in which the beams are equipped with a rod assembly device according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view in elevation, on a larger scale, of the top and bottom rails of the railing according to Figure 1, to better specify the detail of the realization of the means of assembly of the vertical bars with these smooth.
  • Figure 3 is a top view of the bottom rail of the railing, showing the profile of one of the receiving openings of a bar.
  • Figure 4 shows, according to four successive views identified respectively from a to d, the bottom rail of the railing and the bar which engages in one of the openings thereof, illustrating the various phases of setting place of this bar, until its final snap on the rail.
  • Figure 5 is a schematic elevational view of the railing, illustrating a variant for the realization of the top rail thereof.
  • Figure 6 illustrates the arrangement of a railing bar in the event of accidental frontal impact and the behavior of the assembly device in such a case.
  • Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 1, but in which the top and bottom rails of the railing form a given angle with the vertical direction of the bars, in particular when the railing constitutes a stair railing.
  • FIG. 8 is a view in longitudinal section on a larger scale of a bar and of the rails of the railing according to FIG. 7.
  • Figures 9, 10 and 11 are detailed views, respectively in cross section, along line XX of Figure 9, and in longitudinal section of a portion of a bar used in the production of the railing according to Figures 7 and 8.
  • Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view of a bar along the line XII-XII of Figure 8, illustrating a top view of the opening in the bottom rail of the railing, receiving the bar in question.
  • Figure 13 is a longitudinal sectional view of the lower part of a bar, shown engaged in the bottom rail of the railing.

Sur les Figures 1 et 2, la référence 1 désigne de façon générale un garde-corps pour balcon, terrasse ou autre construction analogue, comportant une pluralité de poteaux ou raidisseurs verticaux 2, comprenant chacun des moyens d'appui et de fixation, par l'intermédiaire d'une platine 4, sur le sol 5.In Figures 1 and 2, the reference 1 generally designates a railing for balcony, terrace or other similar construction, comprising a plurality of posts or vertical stiffeners 2, each comprising support and fixing means, by l '' through a plate 4, on the ground 5.

Ces raidisseurs verticaux 2 sont associés à des lisses extérieures horizontales, respectivement une lisse basse 6, disposée légèrement au-dessus du plan du sol 5 et une lisse haute 7 qui, dans l'exemple considéré, constitue également une main courante pour le garde-corps.These vertical stiffeners 2 are associated with horizontal external beams, respectively a low beam 6, arranged slightly above the ground plane 5 and a high beam 7 which, in the example considered, also constitutes a handrail for the guard. body.

Entre la lisse basse 6 et la main courante 7 en partie haute du garde-corps, sont disposés des barreaux parallèles et verticaux 8, qui peuvent être selon le cas pleins ou tubulaires, en partie ou complètement et dont chacun est muni à ses extrémités d'un dispositif d'assemblage avec ces lisses, conforme à l'invention et dont le détail de la réalisation est exposé plus loin.Between the bottom rail 6 and the handrail 7 in the upper part of the railing, are arranged parallel and vertical bars 8, which may be full or tubular as the case may be, partly or completely and each of which is provided at its ends with 'An assembly device with these heddles, according to the invention and the detail of which is described below.

De façon classique dans ce genre de garde-corps, la lisse basse 6 est maintenue contre la surface externe des raidisseurs 2, au moyen d'organes de fixation dont le détail de la réalisation importe peu à l'invention mais qui, comme illustré à titre d'exemple sur la Figure 5, peuvent comporter des goujons 9 pour le maintien d'un embout de blocage 10 de la lisse contre le raidisseur correspondant.Conventionally in this type of railing, the bottom rail 6 is held against the external surface of the stiffeners 2, by means of fixing members, the detail of which is of little importance to the invention but which, as illustrated in as an example in Figure 5, may include studs 9 for maintaining a locking end piece 10 of the heald against the corresponding stiffener.

A noter que dans la variante schématiquement illustrée sur cette Figure 5, le garde-corps 1 comporte non seulement une lisse basse 6 comme dans l'exemple des Figures 1 et 2, mais également une lisse haute 11 qui s'étend sous la main courante 7, cette lisse haute étant également fixée contre les raidisseurs 2 au moyen d'embouts de blocage 12, similaires aux embouts 10 et immobilisés comme ces derniers par des goujons 9, les barreaux verticaux 8 étant dans cet exemple montés entre les lisses parallèles 6 et 11.Note that in the variant schematically illustrated in this Figure 5, the guardrail 1 includes not only a low rail 6 as in the example of Figures 1 and 2, but also a high rail 11 which extends under the handrail 7, this top rail also being fixed against the stiffeners 2 by means of locking end pieces 12, similar to the end pieces 10 and immobilized like the latter by studs 9, the vertical bars 8 being in this example mounted between the parallel side rails 6 and 11.

La Figure 2 illustre en détail la structure des deux lisses et des barreaux assemblés avec celles-ci.Figure 2 illustrates in detail the structure of the two rails and the bars assembled with them.

Chaque lisse 6 ou 7 comporte notamment, au droit des extrémités de chacun des barreaux 8, une ouverture 13 permettant à ces extrémités de pénétrer à l'intérieur de chacune de ces lisses, ces dernières se présentant à cet effet sous la forme de profilés, de préférence métalliques, ces ouvertures 13 étant conformées, comme représenté sur la Figure 3 notamment, pour correspondre sensiblement à la section droite des barreaux, eux-mêmes constitués d'éléments métalliques. Dans l'exemple illustré sur les Figures 2 et 3, la section des barreaux 8 présente, sensiblement, la forme d'un triangle curviligne à angles arrondis ; bien entendu, un tel profil est en lui-même indifférent à l'invention et pourrait être modifié de la façon la plus large, en fonction de l'esthétique choisie pour la réalisation du garde-corps et des diverses parties de celui-ci.Each heald 6 or 7 comprises in particular, at the ends of each of the bars 8, an opening 13 allowing these ends to penetrate inside each of these healds, the latter being for this purpose in the form of profiles, preferably metallic, these openings 13 being shaped, as shown in Figure 3 in particular, to correspond substantially to the cross section of the bars, themselves made of metallic elements. In the example illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, the section of the bars 8 has, substantially, the shape of a curvilinear triangle with rounded angles; of course, such a profile is in itself indifferent to the invention and could be modified in the widest way, depending on the aesthetics chosen for the realization of the railing and of the various parts thereof.

Chaque lisse 6 et 7, comporte une paroi frontale 14 et, encastrée dans le fond de la lisse opposé à l'ouverture 13 correspondante recevant un barreau quelconque, contre la surface interne du profilé constituant cette lisse, une languette plane 15 qui s'étend sur toute la longueur de la lisse et qui présente une paroi inclinée sur la verticale.Each stringer 6 and 7 has a front wall 14 and, embedded in the bottom of the stringer opposite the corresponding opening 13 receiving any bar, against the internal surface of the profile constituting this stringer, a flat tongue 15 which extends over the entire length of the beam and which has a wall inclined to the vertical.

A son extrémité opposée à sa zone d'encastrement contre le fond de la lisse, la languette 15 comporte un retour transversal 16, terminé par un talon 17, dont le rôle sera défini ci-après. En outre, dans sa surface interne, la paroi frontale 14 présente une ou plusieurs nervures 18 en saillie vers l'intérieur, agencées de telle sorte qu'elles viennent en contact avec la surface externe du barreau 8 lorsque celui-ci s'engage dans la lisse correspondante, de manière à guider son déplacement au cours de ce mouvement de pénétration.At its end opposite to its embedding zone against the bottom of the heddle, the tongue 15 has a transverse return 16, terminated by a heel 17, the role of which will be defined below. In addition, in its internal surface, the front wall 14 has one or more ribs 18 projecting inwards, arranged so that they come into contact with the external surface of the bar 8 when the latter engages in the corresponding beam, so as to guide its movement during this penetration movement.

La lisse basse 6, le cas échéant la lisse haute 7, comportent par ailleurs, dans leur surface postérieure 19, en regard de la paroi frontale 14, une butée d'appui 20, faisant saillie vers l'intérieur de la lisse à l'opposé de l'ouverture 13, afin de permettre l'arrêt du déplacement du barreau 8 dans la lisse à travers cette ouverture.The bottom heald 6, where appropriate the high heald 7, moreover comprise, in their rear surface 19, opposite the front wall 14, a support stop 20, projecting inwardly from the heald to the opposite of the opening 13, in order to allow the movement of the bar 8 in the heddle to stop through this opening.

Chaque barreau 8 comporte par ailleurs, à chacune de ses extrémités, une échancrure 21 dont les bords 22 sont inclinés sur la verticale, sensiblement du même angle que la languette 15, cette échancrure comportant un logement terminal ouvert 23 et, à l'opposé, au voisinage de l'extrémité correspondante du barreau, un ergot en saillie 24, formant butée d'appui pour la languette lorsque le barreau s'engage dans la lisse associée.Each bar 8 also comprises, at each of its ends, a notch 21 whose edges 22 are inclined to the vertical, substantially at the same angle as the tongue 15, this notch comprising an open terminal housing 23 and, in contrast, in the vicinity of the corresponding end of the bar, a protruding lug 24, forming a support stop for the tongue when the bar engages in the rail associated.

Un appui 25 est avantageusement prévu dans le fond de chaque lisse derrière la languette 15. Enfin, la lisse basse 6, le cas échéant la lisse haute 11 dans le cas où celle-ci est distincte de la main courante 7, comportent un bec d'accrochage 26 pour l'immobilisation de ces lisses vis-à-vis des embouts de maintien 10 et 12 contre les raidisseurs 2.A support 25 is advantageously provided in the bottom of each heald behind the tongue 15. Finally, the low heald 6, if necessary the high heald 11 in the case where the latter is separate from the handrail 7, have a spout d 'hooking 26 for the immobilization of these heddles vis-à-vis the holding ends 10 and 12 against the stiffeners 2.

Les Figures 2 à 4 illustrent la manière dont est mis en oeuvre le dispositif d'assemblage selon l'invention, pour assurer la fixation des barreaux 8 vis-à-vis des lisses 6 et 7 (ou 6 et 11), la Figure 4 notamment montrant comment se réalise la coopération de la languette inclinée 15 de chaque lisse avec les échancrures 21 des barreaux successivement mis en place dans les lisses et encliquetés sur celles-ci.Figures 2 to 4 illustrate the way in which the assembly device according to the invention is used, in order to secure the bars 8 with respect to the healds 6 and 7 (or 6 and 11), Figure 4 in particular showing how the cooperation of the inclined tongue 15 of each heald is carried out with the notches 21 of the bars successively put in place in the healds and snapped onto them.

Sur la Figure 4a, un barreau 8 quelconque est représenté engagé par son extrémité inférieure dans l'ouverture 13 de la lisse basse 6, cette ouverture présentant sensiblement le même profil que le barreau avec un jeu juste suffisant pour permettre le coulissement vertical du barreau. Dans ce mouvement, celui-ci est guidé, d'une part par les nervures 18 prévues dans la surface interne de la paroi frontale 14 de la lisse et d'autre part par la face opposée de la paroi postérieureIn Figure 4a, any bar 8 is shown engaged by its lower end in the opening 13 of the bottom rail 6, this opening having substantially the same profile as the bar with a clearance just sufficient to allow the vertical sliding of the bar. In this movement, the latter is guided, on the one hand by the ribs 18 provided in the internal surface of the front wall 14 of the heddle and on the other hand by the opposite face of the rear wall.

A un instant donné au cours de ce mouvement, la languette plane 15, qui s'engage dans l'échancrure 21, rencontre les bords inclinés 22 de cette échancrure et, sous l'effet du déplacement du barreau, fait légèrement fléchir la languette autour de son point d'encastrement sur la surface interne de la lisse, le talon 17 prévu en bout du retour transversal 16 de la languette glissant progressivement sur les bords 22 (Figure 4b), jusqu'au moment où ce talon se présente au droit du logement ouvert 23 dans le fond de l'échancrure 21 (Figure 4c).At a given time during this movement, the flat tongue 15, which engages in the notch 21, meets the inclined edges 22 of this notch and, under the effect of the displacement of the bar, slightly bends the tongue around from its point of embedding on the internal surface of the heald, the heel 17 provided at the end of the transverse return 16 of the tongue sliding progressively on the edges 22 (FIG. 4b), until the moment when this heel comes in line with the open housing 23 in the bottom of the notch 21 (Figure 4c).

Le barreau 8 poursuivant son mouvement, la languette 15 du fait de son élasticité propre, vient alors s'encliqueter dans le fond de ce logement (Figure 4d), avec appui du talon 17, la languette venant elle-même porter à son extrémité opposée sur l'ergot 24 au voisinage de l'extrémité de l'échancrure 21, ce qui améliore la tenue de la languette ainsi immobilisée. Dans cette position, le bord extrême du barreau s'appuie sensiblement sur la nervure d'appui 20 prévue à cet effet dans la face postérieure 19 de la lisse.The bar 8 continuing its movement, the tongue 15 due to its own elasticity, then snaps into the bottom of this housing (Figure 4d), with heel support 17, the tongue itself coming to bear at its opposite end sure the lug 24 in the vicinity of the end of the notch 21, which improves the holding of the tongue thus immobilized. In this position, the extreme edge of the bar rests substantially on the support rib 20 provided for this purpose in the rear face 19 of the heddle.

La Figure 6 permet de montrer comment les dispositions qui précèdent, non seulement permettent un engagement simple et facile des divers barreaux dans les lisses du garde-corps avec un encliquetage automatique en fin de course, mais réalisent un ancrage efficace des extrémités de ces barreaux, en particulier en cas de choc frontal appliqué au centre de gravité du barreau, un tel choc pouvant être particulièrement élevé puisque les normes en vigueur imposent aux barreaux de supporter sans rupture de leur assemblage avec les lisses une charge de l'ordre de 600 joules.Figure 6 shows how the above arrangements not only allow simple and easy engagement of the various bars in the rails of the railing with an automatic snap-in at the end of the stroke, but also achieve effective anchoring of the ends of these bars, in particular in the event of a frontal impact applied to the center of gravity of the bar, such a shock can be particularly high since the standards in force require the bars to bear without breaking their assembly with the beams a load of the order of 600 joules.

Sur cette Figure, on a schématiquement désigné par f la direction de l'impact exercé sur un barreau 8 quelconque et le pliage localisé de celui-ci qui en résulte. Toutefois, on constate immédiatement que, du fait de l'orientation de la languette 15 et en particulier de l'engagement de son retour transversal d'extrémité 16 dans le logement ouvert 23 de l'échancrure 21, cette languette travaille en traction, en s'arc-boutant sur le côté correspondant du logement, de telle sorte que le barreau ne peut pas se désolidariser de l'assemblage, du fait en outre de son appui sur les nervures internes 18 de la paroi 14 et l'ergot 24 sur les bords de l'échancrure. Simultanément, les extrémités de la languette et en particulier le rebord transversal 16 et le talon 17, travaillent au cisaillement.In this Figure, we have schematically designated by f the direction of the impact exerted on any bar 8 and the localized folding thereof resulting therefrom. However, it is immediately noted that, due to the orientation of the tongue 15 and in particular the engagement of its transverse end return 16 in the open housing 23 of the notch 21, this tongue works in traction, in bracing on the corresponding side of the housing, so that the bar cannot be detached from the assembly, also due to its support on the internal ribs 18 of the wall 14 and the lug 24 on the edges of the notch. Simultaneously, the ends of the tongue and in particular the transverse rim 16 and the heel 17, work on shearing.

A noter que le pivotement limité de la languette ainsi provoqué est aisément encaissé par la lisse correspondante, en particulier du fait du renforcement de l'encastrement de la languette par l'appui 25, prévu à cet effet derrière celle-ci.Note that the limited pivoting of the tab thus caused is easily collected by the corresponding rail, in particular because of the reinforcement of the embedding of the tongue by the support 25, provided for this purpose behind the latter.

Les Figures 7 à 13 sont relatives à une variante de réalisation, plus particulièrement adaptée au cas où le garde-corps sert à la protection d'un escalier ou analogue, les raidisseurs de support 2 et les barreaux 8 restant verticaux, mais les lisses basse et haute 6 et 7 présentant une inclinaison donnée sur l'horizontale, notamment pour suivre la pente de cet escalier.Figures 7 to 13 relate to an alternative embodiment, more particularly suited to the case where the railing is used to protect a staircase or the like, the support stiffeners 2 and the bars 8 remaining vertical, but the beams low and high 6 and 7 having an inclination given on the horizontal, in particular to follow the slope of this staircase.

Sur ces Figures, on a repris des chiffres de référence identiques pour désigner des organes semblables à ceux déjà décrits dans ce qui précède.In these Figures, identical reference numerals have been used to designate bodies similar to those already described in the foregoing.

Afin de permettre, l'inclinaison relative des lisses 6 et 7 vis-à-vis des barreaux 8, on prévoit d'associer à ces derniers, à leurs extrémités qui s'engagent dans les ouvertures de ces lisses, un pion 27, de forme générale cylindrique, de préférence en matière plastique, présentant d'une part un téton 28, monté dans une rainure ou fente verticale 29, de telle sorte que ce pion puisse être monté à force dans le barreau mais susceptible de subir par rapport à celui-ci une rotation relative limitée, permettant précisément l'inclinaison de chaque lisse vis-à-vis de la direction verticale des barreaux, et d'autre part une portée d'appui 30 contre la surface interne du barreau 8.In order to allow the relative inclination of the heddles 6 and 7 with respect to the bars 8, provision is made to associate with the latter, at their ends which engage in the openings of these healds, a pin 27, of generally cylindrical shape, preferably made of plastic, having on the one hand a stud 28, mounted in a vertical groove or slot 29, so that this pin can be force-fitted into the bar but liable to undergo relative to that here a limited relative rotation, allowing precisely the inclination of each heald vis-à-vis the vertical direction of the bars, and on the other hand a bearing surface 30 against the internal surface of the bar 8.

Chacun des pions 27 comporte, comme précédemment, une échancrure 21, apte à coopérer avec la languette plane et souple 15 prévue transversalement dans chaque lisse, en réalisant de façon strictement analogue à ce qui a été décrit en relation avec le premier mode de réalisation, l'encliquetage de ces barreaux sur les lisses.Each of the pins 27 comprises, as before, a notch 21, able to cooperate with the flat and flexible tongue 15 provided transversely in each heald, making in a strictly analogous manner to what has been described in relation to the first embodiment, the snapping of these bars on the rails.

Toutefois, afin de limiter le débattement angulaire du pion au moment du montage, le téton 28 présente, vu en section droite (Figure 10), un profil en losange dont les extrémités 31 et 32 sont susceptibles de venir en contact avec les faces de la rainure ou fente 29 où s'engage le téton.However, in order to limit the angular movement of the pin at the time of assembly, the stud 28 has, seen in cross section (Figure 10), a diamond profile whose ends 31 and 32 are capable of coming into contact with the faces of the groove or slot 29 where the stud engages.

A l'opposé, au droit de la portée 30 du pion 27, le barreau 8 présente dans sa surface correspondante 33 une rainure 34, dans laquelle peut venir s'engager, par l'extérieur du barreau, une nervure de guidage 35 ménagée dans la lisse haute ou basse selon le cas, au droit de l'ouverture 36 par laquelle le barreau considéré pénètre dans celle-ci. Comme l'illustrent les Figures 12 et 13, cette ouverture présente transversalement un profil sensiblement plus élargi que la section propre du barreau 8 qui y pénètre, afin d'autoriser le débattement relatif de la lisse solidarisée du pion vis-à-vis du barreau portant ce dernier.In contrast, in line with the bearing surface 30 of the pin 27, the bar 8 has in its corresponding surface 33 a groove 34, into which can engage, from the outside of the bar, a guide rib 35 formed in the top or bottom rail as appropriate, in line with the opening 36 through which the bar in question enters it. As illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13, this opening has a transverse profile which is appreciably wider than the proper section of the bar 8 which penetrates therein, in order to allow the relative movement of the heald secured to the pin vis-à-vis the bar carrying the latter.

On réalise ainsi un dispositif d'assemblage pour les barreaux verticaux d'un garde-corps avec les lisses haute et basse de ce dernier, ces lisses pouvant être aussi bien horizontales que présentant une inclinaison relative.An assembly device is thus produced for the vertical bars of a railing with the top and bottom rails of the latter, these rails being able to be both horizontal and having a relative inclination.

L'ensemble est particulièrement simple à mettre en place, les barreaux s'encliquetant de façon automatique dans les ouvertures ménagées dans les lisses et dont les dimensions sont exactement adaptées au profil de ces barreaux, le cas échéant aux débattements nécessaires des lisses par rapport à ces derniers. Un tel montage est sûr et efficace, n'exige aucun outillage spécifique et ne laisse aucune pièce apparente, ce qui permet d'améliorer l'aspect d'ensemble et l'esthétique du montage. En outre, l'usage pour constituer les lisses et les barrreaux de profilés métalliques creux, permet d'assurer une tenue maximale pour un poids minimal, l'agencement du dispositif d'assemblage étant lui-même conçu de manière à permettre une liaison fiable des barreaux et des lisses, même en cas de choc frontal correspondant à la valeur de la norme imposée.The assembly is particularly simple to put in place, the bars automatically snapping into the openings made in the rails and whose dimensions are exactly adapted to the profile of these bars, if necessary to the necessary clearances of the rails relative to these latter. Such an assembly is safe and effective, requires no specific tools and leaves no visible parts, which improves the overall appearance and aesthetics of the assembly. In addition, the use for forming the beams and bars of hollow metal profiles, ensures maximum strength for a minimum weight, the arrangement of the assembly device itself being designed to allow a reliable connection bars and beams, even in the event of a frontal impact corresponding to the value of the imposed standard.

Bien entendu, il va de soi que l'invention ne se limite pas aux exemples de réalisation plus spécialement décrits ci-dessus, en référence aux dessins annexés ; elle en embrasse au contraire toutes les variantes.Of course, it goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the embodiments more specifically described above, with reference to the accompanying drawings; on the contrary, it embraces all its variants.

Claims (8)

1 - Dispositif pour l'assemblage de barreaux parallèles et espacés vis-à-vis d'une lisse de support de ces barreaux, s'étendant transversalement à la direction longitudinale de ceux-ci, caractérisé en ce que la lisse (6, 7, 11) comporte une pluralité d'ouvertures voisines (13, 36), de préférence équidistantes, propres à recevoir chacune l'extrémité d'un barreau (8), et une languette interne souple (15), encastrée dans la paroi intérieure de la lisse, s'étendant sur toute la longueur de celle-ci et présentant une surface plane inclinée sur la verticale, apte à coopérer, pour chaque barreau, avec une échancrure (21) délimitée par des bords (22) également inclinés et de même profil que la languette, prévus à l'extrémité du barreau qui pénètre dans l'ouverture correspondante de la lisse, ou bien ménagée dans un organe de support (27) porté par cette extrémité du barreau, la languette comportant un retour transversal (16), sensiblement perpendiculaire à son plan, apte à s'engager progressivement dans un logement ouvert (23) prévu dans le fond de l'échancrure, jusqu'à s'encliqueter dans ce logement en solidarisant la lisse et le barreau. 1 - Device for assembling parallel bars spaced apart with respect to a support rail for these bars, extending transversely to the longitudinal direction thereof, characterized in that the rail (6, 7 , 11) comprises a plurality of neighboring openings (13, 36), preferably equidistant, adapted to each receive the end of a bar (8), and a flexible internal tongue (15), embedded in the inner wall of the heald, extending over the entire length thereof and having a flat surface inclined to the vertical, capable of cooperating, for each bar, with a notch (21) delimited by edges (22) also inclined and likewise profile as the tongue, provided at the end of the bar which penetrates into the corresponding opening of the heddle, or else provided in a support member (27) carried by this end of the bar, the tongue comprising a transverse return (16) , substantially perpendicular its plane, capable of being progressively engaged in an open housing (23) provided in the bottom of the notch, up to snap into this housing by joining the smooth and the bar. 2 - Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la languette (15) comporte, en bout de son retour transversal (16), un talon d'appui (17) contre le fond du logement (23) de l'échancrure (21) en fin de course d'encliquetage, propre à faire travailler la languette en traction, en cas de pliage du barreau sous l'effet d'un choc transversal accidentel (Figure 6). 2 - Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the tongue (15) comprises, at the end of its transverse return (16), a bearing heel (17) against the bottom of the housing (23) of the notch ( 21) at the end of the latching stroke, suitable for making the tongue work in traction, in the event of folding of the bar under the effect of an accidental transverse shock (Figure 6). 3 - Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la lisse (6, 7, 11) comporte, au voisinage de sa liaison avec la languette, une butée interne (20) limitant la course d'engagement du barreau à l'intérieur de la lisse. 3 - Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the heald (6, 7, 11) comprises, in the vicinity of its connection with the tongue, an internal stop (20) limiting the engagement stroke of the bar inside smooth. 4 - Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les bords inclinés (22) de l'échancrure (21) présentent, au voisinage de l'extrémité du barreau (8), un ergot (24) formant de préférence un appui proche de la zone d'encastrement de la languette (15) de manière à rigidifier l'assemblage de la lisse et du barreau en cas de choc transversal accidentel sur celui-ci. 4 - Device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the inclined edges (22) of the notch (21) have, in the vicinity of the end of the bar (8), a lug (24) preferably forming a support close to the embedding area of the tongue (15) so as to stiffen the assembly of the arm and the bar in case of accidental transverse impact on it. 5 - Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel les barreaux verticaux (8) sont associés à deux lisses (6 et 7, 11), respectivement haute et basse, s'étendant horizontalement, caractérisé en ce que les ouvertures (13) ménagées dans ces lisses, recevant les extrémités des barreaux présentent un profil qui correspond exactement à la section droite de ces barreaux, au seul jeu près nécessaire à l'engagement de ceux-ci dans la lisse. 5 - Device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the vertical bars (8) are associated with two beams (6 and 7, 11), respectively high and low, extending horizontally, characterized in that the openings (13) formed in these heddles, receiving the ends of the bars have a profile which corresponds exactly to the cross section of these bars, with the only clearance necessary for the engagement of these in the heald. 6 - Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel chacune des deux lisses (6 et 7, 11) forme avec la direction verticale des barreaux (8) un angle donné, caractérisé en ce que chacune des ouvertures (36) ménagée dans les lisses présente une section transversale largement supérieure à celle du barreau qui s'y engage, celui-ci étant seulement maintenu dans la partie centrale de l'ouverture par une nervure interne (35) d'appui sur la paroi externe de ce barreau, assurant son guidage au cours de l'engagement de son extrémité dans l'ouverture et garantissant l'espacement d'un barreau à un autre selon la longueur de la lisse. 6 - Device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein each of the two rails (6 and 7, 11) forms with the vertical direction of the bars (8) a given angle, characterized in that each of the openings (36 ) formed in the healds has a cross section much greater than that of the bar which engages therein, the latter being only held in the central part of the opening by an internal rib (35) bearing on the external wall of this bar, ensuring its guiding during the engagement of its end in the opening and guaranteeing the spacing from one bar to another depending on the length of the heddle. 7 - Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de support porté par chaque barreau vertical (8), muni de l'échancrure (21) coopérant avec la languette (15) de la lisse (6, 7, 11), présente la forme d'un pion cylindrique (27), dont l'axe est disposé horizontalement, ce pion étant monté à pivotement limité autour de cet axe à l'intérieur du barreau. 7 - Device according to claim 6, characterized in that the support member carried by each vertical bar (8), provided with the notch (21) cooperating with the tongue (15) of the heddle (6, 7, 11 ), has the shape of a cylindrical pin (27), the axis of which is arranged horizontally, this pin being mounted with limited pivoting around this axis inside the bar. 8 - Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le pion cylindrique (27) comporte une extrémité frontale (28) dont la section droite, présentant un profil en losange, est engagée dans une rainure ou fente (29) du barreau (8) s'étendant à partir de son extrémité, le pion venant au plus en butée contre les côtés de cette fente, en tolérant les débattements relatifs de la lisse (6, 7, 11), solidarisée du pion par rapport au barreau. 8 - Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the cylindrical pin (27) has a front end (28) whose cross section, having a diamond profile, is engaged in a groove or slot (29) of the bar (8 ) extending from its end, the pin coming at most into abutment against the sides of this slot, tolerating the relative deflections of the arm (6, 7, 11), secured to the pin with respect to the bar.
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