EP1342859A1 - Stützvorrichtung für eine Trennwand und Trennwand mit einer solchen Vorrichtung - Google Patents

Stützvorrichtung für eine Trennwand und Trennwand mit einer solchen Vorrichtung Download PDF

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EP1342859A1
EP1342859A1 EP02425128A EP02425128A EP1342859A1 EP 1342859 A1 EP1342859 A1 EP 1342859A1 EP 02425128 A EP02425128 A EP 02425128A EP 02425128 A EP02425128 A EP 02425128A EP 1342859 A1 EP1342859 A1 EP 1342859A1
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Krzysztof Miksza
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2/7407—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts
    • E04B2/7453—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with panels and support posts, extending from floor to ceiling
    • E04B2/7455—Glazing details
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2002/749—Partitions with screw-type jacks

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  • the present invention relates to a support device for partitions and to a partition comprising such a device.
  • partitions are used for the purpose of dividing rooms into different areas to differentiate utilisation of same or isolate them from each other from an acoustic or visual point of view.
  • partitions are used in office premises to divide big environments where arrangement of spaces is to be varied depending on fortuitous working requirements.
  • these partitions are used as an object to create modern interior architectures. This is due to the valuable aesthetic result that said partitions can reach since they are often made of glass or materials of a particularly agreeable visual appearance.
  • partitions can be made of one or more glass sheets or panels of wood or plastic material having the desired sizes for the intended purposes. These sheets are held in an appropriate framework extending along the peripheral extension of each sheet.
  • a partition may also consist of several portions that can be modulated with respect to each other.
  • the framework consists of vertical posts mutually associated by means of horizontal crosspieces so as to form substantially rectangular sectors. Panels made of glass or other material are fastened within these sectors.
  • partitions rest on the ground and are adjusted in height by means of craftmade skirting boards or supports holding the partition in position.
  • known supports commonly known as “feet”
  • the engagement element may consist, in the case of a partition made of sheets of glass, of a surface having a groove in which the sheet base is housed.
  • these supports are disposed at the base of the vertical posts.
  • the feet, as well as the craftmade skirting boards can be of different sizes and heights based on the characteristics of the ground or floor on which they rest.
  • supports of different height are arranged to keep the partition base as much as possible horizontal. This leads to a great disadvantage due to the fact that a great amount of supports of different sizes are to be arranged which will result in waste of money and in bulkiness of the supports themselves.
  • adjustable support feet by which the distance between the foot base and the support element to be engaged with the lower portion of the partition can be varied.
  • This type of adjustable support is equipped with a screw rigidly secured to the foot base and passing through a hole formed in the support element of the foot itself. In this way, by rotating the base relative to the support element, the foot can alter its sizes, and the distance between the base and the support element can be adjusted based on the distance between the floor and the partition base.
  • Said drawback consists in that the support must be adjusted before being positioned under the partition. This gives rise to slowing down when the partitions are installed. In addition, a great accuracy by the operator is required during this step since the foot must be adjusted in an exact manner to be subsequently positioned to the partition base.
  • Partition 1 consists of a support grid structure 2 substantially extending in one plane and formed of a plurality of beams 3, made of an aluminium-alloy for example, to which panels 4 consisting of sheets of glass 4a and/or covering panels 4b made of wood or other appropriate material are fastened, depending on the function to be performed by partition 1.
  • the support structure 2 comprises a first plurality of beams 3a and a second plurality of beams 3b joined to the beams 3 of the first plurality 3a by junction members 5.
  • the beams 3 of the second plurality 3b, or crosspieces are disposed horizontally between the beams 3 of the first plurality 3a, referred to as posts, which extend vertically without interruption over the whole height of partition 1.
  • Each crosspiece 3b is connected, at its opposite ends 6a, 6b, to the two posts 3a disposed in side by side relationship therewith.
  • the support structure 2 further comprises an upper load-bearing beam 7 connecting the ends 8 of several posts 3a, and support devices 9 resting on the ground, to ensure the necessary steadiness to the whole partition 1.
  • Each support device 9 comprises a support element 10 of a substantially plate-like conformation, in which two faces are defined, i.e. an upper face 10a which is set to support a lower portion B of partition 1, and a lower face 10b opposite to the upper face 10a.
  • an upper face 10a which is set to support a lower portion B of partition 1
  • a lower face 10b opposite to the upper face 10a.
  • the lower portion B may be the lower end part of a post 3a.
  • the support element 10 has a substantially U-shaped conformation seen in cross-section, in which a horizontal portion 11 and two side walls 12 parallel to each other and extending upwardly from the upper face 10a are defined.
  • the horizontal portion 11 has a substantially rectangular peripheral extension and the two side walls 12 extend at respective opposite sides of said horizontal portion 11.
  • the engagement element 13 can have a U-shaped extension wherein there is defined a horizontal element 13a in abutment against the upper surface 10a of the support element 10, and two vertical elements 13b extending in planes parallel to the two side walls 12.
  • the horizontal element 13a and the two vertical elements 13b define a housing space 13c for the lower portion B.
  • the horizontal element 13a has a substantially rectangular peripheral extension, with the respective major sides disposed parallel to the planar extension of the side walls 12.
  • the support device 9 further comprises a base 14 of a substantially plate-like conformation having an upper surface 14a facing the lower face 10b of the support element 10 and a lower surface 14b opposite to the upper surface and adapted to abut on the ground.
  • base 14 may have a U-shaped extension, seen in cross-section, like the conformation of the support element 10. Under this situation, base 14 has a horizontal portion 15 parallel to the horizontal portion 11 of the support element 10 and two parallel side walls 16, each of which is placed close to a side wall of the support element 10.
  • the support element 10 appears to be containable within base 14 and the side walls 12 of the support element 10 are internal to, and face the side walls 16 of base 14.
  • a movement means 17 for the support element 10 is disposed on the upper surface of base 14.
  • the movement means 17 comprises at least two raising elements 18 to be simultaneously operated to vertically move the support element 10 between a first position at which the lower face 10b is close to the upper surface 14a of base 14 (see Fig. 4), and a second position at which the lower face 14b is spaced apart from said upper surface 10a (see Fig. 5).
  • the raising elements 18 are in engagement with the upper surface 14a of the base and are operatively associated with the support element 10.
  • each raising element 18 is disposed between a side wall 12 of the support element 10 and the engagement element 13. Under this situation, it will be understood that the engagement element 13 is disposed between two said raising elements 18.
  • each raising element 18 comprises a worm screw 19 inserted in a corresponding threaded hole 20 formed in said support element 10.
  • each threaded hole 20 is placed between the side wall 12 of the support element 10 and the engagement element 13.
  • Each screw 19 comprises an upper end 19a emerging from the upper face 10a of the support element 10, and a lower end 19b.
  • the lower ends 19b of screws 19 are rotatably engaged on the upper surface 14a of base 14. In this way screws 19 can be rotated about respective longitudinal axes 19c which are parallel and substantially vertical.
  • the movement means 17 further comprises a movement-transmitting member 21 operatively associated with screws 19 to transmit the rotatory motion between one screw 19 and the other.
  • the movement-transmitting member 21 comprises two primary cogwheels 22, each of which is in engagement in coaxial relationship with the lower end 19b of a respective one of said screws 19.
  • the primary cogwheels 22 are both in mesh with a secondary cogwheel 23 interposed between said primary cogwheels 22.
  • the primary 22 and secondary 23 cogwheels abut on the upper surface 14a of base 14 and the longitudinal axes 19c of screws 19 are parallel to the rotation axis of the secondary cogwheel 23. In this way, the rotatory motion of one of the two screws 19 is transmitted to the other screw 19 by means of cogwheels 22 and 23 that are in mesh with each other.
  • the rotatory motion of screws 19 is imposed from the outside by means of an adjusting element 24 formed at the upper end 19a of each screw 19.
  • the adjusting element 24 may consist of an adjusting seating 24a formed in an upper surface 25 of each screw 19 the extension of which is transverse to the longitudinal axis 19c (see Fig. 3a in detail).
  • the shape of this seating 24a advantageously matches that of an outer adjusting member insertable in the adjusting seating 24a, such as a screwdriver or a setscrew wrench for example, to rotate one of the two screws 19.
  • the adjusting element 24 may consist of a projection extending from said upper face 10a of the support element 10, in such a manner that it is manually accessible to an external operator to rotate at least one of the screws 19.
  • the support element 10 is associated with at least one covering element 26 set to cover the support element 10 itself.
  • two covering elements 26 are disposed, each of which is close to a relative side wall 12 of the support element 10.
  • Each covering element 26 has an L-shaped transverse profile in which there is defined a horizontal portion 27 parallel to the horizontal portion 11 of the support element 10, and a vertical portion 28 extending transversely of said horizontal portion 27 and parallel to the respective side wall 12.
  • an undercut 27a is present which is designed to receive a horizontal projection 29 extending transversely of each side wall 12 of the support element 10.
  • each vertical portion 28 of the covering element 26 is parallel to a corresponding side wall 16 of base 14, and externally in abutment thereon.
  • the support device 10 therefore can be associated with the partition 1 and subsequently adjusted in height.
  • the support element 10 holding the lower portion B of the partition 1 in position by means of the engagement means 13, is lifted/lowered. Consequently, the distance between base 14 and support element 10 can be easily adapted even when the support device 9 has already been associated with the partition.
  • the invention achieves important advantages.
  • the support device 9 can become adapted to any type of requirement (distance between partition and floor), due exactly to the possibility of adjusting its height.
  • the support device can be adjusted also when it is already supporting partition 1, the installation operations of the partition are speeded up. In fact, in this case the operations for measuring the distance between the floor and the partition that in the known art were carried out before mounting the partition itself for the purpose of selecting supports of appropriate sizes, are no longer necessary.
  • the partition can be raised/lowered by merely acting on one of the screws 19 that, in the absence of the covering element 26, are readily accessible.
  • the presence of the two screws 19 on the opposite sides from partition 1 allows the adjusting operations to be carried out from both faces of the partition 1 itself.
  • the movement-transmitting member 21 connects the two screws 19 to move them simultaneously, the operator can act on either screw 19 without distinction obtaining the same effect.
  • the covering element 26 not only gives the device an appreciable aesthetic appearance because it covers all mechanical members of the support device 9 itself, but it can also be easily separated from the support element 10 for carrying out the adjusting operations.
  • a further advantage due to the presence of screws 19 disposed at the sides of partition 1 is that the partition itself is given a greater steadiness because the partition weight is borne by two side support points (screws 19).

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US8850762B2 (en) 2012-09-17 2014-10-07 Steelcase Inc. Vertically adjustable partition wall door

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FR1150575A (fr) * 1956-05-14 1958-01-15 Cloison démontable et réglable
US4086734A (en) * 1976-08-11 1978-05-02 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Adjustable-height baseboard for partitions
DE9107001U1 (de) * 1991-06-07 1992-07-09 Häfele GmbH & Co., 72202 Nagold Abdeckleiste mit Halterung an einer Bodenschiene
US6279643B1 (en) * 1999-06-03 2001-08-28 Steelcase Inc. Prefabricated furniture

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FR1150575A (fr) * 1956-05-14 1958-01-15 Cloison démontable et réglable
US4086734A (en) * 1976-08-11 1978-05-02 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Adjustable-height baseboard for partitions
DE9107001U1 (de) * 1991-06-07 1992-07-09 Häfele GmbH & Co., 72202 Nagold Abdeckleiste mit Halterung an einer Bodenschiene
US6279643B1 (en) * 1999-06-03 2001-08-28 Steelcase Inc. Prefabricated furniture

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US8850762B2 (en) 2012-09-17 2014-10-07 Steelcase Inc. Vertically adjustable partition wall door

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