EP1956688A1 - Verborgener und vorzugsweise abgedichter elektrischer Stoßverbinder für eine vorfabrizierte Tragschiene eines elektrischen Stromschienensystemes, vormontiert mit einer der Tragschienen. - Google Patents

Verborgener und vorzugsweise abgedichter elektrischer Stoßverbinder für eine vorfabrizierte Tragschiene eines elektrischen Stromschienensystemes, vormontiert mit einer der Tragschienen. Download PDF

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EP1956688A1
EP1956688A1 EP07425067A EP07425067A EP1956688A1 EP 1956688 A1 EP1956688 A1 EP 1956688A1 EP 07425067 A EP07425067 A EP 07425067A EP 07425067 A EP07425067 A EP 07425067A EP 1956688 A1 EP1956688 A1 EP 1956688A1
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    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/14Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length
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  • This invention relates to a concealed and preferably leaktight electrical butt joint for prefabricated lengths of electrical ducting, in particular suspended or more generally “on sight” ducting, the joint being preassembled or capable of preassembly with one of the lengths.
  • This ducting is constructed by connecting together prefabricated modular elements or lengths which must satisfy a plurality of requirements, such as system safety, simplicity and convenience of installation, a very important factor for suspended ducting, leaktight electrical components and, not last, compliance with aesthetic standards.
  • US 5,614,697 provides electrical ducting comprising prefabricated leaktight modular elements which are connected end to end by means of junction devices which ensure a leaktight connection but which are aesthetically unsatisfactory because they interrupt the continuity of the shape of the ducting with visible projecting parts.
  • the present invention overcomes these problems and provides an electrical butt joint which is leaktight, invisible, that is wholly contained and hidden within the ducting, and which can be preassembled with a ducting element, rendering the operation of joining lengths at the site of installation particularly simple and easy.
  • Length of ducting 1 essentially comprises a rectilinear metal enclosure 2 of bent sheet or extruded light alloy forming a channel open beneath on the sides of which are housed two identical rectilinear supports 3 extruded from insulating plastics material.
  • the application enclosure 2 may house only one of the two supports.
  • support 3 which has a transverse rectangular cross-section, there is formed a plurality of rectilinear parallel slots open on one side of the support, in each of which a conducting member is housed.
  • the slots are six in number and house four conducting bars having a T cross-section coextruded with the support (the material of which includes the butt end) for the distribution of a three phase voltage/current system and its neutral, as well as two conducting bars of circular cross-section for an auxiliary single-phase voltage.
  • the slots are hermetically sealed, except at their ends, by an insulating perforatable plastics sheet 4 welded or extruded over the entire surface of the support into which the slots open.
  • Spacing ribs 5 and 9 also bring about snap connection of support 3 onto enclosure 2, which is suitably shaped for the purpose.
  • the upper wall of the enclosure has a pair of internal ribs 14, 15 separated by a channel 16.
  • Rib 5 of supports 3 snap engages the sides of ribs 14, 15.
  • rib 5 which extends from the top surface of the support, is interrupted at a convenient distance L1, while the other ribs 6-9 are interrupted at a convenient distance L2 which is smaller than L1.
  • the extremity portion of support 3 has no encumbrances outside its rectangular cross-section over a length of the enclosure equal to L2.
  • ribs 14, 15 have holes 17, 18 at a convenient distance from the extremity of enclosure 2, obviously made in the course of the production process, for the insertion of fixing rivets or threaded inserts attached to the enclosure by calking, again in the course of the production process.
  • Figure 1 shows only one extremity of the length of ducting, but it is clear that the opposite extremity has the same appearance.
  • a modular joint comprising a saddle 19 obtained by cutting and bending metal sheet and at least one electrical connector 20 or, depending on user needs, a pair of identical electrical connectors 20, 21 are conveniently used.
  • Saddle 19 having a profile which is symmetrical with respect to a vertical axis 22, comprises a rectangular plate 23 extending over a length equal to 2L1 (indicatively 300 mm) and a width (indicatively 79 mm) such that it can be inserted with some play into enclosure 2, alongside ribs 14, 15.
  • Plate 23 has a rib 24 in the direction of its length which is inserted with minimal play into channel 16 of enclosure 2.
  • the plate extends laterally as two parallel side members, 25, 26 which are bent downwards and end in two lips 27, 28 parallel to plate 23 and facing each other.
  • the length of the side members in the direction of rib 24 is equal to 2L2 (indicatively 206 mm) and their size is such that they can be inserted within enclosure 2 with some play without interfering with supports 3, with the lips located within saddles 12, 13 of the enclosure.
  • ribs 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 of support 3 form a stop which defines the depth to which saddle 19 can be inserted into the enclosure, which is equal to exactly half the longitudinal length of the saddle.
  • rib 24 by engaging in channel 16, ensures precise transverse and axial positioning of saddle 19 relative to enclosure 2.
  • Suitable openings 33, 34, 35, 36 and grooves 37, 38 are provided in plate 23 and when saddle 19 is inserted into two abutting enclosures they align with corresponding openings 17, 18 provided in the enclosures and allow the saddle to be attached to the enclosures by means of rivets if the saddle is preassembled with one of the enclosures or by means of a screw engaging the threaded insert provided bevelled in opening 18 in the case of in situ assembly.
  • Assembly is further simplified by partly prescreewing the screw into the threaded insert bevelled in hole 18 to which groove 38 in plate 23 corresponds, so that the presence of the screw does not interfere with the insertion of plate 23 into the enclosure.
  • connectors 20, 21 to saddle 19 are further provided with appropriate openings collectively identified by the reference number 39 into which corresponding ribs projecting from the outer walls of the connectors are housed, these being also collectively identified by the reference number 40.
  • connection between openings 39 and ribs 40 ensures that the connectors are accurately positioned on the inside of side members 25, 26 and prevent any dislocation of the connectors when saddle 19 is inserted into each of the two enclosures which have to be butt joined.
  • Connectors 20, 21 are anchored in saddle 19 by two corresponding resilient tongues 41, 42 formed in plate 23 by cutting and bending.
  • tongues form a pair of teeth which make a snap connection with one edge of the connectors provided for the purpose with a convenient recess 43, the teeth pressing the connectors in contact with the inside of side members 25, 26.
  • Connectors 20, 21 essentially comprise prismatic sleeves of insulating plastics material which when saddle 19 is inserted into the ends of two lengths of ducting fit onto the ends of supports 3 housed therein.
  • Double metal clamps are provided within the connectors.
  • the clamps by penetrating the slots in the supports 3 without interfering with plastics sheet 4 which hermetically seals the slots clasp the extremities of the conducting bars housed therein between the clamps.
  • Figure 2 shows a preferred embodiment of these connectors in an exploded perspective view.
  • the connector in Figure 2 comprises two shells 44, 45 of insulating plastics material open at the ends which are coupled together with a partial overlap of edges 46,47.
  • a pair of teeth 49, 50 is provided (only one pair can be seen in Figure 2 ).
  • the teeth project externally and form a snap connection with corresponding relatively resilient eyes 51, 52, 53 (a fourth is not visible) formed on the coupling edges of the other shell 45.
  • the overlapping edges are conveniently welded together by ultrasonic welding to form a leaktight joint.
  • the two shells are provided internally with a resilient seal 58, 59 which is conveniently but not necessarily co-moulded together with the shells.
  • the internal transverse cross-section of the sleeve so formed is substantially identical to that of supports 3 ( Figure 1 ) so that the sleeve can be fitted onto the extremities of the two supports 3 which abut together and ensure a leaktight joint.
  • the latter is provided with fins 54, 55, 56, 57 with a wedge-shaped cross-section which project from the two openings. These fins make it possible to align the sleeve and the extremities of the supports precisely in the transverse direction so that insertion takes place without damage to insulating plastics sheet 4 ( Figure 1 ) which hermetically seals off the recesses in which the conducting bars are housed.
  • Figure 2 again shows a preferred embodiment of the contact clamps, in an exploded view, these comprising a contact member 63 obtained by the double bending of a tin-coated or silver-coated copper plate, H shaped by die-cutting, and a leaf spring 64, also obtained by double bending an H-shaped spring steel (or stainless steel) plate.
  • Spring 64 which is mounted so as to overlap contact member 63, in the form of a saddle, exerts the necessary contact pressure on pair of clamps 65, 66 formed by contact member 63.
  • a simpler form of double contact clamp comprising a single contact member, in this case made of phosphor bronze and identified by reference number 67, can be used to connect the auxiliary voltage conductors, which in general have to carry lesser currents of the order of a few amperes.
  • multiple contact cage clamps may be used, with a possible steel compressing spring, once part of the insulating material of support 3 has been removed from the end of supports 3 by milling so as to expose the entire extremity of the auxiliary voltage conductors.
  • dividing septa 60 may be of greater length, always between resilient seals 58, 59, once suitable channels have been made to receive these extensions at the extremity of supports 3.
  • Figure 3 shows the joint described above preassembled in the factory with length of ducting 1, in perspective view.
  • metal saddle 19 is half inserted into metal enclosure 2 of the ducting and is attached thereto by rivets, one of which, 68, can be seen in the figure.
  • Sleeve connectors one of which 21 can be seen in the figure, and each of which is fitted to half its length over the extremity of a corresponding support 3 for conducting bars, are correctly anchored within the saddle.
  • length 69 may be attached to length 1 with a screw passing through groove 37, which has been prescrewed in a threaded insert provided in the extremity of enclosure 70 of length 69.
  • the screw is tightened using an ordinary screwdriver inserted into enclosure 70 through its bottom opening.
  • saddle 19 instead of enclosing connectors 20, 21 within it ( Figure 1 ), a preferred solution because in this way the connectors are protected by the saddle during all the stages of preassembly, movement and installation of the joint, may be provided for mounting connectors externally to its sides.
  • saddle 19 instead of having lips 27 and 28 opposite each other, may be provided with divergent wings ending in lips which engage saddles 12, 13 of the enclosure and at the same time support connectors 20, 21.
  • the two shells 44, 45 which form the connectors may be without resilient seals 58, 59 and can be simply joined together by a snap connection with teeth 49, 50 engaging corresponding eyes 51, 52, 53 without it being necessary to weld the overlapping edges of the shells together.

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EP07425067A 2007-02-06 2007-02-06 Verborgener und vorzugsweise abgedichteter elektrischer Stoßverbinder für eine vorfabrizierte Tragschiene eines elektrischen Stromschienensystems, vormontiert mit einer der Tragschienen. Not-in-force EP1956688B1 (de)

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AT07425067T ATE453939T1 (de) 2007-02-06 2007-02-06 VERBORGENER UND VORZUGSWEISE ABGEDICHTETER ELEKTRISCHER STOßVERBINDER FÜR EINE VORFABRIZIERTE TRAGSCHIENE EINES ELEKTRISCHEN STROMSCHIENENSYSTEMS, VORMONTIERT MIT EINER DER TRAGSCHIENEN.
DE602007004062T DE602007004062D1 (de) 2007-02-06 2007-02-06 Verborgener und vorzugsweise abgedichteter elektrischer Stoßverbinder für eine vorfabrizierte Tragschiene eines elektrischen Stromschienensystems, vormontiert mit einer der Tragschienen.
ES07425067T ES2338177T3 (es) 2007-02-06 2007-02-06 Conexion de extremo electrica oculta y preferentemente estanca para tramos prefabricados de canalizacion electrica, pre-montada en uno de los tramos.
PT07425067T PT1956688E (pt) 2007-02-06 2007-02-06 Junta eléctrica de topo, dissimulada e preferencialmente estanque, para secções prefabricadas de calhas eléctricas, já montada com uma das secções
EP07425067A EP1956688B1 (de) 2007-02-06 2007-02-06 Verborgener und vorzugsweise abgedichteter elektrischer Stoßverbinder für eine vorfabrizierte Tragschiene eines elektrischen Stromschienensystems, vormontiert mit einer der Tragschienen.

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