EP0281745A2 - Shower space divider - Google Patents

Abstract

A shower partition contains a door (2), which is preferably designed as a rotating wing and serves to shut off or release an access opening to a shower tray (4). The object is to achieve good stability with a low weight of the door and nevertheless good sealing of the access opening. It is proposed that the door (2), which is manufactured in particular in the deep-drawing process, has a circumferential recess (26) on the front in the region of the outer edges and that a frame (28), which consists in particular of a tube, is assigned to the recess and to the front the door (2) is at a distance.

Description

The invention relates to a shower partition with a door, which is designed in particular as a hinge, with a substantially vertical axis of rotation, hinged to a wall and serves to release or close an entry opening.

From DE-PS 34 33 135 a shower partition of the type mentioned is known, in which a stop profile is arranged on the longitudinal edge of the rotary wing facing away from the hinge, for example on a wall of the room. In the area of the fastening of the rotating wing on the hinge or on the arms of the hinge, an elongated hole is provided for adjustment transverse to the axis of rotation. On account of these elongated holes, the distance of the rotating wing to the room wall or a profile rail provided there can be changed in order to compensate for tolerances caused by the customer or to make an adjustment according to the different widths of shower trays. The swing wing is at Blickrich device on the shower tray behind the vertical axis of rotation and can be pushed behind the first profile rail by means of its hinge-side end edge. Corresponding to the size of the setting range, the first profile rail mentioned must therefore have a comparatively large width, which results in disadvantages with regard to the free width available for a user to pass through.

The invention has for its object to develop the shower partition of the type mentioned with little construction in such a way that simple assembly and handling is ensured, with a reliable seal to be guaranteed both on the vertical end edges and between the shower base and the door . The shower partition should be able to be installed quickly and safely, and complex machining processes, such as cutting profile rails or complex tools and the like, should be dispensable. The shower partition should provide a functional and reliable seal of the inlet opening with just a few components. The assembly and adjustment of the door or the swing leaf should be possible quickly and with great precision even with large tolerances caused by the customer. Installation with shower trays of different widths should be possible with just a few components and complex storage and production of various profile rails or other accessories should be avoided. An exact vertical alignment of the rotary wing should be ensured, whereby smooth operation of the rotary wing should also be ensured after a long period of use.

To solve this problem, it is proposed that the door, which is produced in particular in the deep-drawing process, has a circumferential depression on the front in the region of the outer edges and that a frame made of a tube is assigned to the depression and is at a distance from the front of the door.

The proposed shower partition is characterized by a simple construction, the door being light in weight and nevertheless highly stable. The door, which is expediently manufactured using the deep-drawing process, has an edge directed towards the rear, that is to say toward the interior, which is formed in one piece with the door and is simultaneously manufactured during deep-drawing or another manufacturing process. Good stability and torsional rigidity are achieved by means of this edge, which expediently runs at approximately a right angle to the door. The recess provided in the area of the front also significantly improves the stability of the door. In the area of this circumferential depression, a tubular frame is provided on the front, this tubular frame being arranged at a distance from the door by means of spacers. In contrast to conventional doors from shower enclosures, the door or the door leaf is not enclosed in the frame made of profiled rails, but the frame is provided on the front and has overall smaller outer dimensions than the rear-facing edge of the door. The one-piece frame according to the invention serves on the one hand for additional stiffening of the door. On the other hand, the tubular frame can be gripped by a user, at least on the vertical longitudinal edges of the door.

The edge and / or the recess directed towards the rear ensures, in a surprisingly simple manner, that water can be sprayed out without any additional effort. This applies especially in the area of the lower edge of the door in the gap to the shower tray, so that an additional seal on the lower edge of the door is unnecessary. Due to the rearward, towards the interior over the shower tray, there is a relatively wide gap between the upper edge and this edge or the door, which enables a contact-free seal.

In a special embodiment, the door and the surrounding frame are curved in a wave shape, with a wave trough in particular in the vertical center plane of the door. Due to the wave-shaped design of the door, its stability is not insignificantly improved. The weight of the door can consequently be kept low without fear of damage during use. The material thickness of the door can be kept small, which saves material and reduces weight. Furthermore, a favorable overall visual impression is achieved with little effort.

In a particularly important embodiment, the shower partition, when designed for a corner shower, has two such swing doors which are pivotably mounted on hinges, in particular with bearing brackets or the like, at a right angle to one another. The entrance to the shower tray takes place via the free corner of the shower or bathing area, whereby a large entrance opening is easily achieved by opening the two rotating sashes. In the context of the invention, the door is appropriately articulated to about a third of the total width, so that in the open position of the rotating wing the user can easily enter or exit the shower tray.

• Fig. 1 schematisch eine Ansicht der Duschabtrennung,
• Fig. 2 vergrößert einen Schnitt entlang Schnittlinie II gemäß Fig. 1,
• Fig. 3 vergrößert im Schnitt eine Griffleiste, welche mit der in Fig. 2 dargestellten zusammenwirkt,
• Fig. 4 eine Ansicht des umlaufenden Rahmens,
• Fig. 5 eine Aufsicht auf den Rahmen aus Fig. 4 in Blickrichtung V,
• Fig. 6 vergrößert einen Schnitt entlang Schnittlinie VI gemäß Fig. 1,
• Fig. 7 eine Ansicht des drehbaren unteren Lagerteiles in gleicher Blickrichtung wie der Schnitt aus Fig. 6,
• Fig. 8 eine Ansicht des Lagerteils aus Fig. 7 in Blick­richtung VIII,
• Fig. 9 vergrößert eine seitliche Ansicht der oberen Lagerkonsole einer modifizierten Ausführungs­form,
• Fig. 10 eine Aufsicht auf die Lagerkonsole aus Fig. 9 in Blickrichtung X,
• Fig. 11, 12 eine Ansicht auf sowie einen Schnitt durch die Unterkante der Tür.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the exemplary embodiments shown in the drawing. Show it:

• 1 schematically shows a view of the shower partition,
• 2 is an enlarged section along section line II of FIG. 1,
• 3 shows, in section, a grip bar which interacts with that shown in FIG. 2,
• 4 is a view of the peripheral frame,
• 5 is a plan view of the frame from FIG. 4 in the direction of view V,
• 6 is an enlarged section along section line VI of FIG. 1,
• 7 is a view of the rotatable lower bearing part in the same viewing direction as the section of FIG. 6,
• 8 is a view of the bearing part from FIG. 7 in viewing direction VIII,
• 9 is an enlarged side view of the upper bearing bracket of a modified embodiment;
• 10 is a plan view of the bearing bracket from FIG. 9 in viewing direction X,
• 11, 12 is a view and a section through the lower edge of the door.

Fig. 1 shows schematically a shower partition with two doors 2, which are designed as rotating wings and can be pivoted about pivot axes 6 via a shower tray 4. On the edge of the shower tray 4, a bracket 8 of a lower bearing is attached. At the top of a room wall 10, a bearing bracket 12 is mounted, which defines the upper pivot bearing for the door 2. On the room wall 10 is a profile rail 14 extending from the edge of the shower tray 4 up to the bearing bracket 12, which contains a sealing profile 16 made of an elastic plastic or rubber. The door 2 lies with its longitudinal edge 18 facing the room wall 10 against the sealing profile in the closed position of the door shown.

On the free, other vertical longitudinal edge 20 shown here on the left, a profile strip 22 is fastened with end caps 23, which contains a magnetic seal and also a grip strip. The shower partition contains two mirror-image matching doors 2. Each door 2 is pivoted to open the entry, which is located above the corner 24 of the shower tray 4, with respect to the axis of rotation 6 in such a way that the free vertical longitudinal edge 20 is pivoted forward out of the plane of the drawing becomes. The distance between the axis of rotation 6 and the longitudinal edge 18 is essentially one third of the total width. After opening the door 2, about two thirds of the total width is available in the direction of view shown. When designed as a corner entry with two right-angled doors or swing wings, the free opening width is essentially a square root of 2 times two thirds the width of the swing wing.

The door 2 has a recess 26 directed towards the rear and running in the region of the edge, to which a frame 28 is assigned. The frame 28 consists of a bent tube, the ends 30, 31 of which abut one another. This tubular frame 28 does not form a frame enclosing the edges of a transparent plate or sliding, as was previously customary. Rather, this tubular frame 28 is arranged in the region of the recess 26 or the front surface of the door at a distance from it, as will be explained in more detail below. The frame 28 serves in the region of the free, vertical longitudinal edge 28 as a handle for a user, the distance of the frame 28 from the door 2 or the depth of the recess 26 being predetermined in such a way that the fingers of a user can easily grip the frame 28 can encompass at least in the region of the longitudinal edge 20. According to the invention, the depth of the depression 26 is smaller, in particular in the area of the lower edges and upper edges, than in the area of the vertical longitudinal edge 20.

In the embodiment explained so far, the width of the door 2 essentially corresponds to the width of the shower tray 4, the upper bearing bracket 12 being attached directly to the room wall 10. In the context of this invention, the door 2 can also be designed with a smaller width, a fixed wall element being arranged on the room wall. In principle, according to the invention, this wall element has the same structure as the door 2, that is to say a circumferential depression and a tubular frame. The bearing bracket is attached to the fixed wall element in this embodiment.

In the enlarged section according to FIG. 2, the door 2 with the tubular frame 28 manufactured according to the deep-drawing process can be clearly seen. The door together with the tubular frame is essentially a mirror image of the central plane 32. The recess 26 has a depth 34 along the longitudinal edge 20, which is greater than the depth 35 at the upper edge 36 of the door. The depth 34 is predetermined in such a way that a user can grip the tubular frame 28 with his fingers and does not get caught in the recess 26. The door 2 has a rear-facing edge 38 on the back, which on the one hand provides good stability and on the other hand also provides a good seal in a simple manner, in particular between the lower edge and the shower tray. In the area of the free vertical longitudinal edge 20, the profile strip 22 is also attached to the edge 38 according to the invention. The profile strip 22 is fastened to the door 2 by means of end caps (not shown further here) at the upper and lower ends of the door. The profile strip 22 has a handle strip 40 in the region of the rear of the door 2, with which a user standing in the shower tray can open and close the door. The profile strip 22 pushed over the edge 38 forms a good closure of the edge 38, so that crushing or injury to a user can be reliably excluded. The profile strip 22 also contains a magnetic strip 42 in an undercut longitudinal groove, which has a corresponding polar based further magnetic stripe, the second door, not shown here, cooperates and forms a magnetic closure. This further door, already mentioned above, is arranged symmetrically to the plane of symmetry 44 in a corresponding manner as the door 2. The plane of symmetry 44 essentially runs through the diagonal of the shower tray. The door 2 has a recess 46 in the upper edge 36, which also applies to the lower edge, through which a bearing part connected to the door and not shown here extends, which is mounted in the upper bearing bracket. As can be seen, the door 2 and the profile frame 28 are wave-shaped, a wave trough being present in the region of the central plane 32. This corrugated design ensures high torsional rigidity with minimal use of materials and low weight.

Fig. 3 shows enlarged the profile bar 22 with the handle bar 40 and the undercut 48 for the magnetic strip, not shown here. The edge of the door is inserted into the gap 50 during manufacture. The connection to the door can be made by the end caps already explained or by gluing or screwing.

4 and 5 show the tubular frame 28 in a view and in a plan view. The wave-like design of the tubular frame according to the invention can be clearly seen from FIG. 5, the vertical center plane 32 running through a wave trough.

Fig. 6 shows an enlarged section through the lower bearing with the bearing block 8, which is attached directly to the edge of the shower tray 4 by means of a screw. The bearing block 8 has at least one inclined surface 52 on which the rotatable bearing part 54 rests with a conical inner surface 56. The rotatable bearing part 54 overlaps the fixed bearing block 8 with a cylindrical recess 58. The lower end of the bearing part 54 is through the recess mung 47 performed in the edge 38 of door 2 down. Both the bearing part 54 and the frame 28 are connected to the door 2 by means of a fastening element 60, which is designed here as a screw. A spacer 62 is located in the recess 26 between the circumferential tubular frame 28 and the door 2. In a corresponding manner, a bearing part for the upper bearing is arranged on the upper edge of the door. Furthermore, the tubular frame is also connected to the door 2 in a corresponding manner by means of fastening elements or screws at other points in the depression. However, the fasteners or scrapes are arranged everywhere in such a way that they are screwed into the tubular frame 28 from the rear and the tubular frame is otherwise completely free from the front. Because of the edge 38 drawn towards the rear, a gap 64 with a height 66 and a depth 68 is present towards the shower tray 4. Due to the comparatively large depth 68, a reliable seal is surprisingly guaranteed even in this gap without additional sealing measures. In addition, the height 66 can be set relatively small, so that splash water cannot get from the interior or the back to the front. Due to the described inclined surface 52 of the bearing block 8, when the door 2 is swung open, it is raised in the vertical direction, so that the lower edge on the shower tray is reliably prevented from being rubbed.

7 and 8 show the bearing part 54. In order to save material, the bearing part is not solid, but instead has a rib 70 in the middle and a relatively wide support 72 for the door.

9 and 10 show, in a view or in a top view, the upper bearing bracket 12 together with the profiled rail 14 and the sealing profile 16. The bearing bracket 12 and the profiled rail 14 are screwed directly onto the wall of the room by means of screws, not shown here. To align the bearing bracket, it has two elongated holes 74 on. For the rotatable bearing part, an elongated hole 75 is provided at the free end of the bearing bracket, so that an adjustment of the bearing pin together with the door in the direction of arrow 76 is possible. Due to the elongated holes 74 provided for fastening to the room wall, an alignment perpendicular to the arrow 76 can take place. In the closed state, the door lies with the vertical longitudinal edge against the sealing profile 16, a reliable sealing being ensured by the relatively large contact surfaces.

Figure 11 shows the lower edge of the door 2 shown on the left in Figure 1, from a standpoint within the shower tray. The frame 28 can be seen through the transparent door 2. The handle 40 on the vertical longitudinal edge of the door 2 and the bearing block 8 can be seen. At the lower edge, the door 2 has a collecting channel 77 for water, which is an integral part of the door 2 and was produced by bending the lower edge of the door. The collecting trough 77 extends from the handle 40 or the vertical longitudinal edge at least to the bearing block 8. The upper edge 78 and expediently the entire collecting trough 77 are inclined from the handle 40 towards the bearing block 8 with a slight slope. If the door is pivoted about the bracket 8 to release the entry, the part between the bracket and the handle strip reaches the outside in front of the shower tray. Water located at the rear of the door can run down, is collected in the collecting channel 77 and flows into the shower tray. Escaping water from the shower tray area is avoided even when the door is open.

FIG. 12 shows a section along section line XII according to FIG. 11, the handle bar and the frame not being shown for the sake of simplicity. The collecting channel 77 located on the lower edge of the door 2 can be seen, the edge 78 of which rises to the free vertical longitudinal edge 20 of the door from the sectional plane or the bearing block.

Reference symbol list

• 2 door
• 4 shower tray
• 6 axis of rotation
• 8 bearing block
• 10 room wall
• 12 storage console
• 14 profile rail
• 16 sealing profile
• 18, 20 vertical longitudinal edge
• 22 profile bar
• 23 end cap
• 24 corner
• 26 deepening
• 28 frames
• 30, 31 end
• 32 middle level
• 34, 35 depth of 26
• 36 upper edge
• 38 margin
• 40 handle
• 42 magnetic strips
• 44 plane of symmetry
• 46, 47 recess
• 48 undercut
• 50 gap of 22
• 52 sloping surface
• 54 bearing part
• 56 conical surface
• 58 recess
• 60 fastener
• 62 spacer
• 64 gap
• 66 height of 64
• 68 depth of 64
• 70 rib
• 72 outsourcing
• 74, 75 slot
• 76 arrow
• 77 water collecting channel
• 78 top edge

Claims (11)

1. shower partition with a door which is designed in particular as a hinge hinged to a wall by means of hinges with an essentially vertical axis of rotation and which serves to open or close an entry opening,
characterized,
that the door (2), which is manufactured in particular in the deep-drawing process, has a circumferential recess (26) on the front in the region of the outer edges,
and that a frame (28), which in particular consists of a tube, is assigned to the recess (26) and is at a distance from the front of the door (2). 2. Shower partition according to claim 1, characterized in that the door (2) has a rearward edge (38) which is integrally formed with the door (2) and at the same time is manufactured during deep drawing or other manufacturing processes and / or that Frame (289 is spaced apart from the door (2) by means of spacers (62) in the recess (26). 3. Shower partition, in particular according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the door designed as a rotating wing (2) by means of an upper bearing bracket (12) which defines the axis of rotation (6) is rotatably mounted and / or that the lower bearing of the Rotating wing has a bearing block (8) which can be fastened directly on the tub and which preferably has an inclined surface (52) for the purpose of vertically lifting the door (2) when it is swung open. 4. Shower partition according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a with the door (2) rotatable bearing part (54) is provided which is connected by means of fastening elements (60) to the frame (28) and / or that Bearing part (54) on the back and the frame (28) on the front of the door (2) is arranged. 5. Shower partition according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the recess (26) in the region of the free vertical longitudinal edge (20) has a greater depth than at least at the upper and / or lower edges, the frame (28) is designed as a handle in the region of the free longitudinal edge (20) and / or that the bearing bracket (12) is arranged above the upper edge (36) of the door (2) and / or that the axis of rotation (6) is spaced between 20 and 40 %, expediently of essentially 30%, of the total width of the door (2) to the wall-side vertical longitudinal edge (18). 6. Shower partition, in particular according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the door (2) and / or the frame (28) are wave-shaped, the troughs and elevations preferably extending substantially in the vertical direction and / or that the door (2) is designed to match the undulating edge of the shower tray (4). 7. Shower partition according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the frame (28) is made in one piece from a tube, which preferably has a circular cross section, the ends (30, 31) of the tube being assigned to one another. 8. Shower partition according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that two doors (2) with respect to a plane of symmetry (44) are arranged substantially at right angles to each other and / or by means of the bearing brackets on the room wall (10) or at right angles partition walls arranged to each other are arranged. 9. Shower partition according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the door (2) in the upper and lower edges (38) has a recess (46, 47) for the rotatable bearing part (54) which extends through this recess (46) to the bearing bracket (12) or to the bearing block (8) and / or that between the lower edge or the lower edge (38) of the door (2) and the shower tray (4) there is a gap (64), the depth (68) of which is considerably greater than the height (66). 10. Shower partition, in particular according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that a profile strip (22) is arranged in the region of the free longitudinal edge (20), which has a handle strip (40) on the back of the door and / or which one Has an undercut (48) for receiving a sealing and / or magnetic strip (42) and / or that the profile strip (22) has a gap (50) in which the door (2) preferably with the rear-facing edge (38) is inserted. 11. Shower partition according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that a water collecting channel (77) is arranged at the lower edge of the door (2), which is integrally formed with the door (2) and which of the free, vertical Longitudinal edges (20) of the door (2) extending at least up to the bearing block (8) and in particular arranged inclined downwards.

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