Reversible shower partition

Abstract

The invention relates to a reversible shower enclosure equipped with a pivot profile (11) attached to a side edge of a door leaf (2), in particular a glass door (2) of the shower enclosure. The pivot profile (1) is equipped with a first hinge insert (3) and a second hinge insert (3') suitable for insertion into an associated bearing element (4, 5) to form an upper and lower hinge (7) and to pivot the pivot profile (1) together with the door leaf (2) to a glass wall. The lower hinge (7) is suitable for raising and lowering the pivot profile (1) together with a lifting device in the lower hinge (7) during pivoting.The object of the present invention is to provide a reversible shower enclosure with a pivot profile that can be installed with a left-hand or right-hand hinge, as required, and with a lifting function, such that the surfaces of the installed door leaf are on the same side of the door leaf in both left-hand and right-hand hinge configurations. This object is achieved by designing both hinge inserts (3, 3') identically, by providing a separate lifting bushing (34) for the lifting device, and by inserting the lifting bushing (34) into the lower bearing element (5) and the lower hinge insert (3') into the lifting bushing (34) in the assembled state. The lower bearing element has a lifting part (22) which, together with the lifting bushing (34), forms the lifting device.

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a reversible shower enclosure with the following features: the shower enclosure is equipped with a pivot profile which is attached to a side edge of a door leaf, in particular a glass door, of the shower enclosure, The pivot profile is equipped with a first hinge insert located at one end of the pivot profile and with a second hinge insert located at the other end of the pivot profile. The hinge inserts are suitable for being connected to each other by means of a device, for being inserted into an associated bearing element to form an upper and lower hinge, and for pivoting the pivot profile together with the door leaf, either on a fixed wall, in particular a glass wall, a mounting rail or a house wall or similar, The lower hinge is suitable for raising and lowering the pivot profile together with a lifting element in the lower hinge when pivoting, and the upper bearing element and the upper hinge insert inserted therein are designed in such a way that a lifting movement of the upper hinge insert in the upper bearing element is possible.

[0002] For various types of doors, it is desirable for them to be lowered when closed but raised when opened. This applies, for example, to shower and shower enclosure doors. The lowered position ensures that the bottom horizontal edge of the door comes as close as possible to the top edge of a shower tray or similar surface, thus sealing the shower or enclosure and preventing water from escaping. The same applies if there is no shower tray or similar surface, but the shower door is intended to create a seal against a tiled floor.

[0003] For this purpose, the lower horizontal edge of such a door or shower door is often fitted with an elastic seal. This applies particularly to all-glass doors and thus to glass doors that have no frame.

[0004] To prevent the seal from rubbing against the shower tray or floor when opening, lifting hinges are often used, which lift the shower door when it is swung shut.

[0005] Such a lifting hinge is described, for example, in German utility model DE 295 07 197 U1. The lifting hinge known from this patent has a hinge bushing and a hinge head, each with a radially circumferential sliding surface on its end faces. When the hinge bushing is rotated relative to the hinge head, the shower door equipped with it is raised or lowered.

[0006] From DE 39 05 351 A1, a hinged door, in particular of a shower enclosure, is known, the door leaf of which can be locked in the closed position by a locking device, wherein the locking position is adjustable by a limited angle. This locking device is arranged in a pivot bearing.

[0007] Another lifting hinge for shower doors is described in EP 3 489 444 A1. This well-known lifting hinge is not only capable of lifting a shower door. Rather, this publication also explains how to set the zero position, i.e., the position in which the shower door is closed and not lifted.

[0008] Nowadays, it is increasingly common to use door leaves or shower doors that have a coating and / or an etched surface on one side. These door leaves are manufactured in the factory and, wherever possible, fitted with a standard lift-and-turn hinge. This necessitates the provision of two different door leaf designs: one for left-hand opening and the other for right-hand opening.

[0009] The object of the present invention is to provide a reversible shower enclosure with a pivot profile that is factory-connected to the door leaf, fitted with a hinge insert at both ends, and delivered to the installation site in this form. This shower enclosure should be able to be installed at the installation site with either a left-hand or right-hand hinge, as required, and should include a lifting function, such that the surfaces of the installed door leaf are on the same side of the door leaf in both left-hand and right-hand configurations.

[0010] This problem is solved by the doctrine of independent claims.

[0011] Both hinge inserts are designed identically according to the invention.

[0012] The lifting device of the rotary profile according to the invention comprises a lifting bushing which is not a permanently installed component of the lower bearing element, but rather a separate element.

[0013] This lifting bushing is designed to be inserted into the lower bearing element, or is already inserted into the lower bearing element when the rotary profile is assembled. The lifting bushing can also be removed from the lower bearing element if desired.

[0014] The lower bearing element has a lifting part which, together with the lifting bushing, forms the lifting device.

[0015] The lower hinge insert of the swivel profile, in turn, is able to be inserted into the lifting bushing or is inserted into the lifting bushing in the assembled state.

[0016] Depending on where it is installed (top or bottom, in the assembled state), the first hinge insert can function as part of either the upper or lower hinge. The same applies to the second hinge insert.

[0017] The lower hinge thus has three elements: the lower bearing element with lifting part, the lifting bushing inserted into the bearing element, and the lower hinge insert inserted into the lifting bushing.

[0018] The lower hinge therefore performs two functions. On the one hand, it allows the door profile to be rotated or pivoted. On the other hand, when the door profile and thus the attached door leaf pivot, it causes the door leaf to be raised or lowered.

[0019] Both hinge inserts are also suitable for being inserted into the upper bearing element to form the upper hinge.

[0020] The upper hinge thus comprises two elements: a hinge insert and an upper bearing element that interacts with it. This upper hinge, on the one hand, enables the door profile to rotate.

[0021] On the other hand, the hinge insert and the upper bearing element must be designed in such a way that, in the assembled state, they allow the lifting bushing to raise and lower the hinge insert and thus the door profile in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the door profile, because the door profile is raised and lowered by the lifting bushing when the lower hinge is turned or when the door profile is pivoted.

[0022] According to a preferred embodiment, the lower hinge insert can be inserted into the lifting bushing in a rotationally secure manner or is inserted in a rotationally secure manner in the assembled state.

[0023] When the door leaf is swung, no twisting occurs between the lower hinge insert and the lifting bushing. Instead, this twisting takes place between the lower support element and the lifting bushing.

[0024] Preferably, the bearing elements have a cup-shaped receiving element with a cylindrical side wall. The side wall defines the interior of the cup-shaped receiving element on the outside.

[0025] According to a further preferred embodiment, both bearing elements have an identically designed and dimensioned base body which includes the cup-shaped receiving element.

[0026] If the pivot profile is to be used for a left-hand hinge of a door element, a screw-on washer, forming a separate part, can be inserted into this mounting element. In this case, the bearing element represents an upper bearing element.

[0027] Alternatively, a hollow cylindrical lifting element, also a separate part and described below, can be inserted into this receiving element. In this case, the bearing element represents a lower bearing element.

[0028] If these bearing elements are to be used for a right-hand stop, only the stop screw and the lifting part need to be replaced.

[0029] Preferably, the lifting bushing has a hollow cylindrical lifting element with a free edge that forms a corrugated track. The lifting element of the lower bearing element preferably represents a hollow cylindrical ring, the upper edge of which forms a sliding track that rests on the corrugated track of the lifting element, thereby enabling the door profile to be raised and lowered.

[0030] The hollow cylindrical ring is in particular a separate part that is simply inserted into the pot-shaped receiving element.

[0031] For the sake of simplicity, the invention is explained in more detail below with reference to a glass door, in particular for a shower enclosure, which is representative of all door leaves, and with reference to the accompanying figures, which illustrate the rotating profile according to the invention by way of example and not to scale. These figures show: Fig. 1 a reversible shower partition according to the invention in perspective view with a pivot profile connected to a side edge of a glass door and equipped with a hinge insert at both its ends, as well as an upper and a lower bearing bushing, a fastening profile and a fastening rail in perspective exploded view, Fig. 2 a perspective view of a shower enclosure with a pivot profile and a glass door attached to it, which is mounted on a side edge of a shower tray as a left-hand stop, Fig. 3 one of the Fig. 2 corresponding view, however, the shower enclosure is designed as a right-hand hinge, Fig. 4 a perspective exploded view of the in the Fig. 1 upper bearing bushing shown, Fig. 5 a perspective exploded view of the in the Fig. 1 lower bearing bushing shown, Fig. 6. A perspective exploded view of the rotary profile with the associated door leaf according to the Fig. 1, Fig. 7 a perspective view of a lower hinge insert, Fig. 8 a perspective view of a lifting bushing and Fig. 9 who are in the Fig. 8 Lifting bushing shown in perspective view from an oblique angle above.

[0032] The one in Fig. 1 The reversible shower enclosure shown in perspective view has a pivot profile 1 with a connecting device in the form of a hollow cylindrical profile 11, which is open at its two free ends 13 and has a receiving groove 9 extending in the longitudinal direction of the pivot profile 1, into which a vertical (referring to the installed state) side edge 8 of the glass door 2 is firmly inserted and thus connected to the pivot profile 1.

[0033] The pivot profile 1 is equipped at its two free ends 13 with a hinge insert 3, 3', namely an upper hinge insert 3 and a lower hinge insert 3', see also Fig. 6.

[0034] Both hinge inserts 3, 3' have a base plate 10 which has a ring-shaped, partially circumferential strip 12 on the side pointing in the axial direction to the profile 11, which is dimensioned such that it can be inserted into and projects into the profile 11, while the base plate 10 rests on the axial edge of the profile 11.

[0035] On the side of base plate 10 opposite strip 12 (see also Fig. 6) a hollow cylindrical element 14 is formed.

[0036] A lower bearing element 5 and an upper bearing element 4 serve to connect the rotating profile 1 to a fastening profile 16. Both bearing elements 4, 5 are provided with a cup-shaped receiving element 18, which has a cylindrical circumferential side wall 20.

[0037] The upper hinge insert 3 serves to be inserted into the top-shaped receiving element 18 of the upper bearing element 4 and causes the rotary profile 1 to be rotatably mounted in the upper bearing element 4.

[0038] A lifting bushing 34 with its hollow cylindrical lifting element 40 is inserted into the cup-shaped receiving element 18 of the lower bearing element 5. The lower hinge insert 3' is inserted into an annular channel 35 of the lifting bushing 34. This will be discussed in more detail below.

[0039] The two bearing elements 4, 5 are arranged as mirror images with respect to a mirror plane that runs perpendicular and transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rotary profile 1 of the mounting profile 16 and can be placed on the two free ends of the mounting profile 16 and fastened to it by a screw 30.

[0040] The mounting profile 16 can be slid onto a mounting rail 15 and thus connected to a wall or similar surface. The corresponding designs of the mounting profile 16 and mounting rail 15 are standard and require no further explanation. Other types of fastening can also be used.

[0041] The pivot profile 1 is pre-connected to the door leaf 2 at the factory and delivered to the installation site.

[0042] The rotary profile 1 is then connected, for example, to the bearing element 4 and the bearing element 5, using the bearing element 4 and the bearing element 5. Fig. The mounting profile shown in 16 is pivotally connected.

[0043] For this purpose, the rotary profile 1 with the upper hinge insert 3 is inserted into the upper bearing element 4.

[0044] In Fig. The bearing element 4, which is the upper bearing element, is shown in a perspective exploded view. The upper hinge insert 3 is pushed into the cup-shaped receiving element 18 from below when inserted into the bearing element 4.

[0045] Unless otherwise stated, the terms "from below", "from above", "horizontal" and "horizontal" in these documents refer to the installed or assembled state.

[0046] Fig. Figure 5 shows the bearing element 5, which is the lower bearing element, in a perspective exploded view. The lifting bushing 34 is inserted into its cup-shaped receiving element 18 as described above, and the lower hinge insert 3' is then inserted into the lifting bushing from above.

[0047] The in the Fig. 8 and Fig. The lifting bushing 34 shown in perspective view has a cup-shaped receiving element 38 and a central hollow cylindrical middle section 36 with a cover 46 having a central bore 37. Between the circumferential radial outer surface of the hollow cylindrical middle section 36 and the opposite circumferential inner surface of the outer wall of the cylindrical cup-shaped receiving element 38 is the annular channel 35, the bottom of which forms the bottom of the cup-shaped receiving element 38.

[0048] On the side of the lifting bushing 34 opposite the ring channel 35 is the hollow cylindrical lifting part 40, whose free lower edge 44 forms a wave track 45.

[0049] A lifting element in the form of a hollow cylindrical ring 22 is inserted into the pot-shaped receiving element 18 of the lower bearing element 5, the upper edge 23 of which forms a wave-shaped sliding track 25.

[0050] The lifting element 40 of the lifting bushing 34 is congruent in shape and size with the ring 22 of the lower bearing element 5, such that after insertion into the cup-shaped receiving element 18, its wave path 45 rests on the sliding path 25 of the hollow cylindrical ring 22.

[0051] The wave track 45 and the slide track 25 can also be described as sliding surfaces that rest on each other and slide against each other when the glass door 2 pivots with respect to the pivot profile 1, raising or lowering the glass door 2.

[0052] A clamping ring 26 is inserted into the hollow cylindrical ring 22. The clamping ring 26 has a radially extending threaded bore 27, while the hollow cylindrical ring 22 has a radially extending through bore 28. The bore 28 is a horizontally extending elongated hole. The cup-shaped receiving element 18 also has a through bore in its side wall. In the context of this application, the term "radially extending" means "perpendicular to the longitudinal axis".

[0053] Once the hollow cylindrical ring 22 and the clamping ring 26 are inserted into the mounting element 18, the aforementioned bores 27 and 28 can be aligned. A countersunk screw 29 is inserted into the bore of the mounting element 18 from the outside. This screw extends through the bore 28 in the ring 22 and can be screwed into the threaded bore 27. Because the bore 28 in the ring 22 is a type of elongated hole, the ring 22 can be rotated a certain amount and fixed in the desired position using the countersunk screw 29. This also determines the raised or lowered position of the glass door 2.

[0054] The base of the annular channel 35 is equipped with an approximately trapezoidal projection in the area of ​​two opposing ribs 39, offset by 180°, which are formed radially inwards on the outer surface of the inner wall of the cylindrical, cup-shaped receiving element 38 and extend in the axial direction. These ribs 39 serve to center the hollow cylindrical element 14 of the hinge insert 3'.

[0055] The hollow cylindrical element 14 of the hinge inserts 3, 3' has recesses so that the slide track 24 (see also Fig. 6) is formed. These recesses are approximately congruent in shape and size with the protrusions. The positive interlocking of the sliding track 24 of the hollow cylindrical element 14 with the base contour of the lifting bushing 34 ensures rotational stability between the hinge insert 3' and the lifting bushing 34.

[0056] The strip 12 of the hinge inserts 3, 3' has an axially extending groove 41, which ensures rotational stability relative to the pivot profile 1 or the hollow cylindrical profile 11. The groove 41 centers the hinge inserts 3, 3' by supporting them against the rod-shaped element 32 described in more detail below, since the strip 12 projects into the hollow cylindrical profile 11.

[0057] By using the lifting bushing 34, the distance between the lower edge of the glass door 2 in the installed state and the floor or shower tray 6 is increased, so that it is possible to place a U-shaped profile 42 with a sealing lip 43 made of, for example, an elastic material (compare Fig. 1 and Fig. 6) to be installed after it has been determined whether the glass door 2 will be installed as a left-hand hinge or as a right-hand hinge.

[0058] The lower bearing element 5 is screwed to the lower end of the mounting profile 16 by means of a sheet metal screw 30. The upper bearing element 4 is also screwed to the upper end of the mounting profile 16 by means of a sheet metal screw 30. A screw washer 33 is inserted into the cup-shaped receiving element 18 of the upper bearing element 4 so that the countersunk screw 29 can be screwed in. The axial height of the screw washer 33 corresponds to the axial height of the clamping ring 26 in the lower bearing element 5. The hollow cylindrical element 14 of the upper hinge insert 3 does not contact the screw washer 33, even when it is fully immersed in the upper bearing element 4, e.g., when the door leaf 2 is lifted.

[0059] A sheet metal screw can be screwed into the central hole in the bearing element 4 to mount a bracing bracket (not shown).

[0060] The profile 11 of the rotary profile 1 has a rod-shaped element 32, which is arranged centrally in the profile 11 and extends longitudinally from one free end 13 to the other free end 13 of the profile 11. This element 32 is laterally connected to the inner wall of the hollow cylindrical profile 11 by means of a strip.

[0061] Both the lower hinge insert 3' and the upper hinge insert 3 have a central bore. To connect these two hinge inserts 3, 3' to the profile 11, they are inserted into the corresponding free end 13 of the profile 11. They are connected to the profile 11 by means of a sheet metal screw 31, which is inserted from the outside through this central bore and screwed into the end of the rod-shaped element 32. This rod-shaped element 32 forms the longitudinal and rotational axis of the profile 11 and thus of the rotating profile 1.

[0062] The sheet metal screw 31 extends through the central bore 37 in the lifting bushing 34 and through the lower hinge insert 3' into the rod-shaped element 32.

[0063] Fig. Figure 2 shows the shower enclosure delivered to the installation site, including the pivot profile 1 and the glass door 2. The pivot profile 1, in combination with the glass door 2, is mounted on the side edge of a shower tray 6. The configuration shown represents a left-hand opening. The glass door 2 can, for example, be pivoted inwards so that it projects into the area enclosed by the shower tray 6. The glass door 2 can also be pivoted outwards, providing access to the shower tray 6 from the outside.

[0064] If this shower enclosure with the pivot profile 1 and the glass door 2 is to be mounted on the side edge of a shower tray 6, resulting in a right-hand stop, then this leads to the result shown in the Fig. 3 constellations shown.

[0065] To ensure that the same surface of the glass door 2 faces outwards in both configurations, and thus away from the shower tray 6, it is only necessary to adjust the position shown in the Fig. 2 Shower enclosure shown with the pivot profile 1 and the associated glass door 2 to the in the Fig. 2. To rotate the axis 21 shown by 180°, so that the one in the Fig. The constellation shown in section 3 results.

[0066] Such a shower enclosure is referred to as a reversible shower enclosure in the present documents.

[0067] For example, is the surface of glass door 2 in the Fig. If the shower tray shown in configuration 2 is coated with a material that improves water runoff, then this is also the case with the shower tray shown in the diagram. Fig. This is the case in the constellation shown in Figure 3. The coated surface also faces the shower tray 6.

[0068] If the rotating profile 1 is delivered to an installation site or construction site together with the factory-attached glass door 2, then it is only necessary to rotate it around the axis 21 to ensure that in both configurations the same coated surface faces the shower room above the shower tray 6.

[0069] The hollow cylindrical profile 11, the mounting profile 16, and the mounting rail 15 are preferably conventional aluminum profiles. The bearing elements 4, 5 are preferably made of die-cast zinc, particularly injection-molded. The screws mentioned are preferably made of stainless steel. The hinge inserts 3, 3' and the lifting bushing 34, as well as the other mentioned elements, are preferably made of plastic, particularly injection-molded. Reference symbol list 1 rotary profile 2 door leaves, glass door 3 first hinge insert 3' second hinge insert 4 upper bearing element 5 lower bearing element 6 shower tray 7 hinge 8 side margin 9 recordings 10 Base plate 11 hollow cylindrical profile 12 strips 13 free ending 14 hollow cylindrical element 15 Mounting rail 16 Mounting profile 17 free edge of the hollow cylindrical element 14 18 pot-shaped receiving element 19 Edge of profile 11 20 Side wall of the receiving element 18 21 axle 22 lifting part / hollow cylindrical ring 23 upper edge 24 Wave path of the hollow cylindrical element 14 25 Slide path of the hollow cylindrical ring 22 26 clamping ring 27 Threaded hole 28 Bore of the ring 22 29 Countersunk screw 30 sheet metal screws 31 sheet metal screw 32 rod-shaped element 33 Screw-on washer 34 Lifting bushing 35 Ring channel 36 hollow cylindrical middle section 37 bore 38 cup-shaped receiving element of the lifting bushing 34 39th rib 40 hollow cylindrical lifting part 41 Nut 42 U-shaped profile 43 Sealing lip 44 free margin 45 wave track 46 lids QUOTES INCLUDED IN THE DESCRIPTION

[0000] This list of documents cited by the applicant was automatically generated and is included solely for the reader's convenience. The list is not part of the German patent or utility model application. The DPMA accepts no liability for any errors or omissions. Cited patent literature

[0000] DE 295 07 197 U1

[0005] DE 39 05 351 A1

[0006] EP 3 489 444 A1

[0007]

Claims

Reversible shower enclosure with the following features: the shower enclosure is equipped with a pivot profile (11) which is attached to a side edge of a door leaf (2), in particular a glass door (2) of the shower enclosure; the pivot profile (1) is equipped with a first hinge insert (3) which is arranged at one end of the pivot profile (1) and with a second hinge insert (3') which is arranged at the other end of the pivot profile (1); the hinge inserts (3, 3') are suitable for being connected to each other by means of a device (11), for being inserted into an associated bearing element (4, 5) to form an upper and lower hinge (7), and for pivoting the pivot profile (1) together with the door leaf (2) either to a fixed wall, in particular a glass wall, or a house wall, a mounting rail (16) or the like; the lower hinge (7) is suitable forthe pivot profile (1) together with a lifting device in the lower hinge (7) is raised and lowered during pivoting, and the upper bearing element (4) and the upper hinge insert (3 or 3') inserted therein are designed such that a lifting movement of the upper hinge insert (3, 3') in the upper bearing element (4) is possible, characterized in that both hinge inserts (3, 3') are identical, the lifting device comprises a separate lifting bushing (34) and – with reference to the assembled state – the lifting bushing (34) is inserted into the lower bearing element (5) and the lower hinge insert (3') into the lifting bushing (34), and the lower bearing element has a lifting part (22) which together with the lifting bushing (34) forms the lifting device. Shower enclosure according to claim 1, characterized in that the lower hinge insert (3') can be inserted into the lifting bushing (34) in a twist-proof manner. Shower enclosure according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the bearing elements (4, 5) have a pot-shaped receiving element (18) with a cylindrical outer wall. Shower enclosure according to claim 3, characterized in that both bearing elements (4, 5) have an identically designed and dimensioned base body which has the cup-shaped receiving element (18). Shower enclosure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lifting bushing (34) has a hollow cylindrical lifting part (40) which has a free edge (44) which forms a wave track (45). Shower enclosure according to claim 5, characterized in that the lifting part (22) of the lower bearing element (5) is a hollow cylindrical ring (22) whose upper edge (23) forms a sliding track (25) on which the wave track (45) rests and together enables the door profile (1) to be raised and lowered. Shower enclosure according to claim 6, characterized in that the hollow cylindrical ring (22) is a separate part which is inserted into the cup-shaped receiving element (18) of the lower bearing element (5). Shower enclosure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one side surface of the door leaf (2) is designed differently than the other side surface of the door leaf (2). Shower enclosure according to claim 8, characterized in that a side surface of the door leaf (2) is coated at least in some areas.

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