CHOICE LIST

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a gravel catching strip according to the preamble of claim 1.

[0002] Such gravel stop strips, known from DE 298 09 975 U1, serve, for example, as boundary strips on terraces or balconies of buildings to prevent the gravel from slipping. Typically, one leg of such a gravel stop strip rests on the subsurface of the terrace or balcony and is covered by the gravel bed.

[0003] Depending on the length of the terrace or balcony, it may be necessary to arrange several such gravel stop strip elements next to each other. To secure such adjacent strip elements together, it is known from the prior art, for example, to use bends on the end of a wall leg of the respective strip element facing away from the floor leg to insert these bends into each other, so that adjacent strip elements are arranged with a slight overlap.

[0004] In order to achieve a good fit, the end areas of the respective strip elements must be designed differently in order to allow them to be pushed together while maintaining the floor legs at the same height, which entails additional manufacturing effort.

[0005] The object of the present invention is to provide a gravel stop strip which can be manufactured in an extremely simple manner and which allows several strip elements to be arranged next to one another with little assembly effort.

[0006] This object is achieved by a gravel trap strip having the features of claim 1.

[0007] The gravel stop strip according to the invention comprises at least two strip elements arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction, each with a base leg resting on a ground when installed, and a wall leg adjoining the base leg. The wall leg has a bend toward the base leg at its end facing away from the base leg.

[0008] To connect two adjacent strip elements, a spring plate is arranged which only partially overlaps them and which, pressing against the wall legs of the strip elements, is clamped between the floor legs and the bends.

[0009] The spring plate has at least one wall leg with two leg sections aligned at an obtuse angle and a clamping section clamped in a receiving groove formed by the bends and an area of the wall legs adjoining these.

[0010] By using such a spring plate that partially overlaps adjacent strip elements, it is possible to connect two such strip elements of a gravel stop strip with each other in an extremely simple manner.

[0011] The pressure of the spring plate against the wall legs of the strip elements and the clamping between the floor legs and the bends makes it easy to adjust the height as well as the adjustment of the strip elements to each other transversely to the longitudinal extent.

[0012] The spring plate can be easily pressed onto the strip elements to be connected.

[0013] The two leg sections, which are aligned at an obtuse angle to each other, enable easy installation of the spring plate by inserting the clamping section into the receiving groove formed by the bends and the adjoining area of the wall legs of the strip elements and then pressing an area of the spring plate close to the floor leg against the wall leg of the strip elements.

[0014] Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.

[0015] To further facilitate the assembly of the spring plate, the spring plate has a base leg adjoining the first of the leg sections, which rests on the base legs of the strip elements when assembled.

[0016] According to a further advantageous embodiment, the clamping section of the spring plate has at least one clamping leg which adjoins the wall leg at an obtuse angle and presses against a second bending section of the bends which is aligned parallel to the wall legs of the strip elements.

[0017] This allows for easy adjustment of the strip elements arranged next to each other.

[0018] According to an alternative advantageous embodiment, the clamping section of the spring plate has two clamping legs aligned at an acute angle to one another, wherein a first clamping leg connects to the wall leg at an obtuse angle and a second clamping leg presses against a second bending section of the bends aligned parallel to the wall legs of the strip elements, which further facilitates the adjustment of the strip elements arranged next to one another.

[0019] In order to enable sufficient force to be exerted by the spring plate on the adjacent strip elements while simultaneously ensuring simple assembly, the leg sections of the wall leg of the spring plate are preferably aligned at an angle of 150° to 170° to each other.

[0020] An advantageous embodiment of a gravel stop strip according to the invention is explained below with reference to the accompanying figures. They show: Fig. 1a side view of a gravel stop strip with two strip elements and a spring plate connecting them, Fig. 2a sectional view through the Fig. 1 shown gravel stop strip along a Fig. 1 section plane marked AA and Fig. 3 one of the Fig. 2 corresponding view of the spring plate before mounting on the gravel stop strip.

[0021] In the following description of the figures, terms such as top, bottom, left, right, front, rear, etc., refer exclusively to the exemplary representation and position of the gravel stop strip, strip elements, base legs, spring plates, wall legs, and the like chosen in the respective figures. These terms are not to be understood as limiting; i.e., these references may change due to different working positions or mirror-symmetrical design, etc.

[0022] In Fig. 1Reference numeral 1 denotes a variant of a gravel stop strip. In the variant shown here, the gravel stop strip 1 comprises two strip elements 2, 3 arranged next to one another in a longitudinal direction x.

[0023] As in Fig. 2 As shown, each of the strip elements 2, 3 has a base leg 21, 31 and a wall leg 22, 32 adjoining the base leg 21, 31.

[0024] At the end of the respective wall leg 22, 32 facing away from the floor leg 21, 31, the strip elements 2, 3 have a bend 23, 33 directed towards the floor leg 21, 31.

[0025] In the embodiment shown here, the bottom legs 21, 31 are aligned at right angles to the wall legs 22, 32, so that the gravel stop strip 1 is essentially L-shaped in cross section.

[0026] However, an acute-angled alignment of the floor legs 21, 31 to the wall legs 22, 32 is also conceivable.

[0027] In the assembled state, the floor legs 21, 31 rest on a floor made of concrete, for example, preferably on a waterproofing membrane applied to the floor, and are fastened thereto, for example by gluing.

[0028] In the wall legs 22, 32, openings 27, 37 in the form of elongated holes are preferably provided, which preferably extend from the edge of the wall legs 22, 32 adjoining the base legs 21, 31 in a direction Z toward the bends 23, 33. These openings 27, 37 serve as drainage holes through which rainwater can drain away.

[0029] To connect the Fig. 1 The strip elements 2, 3 of the gravel stop strip 1 shown serve as a Fig. 3 individually shown spring plate 4.

[0030] This spring plate 4 is arranged so that it partially overlaps the adjacent strip elements 2, 3. When mounted to the strip elements 2, 3, the spring plate 4 presses against the wall legs 22, 32 of the strip elements 2, 3 and is clamped between the floor legs 21, 31 and the bends 23, 33.

[0031] As in the Fig. 2 and 3 As shown, the spring plate 4 has a wall leg 42 with two leg sections 43, 44 aligned at an obtuse angle. The leg sections 43, 44 of this wall leg 42 are preferably aligned at an angle α of 150° to 170°, particularly preferably at an angle of 160° to 170°.

[0032] The obtuse angle α is formed on the outer side of the leg sections 43, 44 of the wall leg 42 facing the wall legs 22, 32, so that in the assembled state, an end region of the first leg section 43 adjacent to the floor leg 41 and an end region of a second leg section 44 adjacent to a clamping section 45 rests on the wall legs 22, 32 of the strip elements 2, 3.

[0033] As in the Fig. 2 and 3 As shown, the spring plate 4 further comprises a base leg 41 which, in the assembled state, rests on the base legs 21, 31 of the strip elements 2, 3.

[0034] It is also conceivable for the spring plate 4 to be designed without such a base leg, in which the outer edge of the first of the leg sections 43 is supported on the base legs 21, 31 of the strip elements 2, 3.

[0035] In the unassembled state, the base leg 41 is preferably bent perpendicular to the adjacent leg section 43. It is also conceivable to align the base leg 41 at an obtuse angle to the adjacent leg section 43 in order to further increase the clamping force generated by the latter.

[0036] The clamping section 45 of the spring plate 4 forms together with the second leg section 44 of the wall leg 42 of the spring plate 4 a U that is open in the direction of the base leg 41.

[0037] Preferably, the clamping section 45 has two clamping legs 46, 47 aligned at an acute angle to each other. A first clamping leg 46 adjoins the wall leg 42 at an obtuse angle, and a second clamping leg 47, in the assembled state, presses against a second bent section 25, 35 of the bent sections 23, 33 of the strip elements 2, 3, aligned parallel to the wall legs 22, 32 of the strip elements 2, 3.

[0038] It is also conceivable that the clamping section 45 has only one clamping leg 46, the free end of which presses against the bending sections 25, 35 of the bends 23, 33 of the strip elements 2, 3.

[0039] The spring action of the spring plate 4 is caused by the two leg sections 43, 44.

[0040] As a comparison of the Figures 2 and 3 shows, in the unloaded, non-installed state of the spring plate 4, the first leg section 43 of the wall leg 42 is perpendicular to the base leg 41 of the spring plate 4.

[0041] In contrast, the first leg section 43 of the wall leg 42, when mounted on the strip elements 2, 3, is aligned at an acute angle to the floor leg 41, so that in this state the ends of the first leg section 43 and the second leg section 44 press against the wall legs 22, 32 of the strip elements 2, 3.

[0042] The counterpressure is provided on the one hand by the second clamping leg 47, which in the assembled state rests against the second bent section 25, 35 of the bends 23, 33 of the strip elements 2, 3, and by the frictional contact of the base leg 41 of the spring plate 4 on the base leg 21, 31 of the strip elements 2, 3.

[0043] To mount the spring plate 4 on the adjacent strip elements 2, 3, the clamping section 45 of the spring plate 4 is first inserted into the receiving grooves 26, 36 of the strip elements 2, 3.

[0044] Subsequently, the first leg section 43 of the wall leg 42 of the spring plate 4 is pressed against the wall legs 22, 32 of the strip elements 2, 3.

[0045] After the mounting of the spring plate 4 on the strip elements 2, 3 of the gravel stop strip 1, the strip elements 2, 3 are assembled into a stable gravel stop strip 1 by frictional engagement of the strip elements 2, 3 with the spring plate 4 in the longitudinal direction x and by the clamping action of the spring plate 4 in the z-direction and y-direction, without the strip elements 2, 3 themselves overlapping each other. List of reference symbols

[0046] 1 gravel stop strip 2First strip element 21Floor leg 22Wall leg 23Bend 24First bend section 25Second bend section 26Receiving groove 27Slot 3Second strip element 31Floor leg 32Wall leg 33Bend 34First bend section 35Second bend section 36Receiving groove 37Slot 4 Spring plate 41 Floor leg 42 Wall leg 43 First leg section 44 Second leg section 45 Clamping section 46 First clamping leg 47 Second clamping leg xLongitudinal direction yTransverse direction zHeight αAngle

Claims

1. Gravel stop (1) comprising at least two strip elements (2, 3) arranged next to one another in a longitudinal direction (L) with a respective base leg (21, 31) resting on a floor in the mounted state and a wall leg (22, 32) adjoining the base leg (21, 31), which at its end facing away from the base leg (21, 31) has a bend (23, 33) directed toward the base leg (21, 31), characterized in that, for connecting two adjacent strip elements (2, 3), a spring plate (4) is arranged which only partially overlaps these and which, pressing against the wall legs (22, 32) of the strip elements (2, 3), is clamped between the base legs (21, 31) and the bends (23, 33), wherein the spring plate (4) has at least one wall leg (42) with two leg sections (43, 44) aligned at an obtuse angle and a clamping section (45) clamped in a receiving groove (26, 36), formed by the bends (23, 33) and an adjoining region of the wall legs (22, 32).

2. Gravel stop (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the spring plate (4) has a base leg (41) which adjoins the first of the leg sections (43, 44) and which, when assembled, rests on the base legs (21, 31) of the strip elements (2, 3).

3. Gravel stop (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the base leg (41) is aligned bent in the non-assembled state at right angles or at an obtuse angle to the adjacent leg section (43).

4. Gravel stop (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the clamping section (45) has at least one clamping leg (46) which adjoins the wall leg (42) at an obtuse angle and presses against a second bending section (25, 35) of the bends (23, 33) aligned parallel to the wall legs (22, 32) of the strip elements (2, 3).

5. Gravel stop (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the clamping section (45) has two clamping legs (46, 47) aligned at an acute angle to each other, wherein a first clamping leg (46) adjoins the wall leg (42) at an obtuse angle and a second clamping leg (47) presses against a second bending section (25, 35) of the bends (23, 33) aligned parallel to the wall legs (22, 32) of the strip elements (2, 3).

6. Gravel stop (1) according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the leg sections (43, 44) of the wall leg (42) of the spring plate (4) are aligned at an angle (α) of 150° to 170° to each other.