The invention relates to a
coupling device (1) for connecting two elements (100, 200) to be connected, which two elements (100, 200) each have a groove (101, 201) with at least one
undercut (102a, 102b), in particular a groove (101, 201) with at least one
undercut (102a, 102b) on both sides and thus with at least two undercuts (102a, 102b). The
coupling device (1) comprises a first clamping part (2) and a second clamping part (3). For each of the two clamping parts (2, 3), a longitudinal direction, a first direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, a second direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the first direction, a third direction opposite to the first direction, and a fourth direction opposite to the second direction are defined. The first clamping part (2) has a first
effective surface (5), which first
effective surface (5) is inclined relative to the longitudinal direction of the first clamping part (2). The second clamping part (3) has a first
effective surface (6), which first effective surface (6) is inclined relative to the longitudinal direction of the second clamping part (3). The first clamping part (2) has a first protrusion arrangement (7), that extends in the first direction of the first clamping part (2), for engaging behind a first of the at least one
undercut (102a) of the groove (101) in a first of the two elements (100) to be connected, and the second clamping part (3) has a first protrusion arrangement (8), that extends in the first direction of the second clamping part (3), for engaging behind a first of the at least one undercut of the groove (201) in a second of the two elements (200) to be connected. The
coupling device (1) also comprises a tensioning device (4) for drawing the two clamping parts (2, 3) towards one another substantially along a longitudinal axis of the coupling device (1). When the coupling device (1) is assembled, the two clamping parts (2, 3) are each aligned with their longitudinal direction substantially along the longitudinal axis of the coupling device (1), while the first direction of the first clamping part (2) and the first direction of the second clamping part (3) are substantially parallel to one another, and the second direction of the first clamping part (2) and the second direction of the second clamping part (3) are substantially parallel to one another, and the two clamping parts (2, 3) are arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal axis with their first effective surfaces (5, 6) facing one another and can be drawn or are drawn towards one another along the longitudinal axis by the tensioning device (4). When the two clamping parts (2, 3) are drawn towards one another along the longitudinal axis by the tensioning device (4), the interaction of the first effective surfaces (5, 6) causes the first clamping part (2) and the second clamping part (3) to be pressed relative to one another in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the coupling device (1), so that the first protrusion arrangement (7) arranged on the first clamping part (2) and the first protrusion arrangement (8) arranged on the second clamping part (3) are pressed towards one another. A normal vector perpendicular to the first effective surface (5) of the first clamping part (2) has both a component pointing in the first direction of the first clamping part (2) and a component pointing in the second direction of the first clamping part (2). A normal vector perpendicular to the first effective surface (6) of the second clamping part (3) has both a component pointing in the third direction of the second clamping part (3) and a component pointing in the fourth direction of the second clamping part (3).