DE29800906U1 - Bracket for mounting a radiator - Google Patents

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Hans-Jürgen Müller Gerhard D. Schupfner Hans-Peter Gauger Patent attorneys European patent attorneys European patent attorneys

7 981. GM-DE

"Console ..."

Sigarth AB

HJM/Ko

Sigarth AB Box 45

S-330 33 Hillerstorp Sweden

BRACKET FOR MOUNTING A RADIATOR OMAXIMARK Pom Ol

Telephone: +49-89-219912-0 Fax: +49-89-21 9912-20 e-mail: upon request Telegramm/cable: MAXIMARK® Munich

PO Box 10 11 61
Maximilianstrasse 6
D-80085 Munich

Hans-Jürgen Müller Gerhard D. Schupfner Hans-Peter Gauger Patent attorneys European Patent Attorneys European patent attorneys

Sigarth AB

7981. GM-DE

HJM/Ko

BRACKET FOR MOUNTING A RADIATOR

The invention relates to a bracket for mounting a radiator or other component, e.g. on a wall, with a fastening rail, two engagement members holding the component in a mounting position, as well as a spring and a locking part of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 1.

Such a bracket is already known (EP-A-O 724 120). This bracket offers the advantage that the fitter of a radiator first screws the bracket to the wall, for example with just one screw, then moves the second, in particular top-mounted engagement element as far away from the first engagement element as possible, which is secured by a locking part, until the second engagement element is automatically released from the locking position by pressure on it, in particular when the radiator or similar component is pressed against this second engagement element. The spring then pulls the second engagement element back towards the first engagement element, whereby the radiator or the holding parts or similar fastening elements attached to its back are held in the assembly position between the two engagement elements. The movable second engagement element is

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organ is connected to a blocking element, which serves in particular as a pulling element and which serves to move the second engagement element against the force of the spring. By pulling on the blocking element in a direction away from the first engagement element, the second engagement element is pulled along against the spring force in order to finally be brought into the locking position in a simple manner, in which the locking part holds the second engagement element when the spring is tensioned. The blocking element also has at least one additional locking element, which interacts with a locking element, which is arranged on the fastening rail. The locking element can also be arranged on another part that can be moved with the second engagement element. The function of the locking element and locking element is that the pulling movement of the pulling element against the spring force is hindered by locking the locking element on the locking element. This prevents the second engagement element from being able to move against the spring force by unintentional movement of the radiator, for example by a child, to such an extent that the two engagement elements no longer hold the radiator or similar components securely. Only by at least partially pivoting the blocking element, in particular in a direction away from the mounting rail or wall, does the locking element come free from the locking area of the locking element in order to be able to carry out the movement of the second engagement element against the force of the spring - away from the first engagement element - without hindrance.

The second engagement element is manually pulled into the locking position by the blocking element. The same function is used if the second engagement element is to be moved away from the assembly position in order to remove the radiator again. For this purpose, the blocking element can protrude so far behind the radiator or similar component that

it can be grasped without any major problems and moved in the desired manner, in particular by pulling. This makes the laborious loosening of screws that securely hold the second engagement element in an assembly position unnecessary.

A second function of the blocking device is to prevent the radiator or similar component from automatically coming free from the installation position unless the above-mentioned special swivel movement on the blocking device takes place.

It is recommended that the locking element and/or the blocking element be designed as a tooth. Several locking elements and/or several blocking elements in the form of, for example, rows of teeth can also be used. It is recommended that the flanks of the teeth be arranged in such a way that the second engagement element can be moved into the assembly position by the spring without the blocking element pivoting when it is released from the locking position. In other words: the slanted tooth flanks of the locking elements on the one hand and the blocking element on the other hand face each other in this case, so that the locking elements slide unhindered along the blocking element when the movement of the second engagement element takes place in the direction of the first engagement element (from the locking position to the assembly position), but otherwise the blocking effect can be achieved in the opposite direction.

The locking element is conveniently arranged on a side wall of the fastening rail as a tooth-shaped nose. It is recommended that the side edge protrudes forward from the wall.

Although the previously known bracket has proven itself in practice, it impairs the aesthetics when the upper engagement element on the upper edge of the radiator is to be brought into the blocking position and therefore the blocking element, designed as a pull tab, protrudes clearly above the upper edge of the radiator.

The invention is therefore based on the object of improving both the functionality and the external appearance, in particular, of those consoles, the upper engagement elements of which are to be brought into the blocking position directly above the upper edge of the radiator or above a component covering the radiator at the top.

The invention is characterized in claim 1 and preferred embodiments are claimed in subclaims.

According to the invention, the blocking element does not form a distinct pulling tab that protrudes far above the upper engagement element, but rather the blocking element is connected to the movable second engagement element via a bearing or the blocking element is supported on this second engagement element in such a way that the blocking element can be moved in relation to the second engagement element between the blocking position and the release position, for example by tilting or pivoting. At least one further locking element ensures that the tilting movement, pivoting movement or other movement of the blocking element in relation to the second engagement element can be prevented or at least severely hindered when the blocking element is in a blocking or locking position, i.e. tilting, pivoting or similar movement is to be prevented.

It is recommended that the additional locking elements have at least one nose-like projection or a recess on the movable second engagement member and at least one projection on the blocking member, of which at least one projection can be deformed elastically or moved against spring force in such a way that the locking or locking position can be achieved by more or less strongly interlocking the two projections, but it is possible to leave the locking position again by applying pressure or by releasing an additional component that ensures the blocking position and to release the tilting or swiveling movement of the blocking member in relation to the second engagement member as soon as one projection passes the other by, for example, elastic bending and/or is pushed out of the recess.

It is particularly useful if the blocking element is fork-shaped: the connecting web part serves to accommodate a bearing part and to accommodate one or a pair of locking elements, while the two fork ends protruding from the web part have locking elements such as saw teeth, which can each interact with a locking element attached to the fastening rail.

The blocking element should be made of spring-elastic, flexible plastic, in particular polyamide or acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymer ASA and, for example, of an injection-molded part.

The movable second engagement member, which is attached to the console in particular at the top, preferably forms with the guide member a structural unit made of relatively rigid plastic or metal, e.g. made of cast zinc with a plastic coating.

It is recommended that the guide element has a nose on its side facing the wall that projects downwards towards the wall and that overlaps a recess, e.g. as a partially circular slot, so that the nose, which is rounded in particular in the lower half, or the recess, which is also rounded in its upper half, forms part of the bearing for the blocking element, which can be made of a plastic that is more flexible than the latter.

The invention is explained in more detail in the form of an embodiment using the drawing.

Fig. 1 a known console in schematic

Side view on the wall when folding the radiator;

Fig. 2 the same view as in Fig. 1 but in the mounting position of the radiator;

Fig. 3 shows a console according to the invention in perspective view;

Fig. 4 to 6 different positions of the console according to the invention and the radiator in front of a wall;

Fig. 7 schematically shows the position of the upper part of the console with part of the blocking element and the guide and upper engagement element and

Fig. 8 and 9 the blocking device in side view and top view.

According to Figure 1, a known console is fixed to a wall 2 by means of a fastening rail 1 by means of a screw 3
At the bottom of the console there is a
first engagement member 5; this forms a unit with the fastening rail 1. At the upper end of the fastening rail 1, a second engagement member 7 is movably attached in such a way that it is actuated by a spring 10 which passes through a hole 11 in the
Mounting rail 1 is inserted with one end and connected with the
other end is connected to a guide member 9, according to
The guide member 9 is pulled upwards, the
means movable in the longitudinal direction of the fastening rail 1 to a position in which the holding part 8 shown in Figure 1 on the radiator 4 comes to rest behind the downwardly projecting edge of the engagement member 7 and this second
The engagement member 7 reaches the locking position - Fig. 2.

According to Fig. 3, the upper part of the metal fastening rail 1 has two side edges 14, 15 bent out of the wall plane of the rail 1 by approximately 90°. At the upper end of one side edge 15, a run-on surface
a nose-shaped locking element 17 is formed, the steep flank of which springs back to the recess 16 in the side edge 15
.

According to Figure 3, the second engagement member 7 is part of the
Guide member 9, on which the spring 10 engages on the one hand and on which the spring-elastic, flexible
Plastic, e.g. polyamide, existing blocking element 19
On the back of the door there are several tooth-shaped locking elements 20 facing the wall 2, which are connected to the locking element 17 in the manner described above.
work together.

Figure 4 shows a side view of the assembled console according to the invention, in which the fastening rail is screwed to the wall 2 and the upright radiator 4 in the form of a panel radiator is clamped between the lower engagement member 5 and the upper engagement member 7 of the console arranged at the upper end OE of the console. A cover plate 100 rests on the upper edge 4a of the radiator 4, so that the upper arm of the second engagement member 7 is supported on these parts and the downward-pointing pin 37 at the end of the upper second engagement member 7 protrudes through a recess 101 in the upper cover plate 100.

The lower end of a tension spring 10 is anchored to the fastening rail 1, the upper end of which snaps behind an upwardly directed hook 40 on the guide member 9. The spring 10 exerts a downward pull on the guide member 9 and therefore also on the upper engagement member 7, i.e. against the lower engagement member 5, so that the heating element 4 remains in this clamped locking position.

In the blocking position of Figure 4, the blocking member 19 is in such a position that the pulling up of the second engagement member 7 is prevented by engaging one of the tooth-shaped locking elements 20 on the forwardly projecting, likewise tooth-like locking element 17 on the edge 15 of the fastening rail 1.

In order to be able to pull the upper engagement member 7 out of the locking or latching position shown in Figure 4 into the removal position shown in Figure 6, which leads to the release of the heating element 4 and cover element 100, it is first necessary to open the blocking member 19 by spreading apart the projections 33 and 34 on the blocking member 19 and on the guide

organ 9 or upper engagement organ 7 from the locking position to
Then the blocking element 19 is turned around the
The nose 30 of the guide member 9 serving as a pivot bearing is pivoted.
The rounded hook 31 of the blocking member 19 ends within the partially circular recess 32, so that the nose 30 serves as a pivot bearing for pivoting into the position shown in Figure 5. This causes the tooth-like locking elements 20 at the lower ends of the blocking member 19 to emerge from the
Area of the tooth-like locking element 17 on the fastening rail, so that now the second engagement member 7 with the integral guide member 9 against the force
the spring 10 is pulled upwards and locked into a locking position
can be locked in place so that the engagement member 7 then automatically remains in the locking position shown in Figure 6.

The radiator 4 can be replaced by a new one, for example, by placing the first radiator 4 between the
Removal elements 5 and 7 were removed and a new radiator
4 is pressed in the direction of the arrow in the manner of Figure 1 after the lower edge 4b has been placed on the lower engagement member 5 until it stops on the guide member 9, whereby
this is moved a little way backwards, so that the upper engagement member 7 is pushed out of the locking position and pulled downwards by the force of the spring 10 in order to
there again behind the upper edge 4a of the exchanged
radiator 4.

Figure 7 shows a side view of the upper part of the
second intervention element 7 forming a structural unit of the guide element
9 in the form shown in Figure 4
Locking or locking position, in which the spring-elastic, bendable nose-shaped projection 34 on the inside of the central web
19b of the blocking member 19 behind the guide member 9 to

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the nose-like projection protruding at the top snaps into a recess 33. The nose 30, which is rounded at the bottom and protrudes downwards at the rear of the guide member 9, serves as the tilting or pivoting bearing of the blocking member 19, so that the rounded hook 31 at the lower end of the web 19b snaps into the slot-like, approximately semicircular recess 32 in the vicinity of the nose 30 and can there perform a tilting, rotating or pivoting movement at a certain angle. In order to get out of the locking position shown in Figure 7 and Figure 4, the upper part of the web 19b of the blocking member 19 is pivoted in the direction S (Figure 7), for example by manually pressing on the wings 35 protruding on the outside in the form of ribs. For this, the two locking elements 33, 34 must be disengaged and for this purpose the projection 34 on the inside of the web 19b must be elastically spread out a little in the direction T in order to get past the raised part of the nose 33. A tool, e.g. a screwdriver tip, could also be pressed into a gap 7a between the end 19bi of the middle web 19b and the upper engagement element 7 in order to release the locking position by "levering".

The web 19b described in connection with Figure 7, which forms the middle part of the blocking element 19 according to Figure 9, is adjoined by the downwardly projecting legs, webs or legs 19a, which have a row of tooth-shaped locking elements 20 facing backwards. The pivot axis SA is indicated in Figures 8/9. This pivot axis SA of the bearing is formed by the center of the nose 30 on the guide element 9.

The invention is particularly advantageous for radiator installations in which the supply and discharge pipes are not made of steel pipes, but of plastic or copper pipes that expand more when heated, which

the radiator stabilization in terms of fastening and protection against unauthorized "levering" out of the anchorage does better justice.

Claims (9)

1. Bracket for mounting a radiator (4) or other component e.g. B. on a wall (2), with a fastening rail (1) which has a first engagement element, in particular a lower one (5) and a second engagement element, in particular an upper one (7) for holding the component or the holding parts (6, 8) attached thereto, of which the second engagement element (7) can be moved against the pretension of a spring (10) into a locking position in which it holds a locking part (14) and from which the second engagement element (7) can be automatically released again, in particular by pressure in the direction of the fastening rail (1) or the wall (2) and can then be moved under the force of the spring (10) along the fastening rail (1) in the direction of the first engagement element (5) to at least an assembly position in which the engagement elements (5, 7) hold the component or its holding parts (6, 8), in which the movable second engagement element (7) is connected to a blocking element (19) which has at least one locking element (20) which cooperates with a locking element (17) attached to the fastening rail (1) in such a way that the movement of the blocking element (19) with the movable second engagement element (7) counter O MAXIMARK Form 01 the spring force from the assembly position is hindered by locking the locking element (20) on the locking element (17) in a blocking position and can only be carried out unhindered after pivoting the blocking element (19) into a release position, characterized in that the blocking member (19) is connected to the movable second engagement member (7) via a bearing or is supported on the latter in such a way that the blocking member (19) is movable in relation to the second engagement member (7) between the blocking position and the release position, in particular by tilting or pivoting, and that at least one further locking element prevents or at least hinders the tilting or pivoting or other movement of the blocking member (19) in a blocking or locking position (Fig. 4). 2. Console according to claim 1, characterized in that the further locking elements have at least one nose-like projection (33) on the movable second engagement member (7) and at least one projection (34) on the blocking member (19), of which at least one projection is resiliently deformable or movable against spring force. 3. Console according to claim 1 or 2,
characterized in that the pivot bearing is arranged above the fastening rail (1) on a nose (30) protruding from the rear side (R) of the engagement member (7) in the direction of the fastening rail (1). 4. Console according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a hook (31) protruding from the rear side (R) of the blocking member (19) in the direction of the fastening rail (1) engages in a recess (32) behind the nose (30) of the pivot bearing and that the nose end is rounded in cross section. 5. Console according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the blocking member (19) does not protrude beyond the upper end (OE) of the movable second engagement member (7). 6. Console according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movable second engagement member (7) is designed to engage the upper edge (4a) of a plate-shaped radiator (4). 7. Console according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movable second engagement member (7) is designed to engage in a recess (101) of a cover element (100) which covers one or more radiators (4) at the top. 8. Console according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the unhindered movement can be carried out by pivoting the lower part (19a) of the blocking member (19) away from the fastening rail (1) and the upper part (19b) away from the second engagement member (7). 9. Console according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the locking element (20) of the blocking member (19) is designed as a tooth or in the form of teeth.