Title of Invention

PLATE HOLDING DEVICE FIXED TO A SUBSTRUCTURE

Abstract

The invention relates to a plate holding device (1) which is fixed to a substructure by means of a connecting element (4) connected to the substructure (2) in a rotationally fixed manner. Said connecting element (4) comprises a connecting thread (6, 6') for connecting to a spacer element (3, 3') used to distance the plate from the substructure (2), said spacer element comprising a connecting thread (6, 6') on the end (7) thereof facing the plate, for connecting to a plate holder (5). According to the invention, the spacer element (3, 3') can be axially adjusted and fixed in relation to the connecting element (4) and the plate holder (5).

Full Text

PLATE HOLDING DEVICE FIXED TO A SUBSTRUCTURE Description: The invention relates to a plate holding device, fastened to a substructure, comprising a jointing part, connected to the substructure secure against rotation, and having a connecting thread for connection with a spacer element, which distances the plate from the substructure, the said distance element having a connecting thread at the end facing the plate for connection with a plate holder. Devices of the above mentioned type must have on the one hand a possibility for rotation free jointing to a substructure and on the other hand a possibility for connection of a glass plate or of such type, in which case an arrangement for length variation of the holder towards compensating for the manufacturing tolerances is desirable; it means that the components of the holder must be so formed that to achieve an in- line arrangement (alignment) of the adjacent glass plates or facade plates, the spacing between the holder joint with the substructure to the glass or facade plates, must be adjustable and lockable. To this end, as a rule, a distance element as a component of the holder serves the purpose. DE 195 28 489 A1 describes a device conforming to the generic concept. In the case of the familiar glass disc holder, a threaded bolt, welded to a support, is provided, over which a receiver tube, functioning as a spacer element, is mounted. The threaded stem of a plate holder can be screwed into the spherical indentation shaped head of the receiver tube, wherein the screwing depth of the threaded stem in the receiver tube is determined by the placement of a bearing disc of the plate holder on the receiver tube; it means that the threaded stem or, as the case may be, the spherical indentation shaped head of the receiver tube are not suitable for a spacing apart of the glass disc against the support. DE 93 18 862 U1 reveals a holder for multiple insulating glass discs, where a mounting bolt can be screwed and securely held in a mounting sleeve, with the possibility of neutralization of tolerances. Here also the spacing apart between the glass disc and the substructure is made possible through a single screw connection. The same solution as per DE 195 19 526 A1 holds good for a holder of plates, where the shaft portion of a support element engages with a thread into a rigid construction part, called as structure, at that end of the support element, which faces away from a hinged head. In the clamp plate (jaw) for fastening the glass discs, as described in DE 197 13 038 C2, a point holder for clamping the glass disc, with the help of a clamping screw, is connected to a wall. A spacer nut, screwed with an adjusting nut, provides the required spacing; by means of the spacer nut, under an intermediate connection of a distance bushing, the spacing between the wall and the glass disc can be set up. A holder for glass disc is made known through DE 196 23 797 A1, where a point holder is supported on a framework construction over a support element. A threaded rod of the support element engages with a hole of the framework construction and is secured on the framework with the help of locking nuts on both sides of this hole. In the above mentioned instances of a connection between a plate and a substructure, common is that only one single adjusting part is provided, which serves towards varying the distance (spacing) between the plate and the substructure. It is the objective of the invention to create a holder for joining of glass plates, facade plates or things like that to a substructure, by means of which the distance (spacing) between the substructure and the plate can be adjusted and locked in a simple manner. In such a situation, it should be guaranteed that a possibility of a large variation of distance exists together with a possibility of an optimal adjustment. The joining of the holder with the glass or facade plate can be developed in any fashion - for example in the shape of a point holder, by means of a so-called spider or similar things. Through the characteristics, as detailed in Claim 1, the invention meets the set objective. Relative to the connecting element as well to the plate holder, through the adjustability of the spacer element, the possible adjustment path becomes double while guaranteeing a precise adjustment; this is in contravention to the state of the technology of same construction length for the spacer element. Further characteristics of the invention are described in the subsequent claims. On the spacer element, through a mirror image like arrangement of the components of the jointing part on the one hand and of the plate holder on the other, which are connected with the spacer element, identical components can be used for the jointing part and the plate holder. Application of identical thread for the distance element, on the side facing the substructure as well as on the side facing the plate, keeps the spacer element symmetrical and makes it possible to produce it in a simple and cost effective manner. The grooves on the spacer element, which stretch in the axial direction of the distance element and also cut the connecting threads of the threaded rod, help in a large way towards rotational security between the spacer element on the one hand and the jointing part or, as the case may be, the plate holder on the other hand, whereby each threaded rod of the spacer element has preferably four groves arranged on its diameter. In another version of the invention, the connecting element and the plate holder can have a technically simple form, when these are made as nuts, which grip the connecting thread of the distance element like a sleeve (tube), where the said nuts are secured against axial displacement with the help of suitable locking nuts. While a possible axial displacement of the connecting element or, as the case may be, of the plate holder relative to the distance element is prevented through the above mentioned locking nuts, an extra rotational security is guaranteed thus: in the walls of the nuts, tapped holes are made for taking in screwable grub screws in the above mentioned grooves of the threaded rod, whereby in each of the four grooves of the threaded rod, one grub screw is screwed in. The advantage of setting up an exact adjustment flows from here; in case of a twist of the connecting element or the plate holder over one quarter of its circumference, a stop between the spacer element on the one hand and the connecting element or, as the case may be, the plate holder on the other, is possible. In another version of the invention, this fine adjustment can be done still more easily, when the connecting threads of the connecting element and of the plate holder are made as fine threads. The connecting threads for the connecting element and the plate holder can be formed alternatively as threads with same pitch direction or different pitch direction; in the latter case, if there is any rotation of the distance element, a simultaneous axial shift of the jointing part as well as of the plate holder takes place against the distance element. As mentioned earlier, the components of the connecting element and the plate holder are arranged in a mirror image way on the distance element; this is true with reference to the components responsible for the axial shift and thereby the adjustment; for the rest, in other versions of the invention, the plate holder can build an indirect or direct connection for a point holder of a glass plate or a fagade plate, which means that the plate holder, in relation to the possibility of connection to a plate, can be formed a so called spider or a thing of that type as one chooses. The functionally correct operation of the holder, as described earlier, presupposes that the jointing part is connected with the substructure in such a way that it cannot rotate; this connection, which is secure against rotation, basically can be a detachable screw connection; the preferred connection, however, between the connecting element and the substructure is through welding. Another feature of the invention is that when the threaded rod on the spacer element is discarded in consideration for further simplification of its manufacture, the spacer element can be practically made as a threaded bolt with connecting thread extending along its entire length and grooves cutting the connecting thread. The invention is explained below in more detail with the help of examples of two configuration. It is shown: Figure 1: A view of the holding device under application of a threaded rod. Figure 2: A view of the holding device under application of a threaded bolt. In the Figures 1 & 2, identical components are denoted by the same reference numerals. As shown in Figure 1, A holding device 1 essentially comprises a distance element 3, which has on its both ends threaded stems 9. The lower threaded stem 9, as shown in the figure, is screwed into a connecting element 4, welded to the substructure 2, over a connecting thread 6. The upper threaded stem 9, as shown in the figure, is screwed in a similar fashion into a plate holder 5 over a connecting thread 6. It can be seen that the threaded rod 9 is arranged on one hand at that end 7 of the spacer element 3, which faces the plates (not shown in the picture) and on the other hand at that end 8 of the spacer element 3, which faces the substructure 2. Symmetrically arranged on the spacer element 3, in the region of the threads 9, are the grooves 10 extending in the axial direction A, in which grub screws 15 are screwed in for rotational security. The grub screws 15 are engaged in the tapped holes 14 in a connecting element 4, which is built in the shape of a nut 11, or in a plate holder 5. It can be seen that four grooves 10 are provided on the diameter, placed opposite to each other. The axial locking between the spacer element 3 on the one hand and the connecting element 4 or, as the case may be, the plate holder 5 on the other, is achieved through putting locking nuts 12 against the connecting element 4 or the plate holder 5. The difference between the examples of configuration, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, only lies in the fact that the spacer element 3' is in the shape of a threaded bolt and the grooves 10', like the connecting thread 6', run along the entire length of the spacer element 3'. List of reference numerals (as in Figures 1 & 2). 1 Plate holding device 2 Substructure 3 Spacer Element 3'Do 4 Connecting element 5 Plate Holder 6 Connecting Thread 6'Do 7 End of Distance Element 8 Do 9 Threaded rod 10 Grooves 10'Do 11 Nut 12 Locking Nut 13 Wall 14 Tapped Hole 15 Grub Screw Arrow A Axial Direction We claim: 1. A mounting (1) for panels, which is attached at a supporting construction (2) and comprises a joining member (4) having a torsion-resistant connection to the supporting construction (2) and presenting a joining thread (6, 6') for the connection to a spacer (3, 3') distancing the panel in relation to the supporting construction (2), which spacer, at the end (7) thereof oriented towards the panel, presents a joining thread (6, 6') for the connection to a panel holder (5), the spacer (3, 3'), in relation to the joining member (4) and to the panel holder (5), being axially adjustable and lockable, characterized in that the structural members, connected to the spacer (3, 3'), of the joining member (4) and of the panel holder (5) are mirror-symmetrically disposed at the spacer (3, 3') and in that the spacer (3) presents grooves (10) extending in axial direction (arrow A) of the spacer (3) and intersecting the joining thread (6) of the threaded journal (9), in that the joining member (4) and the panel holder (5) are formed as sleeve-shaped nuts (11) overlapping the joining thread (6, 6') of the spacer (3, 3'), in which nuts threaded bores (14) are disposed within a walling (13) for the reception of headless screws (15), which are screwable into the grooves (10) of the threaded journals (9). 2. A mounting according to claim 1, characterized in that the spacer (3), at the end (8) thereof oriented towards the supporting construction (2) and at the end thereof (7) oriented towards the panel, presents identical threaded journals (9). 3. A mounting according to claim 1 to 2, characterized in that each threaded journal (9) of the spacer (3) presents four grooves (10) in diametrical disposition. 4. A mounting according to any of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the nuts (11) are secured against axial displacement by means of lock nuts (12). 5. A mounting according to claim 1 to 4, characterized in that one headless screw (15) is associated to each groove (10) of a threaded journal (9). 6. A mounting according to any of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the joining threads (6, 6') of the joining member (4) and of the panel holder (5) are formed as fine threads. 7. A mounting according to any of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the joining thread (6, 6') of the joining member (4) and of the panel holder (5) is formed as a thread having the same thread direction. 8. A mounting according to any of the claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the joining thread (6, 6') of the joining member (4) and of the panel holder (5) is formed as a thread having different thread directions. 9. A mounting according to any of the claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the panel holder (5) forms the indirect or the direct connection to a single point fixing of a glass panel or of a fagade panel. 10. A mounting according to any of the claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the joining member (4) is welded to the supporting construction. 11. A mounting according to any of the claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the spacer (3') presents a joining thread (6') extending over the total length of the longitudinal extension thereof and grooves (10') intersecting the joining thread (6'). The invention relates to a plate holding device (1) which is fixed to a substructure by means of a connecting element (4) connected to the substructure (2) in a rotationally fixed manner. Said connecting element (4) comprises a connecting thread (6, 6') for connecting to a spacer element (3, 3') used to distance the plate from the substructure (2), said spacer element comprising a connecting thread (6, 6') on the end (7) thereof facing the plate, for connecting to a plate holder (5). According to the invention, the spacer element (3, 3') can be axially adjusted and fixed in relation to the connecting element (4) and the plate holder (5).

Documents:

211-kolnp-2005-abstract.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-assignment.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-claims.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-correspondence.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-description (complete).pdf

211-kolnp-2005-drawings.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-examination report.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-form 1.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-form 13.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-form 18.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-form 2.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-form 26.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-form 3.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-form 5.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-gpa.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-others.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-priority document.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-reply to examination report.pdf

211-kolnp-2005-specification.pdf