IP Library Granted Patent US 8,393,114
Granted Patent B2
US 8,393,114 · App. 12/458,451 · Granted Mar 12, 2013

Device with a carriage for holding panels, carriage, rail and separation element

Inventors: Gregor Haab (Allenwinden, CH); Hans Wüthrich (Wettswil, CH)
Assignee: Hawa AG
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Patent No.
US 8,393,114
App. No.
12/458,451
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The device used to hold a separation element includes a carriage with a carriage body and at least one wheel which rolls on a running surface of a rail. The carriage is releasably connected to a mounting element which is connected to the separation element. The mounting element which is mounted laterally on an upper edge of the separation element includes a guide profile provided with a first guide surface which holds a lower and an upper flange element of the carriage body inserted therein which can be displaced along the first guide surface extending inclined by a first angle relative to the upper edge of the separation element and can be locked in an appropriate position by means of locking elements.

Claims (10)

1. Device for holding a separation element with a carriage comprising a carriage body and at least one wheel, which can be guided on a track of a rail and which is coupled to a mounting element which is connected to the separation element, wherein the mounting element, which is laterally mounted on an upper edge of the separation element comprises a guide profile provided with a first guide surface, which guide profile holds a lower flange element and an upper flange element of the carriage body that are inserted into the guide profile and that can be displaced along the first guide surface and wherein the mounting element comprises locking elements designed to lock the carriage body to the mounting element in a selected position within the guide profile.

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the guide profile comprises a C-shaped profile tapering from one end to the other in height with a profile middle element comprising an upper profile end element that holds the upper flange element and comprising a lower profile end element that holds the lower flange element of the carriage body.

3. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the upper profile end element comprises an upper receiving groove and the lower profile end element comprises a lower receiving groove and that a securing bar is formed on the lower profile end element which comprises at least one threaded bore, through which a threaded bolt can be rotated against the carriage body introduced into the guide profile.

4. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the upper side of the upper flange element forms at least a second guide surface which abuts against the first guide surface, which first guide surface extends on the lower side of the upper profile end element of the guide profile.

5. Device according to claim 4 , wherein the first guide surface is inclined by a first angle in relation to the upper edge of the mounting element and that the second guide surface of the carriage body is inclined by a second angle in relation to the lower flange element of the carriage body, wherein the first and second angle and are equal to or greater than 0° and smaller than 45°.

6. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the carriage body is provided with a shaft pivotably holding a rotor comprising on both sides of the shaft a wheel axle, orientated perpendicular to an installed separation element, with a wheel.

7. Device according to claim 1 , wherein a profile middle element of the mounting element comprises an opening for receiving a connecting screw which is inserted through a recess in the separation element into a threaded bore of a mounting cylinder, which fills the recess.

8. Carriage for a device according to claim 1 for holding and guiding a separation element along a path defined by a rail, wherein a carriage body is provided,

a) which comprises on a side facing the separation element downwardly and upwardly orientated flange elements, which can be introduced into the guide profile of the mounting element mounted on the separation element, and

b) which comprises on a side opposite to the flange elements a shaft that pivotally holds a support element, the support element comprising on both sides of the shaft a wheel axle provided with one of the at least one wheel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2009
From: HAAB, GREGOR; WUTHRICH, HANS
To: HAWA AG
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Priority Claims (1)
EP 08161917 · Aug 6, 2008 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100031577A1 · Feb 11, 2010