U.S. patent application number 12/296279 was filed with the patent office on 2009-02-19 for partition for rooms.
This patent application is currently assigned to BOSCA ARREDI S.n.c. di Scapin Antonio e F.IIi. Invention is credited to Luca Scapin.
Application Number | 20090044468 12/296279 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 38564033 |
Filed Date | 2009-02-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090044468 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Scapin; Luca |
February 19, 2009 |
PARTITION FOR ROOMS
Abstract
Partition for rooms comprising a perimetral profile which can be
rigidly secured by means of screws to the masonry work of the
section inside which the partition is to be inserted and a base
profile which can be fixed inside a seat of the perimetral profile.
This base profile is symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal
mid-plane and has at least two longitudinal channels arranged in
mirror symmetry. Several accessory profiles are envisaged, said
profiles being provided with feet which can be inserted into the
longitudinal channels and can be fixed to the base profile by means
of screws. The retaining portions of two profiles joined together
define a central groove inside which a panel is fixed.
Inventors: |
Scapin; Luca; (Massanzago,
IT) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BROWDY AND NEIMARK, P.L.L.C.;624 NINTH STREET, NW
SUITE 300
WASHINGTON
DC
20001-5303
US
|
Assignee: |
BOSCA ARREDI S.n.c. di Scapin
Antonio e F.IIi
Padova, MASSANZAGO
IT
|
Family ID: |
38564033 |
Appl. No.: |
12/296279 |
Filed: |
April 2, 2007 |
PCT Filed: |
April 2, 2007 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/IB2007/000983 |
371 Date: |
October 6, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
52/239 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E05D 15/0686 20130101;
E06B 3/5842 20130101; E05Y 2900/142 20130101; E04B 2002/7462
20130101; E04B 2/827 20130101; E06B 3/6205 20130101; E04B 2/7453
20130101; E04B 2/7455 20130101; E05D 15/0691 20130101; E04B
2002/749 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
52/239 |
International
Class: |
E04B 2/74 20060101
E04B002/74 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Apr 4, 2006 |
IT |
PD2006A000121 |
Claims
1-15. (canceled)
16. Partition for rooms, comprising: a perimetral profile, defining
a seat, which can be rigidly secured via fixing means to masonry
work of a section inside which the partition is to be inserted; a
base profile which can be fixed inside said seat, is symmetrical
with respect to a longitudinal mid-plane and has at least two
longitudinal channels arranged in mirror symmetry with respect to
said longitudinal mid-plane; and at least one accessory profile
provided with a foot which can be inserted in at least one of said
longitudinal channels and can be fixed to said base profile via
second fixing means.
17. Partition according to claim 16, further comprising adjusting
means for varying the amount by which the base profile projects
from the perimetral profile.
18. Partition according to claim 16, further comprising two
accessory profiles defining by means of their retaining portions a
central groove inside which a panel is fixed.
19. Partition according to claim 16, further comprising a first
shaped accessory profile having: a foot which can be inserted
inside a said longitudinal channel; a flat covering portion; and a
retaining portion which projects substantially vertically from said
covering portion with a contact head for resting against and
peripherally retaining said panel.
20. Partition according to claim 19, wherein said first accessory
profile is provided with a fixing portion extending from the base
of the retaining portion and forming a continuation of the covering
portion.
21. Partition according to claim 16, further comprising a second
accessory profile which is similar to the first one but is without
said fixing portion.
22. Partition according to claim 16, wherein said accessory profile
is provided with a rail which preferably projects vertically and
has a rounded form and is able to receive and guide wheels
rotatably mounted on a sliding panel.
23. Partition according to claim 19 wherein said accessory profile
is provided with a rail which preferably projects vertically and
has a rounded form and is able to receive and guide wheels
rotatably mounted on a sliding panel and said rail is provided
above said covering portion at the joining corner of the foot and
the covering portion.
24. Partition according to claim 16, further comprising a third
accessory profile provided with a covering portion which extends
with two feet between the two channels of the base profile.
25. Partition according to claim 24, wherein said third accessory,
profile is provided with at least one rail which preferably
projects vertically and has a rounded form and which is able to
receive and guide wheels rotatably mounted on a sliding panel.
26. Partition according to claim 25, further comprising a second
seat formed along the bottom side of said sliding panel and able to
receive, inserted therein a first carriage with at least one
wheel.
27. Partition according to claim 26, further comprising a third
seat provided along the top side of said sliding panel and able to
receive, inserted therein, a second carriage connected by means of
a ratchet-type leveling device to said panel.
28. Partition according to claim 18, further comprising a support
body for a shaped plate carrying a pin of a hinge for rotation of a
leaf door is mounted in said central groove.
29. Partition according to claim 28, further comprising a further
accessory profile which can be fixed to the retaining portion of
one of said accessory profiles and provided with a top part
covering the groove between the retaining portions of the two
profiles and a side part with a seal for contact against the leaf
door.
30. Partition according to claim 18, further comprising uprights
provided at the ends with chasing for receiving the abovementioned
retaining portions and engaging pins able to engage with clips
provided on closing panels for forming closed walls.
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a partition for rooms.
[0002] The invention in question falls within the sector of the
interior furnishings industry and in particular the sector for the
production of partitions for rooms of any kind in both office and
home environments.
[0003] At present, as is known, on the market there exist numerous
designs of partitions composed of panels which are made with
different forms and materials, typically wood or glass, usually
with an aluminium frame, and which may be connected mechanically to
leaf doors or sliding doors, etc.
[0004] The design of these panels is such as to require the
installation of support frames which, on the one hand, must ensure
the functional features and safe supporting of the panels and the
doors and, on the other hand, must satisfy increasingly demanding
architectural requirements.
[0005] The partitions known hitherto and present on the market are
excessively limited in terms of their applicational possibilities
by the technical constraints which in fact do not allow versatile
use of the doors and the windows which form them.
[0006] This situation represents a limitation for the architectural
design of interiors; there exist on the market partitions which
have proved in practice difficult to install, requiring specialized
personnel and installation times which are so long that they
negatively affect the overall cost of the partitions.
[0007] The problem forming the basis of the present invention is
therefore to overcome the drawbacks encountered in the solutions of
the known type mentioned above by providing a partition for rooms
which allows a reduction in the time required for installation
thereof.
[0008] A further object of the present invention is to provide a
partition which is constructionally inexpensive to produce, simple
to install and operationally entirely reliable.
[0009] A further object of the present invention is to provide a
partition which allows a high degree of versatility as regards the
architectural design of interiors.
[0010] The technical features of the invention, in accordance with
the abovementioned objects, may be determined from the contents of
the claims indicated below and the advantages thereof will emerge
more clearly from the detailed description which follows, provided
with reference to the accompanying drawings, which show some purely
exemplary and non-limiting embodiments thereof in which:
[0011] FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a detail of the
partition according to the present invention, relating to a
perimetral profile;
[0012] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the perimetral profile
during fixing to the wall;
[0013] FIG. 3 shows a frame obtained by fixing to the wall the
perimetral profile along the prechosen dividing section;
[0014] FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a detail of the partition
according to the present invention, relating to a connecting joint
during assembly;
[0015] FIG. 5 shows the connecting joint according to FIG. 4 in the
assembled condition;
[0016] FIG. 6 illustrates connection of the connecting joint
according to FIG. 5 to the perimetral profile according to FIG.
1;
[0017] FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 show three perspective views of a detail of
the partition according to the present invention, relating to a
base profile;
[0018] FIG. 10 shows a cross-sectional view of the base profile
according to FIGS. 7-9 inserted at varying depths inside the
perimetral profile of the floor and the ceiling;
[0019] FIG. 11 shows a cross-sectional view during connection of a
first accessory profile to the base profile in order to form the
partition according to the present invention;
[0020] FIG. 12 shows a cross-sectional view during positioning of a
glass panel on the first accessory profile according to FIG.
11;
[0021] FIG. 13 shows a perspective view of the panel according to
FIG. 12 supported by the base profile;
[0022] FIG. 14 shows a cross-sectional view during connection of a
second accessory profile to the base profile in order to retain the
glass panel and form the partition according to the present
invention;
[0023] FIG. 15 shows three horizontal cross-sectional views of
three different partitions according to the present invention
composed of different examples of accessory profiles;
[0024] FIGS. 16 to 20 relate to five different walls formed with
different accessory profiles;
[0025] FIG. 21 shows a horizontal cross-sectional view of a
different partition according to the present invention composed of
a further different example of an accessory profile;
[0026] FIGS. 21a and 21b show two enlarged details of FIG. 21;
[0027] FIG. 22 shows a detail of a partition according to the
present invention, relating to the connection of the bottom wheels
of a panel to an accessory profile;
[0028] FIGS. 22 and 23 show a detail of a partition according to
the present invention, relating to the connection of an upper wheel
of a panel to an accessory profile, in an assembly position and in
a final operating position;
[0029] FIG. 25 shows an exploded detail of an upper wheel of a
panel;
[0030] FIGS. 26 to 28 shows the stages of assembly of panels in
order to form a closed wall above a frame formed with accessory
profiles;
[0031] FIGS. 29 to 32 shows the stages of assembly of a hinge for
supporting a leaf door in a partition according to the present
invention;
[0032] FIG. 33 shows a vertically sectioned view of a leaf door
which is involved in formation of a partition according to the
present invention.
[0033] In accordance with the figures of the accompanying drawings,
PA denotes overall a partition according to the present
invention.
[0034] The partition PA may be used equally well to separate spaces
in living areas or in order to conceal a cupboard, a bookcase or
the like, as will become clear from the examples shown in the
accompanying figures and referred to in the description which
follows.
[0035] The partition PA comprises a metal perimetral profile 1, in
particular made of aluminium, which can be rigidly secured, via
fixing means 2, along the perimeter of the section inside which the
partition PA is to be inserted.
[0036] This perimetral profile 1 follows the progression of the
walls, the ceiling and the floor, together with any unevenness
which they have, forming a frame CO. Said profile advantageously
has a form with a C-shaped cross-section and defines a first seat 5
by means of a bottom 3 and two side edges 4.
[0037] The fixing means 2 are preferably composed of screws V which
are inserted into through-holes provided at fixed intervals along
the bottom 3 of the perimetral profile 1.
[0038] The holes in the perimetral profile 1 face the holes formed
in the masonry wall and in the floor along the section of the room
inside which the partition PA is to be inserted.
[0039] A shaped base profile 6, provided with sides 7 which are
arranged adjacent to the side edges 4, is inserted inside the first
seat 5 of the perimetral profile 1.
[0040] This base profile 6 has a longitudinal extension which is
symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal mid-plane and is
arranged continuously with connecting joints 8 mounted in each
corner of the perimetral profile 18 and formed with two parts 8'
which are rigidly connected together at an angle by means of
brackets 9 having their sides at 90.degree. and able to be inserted
inside second central seats 19 provided longitudinally on the base
profile 6.
[0041] Preferably, the connecting joints 8 may be prepared at the
factory and then brought already assembled to the location for
installation of the partition PA.
[0042] The angle brackets 9 are fixed by means of first grub screws
12 in the base profile 6 and are followed inside the seats by
straight brackets 11 able to connect rigidly the base profile 6 to
the connecting joints 8 by means of second grub screws 12'.
[0043] The base profiles 6 are cut to size and remain rigidly
connected to the angle pieces 8 by means of the straight brackets
11. Second fixing means may also be envisaged for fixing the base
profile to the perimetral profile 1 or to the masonry walls.
[0044] It is possible to vary, by means of adjusting means, the
amount by which the base profile 6 projects from the perimetral
profile 1 fixed to the perimetral wall, in order to overcome
problems of lack of evenness of the walls.
[0045] These adjusting means are for example composed of third grub
screws 13 which can be inserted inside through-holes formed at
fixed distances along the base profile 6. The inner end of the grub
screws 13 bears against the perimetral profile 1 and allows
variation in the penetration of the base profile 6 inside the first
seat 5 as indicated in FIG. 10, where it can be clearly seen that
the base profile on the ceiling projects much more from the
perimetral profile than the base profile on the floor. The travel
range of each base profile 6 due to the adjustment of the grub
screws 13 is in the region of 8 mm.
[0046] Once the base profile 6 has been arranged on the perimetral
profile 1 so as to form a frame which is perfectly level, the
accessory profiles and the other components are fitted, these being
designed to allow personalisation of the architecture of the
partition in accordance with functional and aesthetic
requirements.
[0047] A first retaining accessory profile A is designed to support
centrally partitions made of wood, glass or other material and
denoted overall by the number 30 in the accompanying drawings. This
central panel 30 is arranged centrally with respect to the base
profile 6 and has preferably a thickness of about 1 cm.
[0048] This first profile A, which is preferably made of aluminium
obtained by means of extrusion, is suitably shaped and has a foot
16 intended to be inserted inside a first longitudinal channel 17
at least partly shaped so as to match the foot and provided in the
vicinity of the two sides 7 of the base profile 6.
[0049] From this foot 16 there extends perpendicularly at an angle
a flat covering portion 18 from which there projects a
substantially vertical retaining portion 19 which has a contact
head 20 for resting against and peripherally retaining the central
panel 30. The head 20 has a longitudinal recess 21 with, inserted,
a seal 22 for perfect adherence of the central panel 30.
[0050] The base of the retaining portion 19 forming a continuation
of the covering portion 18 is provided with a fixing portion 31
having through-holes at predetermined distances able to receive
self-tapping screws 23 which engage inside fourth seats 24 formed
in the base profile 6.
[0051] Each panel 30 made of glass or other material rests on said
fixing portion 31 and is retained and situated in between the first
accessory profile A, of the type described above, and a second
accessory profile B, which is similar to the first profile, but
without the fixing portion 31.
[0052] This second accessory profile B is inserted with the
respective foot 16' inside the respective second longitudinal
channel 17' parallel to the first one 17, by causing the foot to
perform a slight rotation as shown in FIG. 14.
[0053] This profile B is fixed to the base profile 6 by means of
self-tapping screws 23' which can be inserted inside through-holes
arranged at predetermined distances in the flat covering portion
18' and engaging in fourth seats 24' formed in the base profile 6.
Differently from the screws 23, the screws 23' remain visible, as
can be seen in FIG. 13.
[0054] Preferably, a support strip 25 able to receive the bottom
edge of the panel 30 and preferably consisting of plastic is
provided on top of the fixing profile 31.
[0055] So as to support the panel P while it is arranged to rest
only on the first accessory profile A, advantageously removable
panel-stop retaining parts 26 are provided, these being removed
when the second accessory profile B is inserted or preferably they
remain seated between the two profiles A and B, as shown in the
accompanying figures.
[0056] The first and the second profiles A, B described above are
furthermore provided at the joining corner of the foot 16, 16' and
the covering portion 18, 18' with a rail 40, 40', which preferably
projects vertically and has a rounded form and is able to receive
and guide wheels 41 which are provided with an annular channel
shaped so as to match the profile of the rail and are rotatably
mounted on a sliding panel 300 arranged parallel to the panel
30.
[0057] Advantageously, the central panel 30 will be made of glass
or transparent material, while the sliding panel will be made of
opaque material such as wood, although they may also be made of any
material without thereby departing from the scope of protection of
the present patent.
[0058] Advantageously the first and second profiles A, B may also
be provided without the presence of this rail 40, 40' and will
therefore be distinguished by a covering portion 18'' which is
completely flat, as shown in FIGS. 15, 16, 17 and 19 where these
new profiles are indicated by the symbols C and D.
[0059] The profiles A, B, C and D therefore have the function of
keeping the panels 30 in a central position with respect to the
width of the frame with the base inserted sealingly inside a
longitudinal groove between the retaining portions 19.
[0060] FIGS. 18 and 20 shows the cross-sections of two further
accessory profiles, i.e. a third accessory profile E and a fourth
accessory profile F, which are without the portions for retaining
the panels 30 and are provided with a covering portion 18''' which
extends with the two feet between the two channels 17, 17' in the
base profile 6.
[0061] In greater detail, the third accessory E is provided with a
single rail 40''', while the fourth accessory is provided with two
rails 40''' arranged raised from the corners like the ones
above.
[0062] Each panel 300 is constrained both at the top and at the
bottom by means of wheels 41 to the rails 40, 40', 40'''.
[0063] The accompanying figures show different combinations of the
accessory profiles A, B, C, D, E, F mentioned above in order to
create passages, sliding doors or continuous panels in accordance
with the possibility of versatile use according to the present
invention. The panels or sliding doors 300 may be mounted on the
two parallel rails of a same frame and are advantageously free to
slide along the entire length of the rails remaining parallel to
any central glass panel, covering it entirely or partly depending
on the position assumed along the rail.
[0064] A further fifth accessory G, illustrated in FIG. 21a, is
also envisaged, said accessory being provided with a covering
portion 18'''' which extends with the two feet between the two
channels 17, 17' and which is without both retaining portions 19
and rails 40.
[0065] Said accessory in particular is arranged in the vertical and
lateral uprights of the walls when the base envisages
correspondingly the presence of sliding panels, passages or leaf
doors, or generally in all those cases where it is not envisaged
starting from the upright with a central panel 30.
[0066] Considering in detail the sliding system, it can be seen
from FIG. 24 that the bottom side of the sliding panel has, formed
therein, a second seat 50 inside which a first carriage 51 provided
with two wheels 41 can be inserted. The first carriage 51
advantageously consists of a simple overturned L-shaped (or
U-shaped) profile with the horizontal side resting on the bottom of
the second seat and being fixed thereto by means of screws and with
the vertical side (or sides) with the wheels 41 pivotably mounted
thereon (or defining a fork member for supporting the pins for
rotation of the wheels 41).
[0067] The top side of the panel 300, as can be seen in FIG. 25, is
provided with a third seat 52 for receiving, inserted therein, a
second carriage 53 comprising a single or double fork member able
to support rotatably a wheel 41 and connected by means of a bracket
54 to a ratchet-type levelling device 55 which is provided with a
part fixed to the frame of the panel and a part with an adjustable
height connected by means of the bracket to the fork member of the
wheel so as to vary the vertical position thereof following
operation of a screw/female thread mechanism operated by rotation
of a visible nut which is accessible laterally with respect to the
mouth of the seat 52.
[0068] In this way, by adjusting the nut with a spanner, it is
possible to position the wheel 41 so that its annular channel
engages with the rail 40. Advantageously the fork member is
connected to the bracket by means of resiliently yielding means so
as to adjust the pressure of the wheel 41 on the rail 40, ensuring
that it adheres thereto.
[0069] The sliding panel or door 300 may be advantageously made of
wood, as indicated in FIG. 24 or formed by an aluminium frame
supporting a glass panel as indicated in FIG. 25.
[0070] The base profile 6 is moreover suitable for the installation
of leaf doors 3000 also.
[0071] In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present
invention shown in FIGS. 29 to 33, the accessory profiles C and D
are provided so as to have, fixed thereon, support bodies 60 formed
by two facing plates 61, 62, a first one 61 of which has a flat
form and is inserted between the retaining portions 19'' of the
profiles and the second one 62 of which has a T-shape arranged to
rest on the first plate and fixed to the latter by means of
screws.
[0072] This support body has fixed on top, by means of screws, a
shaped plate 63 carrying the pin 64 by means of an arm 65
projecting from the frame, so as to form the hinge for rotation of
the leaf door 3000.
[0073] Advantageously the pin 64 of the hinge carries coaxially a
washer and has a bush arranged on top.
[0074] It is then envisaged providing (see FIGS. 26 to 28) a
further accessory profile H which can be fixed by means of screws
to the retaining portion 19'' of one of the two accessory profiles
C or D and provided with a top part covering the gap between the
retaining portions of the two profiles C and D and with a side part
having a seal 66 for contact against the leaf door 3000.
[0075] On the same accessory profiles A and B or C and D it is
possible to arrange uprights 80 having at their ends chasing 81 for
receiving the corresponding retaining portions and forming
double-panel closed walls.
[0076] The uprights 80 are joined rigidly together by means of a
framework formed by horizontal crosspieces 81 which are fixed
between the uprights 80 also by means of simple insertion of their
ends into shaped openings 82 formed at predetermined heights along
the uprights 80.
[0077] The latter are provided with engaging pins 83 able to engage
with clips 84 provided on closing panels 85 so as to allow rapid
frontal fixing by means of simple pressure.
[0078] In this way it is possible to provide a fixed partition
rapidly and in a very easy and practical manner.
[0079] As a result of the present invention it is possible to
divide off into several areas the space within a room, allowing the
areas thus divided up to be used for the most widely varying
purposes, for example in order to separate a living area from
another living area or conceal a bookcase or also a cupboard behind
a sliding door.
[0080] The invention thus conceived therefore achieves the
predetermined objects.
[0081] Obviously it may also assume, in its practical embodiment,
also forms and configurations which are different from that
illustrated above, without thereby departing from the present scope
of protection. Moreover, all the details may be replaced by
technically equivalent parts and the forms, the dimensions and the
materials used may be of any nature in accordance with
requirements.
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