Fences – Rail – Connection
Patent
1995-03-24
1997-09-16
Kim, Harry C.
Fences
Rail
Connection
256 59, 256 69, 52182, E04F 1118
Patent
active
056671997
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national phase of PCT/EP93/02640 filed 28 Sep. 1993 and based, in turn, upon German national application P42 32 800.4 filed 30 Sep. 1992 under the International Convention.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a railing made of prefabricated standard components, with railing rods, connecting elements between the railing rods and the railing panel. The railing rods consist of a longitudinal part which can be fastened to the building body, as well as of a short bent end which can be inserted slidingly in the longitudinal direction into the connecting elements and the longitudinal part is retained in a transverse opening of the connecting element.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the railing known from DE-U 90 06 311, which represents the starting point of the invention, the railing panel is connected on the one side to the bent short end and on the other side to the longitudinal part of the same railing rod. By the interposition of connecting elements the prefabricated components can be assembled into a railing. The bannister consists of the bent segments of the railing rods, each of them being detachably connected at its free end with the next railing rod by one of the connecting elements. Such a bannister is not satisfactory from the aesthetic point of view. The handle strength of the regular bannister which is built like a bar with a round or square cross section is normally perceived as insufficient. A free configuration of the railing is also not possible, a fact which limits the use of the railing in more demanding construction projects.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the invention to provide an improved railing consisting of a few prefabricated standard components and offering the possibility to have a bannister which does not depend on the railing rods with regard to material configuration and also enables free selection of the railing panel.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to achieve this object the invention teaches that the connecting elements be handrail segments having a blind bore in the longitudinal direction for receiving the short end of a railing rod and a transverse throughbore for the vertical longitudinal part of the railing rod to be mounted. On the longitudinal part of the railing rod panel holders for fastening the railing panel are adjustably arranged. A railing made according to the teaching of the invention consists of the following standard components, whose dimensions are coordinated modularly: railing rods, handrail segments and railing panels. The handrail segments extend over the distance between the railing rods mounted to the building body. It is sufficient to arrange the handrail segments with a certain length and at a preselected stepping with respect to each other. Since the bent short end of the railing rods is longitudinally adjustable in a blind bore of the handrail segment, during assembly they adjust to the local conditions. The selection of the material, handle strength, design and color does not depend on the railing rods. Handrail pieces made of rare wood or of plastic can be used. Considerable possibilities of configuration are offered. Due to the free configuration of the handrail segments it is possible to bridge greater distances between the railing rods. The fastening of the railing rods in the handrail segments is suitably done by means of locking screws which are inserted in the handrail segments and arranged so that they are covered by the latter. The railing panels are connected to the longitudinal part of the railing rods and are longitudinally slidable on the rods for the sake of orientation. The panel holders provided for the fastening of the panels have each an advantageous annular connection piece with a spherically curved outer surface which can be attached to the railing rods and contains a radial threaded bore with locking screw.
The configuration of the railing panel as an independent part can be freely selected. According to a first embodiment the
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Kim Harry C.
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