Patent Grant
8091847
1. Field of the Invention
The invention concerns a profiled mounting rail, in particular for fastening solar modules.
2. Description of the Related Art
From DE 20 2005 000 484 U1 a mounting system for the fastening of solar modules is known, that has at least two profiled mounting rails provided at a distance from one another with a support each for the module or the modules that limits the height of the profile, as well as a connection below the support for fastening to the roof. The profiled mounting rail has profiles laterally or laterally and below that can be joined with a connecting profile rail, while after the joining between the two profiles a form-locked joint is produced at least in two points and one force-locked joint can be produced, whereby the connecting profile rail after the form-locked joint established with the profile height of the profiled mounting rail terminates at the top, the mechanical loading capacity of the connecting profile rail is close to or equals that of the profiled mounting rail and the form-locking between the profiles of the profiled mounting rail and the connecting profile rail is carried out by moving them into one another.
With the basic construction described above it is possible to employ profiled mounting rails with standard lengths of, for example, 2.95 m or 6 m, and to replace the missing piece at the end with a connecting profile rail. Since the joint of both rails is flexible, an accurate dimensioning of the supporting framework is warranted. Sections of the profiled mounting rails can be placed on or pushed onto the connecting profile rails, so that as far as the fastening of the solar module or of the roof are concerned work can be continued in accordance with the system.
A disadvantage of this arrangement is that two different profiles are used for the profiled mounting rails and the connecting profile rails.
The object of the invention is to achieve unification.
According to the invention a connectable profiled mounting rail that has longitudinal webs to join elements to be assembled is such a rail the basic profile of which has a discontinuous essentially rectangular envelope line, one side of which has a connecting profile for the joining of the profiled mounting rail to, for example, a part of the building and on the opposite situated side connecting profiles are so constructed that a second profiled mounting rail having a profile with the same cross-section and rotated by 180° can be joined with the first profiled mounting rail in a form-locked manner by sliding them into one another. At the same time the connecting profiles are constructed along the length of the profiled mounting rail, analogously with the longitudinal webs.
In this manner the first mounting rail with lateral offset can be extended or the first profiled mounting rail can be continued by inserting a third profiled mounting rail having the same cross-section into the second profiled mounting rail without lateral offset, therefore aligned.
When the second profiled mounting rail is used only as a connecting piece between the first and the third profiled mounting rails, it can be executed correspondingly short. It is also possible to insert into the second profiled mounting rail only short profiled pieces with the same cross-section, so that to retain fastening positions which are aligned with the first profiled mounting rail, on which the actual solar module will rest.
In contrast to the state-of-the-art, with the proposed solution only profiled rails with one cross-section are required to materialise profiled mounting rails of any length, for example for the mounting of solar collectors or to obtain aligned fastening and supporting positions projecting past a profiled mounting rail.
By virtue of simple transversal bolts a longitudinal displacement of the profiled mounting rails and/or profiled pieces already joined via the connecting profiles in a form-locking manner can be achieved.
According to an advantageous execution the profiled mounting rails inserted into one another in a form-locking manner form at the top a common smooth support surface.
Due to the manufacturing aspects of the extrusion process of the profiled mounting rails as well as the accuracy and strength required, the connecting profiles forming the lock-forming connection have an oblique-angled guide, preferably a double-sided dovetail guide. In this conjunction it has proved itself when the connecting profiles of the profiled mounting rails to be joined alternate along the envelope line between a profile accommodating the web and a web itself.
The profiled mounting rail is explained in an embodiment using an example of the mounting of a solar module.
They show in:
FIG. 1—a profiled mounting rail
FIG. 2—an assembled profiled mounting rail, and
FIG. 3—the guide, detailed.
The profiled mounting rail 1, illustrated in
On the opposite situated side the connecting profiles 6, 7 are so designed, that a second profiled mounting rail 2, having the same profile section and rotated by 180°, can be joined with the first profiled mounting rail 1 in a form-locked manner by sliding the connecting profiles 6, 7 into one another.
These connecting profiles are characterised in that
A joint of two profiled mounting rails 1, 2, produced by means of these connecting profiles 6, 7, is illustrated in
Due to the fact that the connecting profiles 6, 7 have the same height (h) measured from the lateral envelope line 4.1, both profiled mounting rails 1, 2 abut well against one another and can be fixed against a longitudinal displacement by a transverse bolt.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 2007 006 021 U | Apr 2007 | DE | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/DE2008/000593 | 4/4/2008 | WO | 00 | 1/12/2010 |
| Publishing Document | Publishing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| WO2008/128507 | 10/30/2008 | WO | A |
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| 20100192505 | Schaefer et al. | Aug 2010 | A1 |
| 20100206301 | Aftanas | Aug 2010 | A1 |
| 20110000519 | West | Jan 2011 | A1 |
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| 20100132693 A1 | Jun 2010 | US |
