Patent Grant
10584512
This application claims priority to German Patent Application No. 10 2017 117 777.9, filed Aug. 4, 2017, and titled DEVICE FOR THE VOLTAGE OF A FABRIC OF A TENT, and claims priority to German Patent Application No. 20 2017 105 101.3, filed Aug. 4, 2017, registered on Sep. 6, 2017, and titled DEVICE FOR THE VOLTAGE OF A FABRIC OF A TENT, all of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety.
The present invention relates to a device for tensioning a fabric of a tent comprising a tensioning device, a corner protection device as well as a fastening element according to claim 1.
A tent is usually understood to be a temporary, simple and preferably portable construction comprising a framework of poles and a roof placed above it. Today, aluminum poles are mainly used for the framework of poles, but other metal and plastic materials or wood can also be used.
In recent times, so-called folding tents, which are also referred to as quick pitch tents, have become more and more important. Their advantage lies in the fact that they are mainly delivered with the roof already assembled, that it is not necessary to dismantle the roof when setting up and taking down the folding tent, and that the setting up and dismantling can usually also be carried out without tools.
Such folding tents are folded in the delivery state. When the tent is set up, a structure opens up as a result of the tent being pulled apart, and the pre-assembled roof is tensioned automatically. For this purpose, the supports of the tent are connected to a roof structure having the shape of a scissor-type grid, which enables the tent to be pulled apart when being set up.
Regardless of the respective configuration of a tent, the tent roof usually rests on the ends of the supports that are at the top in the set-up state and spans them. The tent roof often ends with a screen running around the upper areas of the supporting structure. A synonym for the term “screen” is, for example, “valance” and is also covered by the present invention.
The connection between the tent roof and the supporting structure is usually tight when the tent is new, which leads to the desired tensioned state of the tent roof. On the other hand, the tensioned state of the connection between the tent roof and the supporting structure often leads to permanent friction of the tent roof fabric on this supporting structure, which can be accompanied by damage and even tearing of the fabric, in particular at these contact points after prolonged use.
On the other hand, it should be noted that the fabric of the tent roof expands when the tent is set up for a longer period of time, for example due to weather conditions or fatigue of material, and thus no longer fits accurately on the supporting structure of the tent. As a consequence, the tent roof itself does no longer maintain the desired smooth, tensioned state, but is loose, wavy and generally no longer well-fitting. This has not only visual disadvantages, but also disadvantages in terms of effect, since, for example, the wind is more easily caught in it and both the tent roof fabric and the supporting structure are thus subjected to additional loads.
In order to protect the tent roof fabric from friction or to protect the screen of a tent from getting caught in the supporting structure of the tent in the folded and in the extended state, a corner protection device has been proposed according to the German utility model DE 20 2004 016 428 U1, which is arranged on the part of the supports of the tent that is at the top of these supports in the set-up state and which leaves a gap open between itself and this support, into which the screen of the fabric of the tent roof is inserted and fastened in a manner described in more detail below.
With this device known from the state of the art, however, it is not possible to ensure a permanent tension of the tent roof in the set-up state of the tent if, in the course of time or in the course of use of the tent, an expansion of the fabric occurs, for example due to material fatigue.
There are indeed numerous efforts in the state of the art to tension fabrics permanently in the most diverse fields of application. Such efforts take place on a large scale in the field of manufacturing folding tops for convertible cars. Highly complex constructions have been developed for this purpose, as are described, for example, in EP 1 314 601 B1, but all of them are limited to these specific fields of application and cannot be transferred to other fields.
Based on these drawbacks of the state of the art, the technical problem is therefore to provide a device for tents which, on the one hand, protects the fabric of the tent roof in the set-up state from damage due to friction.
In addition, a device is to be developed which allows a visually and functionally good fit of the tent roof on the supporting structure of the tent.
Furthermore, the device should allow a perfect fit of the tent roof on the supporting structure to be maintained for the entire duration of use.
In addition, this device should comprise a simple construction that can be manufactured in a cost-effective manner. The construction should be made of a few parts and therefore be lightweight.
Furthermore, the device should be configured in such a manner that it is suitable for folding tents, i.e. it is already integrated in the delivery state after manufacture so that no further handling steps or assembly steps on the part of the user are necessary.
In addition, the device should be suitable for all types of tents.
These problems are solved with a device according to claims 1, 20, 21. Advantageous embodiments are included in the sub-claims.
According to an invention, a device is provided which serves to tension a fabric of a tent and which has a tensioning device, a corner protection device as well as a fastening element, wherein the tensioning device presses against at least one tensioning element of the corner protection device, on which the fabric of the tent can be arranged, wherein a corner bracket is arranged at the lower end of the corner protection device.
Tent within the meaning of the present application is understood to be any type of tent, in particular a folding tent, a party tent, a market stand, a pavilion, a folding pavilion, a trade fair stand, a kiosk, a medical tent, an accommodation tent, a kitchen tent and a command tent.
Fabric of the tent, in particular the tent roof, is understood to be any material used for tents, for example reinforced vinyl, cloth, polyester, PVC, nylon, polyurethane, impregnated fabrics, plastic foils or mixed fabrics.
The tent has an internal supporting structure, i.e. a framework. This framework comprises a number of supports, which are preferably set up at the respective end areas of a tent. Depending on the geometrical configuration of the tent, the framework comprises at least three supports. In the case of a rectangular or square tent, the tent has at least four supports. A polygonal tent has a corresponding plurality of supports.
As a synonym for the term “support” used here, the terms “support leg”, “corner post” or the like can also be used.
The supports in turn can be arranged on the bottom side in separate feet, which is particularly suitable when setting up a tent on a lawn, the ground, sand, concrete, slabs or the like.
The material of the supports can comprise wood, bamboo, plastic or metal. It is preferred that aluminum is used for the supports.
The geometrical configuration of the support is basically of no importance. Within the scope of the present invention, an octagonal configuration of a support in the form of a hollow profile is assumed merely by way of example, i.e. without being limited thereto. The outer wall of the support can be smooth, ribbed, corrugated or have any other desired configuration.
The roof structure of the tent rests on the end of the supports that is at the top in the set-up state of the tent. In the case of a square tent structure, the four respective corner areas of the tent roof are thus disposed on the supports correspondingly arranged in a square. A connection between the supports and the corner areas of the tent roof is preferably made in the form of a hinged connection. However, the latter is not the subject matter of the present invention.
The upper area of the support can be provided with a cover in the direction of the corner area of the tent roof
Beneath this cover, if any, the tensioning device according to the invention is arranged, which is disposed above the end of the support in one embodiment. The tensioning device is thus located between the cover and the upper end of the support. It can be fastened in various ways, for example placed on the end piece of the support by means of a connector protruding downwards and fastened in any way.
In another embodiment, the tensioning device according to the invention is arranged inside the upper end of the support, which is configured in the form of a hollow body. In this embodiment, too, the tensioning device is located beneath the cover.
The tent roof arranged above the upper end of the support and above the cover overlaps the upper part of the respective support as well as the tensioning device on its respective outer side. For this purpose, the tent roof preferably has a screen.
The overlapping of the tent roof, in particular by means of the screen, is preferably carried out with an accurate fit so that there is a tight contact between this part of the tent roof and the outer peripheral side of the upper part of the support and the outer peripheral side of the tensioning device. However, a corner protection device is inserted between this part of the support and the encompassing fabric, as described in detail below.
Due to the configuration and functional principle of the tensioning device described below, which interacts with the corner protection device—as described in detail below—, a permanent tensioning effect on the tent roof is provided in the set-up state, thereby compensating for the expansion of the fabric material of the tent roof during the entire set-up of the tent, which may occur over the course of time and through use, for example due to material fatigue.
According to the invention, the arrangement of a so-called corner protection device, which could also be more precisely described as an edge protection device, is also provided for. However, since it is referred to as such in the state of the art, this term should also be used here.
The corner protection device comprises an elongated body, which, as will have to be explained in more detail below, is partially movable. This elongated body can have a round or angular configuration towards its inner side and—in the case of an angular configuration—at least two segments that are elongated in the longitudinal direction. With the inner side of this body, the corner protection device is fastened to the upper part of the support. For this purpose, the inner side of this body may be configured in a manner that fully or approximately corresponds to the contours of the outer side of the support.
The length of the corner protection device preferably corresponds to the width (height) of the screen of the tent roof.
The corner protection device has thus a three-dimensional structure and an overall shell-shaped configuration. The shell-shaped configuration encompasses the outer side of the support with the inner side of the corner protection device.
Of course, the corner protection device can, for example, have a semicircular or three-quarter-circular, an oval or rectangular design. In this respect, any design of the corner protection device, which is preferably adapted to the outer shape of the support, is possible.
In the case of an octagonal configuration of the support with four narrower end faces, the support of the corner protection device may therefore have an approximately semicircular configuration or three segments provided at angles to each other. This means that the body of the corner protection connector can, for example, be fastened to one of the narrow end faces or longer sides of the octagonal support.
The fastening is carried out by means of a rivet, which is inserted into a recess of the corner protection device and which penetrates the latter at a corresponding location of the support and ends there at a rivet counter-holder. Of course, other types of fastening, for example by means of screws or by welding or adhesive bonding, are also possible.
The recess for the rivet is located in a hinge section of the body of the corner protection device, which can be arranged in the longitudinal as well as in the transverse direction approximately in middle of the body of the corner protection device.
This hinge section has the effect that the corner protection device is not rigid in its entirety, but has two sections, at least one of which is configured so as to be movable.
For this purpose, the hinge section of the corner protection device has at least one notch, which can only be a groove-shaped indentation, for example. Notch and groove-shaped indentation are therefore understood as synonyms. In this area, the body of the corner protection device can thus perform a slight buckling movement or bending movement.
In order to provide the support of the corner protection device with sufficient stability in this area of the hinge section in spite of this notch, it may have at least one reinforcing ring or at least one reinforcing rib above and below the recess for the rivet in the transverse direction.
The term “hinge section” within the meaning of the present invention does not only mean the embodiment described above. Rather, this term also covers other embodiments, which are at the discretion of the person skilled in the art, in order to solve the present technical problem by means of a connection between the functional parts of the corner protection device. The term therefore also covers other movable connections between two parts, for example swivel joint (also articulated joint or hinge, piano hinge, film hinge), screw joint, turn-slide cylindrical joint, plate joint, ball joint or other moment joint connections.
In order to ensure this flexibility of the corner protection device, it is made of any material suitable for this purpose, which, on the one hand, is strong enough to fulfil the function of the corner protection device to avoid unnecessary friction between the fabric of the screen of the tent roof and the support and which, on the other hand, is soft enough and flexible enough to perform a bending or buckling movement in its upper area to such an extent that the above-described expansion of the material of the tent roof as a result of time and use can be compensated for. This means that the material must also have a certain stability.
For this purpose, the corner protection device can be made of an appropriate stable but also flexible plastic material or an appropriate metal material.
The part of the corner protection device that is at the top as viewed in the longitudinal direction and when the tent is set up is thus configured in the form of a flexible tensioning element. This tensioning element is operatively connected to the tensioning device in a manner to be described in more detail below.
The lower part of the corner protection device preferably abuts on the support and thus cannot be moved away from it. It is therefore not referred to as tensioning element. This lower part of the corner protection device has no tensioning function in this configuration.
For this purpose, the length of the body of the corner protection device is such that it protrudes laterally beyond the upper end of the support of the tent roof where the one embodiment in which the tensioning device is arranged above the upper part of the support is concerned.
For this purpose, the tensioning element also has a spatial-geometrical enlargement at its upper end. This enlargement can either be made of the same material as the support of the tensioning element or the corner protection device or can comprise a different material. This enlargement is referred to below as tensioning element head and thus describes a configuration of this component.
The spatial-geometrical enlargement of the tensioning element head is directed towards the tensioning device in order to establish contact between the element of the tensioning device described below and the tensioning element head for the purpose of enabling the tensioning of the fabric of the tent roof.
As already explained above, the tensioning device is arranged above the end of the support. The tensioning device preferably has a housing, which can be attached to the upper end of the support, for example via a downward extension of its outer sides in the dimension of the extension. This creates a connection between the housing of the tensioning device and the upper end of the support. The connection can be form-fit and/or friction-fit or force-fit; in addition, it can be supported by a screw connection, riveting or the like.
Inside the housing of the tensioning device, there is a recess, which is preferably elongated in the horizontal direction. In this recess, a spring is mounted, which is in contact with a pressure element.
Preferably, this is a pressure spring made of stainless and spring steel. Such a cylindrical coil spring is usually made of round wires with a constant diameter. The pitch is constant along the spring axis, with the left and right end coils being closed. The pressure spring has a linear characteristic, and mainly the spring axis is stressed.
Instead of such a conventional pressure spring, other components can also be used which fulfil the function according to the invention.
For example, disc springs can be used. They are compact and, at the same time, transmit high forces. By arranging more than one disc spring one above the other, both the force and the spring travel can be multiplied.
In addition, elastomer springs can be used, which are characterized by a long service life, defined spring characteristics even after long use, abrasion resistance, high elongation at fracture, security against fracture and material damping.
According to the invention, these different components are referred to as springs; for reasons of simplification, however, (pressure) springs are assumed in the description of this invention.
There is no need to explain in more detail that instead of one spring, it is also possible to use a plurality of springs side by side or one below the other. This results in a more even and hence more gentle distribution of pressure on the tensioning element. Such an exemplary embodiment is described further below in connection with the discussion of a third embodiment, but applies equally to all embodiments.
Due to the spring force, this pressure element is pressed against the tensioning element head of the corner protection device arranged on the outer side of the tensioning device.
For this purpose, the spring can overlap the pressure element or, for example, be arranged in front of the end face of the pressure element and act on this end face.
In one exemplary embodiment, the pressure element has a bead-like or annular projection, which creates the contact surface with one end of the pressure spring overlapping the pressure element. This means that the pressure spring acts on this bead or ring with its force and thus pushes the pressure element against the tensioning element head.
In one embodiment, the pressure element is configured in the form of a bolt.
Due to the fact that the fabric of the tent roof, in particular in the form of a screen, runs downwards on the outer side of the tensioning element or the corner protection device, it also abuts on the outer side of the tensioning element head.
By pressing the spring of the tensioning device against the tensioning element head, the tensioning element is pressed against the fabric of the tent roof. To the extent that the fabric of the tent roof is expanded, the aforementioned construction thus keeps the tent roof permanently under tension so that the desired effect of a permanent tension of the tent roof as a whole is made possible.
However, in order to prevent this effect from being at least partially cancelled out by the tent roof evading the tensioning pressure built up, a fastening element is mounted in the lower area of the corner protection device. The fastening element within the meaning of the present invention can also be a corner bracket, a corner clip, a ring, a tape, a chain, a frame, a connector, a cross connector, a fastening clip, a clamp, a snap fastener, a snap fastener with a barbed hook or the like. For reasons of simplification, the fastening element is also referred to below as corner bracket.
This fastening element is mounted on the outer side of the lower part of the corner protection device.
In addition, the corner bracket is connected to the corner protection device of the tent roof. For these purposes, the corner bracket may have a push-in part on its inner side, for example a push-in clip, which passes through a corresponding opening in the lower part of the corner protection device so that a connection to the corner bracket is established.
For this purpose, the corner bracket can, for example, also have a spring-loaded push-in part, which is provided with a kind of barbed hook, which hooks on the inner wall of the corner protection device after it has been inserted through the opening.
Instead of such a configuration, other connections can also be created, for example by means of rivets, screws, Velcro or the like.
In order to achieve the function of counter-tensioning the fabric of the tent roof described above, it is essential that there is a sufficiently large clearance between the corner bracket and the outer side of the corner protection device, which serves to receive the fabric of the tent roof.
It is particularly advantageous if the fabric web end of the tent roof fabric has an eye-shaped opening in the area of the aforementioned push-in part of the corner bracket, through which the push-in part can also be inserted so that a fastening of the fabric web remains ensured even in the event of jerky movements of the tent roof, for example due to the action of wind.
Insofar as it has been described in the above explanations that the fabric web of the tent roof is guided past the outer side of the upper part of the support, this is to be specified according to the explanations in such a way that the corner protection device with its tensioning element is arranged between the outer side of the upper part of the support and the inner side of the fabric so that a kind of sandwich-like structure of the support, the fabric web and the corner protection device is formed in in this area.
On the one hand, the aforementioned design features therefore ensure that the end of the fabric of the tent roof, in particular the screen, can be guided across the outer side of the corner protection device and thus across the supports in a manner that is gentle on the material. On the other hand, the configuration of the corner protection device in the form of a tensioning element in conjunction with the tensioning device and in conjunction with the fastening element, which is advantageously configured in the form of a corner bracket or a corner clip, ensures that, in addition to guiding the fabric of the tent roof in a manner that is gentle on the material, a permanent tension of the fabric is also achieved, which compensates for material expansions occurring to the corresponding extent.
As far as the fastening element described above is concerned, it can also be configured in the form of a flat, rectangular plastic part, which can be sewn onto the inner side of the tent roof, in particular to the inner side of the screen of the tent roof. Instead of sewing on, other fastenings can also be selected, for example by means of rivets, screw connections, Velcro connections, zips, snap fasteners or the like.
In this further embodiment, the sewable/sewn-on plastic part is connected to the lower part of the corner protection device on its side facing away from the fabric of the tent roof
In this embodiment, this connection of the fastening element can be made in any suitable way. In particular, it can be made in such a way that the plastic part has a hook corner clip approximately in the center, which can be inserted through a corresponding opening into the lower part of the corner protection device and which hooks there on the inner side of the lower part of the corner protection device. For this purpose, the hook corner clip preferably has snap-in counter-latches.
Such a hook corner clip can be formed a separate part on the plastic part, but it can also be made of the plastic part material itself and can, for example, be inserted from the plane of the surface of the plastic part into the complementary opening of the lower part of the corner protection device by punching and bending.
Last but not least, it is advantageous in this latter case if the material thickness of the plastic part is different, i.e. it is stronger, more tensile and more stable at the point where the connection to the corner protection device is made than at the point where it is sewn onto the fabric of the tent roof.
In a preferred configuration of the further embodiment of the fastening element described above, the plastic part has a tongue-like projection on its side which, when sewn on, is located at the bottom and which encompasses the lower end face of the lower part of the corner protection device so that further stabilization of the fastening between the tent roof and the corner protection device occurs.
In this further embodiment of the fastening element described above, a sandwich-like structure of the corner protection device, the fastening element and the fabric of the tent roof is thus created.
In another embodiment according to the invention, a tensioning device is also used, which implements the design principles described above and which interacts in the same way with the corner protection device described above and the tensioning element, but which differs from the embodiment described above in that it is inserted into the hollow body of the support.
In this case, the tensioning device either uses the internal space of the support as a housing, within which this embodiment is used, or the tensioning device is located inside an insert, which is inserted, for example pushed, into the hollow space of the support.
However, it is also possible to insert the tensioning device as a kind of push-in part between two separate parts of the support and to connect the supports to each other indirectly via the tensioning device in this way.
In this embodiment, a corresponding opening is provided in the support, through which at least one spring of the tensioning device presses against the tensioning element of the corner protection device in a manner as has been explained in connection with the first-mentioned embodiment.
If the tensioning device is arranged inside the hollow body of the support, it is not necessary for the length of the body of the corner protection device to protrude laterally beyond the upper end of the support of the tent roof
In a third embodiment, the tensioning device is an integral component of the corner protection device.
It is a device for tensioning a fabric of a tent comprising a tensioning device, a corner protection device as well as a fastening element, wherein the tensioning device can be guided through an opening of the corner protection device, on which the fabric of the tent can be arranged, wherein a fastening element is arranged on the lower part of the corner protection device.
The corner protection device is fastened to the support in a manner appropriate in terms of construction, as has been explained for the embodiments described above.
At its lower end, the corner bracket for the fabric of the tent roof is arranged in basically the same way. The overall disclosure of the configuration of the corner bracket, its arrangement and fastening to the corner protection device, the configuration of the corner protection device and its arrangement and fastening to the support of the tent with respect to the first configuration applies equally to this embodiment.
However, this third embodiment differs from the two other embodiments in that the tensioning device is no longer a direct structural component of the support of the tent, but part of the corner protection device itself.
The corner protection device is attached and fastened to the support of the tent in the same way, as has been described with regard to the first embodiment. At its lower end, a corner bracket is attached to the corner protection device, as has been described for the first embodiment. The overall content of disclosure in this respect therefore also applies to the third embodiment.
At the point where the screen of the tent fabric overlaps the corner protection device, an opening is provided in the corner protection device, which receives the tensioning device. For this purpose, the tensioning device is preferably arranged on the inner side of the corner protection device, hence adjacent to the outer side of the support. This can be achieved by using conventional fastening measures. For example, the tensioning device can be screwed, riveted, glued or the like to the inner side of the corner protection device; in particular, it can be fastened to a plate, which in turn is fastened to the inner side of the corner protection device.
The tensioning device can preferably be guided through the opening in the corner protection device in the direction of the fabric of the tent roof. The opening can preferably have a rectangular or elongated configuration so that more than one spring of the tensioning device can pass through it. If a plurality of springs is used, a more even distribution of pressure on the fabric of the tent roof, which overlaps the corner protection device in this area, is achieved in this way.
For example, five springs are arranged side by side in one exemplary embodiment. The springs are arranged in an analogous manner on one side thereof in the tensioning device and end at their other end, which is directed towards the fabric web, in corresponding pot-shaped receptacles, which serve to hold these ends of the springs and which in turn are arranged in a tensioning shell. This tensioning shell is thus open towards the springs, while it has a smooth, closed surface towards the fabric of the tent roof.
The springs thus press into the pot-shaped receptacles of the tensioning shell, which in this way presses with its smooth, closed surface against the screen of the fabric of the tent roof. This results in a visually even tension of the fabric of the tent roof
In summary, the functional principle can be described in such a way that the springs together with the tensioning shell are more or less retracted in the corner protection device in their original state and thus create a smooth surface of the corner protection device in the area of its opening. If the fabric of the tent roof expands, the springs with the tensioning shell extend out of their holder and press against the fabric of the tent roof, thereby causing it to be permanently and evenly tensioned.
The force which the springs have to exert in all three embodiments in order to achieve the tensioning effect essentially depends on the type of tent and the fabric of the tent and can be easily determined by manual testing. Without there being any restriction in this respect regarding specifications, it has been shown that approximately 150 N up to 300 N are a good basis for the selection of the springs and the determination of the force to be applied.
In this third embodiment, it is clear that the corner protection device itself does not have to be configured so as to be partially movable, as has been described, for example, for the previous embodiments, because it is not the corner protection device itself which moves against the fabric web of the tent as a result of the pressure of the springs, but because this function is performed by the configuration of the springs with the tensioning shell described above.
Therefore, the corner protection device does not need to have an appropriate hinge arrangement, by means of which the upper part of the corner protection device is configured in the form of a tensioning element so as to be movable. In the third embodiment, the corner protection device can thus have an even structure and fabric configuration.
Of course, this does not exclude the possibility that the corner protection device may have one or more reinforcing elements, for example reinforcing ribs, in order to increase its stability, in particular on its inner side.
For a better understanding of the present invention, reference is made exclusively for the purpose of exemplary illustration and without any restrictive effect to the figures below, which show the following:
It can be seen in the upper part of the corner protection device 5 according to
According to
Since the notch 57, in particular, causes a material weakening of the overall corner protection device, this component provides at least one reinforcing rib 55 for the internal connection to the support 4, 41 or a reinforcing ring 58 as compensation.
In addition,
Furthermore,
The corner protection device 5 is also shown in
The hinge arrangement 54 with the recess 56 for a rivet can again be seen beneath the tensioning element area 6. The lower part 59 of the corner protection device 5 runs beneath it.
It can also be seen in
The hinge section 54 is also marked in
The lower part 59 of the corner protection device 5 also receives the fastening element 7, which can be recognized as a corner bracket 71 in the concrete illustration. It can also be seen that the corner protection device 5 is arranged vertically on the outer side of the upper area 41 of the support 4.
In the area of the cover 42, further structural configurations for fastening this area to the supporting structure of the tent roof can be seen, with this fastening being of no relevance for the present invention.
The tensioning device 9 is arranged on the outer side of the upper section 41 of the support 4, as can be clearly seen in
In
The movement of the tensioning element 6 away from the vertical axis of the support 4 as shown in a comparison of
In order to prevent the fabric of the tent roof from evading the effect of this compressive stress, the fabric, in particular when configured in the form of a screen, is fastened to the lower part 59 of the corner protection device 5 by means of a fastening element 7. In the embodiment as described, the fastening element 7 is configured in the form of a corner bracket 71. For this purpose, the fabric of the tent roof, in particular the fabric of the screen, is fastened in an appropriate manner between the inner side of the fastening element 7 and the outer side of the lower part 59 of the corner protection device. As a result, a counter-stress of the fabric is maintained, i.e. the fabric cannot evade the effect of the compressive stress due to the interaction of the tensioning device 9 with the tensioning element 6, 61.
The details of this arrangement can be seen in
In this case, the tensioning device 9 either uses the internal space of the support 4, 41 as a housing 96, within which this embodiment is used, or the tensioning device is located inside a housing 91, which is inserted, for example pushed, into the hollow space of the support. In this embodiment, a corresponding opening is provided in the support, through which at least one spring 92 of the tensioning device 9 presses against the tensioning element 6 of the corner protection device 5 in a manner as has been explained in connection with the first-mentioned embodiment.
Since the tensioning device 9 is arranged inside the hollow body of the support 4, 41, it is not necessary for the length of the body of the corner protection device 5 to protrude laterally beyond the upper end of the support 41 of the tent roof.
In this third embodiment, the tensioning device 9 is an integral component of the corner protection device 5.
The corner protection device 5 is fastened to the support 4, 41 in a manner appropriate in terms of construction. The corner bracket 7, 71 for the fabric of the tent roof is arranged at its lower end 59.
This third embodiment shows that the tensioning device 9 is no longer a direct structural component of the support 4, 41 of the tent, but part of the corner protection device 5 itself.
The corner protection device 5 is attached and fastened to the support 4, 41 of the tent. At its lower end 59, a corner bracket 7,71 is attached to the corner protection device 5.
At the point where the screen 2 of the tent fabric overlaps the corner protection device 5, an opening 65 is provided in the corner protection device 5, which receives the tensioning device 9, cf.
The tensioning device 9 preferably protrudes through the opening 65 in the corner protection device 5 in the direction of the fabric of the tent roof. In this example, the opening 65 preferably has a rectangular configuration so that more than one spring of the tensioning device 9 can pass through it. If a plurality of springs is used, a more even distribution of pressure on the fabric of the tent roof, which overlaps the corner protection device 5 in this area, is achieved in this way.
For example, five springs 92 are arranged side by side in
The springs 92 thus press into the pot-shaped receptacles 64 of the tensioning shell 62, which in this way presses with its smooth, closed surface 63 against the screen 2 of the fabric of the tent roof. This results in a visually even tension of the fabric of the tent roof.
Altogether, the functional principle can be described in such a way that the springs together with the tensioning shell are more or less retracted in the corner protection device 5 in their original state,
In this third embodiment, it is clear that the corner protection device itself does not have to be configured so as to be partially movable, as has been described, for example, for the previous embodiments, because it is not the corner protection device itself which moves against the fabric web of the tent as a result of the pressure of the springs, but because this function is performed by the configuration of the springs with the tensioning shell described above.
The group of
The fastening element 7 is configured in the form of a plastic part 73, which can be fastened, for example sewn on, to the inner side of the fabric of the tent roof 1, in particular to the inner side of the screen 2 (
In this embodiment, the connection of the fastening element is configured in such a manner that the plastic part 73 has a hook corner clip 74 approximately in the center, which is inserted through a corresponding opening 60 in the lower part 59 of the corner protection device 5 and which hooks there on the inner side 50 of the lower part 59 of the corner protection device 5; for this purpose, the hook corner clip 74 has snap-in counter-latches 75, 76 (
In addition, it can be seen from
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