EP0324466A1 - Rail for hanging objects, in particular pictures - Google Patents

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EP0324466A1
EP0324466A1 EP89100470A EP89100470A EP0324466A1 EP 0324466 A1 EP0324466 A1 EP 0324466A1 EP 89100470 A EP89100470 A EP 89100470A EP 89100470 A EP89100470 A EP 89100470A EP 0324466 A1 EP0324466 A1 EP 0324466A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G1/00—Mirrors; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/34—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element
    • F21V21/35—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element with direct electrical contact between the supporting element and electric conductors running along the guiding element

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  • the invention relates to a gallery bar for hanging objects, in particular pictures, consisting of a profile rail which can be fastened to a building wall and to which at least one hanging element is slidably connected.
  • Gallery strips of the type described in the introduction are known.
  • objects for example pictures, suspended from such gallery strips
  • lights it was previously necessary to arrange lights at a corresponding distance from the ceiling of the room or on pieces of furniture located nearby. This is disadvantageous both in terms of interior design and the additional effort for installing the lights.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a gallery bar that also contains the electrical installation for the connection of lights.
  • the profile rail has a contact rail connected to a power supply, preferably a low-voltage power supply, and that the hanging element is designed as an electrical conductor, has a contact head which can be connected to the contact rail, and is used to supply power to a lamp.
  • a power supply preferably a low-voltage power supply
  • the hanging element is designed as an electrical conductor
  • the hanging element forms only one current-carrying wire, so that two hanging elements are to be used for each object.
  • this arrangement makes it possible to produce the hanging element from a rigid metal wire which at the same time serves as a supporting part for the lamp. This makes it possible, using the low weight of low-voltage luminaires, to attach the luminaires directly to the two hanging elements at a distance above the suspended objects.
  • the lamp is held at a distance from the wall of the building by at least two essentially rigid metal wires, the ends of which are each connected to a hanging element. These metal wires branching off the hanging elements in turn serve both as supporting parts for the lamp and as electrical conductors for the power supply to the lamp.
  • the profile rail has two profile halves which can be electrically insulated from one another and which each consist at least partially of electrically conductive material.
  • This configuration has the advantage of simple assembly, since one profile half can be screwed onto the wall and then the other, external profile half can be clipped on from the outside, for example via a snap connection, so that the attachment is not visible.
  • the profile halves are made from an electrically conductive material, for example aluminum, since only a single profile contour then has to be designed with a correspondingly symmetrical design of the profile halves.
  • the two profile halves are connected to one another via plug-shaped or strip-shaped holding bodies made of an insulating material. Since the cross section of each profile half must be large for reasons of strength, there is a further advantage that there is no voltage drop caused by the profile halves serving as conductors in the usual room lengths. This allows the power supply to be connected to the end of a mounting rail.
  • a continuous strip made of an electrically insulating material is provided for the insulation of the profile halves from each other, which has a continuous groove-shaped recess for receiving a power cable.
  • This arrangement allows the gallery bar to be used additionally as a "cable duct" for a 220 volt cable, so that in very long rooms a continuous gallery bar can be divided into several sections, each section being connected to its own low-voltage power supply, which in turn is fed via the 220 volt cable that runs through the gallery bar.
  • the edges of the recess are resilient and at least partially cover the recess.
  • this embodiment offers the possibility of "clipping" the 220 volt cable into the groove-shaped recess, so that the cable is held in the strip and ensures that even with a defective cable, the low voltage fed, not provided with an insulating jacket hanging elements can come into connection with the cable via the profile halves of the profile rail.
  • At least one profile half is provided with a plurality of notches arranged at a distance from one another for inserting a contact head.
  • the contact head consists of an insulating body, in which a support nipple made of electrically conductive material is held which is connected to the hanging element and projects beyond the insulating body on one side in the direction of a profile half. This ensures that the weight of the suspended object also ensures perfect contact between the hanging element and the contact rail and, on the other hand, a reliable absorption of the weight of the suspended object on the gallery bar is guaranteed.
  • a picture wall with several pictures 1, 2, 3 and 4 is shown in a partial section through a room.
  • a profile rail 6 is fastened to the building wall 5 in the ceiling area, on which the pictures in question are suspended via two hanging elements 7.
  • the fastening means which are not shown in detail here, can be attached to the hanging elements 7 in a height-adjustable manner.
  • Via a contact head 8 each connected to the hanging element 7, the structure of which will be described in more detail below, the hanging elements 7 are held in a form-fitting manner in the profile rail 6, so that the images can also be easily aligned in the longitudinal direction by simply shifting the respective hanging elements 7 laterally can be.
  • the profile rail 6 is either provided with a two-pole contact rail or, as will be described in more detail below, itself designed as a two-pole contact rail and connected to a low-voltage power supply 9.
  • a low-voltage power supply 9 This is formed, for example, by a transformer, which optionally supplies a low voltage of, for example, 6 to 24 volts.
  • the low-voltage power supply 9 is connected via a supply cable 10 to the normal power supply, for example a 220 volt voltage.
  • the hanging elements 7 are now designed as an electrical conductor, for example in the form of a wire strand, but preferably also in the form of a resiliently rigid steel wire, the contact head 8 being designed such that it can be optionally with one pole and the other pole of the profile rail 6 in Connection is established. This creates a power supply for lights 11, 12, 13 or 14 for each suspension, which will be described in more detail below.
  • the hanging elements 7 are without, but can also be designed with an insulating jacket.
  • the lamp 11 is shown in a side view in FIG. 2.
  • the lamp 11 consists, for example, of a commercially available low-voltage lamp with an integrated reflector and is connected to the two hanging elements 7 of FIG. 1 via two spring-stiff steel wires 15 designed as electrical conductors.
  • the wires 15 thus at the same time form "hanging elements" designed as electrical conductors for the lamp 11, via which it is connected to the profile rail 6 serving as a contact rail.
  • the free ends of the wires 15 are fastened to the hanging elements 7 by means of corresponding holding elements 16, which are slidably fixed on the hanging elements 7 by means of a clamp or screw connection, so that a precise adjustment of the lamp 11 in relation to the image 1 to be illuminated is possible is.
  • a resilient wire for example a steel wire
  • a spring-stiff wire as a support element for the lamp 11 allows a variety of arbitrary design options when using several interconnected wires, wherein the shape can be designed using different, mutually influencing bending forces.
  • the hanging acc. the line III-III shows an embodiment in which the two pictures 2 and 3 are suspended together on two hanging elements 7 on the profile rail 6.
  • the hanging elements 7 are in turn designed as electrical conductors, and each image can be assigned its own lamp 12 or 13 without an additional supply line.
  • the lamp 12 is connected in another somewhat stiffer design with the hanging elements 7, while the lamp 13 is attached to the frame of the picture 3, the power supply via corresponding leads 16 'is tapped from the hanging elements 7 on the back of the picture.
  • the arrangement acc. Fig. 3 also shows the possibility of laying the profile rail 6 in the ceiling area in the same way as is known for curtain rails.
  • the lamp When the picture 4 is hung, as can be seen from FIG. 4, a different shape is chosen for the lamp.
  • the hanging elements 7 'for the image 4 it is not necessary to form the hanging elements 7 'for the image 4 as an electrical conductor. Rather, use is made here with advantage that the serving as a hanging element, preferably made of thin wire and supporting the lamp 14 carrying parts 15 'can be designed as electrical conductors and thus directly attached via corresponding contact heads 8' in the current-carrying profile rail 6 can.
  • the required lateral stability of the arrangement is ensured via lateral supports 17.
  • a profile rail 6 is shown on a larger scale in section.
  • This consists essentially of two profile halves 18 'and 18 ⁇ , which are extruded from aluminum, for example, and are therefore electrically conductive.
  • the two profile halves 18 'and 18' are connected to each other via a plurality of stopper-like holding bodies 19 distributed over the length of the profile rail and made of an insulating material, the profile rail 6 being firmly screwed to the building wall via the holding bodies 19 as a whole.
  • a corresponding bore 20 in the wall-side profile half 18 ' in which a corresponding approach engages on the holding body 19, a perfect, two profile halves mutually insulating fastening is ensured.
  • the two, the profile rail 6 forming profile halves 18 'and 18 ⁇ are symmetrical, so that you can work with only one profile shape.
  • the profile shape is chosen so that in the assembled state, as shown in Fig. 5, both on the top and on the bottom continuous groove 21 in the manner of a hammer head groove.
  • a contact head 8 inserted, which is attached to the free end of the hanging element 7.
  • the contact head 8 here consists of an insulating body 24, in which a support nipple 25 connected to the hanging element 7 and made of electrically conductive material is firmly connected.
  • each profile half forms a phase of the profile rail 6 forming the electrical power supply, this ensures that a hanging element 7 can only be connected to one phase of the power supply. Since the contact head 8 is also symmetrical, one of the profile halves can be brought into an electrically conductive connection with the hanging element either by appropriate alignment of the insulating body 24.
  • the embodiment acc. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the profile rails instead of plug-shaped holding bodies are paid via a continuous strip 26 made of an electrically insulating material.
  • the strip 26 has a continuous groove-shaped recess 27 which is provided in the edge region with resilient edge lips 28 directed inwards.
  • the recess 27 here serves as a cable duct through which a cable 29 with, for example, 220 volt voltage can be guided in electrically sound insulation relative to the low-voltage side formed by the profile halves 18 'and 18 ⁇ .
  • the series connection indicated in Fig. 1 of several low-voltage power supplies 9 and 9 'to be arranged on the ceiling. Each subsequent low voltage power supply is then separately connected to the cable 29.
  • the structure otherwise corresponds to the structure of the profile rail described with reference to FIG. 5.
  • Fig. 7 the contact head 8 of a hanging element 7 is shown again in two views to illustrate how different phases of the power supply can be tapped from the profile rail 6 by different hooking into the profile rail 6.
  • the invention is not limited to the illustrated and described embodiment of the profile rail and the hanging elements connected to it. It is thus possible, for example, to produce the profiled rail 6 in one piece from a plastic, in which case two metal contact rails have to be incorporated in the area of the recess 21 in the form of a hammer head groove.
  • a metallic bare profile rail is not acceptable for the sake of interior design, there is also the option of providing the respective profile half 18 ⁇ to be fitted from the outside with a corresponding cover made of plastic, wood or the like during manufacture, the cover also being used as an ornamental strip can be trained. As shown in FIG. 6, such an ornamental strip 30 can also be retrofitted from the outside.
  • the profile rails 6 are expediently provided with plug contacts at least at one end, so that the electrical connection to the power supply, but also to a subsequent profile rail, can be made by simply plugging them together.
  • Appropriate trained corner connectors are appropriate for the area of room corners.

Abstract

Pictures or other objects hung on a wall could be illuminated hitherto by means of compact lamps in an unsatisfactory manner in terms of design. In order to achieve an improvement both in respect of the construction and the design, the picture rail is constructed as a profile rail (6) which serves at the same time as an electric conductor and is connected to a current supply. The hanging elements (7) are likewise constructed as electric conductors and are in connection via contact heads with the respective electric phase of the profile rail (6). A lamp (11) can then be attached to the hanging elements (7), the support parts of which lamp form the electric conductors at the same time. This enables a filigree-type design if thin or possibly springy wires are used. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Galerieleiste zum Hängen von Objekten, insbesondere Bildern, bestehend aus einer an einer Gebäudewand befestigbaren Profilschiene, mit der wenigstens ein Hängeelement verschiebbar verbunden ist.The invention relates to a gallery bar for hanging objects, in particular pictures, consisting of a profile rail which can be fastened to a building wall and to which at least one hanging element is slidably connected.

Galerieleisten der eingangs bezeichneten Art sind bekannt. Um nun an derartigen Galerieleisten aufgehängte Objekte, beispielsweise Bilder, beleuchten zu können, war es bisher erforderlich, in entsprechendem Abstand hierzu an der Raum­decke oder auf in der Nähe befindlichen Möbelstücken Leuchten anzuordnen. Dies ist sowohl im Hinblick auf die Innenraumge­staltung als auch durch den zusätzlichen Aufwand für die Installation der Leuchten nachteilig.Gallery strips of the type described in the introduction are known. In order to be able to illuminate objects, for example pictures, suspended from such gallery strips, it was previously necessary to arrange lights at a corresponding distance from the ceiling of the room or on pieces of furniture located nearby. This is disadvantageous both in terms of interior design and the additional effort for installing the lights.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Galerieleiste zu schaffen, die zugleich die elektrische Installation für den Anschluß von Leuchten enthält.The invention has for its object to provide a gallery bar that also contains the electrical installation for the connection of lights.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß die Profilschiene eine mit einer Stromversorgung, vorzugs­weise einer Niederspannungs-Stromversorgung verbundene Kontaktschiene aufweist und daß das Hängeelement als elektri­scher Leiter ausgebildet ist, einen mit der Kontaktschiene verbindbaren Kontaktkopf aufweist und der Stromversorgung einer Leuchte dient. Diese Anordnung erlaubt es, unter Ausnutzung des geringen Gewichtes derartiger Niedervolt-­Leuchten, das Hängeelement für das Objekt zugleich zur Stromversorgung der dem Objekt zuzuordnenden Leuchte einzu­setzen. Das Hängeelement kann hierbei als zweiadriger elek­trischer Leiter ausgebildet sein, wobei der Kontaktkopf entsprechend zwei mit den beiden Teilen der Kontaktschiene verbindbare Kontakte aufweist. Die Leuchte selbst kann hierbei unmittelbar am Bild befestigt sein. Besonders einfach ist es, wenn das Hängeelement nur eine stromführende Ader bildet, so daß je Objekt zwei Hängeelemente einzusetzen sind. Diese Anordnung erlaubt es in einer besonders vorteil­haften Ausgestaltung der Erfindung, das Hängeelement aus einem steifen Metalldraht herzustellen, der zugleich als Tragteil für die Leuchte dient. Damit ist es möglich, unter Ausnutzung des geringen Gewichtes von Niedervolt-Leuchten, die Leuchten mit Abstand oberhalb des aufgehängten Objekten unmittelbar an den beiden Hängeelementen zu befestigen. Besonders zweckmäßig ist es hierbei, wenn die Leuchte über wenigstens zwei im wesentlichen steife Metalldrähte im Abstand zur Gebäudewandung gehalten wird, deren Enden jeweils mit einem Hängeelement verbunden sind. Diese von den Hängeele­menten abzweigenden Metalldrähte dienen wiederum sowohl als Tragteile für die Leuchte als auch als elektrische Leiter für die Stromversorgung der Leuchte. Der besondere Vorteil dieser Ausbildung besteht darin, daß von den Leuchten praktisch nur das Leuchtmittel mit dem zugehörigen Reflektor im Raum sichtbar ist, während die Verbindung zur Wand über die Stahldrähte nahezu unsichtbar ist. Hierdurch ergibt sich eine besonders ansprechende Raumgestaltung, da der Betrachter nur den dem zu beleuchteten Objekt zugeordneten "Lichtpunkt" wahrnimmt, da die zugehörige Verbindung zur Gebäudewand praktisch nicht sichtbar ist. Je nach dem ge­wünschten Kragabstand können zusätzliche drahtförmige Ab­stützungen aus dem gleichen Drahtmaterial vorgesehen sein, die sich entweder unmittelbar auf der Gebäudewand oder in Dreieckform am Hängeelement oder am aufgehängten Objekt abstützen.This object is achieved in that the profile rail has a contact rail connected to a power supply, preferably a low-voltage power supply, and that the hanging element is designed as an electrical conductor, has a contact head which can be connected to the contact rail, and is used to supply power to a lamp. This arrangement makes it possible, while taking advantage of the low weight of such low-voltage lamps, to use the hanging element for the object for the power supply of the lamp to be assigned to the object. The hanging element can be designed as a two-wire electrical conductor, the contact head correspondingly having two contacts that can be connected to the two parts of the contact rail. The lamp itself can be attached directly to the picture. It is particularly simple if the hanging element forms only one current-carrying wire, so that two hanging elements are to be used for each object. In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, this arrangement makes it possible to produce the hanging element from a rigid metal wire which at the same time serves as a supporting part for the lamp. This makes it possible, using the low weight of low-voltage luminaires, to attach the luminaires directly to the two hanging elements at a distance above the suspended objects. It is particularly expedient here if the lamp is held at a distance from the wall of the building by at least two essentially rigid metal wires, the ends of which are each connected to a hanging element. These metal wires branching off the hanging elements in turn serve both as supporting parts for the lamp and as electrical conductors for the power supply to the lamp. The particular advantage of this design is that practically only the illuminant with the associated reflector is visible in the room from the lights, while the connection to the wall via the steel wires is almost invisible. This results in a particularly appealing interior design, since the viewer only assigns the object to be illuminated Perceives "light point" because the associated connection to the building wall is practically invisible. Depending on the desired cantilever distance, additional wire-shaped supports made of the same wire material can be provided, which are supported either directly on the building wall or in triangular form on the hanging element or on the suspended object.

In Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß die Profilschiene zwei elektrisch gegeneinander isoliert zusammen­fügbare Profilhälften aufweist, die jeweils wenigstens teilweise aus elektrisch leitendem Material bestehen. Diese Ausgestaltung hat den Vorteil der einfachen Montage, da die eine Profilhälfte an die Wand angeschraubt werden kann und dann die andere, außenliegende Profilhäfte, beispiels­weise über eine Schnappverbindung von außen aufgeklippt werden kann, so daß die Befestigung nicht sichtbar ist. Besonders zweckmäßig ist es, wenn die Profilhälften aus einem elektrisch leitendem Werkstoff, beispielsweise Alumi­nuim, hergestellt werden, da dann bei entsprechend symmetri­scher Ausbildung der Profilhälften nur eine einzige Profil­kontur konzipiert zu werden braucht. Hierbei ist es jedoch erforderlich, daß die beiden Profilhälften über stopfenför­mige oder leistenförmige Haltekörper aus einem Isolierwerk­stoff miteinander verbunden sind. Da schon aus Festig­keitsgründen der Querschnitt jeder Profilhälfte groß bemessen sein muß, ergibt sich als weiterer Vorteil, daß bei den üblichen Raumlängen sich kein durch die als Leiter dienenden Profilhälften bewirkter Spannungsabfall ergibt. Dies erlaubt es, die Stromversorgung jeweils am Ende einer Profilschiene anzuschließen.In an embodiment of the invention it is provided that the profile rail has two profile halves which can be electrically insulated from one another and which each consist at least partially of electrically conductive material. This configuration has the advantage of simple assembly, since one profile half can be screwed onto the wall and then the other, external profile half can be clipped on from the outside, for example via a snap connection, so that the attachment is not visible. It is particularly expedient if the profile halves are made from an electrically conductive material, for example aluminum, since only a single profile contour then has to be designed with a correspondingly symmetrical design of the profile halves. Here, however, it is necessary that the two profile halves are connected to one another via plug-shaped or strip-shaped holding bodies made of an insulating material. Since the cross section of each profile half must be large for reasons of strength, there is a further advantage that there is no voltage drop caused by the profile halves serving as conductors in the usual room lengths. This allows the power supply to be connected to the end of a mounting rail.

In einer vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß für die Isolierung der Profilhälften gegen­einander eine durchgehende Leiste aus einem elektrisch­isolierendem Werkstoff vorgesehen ist, die eine durchgehende nutförmige Ausnehmung zur Aufnahme eines Stromkabels aufweist.In an advantageous embodiment of the invention it is provided that a continuous strip made of an electrically insulating material is provided for the insulation of the profile halves from each other, which has a continuous groove-shaped recess for receiving a power cable.

Diese Anordnung erlaubt es, die Galerieleiste zusätzliche als "Kabelkanal" für ein 220 Volt-Kabel zu verwenden, so daß bei sehr langen Räumen eine durchgehende Galerieleiste in mehrere Teilstücke unterteilt werden kann, wobei jedes Teilstück mit einer eigenen Niedervolt-Stromversorgung in Verbindung steht, die jedoch ihrerseits über das durch die Galerieleiste geführte 220 Volt-Kabel gespeist wird.This arrangement allows the gallery bar to be used additionally as a "cable duct" for a 220 volt cable, so that in very long rooms a continuous gallery bar can be divided into several sections, each section being connected to its own low-voltage power supply, which in turn is fed via the 220 volt cable that runs through the gallery bar.

In zweckmäßiger Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß die Ränder der Ausnehmung federnd ausgebildet sind und die Ausnehmung wenigstens teilweise überdecken. Bei einer derart stranggespreßten aus einem Kunststoffmaterial hergestellten Leiste bietet diese Ausgestaltung die Möglich­keit, das 220 Volt-Kabel in die nutförmige Ausnehmung "einzu­klippsen", so daß das Kabel in der Leiste gehalten ist und sichergestellt ist, daß auch bei einem schadhaften Kabel die mit Niederspannung gespeisten, nicht mit einem Isoliermantel versehenen Hängeelemente über die Profilhälf­ten der Profilschiene mit dem Kabel in Verbindung kommen können.In an advantageous embodiment of the invention it is provided that the edges of the recess are resilient and at least partially cover the recess. In such an extruded strip made of a plastic material, this embodiment offers the possibility of "clipping" the 220 volt cable into the groove-shaped recess, so that the cable is held in the strip and ensures that even with a defective cable, the low voltage fed, not provided with an insulating jacket hanging elements can come into connection with the cable via the profile halves of the profile rail.

In weiterer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß wenigstens eine Profilhälfte mit mehreren im Abstand zueinander angeordneten Ausklinkungen zum Einführen eines Kontaktkopfes versehen ist. Diese Ausgestaltung erlaubt einen einfachen Wechsel von Hängeelementen und/oder auch von unmittelbar mit einem Kontaktkopf versehenen Leuchten, ohne daß hierzu die gesamte Hängung an einer Wand durch Verschieben verändert werden muß.In a further embodiment of the invention, it is provided that at least one profile half is provided with a plurality of notches arranged at a distance from one another for inserting a contact head. This configuration allows a simple change of hanging elements and / or also of lights directly provided with a contact head, without the entire hanging on a wall having to be changed by shifting.

In Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist ferner vorgesehen, daß der Kontaktkopf aus einem Isolierkörper besteht, in dem ein mit dem Hängeelement verbundener Tragnippel aus elek­trischleitendem Material gehalten ist, der den Isolierkörper auf einer Seite in Richtung auf eine Profilhälfte überragt. Hierdurch ist sichergestellt, daß das Gewicht des abgehängten Objektes zugleich für einen einwandfreien Kontakt zwischen Hängeelement und Kontaktschiene sorgt und zum anderen eine sichere Aufnahme des Gewichtes des abgehängten Objektes an der Galerieleiste gewährleistet ist.In an embodiment of the invention it is further provided that the contact head consists of an insulating body, in which a support nipple made of electrically conductive material is held which is connected to the hanging element and projects beyond the insulating body on one side in the direction of a profile half. This ensures that the weight of the suspended object also ensures perfect contact between the hanging element and the contact rail and, on the other hand, a reliable absorption of the weight of the suspended object on the gallery bar is guaranteed.

Die Erfindung wird anhand schematischer Zeichnungen von Ausführungsbeispielen näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 eine Aufsicht auf eine Bilderwand,
  • Fig. 2 eine Seitenansicht gem. der Linie II-II in Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 eine Seitenansicht gem. der Linie III-III in Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 4 eine Seitenansicht gem. der Linie IV-IV in Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 5 in größerem Maßstab einen Schnitt durch eine Galerieleiste,
  • Fig. 6 einen Schnitt durch eine andere Ausfüh­rungsform einer Galerieleiste,
  • Fig. 7 zwei Kontaktköpfe im Schnitt.
The invention is explained in more detail with reference to schematic drawings of exemplary embodiments. Show it:
  • 1 is a plan view of a picture wall,
  • Fig. 2 is a side view. the line II-II in Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 is a side view. the line III-III in Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 4 is a side view. the line IV-IV in Fig. 1,
  • 5 is a section on a larger scale through a gallery bar,
  • 6 shows a section through another embodiment of a gallery bar,
  • Fig. 7 two contact heads in section.

In Fig. 1 ist in einem Teilschnitt durch einen Raum eine Bilderwand mit mehreren Bildern 1, 2, 3 und 4 dargestellt. An der Gebäudewand 5 ist im Deckenbereich eine Profilschiene 6 befestigt, an der über jeweils zwei Hängeelemente 7 die betreffenden Bilder abgehängt sind. Über hier nicht näher dargestellte Befestigungsmittel können die einzelnen Bilder höheneinstellbar an den Hängeelementen 7 befestigt werden. Über einen mit dem Hängeelement 7 jeweils verbundenen Kon­taktkopf 8, dessen Aufbau nachstehend noch näher beschrieben werden wird, sind die Hängeelemente 7 in der Profilschiene 6 formschlüssig gehalten, so daß die Bilder durch einfaches seitliches Verschieben der jeweiligen Hängeelemente 7 auch in Längsrichtung in einfacher Weise ausgerichtet werden können.In Fig. 1, a picture wall with several pictures 1, 2, 3 and 4 is shown in a partial section through a room. A profile rail 6 is fastened to the building wall 5 in the ceiling area, on which the pictures in question are suspended via two hanging elements 7. The fastening means, which are not shown in detail here, can be attached to the hanging elements 7 in a height-adjustable manner. Via a contact head 8 each connected to the hanging element 7, the structure of which will be described in more detail below, the hanging elements 7 are held in a form-fitting manner in the profile rail 6, so that the images can also be easily aligned in the longitudinal direction by simply shifting the respective hanging elements 7 laterally can be.

Die Profilschiene 6 ist entweder mit einer zweipoligen Kontaktschiene versehen oder, wie nachstehend noch näher beschrieben werden wird, selbst als zweipolige Kontaktschiene ausgebildet und an eine Niederspannung-Stromversorgung 9 angeschlossen. Diese wird beispielsweise durch einen Transformator gebildet, der ggf. wählbar eine Niederspannung von beispielsweise 6 bis 24 Volt abgibt. Die Niederspannungs-­Stromversorgung 9 ist über ein Zuleitungskabel 10 an die normale Stromversorgung, beispielsweise eine 220 Volt-­Spannung angeschlossen.The profile rail 6 is either provided with a two-pole contact rail or, as will be described in more detail below, itself designed as a two-pole contact rail and connected to a low-voltage power supply 9. This is formed, for example, by a transformer, which optionally supplies a low voltage of, for example, 6 to 24 volts. The low-voltage power supply 9 is connected via a supply cable 10 to the normal power supply, for example a 220 volt voltage.

Die Hängeelemente 7 sind nun als elektrischer Leiter ausge­bildet, beispielsweise in Form einer Drahtlitze, vorzugsweise aber auch in Form eines federnd-steifen Stahldrahtes, wobei der Kontaktkopf 8 so ausgebildet ist, daß er wahlweise mit dem einen Pol und dem anderen Pol der Profilschiene 6 in Verbindung steht. Damit ist für jede Hängung eine Stromzu­führung für Leuchten 11,12,13 oder 14 geschaffen, die nach­stehend noch näher beschrieben werden wird. Die Hängeelemente 7 sind ohne, können jedoch auch mit Isoliermantel ausgeführt sein.The hanging elements 7 are now designed as an electrical conductor, for example in the form of a wire strand, but preferably also in the form of a resiliently rigid steel wire, the contact head 8 being designed such that it can be optionally with one pole and the other pole of the profile rail 6 in Connection is established. This creates a power supply for lights 11, 12, 13 or 14 for each suspension, which will be described in more detail below. The hanging elements 7 are without, but can also be designed with an insulating jacket.

Die Leuchte 11 ist in einer Seitenansicht in Fig. 2 darge­stellt. Die Leuchte 11 besteht beispielsweise aus einer handelsüblichen Niedervolt-Lampe mit integriertem Reflektor und ist über zwei als elektrische Leiter ausgebildete, federnd-steife Stahldrähte 15 jeweils mit den beiden Hänge­elementen 7 des Bildes 1 verbunden. Die Drähte 15 bilden somit zugleich als elektrische Leiter ausgebildete "Hänge­elemente" für die Leuchte 11, über die sie mit der als Kontaktschiene dienenden Profilschiene 6 verbunden ist. Die Befestigung der freien Enden der Drähte 15 an den Hänge­elementen 7 erfolgt über entsprechende Halteelemente 16, die über eine Klemm- oder Schraubverbindung an den Hänge­elementen 7 verschiebbar festgelegt sind, so daß eine genaue Einjustierung der Leuchte 11 in bezug auf das zu beleuchtende Bild 1 möglich ist. Durch die Verwendung eines federnd­steifen Drahtes, beispielsweise eines Stahldrahtes, ergibt sich für die Hängeelemente 7 und die die Leuchte 11 mit den Hängeelementen 7 verbindenden Drähte 15 eine filigranartige, praktisch "unsichtbare" Gestaltungsmöglichkeit. Außer der in Fig. 2 dargestellten freien Biegekurve erlaubt die Verwen­dung eines federnd-steifen Drahtes als Trägerelement für die Leuchte 11 vielfältige gewillkürte Gestaltungsmöglichkei­ten bei der Verwendung von mehreren miteinander verbundenen Drähten, wobei die Formgebung über unterschiedliche, sich gegenseitig beeinflussende Biegekräfte gestaltbar ist.The lamp 11 is shown in a side view in FIG. 2. The lamp 11 consists, for example, of a commercially available low-voltage lamp with an integrated reflector and is connected to the two hanging elements 7 of FIG. 1 via two spring-stiff steel wires 15 designed as electrical conductors. The wires 15 thus at the same time form "hanging elements" designed as electrical conductors for the lamp 11, via which it is connected to the profile rail 6 serving as a contact rail. The free ends of the wires 15 are fastened to the hanging elements 7 by means of corresponding holding elements 16, which are slidably fixed on the hanging elements 7 by means of a clamp or screw connection, so that a precise adjustment of the lamp 11 in relation to the image 1 to be illuminated is possible is. By using a resilient wire, for example a steel wire, results a filigree, practically "invisible" design option for the hanging elements 7 and the wires 15 connecting the lamp 11 to the hanging elements 7. In addition to the free bending curve shown in Fig. 2, the use of a spring-stiff wire as a support element for the lamp 11 allows a variety of arbitrary design options when using several interconnected wires, wherein the shape can be designed using different, mutually influencing bending forces.

Die Hängung gem. der Linie III-III zeigt eine Ausführungsform, bei der die beiden Bilder 2 und 3 gemeinsam an zwei Hänge­elementen 7 an der Profilschiene 6 abgehängt sind. Auch hier sind die Hängeelemente 7 wiederum als elektrische Leiter ausgebildet,, wobei jedem Bild ohne zusätzliche Zulei­tung eine eigene Leuchte 12 bzw. 13 zugeordnet werden kann. Die Leuchte 12 ist in einer anderen etwas steiferen Gestal­tung mit den Hängeelementen 7 unmittelbar verbunden, während die Leuchte 13 am Rahmen des Bildes 3 befestigt ist, wobei die Stromversorgung über entsprechende Zuleitungen 16′ von den Hängeelementen 7 auf der Rückseite des Bildes abgegrif­fen wird. Die Anordnung gem. Fig. 3 zeigt ferner die Möglich­keit die Profilschiene 6 im Deckenbereich in gleicher Weise wie für Gardinenschienen bekannt ist, unter Putz zu verlegen.The hanging acc. the line III-III shows an embodiment in which the two pictures 2 and 3 are suspended together on two hanging elements 7 on the profile rail 6. Here, too, the hanging elements 7 are in turn designed as electrical conductors, and each image can be assigned its own lamp 12 or 13 without an additional supply line. The lamp 12 is connected in another somewhat stiffer design with the hanging elements 7, while the lamp 13 is attached to the frame of the picture 3, the power supply via corresponding leads 16 'is tapped from the hanging elements 7 on the back of the picture. The arrangement acc. Fig. 3 also shows the possibility of laying the profile rail 6 in the ceiling area in the same way as is known for curtain rails.

Bei der Hängung des Bildes 4 ist, wie sich aus Fig. 4 ergibt, eine andere Form für die Leuchte gewählt. Bei dieser Ausfüh­rungsform ist es nicht erforderlich, die Hängeelemente 7′ für das Bild 4 als elektrische Leiter auszubilden. Hier wird vielmehr mit Vorteil davon Gebrauch gemacht, daß auch die als Hängeelement dienenden, vorzugsweise aus dünnem Draht hergestellten und die Leuchte 14 tragenden Teile 15′ als elektrische Leiter ausgebildet sein können und damit unmittelbar über entsprechende Kontaktköpfe 8′ in die strom­führende Profilschiene 6 eingehängt werden kann. Über seitli­che Stützen 17 wird für die erforderliche Seitenstabilität der Anordnung Sorge getragen.When the picture 4 is hung, as can be seen from FIG. 4, a different shape is chosen for the lamp. In this embodiment, it is not necessary to form the hanging elements 7 'for the image 4 as an electrical conductor. Rather, use is made here with advantage that the serving as a hanging element, preferably made of thin wire and supporting the lamp 14 carrying parts 15 'can be designed as electrical conductors and thus directly attached via corresponding contact heads 8' in the current-carrying profile rail 6 can. The required lateral stability of the arrangement is ensured via lateral supports 17.

Während bei entsprechender Bemessung des Leiterquerschnittes der stromführenden Teile der Profilschiene 6 praktisch kein Spannungsabfall über die Länge der Stromschiene auftritt, entsteht bei der Verwendung eines federnd-biegbaren Stahl­drahtes für die Hängeelemente 7 und 15 infolge des gegenüber normalen elektrischen Leitern etwas höheren elektrischen Widerstandes je Leuchte ein entsprechender Spannungsabfall. Bei den üblichen Längen für derartige Hängeelemente lassen sich jedoch mit den üblichen Leistungen von Niedervolt-­Trafos vier Leuchten je Profilschieneneinheit problemlos betreiben. Bei besonders langen Bilderwänden ist es jedoch zweckmäßig, die Profilschiene 6 zu unterteilen und, wie Fig. 1 zeigt, eine weitere Niederspannungs-Stromversorgung 9′ zwischenzuschalten, die jeweils der Stromversorgung der anschließenden Profilschiene 6′ dient. Der Anschluß an die Stromversorgung ist jeweils durch einen Pfeil kenntlich gemacht.While with appropriate dimensioning of the conductor cross section of the current-carrying parts of the profile rail 6 there is practically no voltage drop over the length of the conductor rail, a spring-bendable steel wire is used for the hanging elements 7 and 15 due to the somewhat higher electrical resistance per luminaire compared to normal electrical conductors corresponding voltage drop. With the usual lengths for such hanging elements, however, four lights per profile rail unit can be operated with the usual performance of low-voltage transformers. In the case of particularly long picture walls, however, it is expedient to subdivide the mounting rail 6 and, as shown in FIG. 1, to interpose a further low-voltage power supply 9 ', each of which serves to supply the power to the connecting mounting rail 6'. The connection to the power supply is indicated by an arrow.

In Fig. 5 ist in größerem Maßstab im Schnitt eine Ausführungs­form für eine Profilschiene 6 dargestellt. Diese besteht im wesentlichen aus zwei Profilhälften 18′ und 18˝, die beispielsweise aus Aluminium stranggepreßt und damit elek­trisch leitend sind. Die beiden Profilhälften 18′ und 18˝ sind über mehrere über die Länge der Profilschiene verteilte stopfenartige Haltekörper 19 aus einem Isolierwerkstoff miteinander verbunden, wobei die Profilschiene 6 insgesamt über die Haltekörper 19 fest mit der Gebäudewand verschraubt sind. Durch eine entsprechende Bohrung 20 in der wandseitigen Profilhälfte 18′, in die ein entsprechender Ansatz am Halte­körper 19 eingreift, ist für eine einwandfreie, beide Profil­hälften gegeneinander isolierende Befestigung gesorgt.In Fig. 5, an embodiment for a profile rail 6 is shown on a larger scale in section. This consists essentially of two profile halves 18 'and 18˝, which are extruded from aluminum, for example, and are therefore electrically conductive. The two profile halves 18 'and 18' are connected to each other via a plurality of stopper-like holding bodies 19 distributed over the length of the profile rail and made of an insulating material, the profile rail 6 being firmly screwed to the building wall via the holding bodies 19 as a whole. Through a corresponding bore 20 in the wall-side profile half 18 ', in which a corresponding approach engages on the holding body 19, a perfect, two profile halves mutually insulating fastening is ensured.

Die beiden, die Profilschiene 6 bildenden Profilhälften 18′ und 18˝ sind symmetrisch, so daß mit nur einer Profilform gearbeitet werden kann. Die Profilform ist so gewählt, daß im zusammengebauten Zustand, wie in Fig. 5 dargestellt, sowohl an der Oberseite wie auch an der Unterseite eine durchlaufende Nut 21 nach Art einer Hammerkopfnut entsteht. In die Nut 21 wird nun von der Stirnseite her oder über Ausklinkungen 22 in der wandseitigen Profilhälfte 18′, die mit Abstand über die Länge verteilt angeordnet sind, ein Kontaktkopf 8 eingeschoben, der am freien Ende des Hängeelementes 7 befestigt ist. Der Kontaktkopf 8 besteht hierbei aus einem Isolierkörper 24, in dem ein mit dem Hänge­element 7 verbundener Tragnippel 25 aus elektrisch leitendem Material fest verbunden ist. Da jede Profilhälfte jeweils eine Phase der die elektrische Stromversorgung bildenden Profilschiene 6 bildet, ist hierdurch gewährleistet, daß ein Hängeelement 7 immer nur mit einer Phase der Stromver­sorgung in Verbindung stehen kann. Da der Kontaktkopf 8 im übrigen symmetrisch ausgebildet ist, kann somit wahlweise durch entsprechende Ausrichtung des Isolierkörpers 24 jeweils eine der Profilhälften in elektrisch leitende Verbindung mit dem Hängeelement gebracht werden.The two, the profile rail 6 forming profile halves 18 'and 18˝ are symmetrical, so that you can work with only one profile shape. The profile shape is chosen so that in the assembled state, as shown in Fig. 5, both on the top and on the bottom continuous groove 21 in the manner of a hammer head groove. In the groove 21 is now from the end face or notches 22 in the wall-side profile half 18 ', which are spaced along the length, a contact head 8 inserted, which is attached to the free end of the hanging element 7. The contact head 8 here consists of an insulating body 24, in which a support nipple 25 connected to the hanging element 7 and made of electrically conductive material is firmly connected. Since each profile half forms a phase of the profile rail 6 forming the electrical power supply, this ensures that a hanging element 7 can only be connected to one phase of the power supply. Since the contact head 8 is also symmetrical, one of the profile halves can be brought into an electrically conductive connection with the hanging element either by appropriate alignment of the insulating body 24.

Die Ausführungsform gem. Fig. 6 zeigt eine Abwandlung, bei der die Profilschienen anstelle von stopfenförmigen Haltekörpern über eine durchgehende Leiste 26 aus einem elektrisch isolierenden Werkstoff gahlten werden. Die Leiste 26 weist eine durchgehende nutenförmige Ausnehmung 27 auf, die im Randbereich mit nach innen gerichteten federnden Randlippen 28 versehen ist. Die Ausnehmung 27 dient hierbei als Kabelkanal, durch die in elektrisch einwandfreier Isolie­rung gegenüber der durch die Profilhälften 18′ und 18˝ gebildeten Niederspannungsseite ein Kabel 29 mit beispiels­weise 220 Volt-Spannung geführt werden kann. Auf diese Weise ist es ohne Beeinträchtigung der Raumgestaltung möglich, die in Fig. 1 angedeutete Hintereinanderschaltung von mehreren Niederspannungs-Stromversorgungen 9 und 9′ deckenseitig anzuordnen. Jede folgende Niederspannungs-Stromversorgung wird dann gesondert an das Kabel 29 angeschlossen. Zugleich ist es möglich, hiermit die Stromversorgung für andere 220 Volt-Stromverbraucher im Deckenbereich abzugreifen. Der Aufbau entspricht im übrigen dem Aufbau der anhand von Fig. 5 beschriebenen Profilschiene.The embodiment acc. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the profile rails instead of plug-shaped holding bodies are paid via a continuous strip 26 made of an electrically insulating material. The strip 26 has a continuous groove-shaped recess 27 which is provided in the edge region with resilient edge lips 28 directed inwards. The recess 27 here serves as a cable duct through which a cable 29 with, for example, 220 volt voltage can be guided in electrically sound insulation relative to the low-voltage side formed by the profile halves 18 'and 18˝. In this way, it is possible without affecting the room design, the series connection indicated in Fig. 1 of several low-voltage power supplies 9 and 9 'to be arranged on the ceiling. Each subsequent low voltage power supply is then separately connected to the cable 29. At the same time, it is possible to tap the power supply for other 220 volt power consumers in the ceiling area. The structure otherwise corresponds to the structure of the profile rail described with reference to FIG. 5.

In Fig. 7 ist noch einmal in zwei Ansichten der Kontaktkopf 8 eines Hängeelementes 7 dargestellt, um zu verdeutlichen, wie durch unterschiedliches Einhängen in die Profilschiene 6 jeweils unterschiedliche Phasen der Stromversorgung von der Profilschiene 6 abgegriffen werden können.In Fig. 7, the contact head 8 of a hanging element 7 is shown again in two views to illustrate how different phases of the power supply can be tapped from the profile rail 6 by different hooking into the profile rail 6.

Die Erfindung ist nicht auf die dargestellte und beschriebene Ausführungsform der Profilschiene und der damit verbundenen Hängeelemente beschränkt. So ist es beispielsweise möglich, die Profilschiene 6 einstückig aus einem Kunststoff herzustel­len, wobei dann lediglich im Bereich der untenliegenden, in Form einer Hammerkopfnut ausgebildeten Ausnehmung 21 entsprechend zwei Kontaktschienen aus Metall mit eingearbei­tet sein müssen.The invention is not limited to the illustrated and described embodiment of the profile rail and the hanging elements connected to it. It is thus possible, for example, to produce the profiled rail 6 in one piece from a plastic, in which case two metal contact rails have to be incorporated in the area of the recess 21 in the form of a hammer head groove.

Sofern aus Gründen der Raumgestaltung eine metallisch blanke Profilschiene nicht akzeptabel ist, besteht auch die Möglich­keit, die von außen jeweils aufzusetzende Profilhälfte 18˝ bereits bei der Herstellung mit einer entsprechen­den Abdeckung aus Kunststoff, Holz oder dgl. zu versehen, wobei die Abdeckung auch als Ornamentleiste ausgebildet sein kann. Wie anhand von Fig. 6 dargestellt, kann eine derartige Ornamentleiste 30 auch nachträglich von außen aufgesetzt werden.If a metallic bare profile rail is not acceptable for the sake of interior design, there is also the option of providing the respective profile half 18˝ to be fitted from the outside with a corresponding cover made of plastic, wood or the like during manufacture, the cover also being used as an ornamental strip can be trained. As shown in FIG. 6, such an ornamental strip 30 can also be retrofitted from the outside.

Die Profilschienen 6 sind zweckmäßig zumindest an einem Ende mit Steckkontakten versehen, so daß die elektrische Verbindung mit der Stromversorgung, aber auch mit einer anschließenden Profilschiene durch einfaches Zusammenstecken erfolgen kann. Für den Bereich von Raumecken sind entspre­chend ausgebildete Eckverbinder zweckmäßig.The profile rails 6 are expediently provided with plug contacts at least at one end, so that the electrical connection to the power supply, but also to a subsequent profile rail, can be made by simply plugging them together. Appropriate trained corner connectors are appropriate for the area of room corners.

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1. Galerieleiste zum Hängen von Objekten, insbesondere Bildern, bestehend aus einer an einer Gebäudewand befestig­baren Profilschiene, mit der wenigstens ein Hängeelement verschiebbar verbunden ist, dadurch gekennzeich­net, daß die Profilschiene (6) eine mit mindestens einer Stromversorgung (9), vorzugsweise einer Niederspannungs-­Stromversorgung verbundene Kontaktschiene aufweist und daß das Hängeelement (7) als elektrischer Leiter ausgebildet ist, einen mit der Kontaktschiene (6) verbindbaren Kontakt­kopf (23) aufweist und der Stromversorgung einer Leuchte (11, 12,13, 14) dient.1. gallery bar for hanging objects, in particular pictures, consisting of a profile rail attachable to a building wall, with which at least one hanging element is slidably connected, characterized in that the profile rail (6) with at least one power supply (9), preferably a low voltage Power supply connected contact rail and that the hanging element (7) is designed as an electrical conductor, has a contact head (23) connectable to the contact rail (6) and serves to supply power to a lamp (11, 12, 13, 14). 2. Galerieleiste nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Hängeelement aus einem federnd-steifen Metalldraht besteht und zugleich als Tragteil und Energieleitung für die Leuchte (11, 12, 13, 14) dient.2. gallery bar according to claim 1, characterized in that the hanging element consists of a resiliently rigid metal wire and at the same time serves as a supporting part and power line for the lamp (11, 12, 13, 14). 3. Galerieleiste nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekenn­zichnet, daß die Leuchte (11, 12, 13, 14) über wenigstens zwei im wesentlichen steife Metalldrähte (15) im Abstand zur Gebäudewand gehalten wird, deren Enden jeweils mit einem Hängeelement (7) verbunden sind.3. gallery bar according to claim 1 or 2, characterized gekennzichnet that the lamp (11, 12, 13, 14) on at least two substantially rigid metal wires (15) is held at a distance from the building wall, the ends of each with a hanging element (7) are connected. 4. Galerieleiste nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Profilschiene (6) zwei elektrisch gegeneinander isoliert zusammenfügbare Profilhälften (18′, 18˝) aufweist, die jeweils wenigstens teilweise aus elek­trisch leitendem Material bestehen.4. gallery bar according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the profile rail (6) has two electrically insulated mutually joinable profile halves (18 ', 18˝), each consisting at least partially of electrically conductive material. 5. Galerieleiste nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß für die Isolierung der Profilhälften (18′, 18˝) gegeneinander stopfenartige Haltekörper (19) vorgesehen sind, die in Längsrichtung in Abstand zueinander angeordnet sind.5. gallery bar according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that for the insulation of the profile halves (18 ', 18˝) against each other plug-like holding body (19) are provided, which are arranged in the longitudinal direction at a distance from each other. 6. Galerieleiste nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß für die Isolierung der Profilhälften (18′, 18˝) gegeneinander eine durchgehende Leiste (26) aus einem elektrisch isolierenden Werkstoff vorgesehen ist, die eine durchgehende nutförmige Ausnehmung (27) zur Aufnahme eines Stromkabels (29) aufweist.6. gallery strip according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that for the insulation of the profile halves (18 ', 18˝) against each other a continuous strip (26) is provided from an electrically insulating material which has a continuous groove-shaped recess (27) for receiving a power cable (29). 7. Galerieleiste nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ränder (28) der Ausnehmung (27) federnd ausgebildet sind und die Ausnehmung wenigstens teilweise überdecken.7. gallery bar according to claim 6, characterized in that the edges (28) of the recess (27) are resilient and at least partially cover the recess. 8. Galerieleiste nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß wenigstens eine Profilhälfte (18′) mit mehreren im Abstand zueinander angeordneten Ausklinkun­gen (22) zum Einführen eines Kontaktkopfes (8) versehen sind.8. gallery bar according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least one profile half (18 ') are provided with a plurality of spaced notches (22) for inserting a contact head (8). 9. Galerieleiste nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kontaktkopf (8) aus einem Isolier­körper (24) besteht, in dem ein mit dem Hängeelement (7) verbundener Tragnippel (25) aus elektrisch leitendem Material gehalten ist, der den Isolierkörper auf einer Seite in Richtung auf eine Profilhälfte überragt.9. gallery bar according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the contact head (8) consists of an insulating body (24) in which a with the hanging element (7) connected support nipple (25) made of electrically conductive material is held, the protrudes the insulating body on one side in the direction of a profile half. 10. Galerieleiste nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an mindestens einem Ende Steckkontakte zum Anschluß an die Stromversorgung und/oder von Verbindern, vorzugsweise Eckverbindern, für eine nachfolgende Profil­schiene angeordnet sind.10. gallery bar according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that at least one end plug contacts for connection to the power supply and / or of connectors, preferably corner connectors, are arranged for a subsequent profile rail.
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