Suspension device for a sliding wall panel of a sliding partition

Claim 1

A suspension device for a sliding wall panel of a sliding partition, in particular for humid rooms, the wall panel having a frame with an upper edge, comprising: at least one roller, capable of rolling on a guide rail; at least one chamber in the upper edge of the frame, the chamber being open upwardly through a first chamber opening and having a second chamber opening at the bottom thereof which is formed as a downwardly extending blind hole, said chamber further having a lateral window in one side thereof which opens outwardly in a direction perpendicular to the directions of said first and second openings; a rotatable adjusting cylinder housed in said chamber, said adjusting cylinder having a vertically oriented central bore with internal threads at least at an upper end portion of the bore and being accessible from outside said panel through said lateral window; and a supporting element on which said roller is rotatably mounted, the supporting element having a downwardly extending pin-like projection, wherein the projection has external threads engaging the internal threads of the adjusting cylinder bore and wherein the projection extends through said first opening, through the adjusting cylinder in said chamber, and through said second opening into the blind hole, at least a portion of said supporting element and at least one of said first and second guide openings having respective guide regions of polygonal cross-section which slidably engage one another to prevent rotation of said supporting element when said adjusting cylinder is rotated; whereby the supporting element and roller mounted thereon are vertically adjustable with respect to the wall panel by rotating the adjusting cylinder.