EP0444510A1 - Glass-securing shaped channel - Google Patents

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EP0444510A1
EP0444510A1 EP91102409A EP91102409A EP0444510A1 EP 0444510 A1 EP0444510 A1 EP 0444510A1 EP 91102409 A EP91102409 A EP 91102409A EP 91102409 A EP91102409 A EP 91102409A EP 0444510 A1 EP0444510 A1 EP 0444510A1
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Guido Briganti
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E06B3/54—Fixing of glass panes or like plates
    • E06B3/58—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of borders, cleats, or the like
    • E06B3/585—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of borders, cleats, or the like adjustable, e.g. for accommodating panes of various thickness, or with provisions for altering the clamping force on the pane
    • E06B3/5857—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of borders, cleats, or the like adjustable, e.g. for accommodating panes of various thickness, or with provisions for altering the clamping force on the pane the fixing being adjustable, e.g. in one of several possible positions

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  • the invention concerns a glass-securing shaped channel, particularly suited to be used for assemblying glass panes in partition walls inside buildings.
  • Said mobile partition walls usually present spacious glass surfaces, which are obtained by applying to openings made in the walls themselves glass panes of different kinds and/or metal or wooden panels, etc. by means of glass-securing channels.
  • a known type of glass-securing channel consists of a basic shaped channel, which is mounted around the perimeter of the opening in which the glass pane is to be applied, and on which lateral shaped channels are secured by restraint, said lateral shaped channels being equal and arranged at an inclination of 45 degrees and opposed to each other.
  • the glass pane is arranged vertically within a projection which is obtained centrally within the basic shaped channel and it is held in position by the adhesive force exerted against its surfaces by the lateral shaped channels joined to the basic shaped channel.
  • the glass-securing shaped channels belonging to the known technique, which have just been described, present some inconveniences, one of the most important of which consists in that, since the lateral shaped channels are applied by restraint on the basic shaped channel, an accidental pressure applied against the surface of the glass pane which they secure can cause the lateral shaped profile which is arranged in the direction of the thrust to become loose, so that the glass pane may fall. Such a situation can be potentiallly very dangerous for the people operating in the immediate vicinity, particularly in those cases where the glass panes are applied to walls placed at a distance from the floor, such as, for instance, on the first floor of a loft.
  • Another inconvenience consists in that the glass-securing shaped channels belonging to the known technique do not guarantee a sufficient protection against possible attempts to break in from the outside.
  • the lateral shaped channels and the glass pane can easily be removed and just as easily both the glass pane and the lateral shaped channels can be put back in place, so that no trace of the burglary will remain.
  • the glass-securing channels of the known type is represented by the fact that it is impossible to obtain, with the same glass-securing channel, the securing of glass-panes and/or panels made of other materials presenting differring thicknesses.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to eliminate all the mentioned inconveniences by disclosing a glass-securing channel wherein the elements constituting it do not separate the ones from the others and, therefore, do not allow the release of the glass-pane which they secure, when, because of accidental causes the glass is subject to a pressure tending to thrust it out of the space defined by the wall on which it is mounted.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to disclose a glass-securing channel which, since the elements forming it can not be taken apart, offers a higher degree of guarantee against possible attempts at breaking in from the outside.
  • Yet another purpose of the invention is to disclose a glass-securing channel into which both glass panes with a standard thickness and glass-panes of a greater thickness, such as double glasswing and/or panels made of other materials can be mounted.
  • a glass-securing channel which can also be used as a horizontal transom suited to divide a wall into several sections of any size and to receive different types of curtain walls.
  • a glass-securing shaped channel which, in accordance with the claims, is characterized in that it comprises:
  • the horizontal surface constituting the basic profile of the glass-securing channel is secured by screws to the shaped edge of the opening obtained in the wall in which the glass-pane is to be mounted.
  • the glass-pane is then positioned with its front flush against the substantially vertical surface of the basic profile and it is held in place in this position by the closing profile which is restrained into the basic profile.
  • the glass-securing channel may be completed by a stopper profile positioned beside the closing profile which is also restrained into the same basic profile.
  • the same glass-securing channel can also be put together, according to another system of composition used when the glass-pane presents a greater thickness, such as a double glassing.
  • the closing profile is restrained into the same basic profile but is arranged further back and is complete, without the addition of the stopper profile.
  • the invention discloses a glass-securing channel which offers, in comparison with the glass-securing channels belonging to the known technique, a higher degree of safety and security, since the danger of the glass pane falling toward the exterior because of the accidental falling apart of the elements constituting the channel is eliminated, as is eliminated the possibility of a break-in from the outside, since no removable part of the channel is accessible from the outside.
  • the channel according to the invention permits the mounting of glass panes or other types of panels having differring thicknesses, while always using the same basic channel simply by rearranging the closing profile or by omitting the application of the stopper profile.
  • the channel according to the invention when used as a horizontal transom, it permits to quickly divide a wall into several parts of any size, without having to modify the frame of the wall itself.
  • the glass-securing shaped channel according to the invention is represented in its transversal cross-section in Fig. 1 and it consists of the basic profile 2, on top of which are restrained a closing profile 3 and a stopper profile 4. It will be observed that the glass-securing channel is mounted on the shaped profile 5 constituting the window frame on which the glass pane is to be mounted and that it is fastened by means of through-going screws 6 on to the basic profile 2. It can be observed that said shaped profile 5 can act as the supporting structure for the glass-securing channel and, therefore, for the glass-pane itself, or it can be the profile covering the perimeter of the structure 7 consisting of the wall presenting the opening for the mounting of the glass pane.
  • the basic profile 2 consists of a horizontal surface 21, which, as has already been mentioned, rests against the shaped profile 5, and is attached at one end to the substantially vertical surface 22.
  • the outer part of said surface 22 rests flush against a vertical projection 51 of the shaped channel 5, while its inner surface is in contact with the surface of the glass-pane 8.
  • the vertical surface 22 of the shaped profile 2 presents at its upper edge the lip 23 which improves the securing action when it is made to adhere to the surface of the glass pane 8.
  • a closing profile 3 consisting of an essentially horizontal surface 31 joined at its ends with the vertical surfaces 32 and 33 respectively and at its center with yet another substantially vertical surface 34.
  • the vertical surface 33 at one of the ends of surface 31 presents at its top and attached to the horizontal surface 31 a lip 35 which will adhere to the surface of the glass pane 8.
  • stopper profile 4 Beside the closing profile 3 and on top of the basic profile 2 there is also a stopper profile 4 presenting in its transversal cross-section a closed, substantially square shape and provided in its approximately central position with a blind loop-hole 41.
  • both the blind loop-hole 41 belonging to the stopper profile 4 and the substantially vertical protruding surfaces 32, 33 and 34 belonging to the closing profile 3 interfere against an equal number of matching appendixes belonging to the basic profile 2, so as to obtain the stable junction betwwen the basic profile 2, the closing profile 3 and the stopper profile 4.
  • the basic profile 2 presents a lateral vertical appendix 24 which is inserted by pressure into the blind loop-hole 41 of the stopper profile 4, and two more angular appendixes, one of which is a central angular appendix 25 interfering against the central vertical surface 34 of the closing profile 3, and an inner angular appendix 26 interfering against the end vertical surface 33 belonging to the same closing profile 3.
  • stopper profile 4 has esclusively the function of aesthetically completing the glass-securing channel 1, since the function of firmly securing the glass pane is fulfilled exclusively by the application of the closing profile 3 and by the pressure exerted on the glass pane by the lips 35 and 23.
  • the closing profile 3 is not accessible from the outside, indicated with 10, so that the removal of the glass from the outside is not possible.
  • the surface of the glass pane 8 being in contact with the outside 10 is flush against the vertical surface 22 of the basic profile 2 and that the latter, in turn, is flush against the supporting shaped surface 51. Said surfaces which are rigid and permanently joined together prevent an eventual accidental pressure against the glass pane 8 from the inside toward the outside 10 from causing the falling-off of the glass pane 8, since none of said vertical walls 22 and 51 is removable.
  • one of the advantages of the glass-securing channel according to the invention is represented by the possibility of replacing the glass pane, if necessary, with another one having a greater thickness , such as for instance, a double glassing, or a panel made of a different material, without having to replace the glass-securing channel itself.
  • Fig. 2 wherein it can be observed that the double glassing 81 is applied on the same shaped profile 5, placed over the same supporting structure 7 and employing the same glass-securing channel 1, which has been previously described and represented in Fig. 1, which consists of the same basic profile 2, on top of which the same closing profile 3 is applied by pressure.
  • the stopper profile 4 is missing, since the closing profile 3 acts both as a securing element for the glass pane 81 and as an element aesthetically completing the glass-securing channel itself. It will noted more specifically that in this situation the central vertical surface 34 of the closing profile 3 interferes vertically along the surface 29 with the lateral vertical surface 24 belonging to the basic profile 2, while the indentation 36, belonging to the vertical end surface 33 of the same closing profile 3, interferes wiht against the central angular appendix 25 belonging to the basic profile 2.
  • the inner angular appendix 26 of the basic profile 2 fulfils esclusively the function of mechanically supporting the glass pane 81 which rests against the horizontal surface 28, while the other horizontal supporting surface 30 is constituted by the upper part of the central angular appendix 25, belonging to the same basic profile 2.
  • the securing of the glass pane is guaranteed by the adhesion of the lips 35 and 23.
  • Fig. 3 shows in detail said differring embodiment applied to the glass-securing channel represented in Fig.1 and it will be remarked that on the basic profile 61, applied onto the shaped channel 62, positioned over an eventual supporting structure 63, laterally beside the vertical surface 68, there is a lip 64 bent downwards. Said lip 64 covers the tip 65 of the vertical surface 66 of the shaped channel 62 and it prevents water from seeping in if the glass pane 83 belongs to an outside wall.
  • Another embodiment of the glass-securing channel of the invention is represented in Fig.
  • the basic profile 51 presents at its bottom a U-shape, which permits to mount it directly on a supporting structure 71, so that it can be restrained or fastened by means of lag screws 72 directly tightened into the supporting structure 71.
  • the closing profile 37 and the stopper profile 40 are applied by interference against the appendixes 52, 53 and 54 belonging to the basic profile 51. It is obvious that this embodiment, too, permits the mounting of a glass pane with a standard thickness, or of a double glassing or of a blind panel having substantially the same thickness.
  • FIG. 5 Yet another embodiment of the glass-securing channel of Fig. 1 is represented in Fig. 5.
  • the basic profile 87 is provided at its bottom with guiding edges which hook on to a supporting structure 83.
  • the bottom part of the basic profile 87 presents a U-shape which permits to apply it directly on to a supporting structure 83 and, at the same time, thanks to the presence of the lateral hooks 82, it can be fastened by pressure into the indentations 85 suitably pre-arranged in the supporting structure 83, which can be made, for instance, of wood.
  • the glass pane 86 is fixed between the basic profile 87 and the closing profile 3.
  • the shaped channel according to the invention made as just described both in the embodiments represented in the Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and in those represented in the Figs. 4 and 5, can advantageously be manufactured, according to the specific needs, both of plastic material and of aluminium. If the glass-securing channel is made of plastic material, the lips 35 and 23 adhering against the glass, obtained on the closing profile and on the basic profile respectively and the other lip 64 acting as a drip, also obtained on the basic profile, are coextruded. On the other hand, if the elements forming the glass-securing channel are made of aluminium, the lips are attached by restraint.
  • the glass-securing channel of the invention is made in the configurations represented in the Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, i.e. with a substantially rectangular transversal cross-section
  • the sides forming the frame to be applied on the window opening can also be united at an angled position, rather than with the usual system of the cut at 45 degres, by a frontal restraint junction by cutting the shaped channels at 90 degrees. This entails considerable advantages during the assemblying operations, besides offering a better aesthetical finish of the window.
  • the glass-securing channel according to the invention reaches all the proposed purposes. First of all it insures both the impossibility of the glass falling toward the exterior, and the impossibility of breaking in from the exterior toward the interior of the room by removing the glass, since no removable part is accessible from the exterior.
  • the channel according to the invention in the embodiments represented in the Figs. 1, 2 and 3 can also be usefully employed as a transversal transom for dividing the space of a wall into several parts.
  • An application of this nature is represented in Fig. 6, wherein it can be observed that the opening of a wall 90 is subdivided into three parts and, more precisely, an upper part 91, a central part 100 and a bottom part 93, in order to insert in the central part 100, for instance, a wall with rotating glass sections 94 or a teller window or a shelf supporting an air conditioner etc.
  • two pairs of channels made according to the invention will be mounted in the space of wall 90 at the desired height and, more precisely, a pair of channels 95 will be mounted at the top and a pair of channels 96 will be mounted at the bottom.
  • the channels 95 and 96 are arranged opposed to each other and rest against each other along their basic profiles 97 and 98 respectively. It is not necessary to join together the basic profile, nor to fasten them to the frame, since the glass panes or the panels made of other materials (metal sheet, playwood etc) are absolutely rigid by nature and, therefore, once they have been inserted and blocked within the closing profile along their perimeter, they become solidly joined with the frame.

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ES2114366A1 (es) * 1994-04-20 1998-05-16 Aluminios Barcelona S L Sistema de ensamblaje entre perfiles metalicos.
EP1251231A3 (de) * 2001-04-20 2003-01-15 Unilux AG Fenster- oder Türrahmen und Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Fenster- oder Türrahmens
CN111927262A (zh) * 2020-09-25 2020-11-13 新乡市达威智能门窗实用技术研究中心 一种旋转开启百叶窗用型材及百叶窗

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FR2330275A7 (fr) * 1975-10-27 1977-05-27 Ongaro Giovanni Serie de profiles pour huisseries
FR2339050A1 (fr) * 1976-01-23 1977-08-19 Yoshida Kogyo Kk Chassis de fenetre comportant un agencement de bati decoratif
US4621478A (en) * 1984-02-14 1986-11-11 Nrg Industries, Inc. Extruded plastic flush stop window mullion and framing system
CH661316A5 (en) * 1983-09-16 1987-07-15 Albrecht Bischof Glazing frame
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US1477214A (en) * 1922-05-24 1923-12-11 Arthur J Engman Metal door
DE1184061B (de) * 1961-05-03 1964-12-23 Gartner & Co J Metallrahmenprofil und Glashalteleiste
DE2157655A1 (de) * 1971-11-20 1973-05-24 Emmerich Michael Fensterrahmen mit zusatzprofil
DE2532172A1 (de) * 1975-07-18 1977-01-20 Glas & Spiegel Manufactur Ag Aus u-foermigen glasprofilen zusammengesetzte wand mit eingebauten flaechenelementen
FR2330275A7 (fr) * 1975-10-27 1977-05-27 Ongaro Giovanni Serie de profiles pour huisseries
FR2339050A1 (fr) * 1976-01-23 1977-08-19 Yoshida Kogyo Kk Chassis de fenetre comportant un agencement de bati decoratif
CH661316A5 (en) * 1983-09-16 1987-07-15 Albrecht Bischof Glazing frame
US4621478A (en) * 1984-02-14 1986-11-11 Nrg Industries, Inc. Extruded plastic flush stop window mullion and framing system
US4858405A (en) * 1987-07-10 1989-08-22 Christie Dawson A Building system for windows, enclosures, buildings and the like

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2114366A1 (es) * 1994-04-20 1998-05-16 Aluminios Barcelona S L Sistema de ensamblaje entre perfiles metalicos.
EP1251231A3 (de) * 2001-04-20 2003-01-15 Unilux AG Fenster- oder Türrahmen und Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Fenster- oder Türrahmens
CN111927262A (zh) * 2020-09-25 2020-11-13 新乡市达威智能门窗实用技术研究中心 一种旋转开启百叶窗用型材及百叶窗

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