EP0659228B2 - A window, a door or the like and in particular a slide mounting provided for same - Google Patents

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EP0659228B2
EP0659228B2 EP93919786A EP93919786A EP0659228B2 EP 0659228 B2 EP0659228 B2 EP 0659228B2 EP 93919786 A EP93919786 A EP 93919786A EP 93919786 A EP93919786 A EP 93919786A EP 0659228 B2 EP0659228 B2 EP 0659228B2
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/40—Suspension arrangements for wings supported on arms movable in vertical planes
    • E05D15/44—Suspension arrangements for wings supported on arms movable in vertical planes with pivoted arms and vertically-sliding guides
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/10—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
    • E05Y2900/13—Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/148—Windows

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  • the present invention relates to a window, a door or the like in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of slider fixtures is to position e.g. a window frame in relation to a surrounding casement, when the frame is being turned away by means of swinging armatues, which allow the frame to swing 180° in order to be able to wash, clean and paint windows.
  • position means, that the end of the window frame, which is provided with existing armatures, is allowed to slide along the casement without being allowed to leave the same, while the other end of the window frame is swung around.
  • a window according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from GB-A-2 247 914.
  • Slider fixtures for individual mounting independently of the swinging armatures are already known per se through e.g. US-A-3 721 044 and US-A-4 158 933.
  • the drawback of such fixtures is that they are complicated and weak. They require several working moments to be manufactured as well as to be fastened in a frame. Partly they require a special machining of the casement in order to make guide and/or compensation grooves for swelling. Also, unfavorable forces may arise, why angular loads and leverage may disturb and possibly damage the fastening.
  • the fixtures often jeopardize a satisfactory and lasting sealing of e.g. a frame against the surrounding casement, particularly within that portion of the frame, which is provided with the slider fixtures. Finally, these known fixtures do not provide any substanital burglary protection.
  • the object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and suggest a slider fixture, which is superior in these respects and develops the background art in this field.
  • Fig. 1 The object according to Fig. 1 is designated 1 in its entirety. It particularly is a window, which is rotatable 180° about a horizontal spindle, but it can also be a door.
  • the mounting can of course be such, that the rotation is done about a vertical spindle.
  • a frame 2 is shown and a casement 3, which surrounds the frame.
  • the frame is provided in its lower part in its side pieces 4 with a locking device 5, e.g. an espagnolet device, which includes a handle (not shown) on the inner side of the lower piece of the frame.
  • the casement is provided with a raised portion 6 on all sides, which is directed towards the center of the casement, with a stop edge 7, which faces and is designed for the frame, along which stop edge weather strips 51, known per se, can be fastened.
  • a swinging armature 8 is shown, known per se, which comprises an array of bars, three of which 9, 10 and 11 are visible.
  • a pivot 12 is mounted, which constitutes the axis of rotation for the frame.
  • Such armatures 8 are mirror-symmetrically mounted, one on the inner side of each casement side piece 47.
  • armatures are introduced on pivots 12 in bearing holes (not shown) in side pieces 4 of the frame and allow the rotation of the frame with as much as 180° in relation to the casement, the armatures being expanded in a scissor-like way, allowing the frame with all its parts, except the one which is positioned uppermost in the closing position, to be removed from the casement in order to, when the rotation has been completed, contact, with its lower portion, the upper casement portion.
  • the armatures are introduced in recesses 13 in casement side pieces 47.
  • Fig.1 slider fixtures 15 according to the invention are introduced in the upper ends of frame side pieces 4, suitably in shape-complementary recesses 14.
  • slider fixtures are mounted mutually mirror-symmetrically in relation to the frame and comprise a preferably circular base plate 16 which, however, is cut in its upper portion in a chord-like way and suitably is positioned with its chord side 17 in the same plane as upper side 18 of the uppermost piece.
  • Recesses 14 can be made in a simple and quick fashion in one work operation, namely by providing side pieces 4 before the assemblying of the frame or the finished frame with cuts.
  • the base plates are close to their periphery provided with holes 19, e.g. three counterbored holes, which e.g. can be positioned at the same mutual angular distance and at the same distance from the center and recieve fastening screws 20 provided with recessed heads, by means of which fastening screws the slider fixtures are firmly and most durably fastened in the frame.
  • the outer side of the slider fixtures can coincide with the outer side of the side pieces, but they suitably are positioned slightly recessed in the same. The advantage of such a design will be explained in the following text.
  • a swinging arm 22 is pivotally fastened centrally in each base plate by means of a spindle 21 and is positioned in a plane-parallel way on the outside of the base plate with its plate-like head portion 23 and protrudes laterally slightly outside the same and is in this area bent 90° and forms a comparatively short slider body 24, which is guided in a groove 25 in the casement side pieces, which groove runs parallel to raised portions 6.
  • Fastening end 26 of swinging arms 22 is suitably slightly displaced in parallel, e.g. 1-2 mm, in relation to head portion 23, which is easy to accomplish by means of percussion forming or the like.
  • a roughly round end is formed, which centrally is provided with a bearing hole 27, through which said spindle 21 is introduced, which suitably is a rivet, provided in the end, which abuts from the outside fastening end 26, with a head 28, which is comparatively wide, e.g. about 10 mm, and may have a thickness of 1-2 mm.
  • the other end of spindle 21 is introduced through a bearing hole 29 in the base plate, which on its rear side is counter-bored or widened at 30.
  • the spindle is upset by means of a device, e.g. a drift or a punch, after the insertion, this spindle portion expanding and filling counterbore 30 with a head 50 in order to securely fasten the spindle and then also keep together the base plate, the spindle and the swinging arm.
  • the spindle suitably is stationary in relation to the base plate and the main portion of the swinging arm is, thanks to said parallel displacement, displaced from the base plate with up to 1-2 mm, which means that only the round ring- or plate-shaped fastening end 26 rotates in relation to the base-plate and the spindle as well as the head and consequently results in a very limited friction. A squeezing or pronounced friction is practically impossible.
  • Said parallel displacement also has the advantage of in this way compensating tolerances for recesses 14 and also for swelling and shrinkage respectively of frame and casement wood.
  • head 28 abut in a level way against the fastening end, i.e. without any type of counterboring or other weakening but nevertheless make the free main surface of the head be positioned in the same plane as or possibly slightly below the level of the surface of the head portion which is remote from the base plate. In this way it is possible to avoid providing an extra groove for the movements of the head in or along the casement side pieces.
  • swinging arm 22 is to be guided and it suitably comprises two lugs 31, which are positioned within the same plane at a distance of a few millimeters from each other and which at their sides are provided with barbs 32.
  • These lugs are introduced into a slider shoe 33, which suitably is made of a plastic material and comprises two boxes 34, against the side walls of which said barbs act, the pulling out of the shoe being obstructed or made impossible.
  • the shoe has a recessed edge 35, which abuts the surface of main portion 23, which is turned away from the base plate, which means that the insertion end of the shoe is positioned in the same plane as the side of the main portion, which is turned towards the base plate.
  • chord 17 does not cut away the entire base plate side in question but leaves centrally a locking shoulder 36, which can have slightly converging short sides 37 and rounded corners 38.
  • the locking shoulder should suitably be parallel-displaced in relation to the base plate with a distance of e.g. 1-5 mm, preferably about 2 mm.
  • Base line 39 for the displacement can have a distance of a few millimeters from chord side 17.
  • the parallel-displacement of the shoulder can simply be done by means of a percussion press. It is turned away from the sliding arm and can also be designed to act as an element, which counteracts a rotation of the base plate, the area around the base line being supported by the upper side of the upper piece of the frame.
  • a rotation force would press the shoulder portions around and above the base line towards said upper side.
  • the bending, the curving or the parallel-displacement of the shoulder also have advantages as to the manufacturing, the sorting and the assemblying.
  • the base plate can, thanks to such a design, which deviates from one single plane, be positioned more easily and in this way always be brought into the correct position.
  • Recess 14 is roughly so much deeper than the thickness of base plate 16 with what corresponds to the parallel-displacement of main portion 23 in relation to fastening end 26. In this way only a gap width 51 between the frame and the casement is needed, which mainly corresponds to the thickness of said main portion plus manufacturing tolerances and a consideration for swelling and shrinkage respektively of the frame as well as the casement.
  • head 28 in a way that is advantageous for the durability, can be made comparatively wide and thick, there is no need whatsoever, thanks to the fearures now described, for any grooves or other cavities to be provided for the head in the casement pieces, which is a clear improvement as compared to already known techniques.
  • the fixtures and the other portions according to the invention function in the following way:
  • the fixtures are with their slider shoes inserted in the casement grooves, i.e. one at each side of the frame.
  • the swinging arm occupies during all positions of the frame always a horizontal position or a position perpendicular to the casement side pieces and the grooves in the same. In this way the shoe slides along all the groove in question during the total movement of the frame and the base plate with the frame rotates in relation to the swinging arm.
  • Fig. 3 the end phase of the closing of the frame is shown.
  • the sliding shoe and the swinging arm are thereby moved further upwards and simultaneously the base plate and the frame are swinging counter-clockwise and the locking shoulder starts being inserted into recess 40 in the upper piece of the casement.
  • one of sides 37 contacts outwardly turned wall 49 of the recess and forces at the same time the frame to closely abut raised portion 6 of the casement and its weather strip if any or put in another way is this accomplished by using the swinging spindle of the frame of the swinging armature as a swinging center for the frame, when it is closed by e.g. turning the handle and pressing of the frame against the lower casement portion, said swinging spindle reacting and transferring the closing movement like a lever arm to the upper frame arm and finally to the locking shoulder, which in its turn acts to press the upper portion of the frame against the casement.
  • the slider shoe is to be inserted in the sliding groove in the casement with a certain allowance in order to secure comparatively friction-free and easy frame movements or that there are allowances whatosever, which are completely evaded due to an interaction bewteen the locking shoulder of the slider fixture and the recess in the upper portion of the casement and other parts and movements according to the description above. Also, in this way an excellent security device in the frame against burglary is obtained.
  • the locking shoulder and in this connection the fastening of the base plate in the frame and the fastening of the swinging arm in the casement result in a very substantial resistance against efforts to break the frame by means of e.g. a claw wrench or the like.
  • Base part e corresponds to the base parts shown in Figs. 1-3.
  • Base parts a-d, f and g include in the upper corners various recesses, bevels, holes and the like 41, which allow communication between not shown cavities, known per se, e.g. airing or so called turbulence and water drainage grooves and the like in the upper portion and the side pieces of the casement, partly a pressure equalizing and a continuous air circulation and partly a water drainage taking place.
  • recesses 41 designed as indent-like cuts, which also function as rotation protection, since edges and corners are formed, which when a rotational force is acting against the base part is effecting the frame wood in and around the recess for the fixture.
  • a conventional angular fixture 42 is shown, which is provided with holes 43 and cuts 44 for the insertion of screws (not shown).
  • One of the holes is designed to correspond to bearing hole 29 and recess 30 and is designed to receive a spindle, a swinging arm etc., similar to those shown in Figs. 1-4 and described in that connection.
  • the fixture is designed to be inserted in recesses, holes or the like at an upper frame corner, one of the holes receiving a swinging spindle with a swinging arm etc. (not shown) according to Figs.
  • a locking shoulder 36 is formed, which has functions, which correspond to the locking shoulder according to Figs. 1-5.
  • the recess for this shoulder in the upper piece of the casement suitably is adapted as to shape.
  • the recess can have any shape, provided an interaction with one wall 49 of the recess is obtained according to Figs. 2 and 3 and the corresponding part of the description.
  • Such a fixture is particularly suitable to replace conventional angular fixtures or to be placed in frames with existing recesses, holes or the like or in which the use of fixtures according to Figs. 1-5 is less desirable or for other reasons.
  • the fixture according to Fig. 7 is similar to the fixture according to Fig. 8, but locking shoulder 36 has been formed by a punching, cutting or the like 48 in the upper leg, preferably before this leg has been bent away from the vertical leg.
  • This fixture design can be done in a simple and inexpensive way.

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SE9202552A SE9202552L (sv) 1992-09-07 1992-09-07 Ett fönster, en dörr eller liknande och i synnerhet ett härför avsett glidbeslag
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PCT/SE1993/000721 WO1994005881A1 (en) 1992-09-07 1993-09-06 A window, a door or the like and in particular a slide mounting provided for same

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SE9202552D0 (sv) 1992-09-07
DK0659228T4 (da) 2005-08-08
NO306824B1 (no) 1999-12-27
EP0659228B1 (en) 2000-02-02
DK0659228T3 (da) 2000-12-04
NO950837D0 (no) 1995-03-03
DE69327790D1 (de) 2000-03-09
EP0659228A1 (en) 1995-06-28
NO950837L (no) 1995-03-03
SE9202552L (sv) 1994-03-08

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