Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
  • E05F7/00—Accessories for wings not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • E05F7/06—Devices for taking the weight of the wing, arranged away from the hinge axis
• • 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
  • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
  • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
  • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
  • E05Y2201/686—Rods, links
• • 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
  • E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
  • E05Y2800/26—Form or shape
  • E05Y2800/266—Form or shape curved
• • 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
  • E05Y2900/132—Doors
• • 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

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a support assembly for supporting a sash on a door or window fixed frame.
• the present invention refers to a support assembly adoptable together with a so-called “concealed"-type hinging system for connecting a fixed frame to a movable sash of a door or window, and which allows to reach an opening angle of the movable sash with respect to the fixed frame of maximum 180°.
• concealed hinging systems are already known which allow to reach an opening angle of the movable sash with respect to the fixed frame of maximum 180°.
• Examples of such concealed hinging systems are, for example, known from EP3256676 (GSG ), EP3322873 (Fapim ), EP2811092 (Schuco ), EP2708692 (WSS WILH SCHLECHTENDAHL & SOEHNE GMBH & CO KG ), in patents IT1406348 and IT102017000126014 ( EP3480398 ) in the name of the same holder, or in application EP4374040A1 .
• All these hinging systems share the feature of comprising a first body that is fixed in a perimeter channel of a profile of the fixed frame, a second body that is fixed in a perimeter channel of a corresponding profile of the movable sash, and a group of levers that articulate the first body and the second body to each other, such that the latter performs a roto-translational motion during the opening and closing of the movable sash with respect to the fixed frame, with a motion component orthogonal to the plane defined by the opening (port) delimited by the fixed frame itself.
• an object of the present invention is to provide a support assembly that allows to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art.
• An object of the present invention is to provide a support assembly particularly adoptable together with concealed hinging systems, allowing a movable sash to be opened with respect to a fixed frame up to a maximum opening angle of 180°, while supporting the weight of the sash under all conditions, consequently relieving the components of the hinging system.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a support assembly particularly adoptable together with concealed hinging systems which allows to preserve the integrity and proper operation of the latter.
• a further object of the present invention is to provide a support assembly that is simple and economical to make and easy to install and employ.
• a support assembly for supporting a movable sash with respect to a fixed frame of a door or window, having the features according to claim 1.
• a support assembly for supporting a sash 100 on a fixed frame 200 of a door or window is overall indicated by 1.
• the support assembly 1 is usable together with a system for hinging the sash 100 to the frame 200.
• the hinging system can advantageously comprise at least one hinge 300, preferably a pair of hinges 300, by means of which a post 101 of the sash can be coupled to the respective post 201 of the fixed frame 200.
• the hinge 300 is configured to couple the sash 100 to the frame 200 in a rotatable manner around a vertical axis, with an opening angle which, advantageously, is between 0° (closed position) to 180° (fully open position).
• the opening angle can vary within such range and/or be adjustable using appropriate limiters, which are not described as they are known to those skilled in the art.
• the hinge 300 is of the so-called “concealed” type, i.e., a type that is not visible from the outside of the door or window when closed, while it is only partially visible from the outside of the door or window when open.
• the hinge 300 can be configured to allow both swing opening and tilt-and-turn opening, also allowing, in the latter case, the sash 100 to tilt with respect to the frame 200 around a substantially horizontal axis defined at a respective crosspiece (generally the lower one) thereof.
• hinge 300 which, only by way of example, is of the type described and illustrated in EP4374040A1 .
• the support assembly 1 comprises:
• the rod 4 extends longitudinally between the first end 4a and the second end 4b along a longitudinal broken line Aa-Ab comprising a plurality of straight segments and/or curved sections.
• plane P1 is a symmetry plane of the rod 4.
• the longitudinal line Aa-Ab is a skew broken line, that is, the plurality of straight segments and/or curved sections composing it are contained in at least two different planes.
• the straight segments and/or curved sections having as respective extreme points the opposite ends of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab lie in two planes parallel to each other.
• the first plane P1' and the second plane P2 are symmetry planes of the respective portion of the rod 4.
• the rod 4 comprises at least one connecting portion at which the longitudinal line Aa-Ab comprises at least one straight segment and/or curved section lying on a third plane different from and not parallel to the first and second planes P1', P2.
• first end 4a and the second end 4b, and, with them, the corresponding ends of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab, are mutually misaligned, offset, staggered.
• the plane containing the first straight segment Aa-Ac and the second straight segment Ac-Ad is the aforementioned plane P1.
• the plane containing the first straight segment Aa-Ac and the second straight segment Ac-Ad is the aforementioned first plane P1'.
• the first angle ⁇ is preferably between -5° and 20°.
• the rod 4 further comprises a third straight section 42, at which the longitudinal line Aa-Ab consists of a third straight segment Ae-Ab, wherein the third straight section 42 is subsequent to the second straight section 41 and ends with the second end 4b of the rod.
• the third straight section 42 is not necessarily consecutive to the second straight section 41.
• at least one fourth straight, curved, or mixed connecting section 43 is interposed between the second straight section 41 and the third straight section 42.
• the third straight segment Ae-Ab is contained in the same plane P1 in which the first and second straight segments Aa-Ac and Ac-Ad are contained. On such plane P1, the third straight segment Ae-Ab is inclined at a second acute angle ⁇ with respect to the extension of the first straight segment Aa-Ac.
• the second angle ⁇ is preferably between 5° and 40°.
• the third straight segment Ae-Ab is inclined at a third acute angle ⁇ with respect to the extension of the second straight segment Ac-Ad.
• the third angle ⁇ is preferably between 0° and 20°.
• first end 4a and thus the corresponding end Aa of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab
• second end 4b and thus the corresponding end Ab of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab
• D1 a not-zero distance
• such distance D1 is between 15 mm and 50 mm.
• the third straight segment Ae-Ab is contained in a plane (the aforementioned second plane P2) parallel to the plane in which the first and second straight segments Aa-Ac and Ac-Ad are contained (the aforementioned first plane P1').
• the projection of the third straight segment Ae-Ab on the plane (i.e., the first plane P1') containing the first and second straight segments Aa-Ac and Ac-Ad is inclined at a second acute angle ⁇ ' with respect to the extension of the first straight segment Aa-Ac.
• the second angle ⁇ ' is preferably between 5° and 40°.
• the projection of the third straight segment Ae-Ab on the plane (i.e., the first plane P1') containing the first and second straight segments Aa-Ac and Ac-Ad is inclined at a third acute angle ⁇ ' with respect to the extension of the second straight segment Ac-Ad.
• the third angle ⁇ ' is preferably between 0° and 20°.
• the first end 4a (and thus the corresponding end Aa of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab) and the orthogonal projection of the second end 4b (and thus the projection of the corresponding end Ab of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab) are spaced apart along a direction orthogonal to the first straight segment Aa-Ac by a first not-zero distance D1'.
• such first distance D1' is between 15 mm and 50 mm.
• the first end 4a (and thus the corresponding end Aa of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab) and the second end 4b (and thus the corresponding end Ab of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab) are then spaced apart along a direction orthogonal to the first and second planes P1', P2 by a second not-zero distance D2 equal to the distance between the first plane P1' and the second plane P2.
• such second distance D2 is between 0 mm and 20 mm.
• the first end 4a consists of a curved surface cap, advantageously hemispherical, whose centre defines the end Aa of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab.
• the second end 4b consists of a curved surface cap, advantageously hemispherical, whose centre defines the end Ab of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab.
• both the first end 4a and the second end 4b consist of respective curved surface caps, advantageously hemispherical, whose centres define the corresponding ends Aa and Ab of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab.
• the distance between the first end 4a and the second end 4b of the rod 4 along a direction parallel to the first straight section 40 is not-zero and is substantially equal to the mounting distance between the first support 2 and the second support 3.
• the first support 2 and the second support 3 are not depicted or described in detail, as they are of a type known to those skilled in the art.
• the first support 2 comprises:
• the second support 3 comprises a main body 30 configured to be fixed, for example by screws, to the post 201 of the frame 200.
• a coupling and/or resting seat configured to couple with and/or accommodate the second end 4b of the rod 4, thereby making a spherical or hemispherical joint therewith.
• the support assembly 1 due to the structure of the rod 4 as described above, allows the sash 100 to be opened in any possible allowed mode without interfering with any component of the door or window.
• the support assembly 1 allows the sash 100 to be opened in tilt or swing mode, reaching in the latter case opening angles greater than 90° and advantageously greater than 140°, up to 180°, ensuring in any case the support of the sash 100, whose weight therefore no longer rests on the hinge 300, which is only responsible for the opening/closing kinematics, but rather on the support assembly 1 and thus on the frame 200.
• the integrity of the levers and components of the hinge 300 is thus preserved, avoiding jamming or malfunctions due to their deformation and, due to the structure of the rod 4, any interference of the support assembly 1 with components of the door or window is avoided.
• the successive bends of the rod 4 resulting in the non-straight course of the longitudinal line Aa-Ab, prevent interferences between the rod 4 and the frame 200 and the sash 100, while ensuring, in any case, the coupling and/or resting of the opposite ends of the rod 4 with the first support 2 and the second support 3.
• the second embodiment involves an offset between the planes on which the end sections of the rod 4 lie and, although it is structurally more complex to produce compared to the first one, it allows to obtain smoother rotation of the sash by compensating for the variability in the sash-frame overlap clearance, which can range from a minimum of 7 mm to a maximum of 22 mm.
• the frame 200 and the sash 100 are depicted schematically and partially for illustrative purposes only. Both the frame 200 and the sash 100 can be formed of profiles each having at least one perimeter channel formed respectively on the inner perimeter of the frame 200 and on the outer perimeter of the sash 100, in which the hinging system and the support assembly 1 are accommodated.
• the frame 200 defines and delimits an opening which is closed by the sash 100.
• the hinge 300 comprises:
• the group of levers is configured to allow the sash 100 to perform a roto-translational motion with respect to the frame 200, moving, during opening and closing of the door or window, with a motion component orthogonal to the plane formed by the opening delimited by the frame 200.
• the group of levers comprises a first lever 303 and a second lever 304, each of which has a first end, a second end and a middle portion.
• the first lever 303 and the second lever 304 are both articulated to the respective ends opposite to the first body 301 and the second body 302, directly or indirectly by interposition of connecting rods.
• the first lever 303 and the second lever 304 are then hinged to each other at the middle portions thereof.
• the first lever 303 has:
• the second lever 304 has:
• the first lever 303 and the second lever 304 are articulated to each other at their corresponding middle portions rotatably around a fourth rotation axis 306, parallel to the first rotation axis 305 and fixed with respect to them.
• the first end of the second lever 304 is articulated to the first body 301 through a kinematic pair making a relative motion of the first end of the second lever 304 with respect to the first body 301 by rotation and translation, respectively, around a fifth rotation axis 307, which is parallel to the first rotation axis 305, and along a trajectory T extending towards the first rotation axis 305 and, at least for a section, tangent to or coincident with at least a straight direction contained in a plane orthogonal to the first rotation axis 305 and intersecting the plane formed by the opening delimited by the frame 200.
• the first end of the second lever 304 is articulated to the first body 301 by means of a pin forming the fifth rotation axis 307, which is fixed with respect to the first body 301 and which is slidably accommodated along a slot 308 formed along the second lever 304 and having an advantageously straight course.
• a hinge 300 of such type is described in greater detail in EP4374040A1 .
• the support assembly 1 according to the present invention can be applied together with hinging systems with hinges 300 configured also differently from the one exemplified in the attached figures.
• Another object of the present invention is a system for coupling a sash 100 on a frame 200 of a door or window, comprising:
• another object of the present invention is an assembly comprising a sash 100 mounted on a door or window frame 200, in a movable manner between at least a closed position and at least an open position by means of such a coupling system, wherein the hinge 300 couples a post 101 of the sash 100 to a corresponding post 201 of the frame 200, and wherein the first support 2 of the support assembly 1 is fixed to the post 101 of the sash 100 and the second support 3 of the support assembly 1 is fixed to the post 201 of the frame 200, the rod 4 of the support assembly 1 having its first end 4a associated with the first support 2 and its second end 4b associated with the second support 3.
• the support assembly 1 is configured to transfer the weight of the sash 100 to the frame 200 in any open position of the sash 100 with respect to the frame 200.
• the rod 4 itself transfers the weight of the sash 100 on the frame 200 in any open position of the sash 100 with respect to the frame 200.
• the support assembly according to the present invention allows to preserve the integrity and correct operation of the system for hinging the sash to the frame 200.
• the support assembly according to the present invention is simple and economical to make.
• the support assembly thus conceived is susceptible to numerous modifications and variants, all falling within the scope of the inventive concept; furthermore, all the details are replaceable by technically equivalent elements.
• the materials used, as well as the dimensions, can be any depending on the technical requirements.

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