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US3217454A
US3217454A US405628A US40562864A US3217454A US 3217454 A US3217454 A US 3217454A US 405628 A US405628 A US 405628A US 40562864 A US40562864 A US 40562864A US 3217454 A US3217454 A US 3217454A
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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
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  • My present invention relates to window structures and, more particularly, to a window construction in which two or more panes are held in a common sash, as described in my copending application Ser. No. 171,365, filed February 6, 1962, of which my present application is a continuation-in-part.
  • this portion of the strip is detached from that portion upon which the pane rests and is so dimensioned that, while it is forced into the groove in the sash, if bears resiliently upon the panes.
  • the pane does not rest upon the ledge of the glazing strip but instead is frictionally supported by two portions of the strip engaging opposite faces of each pane.
  • a more specic object of this invention is to provide a window structure making use of a sealing strip whereby stiffening of the strip will not impose the great diculties encountered heretofore.
  • a spacing frame of low thermal conductivity engaged on opposite sides by a pair of spaced window panes, the frame constituting the sealing or glazing strip mentioned above and being mounted in a sash consisting of a light, nonporous material such as lightweight metal (e.g., aluminum) having means for holding both the panes and the glazing strip in close contact with one another.
  • a light, nonporous material such as lightweight metal (e.g., aluminum) having means for holding both the panes and the glazing strip in close contact with one another.
  • the invention resides in undercutting at least one of the grooves of the sash for reeciving an outer portion of the glazing strip which may be integral or formed from a plurality of separate portions, this undercut groove having a constriction past which an enlarged bead of the glazing strip can be forced.
  • the undercut portion of the groove is of generally circular cross-section with a surface of the sash underlying the pane being substantially tangential to the cylindrical surface forming the interior wall of the undercut region.
  • the corresponding portion of the glazing strip is complementarily shaped so that its bead has a generally cylindrical configuration.
  • the glazing strip is provided with an abutment laterally spaced from the cylindrical groove away from the pane and engageable by the sash for preventing it from swivelling about the aforementioned axis away from the pane.
  • the glazing strip is, according to the invention, provided with a lever arm underlying the pane and tending to swivel the glazing strip about the axis so that its sealing edge engages a marginal portion of the pane with a force determined by the weight of the pane.
  • the weight of the pane upon the lever arm of the lower glazing strip will maintain a sealing engagement; the abutment serves to main-tain the remaining strips about the periphery of the pane in engagement therewith.
  • Still another feature of the present invention resides in the provision of an intermediate portion of the glazingstrip means disposed between the panes and which, in
  • the intermediate glazing portion has a relatively wide head whose edges bear upon relatively narrow marginal portions of the pane.
  • This intermediate portion of the glazing-strip means is supported at its nar-row shank outwardly from this head so that the head is, to some degree, shiftable laterally of the panes during thermal changes of the div'mensions of the window structure.
  • Still another feature of the instant invention resides in the provision of at least one inner ridge on the sash between the panes and extending inwardly beyond the periphery of the panes while being straddled by the frame 'or glazing strip.
  • the shank of the intermediate portion of the glazing strip can then ⁇ be mounted upon this ridge in such manner as to be defiectable laterally thereof.
  • the interengagement of the glazing strip with the sash may be supplemented by the provision of an adhesive, preferably of elastomeric material, which can be introduced between the engaging edges of the head of the ⁇ intermediate portion and the periphery of the panes along ythe shank.
  • Suitable strip materials of low thermal conductivity include synthetic and natural rubbers, e.g., porous or microporous rubber, along ⁇ with other substances conven-
  • the sash may be composed of extruded profiles of metal, preferably aluminum, integrally formed with the necessary ridges or grooves to accommodate the panes and the sealing strip. It will be understood that, even with strips of relatively high porosity, the penetration of moisture into the space between the panes will be prevented by the intervening layer of adhesive.
  • FIG. l is a front-elevational view of a window strucrune1 of the type to which the present invention is applica e;
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line II--II of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 3a, 3b and 3c are fragmentary sectional views drawn to the scale of FIG. 2, representing different modiiications of that part of FIG. 2 encompassed within the area III thereof.
  • the window shown in FIG. 1 comprises a pair of slidable sashes 2, 2, within an outer frame 1 which is representative of any conventional embrasure or other support for such, sashes.
  • the two sashes 2, 2 are identical except for a conventional Outrigger strip 20 on the former for preventing the flow of airhetween the sashes. Only t-he sash 2 and its associated elements will be described in detail with the identical parts having primed reference numerals in sash 2.
  • the sash 2 carries a pair of panes 3 spaced apart by a glazing-strip means 4, 5 of rubber or similar, preferably elastomeric, thermally insulating material.
  • the glazing strip means thus includes an intermediate portion or inner frame 4 and a pair of outer portions S, 5a.
  • the latter are provided with respective beads 1'2, 12a of generally cylindrical configuration which are received in the complementary (i.e., cylindrical) undercut grooves y13, extending all around the inner periphery of the sash on either side of the pair of panes 3.
  • These grooves open via the constrictions 113 at the surfaces 213 of the sash underlying pane 3, the constrictions having a width less than the diameter of the beads 112, 12a.
  • the space -6 between the panes 3 is shielded against the atmosphere by adhesive layers 15 (e.g., of rubber cement) which likewise extend along the entire inner periphery of the sash and help secure it to the intermediate portion 4 of the glazing-strip means and the panes.
  • adhesive layers 15 e.g., of rubber cement
  • the intermediate portion 4 has an enlarged head 104 and converges outwardly in the direction of the peripheries of the panes to form a shank 204 which is received between a pair of Iridges 10 integrally formed on the sash and extending inwardly therebeyond.
  • the head 104 is thus resiliently deectable upon thermal alteration of the dimensions of the sash.
  • a packing strip 14a independent of strip 5a, underlies the right-hand pane 3 (FIG.
  • the sash 2 is provided with several rollers 8 (only one shown) which ride in a horizontal groove of a flange 7 on the bottom of frame 1 whereby he sashes 2 and 2 may be rolled back and forth in the conventional manner.
  • Packing strips 9 of felt or the like are interposed between the inner faces of the U-protail of the sash and the T-shaped flange 7. This construction, known per se, is shown merely for the sake of completeness and is representative of any conventional sash mounting.
  • FIG. 3a I show a construction otherwise ⁇ identical with that described in connection wit-h FIG. 2 except that the sash 2a has a single ridge 10a matingly received within a peripheral groove 304a in the shank 204a of the intermediate portion or inner frame 4a whose head 10i4a has edges bearing upon the marginal portions of the panes. Again, -this enlarged head is deflectable, as indicated above, the adhesive layers 15 not materially impeding such deflection.
  • the sash I2b has a relatively wide ridge or rib 10b overlain by the intermediate portion 4b. Studs 17 (only one shown) rise from the rib 10b at spaced locations therealong and are imbedded in the shank of the intermediate portion or inner frame 4b to lock it into position with its enlarged head bearing against the panes.
  • FIG. 3c I have shown the sash 2c formed wit-h an inner peripheral groove 11 accommodating the outer edge of the shank of intermediate portion or inne-r frame 4c, which is here illustrated to be of T-shaped profile.
  • a profiled metallic sash formed with at least one inner ridge extending over its entire circumference, an inner frame of atleast partly complementary profile matingly engaging said sash, said frame consisting of a material of low thermal conductivity, a pa-ir of panes held in said sash and contacting said frame from opposite sides, and a pair of sealing strips independent of said frame anchored in said sash, said strips resiliently bearing upon the outer surfaces of said panes over a marginal zone extending all around their circumference whereby said panes are urged toward said frame; said ridge projecting into the space between said panes and being received in a mating groove of said frame; said frame registering with substantially all of said marginal zone and constituting the only structural member bridging said panes, at least one of said strips having a generally cylindrical foot received within a complementary recess in said sash, said one of said strips having an integral lateral flange intermediate said marginal zone and said sash while underlying the corresponding pan

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US3347008A (en) * 1964-10-23 1967-10-17 Donnelly Mirrors Inc Sealed window construction
US3456408A (en) * 1967-09-14 1969-07-22 Uniseal Inc Sealing assembly for panels
US3492770A (en) * 1968-04-09 1970-02-03 Ronald Thomas Furner Extruded sections
DE2437679A1 (de) * 1974-08-05 1976-02-19 Straub Theodor Lagerungs- und dichtungsvorrichtung fuer fenster und tueren
US3946524A (en) * 1973-02-24 1976-03-30 Dynamit Nobel Ag Blind frame and sash constructions for sash windows, sliding doors, and the like
US3964225A (en) * 1973-12-26 1976-06-22 Tsukasa Yoshida Device for fixedly connecting panels for use in building
US5005329A (en) * 1989-02-17 1991-04-09 Spectra-Physics, Inc. Window seal for optical scanner
EP1425490A4 (fr) * 2001-06-15 2005-06-01 Sashlite Llc Chassis integre de fenetre a vitres multiples et procede de fabrication correspondant
US6901705B1 (en) * 1999-09-10 2005-06-07 Park Myung-Shin Guide rail for a sliding closure having a guide groove with a groove filling device

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US2285003A (en) * 1939-01-26 1942-06-02 Om Edwards Co Inc Double window construction
GB653714A (en) * 1948-09-30 1951-05-23 Beckett Laycock & Watkinson Improvements in packing-strips for windows
US2877515A (en) * 1957-11-01 1959-03-17 Window Products Inc Insulated metal-framed window sash
US3024881A (en) * 1959-04-10 1962-03-13 Window Products Inc Insulated metal-framed window sash
US3026582A (en) * 1959-02-04 1962-03-27 Bayer Franz Xaver Composite glass sheet
US3040389A (en) * 1959-02-03 1962-06-26 Platenius Vertriebs G M B H Standardized frame element for windows, doors and the like
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US2240930A (en) * 1938-10-31 1941-05-06 Hunter Sash Company Inc Mounting for panels
US2285003A (en) * 1939-01-26 1942-06-02 Om Edwards Co Inc Double window construction
US2197913A (en) * 1939-01-30 1940-04-23 Om Edwards Co Inc Window construction
GB653714A (en) * 1948-09-30 1951-05-23 Beckett Laycock & Watkinson Improvements in packing-strips for windows
US3071215A (en) * 1957-04-17 1963-01-01 George R Gall Curtain wall
US2877515A (en) * 1957-11-01 1959-03-17 Window Products Inc Insulated metal-framed window sash
US3040389A (en) * 1959-02-03 1962-06-26 Platenius Vertriebs G M B H Standardized frame element for windows, doors and the like
US3026582A (en) * 1959-02-04 1962-03-27 Bayer Franz Xaver Composite glass sheet
US3024881A (en) * 1959-04-10 1962-03-13 Window Products Inc Insulated metal-framed window sash

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3347008A (en) * 1964-10-23 1967-10-17 Donnelly Mirrors Inc Sealed window construction
US3456408A (en) * 1967-09-14 1969-07-22 Uniseal Inc Sealing assembly for panels
US3492770A (en) * 1968-04-09 1970-02-03 Ronald Thomas Furner Extruded sections
US3946524A (en) * 1973-02-24 1976-03-30 Dynamit Nobel Ag Blind frame and sash constructions for sash windows, sliding doors, and the like
US3964225A (en) * 1973-12-26 1976-06-22 Tsukasa Yoshida Device for fixedly connecting panels for use in building
DE2437679A1 (de) * 1974-08-05 1976-02-19 Straub Theodor Lagerungs- und dichtungsvorrichtung fuer fenster und tueren
US5005329A (en) * 1989-02-17 1991-04-09 Spectra-Physics, Inc. Window seal for optical scanner
US6901705B1 (en) * 1999-09-10 2005-06-07 Park Myung-Shin Guide rail for a sliding closure having a guide groove with a groove filling device
EP1425490A4 (fr) * 2001-06-15 2005-06-01 Sashlite Llc Chassis integre de fenetre a vitres multiples et procede de fabrication correspondant
US20050132662A1 (en) * 2001-06-15 2005-06-23 Sashlite, Llc Insulating glass sash assembly with glazing panes mounted via their outside surfaces

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