US3702047A - Glass wall construction consisting of a plurality of glass elements of substantially u-shaped cross-section - Google Patents

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US3702047A
US3702047A US161723A US3702047DA US3702047A US 3702047 A US3702047 A US 3702047A US 161723 A US161723 A US 161723A US 3702047D A US3702047D A US 3702047DA US 3702047 A US3702047 A US 3702047A
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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
    • E06B3/5481—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of discrete fixing elements, e.g. glazing clips, glaziers points
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/88—Curtain walls
    • E04B2/90—Curtain walls comprising panels directly attached to the structure
    • E04B2/92—Sandwich-type panels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
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    • B60W2710/06—Combustion engines, Gas turbines
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  • GLASS WALL CONSTRUCTION 57 ABSTRACT CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF A glass wall construction composed of a plurality of GLASS ELEMENTS 0F glass elements, each possessing a substantially U- SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED CROSS- shaped cross-sectional configuration, and intended to SECTION be secured within a mounting which can be fixed into the opening of a structure, such as a building wall.
  • Each of the sliders is formed as a resilient ele- March 5,1971 Germany ..1 21 10 673.0 mm which isdisplaceable with respect to the glass elements and leg members of the mounting.
  • leg portions of said mounting are con- [56] References Clted figured or accommodated to the shape of the slider FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS elements- 683,423 3/1964 Canada ..52/400 v 8 Claims, 8 Drawingfigures V A g H I,
  • the present invention relates to a new and improved construction of glass wall consisting of a number of glass elements possessing a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional configuration, the glass wall being sealingly arranged within a mounting or support which can be fixed in an opening of the'wall, such mounting embodying at least an upper and a lower rail member.
  • the legs of the glass elements forming the glass wall are adhesively bonded to one another in abutting relationship such that the webs of all of the glass elements are preferably located in a vertical plane, and the glass elements are resiliently guided with respect to the upper rail member of the mounting or support at least at their uppermost region by means of sliders or attachment elements.
  • Glass walls of this general type are already known to the art, as evidenced for instance by US. Pat. No. 3,4l2,5 l0, granted Nov. 26, 1968, of the inventor of this application, and entitled: FIXTURE WITH AT LEAST ONE INSTALLATION UNIT FORMED F GLASS ELEMENTS.
  • a primary object of the present invention is to provide a novel glass wall construction which effectively and reliably overcomes the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art and fulfills the need still existing in the art.
  • Still a further and extremely significant object of this invention is directed to a construction of the previously known glass walls and the means serving for the attachment thereof in such a manner that the installation time is considerably shortened and there is a significant saving in the materials used for installation purposes.
  • the invention starts from the known construction of glass walls and contemplates constructing the sliders or riders, in other words the attachment elements, in the form ofresilient components which can be displaced with respect to the glass elements and the legs of the mounting fixture or support. Further, these sliders are each equipped at one of their legs with a projection serving to partially encompass or surround a leg of the mounting fixture, the legs of the mounting fixture being accommodated to the shape of the sliders. Owing to these measures, there is achieved a result that the glass walls formed of the glass elements possessing the U-shaped profile are only fixed by means of the sliders with respect to the mounting-fixture or support, in other words no further means are required.
  • the spacing of the ends of the legs of the sliders from one another should be less than the thickness of the glass sheet, and the spacing of the ends of each projection from the next situated leg of the slider should be less than the thickness of the corresponding leg of the mounting fixture. In this way there is guaranteed guiding of the glass wall free of jarring or movement.
  • the upper rail member is equipped with a stop or impact surface, such as a transverseor inclined surface, then it is recommended to dimension the sliders such that after their nose-shaped end engages behind a transverse surface of the upper rail such slider is also fixed free of jarring or shaking movement in horizontal direction by the stop or impact surface of the upper rail or by another portion of the mounting fixture. This is then particularly advantageous if wind forces of considerable strength can act from the outside upon the glass wall.
  • a stop or impact surface such as a transverseor inclined surface
  • the spacing from the leg corresponds to the thickness of the end of a leg of the upper rail formed of a profile member, then the above indicated solution is advantageously further constructed, that is, a tilting, especially of the upper rail of the mounting, is precluded.
  • the upper rail can be fixed by means of a bolt driving device and each slider securely fixedly retains the glass wall with respect to the mounting.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view through the opening of a wall or brickwork in which there is arranged a glass wall designed according to the inventive teachings and wherein the glass elements possessing a substantially U-shaped cross-section have the web thereof partially straddled or enclosed by sliders prior to fixing this glass wall with respect to the upper rail;
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the arrangement of FIG. 1 after the upper sliders have been upwardly displaced
  • FIG.,3 illustrates the arrangement-of FIG. 1 with the upper sliders fixed in position at the upper rail;
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view similar to the arrangement of FIG. 1 of a second embodiment of this invention in which the upper sliders are located in a position corresponding to that shown with the embodiment of FIG.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the arrangement of FIG.4 with the upper sliders in a position where they are fixed at the upper rail;
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of the invention taken through themounting fixture or support of the. glass wall, showing the position of the sliders where the latter positively fix the glass wall with respect to the mounting fixture;
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view, corresponding to the arrangement of FIG. 6, but prior to fixing the upper region of the glass wall with respect to the upper rail;
  • FIG. 8 is a frontview of the glass wall which has been fixed by means of sliders or attachment elements with respect to the mounting fixture or support, as viewed from the area of the room or the like where the glass wall is erected, this room or area being closed towards the outside by such glass wall.
  • a continuous and essentially U-shaped upper rail 3 is rigidly fixed in position, by schematically illustrated screws 2, or the like, at the underside of a slab 1 of an opening of a building or structure which ,is to be closed by a glass wall.
  • This U-shaped upper rail 3 has downwardly depending leg members 3a and 3 b.
  • the shorter leg member 3b is slightly flexed and forms an inclinedsurface 15.
  • a lower rail 5 At the lower bounding surface of the building opening there is fixed, for. instance also by schematically indicated screws 4 or the like, a lower rail 5.
  • this lower rail 5 is in the form of a L-shaped profile member, the shorter leg 5 a of which extends vertically.
  • This lower rail 5 can also be formed as a U-shaped or T-shaped profile member. Irrespective of the particular shape of these rail members it is here mentioned that the upper rail member 3 and the lower rail member 5 can constitute components of a frame or mounting arranged in the opening of the building or, however, can be constructed as independent structural elements.
  • This glass wall consists of a number of individual glass elements 9 which, in horizontal section, possess a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional configuration, and whereinthe legs 9'- of the glass elements are arranged tightly in abutting fashion against one another for the purpose of forming a flat glass wall and wherein, in each instance,the outside faces of the confronting and abutting legs 9 are appropriately fixedly connected with one another by a suitable adhesive or the like.
  • the unit which is to be installed could also consist of only one glass element which then is adhesively bonded to other glass I elements at the situs of installation.
  • sliders or riders 17 are placed upon the leg 5a of the lower rail member 5.
  • Each of these riders or sliders 17 will be seen to have leg portions or legs 17a and 17b which receive therebetween the web or sheet of each associated glass element 9 in such a manner that each glass element is guided free of jarring movement or free of. shaking movement at the sliders 17.
  • a projection provided for each slider 17 fixedly positions the latter at the upstanding leg 5a of the lower rail member 5.
  • each structural element namely each glass element 9
  • at least one slider or rider 16 in such a fashion that its legs 6a and 6b straddle the web or sheet of the associated glass element 9 and, just as was the case for.
  • the lower slider 17, here also ensure that the sheet of glass is held so as to be free of jarring or shaking movements between these components 6a and 6b.
  • each of these sliders 6 which possess essentially a U-shaped cross-sectional configuration, is constructed such that its legs or leg members 6a and 6b are spaced from one another corresponding to the thickness of the sheet or pane of the glass element 9, and furthermore, each such slider 6 is equipped with a projection or shoulder 7 arranged at the end of the leg 6a and constructed such that it can be outwardly deformed from the position imparted to it during manufacture. Furthermore, in this context it is mentioned that it is advantageous to provide this projection or shoulder 7 with a nose-like or nose-shaped terminal portion or end 7','as shown.
  • each of the sliders 6 will be seen to be equipped at the upper region of its leg 6b with an inclined surface 16 which is complimentary to the inclined surface of the upper rail member 3.
  • the leg 3a of the upper rail member 3 is flexed through an angle of 180, and the end surface of the flexed end 3c of this leg 3a is constructed as a transverse extending surface 18 to form a type of locking or engagement location for the nose-like end 7' of the projection 7 discussed above.
  • the inclined surfaces 15 and 16 contact one another and thereby retain the installed units and the sliders 6 fixed in position.
  • the legs 3a and 3b of the rail member 3 snugly contact,'in the position of the components depicted in FIG. 2, against the associated surfaces of the relevant slider or in fact are even slightly deformed towards the outside.
  • the nose-shaped or noselike end 7' of the projection 7 is-still located at the outside surface of the upwardly turned or flexed end 3c of the leg 3a of the upper rail member 3.
  • FIGS; 4 and 5 of the drawings corresponds in principle to the embodiment of FIGS. 1
  • each installed unit can be fixedly mounted free of shaking or jarring with respect to the upperand lower rail members 3 and 5 respectively, since each of these sliders is formed of an elastically deformable material, such as plastic.
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 there is illustrated a third and further development of an exemplary embodiment of this invention. It will be seen that at the lower face of a slab 1 of a building opening which is to be closed by a glass wall there is rigidly fixed, by means of bolt members 2 or the like, a profiled upper rail member 3 having a downwardly depending leg 3a. Similarly, at the lower bounding surface of the building opening there is fixed, again by bolts 4 or the like, a lower rail member 5 having a leg 5a which extends vertically.
  • the lower rail member 5 can be formed of a U-shaped or T-shaped profile member, it is only of importance that also this rail member can be fixed in position by means of a bolt driving device and by means of bolts or other suitable fastening expedients. Also, in this case the upper rail member and the lower rail member can be components of a mounting frame inserted in the building opening, or also can be separate or individual structural elements.
  • a number of glass elements 9 possessing, in horizontal section, a substantially U-shaped cross-section are advantageously.adhesively bonded in adjacent relationship with respect to one another and arranged such that their legs 9 abut one another and their sheet or pane outside, surfaces are disposed in the same plane, which is preferably vertically arranged.
  • a number of sliders or riders 17, in other words the attachment elements, are placed upon the leg 5a of the lower rail member 5.
  • the legs 17a and 17b of each of these sliders 17 receive therebetween the sheet of the associated glass element 9 in such a manner that each glass element and the glass wall is guided free of jarring or shaking movement by the group of sliders 17
  • a projection or shoulder provided at each slider 17 serves to positionally fix each such slider 17 at the upstanding legSa of the lower rail member 5.
  • each slider or rider 6 is constructed such that its legs 6a and 6b are spaced from one another a distance corresponding to the thickness of the sheet or web of the associated glass element 9. Furthermore, each slider 6 is provided with a projection or shoulder 7 which transforms into a nose-like or nose-shaped end 7'.
  • a stop 6d is provided between the leg 6a and the projection 7, as shown clearly by referring to FIG. 6, and the spacing of stop 6d from the leg 6a corresponds to the thickness of the end 3d of the downwardly depending leg 3a of the upper rail member 3.
  • the projection 7 is configured and designed such that its nose-like end 7 strives to come to rest as near as possible at the leg 6a of the slider 6, during movement of the slider 6 in the direction of the arrow 19, this end 7 engages behind the enlarged end 3d of the upper rail member 3 upon the transverse surface 18 and therefore fixes the relevant slider 6 positively with respect to the upper rail member 3. Since the legs 9 of the glass elements 9 are directed outwardly towards the outside, the glass wall cannot be removed from the outside, release of the sliders must occur from the inside, namely by deforming the projection 7 and lowering the slider 6 opposite to the direction of the arrow 19.
  • each slider 6 is provided withan extension 60 which extends past the sheet or pane of the glass.
  • the upper rail 3 is then equipped with a stop or impact surface 3e, which is spaced from the confronting leg 3a of the upper rail member 3 a distance corresponding to the, thickness of the just considered extension 6c.
  • a glass wall construction composed of a plurality of glass elements, each possessing a substantially U- shaped configuration in cross-section and defined by legmembers interconnected by a sheet-like web portion, a mounting intended to be secured into the opening of a structure, within which mounting saidglass elements are intended to be sealingly arranged, said mounting embodying at least an upper rail member and a lower rail member, said rail members having legs, the leg members of said glass elements being connected in abutting relationship with respect to one another such that the sheet-like webs of all of the glass elements forming the glass wall are disposed in a gi'ven'plane,and
  • each of said slider means being formed as a resilient slider element which is displaceable with respect to the glass elements and legs of said mounting, each said displaceable slider element having at least a pair of depending leg portions, projection means provided at one of said leg portions of said slider element for partially encompassing a leg of said mounting, and wherein said legsof said mounting are accommodated to the shape of said slider elements.
  • each projection means hasan end surface inclined with respect to said leg portions of said slider means, said transverse surface of the upper rail member similarly having a surface inclined with respect to the leg portions of said slider means, and wherein said inclined surfaces of both said nose-shaped end portion and said transverse surface in the engaged condition thereof extend substantia l ly parallel to one another.

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