CA1118287A - Glass panel structure - Google Patents
Glass panel structureInfo
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
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- 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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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The glass panel structure comprises a hermeti-cally sealed panel consisting of at least a pair of glass panes arranged in spaced parallel relationship and of a spacer disposed between the inner marginal edges of the panes and sealingly connected thereto to form a self-contained glass pane unit; a series of border elements, formed of rigid vinyl plastics material, peripherally extend about the self-contained glass pane unit and are firmly attached to at least one of the glass panes along the outer marginal edge thereof; a metallic member extend at least along each opposite vertical side of the unit and is interlockingly engaged with a corresponding border element to form a structural unit with the glass panes;
each metallic member is manually removable from its border element for replacement in the event of damage.
The glass panel structure comprises a hermeti-cally sealed panel consisting of at least a pair of glass panes arranged in spaced parallel relationship and of a spacer disposed between the inner marginal edges of the panes and sealingly connected thereto to form a self-contained glass pane unit; a series of border elements, formed of rigid vinyl plastics material, peripherally extend about the self-contained glass pane unit and are firmly attached to at least one of the glass panes along the outer marginal edge thereof; a metallic member extend at least along each opposite vertical side of the unit and is interlockingly engaged with a corresponding border element to form a structural unit with the glass panes;
each metallic member is manually removable from its border element for replacement in the event of damage.
Description
F:LELr~ Ol;` T~ . INVENTION
~ I'he present inverltion relates to qlass panel structures for moulltincJ in window frames, door frames or the like.
S BACKGROUND OF TEIE INVENTION
_ _ ___ _ Glass panel structures of the glazed type include two or more glass panes spaced apart from one another by a spacer to provide an air space -therebetween which acts as an insulator against heat and cold. These glass panes are mounted in a framework which is rigidly connectèd to the peripheral edges of the glass to form an unitary glass panel which is fixed, hinged or slidable in a door frame, window frame or the like. However, should one, or both, glass panes become defective or broken, the entire glass panel unit must be scrapped since the frame-work is so mounted to the glass panes that i-t cannot be dismantled for use in association with other glass panes.
One eAxample of such conventional structure may be found described in applicant's Belgium patent No. 861,815 20 issued March 31, 1978, in which a monoblock structure is disclosed as including a framework consisting of perma-nently attached metallic members which are sealed to the Guter marginal edges of the glass panes, and a series of border elements made of plastics material surrounding the metallic members.
OBJECT AND STATEMENT OF TEIE INVENTION
-It is an object of this invention to provide a glass panel structure for use in a window or door frame, whether sliding, hinged or fixed, wherein a series of border elements formed of rigid vinyl plastics material are peripherally sealed to the outer marginal edges of the glass panes -to form a self-contained glass pane unit and wherein at least -the two opposite vertical sides of the unit consist of metallic members which are interlock-ingly engaged with its corresponding border element sothat, should the glass pane unit become defective, the ~118Z8~
metallic members can be manually removed and mounted on a similarly constructed glass pane unit or should the metallic members themselves become defective, a new set of members may be installed to the pane unit.
The present invention therefore provides a glass panel structure for use in a window or door frame comprising: a hermetically sealed panel consisting of at least a pair of glass panes arranged in spaced parallel relationship and of a spacer disposed between the inner marginal edges of the panes and sealingly connected thereto to form a self-contained glass pane unit; a series of border elements, formed of rigid vinyl plastics material, peripherally extending about the self-contained glass pane unit, the border elements being firmly attach-ed to at least one of the glass panes along the outermarginal edge thereof; and a metallic member extending at least along the two opposite vertical sides of the pane unit, each metallic member being interlockingly engaged with a corresponding border element to form a structural unit with the glass panes, each metallic member being manually removable from the border element for substi-tution purposes.
In one preferred form of the invention, the engagement and disengagement of the metallic members onto ` 25 and from the border elements may be accomplished by a snap-in engagement between cooperating means on the engaging faces of the metallic members and of the border elements.
In another form of the invention, engagement and disengagement are accomplished by relative longitudi-nal sliding movements of the metallic members to the border elements.
Other objects and scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter; it should be understood, however, that this description, while indicating pre-~erred embodinlents of the invention, is given by way ofillustration only, since various changes and modifi-cations within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to -those skilled in the art.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TI~E DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a cross-sec-tional elevation view of a glass panel structure made in accordance wi-th the present invention in the form of a hingedly mounted window or door structure;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional elevational view of another embodiment of the present invention in the form of a sliding window or door; and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of another embodiment of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
_ _ ~ ... .. , .. _ .. _ ... _ _ _ Generally, the present invention xelates to all kinds of window or door structures whether they are hingedly mounted, slidably mounted or fixedly mounted to a window or door frame; hence, the windows or doors given in the following description are only illustrative.
Referring to Fig. 1, there is shown a glass panel structure, generally defined as 10, which is the type of struc-ture which can be hingedly mounted to a window or door frame 12. The structure of -the window or door frame 12 not being an esser,tial part of the present invention, a detailed description will not be given;
however, it can be seen that the glass panel structure 10 is isolated from the frame 12 by means of a series of weatherstrips 14,16,18 and 20.
The glass panel structure 10 comprises a self-contained glass pane unit 22 which consists of a pair of glass panes 24,26 arranged in spaced parallel relation-ship to one another and of a spacer 28 which is disposed between the inner marginal edges of -the panes. Spacer 28 is hollow and con-tains a weather desiccant 30 which is in communication with the air space between panes 24 and 26 -- l --by meclns of a suitable opening such as slit 32. One method of securing the spacer 28 to the inner maryinal edges of the glass panes is described in applicant's Canadian patent No. 833,267 issued February 3, 1970 or in applicant's Canadian patent No. 939,560 issued January 8, 197~, which method consists in applying a weather sealant between the two components, such as a high molecular weight hydrocarbon polymer produced by polymerizing iso-butylene. This dual pane glass unit 22 is self~contained in that it does not require an independent surrounding framework or sash for purpose of retaining and supporting the panes and giving rigidity to the structure.
A series of border elements peripherally extend about the self-contained glass pane unit 22. The border elements are formed of a rigid vinyl plastics material, such as a polyvinyl chloride known under the trademark GEON. These border elements are firmly attached to the glass panes; in the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 and 3, the border elements are shown sealed to the glass panes whereas the border elements illustrated in Figure 2 are provided with a series of pane-engaging longitudinal ridge projections on the inner faces of their upstanding arm portions. Although not shown, a combination of both, ridge projections and selant, is also possible.
An important feature of the present invention is that metallic members are provided in covering engage-ment with at least some of the border elements, the latter thus acting as an intermediate joining member between the glass panes and the metal; each metallic member thus forms a structural unit with the glass panes resulting in a sturdy assembly. In its simplest form, a window unit could only be made with the opposite vertical sides being covered with such metallic members; in other words, in some cases, the horizontal borders of a window unit would be formed of plastic extrusions only. How-ever, in most preferred forms, all four borders of the gl.ass unit w~ L .incLucie p.~astic borcler elements covered with metalli.c members.
't'he borcier elements and their associated metallic members are so shaped so as to engage one another -to provide a solid interlock when in engagement with one another; on the other hand they must also be so shaped as to facilitate manual. remova] from one another when it is wished to disengage them by reason of a broken glass pane unit or of a defective metallic member. The following description gives various forms of inter-engagement between border el.ements and metallic members.
In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1 the border element is I.-shaped with one upstanding portion 36 extending longi-tudinally along the outer marginal edge of glass pane 24 and a second horizontal portion 38 extend-ing longitudinally adjacent the peripheral edges of glass panes 24,26. The border element 34 is sealingly joined to the unit 22 by means of an impervious sealant 3g such as a polysulphide polymer, which i.s laid between the outer marginal edge of glass pane 24 and the border element portions 36,38. Portion 38 has two longitudinal projections 40 and 42 in alignment with the peripheral edges of the glass panes.
Extending over and engaged with the border element 34 i.s a metallic membe:r 44 which includes -two sections 46 48 which are separated :Erom one another by means of an insulating material 50 such as a solid urethane. Section 46 of the metallic member has an upstanding side portion with a flanged extremity 52 which fits in a correspondingly-shaped groove formed in the upper part of the border element portion 36. Border element 34 being made of plastic material, engagement and disengagement of the metallic member to and from the border element can be effected by a snap-in or snap-out pivotal movement of the metallic member 44 relative to the glass pane unit 22. The other section 48 of the metallic membel^ has a tongue 54 which fits in a corre-spondingly-shaped groove of a flexible gasket 56 which is applied agains-t the outer margina] edge of glass pane 26.
One sui-table material for gasket 56 is neoprene.
In -this particular embodiment, should the glass pane uni-t 22 OL the border elements 34 become damaged, defective or broken, the other components may still be used by manually pivoting outwardly the metallic member from -the border element whereby tongue 52 may be disen-gaged from the groove of the border element.
Referring to Fig. 2, there is shown another embodiment of the present invention, in the case of a sliding door or window 60 mounted in an appropriate surrounding frame 62. Only one sliding window is shown;
however, it is well known that there are usually two or more of these units 60 mounted in such a Erame. The glass panel structure includes a self-contained unit 64 with glass panes 66,68 and spacer 70 of identical con-struction to the glass panel unit 22 shown in Fig. 1. A
series of border elements 72 peripherally extending about the outer marginal edges of glass panes 66,68. The border elements 72 are made of the same material as border elements 34 of Fig. l; however, in the present example, each element is U-shaped with two upstanding side portions 74,76 interconnected by means oE web portion 78. The inner faces of the upstanding arm portions of the border elements are provided with a series of parallel longitudinal ridge projections which serve to grasp the marginal edges of the glass panes 66,68. In covering arrangement over the border elements 72 is a series of metallic members 82, again formed of two sections 84,86 interconnected by means of a rigid insulating material 88 similar to material 50 of Fig. l.
Each metallic member has two upstanding portions 90,92 in engagement with the outer face of side portions 74,76 of the border elements. In this embodiment, the inner faces 8~7 of the metallic members and the outer faces of the border eleMents have coopera-tive loncJitudinal ridges and grooves which tightly engage one another. Hence, in this embodi-ment, the engagemen-t and disengagement of a metallic member to and from its associated border element is effected by a lengthwise sliding movement of the metallic member relative to the border element.
Referring to Fig. 3, there is shown another embodiment of the present invention which in this case could be the two ~amb portions of the sliding window or door of Figure 2. Border elements 100 are sealingly attached to a glass pane unit 101, similar to units 22 and 64 of Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. In this case, the border elements 100 have a U-shape with a web portion 102 15 and two side portions 104,106, the side portions being sealed to the outer marginal edges of the glass panes by means of a sealant 108 similar to sealant 39 of Fig. 1.
In covering engagement with the border elements 100 are metallic members 110 which are formed of two sections 20 116,118 interconnected by means of an insulating material 120, similar to elements 50 and 88 of Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. In this embodiment, the insulated metallic sections 116,118 have, at each extremity thereof, inwardly turned flanges 122,124 which are respectively engagedly received in correspondingly shaped grooves extending in the upper portions 126,128 of each border element.
In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3, the removal of a metallic member from its border element is similar to that in Fig. 2, i.e. by a lengthwise sliding movement.
It will be evident that there are many con-figurations which can be given to metallic member or to its means of engagement to the border element sealingly attached to the glass panes unit. It is therefore wished to have it unders-tood, that the present invention should 111t~287 -- 8 ~
not be limited in interpretation except by the terms of the following claims.
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~ I'he present inverltion relates to qlass panel structures for moulltincJ in window frames, door frames or the like.
S BACKGROUND OF TEIE INVENTION
_ _ ___ _ Glass panel structures of the glazed type include two or more glass panes spaced apart from one another by a spacer to provide an air space -therebetween which acts as an insulator against heat and cold. These glass panes are mounted in a framework which is rigidly connectèd to the peripheral edges of the glass to form an unitary glass panel which is fixed, hinged or slidable in a door frame, window frame or the like. However, should one, or both, glass panes become defective or broken, the entire glass panel unit must be scrapped since the frame-work is so mounted to the glass panes that i-t cannot be dismantled for use in association with other glass panes.
One eAxample of such conventional structure may be found described in applicant's Belgium patent No. 861,815 20 issued March 31, 1978, in which a monoblock structure is disclosed as including a framework consisting of perma-nently attached metallic members which are sealed to the Guter marginal edges of the glass panes, and a series of border elements made of plastics material surrounding the metallic members.
OBJECT AND STATEMENT OF TEIE INVENTION
-It is an object of this invention to provide a glass panel structure for use in a window or door frame, whether sliding, hinged or fixed, wherein a series of border elements formed of rigid vinyl plastics material are peripherally sealed to the outer marginal edges of the glass panes -to form a self-contained glass pane unit and wherein at least -the two opposite vertical sides of the unit consist of metallic members which are interlock-ingly engaged with its corresponding border element sothat, should the glass pane unit become defective, the ~118Z8~
metallic members can be manually removed and mounted on a similarly constructed glass pane unit or should the metallic members themselves become defective, a new set of members may be installed to the pane unit.
The present invention therefore provides a glass panel structure for use in a window or door frame comprising: a hermetically sealed panel consisting of at least a pair of glass panes arranged in spaced parallel relationship and of a spacer disposed between the inner marginal edges of the panes and sealingly connected thereto to form a self-contained glass pane unit; a series of border elements, formed of rigid vinyl plastics material, peripherally extending about the self-contained glass pane unit, the border elements being firmly attach-ed to at least one of the glass panes along the outermarginal edge thereof; and a metallic member extending at least along the two opposite vertical sides of the pane unit, each metallic member being interlockingly engaged with a corresponding border element to form a structural unit with the glass panes, each metallic member being manually removable from the border element for substi-tution purposes.
In one preferred form of the invention, the engagement and disengagement of the metallic members onto ` 25 and from the border elements may be accomplished by a snap-in engagement between cooperating means on the engaging faces of the metallic members and of the border elements.
In another form of the invention, engagement and disengagement are accomplished by relative longitudi-nal sliding movements of the metallic members to the border elements.
Other objects and scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter; it should be understood, however, that this description, while indicating pre-~erred embodinlents of the invention, is given by way ofillustration only, since various changes and modifi-cations within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to -those skilled in the art.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TI~E DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a cross-sec-tional elevation view of a glass panel structure made in accordance wi-th the present invention in the form of a hingedly mounted window or door structure;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional elevational view of another embodiment of the present invention in the form of a sliding window or door; and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of another embodiment of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
_ _ ~ ... .. , .. _ .. _ ... _ _ _ Generally, the present invention xelates to all kinds of window or door structures whether they are hingedly mounted, slidably mounted or fixedly mounted to a window or door frame; hence, the windows or doors given in the following description are only illustrative.
Referring to Fig. 1, there is shown a glass panel structure, generally defined as 10, which is the type of struc-ture which can be hingedly mounted to a window or door frame 12. The structure of -the window or door frame 12 not being an esser,tial part of the present invention, a detailed description will not be given;
however, it can be seen that the glass panel structure 10 is isolated from the frame 12 by means of a series of weatherstrips 14,16,18 and 20.
The glass panel structure 10 comprises a self-contained glass pane unit 22 which consists of a pair of glass panes 24,26 arranged in spaced parallel relation-ship to one another and of a spacer 28 which is disposed between the inner marginal edges of -the panes. Spacer 28 is hollow and con-tains a weather desiccant 30 which is in communication with the air space between panes 24 and 26 -- l --by meclns of a suitable opening such as slit 32. One method of securing the spacer 28 to the inner maryinal edges of the glass panes is described in applicant's Canadian patent No. 833,267 issued February 3, 1970 or in applicant's Canadian patent No. 939,560 issued January 8, 197~, which method consists in applying a weather sealant between the two components, such as a high molecular weight hydrocarbon polymer produced by polymerizing iso-butylene. This dual pane glass unit 22 is self~contained in that it does not require an independent surrounding framework or sash for purpose of retaining and supporting the panes and giving rigidity to the structure.
A series of border elements peripherally extend about the self-contained glass pane unit 22. The border elements are formed of a rigid vinyl plastics material, such as a polyvinyl chloride known under the trademark GEON. These border elements are firmly attached to the glass panes; in the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 and 3, the border elements are shown sealed to the glass panes whereas the border elements illustrated in Figure 2 are provided with a series of pane-engaging longitudinal ridge projections on the inner faces of their upstanding arm portions. Although not shown, a combination of both, ridge projections and selant, is also possible.
An important feature of the present invention is that metallic members are provided in covering engage-ment with at least some of the border elements, the latter thus acting as an intermediate joining member between the glass panes and the metal; each metallic member thus forms a structural unit with the glass panes resulting in a sturdy assembly. In its simplest form, a window unit could only be made with the opposite vertical sides being covered with such metallic members; in other words, in some cases, the horizontal borders of a window unit would be formed of plastic extrusions only. How-ever, in most preferred forms, all four borders of the gl.ass unit w~ L .incLucie p.~astic borcler elements covered with metalli.c members.
't'he borcier elements and their associated metallic members are so shaped so as to engage one another -to provide a solid interlock when in engagement with one another; on the other hand they must also be so shaped as to facilitate manual. remova] from one another when it is wished to disengage them by reason of a broken glass pane unit or of a defective metallic member. The following description gives various forms of inter-engagement between border el.ements and metallic members.
In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1 the border element is I.-shaped with one upstanding portion 36 extending longi-tudinally along the outer marginal edge of glass pane 24 and a second horizontal portion 38 extend-ing longitudinally adjacent the peripheral edges of glass panes 24,26. The border element 34 is sealingly joined to the unit 22 by means of an impervious sealant 3g such as a polysulphide polymer, which i.s laid between the outer marginal edge of glass pane 24 and the border element portions 36,38. Portion 38 has two longitudinal projections 40 and 42 in alignment with the peripheral edges of the glass panes.
Extending over and engaged with the border element 34 i.s a metallic membe:r 44 which includes -two sections 46 48 which are separated :Erom one another by means of an insulating material 50 such as a solid urethane. Section 46 of the metallic member has an upstanding side portion with a flanged extremity 52 which fits in a correspondingly-shaped groove formed in the upper part of the border element portion 36. Border element 34 being made of plastic material, engagement and disengagement of the metallic member to and from the border element can be effected by a snap-in or snap-out pivotal movement of the metallic member 44 relative to the glass pane unit 22. The other section 48 of the metallic membel^ has a tongue 54 which fits in a corre-spondingly-shaped groove of a flexible gasket 56 which is applied agains-t the outer margina] edge of glass pane 26.
One sui-table material for gasket 56 is neoprene.
In -this particular embodiment, should the glass pane uni-t 22 OL the border elements 34 become damaged, defective or broken, the other components may still be used by manually pivoting outwardly the metallic member from -the border element whereby tongue 52 may be disen-gaged from the groove of the border element.
Referring to Fig. 2, there is shown another embodiment of the present invention, in the case of a sliding door or window 60 mounted in an appropriate surrounding frame 62. Only one sliding window is shown;
however, it is well known that there are usually two or more of these units 60 mounted in such a Erame. The glass panel structure includes a self-contained unit 64 with glass panes 66,68 and spacer 70 of identical con-struction to the glass panel unit 22 shown in Fig. 1. A
series of border elements 72 peripherally extending about the outer marginal edges of glass panes 66,68. The border elements 72 are made of the same material as border elements 34 of Fig. l; however, in the present example, each element is U-shaped with two upstanding side portions 74,76 interconnected by means oE web portion 78. The inner faces of the upstanding arm portions of the border elements are provided with a series of parallel longitudinal ridge projections which serve to grasp the marginal edges of the glass panes 66,68. In covering arrangement over the border elements 72 is a series of metallic members 82, again formed of two sections 84,86 interconnected by means of a rigid insulating material 88 similar to material 50 of Fig. l.
Each metallic member has two upstanding portions 90,92 in engagement with the outer face of side portions 74,76 of the border elements. In this embodiment, the inner faces 8~7 of the metallic members and the outer faces of the border eleMents have coopera-tive loncJitudinal ridges and grooves which tightly engage one another. Hence, in this embodi-ment, the engagemen-t and disengagement of a metallic member to and from its associated border element is effected by a lengthwise sliding movement of the metallic member relative to the border element.
Referring to Fig. 3, there is shown another embodiment of the present invention which in this case could be the two ~amb portions of the sliding window or door of Figure 2. Border elements 100 are sealingly attached to a glass pane unit 101, similar to units 22 and 64 of Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. In this case, the border elements 100 have a U-shape with a web portion 102 15 and two side portions 104,106, the side portions being sealed to the outer marginal edges of the glass panes by means of a sealant 108 similar to sealant 39 of Fig. 1.
In covering engagement with the border elements 100 are metallic members 110 which are formed of two sections 20 116,118 interconnected by means of an insulating material 120, similar to elements 50 and 88 of Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. In this embodiment, the insulated metallic sections 116,118 have, at each extremity thereof, inwardly turned flanges 122,124 which are respectively engagedly received in correspondingly shaped grooves extending in the upper portions 126,128 of each border element.
In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3, the removal of a metallic member from its border element is similar to that in Fig. 2, i.e. by a lengthwise sliding movement.
It will be evident that there are many con-figurations which can be given to metallic member or to its means of engagement to the border element sealingly attached to the glass panes unit. It is therefore wished to have it unders-tood, that the present invention should 111t~287 -- 8 ~
not be limited in interpretation except by the terms of the following claims.
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Claims (11)
1. A glass panel structure for use in a window or door frame comprising:
- a hermetically sealed panel consisting of at least a pair of glass panes arranged in spaced parallel relationship and of a spacer disposed between the inner marginal edges of said panes and sealingly connected thereto to form a self-contained glass pane unit, said unit having a top and bottom and opposite vertical sides;
- a series of border elements, formed of rigid vinyl plastics material, peripherally extending about said self-contained glass pane unit and being firmly mounted thereto; each said border element having inner and outer faces;
- a sealant extending lengthwise between the outer marginal edge of at least each vertical side of said self-contained glass pane unit and a corresponding border element associated therewith, said sealing forming a mechanical bound between the glass pane unit and each corresponding border element thereby defining a monoblock structure; and - a metallic member disposed at least along each opposite vertical side of said self-contained glass pane unit, each said metallic member being so interlockingly engageable with said corresponding border element as to be manually removable from said monoblock structure and recuperable should said monoblock structure become de-fective.
- a hermetically sealed panel consisting of at least a pair of glass panes arranged in spaced parallel relationship and of a spacer disposed between the inner marginal edges of said panes and sealingly connected thereto to form a self-contained glass pane unit, said unit having a top and bottom and opposite vertical sides;
- a series of border elements, formed of rigid vinyl plastics material, peripherally extending about said self-contained glass pane unit and being firmly mounted thereto; each said border element having inner and outer faces;
- a sealant extending lengthwise between the outer marginal edge of at least each vertical side of said self-contained glass pane unit and a corresponding border element associated therewith, said sealing forming a mechanical bound between the glass pane unit and each corresponding border element thereby defining a monoblock structure; and - a metallic member disposed at least along each opposite vertical side of said self-contained glass pane unit, each said metallic member being so interlockingly engageable with said corresponding border element as to be manually removable from said monoblock structure and recuperable should said monoblock structure become de-fective.
2. A glass panel as defined in Claim 1 compris-ing a series of said metallic members peripherally extending about said self-contained glass pane unit.
3. A glass panel as defined in Claim 1 or 2, wherein said metallic member is made of aluminum.
4. A glass panel as defined in Claim 1, said border element and said metallic member each including negagement means for effecting a snap-in inter-engage-ment therebetween.
5. A glass panel as defined in Claim 1, said border element and said metallic member each including engagement means for effecting and end-wise slidable inter-engagement therebetween.
6. A glass panel structure as defined in Claim 1, wherein said border element has an L-shaped portion with one section extending longitudinally rela-tive to said outer marginal edge of said glass pane and a second section extending longitudinally relative to the peripheral edges of said glass panes; said L-shaped portion having inner and outer faces, said metallic member having inner and outer faces; engagement means on said outer faces of said border element for detachable connection with complementary engagement means on the inner faces of said metallic member.
7. A glass panel structure as defined in Claim 6, wherein said metallic member includes a first section extending longitudinally relative to said border element and a second section extending longitudinally relative to the opposite marginal edge of said glass pane unit; a resilient gasket extending longitudinally between said opposite marginal edge of said glass pane unit and said second section of said metallic member.
8. A glass panel structure as defined in Claim 7, comprising a longitudinally extending insulat-ing material separating said first section of said metallic member from said second section of said metallic member.
9. A glass panel structure as defined in Claim 1, wherein each said border element is U-shaped and wherein said metallic member has at least a U-shaped portion in surrounding arrangement about said U-shaped border element said U-shaped portion of said metallic member including a web portion and two opposite side portions; said opposite side portions having inner and outer faces; said U-shaped border element including a web portion and two opposite side portions extending longitu-dinally along said outer marginal edges of said glass panel unit; said opposite side portions of said border element having inner and outer faces; engagement means being provided on said outer face of said side portions for detachable connection with complementary engagement means on the inner faces of said side portions of said metallic member.
10. A glass panel structure as defined in Claim 6, wherein said sealant is a polysulfide polymer.
11. A glass panel structure as defined in Claim 1, wherein said rigid vinyl plastics material is polyvinyl chloride.
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