CA2053006A1 - Frame for a cladding or window panel - Google Patents
Frame for a cladding or window panelInfo
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Classifications
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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
- E06B3/5427—Fixing of glass panes or like plates the panes mounted flush with the surrounding frame or with the surrounding panes
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- Securing Of Glass Panes Or The Like (AREA)
- Door And Window Frames Mounted To Openings (AREA)
- Mirrors, Picture Frames, Photograph Stands, And Related Fastening Devices (AREA)
Abstract
FERRONNERIE GENEVOISE S.A. LE LIGNON/GENEVA/SWITZERLAND
Frame for a cladding or window panel Abstract The frame is formed from two profiles (1; 20) equipped with means for being assembled solely by snap-fitting. One of the profiles (20) forms a border (14) for holding the plate (18). The first profile (1) is arranged to be fixed or be supported by a wall or a suitable framework.
Figure 3.
Frame for a cladding or window panel Abstract The frame is formed from two profiles (1; 20) equipped with means for being assembled solely by snap-fitting. One of the profiles (20) forms a border (14) for holding the plate (18). The first profile (1) is arranged to be fixed or be supported by a wall or a suitable framework.
Figure 3.
Description
Frame for a claddinq or window ~anel.
- 20530~
FIELD OF ~E INVENTION
The present invention relate~ to a frame for a cladding or window panel intended for holding and fixing S an outer plate, said frame ~urrounding the perimeter of the plate being provided with a border extending in front of the periphery of the outer perimeter of the plate.
PRIOR ART
With the aim of profiting both from the technical properties and from the aesthetic properties of material~
su¢h as gla~s or ~tone or any other material and more precisely the ~ound and heat in~ulating properties and their ease of cleaning, architects have tended for some year~ to con~truct buildings clad with plates made of the abovementioned materials. In order to profit to the maximum extent from the abovementioned properties, it is necessary that the space between the plate~ be as small as pos~ible. In principle the plates are ~upported by frames or the like which are fixed on the walls to be clad by more or less conventional mean~. The pl~tes are usually made of glas~ and are fixed to metal framework~.
Originally glas~ plate~ ~tarted by being bonded to the metal framework, with a certain number of drawbacks which are the danger of the plate becoming disbonded and the ~pecial attention which ha~ to be paid during the trans-porting of the~e plates to the work site for bonding as the plate~ are particularly fragile. 9ther solutions have 2~3~0~
been envisaged in order to overcome these drawbackfi, such a~ the one propo~ed in Patent Application FR 2,619,587 in which the plates are fixed on a framework surrounding the perimeter of the plate and having a border for S holding said plate. Installing plates on the framework requires several handling operations and especially in some cases the frame i8 formed from two profiles which are assembled by screwing. Thus the preparation of the cladding panels, that is to say the framework together with the plate, require~ a considerable amount of work in the workshop before transporting the panel6 to the site.
SUMMARY OF THB INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to propose a frame and a cladding panel enabling the plate to be mounted rapidly on the frame and the plate to be held firmly by the frame whilst meeting the aesthetic requirement~ and reducing to n minimum the ~pace between two juxtaposed cladding panels.
The frame according to the invention is di~tin-guished by the fact that the frame is composed of a firstprofile arranged to be assembled on a support, h~ving a surface on which the plate will bear by means of a peripheral zone of its inner face and a second profile, one portion of which forms said border and another portion of which is arranged to be assembled by snap-fitting into a housing extending longitudinally in the first profile.
The advantages of the frame according to the 2~300g invention are the fact that the plate is held on all sides preventing deformation~ that are encountered on occasions whe~ the pl~te i~ held on on~y two sides, and the fact that the frame is composed of two profiles which S are assemhled by snap-fitting which mRkes possible very rapid mounting during the installation of the plate on the frame before transporting the panel to the work site.
According to an alternative embodiment, the frame has a housing for an insert on which the plate will rest so as to prevent direct contact between the plate and the frame whilst providing a seal behind the plate prevent-ing the passage of moisture and dust, thus making it unnecessary to clean the plate on its inner face. It i~
also po~sible so as, on the one hand, to make it easier to install the plate before assembly of the ~econd profile and, on the other hand, to improve the seal and the holding of the plate, to di~pose a double-~ided self-adhesive strip on the bearing face of the frame.
Likewise, with the object of preventing direct contact between the border of the framR and the plate and al~o of providing a seal, the second profile has a groove in the portion closing the bord~r in which groove a sealing in~ert i8 positioned.
According to a preferred variant, the shape of the two profiles and especially o~ the second profile permits a secure snap-fitting, which prevents accidental or inadvertent disas~embly. In certain circumstances this asse~bly is irreversible. It i8 possible to make it 80 that the ~nap-fitting is not irreversible by exploiting 2~30~6 the flexibility of certain element~. Mean~ permitting such a snap-fitting form the subject of claims 6 and 7.
The invention al60 relate~ to a cladding panel for a-wall as defined ~y claims 9 or 10.
BRIEF DESCRIPTI021 OF q~H13 DR~WINGS
The invention will be described in further detail with the aid of the attached drawing.
Figure 1 is a view, in cross section, of the first profile. ~
Figure 2 i8 a cross section of the second pro-file.
Figure 3 is a view, in partial cross ~ection, of two cladding panels comprising a plate and a frame according to the invention.
D~SCRIPTION OF T~E PREFERRED EN~ODINæNTS
The frame according to the invention iB e88en-tially composed of two profiles whose cross ~ections are ~how~ in Figures 1 and 2.
The frame preferably has a rectangular shape, however any polygonal shape may be manufactured without any problem by means of these two profile~.
Shown in Figure l in cro~ ~ection is the first profile 1 which is intended for being fixed to a support, such as a wall which may equally well be vertical, inclined or horizontal, or to any other ~upport or framework provided for thi~ purpose. ~he portion of the profile forming the subject of the pre~ent invention and 2 ~
contribllting to the holding o~ a panel made from a m~terial such a~ glass, stone, ~ynthetic material, etc.
is; that which i5 shown by the lower portion of the drawing. It is composed of a housing 2 and of a surface 3 on which the plate will bear. The housing i~ formed by two parallel walls 4 and 5 and from a wall 6 which is perpendicular to these two wallR. The wall 6 may be inclined and/or be further away from the open face of the housing. Here, the wall 4 is the same as the surface 3 for bearing the-plate, however it could very well be a wall which is parallel to it, that is to say a little lower than the bearing surface 3. However, for reasons of saving6 in material and in manufacturing cost the ~imp-le~t solution is for the wall 4 to coincide with the surface 3 on which the plate will bear. The wall 4 has in the vicinity of its corner with the wall 6 a weakening groove 7 in the thickness of the wall 4, thus imparting a flexibility enabling the wall to move in the direction of the arrow F during snap-fitting of the second profile, a6 will be 6hown hereinbelow. The end of this wall 4 i8 also equipped with a rib 8 directed towards the inside of the housing 2 which will be as~igned for cooperating with a conjugate-shaped groove of the second profile. Finally, the wall S has at its end an L-~haped ledge onto which an edge of the second profile will be po~itioned and this element also forms one of the elements preventing the inadvertent di~assembly of the two profiles. The other portion3 of this profile 1, which are used either for hou~ing the sealing inserts or for ensuring the a~sembly 2~3~6 of the profile 1 on the support, will not be de~cribed further. ~owever, it should be noted that on the ~earing surface 3 there is a longitudinal housing 10 intended for receiving an insert 11 (Figure 3) the purpose of which S will be described hereinbelow.
Shown in Figure 2 is the second profile 20 composed of a U-shaped portion whose height ~ i8 equal to or slightly less than the distance between the inner faces of the walls 4 and 5 of the housing 2 and whose length L is eq`ùal to or less than the depth of the housing 2. This U-shaped portion 12 i8 integral with a second portion 13 having a wall 13a which will close the housing 2 and ends in an inclined portion 14 which will form the border for holding the plate. The bordar 14 may al~o be perpendicular to the ~urface 13 but preferably it forms an angle between 30 and 60 which m~kes it pos-sible, on one side, to hold the panel effectively and, on the other side, to contribute to the ae~thetic appearance of the cladding panel as for aesthetic reason~ it is ~0 de~irable for the frame to project beyond the external surface of the plate as little as possible. At the junction of the portions 12 and 13, there i~ a groove 15 whose shape corresponds to the rib 8 of the fir~t profile and which will provide the ~nap-fitting on a~sembly. The portion 14 has a groove 16 into which a insert 17 (Figure 3) will be positioned preventing direct contact between the border 14 and the plate and also proYiding a seal against the ingress of dust, moisture, etc~ The dimension~ of the edge 13a and of the wall 13 are chosen 2~3~06 such that the wall 13 can be positioned on the ledge 9 and close the hou~ing 2.
Shown in Figure 3 are two juxtaposed cladding panels mounted on the frame according to the invention.
The profile 1 de~cribed in Figure 1 and the profile 20 described in Figure 2 may be distinguished. In the present case, the plates 18 are mounted on the frame by bearing on an insert 11 providing the ~eal between the frame and the plate and on a double-sided self-adhesive strip 19 making it easier, on the one hand, to install the plate on the first profile before the assembly of the second profile and, improving, on the other hand, the ~eal and the holding of the plate on the profile l.
During the prepar~tion of the panel in the workshop, a frame i8 prepared which i8 formed by profile~
of the type 1 dispo~ed ~o that the hou~ing 2 i~ directed toward~ the outside of the frame, the insert 11 and optionally the self-adhesive strip 19 are disposed on the bearing surface 3 of the profile 1, the plate 18, which in the pre~ent case i8 equipped with a beveled edge for cooperating with the inclined border of the second profile 20 is laid down and subsequently the profile 20 is 61ipped into the housing 2 providing the a~embly by snap-fitting. For thi~ purpose, the snap-fitting i9 performed by inserting the U-~haped portion 12 into the housing 2 and when the groove 15 comes into the vicinity of the rib 8 of the first profile a simple pressure permits irrever6ible snap-fitting.
The snap-fitting i8 irreversible because, from 2~3~
the situation shown in Figure 3, it is impossible to remove the profile 11 from the housing 2. Indeed, on the one hand~ the end 12a of the U-shaped portion bears virtually on the corner hetween the faces 4 and 6 of the S housing, the sligh~ly flat portion 12b bears on the wall 5 and the edge 13a of the surface 13 is in the ledge 9 which makes impos~ible any movement or attempt to cause rotation of the profile 20 about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the drawing, thus preventing any possible inadvertent disassembly. The only means for demounting the proile 20 is by sliding it along the profile 1 as thi~ movement is not prevented by the other transverse profile~. However, the snap-fitting may not be irrever-sible if the element~ contributing to this assembly are lS provided with a greater flexibility.
The ~hape of the U-shaped portion 12, the rib 8, the groove lS and the ledge 9 constitute the essential elements for permitting, on the one hand, ea~y snap-fitting and, on the other hand, virtually irreversible snap-fitting, thus providing the firm holding of the plate 18 without having to use mounting means requiring a considerable amount of work.
As indicated hereinabove, it is pos~ible that the border 14 is not inclined. It may be parallel to the surface of the panel; it will, for example, be inserted into a groove of the plate as long as the plate is fairly thick. Another solution would be for the edge of the plate to be leveled so that the border i8 positioned and forms a continuous ~urface with the plate.
2-~ ~.3 The profiles 1 and 20 are preferably made of metal, however they may be made of any other suitable mi~terial depending on the application.
- The weakening groove 7 makes it easier for the S w,all 4 to be moved in the direction of the arrow F on snap-fitting.
The frame may be constructed with any polygonal shape, symmetrical or otherwise.
- 20530~
FIELD OF ~E INVENTION
The present invention relate~ to a frame for a cladding or window panel intended for holding and fixing S an outer plate, said frame ~urrounding the perimeter of the plate being provided with a border extending in front of the periphery of the outer perimeter of the plate.
PRIOR ART
With the aim of profiting both from the technical properties and from the aesthetic properties of material~
su¢h as gla~s or ~tone or any other material and more precisely the ~ound and heat in~ulating properties and their ease of cleaning, architects have tended for some year~ to con~truct buildings clad with plates made of the abovementioned materials. In order to profit to the maximum extent from the abovementioned properties, it is necessary that the space between the plate~ be as small as pos~ible. In principle the plates are ~upported by frames or the like which are fixed on the walls to be clad by more or less conventional mean~. The pl~tes are usually made of glas~ and are fixed to metal framework~.
Originally glas~ plate~ ~tarted by being bonded to the metal framework, with a certain number of drawbacks which are the danger of the plate becoming disbonded and the ~pecial attention which ha~ to be paid during the trans-porting of the~e plates to the work site for bonding as the plate~ are particularly fragile. 9ther solutions have 2~3~0~
been envisaged in order to overcome these drawbackfi, such a~ the one propo~ed in Patent Application FR 2,619,587 in which the plates are fixed on a framework surrounding the perimeter of the plate and having a border for S holding said plate. Installing plates on the framework requires several handling operations and especially in some cases the frame i8 formed from two profiles which are assembled by screwing. Thus the preparation of the cladding panels, that is to say the framework together with the plate, require~ a considerable amount of work in the workshop before transporting the panel6 to the site.
SUMMARY OF THB INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to propose a frame and a cladding panel enabling the plate to be mounted rapidly on the frame and the plate to be held firmly by the frame whilst meeting the aesthetic requirement~ and reducing to n minimum the ~pace between two juxtaposed cladding panels.
The frame according to the invention is di~tin-guished by the fact that the frame is composed of a firstprofile arranged to be assembled on a support, h~ving a surface on which the plate will bear by means of a peripheral zone of its inner face and a second profile, one portion of which forms said border and another portion of which is arranged to be assembled by snap-fitting into a housing extending longitudinally in the first profile.
The advantages of the frame according to the 2~300g invention are the fact that the plate is held on all sides preventing deformation~ that are encountered on occasions whe~ the pl~te i~ held on on~y two sides, and the fact that the frame is composed of two profiles which S are assemhled by snap-fitting which mRkes possible very rapid mounting during the installation of the plate on the frame before transporting the panel to the work site.
According to an alternative embodiment, the frame has a housing for an insert on which the plate will rest so as to prevent direct contact between the plate and the frame whilst providing a seal behind the plate prevent-ing the passage of moisture and dust, thus making it unnecessary to clean the plate on its inner face. It i~
also po~sible so as, on the one hand, to make it easier to install the plate before assembly of the ~econd profile and, on the other hand, to improve the seal and the holding of the plate, to di~pose a double-~ided self-adhesive strip on the bearing face of the frame.
Likewise, with the object of preventing direct contact between the border of the framR and the plate and al~o of providing a seal, the second profile has a groove in the portion closing the bord~r in which groove a sealing in~ert i8 positioned.
According to a preferred variant, the shape of the two profiles and especially o~ the second profile permits a secure snap-fitting, which prevents accidental or inadvertent disas~embly. In certain circumstances this asse~bly is irreversible. It i8 possible to make it 80 that the ~nap-fitting is not irreversible by exploiting 2~30~6 the flexibility of certain element~. Mean~ permitting such a snap-fitting form the subject of claims 6 and 7.
The invention al60 relate~ to a cladding panel for a-wall as defined ~y claims 9 or 10.
BRIEF DESCRIPTI021 OF q~H13 DR~WINGS
The invention will be described in further detail with the aid of the attached drawing.
Figure 1 is a view, in cross section, of the first profile. ~
Figure 2 i8 a cross section of the second pro-file.
Figure 3 is a view, in partial cross ~ection, of two cladding panels comprising a plate and a frame according to the invention.
D~SCRIPTION OF T~E PREFERRED EN~ODINæNTS
The frame according to the invention iB e88en-tially composed of two profiles whose cross ~ections are ~how~ in Figures 1 and 2.
The frame preferably has a rectangular shape, however any polygonal shape may be manufactured without any problem by means of these two profile~.
Shown in Figure l in cro~ ~ection is the first profile 1 which is intended for being fixed to a support, such as a wall which may equally well be vertical, inclined or horizontal, or to any other ~upport or framework provided for thi~ purpose. ~he portion of the profile forming the subject of the pre~ent invention and 2 ~
contribllting to the holding o~ a panel made from a m~terial such a~ glass, stone, ~ynthetic material, etc.
is; that which i5 shown by the lower portion of the drawing. It is composed of a housing 2 and of a surface 3 on which the plate will bear. The housing i~ formed by two parallel walls 4 and 5 and from a wall 6 which is perpendicular to these two wallR. The wall 6 may be inclined and/or be further away from the open face of the housing. Here, the wall 4 is the same as the surface 3 for bearing the-plate, however it could very well be a wall which is parallel to it, that is to say a little lower than the bearing surface 3. However, for reasons of saving6 in material and in manufacturing cost the ~imp-le~t solution is for the wall 4 to coincide with the surface 3 on which the plate will bear. The wall 4 has in the vicinity of its corner with the wall 6 a weakening groove 7 in the thickness of the wall 4, thus imparting a flexibility enabling the wall to move in the direction of the arrow F during snap-fitting of the second profile, a6 will be 6hown hereinbelow. The end of this wall 4 i8 also equipped with a rib 8 directed towards the inside of the housing 2 which will be as~igned for cooperating with a conjugate-shaped groove of the second profile. Finally, the wall S has at its end an L-~haped ledge onto which an edge of the second profile will be po~itioned and this element also forms one of the elements preventing the inadvertent di~assembly of the two profiles. The other portion3 of this profile 1, which are used either for hou~ing the sealing inserts or for ensuring the a~sembly 2~3~6 of the profile 1 on the support, will not be de~cribed further. ~owever, it should be noted that on the ~earing surface 3 there is a longitudinal housing 10 intended for receiving an insert 11 (Figure 3) the purpose of which S will be described hereinbelow.
Shown in Figure 2 is the second profile 20 composed of a U-shaped portion whose height ~ i8 equal to or slightly less than the distance between the inner faces of the walls 4 and 5 of the housing 2 and whose length L is eq`ùal to or less than the depth of the housing 2. This U-shaped portion 12 i8 integral with a second portion 13 having a wall 13a which will close the housing 2 and ends in an inclined portion 14 which will form the border for holding the plate. The bordar 14 may al~o be perpendicular to the ~urface 13 but preferably it forms an angle between 30 and 60 which m~kes it pos-sible, on one side, to hold the panel effectively and, on the other side, to contribute to the ae~thetic appearance of the cladding panel as for aesthetic reason~ it is ~0 de~irable for the frame to project beyond the external surface of the plate as little as possible. At the junction of the portions 12 and 13, there i~ a groove 15 whose shape corresponds to the rib 8 of the fir~t profile and which will provide the ~nap-fitting on a~sembly. The portion 14 has a groove 16 into which a insert 17 (Figure 3) will be positioned preventing direct contact between the border 14 and the plate and also proYiding a seal against the ingress of dust, moisture, etc~ The dimension~ of the edge 13a and of the wall 13 are chosen 2~3~06 such that the wall 13 can be positioned on the ledge 9 and close the hou~ing 2.
Shown in Figure 3 are two juxtaposed cladding panels mounted on the frame according to the invention.
The profile 1 de~cribed in Figure 1 and the profile 20 described in Figure 2 may be distinguished. In the present case, the plates 18 are mounted on the frame by bearing on an insert 11 providing the ~eal between the frame and the plate and on a double-sided self-adhesive strip 19 making it easier, on the one hand, to install the plate on the first profile before the assembly of the second profile and, improving, on the other hand, the ~eal and the holding of the plate on the profile l.
During the prepar~tion of the panel in the workshop, a frame i8 prepared which i8 formed by profile~
of the type 1 dispo~ed ~o that the hou~ing 2 i~ directed toward~ the outside of the frame, the insert 11 and optionally the self-adhesive strip 19 are disposed on the bearing surface 3 of the profile 1, the plate 18, which in the pre~ent case i8 equipped with a beveled edge for cooperating with the inclined border of the second profile 20 is laid down and subsequently the profile 20 is 61ipped into the housing 2 providing the a~embly by snap-fitting. For thi~ purpose, the snap-fitting i9 performed by inserting the U-~haped portion 12 into the housing 2 and when the groove 15 comes into the vicinity of the rib 8 of the first profile a simple pressure permits irrever6ible snap-fitting.
The snap-fitting i8 irreversible because, from 2~3~
the situation shown in Figure 3, it is impossible to remove the profile 11 from the housing 2. Indeed, on the one hand~ the end 12a of the U-shaped portion bears virtually on the corner hetween the faces 4 and 6 of the S housing, the sligh~ly flat portion 12b bears on the wall 5 and the edge 13a of the surface 13 is in the ledge 9 which makes impos~ible any movement or attempt to cause rotation of the profile 20 about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the drawing, thus preventing any possible inadvertent disassembly. The only means for demounting the proile 20 is by sliding it along the profile 1 as thi~ movement is not prevented by the other transverse profile~. However, the snap-fitting may not be irrever-sible if the element~ contributing to this assembly are lS provided with a greater flexibility.
The ~hape of the U-shaped portion 12, the rib 8, the groove lS and the ledge 9 constitute the essential elements for permitting, on the one hand, ea~y snap-fitting and, on the other hand, virtually irreversible snap-fitting, thus providing the firm holding of the plate 18 without having to use mounting means requiring a considerable amount of work.
As indicated hereinabove, it is pos~ible that the border 14 is not inclined. It may be parallel to the surface of the panel; it will, for example, be inserted into a groove of the plate as long as the plate is fairly thick. Another solution would be for the edge of the plate to be leveled so that the border i8 positioned and forms a continuous ~urface with the plate.
2-~ ~.3 The profiles 1 and 20 are preferably made of metal, however they may be made of any other suitable mi~terial depending on the application.
- The weakening groove 7 makes it easier for the S w,all 4 to be moved in the direction of the arrow F on snap-fitting.
The frame may be constructed with any polygonal shape, symmetrical or otherwise.
Claims (10)
1. A frame for a cladding or window panel intended for holding and fixing an outer plate, said frame surrounding the perimeter of the plate and being provided with a border extending in front of the periphery of the outer perimeter of the plate, wherein the frame is composed of a first profile arranged to be assembled on a support, having a surface on which the plate will bear by means of a peripheral zone of its inner face and a second profile, one portion of which forms said border and another portion of which is arranged to be assembled by snap-fitting into a housing extending longitudinally in the first profile.
2. The frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first profile has means for holding an insert on which the plate will bear preventing direct plate/frame contact.
3. The frame as claimed in either of claims 1 and 2, wherein the border of the second profile comprises a groove in which an insert made of flexibly deformable material will be housed.
4. The frame as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the housing of the first profile intended for assembling with the second one is formed from two walls parallel to the surface on which the plate will bear, one of which preferably coincides with the wall on which the plate will lie and a wall connecting the two others, wherein the second profile comprises a portion of U-shaped cross section whose height is equal to the dis-tance between the two parallel walls of said housing of the first profile and the width of said U-shaped portion is less than or equal to the depth of said housing, wherein said portion whose cross section is U-shaped is integral with the remainder of the profile by means of one of the ends of the U and wherein the two faces of the housing of the first profile and the second profile are equipped with complementary means for assembly by snap-fitting.
5. The frame as claimed in claim 4, wherein said complementary means are designed so that the snap-fitting is irreversible.
6. The frame as claimed in either of claims 4 and 5, wherein the wall of said housing nearest to the surface on which the plate will bear is provided with a rib directed towards the inside of the housing and intended for cooperating with a conjugate groove of the U-shaped portion of the second profile, wherein the second paral-lel wall of said housing has at its free edge a ledge whose cross section is L-shaped and wherein the second profile has a wall integral with the U-shaped portion and which, in the assembly position of the two profiles, closes the housing of the first profile and its edge is positioned onto said L-shaped ledge.
7. The frame as claimed in one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the wall of the housing equipped with the rib has a groove preferably along its corner with the wall connecting the parallel faces, locally weakening its thickness and imparting a flexibility to said wall in order to make assembly by snap-fitting easier.
8. The frame as claimed in one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the border is formed from an inclined portion of the second profile towards the inside of the frame and wherein said inclination is between 30° and 60° with respect to the plane of the frame on which the plate bears.
9. A cladding or window panel comprising a frame as defined by one of claims 1 to 8 and a plate.
10. The panel as claimed in claim 9, wherein a double-sided self-adhesive strip is disposed between the plate and the surface of the frame, contributing to the instal-lation and the holding of the plate.
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| CH3358/90A CH684019A5 (en) | 1990-10-22 | 1990-10-22 | wallboard for or window frame. |
| CH3358/90-0 | 1990-10-22 |
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| CA2053006A1 true CA2053006A1 (en) | 1992-04-23 |
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| GB1539724A (en) * | 1976-01-21 | 1979-01-31 | British Aluminium Co Ltd | Glazing system |
| NL7811645A (en) * | 1978-11-28 | 1980-05-30 | Stamicarbon | DOOR, WINDOW OR FRAME. |
| NL8102629A (en) * | 1981-05-29 | 1982-12-16 | Schnetz Rudolf | FRONT WINDOW. |
| DE3540385A1 (en) * | 1985-11-14 | 1987-05-21 | Eltreva Ag | FACADE CONSTRUCTION FROM METAL PROFILES |
| DE3764462D1 (en) * | 1987-03-05 | 1990-09-27 | Koller Metallbau Ag | PANEL CONSTRUCTION FOR A FACADE OR ROOF. |
| DE3728016A1 (en) * | 1987-08-22 | 1989-03-02 | Ahrens Chr Fa | Frame for windows, doors or the like |
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1990
- 1990-10-22 CH CH3358/90A patent/CH684019A5/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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1991
- 1991-09-27 DE DE69114815T patent/DE69114815T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1991-09-27 EP EP91810760A patent/EP0483056B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-09-27 AT AT91810760T patent/ATE130661T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1991-10-08 CA CA002053006A patent/CA2053006A1/en not_active Abandoned
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| EP0483056A1 (en) | 1992-04-29 |
| EP0483056B1 (en) | 1995-11-22 |
| CH684019A5 (en) | 1994-06-30 |
| DE69114815D1 (en) | 1996-01-04 |
| DE69114815T2 (en) | 1996-07-04 |
| ATE130661T1 (en) | 1995-12-15 |
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