CA2139840A1 - Connection member for connection of plate shaped wall elements - Google Patents

Connection member for connection of plate shaped wall elements

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CA2139840A1
CA2139840A1 CA 2139840 CA2139840A CA2139840A1 CA 2139840 A1 CA2139840 A1 CA 2139840A1 CA 2139840 CA2139840 CA 2139840 CA 2139840 A CA2139840 A CA 2139840A CA 2139840 A1 CA2139840 A1 CA 2139840A1
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connection member
connection
glass
halves
wall elements
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Peter Eutebach
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Dorma Deutschland GmbH
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Peter Eutebach
Dorma Gmbh + Co. Kg
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Priority to CA 2139840 priority Critical patent/CA2139840A1/en
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06BFIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00Window 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
    • E06B3/02Wings made completely of glass
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06BFIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00Window 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
    • E06B3/54Fixing of glass panes or like plates
    • E06B3/5436Fixing of glass panes or like plates involving holes or indentations in the pane

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Securing Of Glass Panes Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to a connection member for plate shaped wall elements, here in particular glass panes, which can do away with the cost intensive introduction of glass cut-outs. Thereby now only within the glass panes notches are introduced, into which on each side a connection member half is fitted. The connection member halves are joined together by means of a screw element.

Description

CA21 3984rJ
Connection Member for Connection of Plate Shaped Wall Elements Description The invention relates to a connection member for plate shaped elements, in particular those which are produced of glass. As a rule also pass through doors are used together with wall elements, which doors are integrated into the wall elements. This type of design and application often is found in the case of 10 PL~ f~ctured constructions, however, it also can be applied in subsequent expansion of buildings. Due to the optical impression often glass material is used in this field. This applies both to the door as well as to the surrounding wall elements. Due to this type of design, for example, an attractive open office landscape flooded by light is created.
Because the plate shaped wall elements cannot be constructed in any desired size, a practical seamless ~oining of these elements is necessary. Especially 20 in the case of plate glass the connection members are disturbing, because, as a rule, they are optically very strongly noticeable and, in addition thereto, for these connection members additional glass cut-outs have to be introduced into the glass plates.
This introduction of glass cut-outs is very expensive and time consuming, because the glass cut-outs have to be sawed.
In the USA patent spPcif;cnt;nn 5,163,257 a connection system for plastics plates is disclosed, 30 in which the plates are coupled positively to each other. There the two connection halves are U-shaped and are joined by means of a joining member in the CA2 ~ 39840 abutment region. For decorative cover the U-shaped region i8 cladded by means of a cover.
The object of the invention is to create a connection member for plate shaped wall elements, which is not optically strongly noticeable, and does not require any expensive gla6s cut-outs for the attachment of the plate shaped wall elements (preferably glass panes), whereby a sufficient tolerance compensation of the glass plates relative to each other must lo exist.
The obj ect is achieved thereby that a connection member i8 created, which requirefi for the connection of the plate shaped wall elements to each other, only a centering or semi-bore, which can be drilled without great expense into the glass pane. The costly glass cut-outs are not necessary. Thereby the connection members in accordance with the invention are designed such that an element half is inserted from each side into the notch of the glass pane, and 20 then, for example, is screwed together by means of a screw element. However, is also possible to do away with a screw connection and to provide the connection member such that within the passing through region a notch or clip connection secures the required retention. The connection halves consist, for example, of round discs, which however, also can be quadratic, rectangular or be of any other suitable shape. Two connection members are always placed opposite to each other, whereby, however, between 30 them also the wall elements, for instance a glass pane is situated, which is held by means of the positive coupling provided by means of the connection halves and therewith is fixed in position. Thereby ~ CA21 39840 it i8 not important whether there is a semi-circular or a full notch in a wall element, the clamping effect and therewith the holding is achieved in any case. However, for cost reasons, it is better to produce only one notch than for example several.
The connection member halves also can be provided with a flange P~tPn~lin~ cross the overall width.
Thereby, that the glass preparation only has to be performed in only one of the panes to be joined, the o other tolerances which normally occur are eliminated.
It therewith is clear that with such a connection member two or more wall elements (glass panes) can be ~oined together, whereby only in one element a notch is introduced and nevertheless a tolerance compensation is possible. A variation of the connection member halves can also be provided with a flange P~tPntl1n~ across the overall width. The flange, for example, then would be inserted into a ~oint between two wall elements made of a glass-like 20 material to be ~ oined together . The application of such above described connection members is universally possible, that is always the same connection members are to be applied both for sky lights in connection with a solid glass door or also with joining side parts. Also two leaf door arrangements, in which above the door leaves there is a sky light, and also on the right-hand and left-hand side of the door leaves fixed side parts of glass are present, can be achieved by means of this type of 30 connection.
The invention is explained in more detail by means of schematically represented examples of embodiments.

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Figure 1: A glass door with joined wall f~lf igure 2: A glass door with joined wall elements and continuous upper part igure 3: A double leaf glass door with joined wall elements igure 4: A double leaf glass door within existing walls with a sky light igure 5: A glass door with side sky light igure 6: A connection member in front view with lo continuous flange igure 7: Same as f igure 6, however in section in side view igure 7a: Wall elements igure 8: Connection member for joining to existing fixed walls in front view igure 9: Same as figure 8, in side view and sectional representation igure 9a: Wall elements igure 10: Connection member in side view 0 Figure 11: Same as figure 10, however in side view and sectional representation Figure 12: Connection member with an indent connection and int~ e glass pane Figure 12a: Wall elements Figure 13: Connection member half with two attachment possibilities Figure 14: Wall elements Figure 15: Connection member half with an off-central attachment possibility Figure 16: Wall elements Figure 17: Connection member for ~oining to fixed walls in front view o Figure 18: Same as figure 17, however in side view and sectional representation D-D
A connection member consists of two connection element halves 10 (shown in Fig. 6) and 15 (shown in Fig. 8), of which respectively one is inserted into connection notch 25 ( shown in Fig . 7a) or 27 ( shown in Fig. 14) on each side of the glass walls to be ~oined. The figure 10 shows a connection member half 10, which consists of a round circular element.
These connection member halves 10 and 15 can consist 20 of plastics material, light metal or stainless steel or of other materials having the required rigidity.
Thereby it is not important whether the geometric form is round circular or whether it is necessary, for aesthetic reasons, to provide the connection member in another form adapted to the mountings. For simplicity reason, the description of the example hereafter is based on a round connection member. On the flat connection member half 10 there is a I~A2 ~ 3q840 pro~ ection 20, which preferably is round circular, because this proj ection 20 proj ects into the wall element to be ~joined and therewith simultaneously is centered in the connection notch 25 or 27. For the further description it is assumed that the wall elements are glass shaped elements, whereby, however, it must be stated that all other plate shaped materials available can be applied, if these have the necessary rigidity as wall element. In order not to saw an expensive glass cut-out into the glass walls 5 (shown in Fig. 1), the more cost favorable procedure, namely the introduction of notches, is preferred.
Into this connection notch 25, 27 the aforementioned pro~ection 20 the connection member half 10 is inserted. From the other wall elements side now the second connection member half 15 has to be oppositely arranged. The connection member halves 10, 15 or 22 (shown in Fig. 12) are coupled positively by means of a screw element, which is not illustrated, pressing 20 through the attachment notch 18 (shown in Fig. 13).
Due to the flat abutment of both connection member halves 10, 15 or 22 therewith a secure retention of glass parts to be joined is provided.
Figure 11 shows the connection member half 10 illustrated in figure 10 in a sectional side view C-C
and here it becomes clear that the proj ection 20 also is used for centering the two connection member halves, and therewith for an exact Al;~ t on both sides of the glass panes.
30 In figure 12 the connection of two connection member halves 10 and 22 to the intermediately located glass panes 3 and 8 is shown. In this connection the connection member halves 10 and 22 have a notch ~A2 1 398~Q
connection 23, which engages or clips into a blind notch 24 as is shown. A notch connection 23 can be used easily in the connection elements if the required pressure of the connection member halves 10 and 22 is applied on the glass panes 3 and 8 for retention. This for example, can also be achieved thereby that the notch connection 23 is under tension, and if it is ensured by way of a gap 21 that the pro~ ections 20, between the glass panes 3 and 8, lo do not come together. The connection notches 25, neces6ary for this example, are shown in figure 12a in the side wall 3 and the sky light 8.
In the figures 6 and 7a a connection member half 10 is shown, which has not projection 20 in the center region. In place thereof a flange 17, ~t~.n~lin~
across the overall connection member half 10, is present. This web 17, for example, is used for the purpose to be pressed in between two glass walls 3 and 16 into the gap 28 r, ~inin~ between the two 20 glass panes. These connection member halves 10 are joined by means of a connection member via the connection notch 18.
The figure 7 shows in this embodiment of the connection member half 10 the side view in section A-A .
A connection member half 15 which is used for connection, of for example, sky lights 8 to glass doors 4, in which the side adjoining walls 14 consist of another material, for example brick work, is 30 illustrated in figure 8. In this case also the semi-circular connection member halves 15 are shown with a passing through flange 19, whic~ flange is CA2 1 3984~
ln6erted either into the j oint between the wall and the glass part or also can have such a size by way of its leg that it can be attached through the wall, and the glass pane of the sky light 8 is then joined by means of this connection notch 25 to the connection member half 15. The figure 9 thereby shows the side sectional representation B-B of figure 8 and the f igure 9a shows the connection notch 25 in the sky light 8.
lo The figure 15 shows a connection member half 29, in which the attachment notch 18 is situated in the pro~ ection 20 outside of the geometric center of the connection member. By means of this arrangement only one connection notch 27 (figure 16) need to be introduced into the sky light 8, whereby simultaneously, however, the sky light 8 and the side glass wall 3 can be joined together by means of the connection member 29 inserted from each side via the connection member notch.
20 If heavy embodiments of wall elements are involved j then for these also a double att~c' t possibility can be selected, as is shown in figure 13. This connection member half 30 has two proj ections 20, which penetrate into the connection notches 27 (figure 14) and can be joined together via the connection notches 18.
The figures 17 to 19 show a connection member half 31, which can be connected to a wall by way of a flange 19. Thereby, firstly, the connection member 30 half 31 is to be attached to the wall 14 by means of the screw connection 32. Next the sky light 8 with its connection notch 27 is fitted onto the projection C~2 1 3~
20 and on the opposite side an attachment plate is fixed against it, which is ~oined by means of the attachment notch 18. Also in this embodiment a pro~ ection 20 is located away from the edge so that only one round circular notch 27 is necessary.
As is shown by the aforesaid description of the subject in accordance with the invention, the connection member can be applied very universally, which has not been illustrated fully by way of the l O f igures l to 5 .
The figure l shows a glass door 4, which is rotatably mounted by means of the upper hinge 9 and the lower hinge 2. Additionally the door is joined to a floor door closer l, which provides a suitable entry accessory for pedestrians making use thereof. The glass door 4 thereby is provided with a handle 7 and a lock 6. Above the glass door 4 there is a sky light 8, which has the same width as the glass door 4. A dead stop ll is attached as dead stop for the 20 glass door 4 at the sky light 8. On the left and the right side of the glass door 4 there are side glass walls 3 and 5. These glass walls 3 and 5 extend from the floor up to the ceiling in the application shown in this example of the embodiment. However, to ensure that the glass walls 3 and 5 can be joined to the sky light 8 situated above the door 4, the aforesaid connection member halves 10, 22 are necessary. These connection member halves 10, 22 are coupled positively together as already described, so 30 that the sky light 8 is held by the side glass walls 3 and 5.
Another embodiment is shown in figure 2, where, next to the glass door 4 two side glass walls 3 and 5 are CA21 39~40 provided, which however, only extend to the height of the door 4. Above there is a sky light 8, which extends across the overall width of the side walls 3 and 5 as well as of the door 4. This sky light 8 in turn is again joined positively by means of a suitable number of connection member halves 10, 22 to the side glass wall6 3 and 5.
Also the use of double leaf doors 12 and 13 within an all glass ~LL~LIg~ t with side glass walls 3 and 5 lO and the sky light 8 above, as is shown in the example of the embodiment, is applicable. In the example of the embodiment 4 the use of the connection member 15 is illustrated, whereby the door leaves 12 and 13 are located within a wall recess, which is formed by way of the walls 14. In this case connection members are used, which are attached, on the one hand, to the wall 14 and, on the other hand, to the sky light 8.
The embodiment of one sided glass upper side 16 is shown in figure 5, whereby the glass part 3 e~tending 20 on the side from the floor up to the ceiling of the room is led further. Here it also becomes clear that a universal application of the connection members are pos s ible .

Re f er enc e Numeral 8 Floor door closer 2 Lower hinge 3 Side glass wall 4 Glass door 5 Side glass wall 6 Lock 7 Elandle 8 Sky light lo 9 Upper hinge 10 Connection member half 11 Mounting 12 Left door leaf 13 Right door leaf 14 Wall 15 Connection member half 16 Upper glass wall 1 7 Flange 18 Attachment notch 20 19 Flange 20 Projection 21 Gap 22 Connection member half 23 Notch connection 24 Blind notch 25 Connection notch 26 Cover plate recess 27 Connection notch 2 8 Gap 30 29 Connection member half 30 Connection member half 31 Connection member half 32 Screw connection

Claims (13)

1. Connection member for the connection of plate shaped wall elements (3,5,8,16), in particular of wall elements of glass, characterized thereby that the connection member consists of two connection member halves (10,22) or (15,29,30,31) which are applied on each side of the wall elements (3,5,8,16), which are to be joined together and the two opposite connection member halves (10,22) or (15, 29, 30, 31) are joined together by means of an attachment element through the wall elements (3, 5, 8, 16), where at least one of the connection halves (10, 22, 15, 29, 30, 31) has a projection (20).
2. Connection member according to claim 1, characterized thereby that the projection (20) is a flange (17 or 19) extending across the connection member halves (10, 15, 31).
3. Connection member according to claim 1, characterized thereby that the projection 20 is of round circular shape.
4. Connection member according to claim 1, characterized thereby that the connection member halves (10, 15, 22, 29, 30, 31) are joined together by means of a screw element.
5. Connection member according to claim 1, characterized thereby that the connection member halves (10, 15, 22, 29, 30, 31) are joined together by means of a notch/clip connection (23) .
6. Connection member according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized thereby that the connection member halves ( 10, 15, 22, 29, 30, 31) consist of plastics material.
7. Connection member according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized thereby that the connection member halves (10, 15, 22, 29, 30, 31) consist of stainless steel.
8. Connection member according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized thereby that for the attachment of the connection member halves (10, 15, 22, 29, 30, 31) no glass cut-out need to be made.
9. Connection member according to claim 1, characterized thereby that the connection member halves (10, 22, 29, 30) consist of round circular flat discs.
10. Connection member according to claim 1, characterized thereby that the connection member halves (15 and 31) consist of semi-circular flat discs .
11. Connection member according to claim 10, characterized thereby that a flange (19) is positively joined to the semi-circular connection member half (10 and 31) as an attachment means to a wall (14).
12. Connection member according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized thereby that for the connection of two wall elements only in one of the wall elements a notch (27) or semi-bore (25) need to be introduced.
13. Connection member according to claim 1, characterized thereby that the connection member halves (10, 15, 22, 29, 30, 31) have different shapes.
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN113940147A (en) * 2019-05-17 2022-01-14 R.施塔尔开关设备有限责任公司 Combined system for manufacturing shell

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN113940147A (en) * 2019-05-17 2022-01-14 R.施塔尔开关设备有限责任公司 Combined system for manufacturing shell

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