CA2876598A1

CA2876598A1 - Stained glass assembly for doors, wall partitions or the likes

Info

Publication number: CA2876598A1
Application number: CA2876598A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Nicolas Barazin
Original assignee: Vitre-Art Inc
Current assignee: Vitre-Art Inc
Priority date: 2015-01-06
Filing date: 2015-01-06
Publication date: 2016-07-06

Abstract

A stained glass assembly includes at least two adjacent flat pieces of material received on two opposite side thereof in retaining channels and a spacer element in each retaining channel between each pair of the at least two adjacent flat pieces of material so as to create an opened gap therebetween.
Such a stained glass assembly can be used as a decorative window in a door or as a baffle wall for example.

Description

TITLE
Stained Glass Assembly for Doors, Wall Partitions or the Likes BACKGROUND
[0001] The stained glass technique is well-known since hundreds of years, wherein pieces of glass are arranged to form patterns or pictures, held traditionally together by strips of lead and supported by a rigid frame. In particular, it is also long been known to provide stained glass windows in high-end doors.

[0002] Cames are conventionally used to join the pieces of glass, wherein H-shaped sections hold two pieces together, and U-shaped sections are used for the borders.

[0003] However, the steps of cutting and shaping the cames and of mounting the pieces of glasses therein has been found both material and labour expensive.
SUMMARY

[0004] The problem of using cames for assembling stained glass pieces into a decorative window is solved by mounting the glass pieces in retaining channels and by using spacers in the retaining channel for distancing adjacent glass pieces.

[0005] According to an illustrated embodiment a stained glass assembly comprises at least two adjacent flat pieces of material received on two side thereof in retaining channels and a spacer element in each retaining channel between each pair of the at least two adjacent flat pieces of material so as to create an opened gap therebetween.

[0006] Other objects, advantages and features of the stained glass assembly for doors, wall partitions or the likes will become more apparent upon reading the following non restrictive description of illustrated embodiments thereof, given by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] In the appended drawings:

[0008] Figure 1 is a perspective of a door provided with a stained glass assembly according to a first illustrated embodiment;

[0009] Figures 2A and 2B are cross sections of the stained glass assembly from Figure 1, illustrating the mounting of the decorative window panel in one of the channels of the stained glass assembly;

[0010] Figure 3 is a partial perspective of the assembly from Figure 2B;

[0011] Figure 4A is a close up perspective illustrating the use of an insert in the channels to force a distanced relationship between two pieces of the glass of the stained glass assembly from Figure 1;

[0012] Figure 4B is a close up perspective illustrating the use of protrusions in the channels to force a distanced relationship between two pieces of the glass of the stained glass assembly from Figure 1;

[0013] Figure 5 is a perspective of a dividing wall according to a second illustrating embodiment; and

[0014] Figure 6 is a cut out perspective of a door provided with a stained glass assembly according to a third illustrated embodiment, wherein the stained glass assembly includes two decorative window panels.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] In the following description, similar features in the drawings have been given similar reference numerals, and in order not to weigh down the figures, some elements are not referred to in some figures if they were already identified in a precedent figure.

[0016] The use of the word "a" or "an" when used in conjunction with the term "comprising" in the claims and/or the specification may mean "one", but it is also consistent with the meaning of "one or more", "at least one", and "one or more than one". Similarly, the word "another" may mean at least a second or more.

[0017] As used in this specification and claim(s), the words "comprising" (and any form of comprising, such as "comprise" and "comprises"), "having" (and any form of having, such as "have" and "has"), "including" (and any form of including, such as "include" and "includes") or "containing" (and any form of containing, such as "contain" and "contains"), are inclusive or open-ended and do not exclude additional, unrecited elements.

[0018] An exterior door 10 provided with a stained glass assembly 11 according to a first illustrated embodiment will now be described with reference to Figures 1-4A.

[0019] The door 10 includes a decorative window 12 therein.
According to the first illustrated embodiment, the stained glass assembly 11 is includes in the decorative window and is sandwiched between two glass pieces 14. The two glass pieces 14 are conventionally secured to the door 12.

[0020] The stained glass assembly 11 comprises three pieces of glass 16, 18 and 20 that are received in retaining channels 22 and that are distanced using spacers 24. The pieces of glass 16-20 can be transparent, frosted, colored and/or provided with patterns or marks.

[0021] The retaining channels 22 are made of aluminum and each includes two lateral tubular sections 26 distanced by a flat bridge portion 28.
The channel 30 defined by the bridge portion 28 and the two tubular sections 26 therebetween defined a receiving portion for the side edge of the glass pieces 16-20. The retaining channels 22 are mounted in a rectangular opening of the door 10.

[0022] As can be better seen in Figure 2A, the lateral tubular portions 26 are convex on the side of the bridge portion 28. It results that the channel 30 has a gradually decreasing width from the opening side thereof to about half its depth. The pieces of glass 16, 18 or 20 having a thickness generally corresponding to the widest section of the channel 30 and the tubular sections 26 being so shaped as to allow deformation thereof, the edge 32 of the piece of glass is squeezed in the channel 30. This squeezing effect contributes to securing the stained glass pieces 16, 18 and 20 therein. Also, each pieces of glass 16, 18 and 20 has their two opposite sides secured in a retaining channel 22, which further contributes to immobilizing the pieces of glass 16, 18 and 20 therein. As can be seen in Figure 4A, the spacer elements 24 are inserted in the channels 22 between two adjacent glass pieces 16-20, yielding open gaps 34 and 36 which call to mind soldering in conventional stained glass.

[0023] According to the first illustrated embodiment, the spacer elements 24 are in the form of metal pieces having a width generally corresponding to the depth of the channels 30 and a thickness generally corresponding to the thickness of the pieces of glass 16-20. According to another embodiment, the spacer elements 24 have a width that is smaller or greater than the depth of the channels 30. According to still another embodiment, the spacer is made from a rigid non-metallic material, including glass, wood, plastic, etc.

[0024] As can be seen in Figure 4B, the spacer elements can be in the form of a pair or protrusions 25 in the bridge portion 28. Such protrusions 25 can be achieved by punching onto the bridge portion 28 on the backside thereof relative to the glass pieces 16-20. The protrusions 25 are longitudinally positioned relative to the glass pieces 16-20 so as to prevent movements thereof within the channel 30.

[0025] A stained glass assembly such as the one described hereinabove is not limited to decorative windows for an exterior door. It can also be mounted to an interior door, wherein the two glass pieces 14 can be omitted.

[0026] Also, as can be seen in Figure 5, a stained glass assembly 40 according to a second illustrative embodiment is used as a dividing or baffle wall.

[0027] Also, embodiments of a stained glass assembly are not limited to include pieces of glass. Indeed, pieces of metal, wood, plastic, ceramic, or any combination thereof can also be used.

[0028] With reference to Figure 6, a stained glass assembly 50 according to a third illustrative embodiment will now be described. Since the assembly 40 is similar to the assembly 11, only the differences therebetween will be described herein for concision purposes.

[0029] The assembly 50 includes two adjacent pieces of glass sub-assemblies 52-52' sandwiched between two full size pieces of glass 14. Each of the sub-assemblies 52-52' includes two or more pieces of glass or of other materials and define a decorative pattern. The superposition of the two sub-assemblies 52 and 52' results in a further decorative pattern. According to this embodiment, both sub-assemblies are received, at least on two opposite sides thereof, in a same channel 30 of a single retaining channel 22. As mentioned hereinabove, the two full size pieces of glass 14 can be omitted.

[0030] According to another embodiment (not shown), the retaining channel elements 22 include two (2) glass pieces receiving channels 30, defined by three (3) tubular sections 26.

[0031] According to still another embodiment, the stained glass assembly includes three or more sub-assemblies of glass pieces (not shown).

[0032] It is to be understood that embodiments of the stained glass assembly are not limited in their applications to the details of construction and parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described hereinabove.
Other embodiments can be foreseen and practiced in various ways. It is also to be understood that the phraseology or terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and not limitation.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A stained glass assembly comprising at least two adjacent flat pieces of material received on two side thereof in retaining channels; and a spacer element in each retaining channel between each pair of the at least two adjacent flat pieces of material so as to create an opened gap therebetween.

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A stained glass assembly comprising at least two adjacent flat pieces of material received on two side thereof in retaining channels; and a spacer element in each retaining channel between each pair of the at least two adjacent flat pieces of material so as to create an opened gap therebetween.