CN218111949U - High doubling of security decorates glass - Google Patents

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CN218111949U
CN218111949U CN202222330605.XU CN202222330605U CN218111949U CN 218111949 U CN218111949 U CN 218111949U CN 202222330605 U CN202222330605 U CN 202222330605U CN 218111949 U CN218111949 U CN 218111949U
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The utility model discloses laminated decorative glass with high safety, which comprises a first transparent glass plate and a first transparent plastic plate; a first light-transmitting adhesive interlayer is arranged between the first light-transmitting glass plate and the first light-transmitting plastic plate, so that the first light-transmitting glass plate is adhered to the first light-transmitting plastic plate through the first light-transmitting adhesive interlayer. The utility model discloses a set up first printing opacity plastic slab, and utilize doubling technology, so that first printing opacity presss from both sides the glue film and first printing opacity glass board is connected fixedly with first printing opacity glass board, therefore, when cracked or spontaneous explosion appears in first printing opacity glass board, can drop in order to avoid cracked or the first printing opacity glass board piece after the spontaneous explosion through the adhesion of first printing opacity presss from both sides the glue film, and simultaneously, utilize the intensity of first printing opacity plastic slab self, in order to support first printing opacity glass board piece, avoid first printing opacity glass board piece and the condition that flagging hung to appear in first printing opacity doubling layer, therefore effectively improve doubling decorative glass's security.

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High doubling of security decorates glass
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a ornamental material technical field especially relates to a high doubling decorative glass of security.
Background
This section merely provides background information related to the present application so as to enable those skilled in the art to more fully and accurately understand the present application, which is not necessarily prior art.
The decorative glass is also called artistic glass, which is a glass with the characteristic elements of color, texture or pattern, etc. displayed to the outside to obtain the beautiful effect, and the decorative glass is a glass with the main decorative effect and the auxiliary actual use effect (or without the actual use effect). The use of existing decorative glass is mostly limited to applications on the ground as well as on the wall.
In addition, the known existing suspended ceiling mainly comprises an aluminum buckle plate or a gypsum board, and the color, texture or pattern change of the suspended ceiling structure is little, so that the higher and higher aesthetic requirements of users on the suspended ceiling can not be met. If the decorative glass is applied to the suspended ceiling, the attractive effect of the suspended ceiling can be greatly improved. However, the decorative glass has a fragile characteristic, and when the decorative glass is applied to the top of a building, the decorative glass is likely to be broken and fall off, so that certain use risks exist.
Therefore, how to improve the safety of the laminated decorative glass is a problem to be solved.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a high doubling decorative glass of security effectively improves doubling decorative glass's security.
The utility model discloses a following technical scheme realizes: the laminated decorative glass with high safety comprises a first light-transmitting glass plate and a first light-transmitting plastic plate;
a first light-transmitting adhesive sandwiched layer is arranged between the first light-transmitting glass plate and the first light-transmitting plastic plate, so that the first light-transmitting glass plate is adhered to the first light-transmitting plastic plate through the first light-transmitting adhesive sandwiched layer.
Therefore, the utility model discloses a set up first printing opacity plastic slab, and utilize doubling technology, so that first printing opacity doubling layer and first printing opacity glass board are connected fixedly with first printing opacity glass board, from this, when cracked or spontaneous explosion appears in first printing opacity glass board, can drop in order to avoid cracked or the first printing opacity glass board piece after the spontaneous explosion through the adhesion of first printing opacity doubling layer, and simultaneously, utilize the intensity of first printing opacity plastic slab self, in order to support first printing opacity glass board piece, avoid first printing opacity glass board piece and the condition that flagging hung to appear in first printing opacity glass board piece and first printing opacity doubling layer, therefore effectively improve doubling decorative glass's security. In addition, the laminated structure through adopting first printing opacity glass board, first printing opacity doubling layer and first printing opacity plastic slab not only satisfies doubling decoration glass's printing opacity demand, can utilize first printing opacity plastic slab and first printing opacity glass board and the new integrated configuration of first printing opacity doubling layer formation that has the diffuse reflection effect simultaneously, is favorable to realizing the rich and varied decorative effect of doubling decoration glass through setting up of the different colour patterns of first printing opacity plastic slab, effectively improves doubling decoration glass's aesthetic property. Therefore, the utility model discloses a set up first printing opacity plastic slab to utilize first printing opacity doubling layer to link to each other with first printing opacity glass board, can also improve the aesthetic property that the glass was decorated to the doubling when improving the doubling and decorating glass security from this, have the effect of killing two birds with one stone.
In one embodiment, the first light transmissive plastic sheet is made of acryl, TPU, or PE material.
In one embodiment, the first light-transmitting adhesive interlayer is one of an SGP hot-melt adhesive interlayer, an EVA hot-melt adhesive interlayer, or a PVB hot-melt adhesive interlayer.
In one embodiment, the first light-transmitting glass plate is flat glass or concave-convex glass.
In one embodiment, the first light-transmitting glass plate is a tempered glass plate or a semi-tempered glass plate.
In one embodiment, a second light-transmissive glass plate is also included;
and a second light-transmitting adhesive interlayer is arranged between the second light-transmitting glass plate and the first light-transmitting plastic plate, so that the first light-transmitting plastic plate is adhered to the second light-transmitting glass plate through the second light-transmitting adhesive interlayer.
In one embodiment, the second light-transmitting glass plate is flat glass or convex-concave glass.
In one embodiment, the second light-transmitting adhesive interlayer is one of an SGP hot-melt adhesive interlayer, an EVA hot-melt adhesive interlayer, or a PVB hot-melt adhesive interlayer.
In one embodiment, a thermally conductive coating is disposed on the side edges of the first light-transmissive glass plate, the thermally conductive coating being made of one of a thermally conductive glue or a thermally conductive paste.
In one embodiment, a heat conducting sleeve is arranged on the side edge of the first light-transmitting glass plate, and the heat conducting sleeve is made of heat conducting silica gel.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:
1. the utility model discloses a set up first printing opacity plastic slab, and utilize doubling technology, so that first printing opacity presss from both sides the glue film and first printing opacity glass board is connected fixedly with first printing opacity glass board, therefore, when cracked or spontaneous explosion appears in first printing opacity glass board, can drop in order to avoid cracked or the first printing opacity glass board piece after the spontaneous explosion through the adhesion of first printing opacity presss from both sides the glue film, and simultaneously, utilize the intensity of first printing opacity plastic slab self, in order to support first printing opacity glass board piece, avoid first printing opacity glass board piece and the condition that flagging hung to appear in first printing opacity doubling layer, therefore effectively improve doubling decorative glass's security.
2. The utility model discloses an adopt the laminated structure of first printing opacity glass board, first printing opacity doubling layer and first printing opacity plastic slab not only to satisfy doubling decoration glass's printing opacity demand, can utilize first printing opacity plastic slab and first printing opacity glass board and the new integrated configuration of first printing opacity doubling layer formation that has the diffuse reflection effect simultaneously, be favorable to realizing the rich and varied decorative effect of doubling decoration glass through setting up of the different colour patterns of first printing opacity plastic slab, effectively improve the aesthetic property of doubling decoration glass.
3. The utility model discloses a set up first printing opacity plastic slab to utilize first printing opacity to press from both sides the glue film and link to each other with first printing opacity glass board, can also improve the aesthetic property that the glass was decorated to the doubling when improving the doubling decoration glass security from this, have the effect of killing two birds with one stone.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a first structure of laminated decorative glass with high safety according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a side view of the laminated decorative glass with high safety of the present invention assembled with a metal keel frame of a ceiling under a first structure;
FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of the laminated decorative glass with high safety according to the present invention when assembled with a metal keel frame of a ceiling under a first structure;
fig. 4 is a schematic side view of the heat-conducting sleeve disposed on the first transparent glass plate in the laminated decorative glass with high safety according to the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic side view of the second structure of the laminated decorative glass of the present invention with high safety.
The reference symbols in the figures represent the following meanings: 1. a first light-transmitting glass plate; 2. a first light-transmissive plastic panel; 3. a first light-transmitting adhesive sandwiched layer; 4. a second light-transmitting glass plate; 5. a second light-transmitting adhesive sandwiched layer; 6. a heat conducting sleeve; 7. a suspended ceiling metal keel frame; 8. a luminaire.
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To further clarify the technical solutions and effects adopted by the present application to achieve the intended purpose, the following detailed description is given with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments according to the present application.
In the following description, different "one embodiment" or "another embodiment" refers to not necessarily the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.
It should be further noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.
As shown in figure 1, the utility model discloses a laminated decorative glass with high safety, which has practical and decorative functions and can be used as suspended ceiling, screen and other products.
Specifically, the decorative glass comprises a first light-transmitting glass plate 1 and a first light-transmitting plastic plate 2, wherein a first light-transmitting adhesive layer 3 is arranged between the first light-transmitting glass plate 1 and the first light-transmitting plastic plate 2, so that the first light-transmitting glass plate 1 is adhered to the first light-transmitting plastic plate 2 through the first light-transmitting adhesive layer 3. So, when first printing opacity glass board 1 appears cracked or from exploding, can drop in order to avoid cracked or the 1 piece of first printing opacity glass board after exploding through the adhesion of first printing opacity doubling 3, and simultaneously, because first printing opacity glass board 1 glues on first printing opacity plastic slab 2 through first printing opacity doubling 3, so can utilize the intensity of first printing opacity plastic slab 2 self, in order to support 1 piece of first printing opacity glass board, avoid 1 piece of first printing opacity glass board and the condition that drooping suspension appears in first printing opacity doubling 3. In addition, not only satisfy the printing opacity demand that the glass was decorated to the doubling through the laminated structure who adopts first printing opacity glass board 1, first printing opacity doubling layer 3 and first printing opacity plastic slab 2, can utilize simultaneously to have diffuse reflection effect and the strong first printing opacity plastic slab 2 of plasticity to form new integrated configuration with first printing opacity doubling layer 3 and first printing opacity glass board 1 in proper order, be favorable to realizing the rich and varied decorative effect of doubling decoration glass through the setting up of the different colour patterns of first printing opacity plastic slab 2.
Therefore, the utility model discloses a set up first printing opacity plastic slab 2, and utilize the doubling technology, so that first printing opacity doubling layer 3 and first printing opacity glass board 1 are connected fixedly with first printing opacity glass board 1, from this, when cracked or spontaneous explosion appear in first printing opacity glass board 1, can drop in order to avoid cracked or 1 piece of first printing opacity glass board after the spontaneous explosion through the adhesion of first printing opacity doubling layer 3, and simultaneously, utilize the intensity of first printing opacity plastic slab 2 self, in order to support 1 piece of first printing opacity glass board, avoid 1 piece of first printing opacity glass board and the condition that drooping hangs appear in first printing opacity doubling layer 3, effectively improve the safety that the glass was decorated to the doubling. In addition, through adopting first printing opacity glass board 1, the laminated structure of first printing opacity doubling layer 3 and first printing opacity plastic slab 2 not only satisfies doubling decoration glass's printing opacity demand, can utilize first printing opacity plastic slab 2 and first printing opacity glass board 1 and the first printing opacity doubling layer 3 formation new integrated configuration that has diffuse reflection effect simultaneously, be favorable to realizing the rich colorful decorative effect of doubling decoration glass through setting up of the different colour patterns of first printing opacity plastic slab, effectively improve doubling decoration glass's aesthetic property. Therefore, the utility model discloses a set up first printing opacity plastic slab 2 to utilize first printing opacity doubling layer 3 to link to each other with first printing opacity glass board 1, can also improve doubling decorative glass's aesthetic property when improving the doubling decorative glass security from this, have the effect of killing two birds with one stone.
Specifically, the first light-transmitting plastic plate 2 is made of acrylic, TPU (polyester resin) or PE (polyethylene) materials, has the characteristics of strong plasticity, diffuse reflection and light transmission, and is suitable for being applied to decorative glass. It should be noted that acrylic, TPU or PE cannot be selected from carbon black, and the color of carbon black does not meet the light transmission characteristics.
Optionally, a heat conducting coating is disposed on the side edge of the first transparent glass plate 1, and the heat conducting coating is prepared from one of heat conducting glue and heat conducting paste. In one embodiment, the heat conductive coating is made of a heat conductive adhesive, the first light-transmitting glass plate 1 has a rectangular plate shape, and the heat conductive coating is coated on the side edge of the rectangular first light-transmitting glass plate 1, it should be noted that the heat conductive coating is not required to be coated on the first light-transmitting glass plate 1 and the first light-transmitting adhesive layer 3. Therefore, as shown in fig. 2-3, when the first transparent glass plate 1 is clamped on the suspended ceiling metal keel frame 7 (the installation mode of the laminated decorative glass is similar to that of the aluminum buckle plate), the first transparent glass plate can be in contact with the suspended ceiling metal keel frame 7 through the heat conduction coating surface, so that the problem that a contact gap exists easily when the glass material and the metal material are in rigid contact is solved. So, make on the lamp that first printing opacity glass board 1 absorbed shines the heat and can transmit furred ceiling metal keel frame 7, can reduce first printing opacity glass board 1's temperature to a certain extent to make the installer when the doubling decorative glass joint is on furred ceiling metal keel frame 7 (or when dismantling doubling decorative glass from furred ceiling metal keel frame 7), comfort when promoting the installer and touching first printing opacity glass board 1. Specifically, when the lamp 8 is turned on for a long time, the first transparent glass plate 1 inevitably absorbs part of the lamp heat, and the lamp heat may raise the temperature of the first transparent glass plate 1. Thus, when an installer touches the first transparent glass plate 1 with a hand, the installer still can feel the temperature of the first transparent glass plate 1 obviously even though the installer does not scald the first transparent glass plate, so that the installer can feel certain discomfort when touching the first transparent glass plate 1. From this, through the heat conduction coating that sets up, can reduce the temperature of first printing opacity glass board 1 to a certain extent, comfort when promoting the installer and touching first printing opacity glass board 1.
Optionally, as a different installation manner of the laminated decorative glass, as shown in fig. 4, a heat conduction sleeve 6 is disposed on the side edge of the first transparent glass plate 1, and the heat conduction sleeve 6 is made of heat conduction silica gel. It should be noted that the first transparent glass plate 1 and the first transparent adhesive layer 3 do not need to be provided with the heat conductive sleeve 6. From this, when first printing opacity glass board 1 joint when furred ceiling metal keel frame 7, can contact with furred ceiling metal keel frame 7 through heat conduction cover 6, not only effectively increase frictional force changes the problem that has the contact clearance easily when rigid contact between glass material and the metal material moreover to avoid first printing opacity glass board 1 to drop from furred ceiling metal keel frame 7, improve the steadiness and the security of installation from this.
Specifically, first printing opacity presss from both sides glue film 3 and presss from both sides one of them of glue film for SGP hot melt, EVA hot melt presss from both sides glue film or PVB hot melt presss from both sides the glue film, and in the middle of, the melting temperature of SGP film, EVA film or PVB film and the firing equipment that needs to adopt are all different, can select as required. In a preferred embodiment, the first transparent adhesive layer 3 is an SGP hot-melt adhesive layer, the SGP film has a better light-transmitting effect, and the pattern or color of the first transparent plastic plate 2 is not shielded after the adhesive is sandwiched, so that the using effect is relatively better.
Optionally, the first transparent glass plate 1 is made of plane glass or concave-convex glass, and can be set as required during production. The uneven surface includes a surface having a significant unevenness, and a surface having a fine unevenness such as a frosted surface.
Specifically, the first transparent glass plate 1 is a common glass (non-tempered), tempered glass plate or semi-tempered glass plate, and can be set as required during production. In a preferred embodiment, first printing opacity glass board 1 is the toughened glass board, so, effectively improves the bulk strength of first printing opacity glass board 1 to when the installer with doubling decorative glass joint on furred ceiling metal keel frame 7, also need not to worry that first printing opacity glass board 1 appears cracked, security when improving the installation.
Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, the solar energy storage device further includes a second light-transmitting glass plate 4, wherein a second light-transmitting adhesive layer 5 is disposed between the second light-transmitting glass plate 4 and the first light-transmitting plastic plate 2, so that the first light-transmitting plastic plate 2 is adhered to the second light-transmitting glass plate 4 through the second light-transmitting adhesive layer 5, and the second light-transmitting glass plate 4 is disposed to prevent the first light-transmitting plastic plate 2 from being directly exposed to the outside, so that the first light-transmitting glass plate 1 and the second light-transmitting glass plate 4 are both exposed to the outermost side, and thus the solar energy storage device is suitable for being used as a screen product in a home environment.
Optionally, the second transparent glass plate 4 is made of plane glass or concave-convex glass, and similarly, the second transparent glass plate can be arranged as required during production. The uneven surface includes a surface having a significant unevenness, and also includes a surface having fine irregularities such as a frosted surface.
Specifically, the second printing opacity presss from both sides glue film 5 and presss from both sides one of them of glue film for SGP hot melt, EVA hot melt presss from both sides glue film or PVB hot melt and presss from both sides the glue film, and in the same way, the melting temperature of SGP film, EVA film or PVB film and the firing equipment that needs to adopt are all different, can select as required. In a preferred embodiment, the second transparent adhesive sandwiched layer 5 is an SGP hot-melt adhesive sandwiched layer, which has a better transparent effect, and the pattern or color of the first transparent plastic plate 2 will not be shielded after adhesive sandwiching, resulting in a better application effect.
The technical means disclosed by the scheme of the present invention is not limited to the technical means disclosed by the above embodiments, but also includes the technical scheme formed by the arbitrary combination of the above technical features. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the principle of the present invention, several improvements and modifications can be made, and these improvements and modifications are also considered as the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The laminated decorative glass with high safety is characterized by comprising a first light-transmitting glass plate and a first light-transmitting plastic plate;
a first light-transmitting adhesive sandwiched layer is arranged between the first light-transmitting glass plate and the first light-transmitting plastic plate, so that the first light-transmitting glass plate is adhered to the first light-transmitting plastic plate through the first light-transmitting adhesive sandwiched layer.
2. The laminated decorative glass with high safety as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first light-transmitting plastic plate is made of acryl, TPU or PE material.
3. The laminated decorative glass with high safety according to claim 1, wherein the first light-transmitting laminating adhesive layer is one of an SGP hot-melt laminating adhesive layer, an EVA hot-melt laminating adhesive layer or a PVB hot-melt laminating adhesive layer.
4. The laminated decorative glass with high safety according to claim 1, wherein the first transparent glass plate is a flat glass or a concave-convex glass.
5. The laminated decorative glass with high safety according to claim 1, wherein the first transparent glass plate is a tempered glass plate or a semi-tempered glass plate.
6. The laminated decorative glass with high safety according to claim 1, further comprising a second transparent glass plate;
and a second light-transmitting adhesive interlayer is arranged between the second light-transmitting glass plate and the first light-transmitting plastic plate, so that the first light-transmitting plastic plate is adhered to the second light-transmitting glass plate through the second light-transmitting adhesive interlayer.
7. The laminated decorative glass with high safety according to claim 6, wherein the second transparent glass plate is a flat glass or a concave-convex glass.
8. The laminated decorative glass with high safety according to claim 6, wherein the second light-transmitting laminating adhesive layer is one of an SGP hot-melt laminating adhesive layer, an EVA hot-melt laminating adhesive layer or a PVB hot-melt laminating adhesive layer.
9. The laminated decorative glass with high safety according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a heat-conducting coating is arranged on the side edge of the first light-transmitting glass plate, and the heat-conducting coating is prepared from one of heat-conducting glue or heat-conducting paste.
10. The laminated decorative glass with high safety according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a heat conducting sleeve is arranged on the side edge of the first light-transmitting glass plate, and the heat conducting sleeve is made of heat conducting silica gel.
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