EP0202510B1 - Outer frame or wing frame for windows or doors - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Outer frame or wing frame for windows or doors a) comprising a hollow cross-sectionally rectangular main profile member (1) of synthetic plastics material, b) with, constructed at the four corners of the main profile member (1) grooves (2) disposed symmetrically both with regard to a plane extending at right-angles to the plane of the frame in the longitudinal direction of and through the main profile member (1), as well as in relation to a plane extending parallel with the plane of the frame in the longitudinal direction of and through the main profile member (1), and c) with abutment rib strips (21) with engaging ribs (20) which by form-locking engagement, can over their entire length be snapped into position in a groove (2) in the main profile member (1), characterised in that d) the engaging rib (20) has a shallow projection which protrudes into a channel (24) in the groove (2) engaging around that edge of the channel (24) which is towards the groove opening.

Description

The invention relates to a frame or sash for windows or doors, the type specified in the preamble of claim 1.

Main profile bars and filling terminal strips for such frames have been sold by Gebrüder Kömmerling Kunststoffwerke GmbH for years together with construction instructions for the construction of such blind and casement frames. The main profile consists of a rectangular base profile, in which a recess for fittings can be inserted.

The main profile bar has a groove at three corners, into which a filling terminal block can be snapped. At the third corner there is a stop rib extruded in one piece with the main profile rod, which, depending on the use of the profile rod, serves to hold a filling - usually glazing - and also as a stop rib with which, for example, the sash strikes against a frame. In the case of fixed glazing, this stop rib, which normally sits on the outside, unless it is located on an inwardly opening wing, can also serve to hold the glazing.

After inserting the glazing against this fixed stop rib, the filling terminal strip is locked with its rib into the groove opposite it, so that the glazing is held in place. In many cases, the main profile is also designed such that a second stop rib is provided diagonally opposite the stop rib, which is then also extruded in one piece with the main profile.

A frame or sash for windows or doors of the type specified is known from DE-A1 953342 and has a hollow, cross-sectionally rectangular profile bar made of plastic, formed at the four corners of the main profile bar, which are symmetrical both with respect to a perpendicular to Level of the frame in the longitudinal direction of the bar through the main profile bar and in relation to a plane running parallel to the level of the frame in the longitudinal bar direction through the main profile bar, as well as stop rib strips with locking ribs, which are non-detachably engaged over their entire length in a groove of the Main profile bar can be snapped into place.

The invention has for its object to provide a frame or sash for windows or doors of the type specified, in which a particularly good, reliable connection between the locking rib and groove is guaranteed.

This object is achieved by the features specified in the characterizing part of claim 1.

Appropriate embodiments are defined by the features of the subclaims.

The advantages achieved with the invention are based in particular on the fact that the separately extruded stop rib remains firmly held in the groove, which can also accommodate the usual filling terminal strips.

According to a preferred embodiment, the locking rib engages with a locking shoulder behind a shoulder formed on the opposite wall of the groove, as a result of which the stop rib is held particularly firmly. The locking shoulder in the groove does not interfere with the snap-in of the conventional filling terminal strip, since it does not come into contact with the area of the corresponding groove wall that is set back by the locking shoulder.

If the locking rib is chamfered from the locking shoulder towards its free edge, the safe insertion of the stop rib and thus the stop rib strip is possible.

The main profile rod is preferably designed according to claim 11. This subdivision of the normally rectangular, possibly limited by a guide for fitting rods interior of the main profile bar allows the metal reinforcing bar to be inserted into the larger chamber and to arrange the small chamber outside, so that this provides good thermal insulation. In addition, the smaller outer chamber can be used for drainage. At the same time, this ensures that no water can penetrate into the large chamber provided with the metal reinforcement. Accordingly, the metal stiffener need not be made of rustproof material.

Since the finished frame can no longer be seen where the small chamber to be arranged on the outside, a corresponding marking is expediently made on the outside of the main profile rod. This marking can consist of a small groove on the inside in one or both of the grooves running in the small outer chamber. In this way, the marking remains visible until the groove is used to attach a stop rib or filler terminal block; incorrect installation of the frame can thus be avoided with certainty.

• Fig. einen Querschnitt durch einen Hauptprofilstab,
• _. Fig.2 einen Querschnitt durch einen Anschlagrippenstab,
• Fig.3 3 einen Querschnitt eines mit einem Metallprofil verstärkten Hauptprofilstabes, der auf der Wetterseite mit einem Anschlagrippenstab gemäß Fig.2 und auf der Raumseite mit einer herkömmlichen Füllungsklemmleiste versehen ist, so daß zwischen Füllungsklemmleiste und Anschlagrippe beispielsweise eine Doppelverglasung gehalten werden kann,
• Fig.4 im wesentlich vergrößerten Maßstab das Zusammenwirken der Rastrippe des Anschlagrippenstabes mit der entsprechend ausgebildeten Haltenut des Hauptprofilstabes,
• Fig. einen Schnitt senkrecht zur Ebene eines Fensters, bei dem eine Festverglasung mit einem nach außen zu öffnenden Flügel kombiniert ist,
• Fig. 6 eine schematisierte Schnittdarstellung der Fensterkonstruktion nach Fig.5, bei der jedoch auch der nach außen zu öffnende Flügel aus Hauptprofilstäben und Anschlagrippenstäben gemäß der Erfindung ausgebildet ist,
• Fig. 7 einen Teil eines zweiflügligen Fensters mit dem erfindungsgemäßen Flügelrahmen, wobei auch der Pfostenstab in der Mitte des Fensters entsprechend ausgebildet ist, und
• Fig.8-15 stark schematisierte Darstellungen weiterer Möglichkeiten, den Hauptprofilstab mit Anschlagrippenleisten zu kombinieren.

The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of exemplary embodiments with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings. Show it

• 1 shows a cross section through a main profile rod,
• _. 2 shows a cross section through a stop rib bar,
• 3 shows a cross section of a main profile bar reinforced with a metal profile, which is provided on the weather side with a stop rib bar according to FIG.
• 4 on a substantially enlarged scale, the interaction of the locking rib of the stop rib rod with the correspondingly designed holding groove of the main profile rod,
• 1 shows a section perpendicular to the plane of a window in which a fixed glazing is combined with a wing that can be opened outwards,
• 6 shows a schematic sectional illustration of the window construction according to FIG. 5, in which, however, the wing that can be opened outwards is also formed from main profile bars and stop rib bars according to the invention,
• Fig. 7 shows a part of a two-leaf window with the casement according to the invention, wherein the post bar is formed accordingly in the middle of the window, and
• Fig. 8-15 are highly schematic representations of further options for combining the main profile bar with stop rib strips.

The main profile bar 1 shown in FIG. 1 in cross section for a window or door frame consists of a plastic suitable for window profile bars, such as a PVC-PE copolymer, and has an essentially rectangular profile shape. According to FIG., The plane of the window extends from top to bottom perpendicular to the plane of the drawing.

Both at the two upper corners in the drawing and at the two lower corners, the main profile rod 1 is provided with a groove 2, which is formed by the cavity between two webs 3 and 4 projecting from the main rectangular profile of the main profile rod 1. On the side of the main profile rod 1 which is normally on the outside of the window, an outer, smaller secondary chamber 7 is separated by a connecting web 6 which is parallel to the window plane and which serves to drain off water which has penetrated. This secondary chamber 7 thus keeps the main chamber 8 free of water, so that a metal reinforcing rod 9 arranged in the main chamber 8 can also consist of a non-rustproof material. In addition, the web 6 with the secondary chamber 7 ensures good thermal insulation, since a metal reinforcement 9 that is usually provided does not protrude to the outside 10 of the main profile rod 1 on the weather side.

In each of the grooves 2, a conventional filling terminal strip 12 can be detachably latched by means of its retaining rib 13. As far as the interaction of the grooves 2 and the retaining rib 13 of a conventional filling terminal block 12 is concerned, the structure of the grooves 2 is also unchanged from the prior art. For the interaction of the grooves 2 with the locking rib 20 of a separately extruded stop rib strip 21 shown in FIG. 2, the groove is additionally profiled.

The interaction of the grooves 2 with the conventional retaining ribs 13 of filling terminal strips 12 is not described in detail here, since it is generally known through the window system “COMBIDUR”, which the applicant has been selling for years.

The interaction of the locking rib 20 of the stop rib strip 21 with one of the four grooves 2 of a main profile rod according to the invention is described below.

Fig. 4 shows the parts of the lower right corner of Fig. 3 that are relevant in this respect. The groove 2 according to the invention differs from the conventional design of corresponding grooves only in that the wall of the groove 2 on the right in FIG. 4, opposite the groove 24, forming a shoulder 23, as shown in FIG. 4, to about a third of the groove depth jumps back. The lateral groove 24 of the groove corresponds to the state of the art.

The locking rib 20 is, however, designed substantially differently from the previously known holding ribs. The locking rib 20 is in the area of its foot 25 attached to the surface 24 of the stop rib strip 21 as well as the holding rib 13 of the same width as the groove, so that it rests there on both side walls of the groove. The locking rib 20 is constricted on both sides approximately at half the height of the distance from the surface 26 in which the groove is recessed up to the shoulder 23. While only a flat wedge-shaped constriction is provided on the right side, the constriction in FIG. 4 is considerably larger on the left side. This larger constriction facilitates the threading in of the locking rib 20, since this is widened again by a locking lug 28 which engages over the shoulder 23 in FIG. 4 from above. Above the shoulder 23, the right boundary surface of the locking rib 20 extends obliquely to the left to the flattened tip of the locking rib 20. Above the constriction 29 of the locking rib 20 on the groove side, the corresponding left side surface of the locking rib 20 in FIG. 4 extends the corresponding surface of the foot region 15 and lies there also on the corresponding side wall of the groove 2. This wall part of the locking rib 20, which rests on the left side wall of the groove 2 in FIG. 4, can simply be extended to over most of the height of the groove 24, as is also shown in FIG. With correct dimensioning, as shown approximately in FIG. 4, a secure attachment of the stop rib strip 21 is already guaranteed. However, if a particularly good fastening is to be achieved, the area of the locking rib opposite the groove 24, as indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 4, can protrude into the groove 24 by a small amount, for example 0.5 mm. This results in a double interlocking in cooperation with the locking lug 21 of the profile of the locking rib 20.

_o If the locking rib 20 is to be snapped into the groove 2, then the stop rib strip 21 is inclined for this purpose in such a way that in FIG the surface 24 attaches, connecting plane in Figure 4 runs approximately vertically from top to bottom. Then the locking rib 20 is pressed into the groove 2 with vigorous pressure so that it springs into the position shown in FIG. Now a practically unsolvable connection is created. Appropriate dimensioning means that depending on the hardness of the material, it is possible to keep the form fit appropriately large or smaller. The softer the material of the strip 21 and the rod 1, the easier they are to deform and the more so more you will let the latch 28 reach behind the shoulder 23. It should be taken into account here that not only the locking rib 20 but also the two webs 3 and 4 experience a corresponding deformation when they snap into place. With a correspondingly solid material, it may be necessary to use a corresponding tool for pressing the locking rib into the groove 2, which tool engages on the bar 21 on the one hand and on the profile bar 1 on the other hand. The principle applies here that the greater the press-in force, the stronger the connection that is created. The deformations that occur during press-in should of course remain essentially within the elastic range of the material.

The locking rib 20 should sit in the groove with pretension.

The stop rib strip 21, once engaged, can no longer be released without damage or at least inappropriately high deformation and forces that cannot be applied in practice. It is different with the filling terminal strip 12. If the glazing, which is held between the terminal strip 12 and the stop rib 21, is destroyed, the pivoting of the terminal strip 12 counterclockwise in FIG. 3 allows the latter to be removed from the connection with the corresponding groove 2 solve.

With regard to the exact shape of the locking rib 20 and the groove 2, reference is expressly made to FIG. 4, which shows an advantageous shape. This also applies to the dimensions of rib 20 and groove 2 shown in FIG. 4.

With the elements described so far, a wide variety of frames for windows and doors can be manufactured. This is explained below in FIGS. 8-15. In all of FIGS. 8-15, the left side of the main profile bar 1, which is only indicated schematically, is the weather side of the frame. Therefore, the small prechamber 7 is also provided there.

8-15 only the arrangement of the stop rib 21 is shown, while the other components are omitted for the sake of simplicity. 8, only one stop bar is provided on the weather side of the frame. This can serve, for example, as a wing stop but also as a stop for fixed glazing.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 9, a second stop rib strip 21 is additionally snapped on diagonally opposite the strip 21 provided according to FIG. This can also serve as a wing stop.

10, stop strips 21 are engaged in both grooves 2 on the weather side of the frame. Depending on their use, both can then serve both as a wing stop and for holding fixed glazing.

The configuration according to FIG. 11 largely corresponds to that according to FIG. 8. Here, too, the stop rib strip 21 can serve both as a wing stop and for holding fixed glazing.

12, the upper rib strip 21 in the figure is z. B. provided as a wing stop, while the lower bar 21 can also serve either as a wing stop or to hold a fixed glazing.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 13, two strips 21 are inserted on the space side of the frame in both grooves. They serve here, for. B. as wing stops.

14, the bar 21 serves z. B. also as a wing stop, as is also the case with the embodiment according to FIG. 15.

For easier understanding of the invention, a horizontal section through a window arrangement partially designed according to the invention is shown in FIG. 1, in which fixed glazing is provided in the left half, while an outwardly opening sash made of conventional profile bars is arranged in the right half.

The fixed glazing consists, as can be seen from the drawing, of a frame connected all around on the left, above and below in the usual way to the edge of the window opening, which is essentially formed from four main profile bars 1. While the left main profile bar 1 shown in the drawing is connected to the edge of the window opening, the main profile bar 1 provided in the middle stands freely in the opening and holds the fixed glazing 40 with its left edge, while its right edge stops the stop for the one to be opened to the outside Wing 50 forms.

On the weather side of the window 1 stop rib strips 21 are permanently engaged in the corresponding grooves 2 of the four main profile bars. Thereafter, the double glazing 40 shown in FIG. 1 was used in the usual way. To hold the same firmly, the glass clamping strips 12 were then pressed into the corresponding grooves 2 in a conventional manner.

If the fixed glazing 40 should not be double glazing but single glazing, a slightly differently dimensioned glass clamping strip 12a can be used instead of the glass clamping strip 12.

The wing 50, which can be opened to the outside, interacts with a window frame which consists of four main profile bars 1, of which the left main profile bar in the drawing coincides with the right main profile bar of the fixed glazing frame 40 in the drawing. Here, stop rib strips 21 are non-releasably engaged in the corresponding grooves 2 of the main profile bars 1 to form stops on the room side of the glazing. The wing 50 interacts with these stop ribs thus formed. This consists of four profile bars 51 according to the state of the art which, with outwardly projecting stop ribs 52 extruded in one piece with them, bear against the main profile bars 1 from the weather side and also cooperate with the stop rib strips 21 of the main profile bars 1. The conventional bars 51 are provided with fitting chambers 53, which can also be provided for the bars 1 according to the invention.

The glazing of the outwardly opening wing 50 is shown at 55. Of course, single glazing with the aid of glass retaining strips 12a can also be provided here.

The rubber seals used in the grooves 30 in the usual manner are not shown in FIG. Such seals are also generally known and customary and do not require any further description.

Figure 6 shows a highly schematic window arrangement similar to that of Figure 5. In Fig. 6 the weather side is also above and the room side below. Here too, the wing 60 opens outwards, while in the left part, just as in FIG. 5, fixed glazing 40 is drawn, which is also designed in the same way as in FIG. 5. In contrast to the construction according to FIG. 5, however, the frame 62 of the wing 60 to be opened is also formed from main profile bars 1 according to the invention and snap-on rib strips 21 and glass clamping strips 12. Here, too, the latched stop rib strips 21 are on the outside, since they are more secure than the glass clamping strips 12.

If, in a construction as shown in FIG. 6, the wing should not open outwards but inwards, that is to say the weather side should be below, then care must be taken that the retaining rib strips 21 come to rest on the outside again. In this case, the glass clamping strip 12 would have to sit where the retaining rib strip 21 is drawn, and vice versa. Furthermore, the retaining rib strips 21 and glass clamping strips 12 holding the glazing would have to be interchanged on the casement 60.

7 shows a window construction with two outwardly opening wings 71 which abut against a fixed post 72 in the vertical center of the window indicated by the center line 71. The construction of the wing 70 is identical to that of the wing construction 60 shown in FIG. 6. The post 72 is also formed here by a main profile bar 1, which carries two stop rib strips 21 on the room side of the window, while the webs 4 on the The corresponding stop rib strips 21 of the casement 75 interact on the outside.

7 can also be seen as a representation of an inward opening wing arrangement with a central post 72 if one assumes that the room side is above and the weather side is below. In this case, however, the arrangement of stop rib strips 21 and glass clamping strips 12 holding the glass panes would then have to be interchanged, so that the former are located at the bottom in FIG. 1 and the latter at the top.

The inventive design of the locking ribs for holding the stop rib strips can also be advantageous if the design of the main profile bars does not correspond to the main claim, if the main profile bars are thus designed, for example, according to the bars 51 in FIG. 5. That is e.g. B. then advantageous if the wing is a door wing. that has a filling that cannot be replaced in the middle. Then, for example, the terminal strips 12 can also be replaced by terminal strips 21.

The object of FIG. 4 can therefore also be used independently of the design of the main profile rod according to FIG. 1.

Claims (12)

1. Outer frame or wing frame for windows or doors

a) comprising a hollow cross-sectionally rectangular main profile member (1) of synthetic plastics material,

b) with, constructed at the four corners of the main profile member (1) grooves (2) disposed symmetrically both with regard to a plane extending at right-angles to the plane of the frame in the longitudinal direction of and through the main profile member (1), as well as in relation to a plane extending parallel with the plane of the frame in the longitudinal direction of and through the main profile member (1), and

c) with abutment rib strips (21) with engaging ribs (20) which by form-locking engagement, can over their entire length be snapped into position in a groove (2) in the main profile member (1), characterised in that

d) the engaging rib (20) has a shallow projection which protrudes into a channel (24) in the groove

(2) engaging around that edge of the channel (24) which is towards the groove opening.

2. A frame according to Claim 1, characterised in that the engaging rib (20) has a shoulder (28) which engages behind a shoulder (23) constructed on the opposite wall of the groove (2).

3. A frame according to Claim 2, characterised in that the engaging rib (20) is bevelled from the shoulder (28) to its free edge.

4. A frame according to one of Claims 2 or 3, characterised in that the engaging rib (20) completely fills the cross-section of the groove in the region close to the groove opening and tapers towards the shoulder (28).

5. A frame according to one of Claims 2 to 4, characterised in that the engaging rib (20) has a flat surface which bears on the wall of the groove (2) opposite the shoulder (28).

6. A frame according to one of Claims 2 to 5, characterised in that the channel (24) is disposed in that wall of the groove (2) which is opposite the shoulder (28).

7. A frame according to Claim 6, characterised in that the engaging rib (20) has a flat surface which bears on the wall of the groove (2) close to the channel (24).

8. A frame according to one of Claims 2 to 7, characterised in that substantially at half the height of the distance from the surface (26) of the main profile member (1) in which the groove (2) is recessed, the engaging rib (20) is narrowed on both sides as far as the shoulder (23).

9. A frame according to Claim 8, characterised in that on the side of the engaging rib (20) which faces the shoulder (23) there is a shallow wedge- shaped constriction, a more pronounced constriction being provided on the opposite side.

10. A frame according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the grooves (2) are in each case formed by the intermediate spaces between two ribs (3, 4) of the main profile member (1).

11. A frame according to one of Claims 1 to 10, characterised in that each main profile member (1) is sub-divided into a larger chamber (8) accommodating a metal reinforcing bar (9) and at least one smaller chamber (7).

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