EP0404151B1 - Supporting and mechanical anchoring device for panels belonging to a structural array of window frames and/or structural walling systems - Google Patents

Supporting and mechanical anchoring device for panels belonging to a structural array of window frames and/or structural walling systems Download PDF

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EP0404151B1
EP0404151B1 EP90111760A EP90111760A EP0404151B1 EP 0404151 B1 EP0404151 B1 EP 0404151B1 EP 90111760 A EP90111760 A EP 90111760A EP 90111760 A EP90111760 A EP 90111760A EP 0404151 B1 EP0404151 B1 EP 0404151B1
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Luciano Troianiello
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F13/00—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings
    • E04F13/07—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor
    • E04F13/08—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
    • E04F13/0801—Separate fastening elements
    • E04F13/0803—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements
    • E04F13/081—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements with additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to a supporting and mechanical anchoring device for panels, advantageously for glass panels, belonging to a structural array of window frames and/or structural walling systems.
  • the present invention relates to a device allowing the support and the mechanical anchoring of panels, advantageously of glass panels, belonging to window frames and/or structural walling systems of buildings in which the single panels are individually retained by a supporting structure and, at the meantime, are movable in a restricted extent according to three mutually perpendicular directions in order to compensate eventual working and laying tolerances of the panels, as well as the unavoidable movements due to the weather conditions as squally wind or expansions due to temperature and/or humidity changes.
  • the present invention may be mainly applied in the field of the construction of buildings.
  • the background art provides for a mechanical anchoring of the internal glass layer to the supporting structure situated inside of the building by means of metallic sections, while the external panels are merely fastened by glueing them to the spacer elements provided between two adjacent panels.
  • This embodiment practically involves several disadvantages and drawbacks since the glass wallings, which are relatively heavy, undergo high mechanical stresses which are for instance due to vibrations, or expansions, or to the action of UV-rays, and it may very well happen that the glueing between the various panels may yield, also because the properties of the silicone-like materials used for such a glueing show a degradation in time.
  • One kind of possible mechanical anchoring provides for the drilling of the panel and for the fastening of the same panel to the rear supporting structure by means of screws.
  • Document EP-A-0.250.989 discloses a structural glass walling in which the individual facade glass plates comprise joints formed by structural sealants and from metallic elements which engage the facade glass plates in recesses formed in their four side edges, to form a safety connection which mechanically supplements the chemical-physical connection formed by the structural sealants.
  • Said mechanical elements are formed by metallic sections fixed to an internal supporting structure.
  • the joints are sealed by means of a synthetic polymeric material in order to form a connection which is fixed but enables a restricted movement of the panel relative to the fixed structure under thermal expansion conditions.
  • Document DE-A-3.624.491 discloses a similar supporting and anchoring device, in which the external layer of the glass panel is worked along its edges in order to form a step in which is placed a mechanical retaining element formed by a metallic strip which is fixed, on its turn, to the facade internal supporting structure.
  • the prior art underlying the present invention is constituted by the document EP-A-0.250.989 cited above; it is a purpose of the present invention to obviate the drawbacks and disadvantages typical of the prior art, and to provide, thus, a supporting and mechanical anchoring device for panels, advantageously glass panels for window frames and/or glass walling systems, which enables to compensate for both the working and laying tolerances, and the movements due to environmental mechanical stresses acting from any direction on the panels, said device furthermore being economical and easy to be installed.
  • the device according to the present invention comprises a mechanical retaining element formed by a metallic section, generally a steel section, having a first arm insertable in a recess or cavity provided in all of the edges of a panel, advantageously a glass panel, and another arm cooperating with a slot provided on a metallic section integral with the internal supporting structure of the structural array.
  • the structure of said other arm enables a restricted movement, which is nevertheless widely sufficient for compensating any working and laying tolerances and external mechanical stresses acting on the same arm, and consequently on the panel connected to it, inside the slot provided on said metallic section, according to three, mutually perpendicular, directions.
  • reference sign 10 generally indicates a supporting and mechanical anchoring device for glass panels of window frames and/or structural walling systems according to the present invention.
  • Said device 10 comprises a mechanical retaining element 11 formed by a metallic pressed element having a first arm 12 intended to be inserted, together with a suitable gasket (not illustrated in the figures), into a recess or cavity 13 which is provided in the edge 14 of a panel 15, advantageously a glass panel, belonging to a structural array of panels forming a facade glass walling of a building.
  • said first arm 12 is connected to a second arm 16 which is generally perpendicular to the former, and said second arm 16 is connected to a third arm 17, which is generally parallel to said first arm 12 and, consequently, to the major internal surface of panel 15.
  • said third arm 17 is connected to a fourth arm 18, which is perpendicular to the internal surface of panel 15 and which comprises an extension 19 cooperating with a slot 20 (see figures 4a and 5) formed in a section 21 in a way which will be later on described in detail.
  • said third (17) and fourth (18) arms are provided with reinforcing ribs 27.
  • said ribs 27 are not essential for realising element 11, the component materials of which may vary in accordance with different design requirements.
  • Fig. 2 shows a form of embodiment similar to that of fig. 1, applied to a double-layer glass panel; elements similar to those already described with reference to fig. 1 carry the same reference signs, provided with a prime mark.
  • said third arm 17 is buried in a moulding of a resilient structural sealant 22, which also connects panel 15 with section 21 and which enables a precise positioning of element 10 relative to panel 15, while preserving all the possibilities of movement of panel 15 in respect of section 21.
  • gaskets 23, 24 realised in a resilient material are respectively placed between section 21 and panel 15 and between two adjacent sections 21.
  • each section 21 is provided with means (not shown in the figures) for connecting it to a rear supporting structure provided, in some instances, with mechanisms allowing the individual panels 15 or groups thereof to be opened about a vertical or a horizontal axis.
  • said fourth arm 18 may carry out three kinds of movement according to three directions which are substantially perpendicular to each other, namely:
  • a precise dimensioning of slot 20 and of arm 18 with the extension 19 allows the designer to predetermine the maximum allowable movement extent in each direction for each panel 15, achieving in this way the purposes of the invention, since a panel, advantageously a glass panel, is obtained which belongs to a window frame or to a structural walling system, which is mechanically retained (and which therefore fulfills the highest safety requirements) and which in the meantime allows both the working and laying tolerances and the size variations due to environmental external stresses to be widely compensated.
  • forms of embodiment falling within the scope of the invention include applications for glass panels having more than two glass layers, or panels provided with step-formed notches cooperating with the retaining element, as described in document DE-A-3.624.491, and thus visible from outside, as well as forms of embodiment according to which the supporting and anchoring device is used for retaining panels constituted by non-vitreous material, such as marble, stone, or granite panels, or any other panel-shaped building material as, for instance, synthetic plastic material as plexiglass.
  • the shape of the sections to be connected to the supporting structure may be widely modified and may not correspond to that shown in figs. 4a and 4b, provided that said section would comprise a slot suitable for cooperating with the panel retaining element.
  • the shape of said retaining element may also be modified within wide limits, provided that the element would comprise an arm for mechanically retaining the panel and an arm cooperating with the slot provided in the section.

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  • Load-Bearing And Curtain Walls (AREA)
  • Finishing Walls (AREA)
  • Securing Of Glass Panes Or The Like (AREA)
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EP90111760A 1989-06-23 1990-06-21 Supporting and mechanical anchoring device for panels belonging to a structural array of window frames and/or structural walling systems Expired EP0404151B1 (en)

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IT8984950A IT1234654B (it) 1989-06-23 1989-06-23 Dispositivo di supporto ed ancoraggio meccanico per pannelli appartamenti a reticoli strutturali di serramenti e/o facciate continue.
IT8495089 1989-06-23

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AT (1) ATE83034T1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE69000524T2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DK (1) DK0404151T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
ES (1) ES2037507T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GR (1) GR3007190T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
IT (1) IT1234654B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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EP3179025B1 (de) * 2015-12-08 2020-10-28 Heinz Eisenbach Absturzsicherung und glasfassade

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US3672107A (en) * 1970-05-11 1972-06-27 Corning Glass Works Gripping and sealing system for slab facing materials
DE8621152U1 (de) * 1986-08-07 1987-12-03 Christian Pohl GmbH, 5000 Köln Aus einzelnen Konstruktionselementen bestehender Bausatz für Wand- oder Deckenbekleidungen an Bauwerken
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DE69000524D1 (de) 1993-01-14
EP0404151A1 (en) 1990-12-27
DE69000524T2 (de) 1993-05-19
GR3007190T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1993-07-30

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