EP0484235A1 - Window or glazed door leaf with weatherproof cladding - Google Patents

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EP0484235A1
EP0484235A1 EP91402905A EP91402905A EP0484235A1 EP 0484235 A1 EP0484235 A1 EP 0484235A1 EP 91402905 A EP91402905 A EP 91402905A EP 91402905 A EP91402905 A EP 91402905A EP 0484235 A1 EP0484235 A1 EP 0484235A1
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    • 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
    • E06B7/00—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows
    • E06B7/14—Measures for draining-off condensed water or water leaking-in frame members for draining off condensation water, throats at the bottom of a sash
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    • 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
    • E06B3/30—Coverings, e.g. protecting against weather, for decorative purposes
    • 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
    • E06B3/5454—Fixing of glass panes or like plates inside U-shaped section members

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  • the present invention relates to a window or French window sash, the framing element of which is at least partially made of wood, the face of said framing element which is exposed to the weather being protected by a waterproof cover.
  • a frame element for windows of the conventional type that is to say without covering, is subjected to migration of water vapor between its interior faces, arranged on the interior side of the dwelling. on the walls of which said window has been integrated, and its external faces, arranged outside of said dwelling.
  • the partial water vapor pressure in a room is in fact generally much higher than the water vapor pressure outside the house, this difference in water vapor pressure causing these water vapor migrations through the wood of window frames.
  • the microporous protective paints with which the wood is usually coated window frames have the essential function of preventing the penetration of water inside said wood, but do not stop humidity in the form of water vapor.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome this major drawback.
  • interior faces of the framing element is understood to mean those of the faces of said framing element which are intended to be arranged inside a dwelling and by “exterior faces”. , those intended to be exposed to the weather.
  • internal framing contour and “external framing contour” also means the contours of said framing delimited by the walls of said framing element which are transverse with respect to said external and internal faces and which are respectively the closest and the most distant from the glazing of the panel which forms the framed element.
  • HACKER HACKER framing elements for windows, and in particular for window frames, which are crossed by recesses intended to allow partial ventilation of the wood.
  • the frame frame is in fact made of laminated wood, the heart of the frame being of a medium quality material, while the interior and exterior faces of the frame are made of good quality wood.
  • the outer face of the framing element is provided with a metal cover.
  • the medium quality wood which forms the core is provided with longitudinal ventilation grooves which pass through it in its thickness.
  • At least one transverse bore passes through said heart-shaped wood in order to put said longitudinal grooves into communication with the internal contour of the frame, this transverse bore opening out from the heart-forming wood at the level of the frame wall which delimits the frame contour internal of it.
  • this framing element is provided on its face covered with the metal cover with longitudinal ventilation grooves which are connected by bores to the longitudinal grooves made in the medium quality wood forming the core.
  • the ventilation structure proposed by this HACKER patent was essentially intended to overcome the problems posed by the conservation of medium quality wood. There is no general solution offered to the humidification problems encountered with casement windows with a wooden frame and waterproof casing. In addition, the proposed ventilation structure is mainly intended for frame elements forming a frame, and not for opening leaves.
  • the subject of the present invention is a window sash or French window sash, the face of which is intended to be exposed to the weather, is coated. a waterproof cover or covering, said leaf being provided with a ventilation structure of a new type. More particularly, this leaf is of the type without barrier, with mechanical assembly.
  • the glazing is supported on glazing shims arranged inside a framing groove with which said leaf is provided. Ventilation recesses distributed over the entire periphery of the leaf pass at least partially through the thickness of said leaf from the bottom of said groove to the external contour of said leaf. Some of these recesses open from said leaf at the level of said external contour.
  • the glazing groove connects the various recesses with which the leaf is provided and therefore plays the role of a ventilation groove.
  • the recesses distributed over the entire periphery of the leaf have another major advantage, since they make it possible to treat the wood (for example against fungi, insects, etc.) not only superficially at the level of the faces of the element of framing and its walls which delimit the internal, external contours but also at heart.
  • the framing element of the leaf in an autoclave is subjected to a conventional treatment, for example fungicide and insecticide, the wood of the framing element will be treated to the core at said recesses.
  • the leaf will therefore have better resistance over time than the traditional type leaves.
  • the recesses which the invention proposes to provide with the hooded framing elements for leaves are not most not directly visible. They open out from said framing element, neither at these internal faces, nor at these external faces, but mainly at the top and bottom crosspieces.
  • the recesses made on the uprights they are, apart from a few made possibly for example in the upper part of the uprights, blind holes.
  • a window sash according to the invention is therefore just as aesthetic as the window sashes with cowlings known up to now.
  • the invention proposes a casing of framing elements of a much better seal than the casings of the prior art.
  • the invention also provides, within the framework of French window with wooden panels, a framing element associated with a seal which provides a seal around its entire periphery between its framing grooves and said wooden panel, said seal having the advantage of not being visible once the assembly of the wooden panel / framing element has been carried out and offers a non-sticky seal, consequently allowing the disassembly of said framing element, for example for the possible replacement of a glass broken or a damaged part of the French window which is associated with said framing element.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a window sash, French window or the like, the framing element of which is at least partially made of wood, said sash being intended to be exposed by one of its sides to bad weather, the other side being intended to be placed inside a dwelling, the faces of the framing element intended to be exposed to the weather being covered with a cover made of a waterproof material, said element frame being provided over its entire inner periphery with a continuous groove receiving the glazing or the panel of the leaf, characterized in that said frame element is provided with recesses distributed over its entire contour and which pass through it from the bottom of said groove as far as the walls of said framing element which delimit its external contour, at least some of these recesses being recesses opening out at the level of said external contour.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view with cutaway of a window sash according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a front view of a corner of said window sash.
  • Figure 3 is a sectional view along line III-III of Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is a top view with cutaway of an amount of said leaf.
  • Figure 5 is a sectional view along the line V-V of Figure 4.
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional view along the line VI-VI of FIG. 2 illustrating the mechanical assembly between the upright and the cross member forming the angle of said FIG. 2.
  • Figure 7 is a sectional view of a detail of a window with wooden panel associated with a framing element according to the invention.
  • the window sash which is shown essentially comprises a framing support 1 associated with a glass pane V.
  • This framing support consists of two uprights 2 and two crosspieces 3 assembled together mechanically as will be described more far with reference to Figure 6.
  • the cross members 3 abut at their ends against the uprights 2, the upright 2 and the cross member 3 shown in Figure 2 together forming a right angle referenced by A.
  • the framing support 1 is provided on its inner periphery with a continuous groove 4 in which the glazing V is housed.
  • This groove 4 is delimited on each upright 2 and passes through 3 by the sides of two cheeks of grooves 5 and 6 opposite.
  • the groove cheek 5 is intended to be placed, once the entire leaf has been put in place in its frame, on the side of the window which is outside the house and which is therefore exposed to the weather.
  • the groove cheek 6 is intended to be arranged on the inside of the window.
  • This groove cheek 6 is extended on the side of the leaf opposite the glazing V by an abutment rebate 7 having substantially the same thickness and intended to come to bear, by its substantially flat face forming a heel directed towards the outside of the window, on a complementary wall of the door leaf 1.
  • the groove 4 is provided on its inside with two internal shoulders 5a, 6a disposed on each of the two sides 5 and 6 towards the bottom 4a of said groove 4. These two shoulders 5a, 6a serve as support for squaring adjustment wedges C on which the glazing V comes to bear. Between said glazing V and the side of the cheek 6 is disposed a glazing joint J which advantageously extends over the entire length of the groove 4 by resting on a shoulder 6b with which said cheek 6 is provided between the shoulder 6a and the end of said cheek 6 which delimits the internal frame contour.
  • Each cross member 3 and upright 2 is associated for this purpose with a profiled aluminum sheet, respectively referenced by 10 and 11.
  • These sheets 10 and 11 each extend respectively over the entire length of the upright 2 or of the cross member 3 to which they are associated by clipping, on the one hand, on a projecting edge 12 which is provided with the frame 1 over its entire outer framing periphery at the level of the overlapping rebate 16, which is the wall which delimits, with the heel 7 the external contour of the framing element 1 and, on the other hand, on the groove cheeks 5.
  • the framing element 1 is associated with means 15 intended to slow down and even stop the migration of water vapor between its interior and exterior faces.
  • mortises 18 which are formed in the mass of said cross member 3 between the face of said cross member which is intended to be disposed inside the dwelling and the cowling 9, extending across the bottom 4a of the groove 4 up to the overlap rebate 16, towards the edge 12 of clipping of the cowling 9. Said mortises 18 extend over at least 60% of the length of the bottom cross member 3.
  • These means 15 also comprise regularly distributed over the uprights 2 of the leaf of the cylindrical holes 19 extending in the thickness of the said leaf from the bottom 4a of the groove 4 as far as the outer framing contour of the leaf.
  • the axes of these holes 10 extend perpendicularly by relative to the periphery contours of the framing element 1, in the median plane of the leaf.
  • Said holes 19 are mostly blind holes.
  • Such cylindrical holes can also be arranged on the top crossmember. These different cylindrical holes 19 and 19a are 9 mm in diameter and are distributed over the uprights and the top crosspiece with a center distance between two successive holes 19, 19a of 10 cm.
  • the stop thickness between the bottom of the blind holes 19 and the outer contour of the leaf is 3 to 4 mm.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the mechanical assembly of an upright 2 and of a cross member of the leaf shown in FIGS. 1 to 5.
  • the cross member 3 which is shown is terminated at its end by a tab 7a projecting extending the central part of said cross member 3, this tab 7a being intended to fit in a complementary manner in the groove 4 at the angle A.
  • the seal 8 is interposed at the tab 7a between the cross-member 3 and the upright 2. This seal has a substantially U-shape with extended edges and follows the shape of the groove 4 and the cheeks of grooves 4 and 5.
  • the upright 3 is crossed by a threaded metal bush 21 the thread of which engages with the wood of the upright.
  • This socket 21 itself receives inside a screw 22 whose head 23 is supported, by means of a flat washer 24a and a frustoconical washer 24b, on the outer periphery of the upright and the end opposite to said head 23 is threaded, this thread cooperating with the inner thread of a traction insert 25 disposed in a recess which is fitted with the crosspiece.
  • the aluminum sheet 10 associated with the cross-member 3 ends at each of its ends by which said cross-member is in abutment on the uprights 2, by a tongue 13 which folds down on the skirt 14 which substantially extends the face of the cross member 3 which is exposed to the weather and which is intended, once said cross member 3 assembled on an upright 2 at this end, to laterally border the groove cheek 5 of said upright 2.
  • a tongue 13 which folds down on the skirt 14 which substantially extends the face of the cross member 3 which is exposed to the weather and which is intended, once said cross member 3 assembled on an upright 2 at this end, to laterally border the groove cheek 5 of said upright 2.
  • the tongue 13 Between this skirt 14 and the groove cheek 5 are interposed the tongue 13, an edge of the seal 8 and the part of the cover sheet 11 which covers said groove cheek 5, the edge 8 itself being interposed between said tongue 13 and said part of the sheet 11 which covers the cheek of the groove 5, thus achieving a perfect seal between the different sheets of the cowling.
  • FIG. 7 also shows a detail of a window door leaf according to the invention in which the framing element 30 is associated with a wooden panel 31 mounted in the groove 4 of said framing element 30.
  • This framing element is provided with means 15 which are for example mortises extending from the bottom of the groove 4 to the overlapping rebate 16, at the level of the bottom cross member of said French window.
  • This wooden panel is advantageously associated with a seal 33 whose main body is housed in a recess 32 formed in the thickness of the panel in wood 31 opposite the bottom of the groove 4 of the framing element 30, this joint 33 comprising a main tongue 34 which comes to be interposed between the wooden panel 31 and the inner flank of the rebate 35 which is that of two rebates of the frame element which is on the inside of the house.

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The window or glazed-door leaf with weatherproof cladding (9) is equipped on its bottom crosspiece (transom) (3) with rapid-drainage mortices (18) and, on its uprights (cheets) (2) and its top crosspiece (transom), with cylindrical holes (19), some (19a) of which are holes emerging at the level of the outer circumference of the said leaf, the said mortices (18) and the said holes (19) all emerging at the level of the bottom of the groove (4) framing the said leaf. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention est relative à un vantail de fenêtre ou de porte-fenêtre dont l'élément d'encadrement est au moins partiellement en bois, la face dudit élément d'encadrement qui est exposée aux intempéries étant protégée par un capotage étanche.The present invention relates to a window or French window sash, the framing element of which is at least partially made of wood, the face of said framing element which is exposed to the weather being protected by a waterproof cover.

Les éléments d'encadrement pour fenêtre et porte-fenêtre associés à des capotages de protection, par exemple métalliques, sont depuis longtemps connus. On peut par exemple se référer à cet égard au brevet HOLDIMAN US-4122633.The framing elements for windows and French windows associated with protective covers, for example metallic, have been known for a long time. One can for example refer in this regard to the patent HOLDIMAN US-4122633.

Sur le plan pratique, cependant, la réalisation d'encadrement de fenêtre, de porte-fenêtre ou analogue à capotage n'est pas sans difficultés.From a practical point of view, however, the production of window frames, French windows or the like with roll-over is not without difficulties.

On sait en effet qu'un élément d'encadrement pour fenêtres de type classique, c'est-à-dire sans capotage, est soumis à des migrations de vapeur d'eau entre ses faces intérieures, disposées du côté intérieur de l'habitation sur les murs de laquelle ladite fenêtre a été intégrée, et ses faces extérieures, disposées à l'extérieur de ladite habitation. La pression de vapeur d'eau partielle dans une pièce d'habitation est en effet en général beaucoup plus élevé que la pression de vapeur d'eau à l'extérieur de l'habitation, cette différence de pression de vapeur d'eau engendrant ces migrations de vapeur d'eau à travers le bois des encadrements de fenêtre. Il convient de noter, à cet égard, que les peintures microporeuses de protection dont on revêt habituellement les bois des encadrements de fenêtres, ont pour fonction essentielle d'empêcher la pénétration de l'eau à l'intérieur dudit bois, mais n'arrêtent aucunement l'humidité sous forme de vapeur d'eau.It is known in fact that a frame element for windows of the conventional type, that is to say without covering, is subjected to migration of water vapor between its interior faces, arranged on the interior side of the dwelling. on the walls of which said window has been integrated, and its external faces, arranged outside of said dwelling. The partial water vapor pressure in a room is in fact generally much higher than the water vapor pressure outside the house, this difference in water vapor pressure causing these water vapor migrations through the wood of window frames. It should be noted, in this regard, that the microporous protective paints with which the wood is usually coated window frames, have the essential function of preventing the penetration of water inside said wood, but do not stop humidity in the form of water vapor.

Or, lorsque l'on munit le bois des fenêtres d'un capotage, la vapeur d'eau se retrouve piégée au niveau dudit capotage et il arrive fréquemment que le bois de l'élément d'encadrement admette localement des pourcentages d'humidité supérieurs au seuil de 18 à 20% au-delà duquel ledit bois risque de se détériorer, notamment au fait de la condensation de la vapeur d'eau et donc d'une humidification permanente trop importante.When you cover the windows with wood, the water vapor becomes trapped in the level of said cowling and it frequently happens that the wood of the framing element locally admits humidity percentages above the threshold of 18 to 20% beyond which said wood risks deteriorating, in particular due to the condensation of water vapor and therefore excessive permanent humidification.

La présente invention a pour but de pallier cet inconvénient majeur.The object of the present invention is to overcome this major drawback.

Dans toute la suite du texte, on entend par "faces intérieures" de l'élément d'encadrement, celles des faces dudit élément d'encadrement qui sont destinées à être disposées à l'intérieur d'une habitation et par "faces extérieures", celles qui sont destinées à être exposées aux intempéries. On entend également par "contour interne d'encadrement" et "contour externe d'encadrement" les contours dudit encadrement délimités par les parois dudit élément d'encadrement qui sont transversales par rapport auxdites faces extérieures et intérieures et qui sont respectivement les plus proches et les plus éloignées du vitrage du panneau qui forme l'élément encadré.Throughout the remainder of the text, the expression “interior faces” of the framing element is understood to mean those of the faces of said framing element which are intended to be arranged inside a dwelling and by “exterior faces”. , those intended to be exposed to the weather. The term “internal framing contour” and “external framing contour” also means the contours of said framing delimited by the walls of said framing element which are transverse with respect to said external and internal faces and which are respectively the closest and the most distant from the glazing of the panel which forms the framed element.

Il a déjà été proposé dans le brevet FR-1422702 un élément d'encadrement pour fenêtre dont les faces destinées à être en contact avec le capotage de protection, sont munies de rainures d'aération s'étendant sur tout le pourtour dudit élément d'encadrement. Cependant, cette simple aération s'avère totalement insuffisante pour pouvoir servir de moyen de ralentissement de la vapeur d'eau.There has already been proposed in patent FR-1422702 a window frame element whose faces intended to be in contact with the protective cover, are provided with ventilation grooves extending around the entire periphery of said element. framing. However, this simple aeration is completely insufficient to be able to serve as a means of slowing down the water vapor.

On connaît encore par la demande de brevet DE-1659975 (HACKER) des éléments d'encadrement pour fenêtre, et notamment pour huisserie dormante de fenêtre, qui sont traversés par des évidements destinés à permettre une ventilation partielle du bois dans lesquelles lesdites huisseries sont constituées. L'encadrement d'huisserie y est en effet réalisé en bois lamellé, le coeur de l'encadrement étant en un matériau de qualité moyenne, tandis que les faces intérieures et extérieures de l'encadrement sont en des bois de bonnes qualités. La face extérieure de l'élément d'encadrement est munie d'un capotage métallique. Le bois de moyenne qualité qui forme le coeur est muni longitudinalement de rainures d'aération qui le traversent dans son épaisseur. Au moins un alésage transversal traverse ledit bois formant coeur pour mettre en communication lesdites rainures longitudinales avec le contour interne de l'encadrement, cet alésage transversal débouchant du bois formant coeur au niveau de la paroi de l'huisserie qui délimite le contour d'encadrement interne de celle-ci. Egalement, cet élément d'encadrement est muni sur sa face recouverte du capotage métallique de rainures d'aération longitudinales qui sont reliées par des alésages aux rainures longitudinales ménagées dans le bois de qualité moyenne formant coeur.We also know from patent application DE-1659975 (HACKER) framing elements for windows, and in particular for window frames, which are crossed by recesses intended to allow partial ventilation of the wood. in which said frames are made. The frame frame is in fact made of laminated wood, the heart of the frame being of a medium quality material, while the interior and exterior faces of the frame are made of good quality wood. The outer face of the framing element is provided with a metal cover. The medium quality wood which forms the core is provided with longitudinal ventilation grooves which pass through it in its thickness. At least one transverse bore passes through said heart-shaped wood in order to put said longitudinal grooves into communication with the internal contour of the frame, this transverse bore opening out from the heart-forming wood at the level of the frame wall which delimits the frame contour internal of it. Also, this framing element is provided on its face covered with the metal cover with longitudinal ventilation grooves which are connected by bores to the longitudinal grooves made in the medium quality wood forming the core.

La structure de ventilation proposée par ce brevet HACKER a été essentiellement prévue pour permettre de pallier les problèmes posés par la conservation du bois de moyenne qualité. Il n'y est pas proposé de solution générale aux problèmes d'humidification rencontrés avec les fenêtres à vantail à encadrement en bois et à capotage étanche. En outre, la structure d'aération proposée est principalement destinée à des éléments d'encadrement formant huisserie, et non à des vantaux ouvrants.The ventilation structure proposed by this HACKER patent was essentially intended to overcome the problems posed by the conservation of medium quality wood. There is no general solution offered to the humidification problems encountered with casement windows with a wooden frame and waterproof casing. In addition, the proposed ventilation structure is mainly intended for frame elements forming a frame, and not for opening leaves.

La présente invention a quant à elle pour objet un vantail de fenêtre ou de porte-fenêtre dont la face destinée à être exposée aux intempéries est revêtue d'un capotage ou revêtement étanche, ledit vantail étant muni d'une structure d'aération d'un type nouveau. Plus particulièrement, ce vantail est du type sans pare-close, à assemblage mécanique. Ainsi que cela a notamment été décrit dans les brevet et demandes de brevet de la demanderesse FR-2533253 et FR-2650854, dans le cas d'un vantail de fenêtre, le vitrage est en appui sur des cales de vitrage disposées à l'intérieur d'une rainure d'encadrement dont est muni ledit vantail. Des évidements d'aération répartis sur tout le pourtour du vantail traversent au moins partiellement l'épaisseur dudit vantail du fond de ladite rainure jusque vers le contour externe dudit vantail. Certains de ces évidements débouchent dudit vantail au niveau dudit contour externe. Ainsi, la rainure de vitrage met en communication les différents évidements dont est muni le vantail et joue donc le rôle d'une rainure de ventilation.The subject of the present invention is a window sash or French window sash, the face of which is intended to be exposed to the weather, is coated. a waterproof cover or covering, said leaf being provided with a ventilation structure of a new type. More particularly, this leaf is of the type without barrier, with mechanical assembly. As has been described in particular in the patents and patent applications of the applicant FR-2533253 and FR-2650854, in the case of a window sash, the glazing is supported on glazing shims arranged inside a framing groove with which said leaf is provided. Ventilation recesses distributed over the entire periphery of the leaf pass at least partially through the thickness of said leaf from the bottom of said groove to the external contour of said leaf. Some of these recesses open from said leaf at the level of said external contour. Thus, the glazing groove connects the various recesses with which the leaf is provided and therefore plays the role of a ventilation groove.

Les évidements répartis sur tout le pourtour du vantail présentent un autre avantage majeur, puisqu'ils permettent de traiter le bois (par exemple contre les champignons, les insectes, etc....) non seulement superficiellement au niveau des faces de l'élément d'encadrement et de ses parois qui délimitent les contours internes, externes mais aussi à coeur. Lorsqu'on soumet, en effet, l'élément d'encadrement du vantail en autoclave à un traitement classique, par exemple fongicide et insecticide, le bois de l'élément d'encadrement va être traité à coeur au niveau desdits évidements. Le vantail aura donc une meilleure tenue dans le temps que les vantaux de type classique.The recesses distributed over the entire periphery of the leaf have another major advantage, since they make it possible to treat the wood (for example against fungi, insects, etc.) not only superficially at the level of the faces of the element of framing and its walls which delimit the internal, external contours but also at heart. When, in fact, the framing element of the leaf in an autoclave is subjected to a conventional treatment, for example fungicide and insecticide, the wood of the framing element will be treated to the core at said recesses. The leaf will therefore have better resistance over time than the traditional type leaves.

Il est également important de noter que les évidements dont l'invention propose de munir les éléments d'encadrement à capotage pour vantaux ne sont la plupart pas directement visibles. Ils ne débouchent dudit élément d'encadrement, ni au niveau de ces faces intérieures, ni au niveau de ces faces extérieures, mais principalement au niveau des traverses haute et basse. Quant aux évidements réalisés sur les montants, ils sont, à part quelques uns réalisés éventuellement par exemple en partie haute des montants, des trous borgnes. Un vantail de fenêtre conforme à l'invention est donc tout aussi esthétique que les vantaux de fenêtre à capotage connus jusqu'à présent.It is also important to note that the recesses which the invention proposes to provide with the hooded framing elements for leaves are not most not directly visible. They open out from said framing element, neither at these internal faces, nor at these external faces, but mainly at the top and bottom crosspieces. As for the recesses made on the uprights, they are, apart from a few made possibly for example in the upper part of the uprights, blind holes. A window sash according to the invention is therefore just as aesthetic as the window sashes with cowlings known up to now.

Accessoirement, dans un autre de ses aspects, l'invention propose un capotage d'éléments d'encadrement d'une bien meilleure étanchéité que les capotages de l'état de la technique. En outre l'invention propose encore dans le cadre de porte-fenêtre à panneaux en bois un élément d'encadrement associé à un joint qui réalise sur tout son pourtour une étanchéité entre ses rainures d'encadrement et ledit panneau en bois, ledit joint présentant l'avantage de ne pas être visible une fois le montage du panneau en bois/élément d'encadrement réalisé et offre un joint non collant, permettant par conséquent le démontage dudit élément d'encadrement, par exemple pour le remplacement éventuel d'un verre cassé ou d'une pièce détériorée de la porte-fenêtre qui est associée audit élément d'encadrement.Incidentally, in another of its aspects, the invention proposes a casing of framing elements of a much better seal than the casings of the prior art. In addition, the invention also provides, within the framework of French window with wooden panels, a framing element associated with a seal which provides a seal around its entire periphery between its framing grooves and said wooden panel, said seal having the advantage of not being visible once the assembly of the wooden panel / framing element has been carried out and offers a non-sticky seal, consequently allowing the disassembly of said framing element, for example for the possible replacement of a glass broken or a damaged part of the French window which is associated with said framing element.

La présente invention a donc pour objet un vantail de fenêtre, porte-fenêtre ou analogue, dont l'élément d'encadrement est au moins partiellement en bois, ledit vantail étant destiné à être exposé par un de ses côtés aux intempéries, l'autre côté étant destiné à être disposé à l'intérieur d'une habitation, les faces de l'élément d'encadrement destinées à être exposées aux intempéries étant recouvertes d'un capotage en un matériau étanche à l'eau, ledit élément d'encadrement étant muni sur toute sa périphérie intérieure d'une rainure continue recevant le vitrage ou le panneau du vantail, caractérisé en ce que ledit élément d'encadrement est muni d'évidements répartis sur tout son contour et qui le traversent du fond de ladite rainure jusque vers les parois dudit élément d'encadrement qui délimitent son contour externe, au moins certains de ces évidements étant des évidements débouchant au niveau dudit contour externe.The present invention therefore relates to a window sash, French window or the like, the framing element of which is at least partially made of wood, said sash being intended to be exposed by one of its sides to bad weather, the other side being intended to be placed inside a dwelling, the faces of the framing element intended to be exposed to the weather being covered with a cover made of a waterproof material, said element frame being provided over its entire inner periphery with a continuous groove receiving the glazing or the panel of the leaf, characterized in that said frame element is provided with recesses distributed over its entire contour and which pass through it from the bottom of said groove as far as the walls of said framing element which delimit its external contour, at least some of these recesses being recesses opening out at the level of said external contour.

Ce vantail sera avantageusement complété par les caractéristiques suivantes prises seules ou selon toutes leurs combinaisons techniquement possibles:

  • le contour externe du panneau ou du vitrage dudit vantail définit avec ladite rainure et le fond de ladite rainure un canal de ventilation mettant en communication les évidements débouchant au niveau dudit fond;
  • ledit vantail est du type sans pare-close à assemblage mécanique;
  • la traverse basse dudit vantail est munie de mortaises de drainage rapide;
  • une mortaise s'étend en biais du fond de la rainure d'encadrement jusqu'aux parois qui délimitent le contour externe dudit élément d'encadrement, ladite mortaise débouchant au niveau dudit contour externe vers le capotage qui est associé audit élément d'encadrement;
  • les montants sont munis de trous borgnes traversant lesdits montants sur sensiblement toute leur épaisseur du fond de la rainure d'encadrement jusque vers le contour externe d'encadrement;
  • les montants sont munis de trous débouchants qui traversent lesdits montants dans leur épaisseur du fond de la rainure d'encadrement jusqu'au niveau du contour externe de l'élément d'encadrement;
  • un montant est muni principalement de trous borgnes et comprend au moins un trou débouchant disposé vers la traverse haute de l'élément d'encadrement;
  • un trou est de forme sensiblement cylindrique;
  • un tel trou s'étend dans un montant avec un axe dans le plan médian du vantail et sensiblement perpendiculaire au contour de l'élément d'encadrement;
  • les traverses étant assemblées mécaniquement aux montants, les éléments d'assemblage mécaniques comportent une douille cylindrique creuse à filetage externe s'étendant au moins partiellement dans l'épaisseur du montant et traversée en son intérieur par le corps d'une vis munie d'un filetage externe coopérant avec le filetage intérieur d'un insert disposé à l'intérieur de la traverse, le filetage externe de ladite douille étant en prise avec les fibres de bois dudit montant, la tête de ladite vis étant en appui, éventuellement par au moins une rondelle interposée, sur une surface du contour externe du montant;
  • dans le cas d'un vantail de porte-fenêtre, l'élément d'encadrement est associé à un panneau en bois muni d'un joint d'étanchéité encastré principalement dans un évidement ménagé dans l'épaisseur dudit panneau en bois et dont une partie en saillie par rapport audit évidement est intercalée entre le flanc intérieur d'une feuillure dudit élément d'encadrement et ledit panneau en bois;
  • les traverses et les montants sont assemblés de façon qu'une traverse soit en appui sur un montant au niveau de chacune de ses extrémités, chaque montant et traverse étant associés à une feuille de capotage qui lui est solidarisée par clipsage, une feuille de capotage associée à une traverse comportant à chacune de ses extrémités une languette rabattue sur un des bords d'extrémité de ladite traverse et épousant la forme de la feuille du capotage du montant auquel elle est associée au niveau de cette extrémité, avec interposition du joint d'étanchéité entre lesdites feuilles de capotage.
This leaf will advantageously be completed by the following characteristics taken alone or in all their technically possible combinations:
  • the outer contour of the panel or glazing of said leaf defines with said groove and the bottom of said groove a ventilation channel bringing into communication the recesses opening out at said bottom;
  • said leaf is of the type without a mechanical assembly barrier;
  • the lower cross member of said leaf is provided with rapid drainage mortises;
  • a mortise extends obliquely from the bottom of the framing groove to the walls which delimit the external contour of said framing element, said mortise opening at said external contour towards the cowling which is associated with said framing element;
  • the uprights are provided with blind holes passing through said uprights over substantially their entire thickness from the bottom of the framing groove to the outer framing contour;
  • the uprights are provided with through holes which pass through said uprights in their thickness from the bottom of the framing groove to the level of the external contour of the framing element;
  • an upright is provided mainly with blind holes and comprises at least one through hole arranged towards the upper crosspiece of the framing element;
  • a hole is of substantially cylindrical shape;
  • such a hole extends in an upright with an axis in the median plane of the leaf and substantially perpendicular to the contour of the framing element;
  • the crosspieces being mechanically assembled to the uprights, the mechanical assembly elements comprise a hollow cylindrical bushing with external thread extending at least partially in the thickness of the upright and traversed inside by the body of a screw provided with a external thread cooperating with the internal thread of an insert disposed inside the cross member, the external thread of said socket being engaged with the wood fibers of said upright, the head of said screw being in abutment, possibly by at least an interposed washer, on a surface of the external contour of the upright;
  • in the case of a window door leaf, the framing element is associated with a wooden panel provided with a gasket embedded mainly in a recess made in the thickness of said wooden panel and one of which part projecting from said recess is interposed between the inner flank of a rebate of said frame member and said wooden panel;
  • the crosspieces and the uprights are assembled so that a crosspiece is supported on an upright at each of its ends, each upright and crosspiece being associated with a cover sheet which is secured to it by clipping, a sheet of cowling associated with a cross member comprising at each of its ends a tongue folded over one of the end edges of said cross member and conforming to the shape of the sheet of the cowling of the upright with which it is associated at this end, with interposition of the gasket sealing between said cover sheets.

Les descriptions qui suivent de plusieurs modes de réalisation de l'invention sont purement illustratives et non limitatives. Elles doivent être lues en regard des dessins annexés sur lesquels:The following descriptions of several embodiments of the invention are purely illustrative and not limiting. They must be read in conjunction with the appended drawings in which:

La Figure 1 est une vue en perspective avec arraché d'un vantail de fenêtre conforme à l'invention.Figure 1 is a perspective view with cutaway of a window sash according to the invention.

La Figure 2 est une vue de face d'un angle dudit vantail de fenêtre.Figure 2 is a front view of a corner of said window sash.

La Figure 3 est une vue en coupe selon la ligne III-III de la Figure 2.Figure 3 is a sectional view along line III-III of Figure 2.

La Figure 4 est une vue de dessus avec arraché d'un montant dudit vantail.Figure 4 is a top view with cutaway of an amount of said leaf.

La Figure 5 est une vue en coupe selon la ligne V-V de la Figure 4.Figure 5 is a sectional view along the line V-V of Figure 4.

La Figure 6 est une vue en coupe selon la ligne VI-VI de la Figure 2 illustrant l'assemblage mécanique entre le montant et la traverse réalisant l'angle de ladite Figure 2.FIG. 6 is a sectional view along the line VI-VI of FIG. 2 illustrating the mechanical assembly between the upright and the cross member forming the angle of said FIG. 2.

La Figure 7 est une vue en coupe d'un détail de porte-fenêtre à panneau en bois associée à un élément d'encadrement conforme à l'invention.Figure 7 is a sectional view of a detail of a window with wooden panel associated with a framing element according to the invention.

On se réfère principalement aux Figures 1 à 3. Le vantail de fenêtre qui est représenté comporte essentiellement un support d'encadrement 1 associé à une vitre V. Ce support d'encadrement est constitué de deux montants 2 et de deux traverses 3 assemblées ensemble mécaniquement ainsi que cela sera décrit plus loin en référence à la Figure 6. Les traverses 3 sont en butée à leurs extrémités contre les montants 2, le montant 2 et la traverse 3 représentés sur la Figure 2 formant ensemble un angle droit référencé par A.We mainly refer to Figures 1 to 3. The window sash which is shown essentially comprises a framing support 1 associated with a glass pane V. This framing support consists of two uprights 2 and two crosspieces 3 assembled together mechanically as will be described more far with reference to Figure 6. The cross members 3 abut at their ends against the uprights 2, the upright 2 and the cross member 3 shown in Figure 2 together forming a right angle referenced by A.

Le support d'encadrement 1 est muni sur sa périphérie intérieure d'une rainure continue 4 dans laquelle vient se loger le vitrage V. Cette rainure 4 est délimitée sur chaque montant 2 et traverse 3 par les flancs de deux joues de rainures 5 et 6 en regard. La joue de rainure 5 est destinée à être disposée, une fois l'ensemble du vantail mis en place dans son huisserie, du côté de la fenêtre qui est à l'extérieur de l'habitation et qui est donc exposée aux intempéries. La joue de rainure 6 est quant à elle destinée à être disposée du côté intérieur de la fenêtre. Cette joue de rainure 6 est prolongée du côté du vantail opposé au vitrage V par une feuillure de butée 7 ayant sensiblement la même épaisseur et destinée à venir en appui, par sa face sensiblement plate formant talon dirigés vers l'extérieur de la fenêtre, sur une paroi complémentaire de l'huisserie du vantail 1.The framing support 1 is provided on its inner periphery with a continuous groove 4 in which the glazing V is housed. This groove 4 is delimited on each upright 2 and passes through 3 by the sides of two cheeks of grooves 5 and 6 opposite. The groove cheek 5 is intended to be placed, once the entire leaf has been put in place in its frame, on the side of the window which is outside the house and which is therefore exposed to the weather. The groove cheek 6 is intended to be arranged on the inside of the window. This groove cheek 6 is extended on the side of the leaf opposite the glazing V by an abutment rebate 7 having substantially the same thickness and intended to come to bear, by its substantially flat face forming a heel directed towards the outside of the window, on a complementary wall of the door leaf 1.

Ainsi qu'on peut le voir plus particulièrement sur la Figure 3, la rainure 4 est munie en son intérieur de deux épaulements internes 5a, 6a disposés sur chacun des deux flancs 5 et 6 vers le fond 4a de ladite rainure 4. Ces deux épaulements 5a, 6a servent d'appui à des cales de réglage d'équerrage C sur lesquelles le vitrage V vient porter. Entre ledit vitrage V et le flanc de la joue 6 est disposé un joint de vitrage J qui s'étend avantageusement sur toute la longueur de la rainure 4 en s'appuyant sur un épaulement 6b dont est munie ladite joue 6 entre l'épaulement 6a et l'extrémité de ladite joue 6 qui délimite le contour d'encadrement interne.As can be seen more particularly in Figure 3, the groove 4 is provided on its inside with two internal shoulders 5a, 6a disposed on each of the two sides 5 and 6 towards the bottom 4a of said groove 4. These two shoulders 5a, 6a serve as support for squaring adjustment wedges C on which the glazing V comes to bear. Between said glazing V and the side of the cheek 6 is disposed a glazing joint J which advantageously extends over the entire length of the groove 4 by resting on a shoulder 6b with which said cheek 6 is provided between the shoulder 6a and the end of said cheek 6 which delimits the internal frame contour.

Les faces de l'encadrement qui sont destinées à être exposées aux intempéries sont revêtues d'un capotage 9 ayant à la fois des fonctions de protection et de décoration. Chaque traverse 3 et montant 2 est associé à cet effet à une feuille en aluminium profilée, respectivement référencée par 10 et 11. Ces feuilles 10 et 11 s'étendent chacune respectivement sur toute la longueur du montant 2 ou de la traverse 3 à laquelle elles sont associées en se clipsant, d'une part, sur une bordure en saillie 12 dont est muni l'encadrement 1 sur toute sa périphérie d'encadrement extérieure au niveau de la feuillure de recouvrement 16, qui est la paroi qui délimite, avec le talon 7 le contour externe de l'élément d'encadrement 1 et, d'autre part, sur les joues de rainure 5.The faces of the frame which are intended to be exposed to the weather are coated with a cover 9 having both protective and decorative functions. Each cross member 3 and upright 2 is associated for this purpose with a profiled aluminum sheet, respectively referenced by 10 and 11. These sheets 10 and 11 each extend respectively over the entire length of the upright 2 or of the cross member 3 to which they are associated by clipping, on the one hand, on a projecting edge 12 which is provided with the frame 1 over its entire outer framing periphery at the level of the overlapping rebate 16, which is the wall which delimits, with the heel 7 the external contour of the framing element 1 and, on the other hand, on the groove cheeks 5.

On se réfère maintenant plus particulièrement aux Figures 1 à 5. L'élément d'encadrement 1 est associé à des moyens 15 destinés à ralentir et même arrêter la migration de la vapeur d'eau entre ses faces intérieures et extérieures.Reference is now made more particularly to FIGS. 1 to 5. The framing element 1 is associated with means 15 intended to slow down and even stop the migration of water vapor between its interior and exterior faces.

Ces moyens 15 comprennent, par exemple, des mortaises 18 qui sont ménagées dans la masse de ladite traverse 3 entre la face de ladite traverse qui est destinée à être disposée à l'intérieur de l'habitation et le capotage 9, en s'étendant en biais du fond 4a de la rainure 4 jusqu'à la feuillure de recouvrement 16, vers la bordure 12 de clipsage du capotage 9. Lesdites mortaises 18 s'étendent sur au moins 60% de la longueur de la traverse basse 3.These means 15 comprise, for example, mortises 18 which are formed in the mass of said cross member 3 between the face of said cross member which is intended to be disposed inside the dwelling and the cowling 9, extending across the bottom 4a of the groove 4 up to the overlap rebate 16, towards the edge 12 of clipping of the cowling 9. Said mortises 18 extend over at least 60% of the length of the bottom cross member 3.

Ces moyens 15 comportent encore répartis régulièrement sur les montants 2 du vantail des trous cylindriques 19 s'étendant dans l'épaisseur dudit vantail du fond 4a de la rainure 4 jusque vers le contour d'encadrement extérieur du vantail. Les axes de ces trous 10 s'étendent perpendiculairement par rapport aux contours de périphérie de l'élément d'encadrement 1, dans le plan médian du vantail. Lesdits trous 19 sont en majorité des trous borgnes. On aura néanmoins muni la partie haute des montants 2 de trous débouchant 19a de façon à assurer avec les mortaises 18, qui permettent un drainage rapide de l'humidité, et avec le canal défini entre le fond 4a de la rainure 4 et les parois du contour externe du vitrage 5 en regard, la circulation de l'air et de la vapeur d'eau dans l'ensemble des évidements ménagés tout autour dudit vantail. De tels trous cylindriques peuvent être également disposés sur la traverse haute. Ces différents trous cylindriques 19 et 19a sont de 9 mm de diamètre et sont répartis sur les montants et la traverse haute avec un entraxe entre deux trous 19, 19a successifs de 10 cm. L'épaisseur d'arrêt entre le fond des trous borgues 19 et le contour externe du vantail est de 3 à 4 mm.These means 15 also comprise regularly distributed over the uprights 2 of the leaf of the cylindrical holes 19 extending in the thickness of the said leaf from the bottom 4a of the groove 4 as far as the outer framing contour of the leaf. The axes of these holes 10 extend perpendicularly by relative to the periphery contours of the framing element 1, in the median plane of the leaf. Said holes 19 are mostly blind holes. However, we will have provided the upper part of the uprights 2 with through holes 19a so as to ensure with the mortises 18, which allow rapid drainage of moisture, and with the channel defined between the bottom 4a of the groove 4 and the walls of the external contour of the glazing 5 opposite, the circulation of air and water vapor in all of the recesses formed around said leaf. Such cylindrical holes can also be arranged on the top crossmember. These different cylindrical holes 19 and 19a are 9 mm in diameter and are distributed over the uprights and the top crosspiece with a center distance between two successive holes 19, 19a of 10 cm. The stop thickness between the bottom of the blind holes 19 and the outer contour of the leaf is 3 to 4 mm.

On se réfère plus particulièrement à la Figure 6 qui illustre l'assemblage mécanique d'un montant 2 et d'une traverse du vantail représentés sur les Figures 1 à 5. La traverse 3 qui est représentée est terminée à son extrémité par une patte 7a en saillie prolongeant la partie centrale de ladite traverse 3, cette patte 7a étant destinée à s'encastrer de façon complémentaire dans la rainure 4 au niveau de l'angle A. Le joint d'étanchéité 8 est interposé au niveau de la patte 7a entre la traverse 3 et le montant 2. Ce joint d'étanchéité a une forme sensiblement de U à bords prolongés et épouse la forme de la rainure 4 et des joues de rainures 4 et 5. Le montant 3 est traversé par une douille 21 métallique filetée dont le filetage vient en prise avec le bois du montant. Cette douille 21 reçoit elle-même en son intérieur une vis 22 dont la tête 23 s'appuie, par l'intermédiaire d'une rondelle plate 24a et d'une rondelle tronconique 24b, sur la périphérie extérieure du montant et dont l'extrémité opposée à ladite tête 23 est filetée, ce filetage coopérant avec le filetage intérieur d'un insert 25 de traction disposé dans un évidement dont est munie la traverse.Reference is made more particularly to FIG. 6 which illustrates the mechanical assembly of an upright 2 and of a cross member of the leaf shown in FIGS. 1 to 5. The cross member 3 which is shown is terminated at its end by a tab 7a projecting extending the central part of said cross member 3, this tab 7a being intended to fit in a complementary manner in the groove 4 at the angle A. The seal 8 is interposed at the tab 7a between the cross-member 3 and the upright 2. This seal has a substantially U-shape with extended edges and follows the shape of the groove 4 and the cheeks of grooves 4 and 5. The upright 3 is crossed by a threaded metal bush 21 the thread of which engages with the wood of the upright. This socket 21 itself receives inside a screw 22 whose head 23 is supported, by means of a flat washer 24a and a frustoconical washer 24b, on the outer periphery of the upright and the end opposite to said head 23 is threaded, this thread cooperating with the inner thread of a traction insert 25 disposed in a recess which is fitted with the crosspiece.

On voit également sur cette Figure 6 que la feuille 10 en aluminium associée à la traverse 3 se termine au niveau de chacune de ses extrémités par laquelle ladite traverse est en butée sur des montants 2, par une languette 13 se rabattant sur la jupe 14 qui prolonge sensiblement la face de la traverse 3 qui est exposée aux intempéries et qui est destinée, une fois ladite traverse 3 assemblée sur un montant 2 au niveau de cette extrémité, à border latéralement la joue de rainure 5 dudit montant 2. Entre cette jupe 14 et la joue de rainure 5 sont interposés la languette 13, un bord du joint 8 et la partie de la feuille de capotage 11 qui recouvre ladite joue de rainure 5, le bord 8 étant lui-même interposé entre ladite languette 13 et ladite partie de la feuille 11 qui recouvre la joue de la rainure 5, réalisant ainsi une étanchéité parfaite entre les différentes feuilles du capotage.It can also be seen in this FIG. 6 that the aluminum sheet 10 associated with the cross-member 3 ends at each of its ends by which said cross-member is in abutment on the uprights 2, by a tongue 13 which folds down on the skirt 14 which substantially extends the face of the cross member 3 which is exposed to the weather and which is intended, once said cross member 3 assembled on an upright 2 at this end, to laterally border the groove cheek 5 of said upright 2. Between this skirt 14 and the groove cheek 5 are interposed the tongue 13, an edge of the seal 8 and the part of the cover sheet 11 which covers said groove cheek 5, the edge 8 itself being interposed between said tongue 13 and said part of the sheet 11 which covers the cheek of the groove 5, thus achieving a perfect seal between the different sheets of the cowling.

On a encore représenté sur la Figure 7 un détail de vantail de porte-fenêtre conforme à l'invention dans lequel l'élément d'encadrement 30 est associé à un panneau en bois 31 monté dans la rainure 4 dudit élément d'encadrement 30. Cet élément d'encadrement est muni de moyens 15 qui sont par exemple des mortaises s'étendant du fond de la rainure 4 jusqu'à la feuillure de recouvrement 16, au niveau de la traverse basse de ladite porte-fenêtre. Ce panneau en bois est avantageusement associé à un joint d'étanchéité 33 dont le corps principal est logé dans un évidement 32 ménagé dans l'épaisseur du panneau en bois 31 en regard du fond de la rainure 4 de l'élément d'encadrement 30, ce joint 33 comportant une langue principale 34 qui vient s'interposer entre le panneau 31 en bois et le flanc intérieur de la feuillure 35 qui est celle des deux feuillures de l'élément d'encadrement qui se trouve du côté intérieur de l'habitation.FIG. 7 also shows a detail of a window door leaf according to the invention in which the framing element 30 is associated with a wooden panel 31 mounted in the groove 4 of said framing element 30. This framing element is provided with means 15 which are for example mortises extending from the bottom of the groove 4 to the overlapping rebate 16, at the level of the bottom cross member of said French window. This wooden panel is advantageously associated with a seal 33 whose main body is housed in a recess 32 formed in the thickness of the panel in wood 31 opposite the bottom of the groove 4 of the framing element 30, this joint 33 comprising a main tongue 34 which comes to be interposed between the wooden panel 31 and the inner flank of the rebate 35 which is that of two rebates of the frame element which is on the inside of the house.

Il a été établi par des tests probants sur éprouvettes exposées entre deux climats différents pendant 12 semaines,

  • . Climat chaud et humide, 75% d'humidité, (23°C poids d'eau de 13 g par m³ d'air)
  • . Climat froid à 3°C et 80% d'humidité (poids d'eau de 3g m³ d'air)
que l'humidité du bois restait inférieure à 16% en tous points, même entre les trous de ventilation, car le sens préférentiel de circulation des molécules d'eau dans les fibres de bois de fil les fait, dans tous les cas, se diriger vers les trous de ventilation.It has been established by convincing tests on test pieces exposed between two different climates for 12 weeks,
  • . Hot and humid climate, 75% humidity, (23 ° C weight of water 13 g per m³ of air)
  • . Cold climate at 3 ° C and 80% humidity (weight of water 3g m³ of air)
that the humidity of the wood remained below 16% in all points, even between the ventilation holes, because the preferential direction of circulation of the water molecules in the wood fibers of the yarn makes them, in all cases, move towards the ventilation holes.

Les signes de référence insérés après les caractéristiques techniques mentionnées dans les revendications, ont pour seul but de faciliter la compréhension de ces dernières, et n'en limitent aucunement la portée.The reference signs inserted after the technical characteristics mentioned in the claims, have the sole purpose of facilitating the understanding of the latter, and in no way limit their scope.

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Vantail de fenêtre, porte-fenêtre ou analogue, dont l'élément d'encadrement (1) est au moins partiellement en bois, ledit vantail étant destiné à être exposé par un de ses côtés aux intempéries, l'autre côté étant destiné à être disposé à l'intérieur d'une habitation, les faces de l'élément d'encadrement destinées à être exposées aux intempéries étant recouvertes d'un capotage (9) en un matériau étanche à l'eau, ledit élément d'encadrement (1) étant muni sur toute sa périphérie intérieure d'une rainure (4) continue recevant le vitrage (V) ou le panneau (31) du vantail, caractérisé en ce que ledit élément d'encadrement (1) est muni d'évidements (18, 19, 19a) répartis sur tout son contour et qui le traversent du fond (4a) de ladite rainure (4) jusque vers les parois dudit élément d'encadrement (1) qui délimitent son contour externe, au moins certains de ces évidements (18, 19a) étant des évidements débouchant au niveau dudit contour externe.Window leaf, French window or the like, the framing element (1) of which is at least partially made of wood, said leaf being intended to be exposed by one of its sides to the weather, the other side being intended to be arranged inside a dwelling, the faces of the framing element intended to be exposed to the weather being covered with a cover (9) made of a waterproof material, said framing element (1 ) being provided over its entire inner periphery with a continuous groove (4) receiving the glazing (V) or the panel (31) of the leaf, characterized in that said framing element (1) is provided with recesses (18 , 19, 19a) distributed over its entire contour and which pass through it from the bottom (4a) of said groove (4) up to the walls of said framing element (1) which delimit its external contour, at least some of these recesses ( 18, 19a) being recesses opening at said external contour rne. Vantail selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le contour externe du panneau (31) ou du vitrage (V) dudit vantail définit avec ladite rainure (4) et le fond (4a) de ladite rainure un canal de ventilation mettant en communication les évidements (18, 19) débouchant au niveau dudit fond (4a).Leaf according to claim 1, characterized in that the external contour of the panel (31) or of the glazing (V) of said leaf defines with said groove (4) and the bottom (4a) of said groove a ventilation channel connecting the recesses (18, 19) opening out at the level of said bottom (4a). Vantail selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'il est du type sans pare-close à assemblage mécanique.Leaf according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that it is of the type without mechanical barrier. Vantail selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que la traverse (3) basse dudit vantail est munie de mortaises (18) de drainage rapide.Leaf according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the lower cross-member (3) of said leaf is provided with mortises (18) for rapid drainage. Vantail selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce qu'une mortaise (18) s'étend en biais du fond de la rainure d'encadrement (4) jusqu'aux parois qui délimitent le contour externe dudit élément d'encadrement (1), ladite mortaise (18) débouchant au niveau dudit contour externe vers le capotage (9) qui est associé audit élément d'encadrement (1).Leaf according to claim 4, characterized in that a mortise (18) extends at an angle from the bottom of the framing groove (4) to the walls which delimit the external contour of said framing element (1), said mortise (18) opening at said external contour towards the cowling (9) which is associated with said framing element (1). Vantail selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les montants (2) sont munis de trous borgnes (19) traversant les montants (2) sur sensiblement toute leur épaisseur du fond (4a) de la rainure d'encadrement (4) jusque vers le contour externe d'encadrement.Leaf according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the uprights (2) are provided with blind holes (19) passing through the uprights (2) over substantially their entire thickness from the bottom (4a) of the framing groove (4) up to the outer frame contour. Vantail selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les montants (2) sont munis de trous débouchants (19a) qui traversent lesdits montants (2) dans leur épaisseur du fond (4a) de la rainure d'encadrement (4) jusqu'au niveau du contour externe de l'élément d'encadrement (1).Leaf according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the uprights (2) are provided with through holes (19a) which pass through said uprights (2) in their thickness from the bottom (4a) of the framing groove ( 4) up to the level of the external contour of the framing element (1). Vantail selon les revendications 6 et 7 prises en combinaison, caractérisé en ce qu'un montant (2) est muni principalement de trous borgnes (19) et comprend au moins un trou débouchant (19a) disposé vers la traverse haute de l'élément d'encadrement (1).Leaf according to claims 6 and 7 taken in combination, characterized in that an upright (2) is mainly provided with blind holes (19) and comprises at least one through hole (19a) disposed towards the top crosspiece of the element d '' framing (1). Vantail selon l'une des revendications 6 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'un trou (19, 19a) est de forme sensiblement cylindrique.Leaf according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that a hole (19, 19a) is of substantially cylindrical shape. Vantail selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce qu'un tel trou (19, 19a) s'étend dans un montant (2) avec un axe dans le plan médian du vantail et sensiblement perpendiculaire au contour de l'élément d'encadrement (1).Leaf according to claim 9, characterized in that such a hole (19, 19a) extends in an upright (2) with an axis in the median plane of the leaf and substantially perpendicular to the contour of the framing element ( 1). Vantail selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dont les traverses (3) sont assemblées mécaniquement aux montants (2), caractérisé en ce que les éléments d'assemblage mécaniques comportent une douille cylindrique (21) creuse à filetage externe s'étendant au moins partiellement dans l'épaisseur du montant (2) et traversée en son intérieur par le corps d'une vis (22) munie d'un filetage externe coopérant avec le filetage intérieur d'un insert (25) disposé à l'intérieur de la traverse (3), le filetage externe de ladite douille (21) étant en prise avec les fibres de bois dudit montant (2), la tête de ladite vis (22) étant en appui, éventuellement par au moins une ou deux rondelles interposées telles qu'une rondelle plate (24a) associée à une rondelle tronconique (24b), sur une surface du contour externe du montant (2).Leaf according to any one of the preceding claims, the cross members of which (3) are mechanically assembled to the uprights (2), characterized in that the mechanical assembly elements comprise a hollow cylindrical sleeve (21) with external thread extending at least partially in the thickness of the upright (2) and traversed inside by the body of a screw (22) provided with an external thread cooperating with the internal thread of an insert (25) disposed inside the cross-member (3), the external thread of said sleeve (21) being taken with the wood fibers of said upright (2), the head of said screw (22) being in abutment, possibly by at least one or two interposed washers such as a flat washer (24a) associated with a frustoconical washer (24b) , on a surface of the external contour of the upright (2). Vantail de porte-fenêtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément d'encadrement (1) est associé à un panneau en bois (31) muni d'un joint d'étanchéité (33) encastré principalement dans un évidement (32) ménagé dans l'épaisseur dudit panneau en bois (31) et dont une partie en saillie (34) par rapport audit évidement (32) est intercalée entre le flanc intérieur d'une feuillure (35) dudit élément d'encadrement et ledit panneau en bois (31).Door leaf according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the framing element (1) is associated with a wooden panel (31) provided with a sealing gasket (33) mainly embedded in a recess (32) formed in the thickness of said wooden panel (31) and of which a projecting part (34) relative to said recess (32) is interposed between the inner flank of a rebate (35) of said element frame and said wooden panel (31). Vantail selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ses traverses (3) et ses montants (2) sont assemblés de façon qu'une traverse (3) soit en appui sur un montant (2) au niveau de chacune de ses extrémités, chaque montant (2) et traverse (3) étant associés à une feuille de capotage (10, 11) qui lui est solidarisée par clipsage, une feuille de capotage (11) associée à une traverse (3) comportant à chacune de ses extrémités une languette (13) rabattue sur un des bords d'extrémité de ladite traverse et épousant la forme de la feuille du capotage (10) du montant (2) auquel elle est associée au niveau de cette extrémité, avec interposition d'un joint d'étanchéité (8) entre lesdites feuilles de capotage.Leaf according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that its crosspieces (3) and its uprights (2) are assembled so that a crosspiece (3) bears on an upright (2) at each of its ends, each upright (2) and crosspiece (3) being associated with a cover sheet (10, 11) which is secured to it by clipping, a cover sheet (11) associated with a crosspiece (3) comprising each of its ends a tongue (13) folded over one of the end edges of said cross member and conforming to the shape of the cover sheet (10) of the upright (2) with which it is associated at this end, with the interposition of a seal (8) between said sheets rollover.
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