EP0857837B1 - Barreaux de verrière - Google Patents

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EP0857837B1
EP0857837B1 EP97302990A EP97302990A EP0857837B1 EP 0857837 B1 EP0857837 B1 EP 0857837B1 EP 97302990 A EP97302990 A EP 97302990A EP 97302990 A EP97302990 A EP 97302990A EP 0857837 B1 EP0857837 B1 EP 0857837B1
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Christopher Richardson
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D3/00—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets
    • E04D3/02—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant
    • E04D3/06—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor
    • E04D3/08—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D3/00—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets
    • E04D3/02—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant
    • E04D3/06—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor
    • E04D3/08—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars
    • E04D2003/0806—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars the supporting section of the glazing bar consisting of one single extruded or rolled metal part
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D3/00—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets
    • E04D3/02—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant
    • E04D3/06—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor
    • E04D3/08—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars
    • E04D2003/0818—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars the supporting section of the glazing bar consisting of several parts, e.g. compound sections
    • E04D2003/0825—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars the supporting section of the glazing bar consisting of several parts, e.g. compound sections the metal section covered by parts of other material
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D3/00—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets
    • E04D3/02—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant
    • E04D3/06—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor
    • E04D3/08—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars
    • E04D2003/0868—Mutual connections and details of glazing bars
    • E04D2003/0881—Mutual connections and details of glazing bars on the eaves of the roof

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  • This invention concerns improvements relating to glazing bars.
  • Glazing bars for constructing roofs of conservatories generally comprise aluminium support beams, between which are mounted glazing panels and upper and lower cappings to secure and seal the roofing panels and conceal the aluminium beams.
  • EP-A-0 610 102 discloses a glazing bar system with cappings and from FR-A-2 655 676 an end cap is known.
  • Typical glazing beams are of inverted T-section with a channel shaped capping fitted to the cross bar of the T-section and an upper capping which has divergent sides and internally a means for connecting the upper capping to the top of the aluminium beam, usually in a press fit manner.
  • Top ends of the glazing bars are concealed beneath ridge covers but their lower ends at the eaves of a conservatory structure need to be covered.
  • an end cap is screwed to the aluminium glazing beam end, which is formed with a screw port for that purpose.
  • An object of this invention is to provide an improved system for securing end caps to glazing bars in order to avoid or mitigate against the above mentioned disadvantages.
  • the present invention provides a glazing bar system comprising a support beam, upper and lower cappings located on the beam, a bracket secured to an end of the beam, and an end cap for the beam, the end cap and bracket having mutually engagable formations whereby they slidingly interfit.
  • the bracket is preferably securable to the end of the support beam by means of a screw through the bracket into a screw port of the support beam.
  • One of the bracket and the end cap preferably provides a pair of facing channels and the other has a pair of oppositely facing lugs or the like which are a sliding fit in the channels.
  • the bracket preferably provides a pair of opposed ends or lugs spaced from the beam end to receive cooperating internal formations of the end cap in sliding relationship.
  • the end cap preferably has a pair of opposed L-shaped projections on its internal face to provide said formations in the form of facing channels.
  • the end cap preferably has a rim that is deeper at its top, whereby the end cap when fitted covers the end of the upper capping.
  • a glazing bar system comprises a support beam 10 of aluminium and upper and lower cappings 12, 14 respectively of u-PVC.
  • roofing panels such as of transparent plastics material, for example polycarbonate, will have their edges sandwiched between the upper and lower cappings on opposite sides of the roof beam arrangement.
  • the support beam 10 is generally of inverted T-section.
  • the beam 10 has a pair of flanges 16, which are turned back on themselves at their remote ends, and an upstanding limb 18.
  • the limb 18 comprises a stem 20 extending from the junction of the flanges 16 to a screw port 22, a hollow generally triangular section main part 24 above the screw port and an upwardly open channel 26 above the main port.
  • the channel 26 has generally parallel sides. On the inside of each side is a series of notches 30 forming downwardly open recesses.
  • Each flange 16 has a first part generally perpendicular to the upstanding limb 18 and a second part which forms a trough 34 remote from the upstanding limb 18.
  • the upper capping 12 is generally of inverted V-section but comprises a flat top 40 and depending sides 42. The remote edges of the sides 42 have gaskets 44 formed thereon by co-extrusion of rubber or synthetic elastomeric material.
  • a pair of resilient divergent flaps 46 Internally of the capping 12 and depending from its flat top 40 are a pair of resilient divergent flaps 46 having outwardly projecting tops 48 at their ends.
  • the lower capping 14 is generally formed as a channel section having a flat base 50 and upstanding side walls 52. Internally of the channel on the base 40 and on the side walls 52 are spacing projections 54. The free edges of the side walls 52 have co-extruded thereon, from rubber or synthetic elastomeric material, gaskets 56 which extend inwardly and are inclined slightly upwardly.
  • the gaskets 56 include resiliently deformable projection 58 and 60 on their upper surface along their outermost edges and 62 centrally thereof.
  • the aluminium support beams 10 are fixed in position between a ridge and the eaves of a conservatory roof.
  • the lower cappings 14 are fitted onto the beams either before or after the beams are fixed in place.
  • the glazing panels are positioned between the beams with their side edges on the gaskets 56, which are thereby trapped between the beam flanges and the glazing panels.
  • the upper cappngs are pressed down onto the beams with their deformable flaps being trapped in the upwardly open channels of the support beams.
  • a bracket 61 is fixed by means of a screw 62 through the bracket into the screw port 22 of the support beam.
  • the bracket 61 has a wider central section 64 and narrower opposed ends 66, whereby the ends are spaced from the end of the support beam.
  • An end cap 68 for the glazing bar has a main surface 70 and a rim 72.
  • the end cap 60 On its intended inner face the end cap 60 has a pair of L-shaped projections 74 forming two facing open channels, which can be slid over the ends of the bracket to fit the end cap to the glazing bar.
  • the end cap rim 72 is of sufficient depth to extend rearwards over the ends of the upper and lower cappings.
  • the rim widens to a central part 74 at the top of the cap, to ensure that the cap rests on the top of the upper capping when slid into place on the bracket.
  • the illustrated end cap provides a neat and simple to complete finish to the glazing bars for a conservatory roof.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Roof Covering Using Slabs Or Stiff Sheets (AREA)
  • Joining Of Glass To Other Materials (AREA)
  • Securing Of Glass Panes Or The Like (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Eyeglasses (AREA)
  • Re-Forming, After-Treatment, Cutting And Transporting Of Glass Products (AREA)
  • Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)
  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)
  • Acyclic And Carbocyclic Compounds In Medicinal Compositions (AREA)

Claims (6)

  1. Système de barre de vitrage comprenant une poutre (10) de support, des chapeaux (12, 14) supérieur et inférieur placés sur la poutre (10), un support (61) fixé à une extrémité de la poutre (10), et une coiffe (68) d'extrémité pour la poutre (10), la coiffe (68) d'extrémité et le support (61) ayant des conformations (66, 74) susceptibles de se mettre en prise mutuellement, grâce à quoi ils s'adaptent à coulissement.
  2. Système selon la revendication 1,
    dans lequel le support (61) est fixable à l'extrémité de la poutre de support au moyen d'une vis (62) pénétrant à travers le support (61) dans un trou (22) de vis de la poutre de support (10).
  3. Système selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    dans lequel l'un, du support et de la coiffe d'extrémité, comporte une paire de canaux (74) en regard, et l'autre a une paire de pattes ou analogues (66) orientées à l'opposé, qui s'adaptent à coulissement dans les canaux.
  4. Système selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3,
    dans lequel le support comporte une paire d'extrémités ou pattes (66) opposées, écartées de l'extrémité de la poutre pour recevoir les conformations (74) intérieures coopérantes de la coiffe d'extrémité en accouplement glissant.
  5. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4,
    dans lequel la coiffe d'extrémité porte une paire de saillies (74) opposées, en forme de L, sur sa face intérieure pour constituer lesdites conformations sous forme de canaux en regard.
  6. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5,
    dans lequel la coiffe d'extrémité porte un bord (72) qui est plus profond à son sommet, grâce à quoi la coiffe d'extrémité, lorsqu'elle est fixée, couvre l'extrémité du chapeau (12) supérieur.
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GB9702470 1997-02-07
GBGB9702470.7A GB9702470D0 (en) 1997-02-07 1997-02-07 Glazing bars
CA002232046A CA2232046C (fr) 1997-02-07 1998-03-12 Petits bois

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EP0857837A3 EP0857837A3 (fr) 1999-08-25
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GB0004710D0 (en) * 2000-02-28 2000-04-19 Ultraframe Uk Ltd Glazing bar end caps
GB0304755D0 (en) * 2003-03-01 2003-04-02 Ultraframe Uk Ltd Roof beam end caps

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FR2608192B1 (fr) * 1986-12-12 1992-04-30 Accoplas Fermetures Couverture repliable pour veranda ou abri similaire
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DE69720405T2 (de) 2004-03-04
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