EP0932506A1 - Process for connecting flat elements made of glass or plastic - Google Patents
Process for connecting flat elements made of glass or plasticInfo
- Publication number
- EP0932506A1 EP0932506A1 EP97932016A EP97932016A EP0932506A1 EP 0932506 A1 EP0932506 A1 EP 0932506A1 EP 97932016 A EP97932016 A EP 97932016A EP 97932016 A EP97932016 A EP 97932016A EP 0932506 A1 EP0932506 A1 EP 0932506A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- laminar
- elements
- glass
- plastic
- join
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
- B44F—SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES
- B44F1/00—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects
- B44F1/06—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects produced by transmitted light, e.g. transparencies, imitations of glass paintings
- B44F1/063—Imitation of leaded light
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
- B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
- B44C5/00—Processes for producing special ornamental bodies
- B44C5/08—Leaded lights
Definitions
- the invention may be applied in the furniture and fitting sector, in particular in the manufacturing of windows and doors with or without metal or plastic grids in the glazing.
- the technique to join pieces of coloured glass to form artistic leaded lights dates back in time.
- the pieces of glass were shaped and joined with lead.
- This joining technique has gradually gone out of use for several reasons: the style has changed, the complex crafting technique(cutting of glass according to the suitable size, melting of lead, ect.) entails very high costs, the arrangement of the pieces of glass can be changed only by replacing part of the leaded light, ect.
- Ancient style however is coming into fashion again and consumers require furniture and fittings decorated with plates made of glass or of other modern material such as plastic. Therefore, two techniques have been devised. The first requires the lining of the edges of glass plates with a thin layer of copper; the copper is tinned and thus the plates are joined.
- the second technique is based on the beams inserted into the glazing of doors and windows.
- metal or plastic grids are often inserted between two glass panes for decorating purposes only.
- Grids are composed of parts of beams fixed by internal or external joints. These joints may have all possible shapes according to the angles of their arms, but the most common shapes are the cross-shape with right angles, the X-shape, the T-shape, the L-shape, the Y-shape and arched shape. Thus, squares, triangles, circles and other geometrical shapes are formed.
- the second technique requires the glass plates to be inserted into the lateral (radial) grooves of these beams and thus framed. Finally, the above mentioned glass or plastic laminas can be joined together - 2 -
- the objective of the invention lays in devising a system whereby each single plastic or glass lamina can be joined to another lamina or to the support element of the fitting or piece of furniture easily and quickly thus overcoming the rigidity of existing techniques; moreover, glass or plastic lamina can be new, modular and independent decorating elements.
- a further objective is the manufacturing of furniture and fittings using laminas of coloured glass or plastic which constitute fine decorations and do not alter the transparency of light.
- the system requires beams or rolled sections to be fixed to one or more edges of each glass or plastic laminar element. That is, the edge of the laminar element is inserted into a suitable C or U-beam. Beams are made by extrusion. They may however be made by forming a rolled section in one piece or in several parts which would combine when inserted into the laminar element and will thus form a complete beam.
- the laminar element is fixed to the beam by means of glue or it is fixed to the beam or rolled section; in the latter case, the beam or the rolled section frames most of the edge of the laminar element.
- each glass or plastic laminar element is fixed to one or several laminar elements each equipped with beams (or rolled sections) and/or to one or several support elements of the fitting or the piece of furniture.
- Support elements may be beams made to this purpose and/or beams used in grids and/or frames and/or other parts of windows, outside or inside doors, partitions, pieces of furniture, mirrors, jewel boxes and any other appliance.
- Laminar elements are fixed to each other or to the above mentioned support elements by means of coupling joints or groove-and-tongue joints or pin-hole joints or screw-threaded hole or glue.
- the choice depends on the shape of the external lateral (radial) profile of beams or rolled sections fixed to the laminar elements and on the shape of the support elements.
- the shape of the external lateral (radial) profile of beams or rolled sections fixed to the laminar elements can either be identical, similar, complementary to or different from the shape of the other beams fixed to the laminar elements or from the shape of the support element fixed to the laminar elements.
- Beams fixed on each laminar element may be equipped with tongues, pins or any other projection matching the grooves or the appropriate holes of the support elements.
- laminar elements are fixed by means of an external cross joints like those used in the grids or new joints made to this purpose.
- Glass or plastic laminar elements may also be glued or welded to the cross joints. Beams or rolled sections which form the frames of laminar elements are shaped so as to limit the overlapping with the fittings and pieces of furniture as much as possible.
- Glass or plastic laminar elements may have all possible geometrical shapes: they may be triangular, square, rhomboidal, circular, semi-circular, elliptic, semi-elliptic, or irregular. They can be fixed in any point of the above mentioned support elements and also to right, acute, obtuse angles formed by crossed joints, X-joints, T-joints, L-joints, Y-joints and arched joints of these support elements.
- the advantages of the system are manifold: glass or plastic laminas are independent, they are easy to join and their arrangement may be determined when the fitting is assembled. The only limit to the choice of possible combinations lies in the user's imagination.
- FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of a beam suitable to frame glass laminar elements
- FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of a glass laminar element framed by the above described beam
- - figure 3 is a cross sectional view of a beam suitable to form either a window grid or a support element for the beam described in Fig. 1 ;
- - figure 4 is a cross sectional view of a coupling joint;
- - figure 15 is a cross sectional view of a laminar element joined to a beam of a window grid;
- - figure 16 is a cross sectional view of joined laminar elements;
- FIG. 17 is a top view of a rolled section before forming
- FIG. 18 is a top view of the rolled section described in Fig. 17 after forming and framed in a laminar element;
- FIG. 19 is a top view of two crossed beams with a laminar element framed in the rolled section described in Figs. 17 and 18;
- FIG. 20 and 21 are top views of external X-shaped cross joints which may be framed either with identical or different laminar elements;
- FIG. 22 and 23 are front views of windows with glass laminar elements fixed to the grids and/or to the external X-shaped cross joints.
- each laminar element 1 is framed with a beam 2 made by extrusion. Framing is carried out by cutting the beam 2 according to the required size by means of the most suitable technique (cutting, milling or bending) in conjunction with the angles, the beam is then bent on the laminar element 1 ; its edges are either glued or welded.
- the lateral (radial) shape of beam 2 is similar to the shape of beam 3 shown in figs. 3 and 15; beam 3 is suitable to form a grid 4 where the above described laminar elements 1 can be fixed.
- Two laminar elements 1 can be fixed by placing them side by side inserting the edges of a coupling joint into the external lateral (radial) hole of beam 2 and in one of the lateral (radial) hole of beam 3 of grid 4.
- Beam 2 shown in figs. 17, 18 and 19 is made by forming a thin plate. The plate is first cut so as to form two reversed parts which are bent: the plate is bent with right angles and thus two L-shaped rolled sections are obtained; subsequently, the unbent edges of the plate are bent by 180° along the symmetry axis thus obtaining a double-L-shaped or a C-shaped rolled section.
- the glass laminar element 1 is then framed and the two L-shaped rolled sections are fixed by fastening their two tongues.
- Tongues 6 are positioned almost on the same level, but they are orthogonal.
- beam 2 can be fixed by means of a cross-shaped cross joint.
- Tongues 6 are inserted in the lateral grooves of the two crossed beam 3.
- the two external cross joints are fixed at the conjunction thus fixing the two beams 3, the tongues 6 and the laminar element 1.
- Laminar elements 1 may be fixed to the external cross joints 7 by gluing or welding beams 2 to the external cross joints 7.
- the joining system thus devised may be modified in many ways but all variations are based on the main idea of the invention. Moreover, all details may be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.
Landscapes
- Securing Of Glass Panes Or The Like (AREA)
- Laminated Bodies (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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ITTS960005 | 1996-07-17 | ||
IT96TS000005A IT1288540B1 (en) | 1996-07-17 | 1996-07-17 | SYSTEM ABLE TO ALLOW LAMINAR ELEMENTS MADE OF GLASS OR PLASTIC MATERIAL TO JOIN THEMSELVES AND/OR WITH OTHER PART ELEMENTS |
PCT/IT1997/000172 WO1998002317A1 (en) | 1996-07-17 | 1997-07-16 | Process for connecting flat elements made of glass or plastic |
Publications (1)
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EP0932506A1 true EP0932506A1 (en) | 1999-08-04 |
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EP97932016A Withdrawn EP0932506A1 (en) | 1996-07-17 | 1997-07-16 | Process for connecting flat elements made of glass or plastic |
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EP (1) | EP0932506A1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU3558197A (en) |
IT (1) | IT1288540B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1998002317A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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ES2199633B1 (en) * | 2001-05-08 | 2005-05-01 | Victor Manuel Solis Vazquez | PROFILE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE UNION IN PLUGGED GLASSES. |
FR2869259B1 (en) * | 2004-04-22 | 2007-01-19 | Supra Sa | INTERCHANGEABLE DECORATION DEVICE FOR FACTORIES OR SIMILAR WORKS |
FR2887540B1 (en) * | 2005-06-28 | 2008-06-13 | Paul Joseph Louis Miche Tisnes | DEVICES FOR MAKING VITRELES WITH FLEXIBLE NETWORKS |
Family Cites Families (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO1992020536A1 (en) * | 1991-05-20 | 1992-11-26 | Big Unlimited | Method and apparatus for creating design insulated glass |
US5291710A (en) * | 1992-10-26 | 1994-03-08 | Selig Golen | Two sided colonial grid assembly such as a door, window or like closure |
US5501888A (en) * | 1993-02-12 | 1996-03-26 | Anderson Corporation | Divided light insert and kit for mounting |
US5418021A (en) * | 1993-11-22 | 1995-05-23 | Kim; Chang S. | Tinted-glass window assembly |
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1996
- 1996-07-17 IT IT96TS000005A patent/IT1288540B1/en active IP Right Grant
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1997
- 1997-07-16 EP EP97932016A patent/EP0932506A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1997-07-16 AU AU35581/97A patent/AU3558197A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1997-07-16 WO PCT/IT1997/000172 patent/WO1998002317A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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AU3558197A (en) | 1998-02-09 |
WO1998002317A1 (en) | 1998-01-22 |
ITTS960005A0 (en) | 1996-07-17 |
IT1288540B1 (en) | 1998-09-22 |
ITTS960005A1 (en) | 1998-01-17 |
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