EP1373669B1 - Frame assembly for fixtures - Google Patents

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EP1373669B1
EP1373669B1 EP02722658A EP02722658A EP1373669B1 EP 1373669 B1 EP1373669 B1 EP 1373669B1 EP 02722658 A EP02722658 A EP 02722658A EP 02722658 A EP02722658 A EP 02722658A EP 1373669 B1 EP1373669 B1 EP 1373669B1
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Ugo Avvanzini
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C9/00—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing
    • E05C9/02—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with one sliding bar for fastening when moved in one direction and unfastening when moved in opposite direction; with two sliding bars moved in the same direction when fastening or unfastening
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C9/00—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing
    • E05C9/06—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with three or more sliding bars
    • E05C9/063—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with three or more sliding bars extending along three or more sides of the wing or frame
    • E05C9/066—Locks for windows or doors specially adapted for tilt and turn
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C9/00—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing
    • E05C9/18—Details of fastening means or of fixed retaining means for the ends of bars
    • E05C9/1825—Fastening means
    • E05C9/1833—Fastening means performing sliding movements
    • E05C9/185—Fastening means performing sliding movements parallel with actuating bar
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B63/00—Locks or fastenings with special structural characteristics
    • E05B63/0056—Locks with adjustable or exchangeable lock parts

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  • the present invention relates to a set of frames or "frame assembly" for fixtures which can be effectively used to perform selectively opening and closing of fixtures which can be opened in leaf and tilting fashion.
  • windows, or fixtures which can be opened in leaf or tilting fashion, comprise a fixed surrounding frame mounted integrally on a wall and a closure member which is provided with a movable frame sealed by a sheet of transparent material - generally standard glass or plate glass - and which is normally called a leaf.
  • the latter is supported by the fixed frame so as to be rotatable freely about a vertical axis which is lateral for the movable frame, and a horizontal axis which extends along a bottom side of the same fixed frame across a frame assembly.
  • frame assemblies of the fixed type of the type comprising two or more fixed hinges, which are installed on leaves which are to be opened solely in leaf fashion.
  • frame assemblies of the adjustable type which are installed on windows which can be opened as required in leaf or tilting fashion according to the existing needs. Both assemblies mentioned comprise a handle which serves to perform opening and closure of the leaf on the fixed frame and which, only in assemblies which can also be opened in tilting fashion, also allows the type of opening to be selected.
  • the frame assemblies for leaf and tilting-type opening comprise devices for controlling the method of opening the leaf, arranged on the handle side and on the upper side of the leaf.
  • the handle performs the changeover in a known fashion via a transmission for the rectilinear motion, comprising an elongated body mounted on the leaf in a position facing the handle so as to be movable solely with a rectilinear movement as a result of the thrust of a tenon of the handle which is housed in a transverse seat of the same elongated body.
  • the elongated body acts as an interface between the handle and an angular transmission mounted on the leaf at the vertex between the handle side and the upper side, so as to change over the configuration of the hinged mechanism; and, on the opposite side, between the handle and a push-rod which is designed to support the leaf on the handle side in conditions where the leaf is open in tilted fashion.
  • the elongated body is connected to the push-rod and to the angular transmission via thin flat bars, these bars having the sole function of transmitting the linear motion of the tenon.
  • the elongated body is movable through a specific linear interval corresponding to a rotation of 90° of the handle, and the push-rod and the hinged mechanism are movable therewith.
  • Such a Frame assembly is known from GB 2 164 382 which corresponds to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the elongated body, the push-rod and a movable member of the angular transmission which are only movable in a longitudinal direction along the respective side of the leaf, support in rigid fashion, and normally in an end position, longitudinal keys or projections.
  • the frame assembly also comprises a plurality of L-shaped transverse locking members, called closing wedges, each of which is installed rigidly on the fixed frame in a position facing the position assumed by each key when the handle is in the respective closed leaf position.
  • the L-shaped closing wedges are accessible longitudinally with respect to the keys and are installed on the fixed frame in a position such as to have, in plan view, the transverse striker consisting of the bent end of the wedge partially overlapping the lateral face of the key directed inwards.
  • the elongated body has, above the handle, a plurality of transverse seats open outwards for a transverse key of a member known as false operation device, which is mounted rigidly on the leaf above the same handle and which locks movement of the handle for safety reasons.
  • the transverse seats of the elongated body are arranged in series and spaced at intervals, so that they can be engaged by the transverse key upon separation of the leaf from the fixed frame of the window in a manner known from patent no. IT 1,266,241 in the name of the Applicant.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a frame assembly for fixtures which does not have the disadvantage described above and which is therefore able to guarantee a substantially uniform closing pressure on the handle side.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a frame assembly for fixtures which does not require substantial alterations to the leaf structure and fixed frame, which operates in an easily understandable manner, is easy to install and is low-cost.
  • An additional object of the present invention is to provide a frame assembly which is resistant to careless users and which can be installed according to the needs of the user without requiring structural modifications to the members of the same assembly.
  • a frame assembly for fixtures is provided, the characteristics of which are defined in Claim 1 below.
  • FIG. 1 in Figure 1 denotes, as a whole, a set of frames or "frame assembly” for fixtures, windows or French doors, intended to close off openings.
  • the explicit reference to a window 2 made by assembling extruded parts normally made of metal or the like has been made for the sake of convenience and cannot nor must not be interpreted as an intention to limit the general nature of the following description.
  • the window 2 comprises a fixed frame 3 and a movable frame or leaf 4 which can be opened in leaf and tilting fashion.
  • the assembly 1 comprises support members designed to connect the leaf 4 so as to support it rotatably about a vertical side and a horizontal side, in particular a pair of hinges 10 and a push-rod 11 mounted on opposite and vertical sides 12 and 13 in Figure 1.
  • the assembly On the side where the push-rod 11 is located, the assembly has an actuating handle 14 which is mounted on the side 12 and is designed to determine the method of opening of the leaf 4.
  • the assembly 1 comprises, mounted on the leaf 4 on a respective upper side 16, a hinged device 17 for controlling the slant of the leaf 4 in relation to said fixed frame 3.
  • This device 17 is known as regards all its features, being normally used for example in frame assemblies known as KAJ and produced by the Applicant; therefore it was decided to represent it schematically in Figure 1 by means of a parallelepiped block and to omit a description thereof, considering that the description of this device would not add anything to the understanding of the present invention.
  • the push-rod 11 is mounted on the side 12 so as to slide axially from and towards a position of engagement with a seat 18 formed in a bottom side 19 in Figure 1 of the fixed frame 3, which is opposite the side 16 of the leaf 4.
  • a hinge 10a of the two hinges 10 is mounted on the fixed frame 3 in the region of the side 13 adjacent to the corresponding upper vertex 20 of the leaf 4 and has an arm 21 which is coupled prismatically to the leaf 4 in an end position via the device 17.
  • the remaining lower hinge 10b is mounted on the fixed frame 3 in the region of the side 13 adjacent to the bottom vertex of the leaf 4.
  • the assembly 1 also comprises a first elongated body or pull-piece 25 which is coupled to the side 12 prismatically in a known manner and not illustrated so as to be freely slidable axially.
  • the pull-piece 25 has a transverse housing 26 for an actuating member or tenon 27 of said handle 14.
  • the tenon 27 is connected to the grip of the handle 14 by means of the arrangement, in between, of a sprocket-rack pair, known and not illustrated, so as to be movable with pauses in two opposite directions along the side 12.
  • the pull-piece 25 is made by pressure die-casting or pressing and is delimited axially (see Figure 4) by respective top and bottom free ends 28 and 29 and arranged symmetrically in relation to a transverse axis 33,
  • the top end 28 has a coupling seat 30 which is transverse to the side 12 and is designed to couple the pull-piece 25 with an upper arm 35 of a device 37 for transmission of the movement of the tenon 27, and the bottom end 29 has a coupling pin 31 which is transverse to the side 12, and is designed to couple the pull-piece 25 with a lower arm 36 of the transmission device 37.
  • the upper arm 35 is designed to actuate the control device 17, changing it over, so as to differentiate between leaf-type opening or tilting-type opening of the same leaf 4, while the lower arm 36 is designed to actuate the movement of the push-rod 11 from and towards the respective position of engagement with the seat 18.
  • the pin 31 has a respective central axis 32.
  • the upper arm 35 comprises a second elongated body 40 which is coupled prismatically to the side 12 above the handle 14 in a known manner not illustrated in Figure 1, so as to be freely slidable axially.
  • this body 40 which is made by pressure die-casting or pressing, has at the bottom a pin 41 similar to the pin 31, by means of which the body 40 is coupled with the pull-piece 25 via the arrangement, in between, of at least one connecting bar 43.
  • the body 40 has at the top a transverse hole 39 for coupling with an angular transmission 42, to be described in greater detail hereinbelow.
  • the bar 43 has, for each of the respective end positions, a transverse hole 44 for the pin 31 of the pull-piece 25 or for the pin 41 of the body 40, similar to the pin 31.
  • the angular transmission 42, the second body 40, the bar 43 and the pull-piece 25 are connected together in series so as to transmit the movement of the tenon 27 to the hinged device 17 and therefore differentiate between the type of opening of the leaf 4.
  • the assembly 1 comprises a false operation device 50 mounted rigidly on the side 12, below the angular transmission 42, so as to co-operate with seats 51 formed frontally in the body 40, arranged linearly at intervals, and accessible transversely. Co-operation of the false operation device 50 with the seats 51 can take place via a transverse key 52 which is mounted on the false operation device 50 and is movable transversely by means of the thrusting action of a spring member 54 known and not illustrated, which member is contained inside the false operation device 50 itself, as described in patent No. IT1,266,241 in the name of the Applicant, and for this reason only illustrated schematically in Figure 1 alone.
  • the interval which separates the seats 51 corresponds to a rotation through 90° of the handle 14.
  • the key 52 is designed to engage transversely with any one of the seats 51 and therefore block movement of the tenon 27 and the handle 14, through the locking in position of the upper arm 35 of the transmission 37.
  • the key 50 moreover, has internally an end 53 bent in an L shape which is designed to strike against an internal face of the fixed frame 3 while the leaf 4 is brought against the fixed frame 3 to close the window 2.
  • the key 52 therefore, is designed to be moved backwards against the thrust of the spring member 54 until it frees the seat 51 currently engaged.
  • the key 52 is pushed into a position of engagement with one of the seats 51, on condition that the body 40 has one of the respective seats 51 in a position facing the key 52.
  • the false operation device 50 is a safety device, designed to disable selectively rotation of the handle 14 and actuation of the two transmission arms 35 and 36 by means of engagement of the transverse safety key 52 with one of the seats 51.
  • the angular transmission 42 comprises a bracket 56 mounted rigidly on the leaf 4 at the respective vertex 57, arranged between the sides 12 and 16, and a flexible bar 58 which engages with the bracket 56 in freely sliding fashion so as to transmit a movement of translation between the two concurrent sides 12 and 16, and therefore between the handle 14 and the device 17, and therefore perform, selectively, actuation thereof.
  • the flexible bar 58 has at the bottom a coupling pin 59 - similar to the pin 31 - designed to engage with the upper hole 44 of the bar 43 or the hole 39 of the body 40.
  • the body 40 and the bar 43 are axially interchangeable with each other so as to allow assembly of the false operation device 50, and therefore of the respective key 52, in any of the positions adjacent to the angular transmission 42 or adjacent to the tenon 27.
  • the fact that the key 52 can be positioned at a considerable distance from the handle 14 means that any actuation of the key 52 positioned there can only be the result of an action performed in a deliberate manner.
  • the false operation device 50 is positioned adjacent to an upper vertex of the window 2, immediately below the transmission 42, the key 52 can only be reached by using a ladder.
  • the frame assembly 1 which has the separate pull-piece 25 and the body 40 separated physically and located at a considerable distance from one another, solves the technical problems originally proposed effectively, economically and without the need for any special action. Therefore the use of a frame assembly 1 frees the installer from the obligation to place the false operation device 50 in a position facing the handle 14.
  • the pull-piece 25 has the housing 26 for the tenon 27 in the middle and, at the respective upper end 28, a longitudinal key 60 which has a given transverse thickness S1 and is designed to engage internally with an L-shaped striker or closing wedge 61, mounted on the fixed frame 3, so as to determine, during use with the leaf 4 closed, a closing pressure with a first given value between the leaf 4 and the fixed frame 3.
  • the fixed frame 3 has a plurality of closing wedges 61 in the region of a respective internal L-shaped surface 62 which faces the sides 12 and 16, of which only three can be seen in Figure 1.
  • Figure 1 shows a first closing wedge 61 mounted facing the push-rod 11, a second wedge 61 mounted facing the key 60, and a third wedge 61 mounted facing the flexible bar 58 of the angular transmission 42.
  • the pull-piece 25 also has, on an opposite side to the longitudinal key 60, an additional longitudinal key 63 which differs from the key 60 in terms of the value of the transverse thickness S2, which is distinct from S1, so as to determine, in association with the wedge 61, a closing pressure with a second given value, distinct from the first value mentioned above.
  • the thickness S1 is greater than the thickness S2 and that the housing 26 of the tenon 27 is of the through type, in such a way that the pull-piece 25 can be coupled with the tenon 27 itself in two possible orientations.
  • the pull-piece 25 can be selectively oriented with the respective key 60 arranged at the top so as to co-operate with the respective closing wedge 61 and determine a higher closing pressure, or with the key 63 arranged at the top, so as to determine a lower closing pressure.
  • the two orientations are therefore reciprocally angled at 180°, in such a way as to determine, during use, a given closing pressure value, chosen as required from the first and second given pressure values.
  • the pull-piece 25 is symmetrical, both in relation to the transverse axis 33 and in relation to a longitudinal axis 64, and that the difference in pressure upon closure is defined by the half difference S1-S2, which represents the distance between the two positions of the leaf 4 in closed conditions.
  • the two end portions 28 and 29 have been denoted respectively by the symbols + and -, respectively indicating the greater and smaller thickness of the keys 60 and 63.
  • the pull-piece 25 has, on opposite sides of the housing 26, mechanical elements 60 and 63 which are designed to perform the same functions, and therefore the pull-piece 25 is functionally symmetrical in relation to a longitudinal axis 64 of the same housing 26.
  • the pull-piece 25 has, on opposite sides of a respective longitudinal central axis 70, slide elements 71 arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the housing 26 of the tenon 27.
  • the pull-piece 25 is coupled with the leaf 4 between two longitudinal ribs 72 with an overturned L shape, parallel one to the other and of the known type, formed in the side 12 of the leaf 4. Only one of these ribs 72 is visible in Figure 1 for reasons of clarity. Moreover this rib 72 has been deliberately interrupted in the region of the handle 14, again for reasons of clarity.
  • the assembly 1 comprises at least two other closing wedges 61 mounted on the fixed frame 3.
  • the first wedge 61 is installed in a position facing an adjustable and eccentric pawl 80 fixed via a threaded connection to the bar 58 between the hole 59 and the vertical arm of the bracket 56
  • the second wedge 61 is installed in a position facing an adjustable and eccentric pawl 81, substantially identical to the pawl 80 and fixed via a threaded connection to the push-rod 11.
  • Actuation of the two transmission arms 35 and 36 causes simultaneous movement, by equal amounts, of the upper end 28 of the pull-piece 25 and the pawls 80 and 81 from and towards a position of engagement with the respective closing wedges 61, so as to maximise tightness between the leaf 4 and fixed frame 3.

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  • Wing Frames And Configurations (AREA)
  • Door And Window Frames Mounted To Openings (AREA)
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  • Battery Mounting, Suspending (AREA)
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IT2001RN000025A ITRN20010025A1 (it) 2001-03-20 2001-03-20 Gruppo di serramenti per infissi
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