EP2021569A1 - A method to glaze a door - Google Patents

A method to glaze a door

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EP2021569A1
EP2021569A1 EP07748484A EP07748484A EP2021569A1 EP 2021569 A1 EP2021569 A1 EP 2021569A1 EP 07748484 A EP07748484 A EP 07748484A EP 07748484 A EP07748484 A EP 07748484A EP 2021569 A1 EP2021569 A1 EP 2021569A1
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insulating layer
door
glazing unit
opening
outer layer
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Jonas Bresman
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Jeld Wen Sverige AB
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Vest-Wood Sverige AB
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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
    • 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
    • E06B3/58—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of borders, cleats, or the like
    • E06B3/5892—Fixing of window panes in openings in door leaves

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  • the present invention relates to a glazed door comprising an insulating layer and a glazing unit set in an aperture in the door.
  • EP412223 demonstrates a known arrangement and method for glazing doors.
  • the door comprises a laminate composed of a first outer layer, a second outer layer and an insulating layer between them.
  • Making an aperture in the door in order to fit a glazing unit in the aperture is a known method for glazing doors.
  • the aperture is made in the various layers before the layers are joined together to form the door.
  • a wooden frame is inserted, having an L-shaped cross section.
  • the glazing unit is inserted into the L-shaped wooden frame and is secured in the aperture by injecting a joint sealing compound between the glazing unit and the L-shaped unit.
  • the present invention relates to a glazed door and method for glazing the door.
  • the door consists of a laminate comprising a first outer layer, a second outer layer and an insulating layer between them.
  • the door also comprises a glazing unit set in an aperture in the door.
  • the invention is characterized in that the insulating layer around the aperture comprises a profiled section designed to receive the glazing unit in such a way that the insulating layer and the glazing unit bear against one another and form a sealing bond.
  • the insulating layer forms a direct seal against the glazing unit and forms a watertight and windproof unit without using jointing compound and without the use of a specially designed frame between the two outer layers.
  • the aperture in the insulating layer advantageously comprises a first through-opening smaller than a second through-opening, the difference in size forming the profiled section.
  • the insulating layer is composed of a flexible and self-supporting material, which affords the advantage that the insulating material is easily worked, so that the profiling becomes easy to adapt to different types of glazing units.
  • the surrounding wooden frame had to be adapted for each profile and, besides the aforementioned disadvantages, it is difficult from a production standpoint to adapt such a wooden frame to certain geometrical shapes of the glazing unit, such as oval or circular shapes etc.
  • an aperture is made in the door in such a way that the first outer layer has a first opening smaller than a second opening in the second outer layer.
  • the first opening in the first outer layer is matched to the first opening in the insulating layer and the second opening in the second outer layer is matched to the second opening in the insulating layer.
  • the first openings can be made in a common operation and the second openings in another common operation.
  • the first openings can, for example, be milled out of the first outer layer and out of a part of the insulating layer.
  • the second openings can similarly be milled out of the second outer layer and a remaining part of the insulating layer.
  • the first outer layer covers the entire insulating layer and the second outer layer covers only a part of the insulating layer.
  • the first outer layer therefore covers everything but the first opening in the insulating layer and the second outer layer covers everything but the second opening in the insulating layer. Since the second opening is larger than the first opening, the second outer layer does not cover the profiled part.
  • the glazing unit advantageously comprises at least two glass panes, each of which is two-dimensional in extent and is bounded by a peripheral edge. Each glass pane has a certain thickness in a third dimension and therefore comprises two plane sides which face away from one another.
  • the glass panes are joined together along the edges by a peripheral sealing fillet.
  • the fillet acts as a spacer element and creates a gap between the glass panes which can be filled with a gas at a pressure greater than, less than or equal to atmospheric pressure.
  • the gas may consist of air or other gas suitable for insulation, for example argon gas.
  • Such glazing units are already known and may comprise more than two glass panes.
  • the glazing unit may also comprise a single glass pane without the fillet.
  • the door extends basically in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction, these directions being perpendicular to one another.
  • the door also has a thickness in a third direction perpendicular to the other two directions, the three directions forming an orthogonal, three- dimensional system.
  • the choice of the terms vertical and horizontal is arrived at on the basis of how the door may be described when it is fitted in a door opening, for example in a house, and must not be seen as limiting it to such a position, but relates solely to the door described, irrespective of whether the door is positioned with the vertical part in line with the gravitational field or at an angle to the gravitational field.
  • the glazing unit extends in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction when it is fitted in the door, or is held parallel to the door, and has a thickness which coincides with the direction of the thickness of the door, that is to say in the third direction.
  • the glass panes together with the fillets also give the glazing unit edge sides, which extend in a direction that coincides with the thickness of the glazing unit and either or both of the vertical and horizontal directions.
  • the glazing unit is square, the extent of two of the edge sides coincides with the thickness of the glazing unit and the vertical direction, and the extent of the other two edge sides coincides with the thickness of the glazing unit and the horizontal direction.
  • the extent of at least one edge side coincides with the thickness of the glazing unit and a diagonal direction at an angle to both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.
  • the glazing unit and thereby the aperture in the door may be of any geometric shape in the extent of the door, for example, rectangular, triangular, oval, circular, polygonal etc, hence the possible directions of the edge sides specified above.
  • the insulating layer is formed with a profiled section which gives the insulating layer a section with an L- shaped cross-section (hereinafter referred to as the L-shaped section) around the aperture.
  • the L-shaped section consequently gives an insulating layer with a first thickness in a first portion extending in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction adjoining the first opening in the first layer.
  • the insulating layer has a predefined thickness, which consists of the space between the two outer layers and is greater than the first thickness.
  • the insulating layer is formed with a second portion extending in a third direction and the vertical direction and in the third direction and the horizontal direction. The second portion extends in the third direction, which constitutes the difference between the predefined thickness and the first thickness.
  • the first portion constitutes a part of the L-shaped section and the second portion constitutes the second part, which is perpendicular to the first part.
  • the first thickness and the extent of the first portion in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction can be varied, depending on the design of the glazing unit.
  • the glazing unit is arranged in the profiled section in such a way that one plane side of the glazing unit is pressed against the first portion of the insulating layer and forms a sealing bond.
  • the door is formed by producing a rectangular first and second outer layer and an insulating layer from predefined material.
  • the various layers are of the same size and are joined together to form a laminate of the same rectangular shape as the different layers.
  • the aperture is then made by a suitable process, for example by milling.
  • the first opening is made with a first size, whilst the first portion of the insulating layer is formed with a corresponding size in the vertical and horizontal direction as the first opening by removing further selected parts of the insulating layer.
  • the second opening is made in the second layer and in the insulating material with a second size greater than the first size, the part of the insulating layer that constitutes the second portion being formed by removing selected parts of the insulating layer.
  • the L-shaped section in the insulating layer is thereby formed.
  • the glazing unit and the aperture in the door can also be matched in such a way that a negative clearance is obtained between the glazing unit and the second portion.
  • the glazing unit is then pressed into the opening, the insulating material yielding in such a way that the second portion forms a seal against the edge sides of the glazing unit, so that the glazing method provides a unit with enhanced windproof and watertight properties.
  • the embodiment is not limited to a negative clearance, it being possible to form the profiled section in such a way that the glazing unit fits precisely, that is to say with zero clearance.
  • the insulating layer is made from a less dense material and the glazing unit from a hard material, it may be difficult to obtain a precise fit, but the design of the profiled section always affords a better fit for the glazing unit than would a corresponding wooden fillet. Even if the second portion does not correspond exactly to the edge sides of the glazing unit, a sealing bond is obtained between the two units which reinforces the sealing bond between the first portion and the plane surface of the glazing unit.
  • the L-shaped section in the insulating layer is formed from two insulating layers with apertures of different size.
  • the openings may be concentric, but may also be offset in relation to one another.
  • the two insulating layers constitute a laminated insulating layer, which can be produced separately, following which lamination with the two outer layers is undertaken. Alternatively, all four layers can be laminated together at the same juncture.
  • the glazing unit is here set in the outer layer opening in such a way that the plane side of the glazing bears against the insulating layer, so that the insulating layer forms a seal against the glazing unit.
  • the first outer layer preferably has an aperture made that corresponds to the aperture in the insulating material and the first layer can therefore be regarded as constituting a part of the first portion of the L-shaped section.
  • the first outer layer reinforces the glazing structure in that the first outer layer bears against the insulating layer and absorbs force directed against the insulating layer in the third direction, that is to say the thickness of the door, via the first portion. This is particularly advantageous with regard to forced entry, since the glazing unit, from the outside of a house, cannot be forced in through the aperture in the door if the first outer layer is located facing into the house, since the insulating layer and the first outer layer act as a stop.
  • the invention is not limited to having the first outermost layer facing into the house as outlined above; instead the first outer layer may advantageously face outwards from the house.
  • One advantage of the latter embodiment is that the seal between the profiled section of the insulating layer and the glazing unit faces outwards from the house. This means that water and wind are already prevented from getting into and through the door by the outermost layer.
  • the insulating layer and the second outer layer form a sealing bond that prevents the ingress of water and wind between these two layers.
  • the insulating layer and the glazing unit via the profiled part, form a sealing bond as described above, which prevents water and wind from getting into and through the door.
  • the sealing bond may consist of the glazing unit and the first portion, or the glazing unit and the first portion together with the second portion. Regardless of which side of the door faces outwards from the house, a watertight and windproof door is obtained with the advantages specified above.
  • windproof is here taken to mean that air in motion on one side of the door cannot pass through the door in such a way that air on the other side of the door is induced to move, but that any air can diffuse through the door, depending on the choice of material for the various layers.
  • the glazing unit can advantageously be secured in the aperture by a number of beads that are fixed to the second outer layer in such a way that the bead bears against the glazing unit, which is thereby retained in the aperture between the bead and the first portion. Since the insulating material forms a seal against the glazing unit, no jointing compound need be used to seal the beads. Further beads can be applied to the first outer layer in order to enhance the aesthetic impression, but these beads have no functional significance for the watertightness and windproofing, since the insulating layer forms a seal against the glazing unit according to the invention.
  • Porous wood fiberboard, cellular plastics such as polystyrene, polyurethane, phenol, PVC, acrylic, cellular plastics etc, and mineral wool, glass wool or rock wool; foamed glass; cork; straw; particle board; etc may be used as insulation in the door.
  • the thickness of the insulating layer should be between 30 and 80 mm, but may be varied depending on the environment in which the door will be used and the constituent material of the door. In its extent, the insulating layer is also advantageously equal to the extent of the first outer layer and the second outer layer.
  • the outer layers may both or each comprise any, or any combination of the following: wood, aluminum, plywood, medium-density fiberboard (MDF), high-density fiberboard (HDF), fiberglass, PVC, aluminum plate, sheet steel.
  • the outer layers may also comprise multiple layers of different materials, such as plywood and aluminum and/or plate etc.
  • the outer layers are dimensioned according to the choice of material for the door and in the case of a steel door may be at least 0.7 mm and in the case of a plywood door may advantageously be 3-12 mm or more.
  • Fig. 1 schematically represents a glazed door according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 schematically represents a cross section of the door in Fig. 1 along the line A-A according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 3 schematically represents a cross section of the door in Fig. 1 along the line A-A according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 1 schematically represents a glazed door 1 according to the invention.
  • the door 1 consists of a laminate comprising a first outer layer 2, a second outer layer 3 and an insulating layer 4 between them.
  • the door 1 also comprises a glazing unit 5 set in an aperture 6 in the door 1.
  • the door 1 extends substantially in a vertical direction, the Y-direction in the figure, and a horizontal direction, the X-direction in the figure, the directions being perpendicular to one another.
  • the door 1 also has a thickness in a third direction, the Z-direction in the figure, perpendicular to the other two directions, the three directions forming an orthogonal, three-dimensional system.
  • Fig. 2 schematically represents a cross section of the door 1 in Fig. 1 along the line A-A according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • the glazing unit 5 comprises two glass panes 7, which are each two-dimensional in extent and are bounded by a peripheral edge 8.
  • Each glass pane 7 has a certain thickness in the Z-direction and therefore comprises two plane sides 9, 10 facing away from one another.
  • the glass panes 7 are joined together along the edges 8 by a peripheral sealing fillet 11.
  • the fillet 11 acts as spacer element and forms a gap between the glass panes 7 and the peripheral edge sides 12, 13.
  • the glazing unit 5 is fitted in the door and therefore extends in an X-direction and a Y-direction, and has a thickness in the Z-direction.
  • the glazing unit 5 is square and the glass panes 7 together with the fillets 11 form two parallel edge sides 12, 13 of the glazing unit.
  • One pair of edge sides 12 extends in the Z-direction and the X-direction, the other pair of edge sides 13 extending in the Z-direction and the Y-direction.
  • At least one of the edge sides extends in a direction other than those specified above which may coincide with the thickness of the glazing unit 5 and a diagonal direction at an angle to both the X-direction and the Y-direction.
  • the insulating layer 4 comprises a profiled section 14 around the aperture, designed to receive the glazing unit 5 in such a way that the insulating layer 4 and one plane side 9 of the glazing unit 5 bear against one another and form a sealing bond.
  • the aperture 6 in the insulating layer 4 advantageously comprises a first through-opening 15 smaller than a second through-opening 16, the difference in size forming the profiled section 14.
  • Fig. 2 shows that an aperture 6 has been made in the door 1 in such a way that the first outer layer 2 has a first opening 17 smaller than a second opening 18 in the second outer layer 3.
  • the first opening 17 in the first outer layer 3 is matched to the first opening 15 in the insulating layer and the second opening 18 in the second outer layer 4 is matched to the second opening 16 in the insulating layer 4.
  • the first openings 15, 17 can be produced in a common operation and the second openings 16, 18 in another common operation.
  • the first openings 15, 17 may, for example, be milled out of the first outer layer 2 and out of a part of the insulating layer 4.
  • the second openings 16, 18 can similarly be milled out of the second outer layer 3 and out of a remaining part of the insulating layer 4.
  • Fig. 2 shows that the first outer layer 2 covers the entire insulating layer 4 and that the second outer layer 3 only covers a part of the insulating layer 4.
  • the invention is not confined to this, it being possible to make both the first opening 17 in the outer layer 2 and the second opening 18 in the second layer 3 larger or smaller than corresponding openings 15, 16 in the insulating material 4.
  • Fig. 2 shows that the insulating layer 4 is formed with a profiled section 14, which gives the insulating layer 4 a section having an L-shaped cross section (hereinafter referred to as the L-shaped section) around the aperture 6.
  • the L-shaped section 14 therefore gives an insulating layer 4 with a first thickness 19 in a first portion 20 extending in the X-Y plane adjoining the first opening 15 in the first layer 2 and adjoining the first opening 17 in the insulating layer 4.
  • the insulating layer 4 has a predefined thickness 21, which consists of the gap between the two outer layers 2, 3 and is greater than the first thickness 19.
  • the insulating layer 4 is formed with a second portion 22 substantially corresponding in its extent to the edge sides 12, 13 of the glazing unit, that is to say extending in the Z-direction and the X- direction, and in the Z-direction and the Y-direction.
  • the extent of the second portion 22 in the Z-direction represents the difference between the predefined thickness 21 and the first thickness 19.
  • the first portion 20 constitutes the part of the L-shaped section which extends in the same direction as the door 1 and the second portion 22 constitutes the second part of the L-shaped section 14, which is perpendicular to the first portion 20, that is to say extending in the Z-direction.
  • the first thickness 19 and the extent of the first portion 20 in the X-direction and the Y-direction respectively can be varied, depending on the design of the glazing unit 5.
  • Fig. 2 shows that the glazing unit 5 is arranged in the profiled section 14 in such a way that one plane side 9 of the glazing unit 5 is pressed against the first portion 20 of the insulating layer 4.
  • Fig. 2 shows that one glass pane 7 of the glazing unit 5, that is to say its plane side 9, bears against the first portion 20 in such a way that the insulating layer 4 forms a watertight and windproof seal against the glazing unit 5.
  • Fig. 2 also shows that the glazing unit 5 and the aperture 6 in the door 1 have been matched in such a way that a negative clearance has been obtained between the glazing unit 5 and the second portion 22.
  • the glazing unit 5 has been pressed into the second opening 16 in the insulating layer 4, the insulating material 4 yielding resiliently in such a way that the second portion 22 forms a seal against edge sides 12, 13 of the glazing unit, so that the method of glazing becomes even more windproof and watertight.
  • Fig. 2 shows that the outer layers 2, 3 comprise an aluminum layer 25 and that the door comprises beads 26, 27 arranged next to the glazing unit.
  • the beads 26, 27 are arranged against each outer layer 2, 3 and the respective plane sides 9, 10 of the glazing unit.
  • the bead 27 that bears against the second outer layer 3 and the second plane side 10 is designed to secure the glazing unit in the aperture 6.
  • the door 1 is suitably located with the second outer layer 3 facing outwards from a house, since the first outer layer 2 and the L-shaped profile 14 together secure the glazing unit to prevent it shifting in the Z-direction in towards the house.
  • Fig. 3 schematically represents a cross section of the door 1 in Fig. 1 along the line A-A according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the insulating layer 4 comprises a first insulating layer 23 comprising the first opening 15 of a first size and a second insulating layer 24 comprising the second opening 16 of a second size greater than the first size.
  • the first insulating layer 23 bears directly against the second insulating layer 24 and forms the profiled section 14, that is to say the L-shaped section 14, in the insulating layer 4 in that the different-sized openings 15, 16 are suitably placed in relation to one another.
  • the openings 15, 16 may advantageously be concentric, but may also be offset in relation to one another.
  • Fig. 3 like Fig. 2, shows that the L-shaped section 14 forms a seal against the glazing unit 5, in that one glass pane 7 of the glazing unit 5, that is to say its plane side 9, bears against the first portion 20 in such a way that the insulating layer 4 forms a watertight and windproof seal against the glazing unit 5.
  • Fig. 3 also shows that the glazing unit 5 and the aperture 6 in the door 1 have been matched in such a way that a negative clearance has been obtained between the glazing unit 5 and the second portion 22.
  • the glazing unit 5 has been pressed into the second opening 16 in the insulating layer 4, the insulating material 4 yielding resiliently in such a way that the second portion 22 forms a seal against edge sides 12, 13 of the glazing unit, so that the method of glazing becomes even more windproof and watertight.
  • Fig. 3 therefore shows all the characteristic features shown in Fig. 2, with the difference that the insulating layer 14 comprises two layers 23, 24.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a glazed door (1) comprising an insulating layer (4) and a glazing unit (5) set in an aperture (6) in the door (1 ). The invention is characterized in that the insulating layer (1) around the aperture (6) comprises a profiled section (14) designed to contain the glazing unit (5) in such a way that the profiled section (14) and the glazing unit (5) bear against one another and form a sealing bond.

Description

TITLE
A method to glaze a door
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a glazed door comprising an insulating layer and a glazing unit set in an aperture in the door.
BACKGROUND ART
EP412223 demonstrates a known arrangement and method for glazing doors. The door comprises a laminate composed of a first outer layer, a second outer layer and an insulating layer between them. Making an aperture in the door in order to fit a glazing unit in the aperture is a known method for glazing doors. The aperture is made in the various layers before the layers are joined together to form the door. When joining them together, a wooden frame is inserted, having an L-shaped cross section. The glazing unit is inserted into the L-shaped wooden frame and is secured in the aperture by injecting a joint sealing compound between the glazing unit and the L-shaped unit.
One problem with the arrangement according to EP412223 is that the forming and adjustment of the L-shaped wooden frame constitutes a costly and time-consuming operation in the glazing process. Other disadvantages are that the arrangement also requires the jointing compound to be applied correctly in order to ensure that gap between the glazing unit and the door will be watertight and windproof. A specially formulated jointing compound and a precisely monitored operation are therefore essential in order to obtain a windproof and watertight unit.
There is therefore a demand for an improved and simplified method of glazing which eliminates the aforementioned disadvantages and which provides a watertight and windproof unit without using a jointing compound.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a glazed door and method for glazing the door. The door consists of a laminate comprising a first outer layer, a second outer layer and an insulating layer between them. The door also comprises a glazing unit set in an aperture in the door. The invention is characterized in that the insulating layer around the aperture comprises a profiled section designed to receive the glazing unit in such a way that the insulating layer and the glazing unit bear against one another and form a sealing bond.
One advantage of the invention is that the insulating layer forms a direct seal against the glazing unit and forms a watertight and windproof unit without using jointing compound and without the use of a specially designed frame between the two outer layers.
The aperture in the insulating layer advantageously comprises a first through-opening smaller than a second through-opening, the difference in size forming the profiled section. The insulating layer is composed of a flexible and self-supporting material, which affords the advantage that the insulating material is easily worked, so that the profiling becomes easy to adapt to different types of glazing units. In the hitherto known glazing, the surrounding wooden frame had to be adapted for each profile and, besides the aforementioned disadvantages, it is difficult from a production standpoint to adapt such a wooden frame to certain geometrical shapes of the glazing unit, such as oval or circular shapes etc.
In glazing, an aperture is made in the door in such a way that the first outer layer has a first opening smaller than a second opening in the second outer layer. The first opening in the first outer layer is matched to the first opening in the insulating layer and the second opening in the second outer layer is matched to the second opening in the insulating layer. In manufacturing the door, the first openings can be made in a common operation and the second openings in another common operation. The first openings can, for example, be milled out of the first outer layer and out of a part of the insulating layer. The second openings can similarly be milled out of the second outer layer and a remaining part of the insulating layer.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the first outer layer covers the entire insulating layer and the second outer layer covers only a part of the insulating layer. The first outer layer therefore covers everything but the first opening in the insulating layer and the second outer layer covers everything but the second opening in the insulating layer. Since the second opening is larger than the first opening, the second outer layer does not cover the profiled part.
The glazing unit advantageously comprises at least two glass panes, each of which is two-dimensional in extent and is bounded by a peripheral edge. Each glass pane has a certain thickness in a third dimension and therefore comprises two plane sides which face away from one another. The glass panes are joined together along the edges by a peripheral sealing fillet. The fillet acts as a spacer element and creates a gap between the glass panes which can be filled with a gas at a pressure greater than, less than or equal to atmospheric pressure. The gas may consist of air or other gas suitable for insulation, for example argon gas. Such glazing units are already known and may comprise more than two glass panes. The glazing unit may also comprise a single glass pane without the fillet.
The following definition of the design of the door will be given for a better understanding of the description: the door extends basically in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction, these directions being perpendicular to one another. The door also has a thickness in a third direction perpendicular to the other two directions, the three directions forming an orthogonal, three- dimensional system. The choice of the terms vertical and horizontal is arrived at on the basis of how the door may be described when it is fitted in a door opening, for example in a house, and must not be seen as limiting it to such a position, but relates solely to the door described, irrespective of whether the door is positioned with the vertical part in line with the gravitational field or at an angle to the gravitational field.
In the definition given above, the glazing unit extends in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction when it is fitted in the door, or is held parallel to the door, and has a thickness which coincides with the direction of the thickness of the door, that is to say in the third direction. The glass panes together with the fillets also give the glazing unit edge sides, which extend in a direction that coincides with the thickness of the glazing unit and either or both of the vertical and horizontal directions. When the glazing unit is square, the extent of two of the edge sides coincides with the thickness of the glazing unit and the vertical direction, and the extent of the other two edge sides coincides with the thickness of the glazing unit and the horizontal direction.
With other geometrical shapes, for example triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal etc, the extent of at least one edge side coincides with the thickness of the glazing unit and a diagonal direction at an angle to both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.
The glazing unit and thereby the aperture in the door may be of any geometric shape in the extent of the door, for example, rectangular, triangular, oval, circular, polygonal etc, hence the possible directions of the edge sides specified above.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the insulating layer is formed with a profiled section which gives the insulating layer a section with an L- shaped cross-section (hereinafter referred to as the L-shaped section) around the aperture. The L-shaped section consequently gives an insulating layer with a first thickness in a first portion extending in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction adjoining the first opening in the first layer. The insulating layer has a predefined thickness, which consists of the space between the two outer layers and is greater than the first thickness. The insulating layer is formed with a second portion extending in a third direction and the vertical direction and in the third direction and the horizontal direction. The second portion extends in the third direction, which constitutes the difference between the predefined thickness and the first thickness. The first portion constitutes a part of the L-shaped section and the second portion constitutes the second part, which is perpendicular to the first part. The first thickness and the extent of the first portion in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction can be varied, depending on the design of the glazing unit. The glazing unit is arranged in the profiled section in such a way that one plane side of the glazing unit is pressed against the first portion of the insulating layer and forms a sealing bond.
The advantages cited above are therefore obvious here, since a windproof and watertight unit is formed by the contact surface between the glazing unit and the insulating material.
The following operations represent examples of how the glazing can be carried out:
The door is formed by producing a rectangular first and second outer layer and an insulating layer from predefined material. The various layers are of the same size and are joined together to form a laminate of the same rectangular shape as the different layers. The aperture is then made by a suitable process, for example by milling. The first opening is made with a first size, whilst the first portion of the insulating layer is formed with a corresponding size in the vertical and horizontal direction as the first opening by removing further selected parts of the insulating layer. The second opening is made in the second layer and in the insulating material with a second size greater than the first size, the part of the insulating layer that constitutes the second portion being formed by removing selected parts of the insulating layer. The L-shaped section in the insulating layer is thereby formed.
In one embodiment of the invention, the glazing unit and the aperture in the door can also be matched in such a way that a negative clearance is obtained between the glazing unit and the second portion. The glazing unit is then pressed into the opening, the insulating material yielding in such a way that the second portion forms a seal against the edge sides of the glazing unit, so that the glazing method provides a unit with enhanced windproof and watertight properties. The embodiment is not limited to a negative clearance, it being possible to form the profiled section in such a way that the glazing unit fits precisely, that is to say with zero clearance.
Since the insulating layer is made from a less dense material and the glazing unit from a hard material, it may be difficult to obtain a precise fit, but the design of the profiled section always affords a better fit for the glazing unit than would a corresponding wooden fillet. Even if the second portion does not correspond exactly to the edge sides of the glazing unit, a sealing bond is obtained between the two units which reinforces the sealing bond between the first portion and the plane surface of the glazing unit.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the L-shaped section in the insulating layer is formed from two insulating layers with apertures of different size. The openings may be concentric, but may also be offset in relation to one another. In the manufacturing process the two insulating layers constitute a laminated insulating layer, which can be produced separately, following which lamination with the two outer layers is undertaken. Alternatively, all four layers can be laminated together at the same juncture. According to one embodiment of the invention there is no L-shaped section in the insulating layer, an L-shaped section instead being formed in the door in that the insulating layer has a smaller aperture than the second outer layer, so that the thickness of the second outer layer constitutes the first portion of the L-shaped section and the thickness of the second outer layer constitutes the second portion of the L-shaped section. The glazing unit is here set in the outer layer opening in such a way that the plane side of the glazing bears against the insulating layer, so that the insulating layer forms a seal against the glazing unit.
In all the embodiments described above, the first outer layer preferably has an aperture made that corresponds to the aperture in the insulating material and the first layer can therefore be regarded as constituting a part of the first portion of the L-shaped section. One advantage of this is that the first outer layer reinforces the glazing structure in that the first outer layer bears against the insulating layer and absorbs force directed against the insulating layer in the third direction, that is to say the thickness of the door, via the first portion. This is particularly advantageous with regard to forced entry, since the glazing unit, from the outside of a house, cannot be forced in through the aperture in the door if the first outer layer is located facing into the house, since the insulating layer and the first outer layer act as a stop.
However, the invention is not limited to having the first outermost layer facing into the house as outlined above; instead the first outer layer may advantageously face outwards from the house. One advantage of the latter embodiment is that the seal between the profiled section of the insulating layer and the glazing unit faces outwards from the house. This means that water and wind are already prevented from getting into and through the door by the outermost layer. Where the outermost layer faces into the house, the insulating layer and the second outer layer form a sealing bond that prevents the ingress of water and wind between these two layers. The insulating layer and the glazing unit, via the profiled part, form a sealing bond as described above, which prevents water and wind from getting into and through the door. The sealing bond may consist of the glazing unit and the first portion, or the glazing unit and the first portion together with the second portion. Regardless of which side of the door faces outwards from the house, a watertight and windproof door is obtained with the advantages specified above.
The term windproof is here taken to mean that air in motion on one side of the door cannot pass through the door in such a way that air on the other side of the door is induced to move, but that any air can diffuse through the door, depending on the choice of material for the various layers.
The glazing unit can advantageously be secured in the aperture by a number of beads that are fixed to the second outer layer in such a way that the bead bears against the glazing unit, which is thereby retained in the aperture between the bead and the first portion. Since the insulating material forms a seal against the glazing unit, no jointing compound need be used to seal the beads. Further beads can be applied to the first outer layer in order to enhance the aesthetic impression, but these beads have no functional significance for the watertightness and windproofing, since the insulating layer forms a seal against the glazing unit according to the invention.
Porous wood fiberboard, cellular plastics such as polystyrene, polyurethane, phenol, PVC, acrylic, cellular plastics etc, and mineral wool, glass wool or rock wool; foamed glass; cork; straw; particle board; etc may be used as insulation in the door.
The thickness of the insulating layer should be between 30 and 80 mm, but may be varied depending on the environment in which the door will be used and the constituent material of the door. In its extent, the insulating layer is also advantageously equal to the extent of the first outer layer and the second outer layer. The outer layers may both or each comprise any, or any combination of the following: wood, aluminum, plywood, medium-density fiberboard (MDF), high-density fiberboard (HDF), fiberglass, PVC, aluminum plate, sheet steel. The outer layers may also comprise multiple layers of different materials, such as plywood and aluminum and/or plate etc.
The outer layers are dimensioned according to the choice of material for the door and in the case of a steel door may be at least 0.7 mm and in the case of a plywood door may advantageously be 3-12 mm or more.
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The invention will be described below with reference to a number of drawings, of which:
Fig. 1 schematically represents a glazed door according to the invention;
Fig. 2 schematically represents a cross section of the door in Fig. 1 along the line A-A according to a first embodiment of the invention, and
Fig. 3 schematically represents a cross section of the door in Fig. 1 along the line A-A according to a second embodiment of the invention.
MODE(S) FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Fig. 1 schematically represents a glazed door 1 according to the invention. The door 1 consists of a laminate comprising a first outer layer 2, a second outer layer 3 and an insulating layer 4 between them. The door 1 also comprises a glazing unit 5 set in an aperture 6 in the door 1. The door 1 extends substantially in a vertical direction, the Y-direction in the figure, and a horizontal direction, the X-direction in the figure, the directions being perpendicular to one another. The door 1 also has a thickness in a third direction, the Z-direction in the figure, perpendicular to the other two directions, the three directions forming an orthogonal, three-dimensional system.
Fig. 2 schematically represents a cross section of the door 1 in Fig. 1 along the line A-A according to a first embodiment of the invention. The glazing unit 5 comprises two glass panes 7, which are each two-dimensional in extent and are bounded by a peripheral edge 8. Each glass pane 7 has a certain thickness in the Z-direction and therefore comprises two plane sides 9, 10 facing away from one another. The glass panes 7 are joined together along the edges 8 by a peripheral sealing fillet 11. The fillet 11 acts as spacer element and forms a gap between the glass panes 7 and the peripheral edge sides 12, 13.
The glazing unit 5 is fitted in the door and therefore extends in an X-direction and a Y-direction, and has a thickness in the Z-direction. The glazing unit 5 is square and the glass panes 7 together with the fillets 11 form two parallel edge sides 12, 13 of the glazing unit. One pair of edge sides 12 extends in the Z-direction and the X-direction, the other pair of edge sides 13 extending in the Z-direction and the Y-direction. With other geometrical shapes of the glazing unit 5, for example triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal etc, at least one of the edge sides extends in a direction other than those specified above which may coincide with the thickness of the glazing unit 5 and a diagonal direction at an angle to both the X-direction and the Y-direction.
The insulating layer 4 comprises a profiled section 14 around the aperture, designed to receive the glazing unit 5 in such a way that the insulating layer 4 and one plane side 9 of the glazing unit 5 bear against one another and form a sealing bond.
The aperture 6 in the insulating layer 4 advantageously comprises a first through-opening 15 smaller than a second through-opening 16, the difference in size forming the profiled section 14. Fig. 2 shows that an aperture 6 has been made in the door 1 in such a way that the first outer layer 2 has a first opening 17 smaller than a second opening 18 in the second outer layer 3. The first opening 17 in the first outer layer 3 is matched to the first opening 15 in the insulating layer and the second opening 18 in the second outer layer 4 is matched to the second opening 16 in the insulating layer 4. In manufacturing the door 1 , the first openings 15, 17 can be produced in a common operation and the second openings 16, 18 in another common operation. The first openings 15, 17 may, for example, be milled out of the first outer layer 2 and out of a part of the insulating layer 4. The second openings 16, 18 can similarly be milled out of the second outer layer 3 and out of a remaining part of the insulating layer 4.
Fig. 2 shows that the first outer layer 2 covers the entire insulating layer 4 and that the second outer layer 3 only covers a part of the insulating layer 4. The invention is not confined to this, it being possible to make both the first opening 17 in the outer layer 2 and the second opening 18 in the second layer 3 larger or smaller than corresponding openings 15, 16 in the insulating material 4.
Fig. 2 shows that the insulating layer 4 is formed with a profiled section 14, which gives the insulating layer 4 a section having an L-shaped cross section (hereinafter referred to as the L-shaped section) around the aperture 6. The L-shaped section 14 therefore gives an insulating layer 4 with a first thickness 19 in a first portion 20 extending in the X-Y plane adjoining the first opening 15 in the first layer 2 and adjoining the first opening 17 in the insulating layer 4. The insulating layer 4 has a predefined thickness 21, which consists of the gap between the two outer layers 2, 3 and is greater than the first thickness 19. The insulating layer 4 is formed with a second portion 22 substantially corresponding in its extent to the edge sides 12, 13 of the glazing unit, that is to say extending in the Z-direction and the X- direction, and in the Z-direction and the Y-direction. The extent of the second portion 22 in the Z-direction represents the difference between the predefined thickness 21 and the first thickness 19. The first portion 20 constitutes the part of the L-shaped section which extends in the same direction as the door 1 and the second portion 22 constitutes the second part of the L-shaped section 14, which is perpendicular to the first portion 20, that is to say extending in the Z-direction. The first thickness 19 and the extent of the first portion 20 in the X-direction and the Y-direction respectively can be varied, depending on the design of the glazing unit 5. Fig. 2 shows that the glazing unit 5 is arranged in the profiled section 14 in such a way that one plane side 9 of the glazing unit 5 is pressed against the first portion 20 of the insulating layer 4.
Fig. 2 shows that one glass pane 7 of the glazing unit 5, that is to say its plane side 9, bears against the first portion 20 in such a way that the insulating layer 4 forms a watertight and windproof seal against the glazing unit 5. Fig. 2 also shows that the glazing unit 5 and the aperture 6 in the door 1 have been matched in such a way that a negative clearance has been obtained between the glazing unit 5 and the second portion 22. The glazing unit 5 has been pressed into the second opening 16 in the insulating layer 4, the insulating material 4 yielding resiliently in such a way that the second portion 22 forms a seal against edge sides 12, 13 of the glazing unit, so that the method of glazing becomes even more windproof and watertight.
Fig. 2 shows that the outer layers 2, 3 comprise an aluminum layer 25 and that the door comprises beads 26, 27 arranged next to the glazing unit. The beads 26, 27 are arranged against each outer layer 2, 3 and the respective plane sides 9, 10 of the glazing unit. The bead 27 that bears against the second outer layer 3 and the second plane side 10 is designed to secure the glazing unit in the aperture 6. The door 1 is suitably located with the second outer layer 3 facing outwards from a house, since the first outer layer 2 and the L-shaped profile 14 together secure the glazing unit to prevent it shifting in the Z-direction in towards the house.
Fig. 3 schematically represents a cross section of the door 1 in Fig. 1 along the line A-A according to a second embodiment of the invention. Fig. 3 shows that the insulating layer 4 comprises a first insulating layer 23 comprising the first opening 15 of a first size and a second insulating layer 24 comprising the second opening 16 of a second size greater than the first size. Fig. 3 shows that the first insulating layer 23 bears directly against the second insulating layer 24 and forms the profiled section 14, that is to say the L-shaped section 14, in the insulating layer 4 in that the different-sized openings 15, 16 are suitably placed in relation to one another. The openings 15, 16 may advantageously be concentric, but may also be offset in relation to one another.
Fig. 3, like Fig. 2, shows that the L-shaped section 14 forms a seal against the glazing unit 5, in that one glass pane 7 of the glazing unit 5, that is to say its plane side 9, bears against the first portion 20 in such a way that the insulating layer 4 forms a watertight and windproof seal against the glazing unit 5. Fig. 3 also shows that the glazing unit 5 and the aperture 6 in the door 1 have been matched in such a way that a negative clearance has been obtained between the glazing unit 5 and the second portion 22. The glazing unit 5 has been pressed into the second opening 16 in the insulating layer 4, the insulating material 4 yielding resiliently in such a way that the second portion 22 forms a seal against edge sides 12, 13 of the glazing unit, so that the method of glazing becomes even more windproof and watertight.
Fig. 3 therefore shows all the characteristic features shown in Fig. 2, with the difference that the insulating layer 14 comprises two layers 23, 24.

Claims

1. A glazed door (1) comprising an insulating layer (4) and a glazing unit (5) set in an aperture (6) in the door (1), characterized in that the insulating layer (4) around the aperture (6) comprises a profiled section (14) designed to contain the glazing unit (5) in such a way that the profiled section (14) and the glazing unit (5) bear against one another and form a sealing bond.
2. The door (1) as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the aperture (6) in the insulating layer (4) comprises a first through-opening (15) smaller than a second through-opening (16), the difference in size forming the profiled section (14).
3. The door (1) as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the insulating layer (4) comprises a first insulating layer (23) comprising the first opening (15) and a second insulating layer (24) comprises the second opening (16), the first insulating layer (23) bearing against the second insulating layer (24).
4. The door (1) as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the profiled section (14) comprises a substantially L- shaped section comprising the first opening (15) and the second opening (16), the glazing unit (5) being contained in the L-shaped section.
5. The door (1) as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the door (1) consists of a laminate comprising a first outer layer (2), a second outer layer (3) and the insulating layer (4) between them.
6. The door (1) as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the first outer layer (2) comprises a first through-opening (17), which is smaller than an opening (8) in the second outer layer (3).
7. The door (1) as claimed in either of claims 5 or 6, characterized in that the first outer layer (2) covers the entire insulating layer (4) and that the second outer layer (3) only covers a part of the insulating layer (4).
8. The door (1) as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the insulating layer (4) comprises a flexible and self- supporting material.
9. A method for glazing a door (1) comprising an insulating layer (4) and a glazing unit (5) set in an aperture (6) in the door (1), characterized in that the insulating layer (1) around the aperture (6) comprises a profiled section (14) into which the glazing unit (5) is fitted in such a way that the profiled section (14) and the glazing unit (5) bear against one another and form a sealing bond.
10. The method for glazing a door as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the insulating layer (4) is made to contain a first through-opening (15) smaller than a second through-opening (16), the difference in size forming the profiled section (14).
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