EP2867429B1 - Verglaste platte und anordnung für mehrere solcher glasplatten - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a glazing panel.
- the present invention relates to a glazing panel comprising at least two parallel outer glazing panes spaced apart from one another by means of a spacer frame structure and wherein one glazing pane surface of each outer glazing pane is a bonded glazing pane surface which is bonded to a lateral side of the spacer frame structure.
- the window frame supports and bears the glazing panel and is providing the structural strength needed in order to restrict deformations of the window and to withstand loads exerted on the window, such as wind loads, loads exerted during opening and closing or wrong manipulation of the window by a person and so on.
- the glazing panel or insulating glazing is considered as being a transparent plate which just completes the window and which is not fulfilling any structural function such as a bearing, a supporting or a load taking function.
- the existing windows are also rather inefficient thermal insulators, since the window frame is usually a rather weak thermal insulator, at least compared to the double glazing panels.
- glazing panels are also used to construct a so-called curtain wall, which have a higher transparency ratio than the traditional windows.
- DE102010015612 discloses a glazing panel glued to a window frame. Such glazing panel however is not believed to be applicable for the reason that it lacks an adequate feature to guarantee vapor tightness of the space between the glazing panes in case of bulging of the glazing panes under high wind loads.
- thermoforming panel with a very high structural strength which is able to withstand loads similar to the loads usually applied on a known window, without the need of an outer window frame or supporting structure.
- the present invention relates to a glazing panel as defined in claim 1, comprising at least two parallel outer glazing panes spaced apart from one another by means of a spacer frame structure, one glazing pane surface of each outer glazing pane being a bonded glazing pane surface which is bonded to a lateral side of the spacer frame structure, wherein said lateral sides of the spacer frame structure are provided with a protrusion which supports the corresponding bonded glazing pane surface, a slot being left adjacent to the protrusion between the concerned lateral side of the spacer frame structure and the concerned bonded glazing pane surface, the slot being at least partly filled with an adhesive material, wherein an inward side of spacer frames of the spacer structure adjacent to a corresponding cavity in the glazing panel is covered by a vapor-tight foil or by a vapor barrier or gas-barrier means which extends between panes adjacent to the concerned spacer frame for forming a hermetic layer, respectively a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier forming layer at said inward side
- a big advantage of such a glazing panel according to the invention is that its spacer frame structure has an adapted shape which enables the realization of a glazing panel which is extremely strong and which can be used as a structural building component rather than as a decorative element without any load bearing function.
- the protrusions at both lateral sides of the spacer frame structure provide in the necessary support for the outer glazing panes, while at the same time a limited deformation of the outer glazing panes or a pivoting movement around the concerned protrusion is still possible in the space available in the adjacent slots, when the adhesive material is applied, which is not too stiff and therefore suitable for this purpose.
- the tubular shape of the spacer frame in the known glazing panels is intended for providing it with a sufficiently high rigidity.
- glass has a very high strength and stiffness, these interesting physical characteristics being completely neglected for load bearing functions in the present known glazing panels.
- a glazing panel according to the invention can be mounted without using any additional outer window frame or other supporting structure and has therefore a lot of advantages such as maximal transparency and as a consequence maximal sun light penetration, a very high thermal insulation, visual uniformity between fixed glazing panels and panels that can be opened and closed, as well as visual uniformity between glazing panels used at varying positions in a building, as for example in a front side, a roof or an inside wall and so on.
- a glazing panel or window that withstands a wind load of about 1600 Pa is suitable for being applied in normal situations on buildings which are subjected to normal wind loads, such as glazing panels for buildings in cities at a height below certain heights.
- the spacer frame structure has an outer border which fits within the outer border of the outer glazing pane with the largest dimensions.
- Such an embodiment of a glazing panel according to the invention provides maximum transparency and is actually a real structural glazing panel that does not need any outer structural or load bearing support.
- an inward side of at least one spacer frame of the spacer frame structure adjacent to a corresponding cavity in the glazing panel is covered by a vapor-tight foil or by a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier means which extends between panes adjacent to the concerned spacer frame for forming a hermetic layer, respectively a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier forming layer at said inward side.
- the entire inward side of the spacer frame structure adjacent to the corresponding cavity or cavities in the glazing panel is covered by a vapor-tight foil or by a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier means which extends between the outer panes adjacent to the spacer frame structure for forming a hermetic layer, respectively a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier forming layer at the entire inward side of the spacer frame structure.
- the spacer frame structure has an intermediate part by which the lateral sides of the spacer frame structure are connected to one another and in that the entire inward directed side of this intermediate part of the spacer frame structure is covered by a vapor-tight foil or by a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier means which extends between the outer panes adjacent to the spacer frame structure for forming a hermetic layer, respectively a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier forming layer at the entire inward side of the intermediate part, which layer extends between those lateral sides, is continuous and is not interrupted.
- the present invention also relates to an assembly of a multitude of glazing panels according to the invention wherein adjacent glazing panels are connected to one another by connecting spacer structure frames of adjacent glazing panels, in order to form an assembly which behaves as a single, self-supporting structural glazing panel and this without the need of enclosing the outer borders of the glazing panels in an additional outer supporting frame.
- Such an assembly according to the invention is very suitable for realizing curtain walls or other building structures in a very simple way, the glazing panels being capable of withstanding the loads without the need of other load bearing elements or with just a minimal amount or very light outer frame structures, such as profiles or joint structures for making the assembly wind and rain tight etc...
- the invention provides therefore also in a complete new way of building with glazing panels, wherein the strength of the glass is used to a maximum.
- laminated safety glass is in structural applications almost a requirement to maintain residual strength on post-breakage performances.
- outer glazing panes that are laminated safety glazing panes, for example with an interlayer film known under the trademark of SentryGlas® of the company DupontTM De Nemours.
- the assembly 1 of glazing panels according to the invention represented in figure 1 comprises four glazing panels 2 according to the invention and is an application wherein the glazing panels 2 are used for realizing a window in an opening 3 of a building 4.
- such a glazing panel 2 comprises two parallel outer glazing panes 5 and 6 spaced apart from one another by means of a spacer frame structure 7.
- a glazing panel 2 in accordance with the invention has additionally intermediate glazing panes 8 or intermediate transparent panes made of a synthetic material, for example the film known under the trademark Heat-Mirror from Southwall Technologies. Also vacuum insulated intermediate glazing panes 8 are possible.
- three glazing panels i.e. glazing panels 9, 10 and 11, are fixed glazing panels, while the remaining glazing panel 12 is a glazing panel that can be opened and closed.
- Glazing panel 12 is therefore hinge mounted by means of hinges 13 on the adjacent fixed glazing panel 10, while it is supported in the closed status against locking points 14 at a border 15 of the other adjacent glazing panel 11.
- Neighbouring fixed glazing panels 9 and 10 are interconnected at discrete positions which are distant from one another by means of coupling elements 17, which are directly attached to the spacer frame structures 7 of the concerned glazing panels 9 and 10.
- the complete assembly 1 of glazing panels 2 is in this case surrounded by a framework 18, which is mounted in the opening 3 between the assembly 1 of glazing panels 2 and the building 4, each of the glazing panels 9, 10 and 11 being connected to this framework 18 by means of similar coupling elements 19 at discrete positions which are distant from one another.
- the framework 18 itself is fixed in the building structure 4 by means of anchors 20, such as concrete anchors 20 or the like.
- the framework 18 is however nothing like a window frame known according to the state of the art for supporting and bearing a known glazing pane.
- the hardware consisting of hinges 13, locking points 14 and the window handle 16 are also directly and exclusively mounted on the concerned spacer frame structures 7 for supporting and bearing the hinged glazing panel 12 in the neighbouring glazing panels 10 and 11 of the assembly 1.
- the spacer frame structure 7 and the bond of this spacer frame structure 7 with the outer glazing panes 5 and 6 and possible intermediate panes 8 is designed in such a way that the glazing panels 2 have enough structural strength in order to withstand the loads, such as the load due to the weight of the glazing panes 5 and 6, wind load, loads of neighbouring panels and so on, without the need of enclosing the outer glazing panes 5 and 6 between two profiled parts of a window frame, as is the case with the known window designs.
- the framework 18 can therefore be a very lightweight frame which has no particular structural strength and must be considered in this case as a simple aid for installing the assembly 1 of glazing panes 2 into the opening 3 in the building 4, which opening 3 can for example be an opening 3 of an unfinished building 4 having edges with a lot of irregularities.
- the glazing panels 9 and 12 in accordance with the invention are essentially only bearing their own weight and loads on their own surface and are for this reason indicated as being self-supporting glazing panels 9 and 12.
- glazing panel 10 is bearing at one edge 21 adjacent glazing panel 12 by means of hinges 13 and will be indicated as being a load bearing glazing panel 12, whereas glazing panel 11 is only partly bearing load from the neighbouring hinged glazing panel 12 and is therefore indicated as being a semi-load bearing glazing panel 11.
- FIG. 2 illustrates another assembly 1 of glazing panels 2 according to the invention, this time in a vertical curtain wall 22 application, wherein no framework 18 is used at all, adjacent glazing panels 2 being interconnected at their vertical edges 23 by means of elongated coupling elements 24 which act again directly on the corresponding spacer frame structures 7 of the concerned glazing panels 22.
- the glazing panels 22 have according to the invention again a sufficient intrinsic structural strength and load bearing capacity to withstand the loads on the curtain wall 22.
- glazing panels 2 of the assembly 1 are mutually coupled or that glazing panels 2 of the assembly 2 are coupled to a framework 18, a building structure 4 or the like by means of one more coupling elements 17, 19 or 24, which are attached directly onto the spacer frame structure 7 of the concerned glazing panels 2 and which prevent a movement of the glazing panel 2 in a direction AA' perpendicular to the glazing panes 5 or 6, while allowing small movements in other directions in order to accommodate dilatation of the glazing panels 2 due to temperature change.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view through a first embodiment of a glazing panel 2 according to invention, which has all the basic characteristics necessary in order to obtain the aforementioned structural strength of the glazing panel 2.
- Each outer glazing pane 5 and 6 has two glazing pane surfaces 25 and 26.
- a pair of outside glazing pane surfaces 25 of the glazing panes 5 or 6 forms essentially the outside of the glazing panel 2, the outer glazing pane surfaces 25 being in contact with the outer environment.
- a pair of inside glazing pane surfaces 26 of the glazing panes 5 and 6 forms essentially the inside of the glazing panel 2.
- the inside glazing pane surfaces 26 are bonded glazing pane surfaces 26, since they are each bonded to one of the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7.
- said lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 are furthermore provided with a protrusion 30, which supports the corresponding bonded glazing pane surface 26.
- a slot 31 is left between the concerned lateral side 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 and the concerned bonded glazing pane surface 26.
- Each slot 31 extends in this case from the corresponding protrusion 29 to an outer border 32 of the adjacent bonded glazing pane surface 26, as well as to an outer border 33 of the adjacent lateral side 29 of the spacer frame structure 7.
- the spacer frame structure 7 has an outer border 33 surrounding the glazing panel 2 and which fits within the outer border 32 of both outer glazing panes 5 and 6.
- the slots 31 are completely filled with an adhesive material 34.
- the adhesive material 34 on the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 of a glazing panel 2 according to the invention can be provided in the form of a seal, a tape or the like.
- the adhesive material 34 can for example consist of a thermoplastic ionomer such as for example the ionoplast interlayer known under the trademark name SentryGlas® of the company DupontTM applied in laminated safety glass.
- the adhesive material 34 can also be a silicone, such as for example the silicone known under the trademark name TSSA® (Transparent Silicone Structural Adhesive) sold by the company Dow Corning®.
- TSSA® Transparent Silicone Structural Adhesive
- the bonded glazing pane surfaces 26 are bonded to the corresponding lateral side 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 in a region in the vicinity of their circumference or outer border 32.
- the bonded glazing pane surfaces 26 are supported on a corresponding protrusion 30 of the spacer frame structure 7 at an inward area of said region, which inward area is at some distance from the adjacent outer border 32 of the concerned bonded glazing pane surface 26.
- the spacer frame structure 7 is in this embodiment also composed of a single spacer frame 35 and can be fabricated of a metal such as aluminum, steel or whatever other metal.
- spacer frames 35 of a glazing panel 2 in accordance with the invention are fabricated from glass-fiber reinforced polyester or glass-fiber reinforced polyurethane.
- the protrusions 30 extend somewhat inwardly in the direction of the cavity 28, so that an inward groove 36 is formed at the inward side 27 of the spacer frame 35.
- the spacer frame structure 7 or, what is the same in this case, the spacer frame 35 is provided with attachment means 37 which consists in a longitudinal outward groove 37 provided in its outer circumference 38.
- This outward groove 37 has at both lateral sides 29 a longitudinal hook-shaped edge 39, each hook-shaped edge having an inward extending hook 40 which is directed towards the hook 40 of the other hook-shaped edge 39 at the opposite lateral side 29 of the groove 37.
- the attachment means or groove 37 is intended for coupling or attaching elements directly to the spacer frame structure 7, such as the coupling elements 17, 19 and 24, represented in figures 1 and 2 , for interconnecting glazing panels 2 or for connecting a glazing panel 2 to a framework 18 or to another outer structure.
- a vapor-tight foil 41 as is indicated in the concerned figures by means of a thick dash line, which extends between the outer glazing panes 5 and 6 for forming a hermetic layer 41 between those outer glazing panes 5 and 6.
- vapor-tight it is meant that at least a vapor barrier or gas barrier is formed, allowing only a very limited transfer of gas or vapor.
- the vapor-tight foil 41 is hermetic and does not allow any transfer of gas or vapor through the foil 41 from one side of the foil 41 to the other side of the foil 41.
- a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier means which extends between the concerned panes, in this case the outer glazing panes 5 and 6, and which forms a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier layer at said inward side 27 of the spacer frame 35 or spacer frame structure 7.
- the foil 41 or coating can consist of a single layer or of multiple layers.
- foil 41 which is not part of the invention, can be a medium which is provided with means for improving its properties such as its strength or air-, gas- or vapor-tightness.
- Such a medium can be provided with improvement means realized by nano-technology.
- the foil 41 is bonded with the aid of a non-gassing adhesive, for example a PUR-hotmelt adhesive.
- a good and durable adhesion of a metal-layer 41 can be realized as an alternative for example by vapor deposition.
- the spacer frame structure 7 consists of a single spacer frame 35 spacing apart two outer glazing panes 5 and 6 and having no intermediate panes 8 and it is therefore obvious that the foil 41 is a continuous foil 41 which covers the entire inward side 27 of the spacer frame 35 without any interruption or opening in order to form at least a vapor-tight or gas-tight barrier between the outer glazing panes 5 and 6 and/or the lateral sides 29 of the spacer structure 7 at the inner side 27 of the spacer frame 35.
- this vapor-tight foil 41 is also extending between each outer glazing pane 5 and 6 and the corresponding protrusion 30 at each of the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7.
- the vapor-tight foil 41 can be a metal foil 41 made of stainless steel or aluminum.
- the vapor-tight foil 41 can for example also be an aluminum metalized multi-polymeric layer foil 41, such as an aluminum metalized polyethylene terephthalate foil (PET-foil) or an aluminum metalized ethylene vinyl alcohol foil (EVOH-foil), while the use of still other materials for realizing a hermetic layer 41 are not excluded from the present invention.
- PET-foil aluminum metalized polyethylene terephthalate foil
- EVOH-foil aluminum metalized ethylene vinyl alcohol foil
- the adhesive material 34 in the slots 31 forms an adhesive binding layer and preferably consists of a semi-stiff material with a shear strength of between 2 and 9 N/mm 2 and a hardness of between 65 and 90 shore A.
- an adhesive material with moisture- and gas-barrier characteristics such as butyl (PIB/polyisobutylene) between an outer glazing pane 5 or 6 and the spacer frame structure 7, for example on top of the protrusion 30 or on top of the vapor-tight foil 41 at both lateral sides 29 of a spacer frame 35.
- PIB/polyisobutylene butyl
- the protrusions 30 have a certain height H compared to an adjacent part on the concerned lateral side 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 and the slots 31 have a width W which corresponds to the height H of the concerned protrusion 30, at least with exception of a very small difference due to the presence of the vapor-tight foil 41 and a possible very thin adhesive layer between the protrusions 29 and the outer glazing panes 5 and 6.
- the protrusions 30 on the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 are a kind of laterally outwards directed pivoting surfaces around which the outer glazing panes 5 or 6 can rotate during small deformations, while the slots 31 are such that the outer border 32 of the glazing pane 5 or 6 are always kept at a certain distance from the corresponding lateral side 29 so to limit stress in the glazing panel 2 under load.
- a glazing panel 2 in accordance with the present invention can have a very high structural strength.
- a glazing panel 2 in accordance with the invention will be typical a rectangular self-supporting glazing panel 2 having a length L of for example typically 2,5 m and a width B of for example typically 1,2 m, while other dimensions and shapes are not excluded.
- the glazing panel 2 has a load bearing capacity which is such that the maximum deformation of the glazing panel 2 under a wind load of 1600 Pa applied in a direction AA' perpendicular to the outer glazing pane surfaces 25 or 26 is less than 1/200, preferable less than 1/300 and still more preferable less than 1/500 of its length L when the glazing panel 2 is clamped at one side along its width B.
- a desiccant 42 is preferably provided within the inward groove 36.
- FIG 4 represents still another embodiment of a glazing panel 2 in accordance with the present invention, wherein this time the spacer frame structure 7 is an assembly of two spacer frames 35, an intermediate pane 8 being provided between the pair of neighboring spacer frames 35, which intermediate pane 8 is bonded to the corresponding lateral sides 29 of these spacer frames 35 by means of an adhesive material 34.
- the spacer frame structure 7 is an assembly of two spacer frames 35, an intermediate pane 8 being provided between the pair of neighboring spacer frames 35, which intermediate pane 8 is bonded to the corresponding lateral sides 29 of these spacer frames 35 by means of an adhesive material 34.
- the other lateral sides 29 of the spacer frames are bonded to the concerned outer glazing pane 5 or 6, again by means of an adhesive material 34.
- the glazing pane 2 of this embodiment comprises two cavities 28, respectively a cavity 28 between the intermediate pane 8 and the first outer glazing pane 5 and a cavity between the intermediate pane 8 and the other outer glazing pane 6.
- the spacer frame structure 7 in this preferred embodiment comprises two spacer frames 35 adjacent and parallel to one another.
- a spacer frame structure 7 comprises three or more spacer frames 35 adjacent and parallel to one another.
- each spacer frame 35 of the spacer frame structure 7 has somewhat the same outer shape as the spacer frame 35 represented in figure 3 , with at both lateral sides 29 a protrusion 30 and adjacent slot 31 and with an inward groove 36 at the inward directed side 27 which is covered by a vapor-tight foil 41 provided between the intermediate pane 8 and the concerned outer glazing pane 5 or 6 and with a desiccant 42 applied in the groove 36.
- each spacer frame 35 is covered by a vapor-tight foil 41 each consisting of an uninterrupted foil 41 that covers the entire inward directed side 27 of the concerned spacer frame 35 adjacent to the corresponding cavity 28 in the glazing panel 2.
- Each vapor-tight foil 41 extends between the intermediate pane 8 and the corresponding outer glazing pane 5 or 6 surrounding the concerned spacer frame 35, i.e. between the lateral sides 29 of the concerned spacer frame 35, for forming a hermetic and vapor-tight layer 41 between the intermediate pane 8 and the corresponding outer glazing pane 5 or 6 at the inward directed side 27.
- a glazing panel 2 according to figure 4 can also be described as being a composed glazing panel 2 comprising a spacer frame 35 as in figure 3 , which spaces apart a pair of outer glazing panes and wherein one of the outer glazing panes is formed by a glazing panel 2 according to the invention, this glazing panel 2 being of a kind corresponding to a glazing panel 2 as represented in figure 3 , for as far as the attachment means 37 are not taken into account.
- the attachment means 37 of the spacer frame structure 7 comprise two outer grooves 37, each groove 37 being formed in a corresponding spacer frame 35.
- the main body of the spacer frame structure 7 still fits within the outer border 32 of both outer glazing panes 5 and 6.
- FIGS 6 to 7 illustrate another preferred embodiment of a glazing panel 2 wherein another spacer frame structure 7, illustrated in figure 5 , is used.
- This embodiment of a glazing panel 2 in accordance with the invention has a spacer frame structure 7 which does not comprise tubular parts and is essentially formed by thin wall plate like parts 43, so that the spacer frame structure 7 is a rather slim structure.
- the spacer frame structure 7 comprises an intermediate part or bottom 44 by which the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 are connected to one another and which is at least partly formed by a plate like part 43 allowing the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 to be bent away from one another or towards one another, so that the spacer frame structure 7 is rather flexible and easily deformed.
- the spacer frame structure 7 has a shape which is mainly the same as in the preceding cases, since it is again provided at both lateral sides 29 with a protrusion 30 having a height H with respect to the remaining part of the lateral sides 29 for supporting outer glazing panes 5 and 6.
- the spacer frame structure 7 has an essentially M-shaped cross-section formed by an intermediate part or bottom 44 and two upright flanks 45, each flank 45 having an outward side 29 which is a lateral side 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 and an inward side provided with a hook 40 for forming a hook shaped edge 39, intended for being attachment means 37 shaped as a groove 37 as in the preceding cases.
- the protrusions 30 on the outward lateral side 29 extend somewhat sideward with respect to the side of the spacer frame structure 27 which is formed by the bottom 44 and which side 27 is intended to be directed inwards towards a cavity 28 in a glazing panel 2.
- the spacer frame structure comprises an intermediate part 44 formed in this case by the bottom 44 and by which the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure are connected to one another.
- This intermediate structure 44 is provided with a crumple zone 46 for a lateral movement of the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 towards one another or away from one another.
- the crumple zone 46 consists of parts 46 of the intermediate structure or bottom 44 which are oriented under a certain angle E with respect to the lateral direction AA' perpendicular to the lateral sides 29 or outer glazing panes 5 and 6.
- crumple zone 46 Another characteristic of the crumple zone 46 in the case represented in the figures 5 to 7 , is that a central part 47 of the bottom 44 of the spacer frame structure 7 is somewhat offset with respect to the outer parts 48 near the flanks 45 of the spacer frame structure 7 in a direction towards the hooks 40.
- the central offset part 47 in combination with the inclined parts 49 provides at the inward directed side 27 of the spacer frame structure 7 a recess or groove which can serve as a space for a desiccant or a coverstrip that can support an intermediate pane 8.
- the crumple zone 46 is a zone of the spacer frame structure 7 which facilitates somewhat a deformation of the spacer frame structure 7 by having some weaker parts compared to a full straight shape, mainly for allowing a movement of the outer glazing panes 5 and 6 towards one another or away from one another in the direction AA', as is demonstrated by the dash line in figure 6 , but also for allowing a deformation corresponding with a certain bending of the outer glazing panes 5 and 6, as is demonstrated in dash line in figure 7 .
- the slots 31 provided adjacent to the protrusions 30 between the outer glazing panes 5 and 6 and the corresponding lateral side 29 of the spacer frame structure 7, provide the necessary space for allowing such a bending movement of the outer glazing panes 5 and 6.
- the glazing panel 2 comprises two outer glazing panes 5 and 6 as well as an intermediate pane 8 held together by a spacer frame structure 7 which consists of a single spacer frame 35 and wherein the entire inward directed side 27 of the intermediate part 44 by which the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 are connected to one another is covered by a vapor-tight foil 41 which extends between the outer glazing panes as in the case of figure 3 , which is continuous and not interrupted.
- a glazing panel 2 is obtained with two cavities and an integrated intermediate pane 8, which is easily assembled and wherein the risks of having moisture- or gasleaks are restricted to a minimum, i.e. at the edge of the vapor-tight foil 41 on both lateral sides 29 of a spacer frame 35.
- Figure 8 illustrates another spacer frame structure 7 according to the invention, which has outer flanks 45 completely similar to the flanks 45 of the preceding embodiment illustrated in the figures 5 to 7 .
- the intermediate part 44 which has this time a buckling shape
- the bottom 44 having two parts 49 which are inclined under an angle E with respect to the lateral sides 29 towards the center 47 of the bottom 44, so to form the crumple zone 46 of the spacer frame structure 7.
- FIG 9 a somewhat modified version of the spacer structure 7 illustrated in figure 8 is applied in a glazing panel 2 according to the invention.
- the spacer structure 7 has in this embodiment a pair of flanks 45, wherein one of the flanks 45 is somewhat elongated with respect to the other flank 45.
- outer borders 32 of the outer glazing panes 5 and 6 are somewhat offset with respect to one another in a direction which is perpendicular to the lateral direction AA' .
- the buckling shape 47 provides the required flexibility for allowing a movement in the lateral direction AA', as is illustrate in dash line in figure 9 .
- Figure 10 represents an alternative for the spacer frame structure 7 of figure 5 , wherein in between the outer flanks 45 an additional intermediate flank 50 is provided forming an additional hook shaped edge 39 which serves as a part of attachment means 37 with an adapted shape for coupling elements 17, 19 or 24 or hardware like hinges 13, locking points 14 window handles 16, a very slender outer frame structure for making the assembly wind- and watertight and so on.
- the glazing panel 2 had always a symmetric shape with respect to a central plane parallel to the outer glazing panes 5 and 6, which is not the case any more in with a spacer structure 7 according to figure 10 .
- the spacer frame structure 7 of figure 10 is made of glass-fiber reinforced polyester or glass-fiber reinforced polyurethane, wherein possibly an additional reinforcement 51 such as a woven or chopped fiberglass mat 51 is integrated, indicated in the figure with a dash line.
- spacer frame structures 7 with other dimensions and other shapes are not excluded from the invention.
- FIGS 11 and 12 are exploded, perspective views of a glazing panel 2 in accordance with the invention, wherein a spacer frame structure 7, outer glazing panes 5 and 6 as well as an intermediate glazing pane 8 are assembled together and wherein the attention is drawn to the corner connections by which the assembly is realised.
- the structural spacer frame 7 consists of rectilinear parts 54 with mitered end sections which are partially square cut at the lateral sides 29, so that a beveled structure is formed in the middle of each end section, formed by an inclined central part of the mitered end sections which extends between the inward directed side 27 of the spacer frame structure 7 and the outward groove 35 in the spacer frame structure 7, while a chamfered structure is present near the lateral sides 29 of each end section, formed by inclined lateral parts of the mitered end sections which extend between the inward directed side 27 of the spacer frame structure 7 and the square cut parts at the lateral sides 29 of the mitered end sections.
- the mitered end sections of the rectilinear parts 54 are connected to one another in rectangular corners by means of coupling inserts 55 which are slid in the groove 37 forming the attachment means 37 and which are further bonded by means of an adhesive material 66 to the rectilinear parts 54.
- a strip 56 is provided which covers the inward directed side 27 of the spacer frame structure 7.
- Such a strip 56 can have a groove 57 facing a cavity 28 formed within the glazing panel 2 between the outer glazing panes 5 and 6, for example intended for housing the periphery of an intermediate pane 8 or in order to install lighting attributes such as Light Emitting Diodes (LED) and so on.
- LED Light Emitting Diodes
- the strip 56 is preferably a flexible foamed plastic/polymer which can embed a desiccant 42 such as a molecular sieve in order to prevent or at least delay condensation in the cavity 28 on the inside glazing pane surfaces 26 of the outer panes 5 and 6 or on an intermediate glazing pane 8.
- a desiccant 42 such as a molecular sieve
- a strip 56 forming a flexible cover which is made of a thin wall plate-like plastic or polymer, preferably of a coextruded type which is executed as a semi-rigid, elongated base carrier 56 having more flexible or softened elongated side-edges 58 intended for being in contact or nearly in contact with the outer panes 5 and 6.
- Such a strip 56 of coextruded plastic can for example consist of an ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer and preferably forms a cover in the assembled state covering the inward directed side 27 of the spacer frame structure 7, while leaving one or more open spaces 58 between the cover 56 and the spacer frame structure 7.
- such open spaces 59 preferably contain a desiccant 42 such as a silica-gel which is provided in a vapor permeable and imputrescible packaging.
- a desiccant 42 such as a silica-gel which is provided in a vapor permeable and imputrescible packaging.
- the strip 56 is at least partially bonded on the inward directed side 27 of the spacer frame structure 7, for example on top of the vapor-tight foil 41.
- a double sided self-adhesive tape 60 can for example be used or an adhesive layer can be applied on the cover forming strip 56.
- each spacer frame 35 of a glazing panel 2 can be connected to the adjacent glazing panes 5, 6 or 8, in such a way that each cavity 28 within the glazing panel 2 can be kept sealed hermetically or almost hermetically from the outside environment.
- this is for example achieved by taking a first measure, i.e. by providing an adhesive material forming a thin bonding layer 61 with vapor barrier properties 61 on both lateral sides 29 of the rectilinear parts 54 of the spacer frame structure 7.
- Such a thin bonding layer 61 can for example be formed by a hot melt butyl applied on said lateral sides 29, preferably at least on the protrusions 30 at said lateral sides 29. Even more preferably, the thin bonding layer 61 is such that it extends over a zone between the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 and the corresponding outer glazing panes 5 and 6, which zone is at least partly covered by the vapor-tight foil 41 or the gas-barrier or vapor-barrier forming means not represented in the figures 11 and 12 .
- a second measure for ascertaining a hermetical or almost hermetical sealing of the cavities 28 in a glazing panel 2 relates to the interconnection between the rectilinear parts 54 of the spacer frame structure 7 with their mitered end sections 62 with partially square cut lateral sides 29 in order to form a (rectangular) corner of the spacer frame structure 7.
- Such a mitered joint with partially square cut lateral sides 29 can be made vapor tight by providing again a thin bonding layer 63 with vapor barrier properties, for example a thin adhesive layer 63 in the form of a hot melt butyl, on the cross-sectional surfaces 64 of the mitered end sections 62.
- a thin bonding layer 63 with vapor barrier properties for example a thin adhesive layer 63 in the form of a hot melt butyl
- such a thin bonding layer 63 is preferably applied over the entire surface 64 of the mitered cross-sections, but at least in the part of the cross-sectional surfaces 64 formed by the intermediate part 44 of the concerned rectilinear parts 54 of the spacer frame structure 7.
- the adhesive layers 61 at the lateral sides 29 on top of the protrusions 31 are in contact with the adhesive layers 63 provided between the mitered end sections of the spacer frame 35, so to form a first seal, gas-barrier or vapour-barrier which surrounds the entire circumference of the spacer frame structure 35 at the inward directed side 27, the corner joints included.
- the coupling inserts 55 are such that when slid into the grooves 37 in the adjacent mitered end sections 62 with partially square cut lateral sides 29 a cavity 65 is left between the concerned coupling insert 55 and the rectilinear parts 54, which cavity 65 has a certain volume, as represented in figure 11 , which is preferably filled with an adhesive material 66, which can be introduced in the cavity 65, after having assembled the mitered corner joint, through a hole 67 provided in the coupling insert 55.
- the square cut portions at the lateral sides 29 of the end sections of the rectilinear parts 54 also form together a passage through which adhesive material 66 can escape, so that this adhesive is brought into contact with the slots 31 at the lateral sides 29 of the spacer frame 35 and can be brought into contact with the adhesive material 34 in these slots 31 for forming a second, adhesive structure which forms a second air-tight seal or at least a second gas-barrier or vapor-barrier around the entire assembled spacer frame 35, corner joints included.
- the thin bonding layers 61 and 63 are protected all over the outer periphery of the spacer frame structure 7 by the adhesive materials 34, resp. 66, which are provided in the slots 31 of the spacer frame structure 7 , resp. in the cavities 65, so that an uninterrupted dual seal system is obtained surrounding the entire spacer frame structure 7 resulting in excellent vapor-tightness of the cavity or cavities 28 in the glazing panel 2.
- the inward groove 36 at the inward directed side 27 of the spacer frame structure 7 can be executed with protruding ridges 68 which faces the cavity 28 in order to increase the length of the thermal bridge over the vapor-tight foil 41 between two outer panes 5 and 6.
- Figure 13 illustrates an alternative version of spacer frame 35, similar to the spacer frames 35 represented in the embodiment of figure 4 .
- the spacer frame 35 has protrusions 30 which are inclined more or less under an angle of 5° (exaggerated in figure 13 ) with respect to the inward directed side 27 of the spacer frame 35 as well as with respect to the lateral side 29 at slot 31.
- the protrusions 30 have furthermore a particular shape in that they are provided with an undercut part 56 directed towards the slot 31 so to form a protrusion base with reduced size 57.
- the protrusions 30 are provided with some additional flexibility in order to allow their deformation under load exerted by a glazing pane 5 or 6.
- Such a deformation of a protrusion 30 can be explained in a simplified way as being a rotation of the protrusion top 58 around an imaginary pivoting point 59 at the center of the protrusion base 56.
- the protrusions 30 are shaped such that the protrusion top 58 is provided with a pivoting surface 60 which is directed under an angle P which is inclined with respect to the lateral sides 29 and which is sloping towards the slot 31.
- a glazing panel 2 can comprises one or more intermediate panes 8 provided in between the outer glazing panes 5 and 6.
- the spacer frame structure 7 of a glazing panel 2 can be an assembly which comprises at least two neighboring spacer frames 35, wherein an intermediate pane 8 is provided between the pair of neighboring spacer frames 35, wherein the inward directed side 27 of the neighboring spacer frames 35 are each covered by a vapor-tight foil 41 or by a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier means, which consists of an continuous and uninterrupted foil or coating 41 which covers the entire inward directed side 27 of the concerned spacer frame 35 adjacent to the corresponding cavity 28 in the glazing panel 2 and which extends between panes 5,6 and 8 adjacent to the concerned spacer frame 35 for forming a hermetic layer 41, respectively a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier forming layer extending between those panes 5, 6 and 8.
- the vapor-tight foil 41 or vapor-barrier or gas-barrier means extends between the concerned panes 5, 6 and 8 and both corresponding lateral sides 29 of the concerned space structure 7 or concerned spacer frame 35 and covers at least partially said lateral sides 29.
- An adhesive material 34, 61, 63 and/or 66 is provided between the outer glazing panes 5 and 6 and the corresponding lateral side 29 of the spacer frame structure 7 or spacer frame 35.
- the adhesive material 34, 61, 63 and/or 66 is at least partly provided at both sides of the concerned vapor-tight foil 41 or vapor-barrier or gas-barrier means, forming a hermetic layer 41, respectively a vapor-barrier or gas-barrier layer.
- Both bonded glazing pane surfaces 25 and 26 are inside glazing pane surfaces 26 adjacent to a cavity 28 of the glazing panel 2.
- one of the bonded glazing pane surfaces 25 and 26 can be an inside glazing pane surface 26 adjacent to a cavity 28 of the glazing panel 2 and the other can be an outside glazing pane surface 25.
- a desiccant 42 can be provided on top of a vapor-tight foil 41 or vapor-barrier or gas-barrier means at the side facing one or more cavities 28.
- the spacer structure 7 comprises one or more spacer frames 35 made of a fiber reinforced plastic.
- the present invention is by no means limited to glazing panels 2 or assemblies 1 of such glazing panels 2 described as examples and illustrated in the drawings, but such glazing panels 2 or assemblies 1 of such glazing panels 2 according to the invention can be realised in all kinds of variants, without departing from the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the appended claims.
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- Verglasungsplatte (2), umfassend mindestens zwei parallele Außenverglasungsscheiben (5,6), die durch eine Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) voneinander beabstandet sind, wobei eine Verglasungsscheibenfläche (25,26) jeder Außenverglasungsscheibe eine gebundene Verglasungsscheibenfläche (25,26) ist, die an eine laterale Seite (29) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) gebunden ist,
wobei die Verglasungsplatte eine selbsttragende Verglasungsplatte mit ausreichender Strukturfestigkeit zum Tragen mindestens des Gewichts der Verglasungsscheiben (5,6,8) der Verglasungsplatte (2) wie auch zum Aufnehmen einer Windlast von 1600 Pa, die in einer Richtung (AA') senkrecht zu einer Oberfläche (25,26) einer der Außenverglasungsscheiben (5,6) ausgeübt wird, aufweist, ohne Bedarf an einem äußeren stützenden Flügelrahmen zum Stützen der Verglasungsplatte (2), wobei eine Innenseite (27) der Abstandhalterrahmen (35) der Abstandhalterstruktur (7) neben einem entsprechenden Hohlraum (28) in der Verglasungsplatte (2) durch eine dampfdichte Folie (41) oder durch ein Dampfsperr- oder Gassperrmittel bedeckt ist, das sich zwischen Scheiben (5,6) neben dem betroffenen Abstandhalterrahmen (35) erstreckt, um eine hermetische Schicht, jeweils eine Dampfsperre oder Gassperre bildende Schicht, an der Innenseite (27) zwischen diesen Scheiben (5,6) zu bilden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
die lateralen Seiten (29) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) mit einem Fortsatz (30) versehen sind, der die entsprechende gebundene Verglasungsscheibenfläche (25,26) stützt, wobei ein Schlitz (31) neben dem Fortsatz (30) zwischen der betroffenen lateralen Seite (29) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) und der betroffenen gebundenen Verglasungsscheibenfläche (25,26) verbleibt, wobei der Schlitz (31) mindestens teilweise mit einem Klebematerial (34) gefüllt ist,
dadurch, dass die dampfdichte Folie oder das Dampfsperr- oder Gassperrmittel sich zwischen jeder Außenverglasungsscheibe (5,6) und dem entsprechenden Fortsatz (30) an jeder der lateralen Seiten (29) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) erstreckt; und dass die Fortsätze (30) seitlich nach außen gerichtete Schwenkflächen sind, um die die Außenverglasungsscheiben (5,6) während kleiner Verformungen der Verglasungsplatte (2) drehen können. - Verglasungsplatte (2) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) ein Zwischenteil (44) umfasst, durch das die lateralen Seiten (29) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) miteinander verbunden sind, und das mindestens teilweise durch ein plattenartiges Teil (43) gebildet ist, das ein Auseinander- oder Zueinanderbiegen der lateralen Seiten (29) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) ermöglicht.
- Verglasungsplatte (2) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens eine der Schlitze (31) sich von dem Fortsatz (30) zu einer Außenkante (32) der benachbarten gebundenen Verglasungsscheibenfläche (25,26) oder der benachbarten lateralen Seite (33) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) erstreckt.
- Verglasungsplatte (2) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Fortsätze (30) sich etwas nach innen in der Richtung des Hohlraums (28) in der Verglasungsplatte (2) erstrecken, sodass eine Innenrille (36) an der Innenseite (27) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) gebildet wird.
- Verglasungsplatte (2) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) eine Außenkante (33) aufweist, die in die Außenkante (32) der Außenverglasungsscheibe (5) mit den größten Dimensionen passt.
- Verglasungsplatte (2) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) keine rohrförmigen Teile (35) umfasst und im Wesentlichen durch dünnwandige plattenartige Teile gebildet ist.
- Verglasungsplatte (2) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) ein Zwischenteil (44) umfasst, durch das die lateralen Seiten (29) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) miteinander verbunden sind, welches Zwischenteil (44) mit einer Knautschzone (46) für eine laterale Zueinander- oder Auseinanderbewegung der lateralen Seiten (29) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) bereitgestellt ist.
- Verglasungsplatte (2) nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Knautschzone (46) aus Teilen (46) der Zwischenstruktur besteht, die unter einem gewissen Winkel (E) in Bezug auf die laterale Richtung (AA') senkrecht zu den Außenverglasungsscheiben (5,6) orientiert sind.
- Verglasungsplatte (2) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) mit Befestigungsmitteln (37) bereitgestellt ist, die aus einer Längsrille (37) bestehen, die in ihrem Außenumfang (38) bereitgestellt ist, wobei die Rille (37) an beiden lateralen Seiten (29) einen länglichen hakenförmigen Rand (39) aufweist, wobei jeder hakenförmige Rand (39) einen sich nach innen erstreckenden Haken (40) aufweist, der zu dem Haken (40) des anderen hakenförmigen Rands (39) an der gegenüberliegenden lateralen Seite (29) der Rille (37) gerichtet ist.
- Verglasungsplatte (2) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Klebematerial (34) zwischen einer Außenverglasungsscheibe (5,6) und einem Fortsatz (30) der Abstandhalterrahmenstruktur (7) bereitgestellt ist.
- Anordnung (1) einer Vielzahl von Verglasungsplatten (2) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass benachbarte Verglasungsplatten (2) durch Verbinden von Abstandhalterstrukturrahmen (7) benachbarter Verglasungsplatten (2) miteinander verbunden sind, um eine Anordnung (1) zu bilden, die sich wie eine einzelne, selbsttragende, strukturelle Verglasungsplatte (2) verhält, und dies ohne Bedarf, die Außenkanten (32) der Verglasungsplatten (2) in einem zusätzlichen äußeren Trägerrahmen einzuschließen.
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