Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/88—Curtain walls
  • E04B2/96—Curtain walls comprising panels attached to the structure through mullions or transoms
  • E04B2/965—Connections of mullions and transoms
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/88—Curtain walls
  • E04B2/885—Curtain walls comprising a supporting structure for flush mounted glazing panels
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/88—Curtain walls
  • E04B2/96—Curtain walls comprising panels attached to the structure through mullions or transoms
  • E04B2/967—Details of the cross-section of the mullions or transoms
• • 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
  • E06B3/5427—Fixing of glass panes or like plates the panes mounted flush with the surrounding frame or with the surrounding panes
• • 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
  • E06B3/66—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together
  • E06B3/67—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together characterised by additional arrangements or devices for heat or sound insulation or for controlled passage of light
  • E06B3/6715—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together characterised by additional arrangements or devices for heat or sound insulation or for controlled passage of light specially adapted for increased thermal insulation or for controlled passage of light

Definitions

• the current invention relates to a sealing for a wall element of a curtain wall, more specifically for a wall element of the modular type with a two-part frame, e.g. with a fixed frame part and a frame part of a wing of a window hingeably applied therein.
• the EP 0.641.902 describes a type of curtain wall known from the stick principle, also referred to as mullion- transom system, which is an entirely different system than a curtain wall of the frame type as referred to in the current invention.
• Such a curtain wall comprises a supporting structure of mullions and transoms which define rectangular compartments that are filled with infill elements made of glass or the like.
• the infill elements are clamped along the edges with seals on the mullions and transoms using a cover profile. These seals make the wall waterproof and windtight .
• This EP 0.641.902 also shows a compartment with a window that opens consisting of a fixed frame attached to the mullions with a rebate for the frame of a wing that opens with an infill element which along its edges sits in this frame that opens.
• a sealing is realised by means of a vulcanisation of a sealing rubber as has been the case for all rubbers for years.
• US 2012/0210664 relates to yet another type of curtain wall in which the ends of the transoms are worked to fit in the profile of the mullions and an opening is made in which a plug is fitted, whereby the connection between the mullions and transoms using a plug is completely filled with silicones, which must be avoided due to its non-durability and the tearing of the silicones, with the knowledge that a curtain wall moves due to wind and thermal effects.
• US 2012/0210664 therefore again concerns a completely different system than this of a curtain wall of the frame type as referred to in the invention.
• the corners of this well-known system of the US 2012/0210664 are completely sealed with silicones, which is prohibited as this cannot possibly result in the required sealing.
• the silicones are applied on site in usually unfavourable circumstances whereby you are confronted with wet or dirty profiles resulting in the silicones not sealing at all anymore.
• This system of sealing is exactly what is not allowed and describes a worthless connection the problems of which are adequately known on the market.
• the invention relates to another type of curtain wall, more specifically curtain walls of the modular type constructed from mostly rectangular prefabricated wall elements which are connected to each other sideways with seals in horizontal rows extending one above the other.
• the basic structure of such a unitized curtain wall is formed by the structural profiles of the unitized curtain wall which are assembled to form a whole, the so-called modules or frames.
• Such a wall element de facto spans at least one storey height, sometimes also two to sometimes even three storeys, otherwise the wall element cannot be attached to the structure of the building.
• ⁇ or a wing that opens of a door or a window.
• a frame for a window that opens thus normally consists of a fixed basic frame and a wing that opens which "hangs" in the fixed basic frame with window hardware.
• a wing that opens de facto implies rubbers over the whole perimeter of the wing which can never be 100% windproof and watertight . This means that in the "chamber" or so-called rebate, created between the wing and the basic frame, moisture or water can de facto enter which in itself is not so bad if two conditions have been met, more specifically that the infiltration water:
• ⁇ can be drained outside along openings
• the supporting basic structure is formed by mullions and transoms and a separate so-called external frame is always needed, both for the assembly of fixed infill elements and to flush mount a wing frame, the separate external frames then being attached to the basic structure, typically with screws.
• the current invention concerns another type of wall element, more specifically a modular wall element of a unitized curtain wall with a basic frame with at least one compartment with a wing that opens, whereby the basic frame is fitted with a rebate for the wing that opens which consists of a wing frame with an infill element which from the outside covers the wing frame and that, e.g., is attached to the wing frame using structural glue.
• An advantage of such a wall element according to the invention is that this wall element cannot be visually distinguished from the other wall elements with fixed infill elements on fixed frames, neither from the outside nor the inside of the curtain wall.
• this wall element does not contain an extra external frame around the wing, thus eliminating the cost.
• the invention more specifically relates to a wall element for a curtain wall of the modular frame type in that the wall element contains a basic frame made of mullions and transoms that contain one or more compartments of which at least one compartment is fitted with a rebate to flush- mount a wing, whereby the transoms of such compartment for a wing have perpendicular ends and are attached with these ends between the mullions, whereby the mullions are made of profiles with an internal chamber contained by an outer wall and a sidewall of the mullion which, to form the rebate in the compartment in question, are at least partially locally removed along the height of the compartment, and whereby in the corners of the compartment for a wing a sealing has been fitted to create a windtight and waterproof connection between the mullions and transoms of an aforementioned compartment, whereby the sealing is made as a corner piece from rubber or another flexible sealing material and that is formed and sized so that it fits at the level of the corners to be sealed in the form of the rebate in the
• the design of the corner piece allows it to grip in the corners over the remaining part of the connecting walls of the mullions above and under the rebate.
• the corner piece has, for instance, a U-shaped profiled body with a back and legs with which the corner piece grips against the wall of the rebate of a transom.
• the side edge of the corner piece can have a U-shaped finish because, for instance, the aforementioned legs of the corner piece are extended with a part that sticks out vis-a-vis the edge of the back of the corner piece, whereby the corner piece grips over the remaining part of the connecting wall of the opened side chamber of an adjacent mullion with these extended parts.
• the used profiles can have overlying detailing which at the level of the corners can be partially removed over a certain length so that when tightening the transom against an adjacent mullion, the corner piece is clamped between the remaining part of the overlying detailing and the adjacent mullion.
• the corner pieces can be glued optionally.
• the corner piece has been sealed in the rebate without the use of silicones or other sealing material.
• the invention also relates to a sealing in the form of a corner piece intended to create a watertight connection between the transom and the mullion of a basic frame in the wall compartments with a wing that opens.
• figure 1 schematically shows an external view of a curtain wall according to the invention being constructed with a partial cutaway
• figure 2 shows an internal view of a wall element as indicated with F2 in figure 1 ;
• figure 3 shows a cross-section according to the line III-III in figure 1 ;
• figure 4 shows a cross-section according to the line IV- IV in figure 1, yet in disassembled state
• FIGS 5 and 6 show cross-sections, respectively according to the lines V-V and VI-VI in figure 1;
• figures 7 to 9 show in perspective and in disassembled state certain component parts of a wall element such as that of figure 2;
• figure 10 shows a situation such as the one in figure
• FIG. 11 to 14 show cross-sections according to the lines XI-XI to XIV-XIV in figure 10, however in figure
• figure 15 shows a cross-section according to line XV- XV in figure 14;
• figure 16 shows the component parts of the frame of a wall element with a wing that opens
• FIGS. 17 and 18 show the way to assemble the component indicated in figure 16 with F17;
• FIGS. 19A and 19B show a production line for the manufacture of wall elements according to the invention
• figure 20 shows a situation such as the one in figure 12 but whereby one wall element displays a cracked or damaged infill element that requires replacement;
• figures 21 and 22 show a cross-section according to the lines XXI-XXI in figure 20 during two consecutive steps in the replacement of a cracked or damaged infill element;
• figures 23 and 24 respectively show a cross-section according to the lines XXIII-XXIII and XXIV-XXIV in figure 20 but after the replacement of the damaged infill element.
• the curtain wall 1 shown in figure 1 is a curtain wall of the modular type constructed from individual prefabricated rectangular wall elements 2 in the form of separate modules placed in rows next to and above one another to create a level wall, forming the supporting structure of the curtain wall 1.
• the wall elements 2 or modules are composed of a basic frame 3 of assembled one-piece profiles 4 on the inside 5 of the curtain wall 1 and of rectangular infill elements 6 on the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1 which almost entirely cover the basic frame 3, whereby the basic frame 3 is therefore hidden behind the infill elements 6 so that it appears as if the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1 consists entirely of infill elements in glass or the like.
• the wall elements 2 are suspended on a basic structure at floor height 8, whereby a wall element 2 spans the height of a storey.
• the wall elements 2 are fitted with two infill elements, being a see-through infill element 6a at floor level and preferably a non-translucent or opaque infill element 6b to conceal the thickness of the floors 8.
• Frame 3 is constructed from one-piece mullions 9 and one- piece transoms 10, whereby the transoms 10 have perpendicular ends and are connected with the mullions 9 using screws 11.
• the basic frame 3 contains two types of mullions 9 that fit inside each another telescopically, respectively a mullion 9a with an open U- shaped female coupling part 12 and a mullion 9b with a complementary open U-shaped male coupling part 13, whereby the two types of mullions 9a and 9b slide with their coupling parts telescopically inside each other and whereby these mullions 9a and 9b, with the exception of the coupling parts, are as good as symmetrical relative to a median plane 14.
• the mullions 9a and 9b of adjacent wall elements 2 are coupled to each other as shown in figure 3 and thus form in their coupled state a composite rectangular beam-shaped basic profile 4, as it were, consisting of two predominantly symmetrical semi-profiles 9a and 9b for the mullions and 10a and 10b for the transoms 10.
• the male coupling part 13 is formed by two parallel legs 15 which grasp between parallel walls of the female part 12 and are sealed off using seals 16 and 17 on the free end of the legs 15.
• seals are preferably formed by co-extrusion of one or two materials, respectively a rubber or suchlike and a stiff material to form a stiff foot 16' and 17' which allows the seal to be slid in the lengthways direction into the appropriate detailing during assembly of the frame 3.
• the basic frame 3 contains three transoms 10, featuring a lower transom 10a, an upper transom 10b and one or more intermediate transoms 10c, in this case just one intermediate transom 10c, whereby the lower transom 10a and the one or more intermediate transoms 10c are mounted between the mullions, while the upper transom 10b is mounted on the mullions 9.
• the upper transom 10a and the lower transom 10b are identical to the profiles of the mullions 9a and 9b and fit together in the same telescopic manner as shown in the figures 4 and 5, whereby the lower transom 10a features a downward facing female coupling part 12 and the upper transom 10b features an upward facing male coupling part 13 that, when assembled, extends into the female coupling part 12 of a higher wall element 2.
• the transoms 10a and 10b unite to form a composite profile 4 that, in terms of shape, is predominantly in line with the aforementioned basic profile 4.
• the intermediate transom 10c divides the frame 3 into two compartments 3a and 3b and has a cross-section as illustrated in figure 6 which in profiling terms, with the exception of the female and male coupling parts, is predominantly aligned with the composite basic profile 4.
• the frame structure of the curtain wall 1 consequently appears to be composed exclusively of identical basic profiles 4, regardless of whether it is composed for the composite mullions 9a and 9b and transoms 10a and 10b or for the intermediate transoms 10c.
• the basic profile 4 in figure 6 in line with an intermediate transom 10c is a rectangular tube profile with an inside wall 18 and an outside wall 19, i.e. an inside wall 18 facing the inside 5 of the curtain wall 1 and an outside wall 19 facing the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1 against which the infill elements 6 are attached, whose walls 18 and 19 are connected to each other by two parallel side walls 20.
• the basic profile 4 is divided into two chambers using a partition 21 at a distance from the inside wall 18 and from the outside wall 19, respectively an inside chamber 22 on the inside 5 of the curtain wall 1 and an outside chamber 23 on the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1, whereby the outside chamber 23 is subdivided using two connecting walls 24 between the outside wall 19 and the partition 21 into three internal chambers, respectively into a middle chamber 23a and two internal side chambers 23b on each side of the middle chamber 23a.
• the composite mullions 9 and transoms 10 substantially contain the same characteristics with the difference that the inside chamber 22 is now formed by the female and male coupling parts 12 and 13 which engage with each other and that the middle chamber 23a is now open and the partition 21 is realised with a double wall and divided into two parts.
• the internal side chambers 23b are thus contained by 4 walls, namely by an outside wall 19, a side wall 20, a partition 21 and a connecting wall 24.
• the connecting walls 24 of the internal side chambers 23b feature identical yet symmetrical detailing 25 on the sides facing each other for the attachment of seals or other components plus a protruding part 26.
• the outside wall 19 is fitted with detailing 25 at the level of the middle chamber 23a and, at the level of each internal side chamber 23b, with detailing 25 in the form of T-shaped recesses provided for the attachment of the infill elements 6 using aluminium slats 27 which are glued all the way around the inside of the infill elements 6 with structural silicone 28, for example structural silicone, whereby the slats 27 feature a T-shaped foot 29 which can be slid to fit into an aforementioned T-shaped recess.
• the slats 27 need to undergo an individual check to ensure that their surface treatment will not come loose when used in structural glazing.
• partition 21 features detailing 25 on the inside of the internal side chamber 23b for assembly of seals or suchlike .
• transoms 10 and mullions 9 resemble semi-profiles 10a and 10b, respectively 9a and 9b, of the basic profile 4 featuring the same detailing 25.
• insulation profiles 30 and 32 are fitted which, as shown in figure 8, are attached to mullions 9 and transoms 10 of the basic frame 3 using hooks 31 which, as shown in the figures 3 and 4, are clicked into place in the specially-made detailing 25 on the connecting walls 24.
• an insulation profile 32 is attached as shown in figure 6, which connects the insulation profile 32 with the insulation profiles 30 of the mullions 9.
• the insulation profiles 30 are joined together and the insulation profiles 30 of the mullions 10 are connected with the insulation profile 32 of the intermediate transom 10c using L-shaped corner connectors 33 as shown in figure 8 whose legs slide into the hollow insulation profiles 30 and 32.
• the insulation profiles 30 and 32 extend from the frame 3 to the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1 over the thickness of the edges of the infill elements 6 and are sealed at their outward facing free ends in relation to the infill elements 6 using a silicone or other sealing kit.
• a horizontal seal 34 is attached, which extends continuously in a horizontal direction over the breadth of the curtain wall 1 or a part of this wall and in doing so continues over the mullions 9 between neighbouring connecting wall elements 2, covering at least the corner connections between the mullions 9 and the transoms 10 of connecting wall elements 2.
• This horizontal seal 34 is attached during construction of the curtain wall 1, as soon as a complete row of wall elements 2 or a part of such is constructed, on top of the row of wall elements 2 across the entire length of the row, after which assembly of a following row of wall elements 2 can begin as shown in figure 1 by clamping the horizontal seal 34 on the wall elements 2 below with the help of the profiling 34b and 34d without requiring other means of attachment such as screws or the like.
• the horizontal seal 34 is a one-piece profile made of EPDM rubber or the like with a predominantly flat part 34a that rests on top of the row of wall elements 2 below and continuously covers the insulation profiles 30 of the wall elements 2 across the connecting perpendicular corner connections between the mullions and transoms of connecting wall elements 2 and this without making cuts or extra drilling and without any silicone.
• This kind of EPDM rubber seal has the advantage of being a supple seal which can, for example, be rolled onto a roll and can then simply be rolled off this roll onto the wall elements 2 below and clamped together with the profilings 34b and 34c on the wall elements 2.
• the length of the applied horizontal seals 34 are therefore required to be greater than the breadth J of the composite mullions 9a-9b as shown in figure 3 and is preferably such that several wall elements 2, preferably all wall elements 2, in a row of wall elements 2 can be bridged with this horizontal seal 34.
• the top side of the flat part 34a slopes down towards the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1 to allow the good transit of water.
• the breadth K of the horizontal seal 34 is such that it stretches from the aforementioned most outward located leg 15 to or almost to the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1, so that, when in situ, this horizontal seal 34 acts as a sort of sill for the drainage of rainwater towards the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1. Any infiltration water that might possibly infiltrate via the vertical joints will be carried away row by row via the underlying horizontal seal 34 towards the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1 as shown with indication L in figure 4.
• the flat part 34a on the underside is fitted with a downward facing profiling 34b which, as illustrated in figure 4, is fitted with barbs and which clamps tight into a groove contained by the walls or the double wall partition 21 of the underlying transom 10b.
• the outward facing edge of the horizontal seal 34 is fitted with a first detailing 34d with which the seal 34 can be attached to the underlying insulation profile 30 and with a second detailing more towards the inside 5 of the curtain wall 1.
• the horizontal seal 34 is clamped onto an underlying wall element 2 in 3 places.
• the horizontal seal 34 is made with an upstanding edge 34e of a height of for example 20 mm which extends into the female coupling part 12 of the lowest transom 10a of the wall elements 2 above and which clamps and seals between this female coupling part 12 and the upwardly extending leg 15 inside of the male coupling part 13 that is located closest to the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1.
• the upstanding edge 34e keeps out any infiltration water and is fitted at the top with a hook-shaped bent end 34f that grasps the aforementioned upstanding leg 15.
• the sideways connecting wall elements are connected together using a coupling profile 35 as shown in figure 5 in order to perfectly align the connecting wall element to ensure that the infill elements 6 on the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1 form a single surface.
• the wall elements 2 are sealed depth-wise along their perimeter from the outside 7 to the inside 5 of the curtain wall 1 on four levels A, B, C, D against each other as shown in the figures 3, 4 and 9.
• a first level A closest to the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1 is formed by first seals 36 which are attached respectively to the insulation profiles 30 of the mullions 9 and of the lowest transom 10a.
• the second level B is formed by second seals 37 which are attached to the mullions 9 and to the lowest transom 10a of the basic frame 3 in a detailing 25 of the connecting walls 24.
• the first and second seals 36 and 37 on the mullions seal each other, while the first and the second seals 36 and 37 seal the lowest transom 10a on the underlying horizontal seal 34.
• the third level C is formed by the upstanding edge 34e of the horizontal seal 34 and by the aforementioned seals 17 between the female and male coupling parts 12 and 13.
• the innermost fourth level is formed by the aforementioned seals 16 between the female and male coupling parts 12 and 13. In this way a perfect water and airtight seal is achieved between the wall elements 2 and thanks to the continuous horizontal seal 34 also between the rows, whereby each row is isolated from another row in terms of water drainage and all the water from each row is transported via the horizontal seal 34 towards the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1.
• Figure 10 shows a curtain wall 1 according to the invention whereby beside the wall elements 2 with fixed infill elements 6 a wall element 2 is now also fitted of which the one compartment 3a of the basic frame 3 is fitted with an outward-opening wing of a window while compartment 3b features a fixed infill element 6a.
• the wing that opens is composed of a wing frame 3" and, attached to this wing frame 3", an infill element 6a that is fixed to the outside 7 of the wing frame 3" using structural silicone 28.
• the infill panel 6a of the wing is the same size as a fixed infill panel 6a and covers the wing frame 3" entirely or as good as entirely and is aligned with the other infill panels 6, so that no difference can be seen from the outside 7 of the curtain wall 1 between fixed infill panels 6 and infill panels of a wing.
• the wing When closed, the wing lies in a rebate 40 fitted along the perimeter of the compartment 3a of the wing in the basic frame 3, whereby this rebate 40 is formed by the fact that part of the internal chamber 23b of the mullions 9 and transoms 10 is missing or has been removed.
• the rebate 40 is formed by locally removing the mullions 9 in the basic frame 3 in line with the wing as shown in figure 16 whereby a part of the mullions 9 above and below the rebate is retained .
• the rebate 40 is formed by opening the internal side chamber 23b by locally removing the side wall 20 of the internal side chamber 23b as far as the double walled partition 21, the outside wall 19 of the side chamber 23b and a part of the connecting wall 24 as far the protrusion 26.
• the outward facing sides of the remaining partition 21 and of the protrusion 26 both form a stop for the wing frame 3", and do so with the intervention of a seal 38, respectively 39, to which the seal 38 is attached in the detailing 25 or the partition 21 and the seal 39 is attached to the wing frame 3".
• transoms 10 on the top and bottom side of the winged compartment 3a feature an appropriate rebate 40 spanning their entire length.
• the transoms 10 made by profiles 10a and 10c can already allow for such a rebate 40 during fabrication or by using profiles with an internal chamber 23b which is opened across the entire length in the same way as for the rebates 40 in the mullions 9.
• the mullions, on the one hand, and transoms extruded with the rebate, on the other, of the basic frame 3 thus form the external frame of the window as it were, so that no separate external frame is required to make a window that opens as is the case in traditionally known curtain walls.
• the invention lies in the fact that by applying the grinding technique to the mullions - where required in a wall compartment 3a featuring a wing that opens -, in the adjoining compartment or in the adjoining compartments of the same wall module and featuring a fixed infill element, no additional frame is required around these fixed infill elements in order to be able to place these in the basic frame 3, contrary to all existing systems.
• the wing frame 3" of the wing is formed by profiles 41 which are predominantly L-shaped with a leg 41a and a leg 41b, this wing frame 3" with its outward facing side facing the outer face 7 of the curtain wall 1 with one leg 41a using an aforementioned aluminium slat 27 all around being glued against the inside of the infill element that opens 6a using a structural silicone 28 and with the other leg 41b facing in a perpendicular direction to this internal side.
• the seal 39 and a shortened insulation profile 30" are attached to the leg 41a.
• the rebate 40 is measured with ample room for traditional hardware 42, for example in the form of friction hinges.
• a sealing corner piece 44 made of rubber, plastic or other sealing material is fitted against the inside of the rebate 40 and this is shown in the cross-sections of the figures 14 and 15 and of which the installation is clarified using the figures 16 to 18.
• the corner pieces 40 are intended to perfectly seal the perpendicular corner connections between mullions 9 and transoms 10. After all, wind and rain penetrating the rebate between the basic frame 3 and the wing frame 3" must be stopped from entering the inside 5 of the curtain wall 1 via this corner connection.
• the corner piece 44 shown in the figures is formed and sized in such a way that it attaches level with the rebate 40 in the intermediate transom 10c against the underside of the remaining connecting walls 24 and against the outside of the remaining protrusions 26 as shown in figure 14 and in figure 17 at the bottom.
• certain detailing 25 can therefore be removed in the corners across a particular length M by grinding or the like in order to obtain flat surfaces against which the corner piece 44 can be properly attached without the corner piece 44 needing to be made in a complex shape .
• the length M across which the detailing 25 is removed can be chosen in such a way that when tightening the transom 10 against a connecting mullion 9 during assembly, the corner piece 44 is clamped between the remaining part of the overlying detailing 25 of the transom 10 and the connecting mullion 9.
• the corner piece 44 in vertical cross-section is predominantly U-shaped with a back 44a and a short leg 44b and a long leg 44c and, on the free edge of the long leg 44c an outward stretching lip 44d that is perpendicular to this leg 44c and which adjoins a connecting wall 24 of a connecting side chamber 23b.
• the short leg 44b therefore sits tightly in an upward- reaching groove 46 of a connecting wall 24 of the intermediate transom 10c of the fixed basic frame 3.
• an analogue corner piece 44 is attached with the short leg 44b fitting into a corresponding downward-facing groove 45 of this part transom 10a on the basic frame 3.
• the short leg 44b is extended sideways past the edge 44e of the back 44a and sits sideways with this extended part 44b' contained sideways in the groove 45 of a mullion 9.
• the long leg 44c is also extended sideways and uses this extended part 44c' to grip across the protrusion 26 of the remaining connecting wall 24. Also, the lip 44d is extended with a part 44d' beyond the edge 44e into the rebate 40 of the connecting mullion 9, thus buffed up against the cut edges 46 which limit the rebate 40 in the mullions on the top and bottom.
• the corner pieces 44 are preferably glued into the fixed basic frame 3.
• a corner piece 44 for connection to the left-hand mullion 9 is the mirror image of the corner piece 44 of the figures for connection to the right-hand mullion 9.
• corner pieces 44 are made of rubber or another supple or semi-supple sealing material, these corner pieces 44 can cope with differential settings and the potential warping or distortion of the basic frame 3 without harming the water and airtight function and are able to do this without the use of any silicone or other kit material.
• the corner pieces 44 are attached during the wall builder's production process in the factory and consequently under perfect quality control. As such, for example, the corner pieces are slid onto the ends of the transoms during production before the transoms are attached between the mullions 9 and are screwed tightly in-between. When the wing is opened the corner pieces 44 become visible, but this causes no problem.
• a curtain wall 1 system according to the invention is particularly well-suited to the prefabrication of wall elements 2, be these fixed wall elements with fixed infill elements 6 or wall elements with a wing that opens, on an automated production line under working conditions that can be accurately controlled, therefore guaranteeing a perfect finish .
• Such a production line is shown in a diagram in the figures 19A and 19B in which use is made of a production line 47.
• the production of the glazed wall elements 2 is carried out in the ten consecutive steps a through j as shown in figure 19: a/ cutting all the profiles of the mullions 9 and transoms 10 and the insulation profiles 30 and 32 to the right length;
• the frames remain flat on the production line and consequently no time-consuming manipulation is required to turn the frames over, something that saves significant amounts of time.
• the prefabricated wall elements 2 are already fitted with all seals during production in a controlled environment, with the exception of the horizontal seal 34 which is only attached during assembly in the curtain wall 1 in a row of in situ wall elements 2 before a following row wall elements is installed .
• system of a curtain wall 1 according to the invention is highly suitable for the replacement of a fixed infill element 6a, for example due to damage or a crack 49 in the infill element 6a in a compartment 3a as shown in figure 20 or for whatever other reason.
• a wing frame 3" with a replacement infill element 6a is fabricated beforehand as shown in the figures 22 to 24, similar to the wing frame 3" in figure 11 for a wing that opens consisting of L-shaped profiles 41 with the required insulation profiles 30" sealed along the edges of the infill element 6a and fitted with seals 36 and 39 all around.
• the L-shaped profiles 41 on the leg 41b are fitted with a sideways elastic clip connection 50a on the vertical profiles 41 as shown in figure 22 and on the uppermost profile 41 of the wing frame 3" as shown in figure 24 and on the lowest profile 41 of the wing frame 3" a reinforcement lug 51a with a downwards-facing lip as shown in figure 23.
• a sideways elastic clip connection 50a on the vertical profiles 41 as shown in figure 22 and on the uppermost profile 41 of the wing frame 3" as shown in figure 24 and on the lowest profile 41 of the wing frame 3" a reinforcement lug 51a with a downwards-facing lip as shown in figure 23.
• each reinforcement lug 51b with an upward-facing lip behind which the downward- facing lip of the reinforcement lug 51a of the wing with the replacement infill element 2 can be hooked as shown in figure 23.
• this wing frame 3" with replacement infill element is placed horizontally in the correct position, this wing frame 3" resting on the reinforcement lugs 51a and 51b is tipped inside with a rotating pulling movement around the rotation axis through the contact line between the lugs 51a and 51b as shown with arrow I in figure 22, and clipped tight in the curtain wall 1 by hooking the elastic clip connections 50a and 50b into each other as shown in the figures 22 and 24.
• the reinforcement lugs 51a and 51b are shaped in such a way that the wing frame 3" slides easily into the correct position in the rebate 40 or the basic frame 3. Throughout the entire operation the installers are inside the building.
• the present invention is in no way limited to the example described and the embodiment shown in the figures of a modular curtain wall according to the invention and wall elements applied therein and corner pieces for sealing, but such curtain wall, wall element and corner piece according to the invention can be realised in all kinds of forms and dimensions without departing from the scope of the invention.

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