Classifications

• • 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
  • E06B7/00—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows
  • E06B7/16—Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings
• • 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
  • E06B3/32—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing
  • E06B3/34—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing with only one kind of movement
  • E06B3/36—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing with only one kind of movement with a single vertical axis of rotation at one side of the opening, or swinging through the opening
  • E06B3/362—Double winged doors or windows
• • 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
  • E06B7/00—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows
  • E06B7/16—Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings
  • E06B7/22—Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings by means of elastic edgings, e.g. elastic rubber tubes; by means of resilient edgings, e.g. felt or plush strips, resilient metal strips
  • E06B7/23—Plastic, sponge rubber, or like strips or tubes
  • E06B7/2305—Plastic, sponge rubber, or like strips or tubes with an integrally formed part for fixing the edging

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of glazed openings in the facade of a building. More particularly, the invention concerns a casement window or French window with two leaves. The invention relates to improving the sealing, especially against water and air, of such a window or French window.
• a casement window typically consists of a frame and one or two sashes. When the window has two sashes, these are called the main sash and the semi-fixed sash. Each sash has two mullions connected by two rails. The semi-fixed sash also has a rebate stile against which one of the main sash's mullions rests when it is closed.
• a perimeter seal is fitted to the frame. This seal is the one against which the two sashes rest when the window is closed.
• a seal called the first seal, is fitted along the entire length of the jamb of the semi-fixed sash. This seal is the one against which the main sash rests when the window is closed.
• plugs are fitted to said ends. These plugs also advantageously seal the ends of the jamb, while maintaining a consistent shape between the jamb and the rails of the service leaf and the semi-fixed leaf.
• the plugs are made of a rigid material and are held in place on the edge of the jamb profile either by gluing and screwing or by using a sealant and screwing.
• the sealant is, for example, an MS polymer adhesive or silicone.
• the current plugs used in conjunction with the sealant, fully perform their functions.
• the time required to install and clean these plugs and the sealant is a significant factor in the manufacturing time of the window.
• the positioning of the sealant on the plugs requires precision from the staff.
• the present invention aims to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks.
• the present invention proposes a window, or French window, comprising a frame and two sashes, referred to as a semi-fixed sash and a service sash, the frame and the two sashes each being formed by rails and stiles.
• the window, or French window is intended to fill an opening made in a wall or facade of a building and to form a separation between an interior and an exterior environment.
• the perimeter seal advantageously defines a sealing plane for the window.
• sealing we mean watertightness and airtightness.
• Each sealing plug positioned at one end of the rebate post, thus advantageously provides, via the first piece, a continuity of bearing surface with the two leaves, and thus ensures sealing, via the peripheral seal between the two leaves and the frame, and at each end of the rebate post, in the sealing plane, without any additional sealing product.
• Each sealing plug positioned at one end of the strike plate, also advantageously allows, via the second piece, to ensure a watertight connection between the peripheral seal and the first seal and thus to guarantee the continuity of the seal between the two leaves, in the sealing plane, without any additional sealant.
• sealing plugs it is no longer necessary to use sealing products, such as silicone or glue, to achieve water and air tightness of the window, particularly at both ends of the jamb, between the jamb and the service sash and between the jamb and the frame.
• sealing products such as silicone or glue
• each sealing plug is advantageously separable, which allows them to be made from different materials.
• the window, or French window may also include one or more of the following characteristics, taken individually or in all technically possible combinations.
• the first sealing gasket is longer than the length of the rebate post.
• the first gasket extends at both longitudinal ends of the rebate post.
• the tongue of the second piece of each sealing plug has a beveled profile.
• first part of each sealing plug is hollow, and the second part is partially interlocked within the first part.
• a first portion of the second piece protrudes slightly from the first piece, between the first piece and the associated longitudinal end of the strike post, so that it can be compressed by the first piece when the sealing plug is fixed to the associated longitudinal end of the strike post, thus ensuring continuity of sealing.
• first part and the second part of each sealing plug each have a through orifice for receiving the same tightening screw.
• the rebate post has a longitudinal groove for receiving a second sealing strip, referred to as the second seal, against which the free stile of the semi-fixed leaf is pressed.
• the second part of each sealing cap has a longitudinal groove, extending from said longitudinal groove, for receiving the second seal.
• the second seal advantageously has a length greater than the length of the jamb so as to extend, at the level of the sealing plugs, in each longitudinal groove of the sealing plugs, up to the peripheral seal.
• the first component of a sealing plug comprises a first face opposite the associated longitudinal end of the rebate, a second, solid face opposite the first, and solid lateral faces, one of which has an opening for water drainage.
• This opening advantageously allows water that may have entered the window to drain away upstream of the sealing surface. "Upstream of the sealing surface” means between the sealing surface and the external environment.
• the second part of the sealing plugs is made of an EPDM (Ethylene, Propylene, Diene, Monomer) plastic material.
• EPDM Ethylene, Propylene, Diene, Monomer
• FIG. 1 represents an example of a 100 casement window, with two sashes.
• a window aims to fill an opening made in a wall or building facade, thus forming a separation between an interior environment, for example a living space within the building, and an exterior environment.
• figure 1 corresponds to a perspective view of the double-leaf casement window from an observation point located in said interior environment.
• the 100 window with impact of the figure 1 classically comprises a fixed frame, hereafter referred to simply as frame 10, and two leaves 30, 40, commonly referred to as semi-fixed leaf 30 and service leaf 40.
• the frame 10 is designed to be fixed securely within the opening in the facade or a wall of the building.
• the two sashes 30 and 40 are each attached to the frame 10 and are each designed to support one or more panes of glass 21.
• the frame 10 conventionally comprises two crossbars 11 connected at their ends by two uprights 12.
• the crossbars 11 of said frame are arranged horizontally, and are called upper crossbar and lower crossbar, and the uprights 12 of said frame are vertical.
• Each leaf 30, 40 conventionally comprises two crossbars 31, 41 connected at their ends by two uprights 32, 33, 42, 43.
• the crossbars of each leaf are arranged horizontally, and are called the top crossbar and the bottom crossbar, and the uprights of each leaf are vertical.
• Each leaf 30, 40 is connected, at the level of one of these uprights, called edge upright 32, 42, to one of the uprights 12 of the frame 10 by means of rotation, for example hinges 22, allowing it to pivot relative to the associated upright of the frame 10.
• the other upright of the leaf 30, 40 is hereafter called free upright 33, 43.
• the semi-fixed leaf 30 also includes a rebate 50.
• This rebate extends parallel to the free stile 33 of the semi-fixed leaf.
• the rebate 50 extends longitudinally between two longitudinal ends 51.
• the 50mm rebate is fixed, preferably by screwing, to the semi-fixed leaf 30, more precisely fixed to the free post 33 of the semi-fixed leaf.
• the jamb 50 preferably includes a groove for receiving the hardware elements (not shown), said hardware elements being configured for and intended to allow in particular the locking, or unlocking, of the semi-fixed leaf against the frame 10.
• the service leaf 40 preferably includes a handle 23 allowing it to be locked, or unlocked, on the semi-fixed leaf 30.
• the rails 11 and stiles 12 of the frame 10, the rails 31, 41 and stiles 32, 33, 42, 43 of the two leaves 30, 40, as well as the rebate stile 50, are each made using a profile.
• Each profile is preferably made entirely or partially of a metallic material, for example, an aluminum alloy.
• the profiles consist of a central portion of rigid plastic material, commonly called a bar, sandwiched between two portions of metallic material.
• the frame 10 has at least one peripheral groove (not shown) configured for and intended to receive a sealing gasket, called peripheral gasket 60. More specifically, each profile of cross members 11 and uprights 12 of the frame 10 has at least one longitudinal groove (not shown) configured for and intended to receive a part of the peripheral gasket 60.
• a longitudinal groove is a groove arranged along the length of the profile, preferably along the entire length of the profile.
• each longitudinal groove is preferably arranged on a face, called the internal face, 111 of each rail and stile profile.
• internal face we mean the face of the profile that is directed towards the inside of the frame.
• At least one longitudinal groove is made and positioned on each profile of crossbars and uprights in such a way that, when the profiles of crossbars and uprights are assembled to form the frame, the longitudinal grooves are in line with each other, forming at least one peripheral groove, preferably without discontinuity.
• the perimeter seal 60 is advantageously designed to ensure water and airtightness of the window 100 with respect to the external environment, between the frame 10 and the two sashes 30, 40.
• each of the sashes 30, 40 rests against this perimeter seal 60, compressing said perimeter seal.
• figure 2 illustrates a portion of the peripheral joint 60, on which the service leaf 40 rests.
• closed window we mean that the semi-fixed sash 30 is locked onto the frame 10 and the service sash 40 is locked onto the semi-fixed sash 30 and/or onto the frame 10.
• the perimeter seal 60 defines a sealing plane for the window 100. Upstream of the sealing plane, that is, between the sealing plane and the external environment, water may pass through the profiles of the stiles and transoms of the frame and sashes. Downstream of the sealing plane, that is, between the sealing plane and the internal environment, water may not pass through the profiles of the stiles and transoms of the frame and sashes.
• the 50 beat amount includes, as illustrated on the figure 4 a longitudinal groove, called the first groove 52, intended to receive a sealing gasket, called the first gasket 70.
• Said first groove is made and positioned on the profile of the mullion 50 in such a way that, when the window 100 is closed, said first groove 52 is opposite the free mullion 43 of the service sash 40, more precisely opposite the bar of the profile of said mullion 43 of the service sash 40.
• This first groove 52 preferably extends over the entire length of the mullion 50.
• the free mullion 43 of said service sash rests on the first gasket 70 arranged on the mullion of the semi-fixed sash 30, compressing said first gasket.
• the said first seal 70 thus makes it possible to guarantee, over the entire length of the rebate post 50, the water and air tightness of the window 100 with respect to the external environment, between the rebate post 50 of the semi-fixed sash 30 and the free post 43 of the service sash 40.
• the first seal 70 is positioned in the sealing plane.
• the batten 50 further includes, at each of its two longitudinal ends 51, a sealing plug 90.
• the figure 2 illustrates a perspective view from below of a portion of the two sashes 30, 40, at the level of one end, called the lower end, of the mullion 50, when the window is closed.
• figures 3 and 4 These two perspective views illustrate a portion of the jamb 50 fitted with a sealing plug 90 at the lower end of the jamb 50.
• Each sealing plug 90 is advantageously configured to provide the perimeter seal 60 with a continuous bearing surface to the two sashes 30 and 40, thus ensuring a seal, via the perimeter seal 60, between the two sashes 30 and 40 and the frame 10, and at one end of the jamb 50, within the sealing plane, without any additional sealant.
• Each sealing plug 90 also ensures a watertight connection between the perimeter seal 60 and the first seal 70, thus guaranteeing continuous sealing between the two sashes within the sealing plane, without any additional sealant.
• Each sealing cap 90 comprises a first part 91 and a second part 92, as illustrated in the figures 5 to 7 .
• the first piece 91 and the second piece 92 are preferentially not linked together in a solid manner, that is to say they are not fixedly linked together.
• the first part 91 is intended to be fixed on the associated longitudinal end 51 of the strike post 50 to close said longitudinal end.
• the first piece 91 advantageously ensures continuity of bearing surface with the cross members 31, 41 of the two leaves 30, 40, opposite the peripheral joint 60.
• the first part 91 has a general profile adapted to the profile of the profile of the batten upright 50.
• the first part 91 is a so-called rigid part, that is to say, non-deformable. In other words, the first part 91 does not deform under the action of pressure exerted on it.
• the first part 91 is preferably made of plastic, for example hard plastic, such as iron fiber-filled or unfilled polyamide, polyoxymethylene (POM) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
• plastic for example hard plastic, such as iron fiber-filled or unfilled polyamide, polyoxymethylene (POM) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
• the first face 911 of part 91 is substantially flat, preferably not solid.
• the first face 911 is intended to be positioned opposite the edge of the profile of the jamb 50.
• Said first face is preferably shaped substantially to the shape of the edge of the jamb 50 profile.
• the second face 912 of the first part 91 is a solid face.
• the second face 912 is not a flat surface, but preferentially has a stepped shape.
• the second face 912 has two surfaces 9121, 9122, substantially parallel, separated by a surface 9123 substantially perpendicular to said two faces, as illustrated in the figures 5 and 6 .
• the said second face is configured to ensure the continuity of the bearing surface of the peripheral seal 60 on the rebate post 50 with the two sashes 30, 40.
• the second face 912 of the first part 91 is such that when the window 100 is closed, the transoms 31, 41 of the two sashes 30, 40 and the surface 9123 of the second face 912 of the two sealing plugs 90 come to rest on the peripheral seal 60, in a similar way, compressing said peripheral seal. More precisely, the peripheral seal 60 is compressed against one face of the cross profiles 31, 41 of the two leaves 30, 40 located opposite the inner face 111 of the cross profiles 11 of the frame 10 and against the surface 9123 of the second face 912 of the two sealing plugs 90, as illustrated in the figure 9 .
• the lateral faces 913 of the first part 91 are solid faces.
• the first part 91 preferably has one or more through holes 914, between the first face 911 and the second face 912, for the passage of one or more clamping screws 93 intended to securely hold the sealing plug 90 to the strike plate 50.
• the profile of the strike plate 50 has one or more screwing areas (not shown in the figures) intended to cooperate with the clamping screw(s) 93.
• the first part 91 has two through holes 914, for the passage of two clamping screws.
• the first part 91 preferably has retaining tabs 915 on its first face 911. These retaining tabs extend outwards from the first part 91 and are intended to guide and hold the sealing plug 90 in position on the strike plate 50 to ensure its correct positioning on the associated longitudinal end 51 of said strike plate. In the example of the figure 7 , the first part 91 has four retaining tabs 915.
• the second part 92 is a so-called flexible part, that is to say, deformable.
• the second part 92 is adapted to deform under the action of pressure exerted on it.
• the second part 92 is preferentially made of plastic material, for example of flexible plastic, of the elastomer type such as EPDM (acronym for Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer).
• EPDM acronym for Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer
• the second part 92 of the sealing plug 90 is configured to create a watertight seal around said sealing plug with the peripheral seal 60 carried by the frame 10, preferably within the sealing plane. Furthermore, the second part 92 is configured to create a watertight seal between the peripheral seal 60 and the first seal 70 carried by the rebate post 50, preferably within the sealing plane.
• the second piece 92 is arranged partly between the first piece 91 and the associated longitudinal end 51 of the batten upright 50.
• the second part 92 thus includes, for example, a first portion 921 intended to be placed between the first face 911 of the first part 91 and the longitudinal end 51 of the batten upright 50.
• the sealing plug 90 When the sealing plug 90 is fixed to the associated longitudinal end 51 of the strike post 50 via the clamping screw(s) 93, the first portion 921 of the second part 92 is compressed between the first face 911 of the first part 91 and the longitudinal end 51 of the strike post 50, advantageously ensuring a watertight connection between the longitudinal end 51 of the strike post 50 and the sealing plug 90, in the sealing plane.
• the second part 92 is also in direct contact with one end of the first seal 70.
• the second part 92 is in contact with said end of the first seal 70 at the first portion 921.
• the first seal 70 advantageously has a length greater than one length of the batten 50 so as to extend to the sealing plugs 90 at the two longitudinal ends 51 of said batten.
• the second part 92 is also, when the semi-fixed leaf 30 is locked onto the frame 10, in direct contact with the peripheral seal 60, on either side of the first part 91 of the sealing plug 90.
• the second part 92 of the sealing plug 90 thus comprises, for example, a second portion 922, linked to the first portion 921, which extends from the first portion 921 along two of the lateral faces 913 to the second face 912 of the first part 91.
• the second part 92 of the sealing plug 90 further includes a tongue 924 arranged so that when said sealing plug is fixed on the associated longitudinal end 51 of the swing post 50 and the service leaf 40 is locked onto the semi-fixed leaf 30, said tongue is sandwiched between the peripheral seal 60 and the free post 43 of the service leaf 40, ensuring the continuity of the sealing of the peripheral seal 60 with said service leaf, in the sealing plane.
• the 924 tongue has a beveled profile to achieve a progressive continuity of sealing of the peripheral seal 60 with the service leaf 40.
• the second part 92 of the sealing plug 90 has, in the first portion 921, a through hole 923 for receiving a tightening screw.
• the through hole 923 of the second part 92 is aligned with one of the through holes 914 of the first part 91.
• the first part 91 of the sealing plug 90 is a hollow part.
• This first part can advantageously partially receive the second part 92, more precisely the first portion 921 of the second part 92, by inserting said first portion of the second part 92 from the first face 911 of the first part 91.
• the first portion 921 of the second part 92 protrudes slightly from the first face 911 of the first part 91, so as to be compressed by the first part 91 when the sealing plug 90 is fixed to the associated longitudinal end 51 of the strike plate 50.
• the second part 92 is inserted, preferably slightly forcibly, into the first part 91, so as to be temporarily immobilized within said first part. This advantageously facilitates and guarantees the correct positioning of the second part 92 opposite the first part 91 and the associated longitudinal end 51 of the strike post 50, and therefore to guarantee the continuity of the desired sealing.
• the first piece 91 of the sealing plugs 90 is made of a material which can be lacquered, preferably with the same color of lacquer as that used to lacquer the profiles of the crossbars and uprights of the two leaves 30, 40 and of the frame 10.
• the second part 92 of the sealing plug 90 does not extend across the entire thickness of the jamb profile 50, unlike the first part 91 of the sealing plug.
• the second part 92 is sized to extend only at the level of the sealing gasket 60 and the sealing surface.
• the second part 92 can be adapted to first parts of different thicknesses of the jamb profile.
• the sealing plug 90 is therefore advantageously adaptable to different thicknesses of the profiles of the jambs and rails of the frame and sashes, by retaining the second part 92 and modifying only the first part 91.
• the first part 91 of the sealing plug 90 located at the lower longitudinal end 51 of the mullion 50, has, on one of its lateral faces 913, an opening 916 for water drainage when water has entered the window upstream of the sealing plane.
• This opening preferably extends from the first face 911 of the first part 91.
• both sealing plugs 90 each have this opening.
• the sealing plugs can be made symmetrically. The sealing plugs can then be mounted either on the upper or lower ends of the mullion, depending on whether the service sash is on the left or right side of the window. This advantageously avoids having to make sealing plugs adapted for mullions where the service sash is on either the left or right side of the window.
• the jamb 50 has a longitudinal groove, called the second groove 53, designed to receive a sealing gasket, called the second gasket 80.
• This second groove is machined and positioned on the jamb 50 profile in such a way that, when the jamb 50 profile is assembled to the door leaf
• the second groove 53 is located opposite the free stile 33 of the semi-fixed leaf 30, more precisely opposite the bar of the profile of said free stile 33.
• This second groove 53 preferably extends along the entire length of the rebate stile 50.
• the second seal 80 thus bears against the free stile 33 of the semi-fixed leaf 30, more precisely on the bar of the profile of said free stile.
• This second seal 80 thus ensures, along the entire length of the rebate stile 50, a seal between the free stile 33 of the semi-fixed leaf 30 and the rebate stile 50.
• the second piece 92 of each sealing plug 90 has a longitudinal groove 925, located in the extension of the second groove 53 of the strike post 50. Said longitudinal groove is intended to receive the second seal 80.
• the longitudinal groove 925 is for example made in the second portion 922 of the second part 92 of the sealing plug 90, along one of the lateral faces 913 of the first part 91.
• the second seal 80 advantageously has a length greater than the length of the batten 50 so as to extend at the level of the sealing plugs 90, in each longitudinal groove 925, up to the peripheral seal 60.
• the sealing plug 90 When the sealing plug 90 is fixed to the associated longitudinal end 51 of the striker post 50 via the clamping screw(s) 93, the second seal 80 is thus compressed on the peripheral seal 60, advantageously ensuring a tight connection with the second part 92 of the sealing plug 90 and the peripheral seal 60.
• the longitudinal groove 925 extends from the first portion 921 of the second part 92 to all or part of the upper face 912 of the first part 91 of the sealing plug 90.
• the longitudinal groove 925 extends from the first portion 921 of the second part 92 to the upper face 912 of the first part 91 of the sealing plug 90.
• the longitudinal groove 925 does not extend to the upper face 912 of the first part 91 of the sealing plug 90.
• a silicone bead can be applied to perfect the watertight seal.
• the present invention achieves its intended objectives.
• a window, or French window comprising sealing plugs at the longitudinal ends of the jamb.
• These plugs ensure continuous sealing by means of a second piece at the longitudinal ends of the jamb and within the sealing plane.
• Each second piece thus advantageously ensures a watertight connection between the perimeter seal, the first seal, and, where applicable, the second seal.
• the use of such sealing plugs advantageously reduces the need for a sealant, such as silicone. The installation time for these sealing plugs is also reduced.

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