ES2706736T3 - Glazing system or similar - Google Patents

Abstract

A glazing system or equivalent having at least one guide rail (1) for elements (9) of the panel and at least one adjustable panel element (9) on said guide rail (1), the panel element (9) comprising a flat element (91), connected to a profile (92), which can be connected through the profile to at least one, preferably two rollers (3) with adjustable vertical axes relative to a guide rail (1) and to the rail (1) guide comprising two sides (1a, 1b) connected by the base (1c) of the guide rail, whereby the inner surface of one side of the guide rail has or forms a longitudinal guide groove (6), with which the roller (3) that rolls horizontally on the guide rail can be adjusted so that the roller (3) can slide or wind along said guide groove (6), characterized in that the groove (6) guides in the first side (1a, 1b) of the guide rail is considerably wider than the wheel (3a) of the roller (3) that moves in said groove ( 6) guide, on said side, and the other side (1a, 1b) of the guide rail (1) having at least one seal slot (4) so that a seal (40) installed in at least one Seal groove (4) supports the roller (3) in contact with the guide groove (6).

Description

DESCRIPTION

Glazing system or similar

Branch of technology

The invention is applied, according to the preamble of claim 1, to a glazing system or equivalent with at least one guide rail for a panel element / panel elements and at least one panel element adjustable to a rail guide.

Level of technology

Current glazing systems, used in established frameless balcony glazing, are usually suitable for a single purpose, for example, glazing of balconies, and only for glass panels and rollers of certain thickness. In addition, current glazing systems are invariably placed at the top or at the bottom (no option), that is, the glass panel is suspended on an upper or lower guide rail through an appropriate set of rollers. Said glazing systems are described in EP 0 902 153 A2, EP 0577669 B1, US 2012/0061033 A1 and EP 0610263 B1.

In most glazing systems (balcony), the sliding mechanism of the glass panels is inside the upper guide rail, while the lower guide rail only contains one piece that directs the movements of the panel without a mechanism Sliding. The systems also have small installation tolerances, which require a wider competence of the installer to guarantee the sliding of the glass panels. In addition, the support structures to which the guide rails of the glazing systems are attached can, over time, be subject to considerable vertical movement, which can push the guide rails of the glazing system downwards by several millimeters, which hinders the movement of the same glass panels until an installer has readjusted the system.

Description of the invention

Taking into account the problems mentioned above in the level of technology, the starting point of the inventor was to design a guide rail for vertical panel elements, especially glass panels, which would better tolerate the movements of the support structures of the guide rail . Another key point in the design was to create a glazing system that would allow the use of glass panels of different thicknesses in the same glazing system. In addition, the aim was to generate a glazing system in which the same guide rail could be used as an upper or lower rail, so that the glazing system could be hung above or rolled down to a glass panel. In this context, a panel element refers to a flat element attached to a profile. A glass panel refers to a glass element attached to a glass profile.

The objects mentioned above are achieved with the guide rail of patent claim 1.

To be precise, the invention is applicable to a glazing system or equivalent having at least one guide rail for a panel element / panel elements and at least one panel element, adjustable to a guide rail, comprising a flat element attached to a profile, which can be joined. through the profile at least one, preferably two rollers adjustable to a guide rail comprising two sides, connected by the base of the rail, whereby the inner surface of one side of the guide rail has a guide groove attached thereto or it has been formed in a longitudinal guide groove to the rail, after which the horizontal roller of the guide rail can be adjusted to the guide groove so that the roller can slide or roll along said groove. The guide groove on the first side of the guide rail is considerably wider than the roller wheel that moves in said groove in the vertical direction of the side, and the other side of the guide rail has at least one groove of seal for the guide rail. that the seal / seals installed in the seal groove / Seal grooves support the roller when in contact with the guide groove.

This structure of a guide groove and the seal opposite it hold the roller as it moves at the base of the guide groove. The seal pushes the roller against the guide groove of the rail and eliminates rattling caused by rolling of the roller, softens the movements of the roller and reduces the noise caused by roller movements.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, at least on a roller, the side facing the base of the guide rail has a hinge pin or a similar hinge block with a slot or equivalent on the side facing the base of the guide rail, and additionally, the base or section of the base of the rail has a set of hinge pins, preferably with a thread, and its free end has a head which is adjustable to the slot of a hinge bolt or equivalent and the distance between the head and the base or the base section of the rail can be adjusted.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the hinge pins are articulated screws whose head is slightly smaller than the slot of the hinge pin to establish a tight fit between the head of the screw and the slot of the hinge pin. The distance between the head of the screw and the surface of the base of the guide rail can be adjusted by turning the screw with articulation.

The number of hinge pins is preferably the same as the number of panel elements. The articulation pins are located at the base of the guide rail, so that the distance between two articulation pins adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the rail depends on the thickness of the panel element and, especially, the thickness of the profile of the element. of the panel.

The guide groove is preferably formed by the longitudinal groove of the guide rail which is connected through a bridge of material to the side of the rail and where the base of the groove is approximately level and its width is the same as the distance between the groove. upper and lower edge of the groove directed towards the inside of the rail, in the depth of the rail. This width is also the adjustment tolerance of the roller in the groove of the guide.

The vertical adjustment capacity of the articulation pins with a thread and a head attached to the integrated lower profile of the guide rail, especially the articulated screws, guarantees the functionality of the joints regardless of which part is the slot adjustment tolerance. of the rail of the predominant rolling area of the roller. The freedom to define the distance of the articulated screws allows the use of panel elements of different thicknesses in the system, thus creating new application methods. In addition, with joint screws, it is not necessary to join separate joint blocks, prone to break, to the base of the guide rail, as in cases containing several uniformly placed joints. This gets the considerable advantage of eliminating the need to replace the parts due to the breakage of the joint boxes, which significantly reduces the system's service costs and maintenance time. The screws with joints attached to the base or the section of the base of the guide rail also accelerate the manufacturing process and create a possibility for the use of the automation in the work and sizing of the holes.

The adjustment tolerance of the guide groove provided for the roller positioned on the guide rail, in turn, facilitates and accelerates the installation of the system and, therefore, helps the installer to achieve a high quality result where the Vertical elements such as glass panels on the installation rails effortlessly. At the same time, the adjustment tolerance of the roller in the rail decreases the weakening of the functionality of the system in case of possible movements of the support structures.

The adjustable ramps fixed on the upper edge of the guide rail allow a vertical variation in the immersion depth of the rail. The ramps cover the space between the rail and the opening in the floor and facilitate the crossing of the profile, for example, with a wheelchair.

The guide rail that is applied to the invention can be used in the installation of panel elements such as glass panels in balcony and terrace glazing. However, the rail can also be used in the installations of other types of panel elements, such as interior and sliding dividers, which open aluminum grilles. When the guide rail is used as a bottom rail, the panel elements are generally suspended on conventional rollers or equivalent that slide or roll on the top rail. A guide rail which is applied to the invention can also be used in all the aforementioned applications as a top rail, whereby the weight of the vertical elements rests on the rollers or equivalents that slide or roll on the lower rail. When the guide rail is used as a bottom rail in the glazing of the balconies, it can be placed behind the rails of the balconies with mounting angles, installed directly on the top of the rails or on a slab of the balconies or submerged in the level of the floor.

A guide rail that is applied to the invention can also be used as a top rail in the installations of terrace glazing, interior or sliding separators, which open aluminum grilles.

In the following section, the invention is described in more detail by references to accompanying figures.

Figure 1 is a cross-section profile view of the guide rail and the roller in the profile of the cross section.

For clarity, the glass panel was excluded from the figure.

Figure 2 is an exploded view of the components of a guide rail that is applied to the invention in a cross section profile.

Figures 3A and 3B are cross-sectional views of a glass panel whose upper and lower parts are installed in different guide rails having different rollers.

Figure 4A is a straight plan view of a part of the guide rail that is applied to the invention.

Figure 4B is a diagonal perspective view from above of the guide rail of Figure 4A with the other side removed. Figure 5 is a view of a guide rail that applies to the invention and a glass panel with rollers.

Figure 6 is a view of three glass panels installed in a guide rail, two of which are of the same thickness and one thicker than the other glass panels, rotated at an angle around their joint screws. For greater clarity, the screws with joints are presented separately from the screws of the joints with threads.

Figure 7 is a view of three similar glass panels rotated at an angle around the joint screws.

Figures 8A and 8B are a view of a glass panel with the top and bottom part installed in two different guide rails.

The following section describes the invention with references to Figures 1-8.

As we can see in Figure 1, a glazing system that is applied to the invention comprises a guide rail 1 and a roller 3, whose support block 30 can be joined to the glass panel 9 through its glass profile 92 . The structure of the glass profile 92 and the glass element 91 attached thereto is common and, when it comes to its detailed structure, reference is made to the known level of technology in the field. The roller 3 rotates horizontally and is circular in its longitudinal section and is placed in the guide groove 6 of the guide rail 1, so that the axis of rotation P of the roller 3 is approximately in a vertical position, that is, parallel to the base 1c of the guide reel. This allows the surface 3a of the roller ring 3, oriented towards the sides 1a, 1b of the guide rail 1, to rest on the base 6c of the guide groove 6 of the guide rail 1 and seal 40 of the seal 400, one in front of the other. In the direction of the axis of rotation P of the roller 3, the support block 30 has been installed in the roller 3, and the glass panel 9, that is to say, the glass profile 92 and the glass element 91 which is attached to the same can be attached to the support block 30 (see Figure 2). Each glass panel 9 is always attached by means of two similar lower rollers 3 or upper rollers 3, by the support block 30, to the guide rail, depending on whether the guide rail 1, which is applied to the invention, is used as bottom rail or top rail. The upper and lower rollers 3 are generally located at the front and rear edge of the profile 92 of the glass panel 9, as can be seen, for example, in Figures 5, 7 and 8. In the direction of the axis of rotation P or of the roller 3, the hinge pin 5 is attached to the side of the hinge 3 of the roller, i.e. the side of the roller facing the base 1c of the guide rail 1 (for example, in Figure 1, in the 3 below the roller), or the surface is formed in an articulation bolt 5 with the groove 5a facing the screw 2 articulated in the base 1c or the base section of the guide rail 1.

The width of the groove 5a is such that the head 2a of the articulated screw 2 easily adapts to said groove 5 to establish a relatively tight fit between the groove 5a of the pin 5 of the joint and the head 2a of the articulated screw 2. When the pin 5 of the joint joins the side of the articulation 3 of the roller, the pin 5 of the articulation rotates around the head 2a of the screw 2 articulated in the opening glass panel 9, so that the panel 9 of glass rotate the pivot point formed by the slot 5a of the joint bolt and the head 2a of the articulated bolt and its free end moves away, i.e., approximately at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail 1 and, at at the same time, the horizontal movement of the glass panel 9 is prevented (Figure 7). When the slot 5a of the joint bolt 5 placed in the articulated screw 2 is rotated perpendicular to the side 1a or 1b equipped with the hole in the guide rail 1, the glass panel 9 adheres simultaneously to the support block 30 in the roller 3 and fixed in place horizontally.

The roller 3 has a certain width in the direction of its axis of rotation P. The width of the roller 3, measured from the outer edge of the wheel 3a of the roller 3, is considerably narrower vertically, ie in the direction of the axis of rotation P of the roller. that the width of the base 6c of the slot 6 guides.

The guide rail 1, which is applied to the invention, contains a guide groove 6 and a seal 400 opposite the guide groove 6 and, preferably, also an articulated screw 2.

The guide groove 6 is formed by the guide groove 6, longitudinally to the side 1a and to the guide rail connected or formed to the side 1a of the guide rail 1. The guide groove is considerably wider than the wheel 3a of the roller 3, moving in the groove, in the vertical direction of the guide rail, and at the height of the side 1 a, that is, in the vertical direction. In an embodiment that is applied to the figure 1, the guide groove 6 is formed by the groove 6, longitudinal to the guide rail 1, which is attached to the side of the rail through a bridge of material that goes from the base of the guide. the slot, in Figure 1a on the right side 1a (figure 1a). The base 6c of the guide groove 6 is approximately level and its width is determined by the distance between the upper edge 6a and the lower edge 6b of the guide groove 6 and the depth of the guide rail, ie in one direction vertical, that is, in the direction of rotation axis P of the roller 3 installed on the guide rail (vertical direction). The lower edge of the adjustment tolerance of the roller 3 is thus formed by the lower edge 6b of the guide groove 6, arched inwardly in the guide rail. The upper edge of the groove 6, in turn, is formed by the upper edge 6a of the guide groove, arched inwardly in the guide rail, which at the same time forms part of the upper edge of the guide rail. The width of the adjustment tolerance of the guide groove 6 is approximately the width of the base 6c of the guide groove 6.

The articulated screw 2 is still preferably included in the guide rail 1, and is attached to the fixing area attached to the screw 2 articulated in the base 1c of the guide rail 1, ie to the base section in the base 1c of the guide rail . The base section of the guide rail is preferably leveled, as a flat component.

The joint screws 2 can also be connected directly to the base 1 c of the guide rail, whose strength of the material has been improved to hold the screws with joints. The vertical distance of the head 2a of the screw 2 articulated base 1 c of the guide rail, and therefore also of the base section, can be adjusted by turning the articulated screw 2. When the joint screw 2 is rotated, its distance also changes in relation to the pin with joints 5 attached to the side with joints of the roller 3, which allows to change the vertical position of the roller 3 and the contact point of the circular outer surface of the roller and base 6c of slot 6 guide. The screws with joints 2 are located approximately at the midpoint of the width of the guide rail 1. The mutual distances of the articulated screws 2 depend on the width of the panel element 9 in question (Figures 4, 5 and 6).

The sealant 400 of the guide rail 1 comprises the seal 40 which is placed in the seal groove 4 or in the grooves 4; 41, 42 of seal. Each seal groove 4 comprises cavities 41, 42, which are longitudinal to the guide rail, formed on the opposite side 1b of the guide groove 6 of the guide rail 1, and generally span the length of the rail in the longitudinal direction. The mouths 41a, 42a of the cavities 41,42 open perpendicularly towards the base 6c of the guide groove 6, joined or formed on the opposite side 1a of the guide rail 1. The mouths 41a, 42a of the cavities 41,42 and the base 6a of the guide groove 6 are thus located in depth, ie in the vertical direction, of the guide rail 1, at approximately the same point seen from the base 1c of the guide rail 1. At least a part of the groove of the seal is located on the first side 1a of the guide rail, so that the seal placed there faces the guide groove on the other side 1b of the guide rail, approximately at the same vertical height of the guide rail from the base 1c of the guide rail. In this case, the seal pushes the roller 3 against the base of the guide groove 6 as the roller 3 rolls or slides on the base of said guide groove.

Figure 1 shows how, in the profile of the cross section of the guide rail 1, two cavity-type guide grooves 4; 41 and 4; 42, they are formed on the left side 1 b, and the seal 40 is attached to their mouths in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The seal material 40 is weather-resistant and flexible, such as suitable synthetic rubber. The purpose of the seal 40 is to support the roller 3 as it rolls on the base 6; 6c of the slot. The seal 40 pushes the roller 3 against the groove 6 guiding the guide rail 1 and eliminates rattling caused by the rolling of the roller 3, smoothes the movements of the roller 3 and reduces the noise caused by the movements of the roller.

The roller 3 moving on the guide rail 1 is connected to the moving glass element 91 through a suitable profile 92, the lower part or which is connected to the roller 3 through the support block 30. For each mobile glass element 91 there are always two rollers 3, the other one at the front end and the other at the rear end of the element. The rollers 3 are designed to run freely in the guide groove 6 of the guide rail when the glass element 91 is moved, without having to hold the glass element from below or push it from above. The rolling area of the roller 3 is the same as the adjustment tolerance of the roller between the upper edge 6a and the lower edge 6b of the guide groove 6, that is to say, the lower part 6c of the guide groove. When the roller 3 hits the lower edge 6b of the adjustment tolerance (the guide rail acts as a lower rail), the roller 3 tilts towards the lower edge 6b of the adjustment tolerance, but continues to roll, since the lower edge of the adjustment tolerance has a shape commensurate with the roller. The lower edge 6b of the adjustment tolerance simultaneously prevents the movable glass element 91 from falling too much, so that the lower edge of the element does not come into contact with the upper edge 6a of the guide rail 1. In these situations, the suspension of the movable glass element 91 is partially converted to bottom lamination. The upper edge 6a of the roller adjustment tolerance stops the roller 3 at its highest rolling level. The upper edge 6a of the roller adjustment tolerance is also shaped according to the wheel. The points mentioned above work in reverse when the guide rail is used as a top rail.

In case of water leakage in the guide rail 1 along the panel 9 element, the water outlet pipe directs it towards the lower corner of the rail, where it can be drained through a cut water outlet hole on the rail.

When the track 1 submerged guide is used at the level of the floor, ramps 15 with adjustable height can be added to the rail 1 guide.

Claims (14)

A glazing system or equivalent having at least one guide rail (1) for elements (9) of the panel and at least one adjustable panel element (9) on said guide rail (1), comprising element (9) of panel a flat element (91), joined to a profile (92), which can be connected through the profile to at least one, preferably two rollers (3) with vertical axes adjustable relative to a guide rail (1) and to the rail (1) guide comprising two sides (1a, 1b) connected by the base (1c) of the guide rail, whereby the inner surface of one side of the guide rail has or forms a longitudinal guide groove (6) , whereby the roller (3) that rolls horizontally on the guide rail can be adjusted so that the roller (3) can slide or roll along said guide groove (6), characterized in that the groove (6) guide on the first side (1a, 1b) of the guide rail is considerably wider than the wheel (3a) of the roller (3) that moves in said slot a (6) of guide, on said side, and the other side (1a, 1b) of the guide rail (1) having at least one seal groove (4) so that a seal (40) installed in so less a seal groove (4) supports the roller (3) in contact with the guide groove (6). The system of claim 1, characterized in that the seal groove (4) / seal grooves (4) and the base of the guide groove (6; 6a) are located one relative to the other, so that the seal placed in the seal groove / seal grooves pushes the roller (3) against the groove (6) guiding the guide rail. The system of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the side facing the base (1c) of the guide rail of at least one roller (3) has a hinge pin (5) having a slot (5a) or equivalent on the side facing the base of the guide rail, whereby the base (1 c) or the base section of the guide rail (1) has a set of hinge pins (2), preferably with a thread, having a head (2a) at the free end adjustable to the slot (5a) of the pin (5) of the hinge or equivalent and having an adjustable distance from the base (1c) of the guide rail. The system of one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the base of the guide rail (1) has a set of articulated screws (20) having a head (2a) slightly larger than the slot (5a) of the bolt ( 5) of the joint to establish a tight fit between the head (2a) of each screw (2) and the slot (5a) of the hinge pin (5) and has a distance between the head (5a) of the screw (5) and the surface of the base (1 c) of the guide rail (1) that can be adjusted by turning the screw (2) with articulation. The system of claim 4, characterized in that the number of hinge pins (2) in the guide rail (1) is the same as the number of panel elements (9) adjustable to the end of the guide rail (1). through a roller / rollers (3), after which the hinge pins (2) are located in the base (1c) or in the base section of the rail (1) guide so that the distance of the two pins (2) of adjacent joints in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail (1) depends on the thickness of the guide panel (9), especially the thickness of the profile (92) of the guide panel. The system of one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the hinge pins (2) are attached to the base of the guide rail (1c) and the strength of the base material is improved for fixing the pins (2) of articulation. The system of one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the seal material (40) is an elastic polymer or elastomer. The system of one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least a portion of the seal groove / seal grooves (4) and the base of the guide groove (6; 6a) are located approximately at the same distance from each other. the base of the rail (1; 1c) guides in the vertical direction of the guide rail The system of one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide groove (6) is formed by the longitudinal groove to the guide rail (1) which is connected by a bridge of material to the side of the rail (1 a, 1). b) of guide, after which the base of the guide groove (6; 6c) is approximately level and its width in the vertical direction of the guide rail is approximately equal to the distance between the upper edge (6c) and the edge ( 6b) bottom of the guide groove within the guide in the vertical direction of the guide rail, and the width of the base of the guide groove is also the adjustment tolerance of the vertical rolling area of the roller (3) in the groove (6) guide. The system according to claim 7, characterized in that the lower edge (6b) and the upper edge (6a) of the guide groove (6) are configured to guide the roller according to its shape. The system of claim 8, characterized in that the lower edge (6b) and the upper edge (6a) of the guide groove (6) arc towards the interior of the guide rail. The System of one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the panel element is a glass panel, a room separator or an aluminum grid. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the panel element (9), for example a glass element, comprises a level element (91), such as a glass element, attached to a profile (92). ) on its upper or lower edge and a roller is attached to the profile (92) through a support block (30). The system of one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the system is a glazing system, in which the glass panel (9) is connected by two lower or upper rollers to a corresponding lower or upper rail.