FI123703B - A glazing system comprising a guide rail for the panel element (s) - Google Patents

Description

A glazing system comprising a guide rail for the panel element (s)

Engineering

The invention relates to a system according to the preamble of claim 1, comprising a guide rail for the panel element (s), wherein the panel element consists of a planar element connected to a list.

State of the art

The current glazing systems used in known vertical frameless balcony glazing systems are generally suitable for only one application, for example 10 glazing glazing, and furthermore only for glass panels and guide wheels of a certain thickness. In addition, existing glazing systems are invariably either top or bottom bearing (no choice), meaning that the glazing panel is supported on either the top or bottom rail by a suitable guide wheel.

Usually (balcony) glazing systems, the sliding mechanism of the glass panels is located inside the upper guide rail and only the non-sliding movement member moves within the lower guide rail. The installation tolerances of the systems are also small, which requires a broader skill of the installer to ensure that the glass panels slide. In addition, over time, the support structures to which the loading gauge guide rails are connected may live significantly in the vertical-to-20 cali direction, which may depress the glazing system guide rails for several moles, making it difficult to move the glass panels until

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o have made on-site adjustments.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION o Starting from the problems encountered in the prior art, the inventor was guided by the design of a guide rail for vertical panel elements, particularly glass panel 5, capable of withstanding the guide rail support structures.

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o Getting around better. Another important starting point for planning was

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get a glazing system that allows different thickness of glass panels to be used in the same glazing system. A further object was to provide a glazing system 30 in which the same guide rail could be used as either a top or bottom guide rail so that the glazing system could be optionally either top or bottom support for the glass panel.

By panel element is meant a plane element connected to a list. The glass panel, in turn, refers to a glass element connected to the glass insert.

The above objects are achieved by the glazing system of claim 1.

More particularly, the invention relates to a glazing system comprising a guide rail for a panel element (s), wherein each panel element 10 consists of a planar element connected to a strip, which panel element can be connected to at least one, preferably two guide rails wherein at least one inner surface of the guide rail sidewall is secured or formed as a longitudinal guide groove of the guide rail to which a horizontally pivotable guide wheel can be fitted so that the guide wheel can be slid or rolled along said guide groove. The side facing at least one of the guide wheels is provided with a hinge bolt having a groove on its hinge side or the like, and a plurality of preferably threaded hinge pins having a free end having an adjustable hinge bolt

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o or a corresponding groove and the base of which is adjustable from the surface of the guide rail bottom surface, o i ° In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the hinge pins are hinged screws

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The £ 25 den socket is slightly smaller than the hinge bolt groove to provide a tight fit between the bolt head and the hinge bolt groove. The distance of the screw head ° from the bottom surface of the guide rail can be adjusted by turning the hinge screw.

Preferably, the number of hinge pins is the same as the number of panel elements-30. The hinge pins are located at the bottom of the guide rail such that the distance between two 3 adjacent hinge pins in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail depends on the thickness of the panel element, particularly the thickness of the panel element strip.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, one of the lateral sides of the guide rail 5 is formed or secured with a longitudinal guide track having a width substantially greater than the width of the guide wheel passing through the groove the seals mounted in the seal groove support the guide wheel which is in contact with the oh-groove and rotates about its vertical axis.

Advantageously, the guide groove thus consists of a longitudinal groove of the guide rail which engages the sidewall of the guide rail via a material bridge and has a base plane approximately flat and the same width as the upper edge of the guide track.

The vertically adjustable position of the pivot pins, particularly the pivot screws, which are attached to the base of the guide rail with a threaded base and a socket, ensures the hinging function regardless of where the current steering wheel pivoting area is located. The freedom to define the distance between the hinge screws o) allows the use of panel thicknesses of different thicknesses in the system, creating new applications. In addition, the hinged screws make it no longer necessary to attach loose breakable sus-

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track devices such as hinge boxes with multiple hinges between which? the distance is always the same. This provides the considerable advantage that the hinge housing

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^ replacement of parts due to parasite breakage is eliminated, which reduces

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significantly, the system maintenance costs and the time required for maintenance. The hinged screws attached to the base or base of the guide-30 rail also speed up the production of 4 and enable the use of automation in machining and dimensioning the hinge screw holes.

In turn, the guide groove adjustment for the guide rail mounted on the guide rail facilitates and speeds the installation of the system and thereby facilitates the installer to achieve a high quality result in which vertical elements such as glazing panels are easily moved on the mounting rails. At the same time, the adjustable wheel of the guide rails reduces the degradation of system performance in the event of any rails supporting the guide rails.

10 Adjustable crossing vanes at the top of the guide rail allow for variations in the height of the guide rail recess. The overlapping vanes cover the gap between the guide rail and the cut-out in the floor and make it easier to cross the profile, for example, in a wheelchair.

The guide rail of the glazing system according to the invention can be used for the installation of pan-15 large elements such as glass panels in balcony glazing and terrace glazing. However, the guide rail can also be used for mounting other types of panel elements, such as interior partition walls and sliding aluminum slats. When the guide rail acts as a lower guide rail, the panel elements are usually supported on the conventional guide wheels or the like which slide and / or roll on the upper guide rail itself. The guide rail according to the invention can also be used as a top guide rail in all the above applications, whereby the weight of the vertical elements rests on the conventional guide wheels or the like sliding and / or rolling on the bottom guide rail.

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£ 25 When using a guide rail for balcony glazing as a bottom rail, it can be o mounted at mounting angles behind the balcony rail, mounted directly on the balcony rail, mounted on a balcony tile or flush to the floor.

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The guide rail of the glazing system according to the invention can also be used as a top guide rail for installing patio glazing, for installing interior partition walls 30 or for installing sliding aluminum slats.

The closest prior art to the invention is represented by EP-A-0902153, which discloses a glazing system comprising a guide rail for a panel element, but it is not possible to change the height of the hinge pins relative to the bottom of the guide rail.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows a cross-sectional profile of a guide rail and a guide wheel in a cross-sectional profile. The glass panel has been omitted for clarity.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of sections of a cross sectional profile of a guide rail of a glazing system according to the invention.

Figures 3A and 3B are cross-sectional views of a glass panel having an upper and a lower end mounted on different guide rails having different guide wheels.

Figure 4A shows a section of the guide rail of a glazing system according to the invention, viewed directly from above.

Fig. 4B shows the guide rail of Fig. 4A, viewed from above, in perspective, with the other side removed.

Fig. 5 shows a guide rail according to the invention and a glass panel with guide wheels ™.

O) cp g Figure 6 shows three glass panels mounted on a guide rail, two of which are x the same thickness and one thicker than the other glass panels, rotated at an angle ^ around their hinge screws. For illustrative purposes, hinge screws are shown? separate from the hinged bolts with grooves.

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Fig. 7 shows three similar glass panels turned at an angle around the hinge screws.

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Figures 8A and 8B show a glass panel with upper and lower ends mounted on two different guide rails.

The invention will now be described with reference to Figures 1-8.

As shown in Figure 1, the glazing system according to the invention comprises a guide bar 1 and a guide wheel 3, whose support member 30 can be connected to a glass panel 9 via its glass strip 92. The structure of the glass strip 92 and the glass element 91 attached thereto is conventional in itself and reference is made to the state of the art with regard to their detailed structure. The guide wheel 3 is horizontally rotatable, annular in longitudinal section and is disposed in the guide groove 2 of the guide rail 1 so that the axis of rotation P of the guide wheel 3 is in an approximately vertical position. In this case, the annular surface 3a facing the sidewalls 1a, 1b of the guide rail 1 is supported by opposing undersides 6c of the guide groove 6 of the guide rail 1 and the seal 40 of the seal 400. a glass strip 92 and a glass element 91 connected thereto (cf. Figure 2). Each glass panel 9 is always coupled via two identical lower guide wheels 3 or upper guide wheels 3, via a support member 30, to the guide rail, depending on whether the guide rail 1 according to the invention is used as a lower guide rail or top guide rail. The lower or upper guide wheels 3 are normally located at the front and rear of the panel 92 of the glass panel 9 as shown, for example, in Figures 5, 7 and 8.

In the direction of £ 2, a hinge bolt 5 is connected to the hinge side of the guide wheel 3, i.e. the side facing the bottom 1c of the guide wheel guide rail 1 (e.g., Fig. 1 from the lower surface 9le of the guide wheel 3) or formed as a hinge bolt 5 1 Turned to the base 1c or to the base hinge screw 2

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o g The width of the groove 5a is such that the socket 2a of the hinge screw 2 is easily fitted

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5 in said groove 5 to provide a relatively tight fit

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between the groove 5a of the pin bolt 5 and the base 2a of the hinge screw 2. When the hinge bolt 5 coupled to the hinge side 30 of the guide wheel 3, the hinge bolt 5 is pivoted about the hinge screw 2 socket 2a when opening the glass panel 9 such that the glass panel 9 pivots on the hinge point formed by the hinge bolt groove 5a and hinge screw socket 2a. along the longitudinal axis of the rail 1, while preventing the glass panel 9 from moving horizontally (Fig. 7). When the groove 5a of the saw bolt 5 mounted on the hinge screw 2 is perpendicular to the lateral side 1a or 1b with the opening of the guide rail 1, the glass panel 9 which engages the support piece 30 on the guide wheel 3 is locked in the horizontal position.

The guide wheel 3 has a certain width in the direction of its axis of rotation P. The width of the guide wheel 3, measured at the periphery of the ring 3a of the guide wheel 10, is considerably narrower than the width of the base 6c of the guide groove 6 in the vertical direction, i.e. in the direction of the axis of rotation P.

The guide rail 1 according to the invention comprises a guide groove 6, a hinge screw 2 and a seal 400 opposite the guide groove 6.

The guide groove 6 consists of a longitudinal guide groove 6 formed or secured to the second lateral side 1a of the guide rail 1, the width of which in the height direction of said lateral side 1a is substantially larger than the width of the ring 3a of the guide wheel 3 in the groove. In the embodiment of Fig. 1, the guide groove 6 consists of a longitudinal groove 6 of the guide rail 1, which engages via a material bridge from the bottom of the groove in Fig. 1 to the right side wall 1a of the guide rail. The bottom 6c of the guide groove 6 is approximately planar and its width is determined by the distance between the upper edge 6a and the lower edge 6b of the guide groove 6g in the depth g of the guide rail, i.e. the axis of rotation P of the guide rail 3. The lower limit of the adjusting margin of the guide wheel 3 is then formed by the lower curve ° 6b which is curved inside the guide rail of the guide groove 6. The upper limit of the guide groove 6, in turn, is formed by the upper curved edge 6a, which is curved to the side of the guide rail guide rail,

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at the top of the treadmill. The width of the adjusting margin of the guide groove 6 is approximately the width of the base 6c of the guide groove 6.

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The guide rail 1 further comprises a hinge screw 2 connected to the mounting surface (= the bottom part of the guide rail) integrated with the base 1c of the guide rail 1c. The hinge screws 2 can also be fixed directly to the bottom of the guide rail, which has been increased in strength to secure the hinge screws. 5 The vertical distance of the base 2a of the hinge screw 2 from the base 1c of the guide rail and thus also from the base can be adjusted by turning the hinge screw 2. As the hinge screw 2 is rotated, its distance also changes with respect to the hinge bolt 5 attached to the hinge side of the guide wheel 3, which makes it possible to change the vertical position of the guide wheel 3 and the contact point 6c between the guide ring and bottom of the guide groove 6. The hinge screws 2 are located about half the width of the guide rail 1. The spacing between the hinge screws 2 is dependent on the width of the respective panel element 9 (Figures 4, 5 and 6).

The seal 400 of the guide rail 1 comprises a seal 40 disposed in the seal groove 15 4 or seal groove 4; 41, 42. Each sealing groove 4 is formed by a longitudinal pocket 41, 42 formed on the lateral side 1b of the guide rail 1, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 1, generally from end to end. The openings 41a, 42a of the pockets 41, 42 open perpendicularly to the bottom 6c of the guide groove 6 formed or secured to the opposite lateral side 1a of the guide rail 1. Thus, the openings 41a, 42a of the pockets 41,42 and the bottom 6a of the guide groove 6 are located approximately in the vertical direction, i.e. in the vertical direction, from the bottom 1c of the guide rail 1. Figure 1 shows how, in the cross sectional profile of the guide rail 1,

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kaksi two pocket guide grooves 4 are formed on the flank side 1b of the head; 41 and 4; o 4 · 25 42 with openings fitted with a longitudinally extending guide rail x seal 40. The seal 40 is made of weather-resistant, flexible material.

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such as a suitable synthetic rubber. The purpose of the seal 40 is to support the guide

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° wheel 3 as it rolls in the bottom groove 6 of the guide groove; 6c. The seal 40 presses the guide wheel 3 against the guide groove 6 of the guide rail 1 while removing the guide wheel 3

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^ 30 vibrations caused by swinging, softening the movement of the steering wheel 3 and a slight noise caused by the movement of the steering wheel.

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The guide wheel 3 running on the guide rail 1 is secured to the movable glass element 91 by means of a suitable strip 92, on the underside of which the guide wheel 3 engages via a support piece 30. Each movable glass element 91 always has two guide wheels 3, one at the front end of the element and the other at the rear end of the element 5. The guide wheels 3 are intended to be freely rolled in the guide rail guide groove 6 as the glass element 91 is moved without the glass element having to be supported from below or pressed from above. The guide wheel 3 has the same rotation range as the guide wheel adjustment between the upper limit 6a and the lower limit 6b of the guide groove 6, i.e. the base 6c of the guide groove. When the guide wheel 3 touches the lower limit bar 6b of the adjusting bar 10 (the guide rail acts as a lower guide bar), the guide wheel 3 takes hold of the lower limit margin 6b but continues to roll because the lower limit margin is shaped according to the guide wheel. At the same time, the lower limit of the adjusting clearance 6b prevents the movable glass element 91 from falling too low so that the lower edge of the element does not touch the upper edge 6a of the guide rail 1. In such a situation, the support of the movable la-15 soul element 91 becomes partially lower-bearing. The upper limit 6a of the guide wheel adjustment stops the guide wheel 3 at its highest taxiing level. Also, the upper limit 6a of the guide wheel adjusting margin is shaped according to the wheel. The above mentioned things work inversely when using the guide rail as the top guide rail.

The dewatering ramp guides the panel element 9 along the lower corner of the guide rail, possibly discharged into the guide rail 20, from where it can be discharged through a machined drainage hole (dewatering ramp).

co When using the guide rail 1 embedded in the floor level, the guide rail 1 can be

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Claims (9)

A glazing system comprising a guide rail (1) for panel elements (9), wherein each panel element (9) is formed by a planar element (91) joined to a strip (92), which panel element (9) can be joined via its strip with at least 5 an advantageous two guide wheels (3) which can be arranged in the guide rail (1) and the guide rail (1) comprise two sides (1a, 1b) joined by the bottom (1c) of the guide rail, wherein at the inner surface of at least one side of the guide rail is fixed or the side is formed to the longitudinal guide rail (6) of the guide rail, in which the horizontally rotatable guide wheel (3) can be arranged so that the guide wheel can slide or roll along said guide rail (6), one side of at least one guide wheel (3). ) facing the bottom (1c) of the guide rail is provided with a threaded bolt (5), on which the side facing the thread is a spar (5a) or the like, characterized in that a number of advantageously provided with a thread are provided at the bottom of the guide rail (1) gängjärnsta pairs (2), the free end of which is provided with a head (2a) which can be arranged in the latch (5a) by the threaded bolt (5) or the corresponding, and which distance of the head (2a) from the bottom (1c) of the guide rail can be controlled. Glazing system according to claim 1, characterized in that at the bottom part of the guide rail (1) a number of threaded screws (20) are provided with a head, the head of which (2a) is slightly smaller than the bar (5a) of the hinge bolt (5a) ) to provide a tight fit between the head (2a) of each screw (2) and the thread (5a) of the threaded bolt (5) and the distance of which 2 screws (5) head (5a) from the surface of the bottom portion of the guide rail (1) 1c) can be adjusted δ ™ by turning the threaded screw (2). σ> o i Glazing system according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the number of the threaded bars (2) of the guide rail (1) is the same as the number of the panel elements (9) which can be arranged at the end of the guide rail (1) with the mediation of the guide. The wheel / guide wheels (3) and wherein the hinge pins (2) are located in the bottom portion of the guide rail (1) such that the distance between two adjacent hinge pins (2) C \ J in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail (9) depends on the control panel (9). ) thickness, in particular at the thickness of the control panel molding (92). 14 Glazing system according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the threaded pins (2) have been attached to the bottom of the guide rail (1c), whose material strength has been increased for attaching the threaded pins (2). Glazing system according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first longitudinal sides (1a, 1b) of the guide rails have been formed into a guide ratchet (6) or a control ratchet (6) has been attached to the inner surface of said side. the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, whose width in the height direction of the side (1a, 1b) is considerably higher than the width of the wheel (3) of the guide wheel (3a) running in the guide rail in the height direction of the side and the other of the sides of the guide rail (1) is provided with one or more sealing bar (4) such that in the sealing bar / sealing bar mounted / mounted seals (40) support a guide wheel (3) which contacts the guide bar (6) and rotates about its approximately vertical axis of rotation (P). Glazing system according to claim 5, characterized in that the material of the seal (40) is elastic polymer or elastomer. Glazing system according to Claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the guide bar (6) is formed by the longitudinal bar of the guide rail (1), which is fixed with the mediation of a material bridge at the side (1a) of the guide rail, the bottom of the guide bar (1c) being approximately planar and its the width is the distance between the upper edge (1c) and the lower edge (1b) of the guide rail facing the inner side of the guide rail in the depth direction of the guide rail, the width of which is at the same time the control wheel (3) control members of the guide rail (6). δ A glazing system according to claim 7, characterized in that the lower edge and upper edge of the guide rail (6) have been formed to support the guide wheel on the base of its shape. sf o Glazing system according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the panel element is a glass panel or a partition wall or an aluminum o δ column. CVJ r 1 δ CVJ