FR2979937A1 - Door frame for use by carpenter to fix ventail of shutter in opening of building during e.g. rehabilitation of old home, has supports comprising hinges adapted to suspend ventail, where each support comprises two hollow sections - Google Patents

Abstract

The frame has two supports (200) comprising hinges (280) adapted to suspend a ventail (I) of a shutter. Each support comprises a first hollow section (210) with a fixing unit (220), and a second hollow section (250). The fixing unit is formed with an opening. The hinges are fixed on the second hollow section. Each hinge comprises a mounting foot (284) resting on an external wall constituting the second hollow section. A free end of the foot is provided as a hook-shaped end (286). Size of an anchoring unit (230) of the support is adapted to retain the hook-shaped end of the foot.

Description

The present invention relates to a frame intended to allow the attachment of at least one leaf flap shutter. It can be installed in an embrasure of a building under construction. However, its design is intended for the installation of joinery in a new frame wood frame or the rehabilitation of old houses with external insulation. Usually, when a customer wants to install flaps or replace their windows, several operations are necessary. The hinges must be anchored at the correct location in the wall face. The old frame must also be removed and replaced by the rebuilding frame. This work requires the skills of many trades. The applicant has sought a solution to simplify the installation of shutters and, where appropriate, the installation of a carpentry door, window. For this purpose, there is provided a frame intended to allow the attachment of at least one leaf flap gate, of the type comprising a pair of uprights; according to the invention, at least one of the amounts comprises hinges adapted to suspend said leaf. The frame, when placed in an embrasure, is able to support one or two ventaux. The ventals can be hung later. The frame can still be used to fix on it another frame of a door carpentry or a window carpentry.

According to an additional characteristic of the invention, said upright comprises a first hollow section provided with means for fixing the upright with an embrasure, a second hollow section, the hinges being fixed on the second section. The two sections consist of a single section or consist of two sections assembled together.

According to an additional feature of the invention, each hinge comprises a fixing lug whose free end is shaped like a hook, the upright comprising an anchoring means of dimension adapted to retain said hook-shaped end, said lug resting on a hook. outer wall constituting the second section.

The hinge is then retained in the anchoring means when it is resting on the outer wall forming a seat face for the leg of the hinge. According to an additional feature of the invention, the anchoring means is formed at the intersection of the outer wall and an intermediate wall joining the two sections, the anchoring means being constituted by a wall originating on the intermediate wall being disposed parallel to the outer wall, said wall being extended by a catch retaining hook. The lug can then retain the hook in the anchoring means when the hook is housed therein and is folded down on the outer wall of the first section.

According to an additional feature of the invention, the outer wall is hollowed out of a recess in line with the lug to lock back a heel constituting the hook. These two means constitute an additional retaining means of the hook when it is put in place.

According to an additional feature of the invention, a screw passes through said tab taking anchorage in the outer wall, two parallel walls being disposed inside the second section and on either side of the axis of said screw for increase its anchorage. The presence of the screw maintains the hinge on the upright and strengthens the connection between the hinge and the amount. By using self-tapping screws, the hinge can be properly positioned before securing it. According to an additional feature of the invention, each hinge comprises a cylindrical wall which is extended tangentially by the tab. The cylindrical wall of the hinge serves to fix the leaf.

According to an additional feature of the invention, the cylindrical wall is hollow internally to receive a hinge pin of the leaf. The hinge remains discreet without axis, when the vane is not laid. According to an additional feature of the invention, the fixing means comprises a groove formed on an outer wall constituting the first section, an anchor lug capable of being inserted into said groove in order to be secured to the doorway. The uprights can be fixed along their entire length in the doorway. According to an additional feature of the invention, the groove is delimited by two short walls perpendicular to the outer wall constituting the first section and which are respectively extended perpendicularly by two return walls turned vis-à-vis, the leg of anchoring comprising a slideway that can be retained in said groove and which is extended by a fixing lug that can bear against a wall wall so as to be secured to it.

According to an additional feature of the invention, said amount comprises means adapted to allow him to associate another constituent amount of a second frame of a joinery. We can then join the second frame of woodwork on the frame for swing shutter. This second frame is used to support a door, a window. The installation of the door, the window of the carpentry is conducted jointly with the installation of the shutter for swing shutter. According to an additional feature of the invention, said means include a wing disposed obliquely in a corner of the first section.

It is possible to fasten, by screwing through the wing, the second window frame frame on the swing shutter frame. An amount intended to be incorporated in a frame provided to allow the attachment of at least one swing shutter leaf is also part of the invention. The amount includes hinges adapted to suspend said leaf.

We can then build a frame that can be placed in an embrasure capable of supporting one or two doors. The ventals can be hung later. The characteristics of the invention mentioned above, as well as others, will appear more clearly on reading the following description of an exemplary embodiment, said description being made in connection with the attached drawings, among which: FIG. . 1 shows a front view of a frame for a pair of flaps according to the invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of an amount of a frame for swing shutters according to the invention, FIG. 3 shows a top view of a hinge according to the invention, FIG. 4 is a top view of a hinge assembled on a jamb of a frame and a leaf hung on the hinges according to the invention, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an amount of a frame fixed to a wall of a frame made with a wooden frame, a leaf being suspended on the hinges according to the invention and FIG. 6 shows a sectional view of an amount of a frame integral with a wall externally covered with an insulator, a ventail being suspended on the hinges according to the invention.

A frame 100 for swing shutters is shown in FIG. 1. It consists of a pair of uprights 200a and 200b united by an edge through an upper rail 300. It is intended to be secured in a doorway of a carpentry door, from a window, to suspend swinging shutters. The uprights 200 and the cross 300 are made of metal profiles, for example made by extrusion through a billet die made of an aluminum alloy. In FIG. 2, the amount 200 includes two sections 210 and 250. The first section 210 said fixing is provided for fixing the amount in the recess, while the second section 250 said support is adapted to receive and fix at least one hinge 280 suspension of a flap. Both sections are hollow and juxtaposed. The first section 210 is delimited in a rectangular prismatic envelope in this FIG. 2, comprising an outer wall 212 to be turned towards the recess, an inner wall 214, and which are joined by two walls, a rear wall 216 and an intermediate wall 218. The first section 210 also comprises a groove 220 constituting a means of fixing the amount 200 with the embrasure. The groove is present on the outer wall 212. It is delimited by two short walls perpendicular to the outer wall 212 and which are respectively extended perpendicularly by two return walls turned vis-à-vis. A bracket, described in detail below, can be slid into this groove to fix the amount in the recess. A wing 219 is disposed obliquely in a corner of the first section 210. More specifically, the wing 219 is disposed substantially at the intersection of the rear wall 216 and the outer wall 212, to form a means for allow the association of a constituent amount of a second frame of a door or window-type joinery. The wing 219 is located on the side of the groove 220. The height of this wing 219 is substantially equal to that of the groove 220, allowing the passage of screws that can pass through said wing to anchor in the amount of the frame of the joinery. The second section 250 is also delimited in a rectangular prismatic envelope in this FIG. 2. It thus comprises an outer wall 252 intended to be turned towards the recess, an inner wall 254 and which are joined by the intermediate wall 218 common with the first section and a front wall 256. The two sections 210 and 250 are thus joined together by the intermediate wall 218. The two inner walls 214 and 254 are coplanar to form a flat face on the two constituent amounts of the frame and which is visible in the embrasure. The outer wall 252 is coplanar with its counterpart 212 while, however, being set back from it. The residual volume used for the hinge installation site. In an alternative embodiment, not shown, the two sections are separate profiles. They can be assembled together, for example, by screwing or by a slide connection. The hinge 280 shown in FIG. 3 is intended to be secured to the upright 200 and more precisely to the second section 250 of this amount, as shown in FIG. 4.

In FIG. 3, the hinge 280 comprises a cylindrical wall 282 internally hollowed to receive an axis of articulation of a flap leaf vane, a lug 284 which extends tangentially said cylindrical wall to secure the hinges 280 on the upright 200. The end of said tab 284 is shaped hook 286.

The tab 284 is intended to be applied, with reference to FIG. 2, on the outer wall 252 of the second section 250 of the upright 200, said outer wall forming the seat face for the tab 284. An anchoring means 230 is formed at the intersection of the outer wall 252 and the intermediate wall 218. It is dimensioned to receive and retain the hook 286 after the folding of the tab 284 on the outer wall 252. It is formed of a wall 231 originating on the intermediate wall 218, and which is arranged parallel to the outer wall 252, said wall 231 being extended by a lug 232 for retaining said hook. The outer wall 252 is hollowed a recess 233 at the right of the lug 232 to lock back a heel 287, constituting the hook 286, so that the hinge being put in place, it can not back. The presence of the intermediate wall 218 which delimits the first section of the second section provides a high resistance to deformation of the anchoring means, and in particular for the hinges 280.

Under these conditions, the majority of the forces exerted on the hinge by the ventail is taken up by this connection between the hook and said anchoring means. At least one hole 288 passes through said tab to allow the passage of a screw V for clamping the hinge on the second section 250. The screw V can be anchored in the outer wall 252.

It is bordered inside the second section 250, two walls 235, 236 disposed perpendicularly on either side of the outlet of said screw, being parallel to each other, to increase the anchoring of said screw in the amount 200. The screw V is preferably self-tapping type to be implanted in the amount at a specific location of the hinge on said amount.

In FIG. 4, a leaf shutter type I is suspended on the hinges 280, and only one is visible, through hinges P. Each hinge is provided with an axis A which is housed inside the cylindrical wall 282. In FIG. 5, the amount 200 of the frame 100 is secured to a wall M which is in this FIG. 5, type frame made of wood.

An anchor tab 290 has been inserted in the groove 220 and then be fastened to one of the posts T constituting the wall M. The anchoring tab 290 consists of a slideway 292 retained in said groove and which is extended by a fixing lug 294 that can bear on a face of the post T bordering the doorway.

The slideway 292 comprises a flat part supporting in an off-set manner two opposite-facing return walls which can cooperate with the two return walls facing the groove 220, so that the support leg anchoring may be slid into said groove by being retained therein. In an alternative embodiment, not shown, the return walls of the groove and the return walls of the slide are turned in an opposite direction. The fixing lug 294 can be folded, arched, so that it can be applied without stress against a face of the pole, against a corner. The mounting lug 294 is traversed by through-holes for screws V which are screwed into the post to secure said anchor tab 290 to said post, and therefore allow the post 200 to be secured to the wall M. The free edge of a PP rainspring profile rests on a free edge of the wall 231 constituting the anchoring means 230. The tab 284 of the hinge 280 is masked at least in part by the presence of clams Cl fixed on the face exterior wall M.

A thermal insulation H is placed between the posts T, over their entire thickness. It will still be noted the presence of a seal Jt which is deposited between the first section 210 and the post T. In FIG. 6, the amount 200 of the frame is integral with a wall wall M 'which is coated externally with an insulator H. A plaster finish F can be applied to the faces of the doorway. The frame 100 for swing shutters of the invention is here associated with a second frame D of a door or window joinery. This second frame D is assembled on the frame for swing shutters using screws V traversing the wing sloping 10 219 and which are anchored in a constituent amount of the second frame. The frame 100 thus serves as a mounting bracket for the frame D of the joinery. Depending on the position of the carpentry that has been chosen by the customer, a spacer can be inserted between the frame 100 and the frame D of the joinery. In this case, it is the spacer which is secured to the post 200. An anchor tab 290 has been inserted in the groove 220 to anchor, using screws V, in the carrying part of the wall. M '. The anchor tab 290 is of the same type as that described above. The fixing lug 294 has been folded so as to bear against the outside face of the wall M 'and below the insulation H. The length of the fixing lug 294 is sufficient to reach the anchoring wall of the wall M '. The tab 284 of the hinge 280 is masked at least in part by the presence of a covering E covering the insulator H. A leaf I is suspended from the hinges 280 by means of its P hinges. The invention is suitable for swinging door shutters, it comprises three profiles: two uprights joined by an upper crossmember. It is the frame that has just been described. When the frame of the invention is suitable for window shutters, it comprises four profiles: two uprights joined by an upper cross member and a lower cross member. The frame then takes the form of a frame. The amount 200 is unique, that is to say that it is appropriate to constitute the left amount or the right amount of a dormant of the invention. Only one of the amounts may comprise hinges for the installation of a single gate of door type swing shutter.

The manufacture and installation of the frame 100 of the invention are as follows. The different profiles of the frame to be constructed are cut to length. The hinges 280 are assembled on the dormant at specified locations, using a template. The frame is then constructed by assembling the uprights 200 with the sleepers. The built-in frame is ready to be laid. Two anchoring tabs 290 are used for this purpose and are inserted into the grooves 220 of the two uprights, respectively. The anchoring lugs 290 are delivered pre-arched and length depending on the type of embrasure to be equipped. The second frame D is assembled, if necessary, on the frame 100. A jointing Jt is applied.

The frame with its hinges can be completely manufactured in the factory. His pose is simplified. It is indeed possible for a carpenter to put in a simple operation the frame provided with its hinges. It is no longer necessary to drill the wall to put the hinges. Assuming a change of door, window, the frame of these openings can be easily secured to the frame shutters flaps. It will be noted that the presence of the hinges makes possible the subsequent and simplified installation of the shutters. The presence of swing shutters improves the thermal insulation of the house thanks to an air mattress held prisoner between the door, the window and the shutters.

Claims (13)

CLAIMS1) Dormant (100) intended to allow the attachment of at least one leaf (I) of swing flap, of the type comprising a pair of uprights (200), characterized in that at least one of the uprights (200) comprises hinges (280) adapted to suspend said leaf. 2) Sleeper (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that said upright comprises a first hollow section (210) provided with a fastening means (220) of the upright (200) with an embrasure, a second section (250) hollow, the hinges (280) being fixed on the second section (250). 3) Sleeper (100) according to claim 2, characterized in that each hinge (280) comprises a bracket (284) whose free end is shaped hook (286), the upright (200) comprising a means of anchor (230) of dimension adapted to retain said hook-shaped end (286), said tab (284) resting on an outer wall (252) constituting the second section (250). 4) Sleeper (100) according to claim 3, characterized in that the anchoring means (230) is formed at the intersection of the outer wall (252) and an intermediate wall (218) bringing together the two sections (210; 250), the anchoring means (230) consisting of a wall (231) originating on the intermediate wall (218) being arranged parallel to the outer wall (252), said wall (231) being extended by a hook retaining pin (232) (286). 5) Sleeper (100) according to claim 4, characterized in that the outer wall (252) is hollowed a recess (233) in line with the lug (232) to lock back a heel (287) constituting the hook (286). 6) Sleeper (100) according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that a screw (V) passes through said tab (284) by being anchored in the outer wall (252), two parallel walls (235, 236) being disposed within the second section (250) and on either side of the axis of said screw to increase its anchoring. 7) Sleeper (100) according to any one of claims 3 to 6, characterized in that each hinge (280) comprises a cylindrical wall (282) which is extended tangentially by the lug (284). 8) Sleeper (100) according to claim 7, characterized in that the cylindrical wall (282) is internally hollow to receive an axis of articulation of the leaf (I). 9) Sleeper (100) according to any one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the fastening means comprises a groove (220) formed on an outer wall (212) constituting the first section (210), a tab anchor (290) capable of being inserted into said groove (220) so as to be secured to the embrasure. 10) Sleeper (100) according to claim 9, characterized in that the groove (220) is delimited by two short walls perpendicular to the outer wall (212) and which are respectively extended perpendicularly by two return walls turned vis-à-vis -vis, the anchoring tab (290) comprising a slide (292) that can be retained in said groove and which is extended by a bracket (294) that can bear against a wall (M, M ') in order to to be united. 11) Sleeper (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said amount comprises means (219) adapted to allow him to associate another constituent amount of a second frame (D) of a joinery. 12) Sleeper (100) according to claim 11, characterized in that said means includes a wing (219) disposed diagonally in a corner of the first section (210). 13) Upright (200) intended to be incorporated in a frame (100) provided to allow the attachment of at least one leaf (I) flap flap, characterized in that it comprises hinges (280) adapted to suspend said ventail.