FR3054590A1 - VANTAIL COMPRISING A HANDLE FIXED ON A GLASS PANEL AND CORRESPONDING SLIDING DOOR OR WINDOW - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a leaf (1) of a sliding door or window comprising an opening frame, a glazed panel (10) held in the sash frame and a handle (3) for operating the leaf, the handle (3). ) being fixed to the glazed panel (10) by a suitable fixing means. The invention also relates to a door or a corresponding sliding window.

Description

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY © Publication number: 3,054,590 (to be used only for reproduction orders) (© National registration number: 16 57437

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A1 PATENT APPLICATION

©) Date of filing: 07.29.16. (® Applicant (s): JH INDUSTRIES Joint-stock company (® Priority: simplified - FR. @ Inventor (s): BOIZIEAU FRANCK and GONCALVES SYLVIE. (43) Date of public availability of the request: 02.02.18 Bulletin 18/05. ®) List of documents cited in the report preliminary research: Refer to end of present booklet (® References to other national documents (® Holder (s): JH INDUSTRIES Joint-stock company related: simplified. ®) Extension request (s): ® Agent (s): NOVAGRAAF TECHNOLOGIES.

LEAF COMPRISING A HANDLE FIXED ON A GLASS PANEL AND CORRESPONDING SLIDING DOOR OR WINDOW.

The invention relates to a sliding door or window leaf (1) comprising a leaf frame, a glazed panel (10) held in the leaf frame and a handle (3) for operating the leaf, the handle (3). ) being fixed to the glass panel (10) by a suitable fixing means. The invention also relates to a corresponding sliding door or window.

FR 3 054 590 - A1

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LEAF COMPRISING A HANDLE FIXED ON A GLASS PANEL AND CORRESPONDING SLIDING DOOR OR WINDOW

1. Field of the invention

The invention relates to the field of sliding doors or windows also called sliding bays. It relates more particularly to a sliding door or window leaf comprising a handle fixed to a glazed panel as well as a corresponding sliding door or window.

2. Prior art

There are known sliding door or window leaves comprising an opening frame, a glazed panel held in the opening frame and a leaf operating handle fixed to the opening frame. Such leaves are slidably mounted in a frame frame to form a sliding door or window. Each leaf slides between an open position freeing a passage between the frame frame and the leaf and a closed position in which the frame frame and the leaf cooperate to close said passage.

Sliding doors or windows are conventionally equipped with a closing device having a locked position preventing passage from the closed position to the leaf opening position and an unlocked position, the closing device comprising a keeper mounted in the frame. frame and a lock fitted with a bolt mounted in the sash frame. Such a closing device is actuated between the locked position and the unlocked position by control means, for example a slide actuating the bolt and equipped with a control button, the slide and the control button also being mounted in the sash frame.

The sash frame is made of rigid metal profiles such as aluminum, wood, plastic or a combination of these materials, which frame the glass panel on four sides. It is in one of the vertical profiles, or sash uprights, and more particularly in the sash upright intended to cooperate with the frame frame in the closed position, that are integrated, in a manner known per se, the handle, the lock and the control means. The integration of these various elements imposes a large amount of sash around the glazed panel, which harms the aesthetics and thermal insulation of the sliding door or window and limits the clear glazing, c i.e. the panel area through which the light passes. The term “opening post width” is understood to mean the dimension of the opening post according to the sliding direction of the leaf. Furthermore, the profile is generally a less good thermal and sound insulator than the glazed panel, and even more so when it is equipped with an often metallic lock with its control means.

It is known in order to partially overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, sliding doors or windows with a hidden sash, the sash frame of which is embedded in the frame frame in the closed position. Such sliding doors or windows have the advantage of offering a more aesthetic solution with improved thermal and sound performance. They also have the advantage of comprising an anti-break-in shield, constituted by a portion of the frame of the frame embedding the frame of the frame, which hinders access to the points of weakness of the closing device. However, this solution is not satisfactory insofar as it is content to limit the aforementioned drawbacks by hiding the amount of sash in the amount of frame, but the width of the amount of sash is no less important. Furthermore, it raises a new problem linked to the accessibility of the handle and of the control means. Indeed, the latter are found confined to the interface between the frame of the frame and the opening frame which causes pinching of fingers during closing operations.

3. Objectives of the invention

The invention proposes a solution aimed at overcoming the aforementioned drawbacks. An objective of the invention is to produce a sliding door or window sash whose width of the sash amounts is reduced compared to the state of the art so as to maximize the clear glazing. Another object of the invention is to propose a leaf which can be maneuvered easily in complete safety and which has superior thermal and sound insulation as well as a lighter aesthetic appearance while ensuring better resistance to burglary than conventional leaves.

4. Summary of the invention

The invention relates to a sliding bay leaf, for example of a sliding door or window, comprising a sash frame, a panel, for example glazed, held in the sash frame and a handle for operating the sash. According to the invention, the handle is fixed to the panel by a suitable fixing means. By suitable fixing means, we mean any fixing means allowing a handle to be fixed on a panel of a sliding bay leaf. Unless otherwise indicated, in the context of the invention, the fixing means can be of adhesive or magnetic type.

Such a leaf has the advantage of eliminating the integration of the handle in the sash frame, which makes it possible to reduce the dimensioning of the sash frame and therefore to increase the clear glazing of the sash and d '' improve its aesthetic appearance. In addition, thermal and phonic performance are thus improved while making leaf handling more ergonomic and safer. In particular, the handle located on the panel makes it possible to detect the presence of the panel despite its transparent appearance to avoid bumping into it.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the fixing means is of the magnetic type. Thus, the components of the fixing means have magnetic, ferromagnetic or even electromagnetic properties. In one example, the magnetic fixing means is used to fix the handle on a leaf carrying a single-pane glass panel. Illustratively, the magnetic fastening means comprises a base comprising a first magnet and a handle comprising a second magnet of opposite polarity to that of the first magnet. To install the handle on the glass panel, the base is placed on a first face of the panel and the handle is placed on a second face opposite to the first so that the first and second magnets are face to face and that they are separated by the thickness of the panel. Thus, the handle is fixed, by magnetic attraction with the base, to the second face of the panel.

According to a particular embodiment, the fixing means is an adhesive comprising an adhesive. For example, it may be a glue which polymerizes under the action of ultraviolet (UV) rays, otherwise called “UV type glue”. In another example, the adhesive can be based on silicone or based on a thermoplastic polymer (Hotmelt in English). Glue is a fixing means which allows it to withstand significant forces which are transmitted to it when handling the handle to move the leaf. The adhesive also has the advantage of being resistant over time to fatigue loads and temperature variations inherent in the environment of a sliding door or window.

According to a particular embodiment, the adhesive fixing means comprises a double-sided adhesive tape. For example, the double-sided adhesive tape can have a polyethylene foam support with an acrylic-based adhesive mass. Such double-sided adhesive tape is for example sold under the brands TESA® or SCAPA®. The double-sided tape has the advantage of allowing a simple and clean fixing of the handle on the panel.

According to a particular embodiment, the fixing means comprises a first interface intended to be fixed to the panel and a second interface intended to be fixed to the handle. Such a fixing means makes it possible to easily change the handle, in particular when the second interface is arranged so as to form a removable fixing.

According to a particular embodiment, the handle has a thickness, measured along the Y axis, less than the distance between the two panels. Indeed, the handle being intended to move during the sliding of the leaf in a determined volume, for example restricted by an obstacle such as another leaf or a brick partition, the handle is dimensioned so as to be contained in the determined volume without hampering the sliding of the leaf. Such a dimensioning of the handle has the advantage of allowing leaf crossing or leaf embedding in a brick partition.

According to a particular embodiment, the handle comprises two complementary portions intended to be fixed vis-à-vis on either side of the panel. A handle comprising two complementary portions intended to be fixed vis-à-vis has the advantage of at least partially masking the fixing means for better aesthetic rendering and better protection of the fixing means against ultraviolet rays. It also allows the leaf to be manipulated on either side of the panel. In other words, the handle, thus fixed to the panel, is a perceptible gripping means allowing the leaf to be maneuvered both from the inside and from the outside, while improving the good grip of the handle.

The invention also relates to a sliding door or window comprising a frame. According to the invention, the sliding door or window further comprises at least one leaf according to the invention slidably mounted in the frame of the frame between an open position freeing a passage between the frame of the frame and the leaf and a position closure in which the frame of the frame and the leaf cooperate to close the passage.

According to a particular embodiment, the frame of the frame comprising at least one amount of frame, the sash frame comprising at least one amount of sash placed opposite the amount of frame in the leaf closed position; the frame upright has a projecting portion covering the opening upright in the leaf closed position. A first advantage of a frame amount comprising a projecting portion covering the sash amount is to protect the sash amount from thermal gradients by stopping the radiation from the sun before they reach the sash amount so to limit the expansion of the amount due to thermal gradients. A second advantage is to constitute an anti-burglary shield hindering access to the points of weakness of the closure device. Furthermore, the handle not being fixed on the sash frame but on the panel, no problem of integration of the handle limits the overlap of the sash amount by the frame amount.

According to a particular embodiment, the opening further comprises a closing device, having a locked position preventing passage from the closed position to the leaf opening position and an unlocked position, and means for controlling the device. closing actuating the closing device between the locked position and the unlocked position.

5. List of figures

Other characteristics and innovative advantages will emerge from the description below, provided for information and in no way limitative, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 represents a schematic perspective view of a sliding window according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 shows a schematic and partial view of a sliding window according to an embodiment of the invention showing in detail the handle;

FIG. 3 represents a partial sectional view along IV-IV of a sliding window according to an embodiment of the invention.

6. Detailed description

In FIG. 1 is shown a sliding door oriented according to three orthogonal vectors, a vector X extending in a longitudinal direction of the sliding door, a vector Y extending according to a thickness pointing from an internal face I towards an external face E and a vector Z extending in a vertical direction pointing from bottom to top of FIG. 1.

The sliding door has an opening comprising two leaves 1 and a frame frame 2 secured to the main structure or the frame. The two leaves 1 are slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction on rails 6 in the frame 2 so as to allow the leaves to cross. Each leaf 1 is movable in longitudinal translation between an open position freeing a passage between the frame 2 and the leaf 1, where the two leaves are at least partially superimposed, and a closed position in which the frame 2 and the two leaves 1 cooperate to close the passage in accordance with what is shown in FIG. 1.

As a variant, the sash is made up of one or more leaves of the same dimensions or of variable dimensions which move respectively on rails which are parallel to each other and spaced substantially the thickness of a leaf to allow the leaves to cross . The leaves are dimensioned so that, in the closed position, two consecutive leaves are arranged in the extension of one another with a lateral offset corresponding to the spacing of their sliding rails.

Referring to Figure 1, the frame 2 has two frame uprights 21 defined in the vertical direction and arranged on either side of the opening.

Each leaf 1 comprises an opening frame and a glazed panel 10 held in the opening frame. The sash frame consists of rigid metal profiles such as aluminum, wood, plastic or a combination of such materials, which frame the glass panel 10 on four sides. The rigid vertical profiles constitute uprights of opening 11.

The sliding door further comprises a closing device having a locked position preventing passage from the closed position to the open position of leaf 1 and an unlocked position. The sliding door further comprises control means 4 for the closing device actuating the closing device between the locked position and the unlocked position. The closure device comprises, in a manner known per se, a lock part and a striker part. The lock part comprises at least one movable bolt arranged to form at least one fixed connection with the keeper part in the locked position and to release said link in the unlocked position. The strike part comprises for example a high strike, a low strike and an intermediate strike and the lock part further comprises a bolt intended to form a connection with the intermediate strike, a portion of high rod arranged to form a connection with the high strike and a portion of the bottom rod arranged to form a connection with the bottom strike.

The control means 4 of the closing device comprise for example a slide actuating the bolt and ίο the rod portions between the locked position and the unlocked position. The slide is equipped with a control button so that it can be operated ergonomically.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 1, the control means 4 and the lock part (not visible in Figure 1) are integrated in a frame upright 21 on the inner face I of the sliding door. The striker part (not visible in FIG. 1) is integrated in the sash upright 11 intended to cooperate with the sash upright 21 comprising the control means 4 for closing the passage in the closed position. In general, the sliding door or window has several closing devices, for example one per leaf.

According to other embodiments not shown, the control means 4 and the lock part are integrated in the sash upright 11 and the keeper part is integrated in the sash upright 21.

With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the leaf 1 comprises a handle 3 fixed to the panel 10, here glazed, by means of a strong glue or a double-sided adhesive tape. The strong glue or the adhesive tape are chosen so as to allow a fixing capable of withstanding significant forces which are transmitted to it during the manipulation of the handle to move the leaf 1 and capable of withstanding fatigue loads and temperature variations inherent in the environment of a sliding door or window. In addition, they are chosen to allow a simple and clean fixing operation of the handle 3 on the panel 10. Optionally, they are chosen so as to allow, by a take-off operation, to easily take off the handle 3 in order to replace it. by another handle.

According to a particular embodiment (not shown), the handle 3 is fixed to the panel 10 by a fixing means comprising a first interface intended to be fixed to the panel 10 and a second interface intended to be fixed to the handle 3. For example , the first interface is fixed to the panel 10 by a strong glue or an adhesive tape and the second interface is fixed to the handle 3 in a removable manner by a screw or interlocking system.

Referring more particularly to FIG. 2, the handle 3 comprises two complementary portions 31 and 32 intended to be fixed vis-à-vis on either side of the glazed panel 10, one on the inner face I and l 'other on the outer face E of the sliding door. The sliding door is thus maneuverable by means of the handle from the internal face I and from the external face E. In order to best mask the fixing means visible by transparency through the glass panel 10, the two complementary portions 31 and 32 have respective sections in the plane of the glass panel 10 which are substantially identical.

In multiple configurations, the handle is intended to move with the leaf 1 in a space restricted by an obstacle such as another leaf or a brick partition. In such configurations, the handle is dimensioned so as not to come into contact with the obstacle when it is located in the restricted space. For example, it has a thickness along the vector Y less than the distance between the glazed panel 10 on which it is fixed and the obstacle. When said distance is small, the handle has a substantially flat profile. According to an improvement, the handle in this case comprises a rough grip zone to facilitate its handling.

Referring to Figure 3 showing an improvement, the opening amount 11 has on the outer face E an outer profile 110 substantially flat and extending vertically in the sliding plane. The frame upright 21 includes a projecting portion 210 covering the outer profile 110 of the opening upright 11 in the closed position of the leaf 1. The projecting portion 210 covering the opening upright 11 protects the opening upright 11 from thermal gradients by stopping the rays of the sun before they reach the amount of opening 11 so as to limit the expansion of the amount due to thermal gradients. In addition, the projecting portion 210 constitutes a burglar-proof shield hindering access to the points of possible weakness of the closure device.

In addition, the frame upright 21 includes a thermal break structure comprising an external profile 211 on the external face E, an internal profile 212 on the internal face I and an insulating element 213 assembling the external profile 211 and the internal profile. 212. The projecting portion 210 is integrated into the external profile 211 so as to at least partially confine the propagation of the thermal gradient to which it is exposed to the external profile 211.

The invention is described in the foregoing by way of example. It is understood that the person skilled in the art is able to carry out different variant embodiments of the invention, for example by combining the different characteristics above taken alone or in combination, without however departing from the scope of the invention .

Claims (10)

1. Leaf (1) of a sliding window comprising a sash frame, a panel (10) held in the sash frame and a handle (3) for operating the sash (1), characterized in that the handle (3 ) is fixed to the panel (10) by a suitable fixing means. 2. Leaf (1) according to claim 1 characterized in that the fixing means is of magnetic type. 3. Leaf (1) according to claim 1 characterized in that the fixing means is an adhesive comprising an adhesive. 4. Leaf (1) according to claim 3 characterized in that the adhesive fixing means comprises a double-sided adhesive tape. 5. Leaf (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fixing means comprises a first interface intended to be fixed to the panel (10) and a second interface intended to be fixed to the handle (3). 6. Leaf (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handle (3) has a thickness, measured along the Y axis, less than the distance between the two panels (10). 7. leaf (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handle (3) comprises two complementary portions (31, 32) intended to be fixed opposite on either side of the panel (10). 8. Sliding bay comprising a frame frame (2) characterized in that it further comprises at least one leaf (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 6 slidably mounted in the frame frame (2) between an open position freeing a passage between the frame (2) and the leaf (1) and a closed position in which the frame (2) and the leaf (1) cooperate to close the passage. 9. Sliding bay according to claim 7 characterized in that; the frame frame (2) comprising at least one frame amount (21), the sash frame comprising at least one frame amount (11) placed opposite the frame amount (21) in the leaf closed position (1); the frame upright (21) has a projecting portion (210) covering the opening upright (11) in the closed position of the leaf (1). 10. Sliding bay according to claim 7 or 8 characterized in that it further comprises a closing device having a locked position preventing the passage of the position of closing at the position opening of leaf (1) and a unlocked position and means of ordered (4) of device of closing operating the device of closing between the position locked and the position unlocked.