SK166896A3 - A hinged roof window - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an opening roof window (10) for a pitched roof, with a base frame (12) and a glazed wing (14) which may be secured as desired to one of at least two equal-length sides of the base frame (12), in which the glazed wing (14) is articulated on the base frame (12) by at least one hinge (16) having a movable section (18) fastened to the glazed wing (14) and a fixed section (20) and a catch (26) spaced away from the hinge (16) for securing the glazed wing (14) to at least one engaging component (28) securable to the base frame (12). To provide a roof window through which access can safely be gained to the roof and which is economical to produce, it is proposed that the hinge sections (18, 20) be pivotably combined into a unit, the fixed hinge section (20) have a retainer (22) which can be fitted to the selected side of the base frame (12) and there be bearing surfaces (34) on the base frame (12) for the fitting as desired of the retainer (22) or the engaging component (28).

Description

The tilting roof (10) for pitched roofs comprises a window frame (12) and a window sash (14) mounted thereon, optionally on one of at least two equally long sides of the window frame (12), the roof window (14) being articulated. fixed in the window frame (12) by at least one articulated hinge (16) formed by a movable hinge part (18) connected to the sash (14) and a fixed hinge part (20) and a detent device is provided at a distance from the hinge (16) (26) for securing the position of the sash (14) by a latch member (28) connected to the window frame (12). The hinge parts (18, 20) are pivotably joined together in one unit and the fixed hinge part (20) is provided with a bracket (22) attachable to any side of the window frame (12), the window frame (12) being provided with abutment surfaces (18). 34) for optionally securing the holder (22) or the latch member (28).

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Folding sunroof

Technical field

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sliding roof for sloping roofs comprising a window frame and a window sash disposed therein, optionally on one of at least two equally long sides of the window frame, the window sash being articulated in the window frame by at least a hinge part connected to the sash and a fixed hinge part and at a distance from the hinge is provided with a detent device for securing the sash position by means of a latch member connected to the window frame.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The roof windows are usually equipped with a rectangular window frame built into the roof structure and with a window sash, articulated in the window frame. For the connection of the sash to the sash, at least one hinge is fixed on one side of the sash, already fixed at the factory, the fixed part of which is integral with the sash and the movable hinge part is integrally with the sash. The two parts of the hinge are permanently connected together by a pin serving as a pivot axis.

The roof window thus formed has only one possible opening direction resulting from its construction. With these windows it is not possible to change the opening direction of the sash in addition, so when designing the roof structure and installing the sunroof it must be ensured that when opening the sunroof, tilting the sash, antenna masts or ventilation pipes does not obstruct.

EP-PA-0 519 196 discloses a roof window with a rectangular window frame, wherein each of the four sides of the window frame is provided with a fixed window hinge part. The articulated window sash has one long and one short side equipped with a movable hinge part. The hinge for connecting the window frame to the sash frame is provided with an extendable pin which connects a fixed hinge part mounted on the window frame to a movable hinge part mounted on the sash frame. The known roof windows have four tilting directions depending on which side of the window frame the hinged parts are connected to one another. To lock the sash in the open position, a adjusting rod is articulated to the sash, which can be mounted on four devices for clamping, receiving or hooking the end of the rod provided on the inner sides of the window frame.

In the known roof windows, only one part of the window frame hinge and the sash frame is used to fit the sash into the sash. An adjusting rod mounted in only one fastening device is used to lock the sash. A greater number of hinge parts and fastening devices present a greater risk of injury when exiting through the roof window and increase unnecessary production costs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a roof window, the sash of which can be mounted on one of the at least two equally long sides of the window frame as required and which allows a safe exit to the roof and can be manufactured at low production costs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This object is solved by the roof window according to the invention, which consists in that the two hinge parts are pivoted against each other into one unit and the fixed hinge part is provided with a bracket attachable to any side of the window frame, the window frame being provided with contact surfaces optional mounting of bracket or latch member.

In the sunroof according to the invention, the direction of opening and thus its stop side are arbitrarily selectable, since the bracket for fastening the fixed part of the window hinge and the latch member of the detent device has the same construction in the areas abutting the bearing surfaces. to be interchanged on each side of a window frame equipped with these provided contact surfaces. For example, the bracket and the latch member may each be provided with two through holes, and the receiving surface may, by analogy, be provided on each frame face with two holes which are coaxial with the through holes of the bracket or the latch member. The connection of the holder or latch member to the window frame can be secured by fasteners mounted in these concentric holes.

When changing the tilting direction of the sunroof according to the invention, the holder and the latch member are separated from the window frame and the sash is rotated about its central axis perpendicular to the plane of the window. During this rotation, the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part remain connected to each other in the hinge unit, so that during the rotation of the sash, the hinge is kept integral and pivots together with the sash. After the sash has been rotated, the holder and the latch member can be reattached to the window frame.

In order to be able to mount the bracket and the latch element as quickly and easily as possible by reversing the tilting direction of the window and the stop side of the sash, the bearing surfaces can be arranged symmetrically symmetrically on the sunroof window frame and sunk into the window frame so that the bracket and latch element can They are mounted in the recesses and thus secured during displacement in the longitudinal or transverse direction.

It is preferred that the bracket and the latch member are mounted on the face of the window frame, since in this case the fasteners for fastening the bracket or the latch member are covered with a window sash, so that they are secured against theft. In order to fasten the bracket or the latch member to the front surfaces of the window frame, it may be necessary for the front surfaces of the window frame to be formed with a relatively larger width and thus create quite large bearing surfaces. Window frames made of wood or plastic already have, as a rule, sufficiently wide front surfaces, as required by the requirements to ensure the stability and strength of the frame, with stable metal sheet frames wide support plates can be formed by bending the upper edge of the window frame.

A particularly strong and stable hinge suitable for hanging heavy window sashes with insulating glazing results when the fixed hinge part or the movable hinge part is in the form of a U-shaped receiving element into which a second hinge part can be fitted. In such a case, the two parts of the window hinge may be connected to one another by means of a pin extending through the arms of the U-shaped receiving element. The pin connection is preferably in the form of a non-detachable connection secured against forcible loosening. Instead of a single hinge, it is possible to use two half-partial hinges in which the hinge parts are located at two spaced locations as far apart as possible and connected to the sash frame or the sunroof window frame.

The window frame and the sash have an axially symmetrical square contour in particular. In order to achieve four directions of tilting of the sash in the case of a roof window with a window frame and a sash having different lengths, it is necessary to provide a design solution which allows the movable hinge part to be separated from the longer side of the sash for example one of the short sides. Such an assembly operation is unnecessary if the window frame and the sash frame have a square contour shape. Especially large sunroofs with a large opening surface arise when the window and sash frames are formed in hexagonal or octagonal shape, thus producing a sunroof with six or eight tilting directions.

A particularly strong connection of the bracket or latch element to the window frame can be achieved by placing the bracket or latch element on the side surface and also on the front surface of the window frame. This can be achieved in that the holder or the latch member is provided with a U-shaped bearing part surrounding the window frame mounting surface, so that the fastening elements can be fastened to the window frame from two sides.

Possible anchoring of the holder and the latch element on the window frame can be carried out in such a way that the holder and the latch element are in the form of a sliding sleeve adapted to such a shape that the upper part of the holder or latch element surrounds the U-shaped face of the window frame and the lower part The bracket or latch member is formed in the form of an L-shaped angle bracket arranged such that, in the mounted position, the bracket or latch member is supported by the short arm of its angular portion against the outer side wall of the window frame. The gripping on the front bearing surface of the window frame with the U-shaped upper part and the abutment on the side wall of the window frame causes the window sash to be sufficiently fixed to the window frame before the fastening elements are fitted.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the holder or latch element is connected by a force connection and / or by a form-fitting connection to the window frame. Fasteners, in particular screws, rivets and the like, may be used to form the force joint. In this case, the holder, the latch member and the bearing surfaces are provided with openings for receiving the fastening elements. A form-fitting connection of, for example, the holder to the window frame is possible if, for example, the holder is provided with a base plate equipped with transitional holes.

The base plate may be housed in a metal sheet fastened to the outer side surface of the window frame and provided with metal tongues that may be bent into the intermediate recesses of the base plate.

The latch member may be mounted on the side of the window frame, opposite to the hinge of the window sash.

The sunroof of the open sunroof can be easily locked if a shutter provided with a latch element mounted on the sunroof is mounted in the sash. The closure element may be formed, for example, in the form of a push rod provided over its entire length at predetermined intervals from one another by clamping latches in which the latch element terminated by a cylindrical pin may be snapped. The closure element may also be a pressure bar, articulated to the sash and guided by a U-shaped bracket fixed to the window frame. The U-shaped handle may be provided with an internal threaded hole into which a knurled head screw is screwed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a plan view of the sunroof in a shortened view; FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section through the sunroof at the articulated hinge, taken along II-II in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal section through the roof window of FIG. 1, taken along the plane III-III of FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In FIG. 1, a roof window 10 according to the invention with a square window frame 12 and a corresponding sash 14, articulated in the window frame 12 by means of a hinge 16. The hinge 16 consists of a movable hinge part 18 welded to the frame. the hinge part 20, provided with a bracket 22 adapted to be mounted on an arbitrarily selected side of the window frame 12. The two hinge parts 18, 20 are U-shaped, the movable hinge part 18 being inserted into the fixed hinge part 20. The pin 24 extends through the regions of the abutting arms of the two parts 18, 20 and connects the two parts 18, 20 pivotally relative to each other into a hinge unit, p

On the side of the window frame 12 opposite to the hinge 16, there is provided a locking device 26 for securing the window sash 14, which is provided with a latch member 28 attachable to the window frame 12 and a U-shaped closing element 32 fastened by a fastening tab 30 to the window. wings 14.

The window frame 12 is formed in the upper edge region of a metal sheet formed by folding into a U-shaped profile, so that it has wide faces. In order to secure the bracket 22 and the latch member 28, the abutment surfaces 34 are centrally recessed in the faces of the window frame 12.

The bracket 22 and the latch member 28 are each provided with two equally arranged through holes, which are coaxial with each of the two threaded holes 36 formed in the bearing surfaces 34, in the abutment surfaces 34, respectively. By means of the frame 12, fastening screws 18 are inserted into the through holes, which are screwed into the internal threads of the threaded holes 36. Since the bracket 22 of the hinge part 20 and the latch member 28 of the arresting device 26 have the same construction. latch member 28. interchangeable and can be mounted on each side of the window frame 12 which is provided with a bearing surface 34.

In FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section taken along II-II in FIG. 1 is a region of the sunroof 10 around its hinge 16. The bracket 22 is in the form of a snap-on sleeve, the upper portion 40 of which is U-shaped in side view and is mounted on the front surface of the window frame 12, the upper portion of which surrounds and is gripped therefrom; and its lower portion 42 is formed as an L-shaped angle, the shorter arm of which is supported on the outer side wall of the window frame 12. The holder 22 is formed together with the fixed hinge part 20 as a one-piece bent sheet metal element.

The fixed hinge part 20 is L-shaped in side view with a shorter arm extending from the bracket 22 and a longer arm projecting from the side above the window frame 12 so that the pin 24 connecting the two hinge parts 18, 20 is located above the window frame 12. Window sash 14 it has its frame 44 formed from interconnected hollow profile bars 1 ', which adjoin on two sides to the window frame 12. The profile frame 44 has one short arm and one long narrow arm. The sash 44 is provided with a continuous groove at the top of its short arm into which the glass pane 46 is slid. The long arm of the sash frame 44 is provided at its bottom with apertures 48 for draining water condensed inside or penetrating into the sash frame 44.

In FIG. 3 is a longitudinal section taken along line III-III in FIG. 1, a roof window 10 in the region of its locking device 26. In this example, a fastening tab 30 is welded to the frame 44 of the sash 14, which has a U-shaped side view. In two coaxial holes in the arms of the fastening tab 30 a fastening tab 30 connected to the closure member 32 so that the closure member 32 is pivotally mounted in the center of the window opening. The latch member 28 surrounds the window frame 12 with its U-shaped upper portion while its lower portion is formed in the form of an angle extending into the window opening. The lower angular portion of the latch bore 28 is formed at its free end in the form of a cylindrical pin 52. The side of the closure member 32 facing the latch member 28 is provided with clamping latches 54 for receiving the cylindrical pin 52.

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Claims (7)

A tiltable sunroof (10) for sloping roofs, comprising a window frame (12) and a sash (14) mounted thereon, optionally on one of at least two equally long sides of the window frame (12), the sash (14) is articulated in the window frame (12) by at least one articulated hinge (16) formed by a movable hinge part (18) connected to the window sash (14) and a fixed hinge part (20) and provided at a distance from the hinge (16) arresting device (26) for securing the position of the sash (14) by means of a latch member (28) connected to the window frame (12), characterized in that the two hinge parts (18, 20) are hinged to one another so that by inverting the sash (14) about its axis perpendicular to the plane of the sash (14) to engage the other side of the sash (12), both hinge parts (18, 20) remain connected, and the hinge part (20) is provided The window frame (12) is provided with abutment surfaces (34) for selectively fastening the holder (22) or the latch member (28). Folding sunroof according to claim 1, characterized in that the window frame (12) and the sash (14) have an axially symmetrical, in particular square, outline. Folding sunroof according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the holder (22) or the latch element (28) surrounds the bearing surface (34) with its U-shaped end portion. Folding sunroof according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the holder (22) or the latch element (28) is connected in the region of the bearing surface (34) by a force connection and / or by a form-fitting connection to the window frame (12). Folding sunroof according to Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the latch element (28) is fastened to the side of the window frame (12), opposite to the hinge (16). Folding sunroof according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a closing element (32) is hinged to the sash (14) and is provided with latching notches (54) for the latching element (28) connected to the window frame (12). - 96 1/3 Fig. 1 7> ί '-7 ~ 2/3 Fig. 2 3/3;