WO1995021981A1 - Locking and dummy armatures for all-glass sliding door leaves or roll-up wall elements - Google Patents

Locking and dummy armatures for all-glass sliding door leaves or roll-up wall elements Download PDF

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WO1995021981A1
WO1995021981A1 PCT/EP1995/000550 EP9500550W WO9521981A1 WO 1995021981 A1 WO1995021981 A1 WO 1995021981A1 EP 9500550 W EP9500550 W EP 9500550W WO 9521981 A1 WO9521981 A1 WO 9521981A1
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Mario Marinoni
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E06B3/32—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing
    • E06B3/34—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing with only one kind of movement
    • E06B3/42—Sliding wings; Details of frames with respect to guiding
    • E06B3/46—Horizontally-sliding wings
    • E06B3/4681—Horizontally-sliding wings made of glass panes without frames
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
    • E05B65/0025—Locks or fastenings for special use for glass wings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
    • E05B65/08—Locks or fastenings for special use for sliding wings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B63/00—Locks or fastenings with special structural characteristics
    • E05B63/0056—Locks with adjustable or exchangeable lock parts
    • E05B63/006—Locks with adjustable or exchangeable lock parts for different door thicknesses

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  • the invention relates to a locking armature and a dummy armature for the lower adjacent corners of all-glass sliding door leaves or roll-up wall elements suspended at their upper edges.
  • All-glass sliding door leaves or all-glass roll-up wall elements whose upper edges are suspended to and guided by roller carriages while their lower edges hang freely and are not guided, are normally not subject to the problem that the top end ofadjacent edge faces of the door leaves or wall elements might be damaged by crashing on each other. Conversely, this risk is mostly present in the area of the lower ends of the sliding door leaves or roll-up wall elements, respectively. Attempts have been made to obviate this risk with the help of an H-profile strip which may be glued, for example, to one of the glass panes for receiving the other glass pane.
  • the invention solves the problem of how to design the locking and dummy armatures such as to provide a degree of freedom with respect to the thickness of the glass panes without having to alter the armatures or parts thereof, and to allow the armatures to be adapted to varying air gaps between the adjacent edge faces of the glass panes.
  • one of the locking and dummy armatures comprises two abutment plates projecting laterally from said one armature and respectively fixed on both sides of the associated first glass pane, while the other armature comprises two receiving grooves arranged on both sides of the associated other glass pane and adapted to receive the abutment plates therein, the bottoms of the grooves serving as counter-stops co-operating with the respective adjacent lateral edge faces of the abutment plates, wherein either the respective groove bottoms of the two receiving grooves or the two abutment plates are laterally adjustable.
  • each receiving groove may in particular be confined by a counter-stop plate at the bottom thereof, said counter-stop plate being laterally displaceable in the dummy armature and lockable in the resulting positions of the counter-stop plate.
  • the counter-stop plates prefferably be designed displaceable in horizontal grooves accessible from the side of the dummy armature facing away from the receiving grooves, such that the counter-stop plates are accessible from said side of the dummy armature for the adjustment of the counter-stop plates, which may then, after said adjustment, be clamped to their positions by means of headless screws, for example.
  • another option is to provide an eccentric engaging the counter-stop plate and allowing it to be adjusted precisely.
  • the abutment plates may be made of a metal material, in particular an aluminium material, it is preferred that they be made of a plastics material, in particular a transparent plastics material, to be slightly flexible, and that one of the abutment plates comprises, on its side facing the other abutment plate, a protective rib seated on the lateral edge face of the glass pane.
  • a metal material in particular an aluminium material
  • plastics material in particular a transparent plastics material
  • a headless screw having a concentric cylindrical pin at the free end thereof may be preferably provided for clamping the respective abutment plate to the associated glass pane, with the end of the pin adjacent to the screw being surrounded by an axial annular shoulder formed on the headless screw, and the free end of pin engaging an associated bore in the abutment plate, while an elastic plastics shim is squeezed between the abutment plate and the annular shoulder.
  • the presence of the flexible plastics shim provides a certain plasticity allowing the abutment plates to yield in a direction transverse to their plane if necessary.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a locking armature 1 and a dummy armature 2 as arranged at the adjacent lower corners of adjacent glass panes 4, 6 of an all-glass sliding door or roll-up sliding wall, while Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the armatures and panes of the arrangement in Fig. 1.
  • the lower corner of the first glass pane 4 is provided with a locking armature 1, while a dummy armature 2 is mounted on the adjacent lower corner of the other glass pane 6, each armature consisting of two halves respectively disposed on both sides of the associated glass pane 4, 6 and connected to each other by means of mounting screws 16 penetrating said pane.
  • two abutment plates 5 projecting laterally from the edge face of the associated glass pane 4 are fixed by headless screws 10 each having a concentric pin 11 at the free end thereof, said pin engaging a bore 13 in the respective abutment plate 5 and carrying an elastic plastics shim 14 bearing on the respective abutment plate 5 and on the annular shoulder 12 surrounding the end of pin 11 adjacent to the headless screw.
  • receiving grooves 7 open towards the locking armature 1 are respectively arranged on both sides of glass pane 6; when the glass panes 4, 6 are slid together, the abutment plates 5 engage the receiving grooves 7 with some play perpendicularly to the glass panes 4, 6, and abut on counter-stop plates 8 confining the groove bottoms of the receiving grooves.
  • the counter-stop plates 8 are laterally displaceable in horizontal guiding grooves 17 of the dummy armature 2 and can be fixed in the displaced positions with the help of locking screws 15.
  • the width of the gap between the glass panes 4, 6 when the latter are slid together is determined by the positions of the counter-stop plates 8.
  • one of the abutment plates 5 is provided with a protective rib 9 covering the edge face of glass pane 4; in this way, even if the abutment plates 5 break, the edge faces of glass panes 4, 6 when slid together will be still prevented from hitting each other.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a locking armature (1) and a dummy armature (2) for the lower adjacent corners of all-glass sliding door leaves or roll-up wall panes. One of the locking and dummy armatures comprises two abutment plates (5) projecting laterally from said one armature and respectively fixed on both sides of the associated first glass pane (4), while the other armature comprises two receiving grooves (7) arranged on both sides of the associated other glass pane (6) and adapted to receive the abutment plates (5) therein, the bottoms of the grooves serving as counterstops co-operating with the respective adjacent lateral edge faces of the abutment plates, wherein either the respective groove bottoms of the two receiving grooves or the two abutment plates are laterally adjustable.

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LOCKING AND DUMMY ARMATURES FOR ALL-GLASS SLIDING DOOR LEAVES OR ROLL-UP WALL ELEMENTS
The invention relates to a locking armature and a dummy armature for the lower adjacent corners of all-glass sliding door leaves or roll-up wall elements suspended at their upper edges.
All-glass sliding door leaves or all-glass roll-up wall elements whose upper edges are suspended to and guided by roller carriages while their lower edges hang freely and are not guided, are normally not subject to the problem that the top end ofadjacent edge faces of the door leaves or wall elements might be damaged by crashing on each other. Conversely, this risk is mostly present in the area of the lower ends of the sliding door leaves or roll-up wall elements, respectively. Attempts have been made to obviate this risk with the help of an H-profile strip which may be glued, for example, to one of the glass panes for receiving the other glass pane. However, this is a relatively expensive solution having the further restraint that the air gap between adjacent edge faces of glass panes is not always allowed to have the same width as determined by the thickness of the intermediate part of the H- profile strip. Besides, a different size of the H-profile strip is required for each different thickness of the glass panes. The invention solves the problem of how to design the locking and dummy armatures such as to provide a degree of freedom with respect to the thickness of the glass panes without having to alter the armatures or parts thereof, and to allow the armatures to be adapted to varying air gaps between the adjacent edge faces of the glass panes.
According to the invention, this object is achieved by the features that one of the locking and dummy armatures comprises two abutment plates projecting laterally from said one armature and respectively fixed on both sides of the associated first glass pane, while the other armature comprises two receiving grooves arranged on both sides of the associated other glass pane and adapted to receive the abutment plates therein, the bottoms of the grooves serving as counter-stops co-operating with the respective adjacent lateral edge faces of the abutment plates, wherein either the respective groove bottoms of the two receiving grooves or the two abutment plates are laterally adjustable. In this way it is possible to adjust the gap width between the adjacent glass panes individually by laterally displacing the abutment plates or the groove bottoms of the receiving grooves. Moreover, the user is free to apply the armature ■ halves also to glass panes of varying thickness. While the receiving grooves may be arranged in the locking armature and the abutment plates provided on the dummy armature, it is preferred to form the receiving grooves rather in the dummy armature and to provide the abutment plates on the locking armature. In this arrangement, each receiving groove may in particular be confined by a counter-stop plate at the bottom thereof, said counter-stop plate being laterally displaceable in the dummy armature and lockable in the resulting positions of the counter-stop plate.
In this case it is possible for the counter-stop plates to be designed displaceable in horizontal grooves accessible from the side of the dummy armature facing away from the receiving grooves, such that the counter-stop plates are accessible from said side of the dummy armature for the adjustment of the counter-stop plates, which may then, after said adjustment, be clamped to their positions by means of headless screws, for example. However, irrespective of whether or not such a horizontal groove is open towards both sides of the dummy armature, another option is to provide an eccentric engaging the counter-stop plate and allowing it to be adjusted precisely.
Although the abutment plates may be made of a metal material, in particular an aluminium material, it is preferred that they be made of a plastics material, in particular a transparent plastics material, to be slightly flexible, and that one of the abutment plates comprises, on its side facing the other abutment plate, a protective rib seated on the lateral edge face of the glass pane. Thus, even if the abutment plates break, the edge faces of the glass panes will continue to be protected from crashing on each other by the protective rib.
In order to mount the abutment plates to the associated armature, a headless screw having a concentric cylindrical pin at the free end thereof may be preferably provided for clamping the respective abutment plate to the associated glass pane, with the end of the pin adjacent to the screw being surrounded by an axial annular shoulder formed on the headless screw, and the free end of pin engaging an associated bore in the abutment plate, while an elastic plastics shim is squeezed between the abutment plate and the annular shoulder. The presence of the flexible plastics shim provides a certain plasticity allowing the abutment plates to yield in a direction transverse to their plane if necessary. The invention will be explained with reference to an embodiment shown at least schematically in the drawing. In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a locking armature 1 and a dummy armature 2 as arranged at the adjacent lower corners of adjacent glass panes 4, 6 of an all-glass sliding door or roll-up sliding wall, while Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the armatures and panes of the arrangement in Fig. 1.
The lower corner of the first glass pane 4 is provided with a locking armature 1, while a dummy armature 2 is mounted on the adjacent lower corner of the other glass pane 6, each armature consisting of two halves respectively disposed on both sides of the associated glass pane 4, 6 and connected to each other by means of mounting screws 16 penetrating said pane. In the locking armature 1, two abutment plates 5 projecting laterally from the edge face of the associated glass pane 4 are fixed by headless screws 10 each having a concentric pin 11 at the free end thereof, said pin engaging a bore 13 in the respective abutment plate 5 and carrying an elastic plastics shim 14 bearing on the respective abutment plate 5 and on the annular shoulder 12 surrounding the end of pin 11 adjacent to the headless screw.
In the dummy armature 2 on the other glass pane 6, receiving grooves 7 open towards the locking armature 1 are respectively arranged on both sides of glass pane 6; when the glass panes 4, 6 are slid together, the abutment plates 5 engage the receiving grooves 7 with some play perpendicularly to the glass panes 4, 6, and abut on counter-stop plates 8 confining the groove bottoms of the receiving grooves. The counter-stop plates 8 are laterally displaceable in horizontal guiding grooves 17 of the dummy armature 2 and can be fixed in the displaced positions with the help of locking screws 15. Thus, the width of the gap between the glass panes 4, 6 when the latter are slid together is determined by the positions of the counter-stop plates 8.
Moreover, one of the abutment plates 5 is provided with a protective rib 9 covering the edge face of glass pane 4; in this way, even if the abutment plates 5 break, the edge faces of glass panes 4, 6 when slid together will be still prevented from hitting each other.

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1. A locking armature (1) and a dummy armature (2) for the lower adjacent corners of all-glass sliding door leaves or roll-up wall panes, characterised in that one of the locking (1) and dummy (2) armatures comprises two abutment plates (5) projecting laterally from said one armature and respectively fixed on both sides of the associated first glass pane (4), while the other armature comprises two receiving grooves (7) arranged on both sides of the associated other glass pane (6) and adapted to receive the abutment plates (5) therein, the bottoms of the grooves (7) serving as counter-stops co¬ operating with the respective adjacent lateral edge faces of the abutment plates (5) , wherein either the respective groove bottoms of the two receiving grooves (7) or the two abutment plates (5) are laterally adjustable.
2. The locking and dummy armatures according to claim 1, characterised in that the receiving grooves (7) are arranged in the dummy armature (2), each receiving groove (7) being confined by a counter-stop plate (8) at the bottom thereof, said counter-stop plate (8) being laterally displaceable in the dummy armature (2) and lockable in the displacement positions of the counter-stop plate (8) .
3. The locking and dummy armatures according to claim 2, characterised in that the counter-stop plate (8) is precisely adjustable by means of an eccentric.
4. The locking and dummy armatures according to claim 2 or 3, characterised in that the abutment plates (5) are made of a plastics material, in particular of a transparent plastics material, and that one of the abutment plates (5) comprises, on its side facing the other abutment plate (5), a protective rib (9) seated on the lateral edge face of the glass pane.
5. The locking and dummy armatures according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that a headless screw (10) having a concentric cylindrical pin (11) at the free end thereof is provided for clamping the respective abutment plate (5) to the associated glass pane (4), that the end of pin (11) adjacent to the screw is surrounded by an axial annular shoulder (12) formed on the headless screw, and that the free end of pin (11) engages an associated bore (13) in the abutment plate (5), an elastic plastics shim (14) being squeezed between the abutment plate and the annular shoulder.
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