Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B19/00—Arrangements or adaptations of ports, doors, windows, port-holes, or other openings or covers
  • B63B19/02—Clear-view screens; Windshields
• • 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
  • E06B3/54—Fixing of glass panes or like plates
  • E06B3/58—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of borders, cleats, or the like
  • E06B3/5807—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of borders, cleats, or the like not adjustable
  • E06B3/5842—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of borders, cleats, or the like not adjustable fixed by a tongue-and-groove or mortise-and-tenon connection substantially parallel to the pane

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a porthole or marine window intended to equip boats with large tonnages such as passenger ships, cargo ships, military buildings or other types of boats. It is also applicable to the manufacture of portholes used to equip large pools such as swimming pools, nautical stadiums, large aquariums, aquaculture tanks or others.
• the invention also relates to the method of manufacturing such portholes or marine windows and, more particularly, a method of mechanically holding the glazing of the latter.
• the invention relates to portholes or marine windows of the kind comprising:
• a frame most often made of steel and consisting of a hot-rolled or drawn profile, this frame being generally welded to the hull of the boat or other supporting structure;
• a window or glazing 2 constituted by a special glass of variable thickness depending on the destination of the window, this window being surrounded by tight seals 3, and;
• window clamp generally made of brass or stainless steel, this window clamp being fixed, according to the methods usually implemented at present, by means of screws 5, on the front face of the frame, to keep the glass in position.
• the ice-breaker crushes the gaskets placed on either side of the periphery of the glazing, against a beat or shoulder called "ice rest” and formed in one piece with the frame .
• the screw is distributed around the circumference of the ice-cream pliers with a spacing of around 75 mm to 100 mm, according to the standards in force.
• the mechanical strength is therefore punctual and the dynamic pressures absorbed by the glazing (for example under the effect of wind and seawater packets in the most common application to boat equipment) are passed on to the screws through the pmce-glace, which is the cause of a resistance defect
• the drilling-milling of the glass pce and the drilling-tapping of the frame are carried out separately, after pre-punching operations. More precisely, the drilling-milling and the drilling-tapping of the glass pce and of the frame, respectively, are made from a standard pmce-ice on which all the holes have been traced and drilled, it is then used, on the one hand, for the pre-pointing of the frames which after that are pointed, drilled and sent to treatment paint before being tapped, and on the other hand, the pointing of the ice cubes which are then drilled and milled
• This method of preparing the ice-cream and the frame therefore does not exclude any manual intervention, while requiring expensive manufacturing machines which can only be controlled by very qualified operators.
• a sash metal window comprising a frame in which is positioned a glazing maintained in position by a set of four wedging bars (looking bars) which are simply engaged in a groove formed in the context of window II obviously results in poor mechanical strength of the elements of the ice-cream pliers constituted by these setting bars and, consequently, of the glazing itself, which could have disastrous effects.
• this device is practically inapplicable to portholes or marine windows which have angles and assemblies of rounded angles
• a marine window comprising a frame in which is housed a glazing and an ice-glass pmce engaged in a groove made in said chassis, the glazing being blocked by compressible wedges forcibly engaged between the latter and said ice tongs
• the invention therefore proposes to remedy the drawbacks outlined above of the windows described in documents US-1,763,489A and GB-1 361 285A, as well as the disadvantages of portholes executed according to the traditional technique
• the porthole or marine window according to the invention is of the type comprising a window frame delimiting a window, a glazing unit housed in this frame and closing said window and a window glass fixed on the frame, facing the front edge of the glazing, so to retain the latter in the frame, this window clamp consisting of several elements or parts embedded, by means of their external edge, in a groove formed in the interior surface of the frame, and held in this groove by means of fixing, and according to a first characteristic arrangement of the invention, this window is remarkable in that the elements constituting the pmce-glace are arranged one after the other, end to end, or slightly spaced and they are maintained, in the groove, by flanges or retaining plates fixed against the front surface or against the inner surface of the frame, by means of screws, these flanges or retaining plates comprising a retaining tab oriented in the direction of the rear part of the window and placed in abutment against an internal surface of said elements
• these clamps or retaining plates are preferably arranged in the areas where the ends of the various
• the mechanical strength is greatly improved due to the fact that the dynamic pressures absorbed by the glazing are not reflected punctually on screws, but on the whole of the part of the ice-cream pliers which emerges from the groove in which the latter is firmly embedded.
• Portholes executed according to current techniques have yet another drawback resulting from the one-piece construction of the frame and the rest of the glass, leading to the execution of a basic element, the production and bending of which require tools, dies or rolling mill trains, bending tools. very powerful, bulky and expensive; in addition, the storage of this basic element is made difficult because of its irregular shape.
• Another object of the invention is to remedy this drawback.
• this object is achieved by a method 'of manufacture that is used for the realization of dormant, dishes such as laminated steel plates on the inner surface of which is fixedly relates the ice rest, by any suitable process.
• This method makes it possible to produce window frames, from elements of simple shape, and therefore easier and more economical to produce, and, moreover, easily storable. This can reduce the purchase costs of raw materials and tooling costs.
• This embodiment like that resulting from the implementation of conventional manufacturing processes, does not eliminate the important problem of corrosion over time of the ice rest, when it is not made of stainless steel or aluminum.
• the glazing is fixed by means of a glued joint, on the one hand, to the peripheral surface and to the surface of internal border of said glazing and, on the other hand, against the surfaces of the parts of the window-clamp located outside the notch in which these are embedded and, against the internal surface of the frame, and the ice rest is removed at which one can substitute some anti-venting stops arranged on the posterior side of said glazing and positioned punctually, for example on the sides and in the upper part of the window.
• Figures 1 and 2 are front views, interior side, of two portholes of rectangular and circular shape, respectively, executed in a conventional manner.
• Figure 3 is a sectional view on a larger scale along line 3-3 of Figure 1.
• Figures 4 and 5 are front views, interior side, of two portholes of rectangular and circular shape, respectively, made according to a first embodiment of the invention.
• Figure 6 is an enlarged view along line 6-6 of Figure 4.
• Figure 7 is a detail and front view, partially broken away, showing the positioning of a clamp or plate holding ice tongs in the meeting area of two adjacent elements of ice tongs.
• Figure 8 is a plan view of Figure 7.
• Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 6 and showing an alternative embodiment of the fixing method of the glazing.
• Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 6 and illustrating an alternative embodiment of the window frame-rest assembly.
• Figure 1 1 is a view similar to Figure 6 and showing another alternative embodiment of the frame frame-rest of ice.
• Figures 12 and 13 are front views, interior side, of two portholes of rectangular and circular shape, respectively, illustrating another improvement provided by the invention.
• FIG. 14 is an enlarged view along the line 14-14 of FIG. 12.
• FIG. 15 is a front view similar to FIG. 7, showing the positioning of an ice-cream clamp holding plate shaped according to another very advantageous embodiment.
• Figure 16 is a plan view of this wafer.
• FIG. 17 is a front view showing the shape of the adjacent ends of two neighboring window-clamp members.
• Figure 18 is a plan view of Figure 15.
• Figure 19 is a sectional view along line 19-19 of Figure 18. Reference is made to said drawings to describe advantageous examples of embodiment of the portholes and implementation of the methods for manufacturing them, according to the invention.
• these various portholes or marine windows comprise a frame 1 delimiting an opening or window, a window pane 2 glazed housed in the frame and closing said window, one or more seals 3, and an ice-cream pliers 4 fixed on the frame 1, interior side, facing the edge of the glazing.
• the portholes still include an ice rest 6.
• the word "posterior" designates a surface oriented on the outside of the window by considering the position that it is called upon to occupy after it has been mounted on a load-bearing wall.
• the window-clamp 4 of the porthole or marine window is made up of several elements or parts 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, ... These elements can be formed by flat metal bands, of which the shape depends on that of the window. So the clamp glass of the rectangular window shown in Figure 4 consists of four elements 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d each formed of two straight parts oriented at 90 ° and connected by a curved portion, while the pmce-glass of the circular window shown in Figure 5 is composed of three elements 4a, 4b, 4c in the form of arcs of a circle
• the elements 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d of the pmce-glace are successively embedded, by means of their outer edge or peripheral edge 4 ′, in a groove 7 of rectangular section formed in the inner surface 1a of the frame 1 (FIG. 6 )
• the elements constituting the ice-cream pliers 4 can be made of stainless steel and can be obtained by laser cutting of polished sheets. They are held in the groove 7 by a fixing or blocking means.
• the elements 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d are engaged one after the other, with a small gap, or placed end to end, in the groove 7, and they are held in place by organs of blocking which, according to the examples shown, consist of flanges or retaining plates 8 fixed against the inner surface of the front edge of the frame, by means of screws 9 According to the embodiment illustrated in FIGS.
• the retaining flanges 8 comprise a spout or retaining tab 8a oriented in the direction of the rear part of the window and placed in abutment against the internal edge of the elements 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d,
• the retaining flanges 8 are arranged in the zones Z where the ends of the different butted or narrowly spaced elements constituting the ice-cream pane meet (FIG.
• the glazing is securely held, by means of its peripheral edge 2a, between the glass rest 6 and the glass p 4 securely wedged in the groove 7 by the vertical face of the retaining flanges and the retaining tab 8a thereof.
• Seals 3 for example made of silicone or polyurethane, are arranged between, on the one hand, the glazing 2 and, on the other hand, the surfaces of the ice tongs, the frame and the ice rest arranged opposite those of said glazing.
• FIGS. 15 to 19 illustrate another embodiment of the holding plates 8 and the setting of the elements of the ice-cream pliers by means of such plates.
• the plates 8 are flat and are provided with a hole 8c making it possible to fix them, by means of screws 9 on the inner face of the frame 1; they have a retaining tab 8a whose length I is less than the width L of their remaining part (FIG. 16), so that the latter has a shoulder 8d on each side of said tab.
• the ends of the window-clamp members are provided with notches 21 whose width is at least equal to the thickness of the holding plates.
• the elements of the ice-cream pliers 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, ... are engaged one after the other, with a reduced interval, or placed end to end, in the groove 7.
• the plates holding 8 are pressed against the inner face of the frame 1 and their retaining tab 8a is engaged in the adjacent notches 21, of two neighboring elements, after which they are fixed, by means of a screw 9 on said frame.
• the frame 1 of the window is formed from a flat provided with at least one groove 7 and folded to obtain a tubular frame having the desired shape to receive the glazing 2, and the elements constituting the pmce -windows 4 are embedded in the groove of this chassis
• the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing the porthole or marine window according to which a flat is used in the production of the frame 1 in one of the faces of which at least one longitudinal groove 7 is executed, this antler dish being suitably curved so as to obtain a tubular body having the desired section (generally circular or rectangular), and so that said groove is inside this tubular body, it is then fitted into the latter, after installation of the glazing 2 in said frame, the elements 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, intended to constitute the ice-cream, these elements being held in place by locking means advantageously constituted by the flanges or retaining plates previously described
• the frame 1 of the portholes consists of a plate such as a rolled steel plate, on the inner surface of which the ice rest is added by a fixing means or method ensuring their solida ⁇ sation or rigid assembly
• the ice rest 6 is constituted by a metal bar of square section, fixed by welding 10 on the inner surface of the dish constituting the frame 1
• the ice rest is, for example, made of steel , made of stainless steel or aluminum, and can be made in one piece
• the ice rest 6 is constituted by a metal strip embedded via its outer edge 6a, in a second groove 11 formed in the interior surface of the folded plate constituting the frame 1 It is held in place by weld 11a on the frame 1 II can be executed in stainless steel
• the ice rest 6 is also constituted by a flat or flat metal strip embedded, through its outer edge 6a, in a groove 11 formed in the inner surface of the frame 1, but, according to this mode fixing, the ice rest 6 is held in place in the groove 11 of the frame, by means of flanges 12.
• These flanges comprise, for example, a sole 12a by means of which they are fixed, by means of screw 13, on the inner surface 1a of the frame 1, these flanges having a retaining spout 12b placed in abutment on the internal edge of the ice rest 6.
• the ice rest 6 produced according to FIGS. 10 and 11, consists of several elements or parts arranged one after the other in front of the rear peripheral edge of the glazing 2 and, preferably, the retaining flanges 12 are placed in the meeting areas of the ends of the various butted or very slightly spaced elements constituting the ice rest.
• a flat is used in the production of the frame 1 in one of the faces of which a first groove 7 is made intended for the reception of the elements constituting the ice-cream pliers and a second groove 11 parallel to the previous one and distant from it, the flat groove then being folded so as to obtain a tubular body having the desired section and so that this second groove 11 is located inside this tubular body , is then embedded in the latter, a plurality of elements intended to constitute the ice rest 6, these elements being held in place by a locking means, for example by welding 11a or by locking members such as those described previously.
• a seal 14 glued, on the one hand, to the peripheral surface and on the internal border surface of said glazing, and on the other hand, on the rear surface of the elements of the ice-cream pliers situated outside the groove in which these are partially embedded (FIG. 9) and on the internal surface 1a of the dormant 1.
• silicone-based glues, or polyurethane-based glues or any other suitable glues can be used.
• Such stops can, for example, be positioned on the sides and in upper part of the glazing and rigidly fixed by any suitable method on the inner surface 1a of the frame 1.
• Portholes or marine windows sometimes include a peripheral flange 16 disposed around the frame 1 and intended for the adaptation of the interior (non-load-bearing) wall of the ship.
• This outer peripheral flange is fixed by spot welding, staggered or by continuous peripheral welding. This has the drawback of generating stresses and deformations due to welding, and of requiring subsequent straightening operations.
• the flange 16 is made up of several elements or parts 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d, ... arranged therein. one after the other and preferably end to end, around the frame 1.
• These elements consist of flat metal strips whose shape depends on that of the window. They are embedded, by means of their internal border 16 ', in a groove 17 formed in the peripheral surface of the frame.
• the elements 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d constituting the collar 16 are made integral with the frame 1, by any suitable fixing means, for example by screwing, by means of screws 18, on a collar support 19 fixed on the periphery of the frame , for example by welding 20. In this way, the components of the flange can not emerge from the groove 17 in which they are engaged.
• a flat is used in each of the opposite faces to produce the frame 1, at least one longitudinal groove 7, 17 being executed, this flat groove then being folded so as to obtaining a tubular body having the desired section and having a peripheral groove 17, there is then fitted into the latter a plurality of elements 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d, preferably abutted one after the other, so as to constitute a peripheral flange 16, said flange elements being made integral with the frame 1 by any suitable fixing means, for example by the means previously described.

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