WO2015056222A1 - Habillage multi-feuilles - Google Patents

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WO2015056222A1
WO2015056222A1 PCT/IB2014/065388 IB2014065388W WO2015056222A1 WO 2015056222 A1 WO2015056222 A1 WO 2015056222A1 IB 2014065388 W IB2014065388 W IB 2014065388W WO 2015056222 A1 WO2015056222 A1 WO 2015056222A1
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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
    • E06B3/66—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together
    • E06B3/677—Evacuating or filling the gap between the panes ; Equilibration of inside and outside pressure; Preventing condensation in the gap between the panes; Cleaning the gap between the panes
    • 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
    • E06B1/00—Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings
    • E06B1/04—Frames for doors, windows, or the like to be fixed in openings
    • E06B1/36—Frames uniquely adapted for windows
    • E06B1/363—Bay windows
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B1/00—Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings
    • E06B1/04—Frames for doors, windows, or the like to be fixed in openings
    • E06B1/36—Frames uniquely adapted for windows
    • E06B1/38—Frames uniquely adapted for windows for shop, show, or like large windows
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    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
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    • 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
    • E06B3/02—Wings made completely of glass
    • E06B3/025—Wings made completely of glass consisting of multiple glazing units
    • 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
    • E06B3/5427—Fixing of glass panes or like plates the panes mounted flush with the surrounding frame or with the surrounding panes
    • 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
    • E06B3/62—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of borders, cleats, or the like of rubber-like elastic cleats
    • E06B3/6202—Fixing of glass panes or like plates by means of borders, cleats, or the like of rubber-like elastic cleats positioned between adjoining panes without separate glazing bar
    • 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
    • E06B3/66—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together
    • E06B3/663—Elements for spacing panes
    • E06B3/66309—Section members positioned at the edges of the glazing unit
    • E06B3/66366—Section members positioned at the edges of the glazing unit specially adapted for units comprising more than two panes or for attaching intermediate sheets
    • 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
    • E06B3/04—Wing frames not characterised by the manner of movement
    • E06B3/06—Single frames
    • E06B3/24—Single frames specially adapted for double glazing

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  • the present invention relates to multi-sheet cladding. More particularly but not exclusively it relates to an assembly to join glazing panels and allow for in-situ re-gassing of the glazing assembly.
  • a net zero building is a building with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually.
  • One way to aim towards the goal of net aero is to have high efficiency insulated glazing units (IGU), i.e. multi-sheet windows that have a gap between them that is sealed.
  • IGU insulated glazing units
  • Air barriers careful sealing of every construction joint in the building envelope, and sealing of all service penetrations through it are all used to achieve this. Air-tightness minimises the amount of warm (or cool) air that can pass through the structure, enabling the mechanical ventilation system to recover the heat before discharging the air externally.
  • the maximum insulating efficiency of a standard IGU is determined by the thickness of the space containing the gas. Too little space between the panes of glass results in heat loss by diffusion between the panes (heat from one pane travelling through the fill gas the other pane) while if too large a gap is used, convection currents are not damped out by the gas viscosity and transfer heat between the panes
  • the insulation is in reference to noise mitigation.
  • Asymmetric double glazing using different thicknesses of glass rather than the conventional symmetrical systems will improve the acoustic attenuation properties of the IGU.
  • sulfur hexafluoride may be used to replace or augment an inert gas and improve acoustical attenuation performance.
  • an IG unit fails, by gas leaking and broken windows, the entire IG unit or panel may need to be replaced.
  • plastic shall be construed to mean a general term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic polymerization products, and generally consisting of a hydrocarbon-based polymer.
  • compliant in respect of an item or a material includes a sealing characteristic or characteristics whether from yielding, flexure or movement, and whether with or without resilience, and whether with or without adhesion.
  • compliant material include but are not limited to butyl rubber, neoprene or silicone rubber. Some may require shaping to allow a give or other compliant movement to achieve a seal seating. Some may simply assume a sealing interface with the sheet face and/or edge.
  • the present invention may be said to broadly consist in an exterior wall assembly of or for a building structure, the assembly comprising or including;
  • the assembly comprises an additional inwardly spaced parallel sheet.
  • the sealed cavity is configured to accept or receive and retain a substantially gaseous medium in-situ.
  • the medium is an inert gas.
  • the medium has an R-value greater than air.
  • the medium aids in one or more selected from the following :
  • the sheets are glass.
  • the assembly clads or forms at least part of a building.
  • the sheets are transparent, opaque or tinted or a combination thereof.
  • a sheet located coextensive and intermediate of the exterior sheet and proximate sheet.
  • each adjacent parallel and coextensive sheet there is a sealed cavity between each adjacent parallel and coextensive sheet.
  • the parallel and coextensive cavities are fluidly connected.
  • the assembly comprises a conduit to fluidly connect the parallel and coextensive cavities.
  • the conduit is valved.
  • the conduit valve is able to be operationally turned on and off.
  • the conduit is located at or towards the frame.
  • the conduit is located between the sheet and the seal.
  • the conduit is located between the sheet and the framing.
  • conduit is integral with the framing, seals and spacers.
  • the cavities from different assemblies are fluidly connected.
  • seals hermetically seal the peripheries of each cavity.
  • the seals are compliant.
  • the seals are composed of substantially adhesive material.
  • the seals are composed of substantially hermetic/gas impervious material.
  • the seals are composed of one or more selected from neoprene, butyl rubber, silicone based, of a closed cellular structure, plastic or other appropriate material.
  • the seals are capable of adopting a shape that will help establish a seal.
  • a frame clamps / contains / constrains the panels together.
  • the frame is located about the peripheries of the cavity.
  • the frame presses the seals onto the spacers and sheets, to compress and form a substantially hermetic seal.
  • the framing is composed of any aluminium.
  • the framing is an alloy, wood or composites materials.
  • the framing is extruded.
  • the framing is welded together.
  • the framing is affixed together.
  • the framing clamps the sheets in place via clamping mechanism.
  • the seals hermetically seal two or more planar sheets together.
  • the seals are "top hat” forms surrounding the spacer.
  • the spacers are a less compliant material than the seals.
  • the seals provide mated flanges disposed to butt receive edges of panels.
  • the spacer may be integrally formed with the seals.
  • the spacers where more than three panels are utilised, may be provided as separate components or may integrally formed whether together, alone or together with an appropriate coating or seal or gasket.
  • the coating or sealing being of a similar composition
  • the framing is able to act on outside major surfaces of the exterior sheet and proximate sheet and is able to displace or bias the sheets towards each other in order for the sheets to compact with the spacer or spacers between adjacent sheets.
  • the framing is extensive along at least part and preferably an entire upper or lower edge of the sheets.
  • the sheets are of identical construction and of identical
  • the assembly forms both sound and thermal insulation for the building interior.
  • the sheets are composed of any aluminium or alloy thereof, or of wood, or composites materials.
  • the sheets which define the exterior and proximate sheets of the arrangement are of identical characteristics whereas the sheet captured between the outermost sheets is of a different material, thickness, quality or colour.
  • the exterior sheet is different in property and/or characteristic to the more proximate sheets.
  • the sheets are substantially quadrilateral in shape.
  • the spacer(s) extend along at least part of at least one edge of a sheet.
  • the spacers are extensive substantially the entire length of at least one of the edges of a sheet.
  • the spacers are located only at the edges at where the spacing of the adjacent sheets is established.
  • the ends of the spacer are sealed so the internal cavity of the spacer is closed off from the atmosphere.
  • the medium is supplied via a valve.
  • the valve is located partially in the framing.
  • the valve passes through the framing, spacers and seals.
  • the valve is configured to be connected to a supply of medium from outside the framing.
  • the valve is on the framing on the bottom edge of the sheet.
  • the valve is located on the framing on the top edge of the sheet.
  • the valve is a one way valve.
  • valve is a two way valve.
  • valve is a shut off valve.
  • valve is a back pressure valve.
  • the valve can be easily connected or disconnected.
  • the valve is permanently attached.
  • valve is removably engageable.
  • the valve is configured to be attached to a medium dispenser or supply.
  • the medium supply is a refrigeration or heating or inert gas system that can also circulate and/or filter the medium.
  • the assembly comprises at least one inlet valve and at least one outlet valve.
  • each enclosable cavity there is an outlet valve at each enclosable cavity, to allow the medium to be flushed out with further gas.
  • the valve fluidly connects to the cavity.
  • valve fluidly connects to a main conduit located in the framing.
  • main conduit operationally supplies a cavity with gas.
  • a hole is located through the seals and or spacers into the main conduit.
  • the main conduit is continuous along the top or bottom edge of the framing.
  • the main conduit can hermetically join to another main conduit in another assembly.
  • the main conduit can supply gaseous medium to the one or more cavities in an assembly.
  • the one valve supplies a main conduit which in turn supplies all the assemblies' respective cavities with gas.
  • the assembly comprises an outlet to release gas.
  • At least one or more of the cavities receives, has or have received o is to receive its gas via one other of the cavities.
  • an inlet valve and outlet valve for each assembly.
  • an inlet valve can function also as an outlet valve.
  • flexible conduit is used to join separate enclosable cavities that rotate relative to each other.
  • the flexible conduit passes through the hinge pivot point of a rotatable assembly.
  • the present invention may be said to broadly consist in a building structure that includes, as zones of its envelope, plural zones of at least two spaced sheets, each sheet being held on at least two opposed peripheral regions to sealing spacers on at least its two other opposed peripheral regions to define a closed cavity, and
  • the conduit between the two cavities is a tube that passes through the seals and spacer, to fluidly connect the two cavities.
  • the conduit is a hole into and out of the spacer and seals, and the ends of the spacer is sealed so the internal cavity of the spacer is closed off from the atmosphere, thereby fluidly connecting the two cavities and the internal cavity of the spacer.
  • each spaced sheet there is a sealed cavity between each spaced sheet.
  • the spaced cavities are fluidly connected.
  • the structure comprises a conduit to fluidly connect the spaced cavities.
  • the conduit is valved.
  • the conduit valve is able to be operationally turned on and off.
  • the conduit is located at or towards the frame.
  • the one or more cavities are parallel to each other.
  • the one or more cavities abut each other.
  • the spaced sheets can abut further spaced sheets, so the cavities between the spaced sheets can become one with the cavity between further spaced sheets.
  • the seal allows fluid connection between the abutting cavities.
  • the present invention may be said to broadly consist in a spacer for a peripheral region of two sheets so as to form part of a seal between the spaced sheets of a cavity being defined between them, the spacer being elongate with an ability to resist lateral squeezing beyond a minimum threshold distance for the sheets and having a compliant surfacing or layering able, under the squeeze, of sealing to each respective sheet.
  • the spacer is laterally ported between the surfaces or layers to be compliantly squeezed.
  • the spacer is an extrusion (e.g. of metal) surrounded at least in part by compliant material of said surfacing or layering.
  • the compliant material is shaped to seal to both a face region and an edge of each sheet.
  • the compliant material has two "top hat” forms mated together to surround an extrusion of box section of a less compliant material and to provide mated flanges disposed to butt receive edges of substantial juxtaposed sheets in the spaced relationship.
  • the present invention may be said to broadly consist in a corner assembly to receive edge regions of rectangular or square sheets, the assembly comprising or including
  • each extrusion is able to receive sheets parallel to the sheets in the other extrusion.
  • the parallel sheets form a cavity therebetween.
  • the sheets in one extrusion may be at an angle other than 90 degrees to the second sheet.
  • the cavities formed between the first parallel sheets fluidly connect to the cavities formed from the second parallel sheets.
  • the cavities at angles to each other create one cavity.
  • the present invention may be said to broadly consist in an envelope assembly, of or for a building of peripherally spaced sheets each pairing of spaced sheets defining a gas filled or fillable cavity but with at least one or some with a port or valve for gas introduction from the exterior and at least one or some to, in turn, receive the gas otherwise than by such ports or valve from the exterior.
  • the fillable cavity/ies are configured to accept or receive and retain a gaseous medium or liquid medium in-situ.
  • the present invention may be said to broadly consist in a method for replacing gas in a panel bounded cavity, where the panel bounded cavity is part of a multi-panelled cladding for a building, said cladding comprising :
  • Figure 1 shows a front perspective view of a partial building envelope with multi-sheet cladding.
  • Figure 2 shows a front perspective view of a building.
  • Figure 3 shows plan section view A-A of the top (or bottom) of a door to door seal.
  • Figure 4 shows plan section view B-B of a corner of a multi-sheet cladding
  • Figure 5 shows plan section view C-C of a planar interface between multi- sheet cladding.
  • Figure 6 shows plan section view D-D of a door to a wall showing the enclosable volumes joined by conduit.
  • Figure 7 shows a plan section view of a door meeting a wall 'jamb'.
  • Figure 8 shows side section view E-E of a door and associated lintel.
  • Figure 9 shows side section view F-F of a wall and framing containing an air conduit and inlet valve.
  • Figure 10 shows lower perspective view of a clamping assembly to clamp the upper or lower edge of multi-sheet cladding.
  • Figure 11 shows a perspective view of Figure 6.
  • multi-sheet cladding according to a first aspect of the invention is generally indicated by the numeral 1000 as shown in Figure 1.
  • a multi-sheet cladding assembly more preferably a multi-sheet glazing assembly to clad or form a building 1 as shown in Figure 2.
  • the sheet/s can be transparent, opaque or tinted or a combination thereof. It is desirable when using transparent cladding, such as glass, as the wall; to keep the visual connection between the indoors and outdoors. Glass is used to enhance this visual effect. This effect can be degraded by having large (width, thickness or otherwise) vertical framing between sheets of planar glass panels, or panels which are at angles to each other. It is desirable to have minimal visual affect from the vertical frame or join that connects panels together.
  • each panel comprises multiple sheets to form a double, or triple glazing; i.e. multi-sheet cladding. It is further desirable to contain a medium in the volume of cavity defined between these sheets for multiple reasons further described below.
  • the multi-sheet assembly encloses or encapsulates one or more enclosable volumes.
  • the volumes are contained within or between the two or more parallel sheets 3 of the cladding or glazing.
  • the cladding contains three sheets 3a 3b 3c which in turn contain two volumes 2a 2b as shown in Figure 3.
  • the number of sheets could range between two, three or four sheets.
  • the sheets are held or contained together via horizontal framing 20 on the top and bottom edges of the multi-sheets, also by frames 20 on a horizontal end of a multi-sheet (where it does not meet another multi-sheet).
  • This medium can be inert gasses such as argon, krypton, refrigerated gasses that are chilled, warmed gasses, or liquid or other gases as described in the background of this specification.
  • This medium can be inert gasses such as argon, krypton, refrigerated gasses that are chilled, warmed gasses, or liquid or other gases as described in the background of this specification.
  • Different mediums have different purposes; some have more than one purpose. A few purposes are to:
  • the whole system can be used as a heat pump
  • the system would also include the appropriate hardware to refrigerate or cool the medium as it circulates, ⁇ keep the multi-sheet dry or substantially moisture free,
  • the assembly as claimed is able to introduce or re-introduce a medium into the volume/s 2a 2b on site.
  • the assembly 1000 is able to join multiple volumes, such as all the walls 4, windows and doors 5 containing a volume, together so a medium can be introduced into all 'separate' volumes at one time. I.e. in a double glazed house, a medium of argon can be filled into all of the glazing cavities via one inlet.
  • the walls are windows in the transparent sense. I.e. said assembly 1000 can fluidly connect to a like assembly.
  • the house or building envelope may only contain one volume i.e. the wall 4, window 5, or doors 5 may each be joined by a conduit or similar to make up one singular volume.
  • the windows 4, walls 4 or doors 5 may be of separate volumes.
  • the inner volume 2b and an outer volume 2a may be fluidly connected. Furthermore, the inner volume 2b and an outer volume 2a may be fluidly connected and valved to control the fluid connection.
  • seals 6 To contain the enclosable volume's medium within the sheets 3, seals 6 must be employed that are hermetic/gas impervious as shown in Figure 8.
  • the hermetic seals 6 must seal the entire periphery of each said volume.
  • the seals 6 may be composed of any compliant and/or substantially adhesive material that is hermetic/gas impervious such as neoprene, butyl rubber, silicone based, of a closed cellular structure, plastic or other appropriate material known to those skilled in the art.
  • the material may be shaped or is capable of adopting a shape that will help establish a seal.
  • the compliant surfacing or layering seals 6 by, under the squeeze of the cladding onto the frame 20, compressing and forming a substantially hermetic seal.
  • the seal material has "top hat” forms to surround an extrusion of box section of a less compliant material - the spacers 7 - and to provide mated flanges disposed to butt receive edges of sheets.
  • the packer and spacer 7 or spacers 7 may be integrally formed or may be separate components.
  • the spacers 7 where more than three panels are utilised may be provided as separate components or may integrally formed whether together alone or together with an appropriate coating or seal or gasket provided to aid in establishing a sealed space between sheets/panels.
  • the coating or sealing being of a similar
  • the periphery seals 6 are contained within a framing system 20 that clamps / contains / constrains the multi-sheets 3 together onto seals 6 cover, surround or coat onto spacers 7 as shown in Figures 3, 7 - 10.
  • the framing 20 consolidates the plurality of sheets together with the spacer 7 or spacers 7 therebetween.
  • the perimeter clamp/frame 20 is able to act on the outside major surfaces of the sheets and is able to displace or bias the sheets towards each other in order for the sheets to compact with the spacer 7 or spacers 7 between adjacent sheets.
  • the framing 20 is extensive along at least part and preferably an entire edge of the arrangement of sheets.
  • the framing 20 is located about the peripheries of the cavity.
  • the framing 20 is composed of any aluminium or aluminium alloy.
  • the framing 20 is an alloy, wood or composites materials.
  • the alloy or aluminium or plastics framing 20 is preferably extruded . If metal or plastic the framing 20 is welded together. Alternatively the framing 20 is affixed together by screw, glue, bolts, clips, or other methods as known in the art.
  • the framing 20 clamps the sheets in place via clamping mechanism.
  • these sheets are preferably coextensive with each other and are arranged in a parallel but spaced apart manner.
  • the sheets are preferably of an identical construction and of identical characteristics. Using multiple sheets will help create both sound and thermal insulation for the building interior.
  • the sheets may for example be glazing but may be transparent, translucent or opaque.
  • the sheets may be of a different material other than glazing such as any aluminium or alloy there of or of wood or composites materials. These are given by way of example and other materials will lend themselves suitable for such proposes.
  • the arrangement comprises of three sheets 3A, 3B and 3C.
  • sheets 3A and 3C which define the innermost and outermost sheets of the arrangement are of identical characteristics whereas the sheet captured between sheets 3A and 3C, namely the sheet 3B may be of a different material, thickness, quality, colour, or such as etc.
  • the outer sheets may be different in property and/or characteristic.
  • the sheet to be outer most the building may have self cleaning properties.
  • the sheet on the inside may be of higher thermal efficiency than the other sheet(s).
  • the sheets are substantially quadrilateral in shape. This is for example seen in Figure 1 where the sheet 3A includes vertical edges 8A and 8B and horizontal edges 9A and 9B.
  • the cladding or panel assembly may be positioned to abut adjacent panel assemblies both inline as shown at region A and at corners as shown in region B.
  • the plurality of sheets may not be completed coextensive each other but instead are provided in a staggered edge relationship.
  • the spacer(s) 7 preferably extend along at least part of one edge of the panel.
  • the spacers 7 are extensive substantially the entire length of the horizontal edges 8A and 8B of the sheet arrangement.
  • the spacers 7 are preferably located only at the edges at where the spacing of the adjacent sheets is established.
  • the spacers 7 may for example be square or rectangular in cross-section as shown in Figure 8.
  • spacers 7 may also extend at the vertical edges 9A and 9B of the cladding or panel assembly of the present invention. This may for example happen where the cladding or panel assembly is used as a door or other form of opening where its vertical edges are free rather than in abutment with an adjacent panel assembly, or where a door or window is provided within the cladding assembly as shown in Figure 3.
  • joiners or connectors To create continuous volumes between abutting panes / sheets / peripheral region of two sheets, particular joiners or connectors must be used. Where the sheets are planar with one another, side joiners or connectors are used as shown in figure 5.
  • the side joining system comprises two rigid spacers 10 and a plurality of compliant top hat seals 11 so as to form part of a seal between the spaced sheets of a cavity being defined between them.
  • the compliant material has two "top hat” forms mated together to surround an extrusion of box section of a less compliant material and to provide mated flanges disposed to butt receive edges of substantial juxtaposed sheets in the spaced
  • the top hat seals 11 surround the periphery of each spacer 10 and also pass in between the two adjacent / abutting sheets, to provide a hermetic seal between the abutting sheets.
  • a clamp / frame 20 is used to squeeze or clamp the parallel sheets together to force the sheets onto spacers 10.
  • the clamps 20 are located preferably at the top and at the bottom of the sheets where they act on the innermost and outmost sheet.
  • Clamps/framing 20 also act on the very end portions of volumes.
  • the top hat seals 11 are of a compliant nature to provide a hermetic seal between
  • the compliant material is shaped to seal to both a face region and an edge of each sheet.
  • the spacers 10 are more rigid or less compliant than the top hat seals 11 to provide a resistant force to the clamping between the parallel sheets.
  • the spacers 10 being elongate with an ability to resist lateral squeezing beyond a minimum threshold distance for the sheets and having a compliant surfacing or layering able, under the squeeze, of sealing to each respective sheet.
  • the side connectors comprises port/ holes 12 or tubes 13 /conduits to let a gas or a medium between two abutting volumes, to make the volumes fluidly connected. Where holes 12 are employed, the ends of the spacer 10 needs to be sealed so the volume is closed off from the atmosphere. Where tubes 13 are employed, the spacers 10 do not have to be internally sealed off to the atmosphere.
  • the spacer 10 is an extrusion (e.g. of metal or plastic) surrounded at least in part by compliant material of said surfacing or layering.
  • top hat seals 11 and the spacers 10 may be one integral part. Wherein the compliancy between the abutting sheets is enough to allow a hermetic seal and the compliancy between the parallel sheets is enough to form a hermetic seal, yet the spacers 10 are still rigid enough to space the parallel sheets apart without any substantial bowing of the sheets and/or the sheets parallel or substantially parallel to each other.
  • a corner join / assembly is used as shown in figure 4.
  • the corner join shown in figure 4 allows for continual flow between volumes that are at angles to each other between sheets.
  • the corner assembly receives edge regions of rectangular or square sheets.
  • the assembly comprising or including an extrusion defining, with arms 15, two channels 16 each to receive a sheet orthogonally (or of any preferred angle) of the other sheet.
  • Each channel 16 provides a compliant sealing material to hermetically join the two volumes enclosed by the cavities at angles to each other.
  • the corner assembly runs the entire length of the vertical height of the sheets.
  • the medium is supplied via a valve 17 located in the perimeter framing 20 as shown in Figure 9.
  • This valve 17 may be such a valve like a bicycle valve or similar that can be easily connected or disconnected.
  • the valve 17 may be permanently attached or can be removed.
  • the valve 17 may be permanently attached to a medium dispenser or supply, or may be temporarily hooked up to a medium supply when required.
  • the medium supply may be to refrigeration or heating or inert gas system that can also circulate and/or filter the medium.
  • the valve 17 may be a one way valve to allow easy filling. However, the valve
  • valve 17 may also be a simple shut off valve.
  • the valve 17 is a back pressure valve to maintain a certain pressure within the volume, or to maintain a certain pressure upstream.
  • valve 17 is a two valve similar to that found on a tyre.
  • Other types of click lock valves as found on compressed air lines or tools could be equally suitable. A person skilled in the art will realise the many possible valving options that are available.
  • valve 17 located between volumes to allow individual control of flushing or refilling of volumes.
  • the inner volume may have a valved connection to the outer volume.
  • the valve 17 can be closed, and the outer volume only can be flushed.
  • the inner and outer volumes may have different mediums in, but come time to cleanse or flush, the inner and outer volume may be flushed together if the valve 17 connecting them is open.
  • the fluid connection between volumes can be a hole drilled through the intermediate sheet between the inner and outer sheet. More preferably the fluid connection between volumes is located at or towards the framing 20, between the framing 20 and the sheets.
  • all cavities are fluidly connected to the main conduit located in the frame 20, and the volumes are hence fluidly connected.
  • the valve may join directly to an entry into the cavity 18 or to a main conduit 19 located in the framing 20, which may travel around the entire envelope of the building supplying each cladding sheets/ panel volume. In other embodiments there may only be one inlet and all sheets may be interconnected . In one embodiment at least one or more of the cavities receives, has or have received or is to receive its gas via one other of the cavities.
  • flexible piping 21 may be used to join separate enclosable volumes such as between a wall and a door enclosable volume as shown in Figure 11.
  • the flexible conduits will pass through the hinge 22 pivot point so the length of the flexible conduit is not stretched past its limit as shown in figures 6 and 11.
  • the valve in the moveable door or window may connect with a

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L'invention concerne un ensemble mur extérieur appartenant ou destiné à une structure de bâtiment, l'ensemble comportant ou comprenant une feuille extérieure, une feuille parallèle proche mais espacée vers l'intérieur, des ensembles entretoises verticales entre des panneaux adjacents destinés à maintenir l'espacement et à assurer un joint en face verticale et un joint en bout associés en matériau souple avec chaque feuille, des supports horizontaux supérieur et inférieur de maintien d'espacement des feuilles capables de maintenir une étanchéité avec les feuilles, et au moins un orifice, soupape et/ou passage pour milieu fluide en direction et/ou en provenance de la cavité par ailleurs étanche entre les feuilles pour permettre une injection ou une entrée et/ou un échappement ou une sortie de milieu fluide.
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GB1181656A (en) * 1966-02-22 1970-02-18 Kenneth Roy Dunn Improvements in or relating to Double Glazing
US3929186A (en) * 1970-05-13 1975-12-30 Otto Alfred Becker Thermally insulating wall units
US3932971A (en) * 1973-05-21 1976-01-20 Day Ralph K Window construction
DE3105688A1 (de) * 1981-02-17 1982-08-26 Heinz Ing.(Grad.) 6457 Maintal Hapke Einbaufertiges und transportfestes isolierverbundglaselement fuer alt- und neufensterrahmen
WO2000068540A1 (fr) * 1999-05-06 2000-11-16 Valderrama, Maria, Teresa Systeme d'assemblage pour fenetres thermoacoustiques

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GB1181656A (en) * 1966-02-22 1970-02-18 Kenneth Roy Dunn Improvements in or relating to Double Glazing
US3929186A (en) * 1970-05-13 1975-12-30 Otto Alfred Becker Thermally insulating wall units
US3932971A (en) * 1973-05-21 1976-01-20 Day Ralph K Window construction
DE3105688A1 (de) * 1981-02-17 1982-08-26 Heinz Ing.(Grad.) 6457 Maintal Hapke Einbaufertiges und transportfestes isolierverbundglaselement fuer alt- und neufensterrahmen
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