Leaf profile for a window, a window and method for installing a window

Abstract

Covering element (7) to cover the edge of a glass pane (5), characterized in that the covering element (7) includes a leaf profile (6) for a leaf (3,4) of a window (1) or door and includes at least one adjustable setting piece (10), whereby the setting piece (10) is or can be fastened to an edge of the glass pane (5), whereby the leaf profile (6) is or can be connected to the setting piece (10), and whereby the setting piece (10) is arranged to be able to adjust the distance between the leaf profile (6) and the edge of the glass pane (5) when using the covering element (7).

Claims

1. A covering element to cover an edge of a glass pane, the covering element comprising: a leaf profile for a leaf of a window or a door; at least one adjustable setting piece configured to be fastened to the edge of the glass pane, the leaf profile being configured to be connected to the setting piece, the setting piece being configured, in a connected state of the covering element to the edge of the glass pane, to allow adjustment of the distance between the leaf profile and the edge of the glass pane, the setting piece comprising a first part configured to be fastened to the glass pane, and a second part configured to maintain the leaf profile at a set minimum distance from the first part; and a connecting profile configured to be fastened to the edge of the glass pane, wherein the connecting profile and the setting piece are configured such that the setting piece is fastenable to the edge of the glass pane by the connecting profile, and wherein the leaf profile is fastened to the first part of the setting piece and is not configured to be directly fastened to the second part of the setting piece.

2. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the leaf profile does not form part of a frame that supports and surrounds the glass pane.

3. A window comprising: a glass pane; and the covering element according to claim 1, wherein the setting piece is fastened to the edge of the glass pane by the connecting profile.

4. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the setting piece is configured to be fastened to the edge of the glass pane independently of the leaf profile.

5. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the second part is provided with an external screw thread, and the first part is provided with a complementary internal screw thread.

6. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the second part is configured to be adjustably fastened by a screw thread in the first part.

7. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the connecting profile is provided with teeth with a widened head, and the first part of the setting piece is provided with undercut grooves complementary to the teeth, the first part of the setting piece being configured to be mounted on the connecting profile by joining the grooves and the teeth.

8. The covering element according to claim 7, wherein the setting piece is connectable to the connecting profile by a pressure screw that pushes against the connecting profile and thereby fastens the setting piece against the head of the teeth.

9. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the leaf profile is provided with an opening by which the second part of the setting piece is configured to be adjusted.

10. The covering element according to claim 9, further comprising a covering profile configured to cover the opening.

11. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the first part of the setting piece is provided with two bent protruding ridges extending on either side of the first part that each define an L-shaped groove, the first part of the setting piece being provided with a first screw hole, a second screw hole, and a third screw hole that are perpendicular to the direction in which the grooves extend, the second part of the setting piece being a bolt or screw that fits in the second screw hole that is provided with a driving recess on the side turned away from the grooves.

12. A setting piece for use in the covering element according to claim 1.

13. The window according to claim 3, wherein the covering element comprises a connecting profile that is fastened to the edge of the glass pane and glued thereto.

14. The covering element according to claim 2, wherein the second part is provided with an external screw thread, and the first part is provided with a complementary internal screw thread.

15. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the connecting profile is configured to be fastened to the edge of the glass pane independently of the setting piece.

16. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the leaf profile and the setting piece are detachably connected to one another.

17. The covering element according to claim 1, wherein the connecting profile is configured to be fastened to the edge of the glass pane independently of the setting piece, and the leaf profile and the setting piece are detachably connected to one another.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) With the intention of better showing the characteristics of the invention, a preferred embodiment of a window with a leaf profile according to the invention is described hereinafter by way of an example, without any limiting nature, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

(2) FIG. 1 schematically shows a window according to the invention;

(3) FIG. 2 shows a cross-section according to line II-II through the window of FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 3 shows a cross-section according to line III-III through the window of FIG. 1;

(5) FIGS. 4 and 5 show a component of a window according to FIG. 1 in detail in two different views; and

(6) FIG. 6 shows a part of the cross-section of FIG. 3 in an alternative usage state.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(7) The window 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is a sliding window and essentially consists of a frame 2 and two leaves 3 and 4 affixed in the frame 2, more specifically a slidable leaf that can be slid in the direction of the arrow P and a non-slidable leaf 4.

(8) The leaves 3,4 essentially consist of a glass pane 5 that is provided on one or more of its edges with a leaf profile 6. The leaf profile 6 forms part of a covering element 7 that further comprises a connecting profile 8 and a covering profile 9 that are practically parallel to one another. The covering element also comprises a number of setting pieces 10, for example three of four.

(9) The covering profile 9 is snapped onto the leaf profile 6 by means of a snap connection. On the side of the connecting profile 8 turned away from the glass pane 5 there are two L-shaped teeth 11 in the longitudinal direction of the connecting profile 8.

(10) The connecting profile 8 fits over an edge of the glass pane 5 and is glued to it. The connecting profile 8 and the leaf profile 6 are fastened together by means of the setting pieces 10, that are affixed spread over the length of the edge concerned of the glass pane 5.

(11) A separate setting piece 10 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. This consists of a first part 12 and a second part 13.

(12) In this example, but not necessarily, the first part 12 is an aluminium body that is provided with two parallel grooves 14, with a form that is complementary to the teeth 11, and which is formed by folded-over ridges 15 on the body. The first part 12 is provided with three holes with a screw thread that go completely through the first part 12, i.e. a first screw hole 16, a second screw hole 17 and a third screw hole 18.

(13) The second part 13 of the setting piece 10 is formed by a bolt with a socket 19.

(14) The setting pieces 10 are mounted on the connecting profile 8 by placing the teeth 11 in the grooves 14, and by affixing a pressure screw (not shown) in the first screw hole 16. This pressure screw is turned such that it pushes against the connecting profile 8, and thereby secures the teeth 11 in the grooves 14.

(15) The leaf profile 8 is mounted on the setting pieces 11 by means of a bolt 20 that fits in the third screw hole 18 that is turned until the leaf profile 6 rests against the second part 13 of the setting pieces 10.

(16) In order to gain access to the socket 19 of the second part 13, the leaf profile 8 is provided with holes at the places where the second part 13 of the setting pieces 10 are located.

(17) The use of the covering element according to the invention during the assembly of the window 1 is as follows.

(18) At the places where leaf profiles 6 are desired, connecting profiles 8 are glued over the edge of the glass panes 5. The setting pieces 10 and the leaf profiles 6 are then affixed.

(19) The covering elements 7 can also be affixed in a pre-assembled state over the edge of the glass panes 5.

(20) The frame 2 and the wings 3,4 are fitted in the traditional way. The covering elements are then adjusted by loosening the bolts 20, via the holes provided in the leaf profile 6, and turning the second parts 13 of the setting pieces 10 further in or out of the first parts 12 of the setting pieces 10, and when the adjustment is as desired, the bolts 20 are tightened again. Then the covering profile 9 is snapped in its place in order to conceal the holes for accessing the sockets 19 and the bolts 20 from view.

(21) FIG. 6 shows a situation in which the leaf profile 6 is fastened as closely as possible to the glass pane 5, which means that the second part 13 of the setting piece 10 is screwed into the first part 12 to a maximum.

(22) The opposite situation is shown in FIG. 3. All intermediate situations, thus intermediate distances between the leaf profile 6 and the glass pane 5 are also possible.

(23) As part of the function of the covering element 7 consists of compensating for manufacturing differences, not all setting pieces 10 have the same position at an edge of a leaf 3, 4.

(24) During adjustment the following considerations are made: in the closed position of the window 2 this window 2 must be properly closable. The visible parts of the leaf profiles 6 must also run parallel to the sides of the frame 2 and one another.

(25) Preferably the leaf profiles 6 also have to be precisely behind one another at the places where two leaves 3,4 connect together, in a view perpendicular to the glass panes 5, so that the complete leaf profiles 6 appear narrower.

(26) Although in the above example the setting pieces are fastened to the glass pane via a connecting profile, it is also possible within the scope of the invention to fasten the setting pieces to a glass pane in another way, such as for example by directly gluing the setting pieces to the glass pane, or by a clamping mechanism that forms part of or is connected to the setting pieces.

(27) Although a setting piece with a first part and one, centrally placed, second part is described above, the setting piece can also be constructed with a second part that is not on the central axis, thus not in line with the first and third screw hole.

(28) The setting piece can also be constructed with two or more second parts that do not necessarily have to be on the central axis.

(29) This has the advantage that the leaf profile can be somewhat rotated locally or entirely around an axis, defined by the edge of the glass pane, before being secured. In this way any mutual differences in the size of the glass plates, which together form a multilayered glass pane, are compensated for.

(30) The present invention is by no means limited to the embodiment described as an example and shown in the drawings, but a covering element, setting piece and window according to the invention can be realised in all kinds of variants, without departing from the scope of the invention.