CA1228708A - Heat-insulating frame assembly for use in curtain wall construction - Google Patents
Heat-insulating frame assembly for use in curtain wall constructionInfo
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A heat-insulating frame assembly for use in a curtain wall construction includes an inner frame member and an outer frame member which are interconnected by a bolt with an attachment and a spacer interposed between the inner and outer frame members. The spacer is made of a heat-insulating material, and composed of a pair of spaced side walls interconnected by a connecting wall. A block of a heat-insulating material is inserted between the side walls of the spacer. For assembling the heat-insulating frame assembly, the attachment is positioned on and fastened to the inner frame member, and then the spacer is positioned on and fastened to the attachment. Thereafter, the outer frame member is secured to the inner frame member through the attachment and the spacer. A heat-insulating frame assembly for use at a corner of a curtain wall construction has an inner frame member having a pair of mutually perpendicular outer walls and an outer frame member having a pair of outer walls extending normally to each other and parallel to the outer walls of the inner frame member. The inner and outer frame members are interconnected by bolts fastening the outer walls of the inner and outer frame members through heat-insulating spacers.
A heat-insulating frame assembly for use in a curtain wall construction includes an inner frame member and an outer frame member which are interconnected by a bolt with an attachment and a spacer interposed between the inner and outer frame members. The spacer is made of a heat-insulating material, and composed of a pair of spaced side walls interconnected by a connecting wall. A block of a heat-insulating material is inserted between the side walls of the spacer. For assembling the heat-insulating frame assembly, the attachment is positioned on and fastened to the inner frame member, and then the spacer is positioned on and fastened to the attachment. Thereafter, the outer frame member is secured to the inner frame member through the attachment and the spacer. A heat-insulating frame assembly for use at a corner of a curtain wall construction has an inner frame member having a pair of mutually perpendicular outer walls and an outer frame member having a pair of outer walls extending normally to each other and parallel to the outer walls of the inner frame member. The inner and outer frame members are interconnected by bolts fastening the outer walls of the inner and outer frame members through heat-insulating spacers.
Description
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention:
The present invention relates to a heat-insulating frame assembly such as a horizontal or vertical frame member for use in a curtain wall construction.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention:
The present invention relates to a heat-insulating frame assembly such as a horizontal or vertical frame member for use in a curtain wall construction.
2. Description of the Prior Art:
Prior vertical frame assemblies are disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publications Nos. 56-76~16 and 55-1~5604 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
48-19010. The conventional vertical frame assemblies include an inner frame member, an outer frame member, and a heat-insulating member disposed between the inner and outer frame members and interconnecting them together for preventing heat transfer between the inner and outer frame members. The disclosed vertical frame assemblies are however disadvantageous in that it is quite tedious and time-consuming to position and couple the inner and outer frame members and the heat-insulating member properly with respect to each other. The known vertical frame assemblies are designed solely for installation of panels in recesses defined in the opposite sides of the frame assemblies. If a panel were attached to only one side of the vertical frame member, edges of the inner and outer frame members would tend to be deformed into the recess in the other side of the vertical frame member under forces imposed on such edges. Then, the attached panel would become insecure, and the heat-insulating capability between the inner and outer ,. --1--37(~3 frame members would be rendered poor.
Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 57-3505~ shows a prior corner vertical frame member of an integral configuration having opposite sides to which panels are fastened. However, the disclosed corner frame member has proven unsatisfactory in that the integral construction is not sufficiently effective to provide a desired thermal insulation between the interior and exterior sides of a building on which the corner frame member is installed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat-insulating frame assembly for curtain wall construe-lions which has an increased heat-insulating capability between inner and outer frame members.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a heat-insulating frame assembly for curtain wall construe-lions which allows inner and outer frame members to be easily and accurately positioned and coupled relatively to each other.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a heat-insulating frame assembly for curtain wall constructions which permits a panel to be attached to only one side thereof securely and stably.
According to the present invention, there is provided a heat-insulating frame assembly comprising a first frame member, an attachment, a first bolt by which the attachment 70~
is fastened to the first frame member, the first bolt having a head, a spacer of a heat-insulating material engaging the attachment and having a recess accommodating the head of the first bolt therein, a second frame member engaging the spacer, and a second bolt by which the second frame member and said spacer are fastened to the first frame member.
Further according to the present invention, there is provided a heat-insulating frame assembly comprising a first frame member including a pair of first and second walls extending substantially perpendicularly to each other, a second frame member having a pair of third and fourth walls extending substantially parallel to the first and second walls, respectively, a pair of first and second spacers of a heat-insulating material disposed between the first and third walls and between the second and fourth walls, respectively, a pair of first and second bolts interconnecting the first and third walls and the second and fourth walls respectively through the first and second spacers, respectively, and a block of a heat-insulating material disposed between the first and second frame members.
Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which preferred structural embodiments incorporating the principles of the present invention are shown by way of illustrative example.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a fragmentary front elevation Al view of a curtain wall construction which incorporates therein a heat-insulating frame assembly according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 its a fragmentary vertical cross-sectional view of the curtain wall construction shown in FIG. l;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III
- III of FIG. l;
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged cross-sectional view of a heat-insulating frame assembly illustrated in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V -V of FIG. l;
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a corner of a curtain wall construction incorporating therein a heat-insulating frame assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII
- VII of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII - ~III of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is an enlarged horizontal cross-sectional view of the heat-insulating frame assembly at the corner of the curtain wall construction shown in FIG. 6; and FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of an assembly interconnecting adjacent transoms in the corner ~;~2~7~3 curtain wall construction illustrated in FIG. 5.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Throughout the specification, the terms "inner", outer "inwardly", and "outwardly" are used with reference to the geometric center of a building to which a curtain wall construction is to be attached.
As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a curtain wall construction, generally designated at 10, installed on a building comprises a matrix of unit curtain walls 11. Each of the unit curtain walls 11 is composed of a pair of vertical frame members 12, 12, a mullion 13, an upper horizontal frame member 14, a transom 15, an intermediate transom 16, and a lower vertical frame member 17. These frame members 12 through 17 are interconnected to provide a plurality of rectangular frames in which light 18, 19, double-glazed panels 20, 21, and insulating-panel and glass assemblies 22, 23 are supported. Each unit curtain wall 11 also has a blind box 24 from which a blind 25 can be lowered, as shown in FIX. 2. The insulating-panel and glass assembly 22 includes an inner panel 26 and an outer pane of glass 27, as illustrated in FIG. 5, which vertically extend across outer edges of building floors 28.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, each of the vertical frame members 12 comprises an assembly of an inner member 30, an outer member 31, an a spacer 32 by which the inner and outer members 30, 31 are interconnected.
The inner member 30 is composed of an inner wall 33, an outer wall 34, a pair of side walls 35, 36 which are integrally joined to define a hollow section 37 serving as an air passage. The inner wall 33 has an increased thickness and has a hole 39 of a circular cross section for passage of a heat-transporting medium and a recess 40 opening laterally. The outer wall 34 has an integral channel shaped attachment frame 41 composed of a pair of side walls 42, 43 and a connecting wall 44 interconnecting the side walls 42, 43. The connecting wall 44 has a lateral extension 45 including an outward lip 46. The lateral extension 45, the side wall 42, and the outer wall 34 jointly define a laterally opening vertical recess 47.
The connecting wall 44 and the side wall 43 are interconnected by a substantially right-angled corner portion having a recess 48. The outer wall 34 has a pair of hook-shaped flanges 49, 50 disposed closely to the side wall 36 and jointly defining a vertical recess 51.
An attachment 52 has an inwardly opening central recess 53 in which a projection 54 of the connecting wall 44 is fitted. The attachment 52 is fixed to the connecting wall 44 by a bolt 55. The attachment 52 also has a pair of outwardly opening recesses 56, 57 spaced laterally from each other One side of the attachment 52 partly closes the recess 48 to define a laterally opening recess 59 between the attachment frame 41 and the attachment 52.
The spacer 32 is of a substantially channel-shaped structure made of a heat-insulating material and having a pair of side walls 60, 61, and a connecting wall 62 interconnecting the side walls 60~ 61. The spacer 32 has a width smaller than that of the inner member 30. The side walls I 61 and the connecting wall 62 jointly define a recess 63 accommodating therein the head of the bolt 55.
The side walls 60, 61 have narrower ends 64, 65 remote from the connecting wall 62 and fitted respectively in the recesses 56, 57 and opposite narrower ends 66, 67 adjacent to the connecting wall 62. The narrower ends 66, 67 and the connecting wall 62 jointly define an outwardly opening recess OWE
The outer member 31 comprises first and second battens 70, 71 and is as wide as the inner member 30. The first batten 70 has an attachment wall 72, a side wall 73, and a side wall 74, these walls 72, 73, 74 jointly defining an outwardly opening recess 75. The side wall 74 includes a lateral recess 76 opening away from the side wall 73.
The attachment wall 72 has a pair of laterally spaced ridges 77, 78 defining a groove 79 there between in which the narrower ends 66, 67 of the spacer 32 are fitted. The first batten 70 and the spacer 32 are fastened by a bolt 80 to the connecting wall 44 of the attachment frame 41, the bolt 80 having a head housed in the recess 75.
The second batten 71 has a lateral wall 81, a pair of integral walls 82, 83 projecting inwardly from the lateral wall 81 and fitted in the recess 75, a pair of integral hook-shaped flanges 84, 85 jointly defining a recess 86 opening inwardly. The second batten 71 is fastened by a bolt 87 to the attachment wall 72 of the first batten 70.
The recess 63 in the spacer 32 accommodates therein a block 88 of a heat-insulating material which may be poured after the spacer 32 has been assembled or may be previously assembled in the spacer 32. A block 89 of a soft heat-insulating material such as a foamed plastic material is filled in the outwardly opening recess 68 which is closed by the attachment wall 72 of the first batten 70.
For assembly, the attachment 52 is first fixed to the inner member 30, and then the spacer 32 is positioned with respect to the attachment 52 and attached thereto.
Thereafter, the first batten 72 is positioned with respect to the spacer 32 and fastened thereto, followed by the positioning and attachment of the second batten 71 with respect to the first batten 70. Therefore, the inner and outer members 30, 31 can easily and accurately be positioned and coupled together through the attachment 52 and the spacer 32.
Since the spacer 32 is narrower than the inner and outer members 30, 31, the side walls 60, 62 of the spacer 32 and the inner and outer members 30, 31 jointly define laterally opening channels 94, 95. The channel 95 receive edges of inner and outer spaced panes of glass aye, 21b of the double-glazed panel 21. The channel 94 receives an auxiliary spacer 90 and a block 93 which are made of a heat-insulating material. More specifically, the auxiliary I
spacer 90 has opposite ends fitted respectively over the lip 46 of the inner member 80 and a lip 91 of the first batten 70, and lies substantially flush with the side wall 35 of the inner member 30. The auxiliary spacer 90 and the side wall 60 of the spacer 32 jointly define a space 92 in which the heat-insulating block 93 is disposed for minimizing any heat loss due to radiation and convection to thereby achieve an increased heat-insulating capability.
The auxiliary spacer 90 and the block 93 serve to close off the channel 94 for preventing edges of the inner and outer members 30, 31 from being deformed into the channel 94 under undue forces applied and hence for preventing edges of the inner and outer members 30, 31 from spreading the channel 95. Since the inner and outer members 30, 31 are thus dimensionally stable, the double-glazed panel 21 remain attached securely in position.
The inner and outer glass panes aye, 21b are retained in the channel 95 by inner and outer gaskets 96, 97. The inner gasket 96 includes a first portion 98 held against the side wall 61 of the spacer 82 and a second portion 99 held against an inner surface of the inner glass pane aye and extending substantially at a right angle to the first portion 98. The first portion 98 of the inner gasket 96 has a first attachment leg 100 fitted in the recess 59, and the second portion 99 has a second attachment leg 101. A
batten 102 of a heat-insulating material is partly fitted in the recess 51 of the inner member 30 and has an 2~70l~
outwardly opening recess 103 in which the second attachment leg 101 is fitted. The outer gasket 97 has an edge mounted on the hook-shaped flange 85 and is held against the outer glass pane 21b.
The inner gasket 96 can easily be installed in position by fitting the first attachment leg 100 in the recess 59 at the same time that the attachment 52 is mounted on the inner member on. Since the first gasket portion 98 provides a seal against the side wall 61 of the spacer 32 (or the bottom of the channel US) and the second gasket portion go provides a seal against the inner glass pane aye, the bottom of the channel 95 is reliably sealed from the interior side of the double-glazed panel 21.
The second attachment leg 101 is mounted by the batten 102 on the outer wall 34 of the inner member 30.
This allows a double-glazed panel of a different width to be securely installed in position by replacing the batten 102 with one dimensioned to suit such a double-glazed panel.
As shown in FIG. 3, the mullion 13 is composed of an inner member 105 and an outer member 106 which are interconnected by a spacer 107 of a heat-insulating material and an attachment 108. The spacer 107 and the attachment I are of the same configurations as those of the spacer 32 and the attachment 52, and the outer member lC6 is of substantially the same configuration as that of the outer member 31 and attached to the inner member 105 in aye substantially the same manner as that in which the outer member 31 is attached to the inner member 30.
The inner member 105 has an outer wall 104 including a pair of laterally spaced recesses 109, 110 in which portions of inner gaskets 111, 112 are fitted, the inner gasket 111 being integral with the inner gasket 96. The outer member 106 supports outer gaskets 114, 115, the outer gasket 114 being integral with the outer gasket I The double-glazed panel 21 has an edge sandwiched between the inner and outer gaskets 111, 114, while the double-glazed panel 20 has an edge portion 116 sandwiched between the inner and outer gaskets 112, 115.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, an inner gasket band 117 has opposite edge portions 118, 119 fitted respectively in the opposite recesses 47, 47 in the inner members 30, 30 of the adjacent vertical frame members 12, 12. A female outer gasket band 120 has an edge portion 121 fitted in the recess 76 in the outer member 31 of one of the adjacent vertical frame members 12. A male outer gasket band 122 has an edge portion 123 fitted in the recess 76 in the outer member 31 of the other vertical frame member 12. The female and male outer gasket bands 120, 122 have intermitting edges 124, 125, respectively.
Each of the vertical frame members 31 has an outer surface covered with a vertical cover 126, and each of the transoms 15, 16 has an outer surface covered with a horizontal cover 127. A seal member 128 extending between I
the inner walls 33, 33 of the adjacent vertical frame members 12, 12 has ends disposed respectively in the recesses 40, 40 in the inner walls 33, 33.
As shown in FIG. 5, the intermediate transom 16 is composed of an inner member 130 and an outer n~elnber 131 which are coupled together by a spacer 132 ox a heat-insulating material and an attachment 133. The inner and outer members 130, 131, the spacer 132, and the attachment 133 jointly define upper and lower channels 134, 135 receiving a lower edge of the double-glazed panel 21 and upper edges of the heat-insulating panel 26 and the glass pane 27. The spacer 132 and the attachment 133 are of the same configurations as those of the spacer 32 and the attachment 52, and the outer member 131 is of substantially the same configuration as that ox the outer member 31 and attached to the inner member 130 in substantially the same manner as that in which the outer member 31 is attached to the inner member 30.
The inner member 130 has an outer wall 136 including a pair of laterally spaced recesses 137, 138 in which portions of inner gaskets 139, 141 are fitted, the inner gasket 139 being integral with the inner gasket 96 and supported by a batten 142. The outer member 131 supports outer gaskets 143, 144, the outer gasket 143 being integral with the outer gasket 97. The lower edge ox the double-glazed panel 21 is sandwiched between the inner and outer gaskets 139, 143, and the upper edges of the glass pane 27 and the panel 26 are sandwiched between the inner and outer gaskets 141, 144.
The inner member 130 has a hole 145 of a circular cross section for passage of a heat-transporting medium.
An upwardly opening channel-shaped frame member 146 is disposed below and fastened to the inner member 16.
FIGS. 6 through 10 illustrate a heat-insulating frame assembly incorporated in a corner of a curtain wall construction according to another embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 6, a curtain wall construction 150 at a building corner includes a pair of unit curtain walls 151, 152 extending perpendicularly to each other and coupled together by a corner unit 153.
The corner unit 153 is composed of a corner mullion 154 and a pair of vertical frame members 155, 156 which are connected by a pair of upper horizontal frame members 157, 158, a pair of lower horizontal frame members 159, 160, and a pair of transoms 161, 162 located intermediate between the upper and lower horizontal frame members 157~ 158, 161, 162. The mullion 154, the vertical and horizontal frame members 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, and the transoms 161, 162 jointly provide a pair of lateral frames 163, 164 which retain a pair of lower double-glazed panels 165, 167 and a pair of lower heat-insulating panel and glass assemblies 166, 168.
As illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 9, the corner mullion ~Lz~a~8 154 comprises an inner member 170, an outer member 171, and a pair of spacers 172, 173 by which the inner and outer members 170, 171 are interconnected. The inner member 170 is composed of an inner hollow frame 174 and outer hollow frame 175. The inner hollow frame 174 has a substantially square cross section including a pair of perpendicular inner side walls 176, 177 and a pair of perpendicular outer side walls 178, 179. Likewise, the outer hollow frame 175 has a substantially square cross section including a pair of perpendicular inner side walls 180, 181 and a pair of perpendicular outer side walls 182, 183. The inner member 170 is symmetrical in shape with respect to a diametrical direction along which the frames 163, 164 are coupled to each other.
The outer member 171 is of a right-angled configuration having a pair of lateral outer walls 184, 185 extending normally to each other and parallel to the outer side side walls 182, 183, and including a pair of outwardly opening recesses 186, 187, respectively The outer wall 184 has a pair ox outwardly projecting hooks 188, 189, and the outer wall 185 has a pair of outwardly projecting hooks 190, 191. The outer member 171 is also symmetrical in shape with respect to the diametrical direction along which the frames 163, 164 are coupled to each other.
Each of the spacers 172, 173 is substantially channel-shaped and has a pair of spaced side walls 192, 193 interconnected by a connecting wall 194, the spacers 172, ~Z~'7~1~
173 being made of a heat-insulating material such as synthetic resin, hard rubber, for example. Each spacer 172, 173 accommodates therein a heat-insulating block 195.
The spacers 172, 173 are disposed between the outer walls 182, 183 of the inner member 170 and the outer walls 184, 185 of the outer member 171, with attachments 196 interposed between the spacers 172, 173 and the outer walls 182, 183 of the inner member 170. The spacers 172, 173 and the attachments 196 are fastened by bolts 197 to the outer walls 182, 183 of the inner member 170. The outer member 171 has an L-shaped hollow space 198 which opens toward the inner member 170 and accommodates therein a heat-insulating block 199 of a foamed plastic material. The spacers 172, 173 and the attachments 196 are securely fastened to the inner member 170 by tightening the bolts 137.
A pair of battens 200, 201 are fitted respectively in the recesses 186, 187 in the outer member 171 and fastened by bolts 202, 203, respectively to the outer member 171.
The double-glazed panel 165 is composed of a pair of lass panes 204, 205 having edges supported by gaskets 206, 207 between the batten 200 and a batten 208 attached to the inner member 170. Similarly, the double-glazed panel 167 is composed of a pair of glass panes 209, 210 having edges supported by gaskets 211, 212 between the batten 201 and a batten 213 attached to the inner member 170.
The outer walls 18~, 185 of the outer member 171 and the battens 200, 201 are covered by vertical covers 214, ~2F~7~18 214 engaging the hooks 188, 189, 190, 191.
As illustrated in FIG. 7, each of the vertical frame members 155, 156 is of a construction identical to that of the vertical frame members 12 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and will not be described in detail.
In FIG. 8, the heat-insulating panel and glass assembly 167 is composed of a pane of glass 216 and a heat-insulating panel 217 located inwardly of the glass pane 216. Each of the transoms (only transom 162 is shown in FIG. I) comprises a transom body 220 composed of an upper wall 221, a lower wall 222, an inner wall 223, and an outer wall 224 which are integral with each other and jointly define a hollow space 225 therein. The inner wall 223 has a hole 226 of a circular cross section for passage of a heat-txansporting medium. The inner wall 223 is covered with an inner cover 227. To the outer wall 224 of the transom 162, there are attached the outer member 131, the spacer 132, the attachment 133, the batten 142, as shown in FIG. 5, with the outer member 131 being covered with a horizontal cover 215.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, thy transom bodies 220, 220 of the transoms 161, 162 have mitered edges 228, 229, respectively, inclined at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axes of the transoms 161, 162.
The transom bodies 220~ 220 are joined at the mitered edges 228, 229 with a caulking material 230 interposed there between. The inner walls 223, 223 have edges 231, gLX~3t7~
232, respectively, lying perpendicularly to each other.
The transom bodies 220, 220 also have mutually perpendicular edges 233, 234 contiguous to the mitered edges 228, 229, respectively, and located outwardly thereof.
The transom bodies 22, 220 are assembled together as follows:
The edges 233, 234 are held respectively against the inner walls 176, 177 of the corner mullion 170, and fastened thereto by screws 218 (FIG. 7). The mitered edges 228, 229 are disposed in confronting relation to oath other with the caulking material 230 filled there between. A
substantially L-shaped outer connector 235 has a pair of arms 236, 237 to which L-shaped inner brackets 238, 239 are attached respectively. The inner connectors 238, 239 and the arms 236, 237 are secured by bolts 240 to the outer walls 224 of the transom bodies 220. A connector 241 is connected to and extends between the brackets 238, 239. An L-shaped inner connector 242 is fixed by bolts 244 to outer surfaces of the inner walls 223, 223 of the transom bodies 220, 220. An L-shaped connector 243 is secured to the L-shaped inner connector 242. The L-shaped inner and outer connectors 242, 235 are fastened by bolts 219 to upper surfaces of the lower wall 222 of the transom bodies 220, 220.
The edges 232, 232 of the inner walls 223, 223 of the transom bodies 220, 220 are coupled by a flexible L-shaped elbow 247 having opposite ends 245, 246 communicating with , .
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the holes 226, 226 in the inner walls 223, 223.
I've upper wall 221 of the transom bodies 220, 220 support adjustable air ports 248 for allowing air to flow there through into and out of the holly spaces 225 in the transom bodies 220, 220.
Although various minor modifications may be suggested by those versed in the art, it should be understood that we wish to embody within the scope of the patent warranted heron, all such embodiments as reasonably and properly come within the scope of our contribution to the art.
Prior vertical frame assemblies are disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publications Nos. 56-76~16 and 55-1~5604 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
48-19010. The conventional vertical frame assemblies include an inner frame member, an outer frame member, and a heat-insulating member disposed between the inner and outer frame members and interconnecting them together for preventing heat transfer between the inner and outer frame members. The disclosed vertical frame assemblies are however disadvantageous in that it is quite tedious and time-consuming to position and couple the inner and outer frame members and the heat-insulating member properly with respect to each other. The known vertical frame assemblies are designed solely for installation of panels in recesses defined in the opposite sides of the frame assemblies. If a panel were attached to only one side of the vertical frame member, edges of the inner and outer frame members would tend to be deformed into the recess in the other side of the vertical frame member under forces imposed on such edges. Then, the attached panel would become insecure, and the heat-insulating capability between the inner and outer ,. --1--37(~3 frame members would be rendered poor.
Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 57-3505~ shows a prior corner vertical frame member of an integral configuration having opposite sides to which panels are fastened. However, the disclosed corner frame member has proven unsatisfactory in that the integral construction is not sufficiently effective to provide a desired thermal insulation between the interior and exterior sides of a building on which the corner frame member is installed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat-insulating frame assembly for curtain wall construe-lions which has an increased heat-insulating capability between inner and outer frame members.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a heat-insulating frame assembly for curtain wall construe-lions which allows inner and outer frame members to be easily and accurately positioned and coupled relatively to each other.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a heat-insulating frame assembly for curtain wall constructions which permits a panel to be attached to only one side thereof securely and stably.
According to the present invention, there is provided a heat-insulating frame assembly comprising a first frame member, an attachment, a first bolt by which the attachment 70~
is fastened to the first frame member, the first bolt having a head, a spacer of a heat-insulating material engaging the attachment and having a recess accommodating the head of the first bolt therein, a second frame member engaging the spacer, and a second bolt by which the second frame member and said spacer are fastened to the first frame member.
Further according to the present invention, there is provided a heat-insulating frame assembly comprising a first frame member including a pair of first and second walls extending substantially perpendicularly to each other, a second frame member having a pair of third and fourth walls extending substantially parallel to the first and second walls, respectively, a pair of first and second spacers of a heat-insulating material disposed between the first and third walls and between the second and fourth walls, respectively, a pair of first and second bolts interconnecting the first and third walls and the second and fourth walls respectively through the first and second spacers, respectively, and a block of a heat-insulating material disposed between the first and second frame members.
Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which preferred structural embodiments incorporating the principles of the present invention are shown by way of illustrative example.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a fragmentary front elevation Al view of a curtain wall construction which incorporates therein a heat-insulating frame assembly according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 its a fragmentary vertical cross-sectional view of the curtain wall construction shown in FIG. l;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III
- III of FIG. l;
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged cross-sectional view of a heat-insulating frame assembly illustrated in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V -V of FIG. l;
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a corner of a curtain wall construction incorporating therein a heat-insulating frame assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII
- VII of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII - ~III of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is an enlarged horizontal cross-sectional view of the heat-insulating frame assembly at the corner of the curtain wall construction shown in FIG. 6; and FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of an assembly interconnecting adjacent transoms in the corner ~;~2~7~3 curtain wall construction illustrated in FIG. 5.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Throughout the specification, the terms "inner", outer "inwardly", and "outwardly" are used with reference to the geometric center of a building to which a curtain wall construction is to be attached.
As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a curtain wall construction, generally designated at 10, installed on a building comprises a matrix of unit curtain walls 11. Each of the unit curtain walls 11 is composed of a pair of vertical frame members 12, 12, a mullion 13, an upper horizontal frame member 14, a transom 15, an intermediate transom 16, and a lower vertical frame member 17. These frame members 12 through 17 are interconnected to provide a plurality of rectangular frames in which light 18, 19, double-glazed panels 20, 21, and insulating-panel and glass assemblies 22, 23 are supported. Each unit curtain wall 11 also has a blind box 24 from which a blind 25 can be lowered, as shown in FIX. 2. The insulating-panel and glass assembly 22 includes an inner panel 26 and an outer pane of glass 27, as illustrated in FIG. 5, which vertically extend across outer edges of building floors 28.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, each of the vertical frame members 12 comprises an assembly of an inner member 30, an outer member 31, an a spacer 32 by which the inner and outer members 30, 31 are interconnected.
The inner member 30 is composed of an inner wall 33, an outer wall 34, a pair of side walls 35, 36 which are integrally joined to define a hollow section 37 serving as an air passage. The inner wall 33 has an increased thickness and has a hole 39 of a circular cross section for passage of a heat-transporting medium and a recess 40 opening laterally. The outer wall 34 has an integral channel shaped attachment frame 41 composed of a pair of side walls 42, 43 and a connecting wall 44 interconnecting the side walls 42, 43. The connecting wall 44 has a lateral extension 45 including an outward lip 46. The lateral extension 45, the side wall 42, and the outer wall 34 jointly define a laterally opening vertical recess 47.
The connecting wall 44 and the side wall 43 are interconnected by a substantially right-angled corner portion having a recess 48. The outer wall 34 has a pair of hook-shaped flanges 49, 50 disposed closely to the side wall 36 and jointly defining a vertical recess 51.
An attachment 52 has an inwardly opening central recess 53 in which a projection 54 of the connecting wall 44 is fitted. The attachment 52 is fixed to the connecting wall 44 by a bolt 55. The attachment 52 also has a pair of outwardly opening recesses 56, 57 spaced laterally from each other One side of the attachment 52 partly closes the recess 48 to define a laterally opening recess 59 between the attachment frame 41 and the attachment 52.
The spacer 32 is of a substantially channel-shaped structure made of a heat-insulating material and having a pair of side walls 60, 61, and a connecting wall 62 interconnecting the side walls 60~ 61. The spacer 32 has a width smaller than that of the inner member 30. The side walls I 61 and the connecting wall 62 jointly define a recess 63 accommodating therein the head of the bolt 55.
The side walls 60, 61 have narrower ends 64, 65 remote from the connecting wall 62 and fitted respectively in the recesses 56, 57 and opposite narrower ends 66, 67 adjacent to the connecting wall 62. The narrower ends 66, 67 and the connecting wall 62 jointly define an outwardly opening recess OWE
The outer member 31 comprises first and second battens 70, 71 and is as wide as the inner member 30. The first batten 70 has an attachment wall 72, a side wall 73, and a side wall 74, these walls 72, 73, 74 jointly defining an outwardly opening recess 75. The side wall 74 includes a lateral recess 76 opening away from the side wall 73.
The attachment wall 72 has a pair of laterally spaced ridges 77, 78 defining a groove 79 there between in which the narrower ends 66, 67 of the spacer 32 are fitted. The first batten 70 and the spacer 32 are fastened by a bolt 80 to the connecting wall 44 of the attachment frame 41, the bolt 80 having a head housed in the recess 75.
The second batten 71 has a lateral wall 81, a pair of integral walls 82, 83 projecting inwardly from the lateral wall 81 and fitted in the recess 75, a pair of integral hook-shaped flanges 84, 85 jointly defining a recess 86 opening inwardly. The second batten 71 is fastened by a bolt 87 to the attachment wall 72 of the first batten 70.
The recess 63 in the spacer 32 accommodates therein a block 88 of a heat-insulating material which may be poured after the spacer 32 has been assembled or may be previously assembled in the spacer 32. A block 89 of a soft heat-insulating material such as a foamed plastic material is filled in the outwardly opening recess 68 which is closed by the attachment wall 72 of the first batten 70.
For assembly, the attachment 52 is first fixed to the inner member 30, and then the spacer 32 is positioned with respect to the attachment 52 and attached thereto.
Thereafter, the first batten 72 is positioned with respect to the spacer 32 and fastened thereto, followed by the positioning and attachment of the second batten 71 with respect to the first batten 70. Therefore, the inner and outer members 30, 31 can easily and accurately be positioned and coupled together through the attachment 52 and the spacer 32.
Since the spacer 32 is narrower than the inner and outer members 30, 31, the side walls 60, 62 of the spacer 32 and the inner and outer members 30, 31 jointly define laterally opening channels 94, 95. The channel 95 receive edges of inner and outer spaced panes of glass aye, 21b of the double-glazed panel 21. The channel 94 receives an auxiliary spacer 90 and a block 93 which are made of a heat-insulating material. More specifically, the auxiliary I
spacer 90 has opposite ends fitted respectively over the lip 46 of the inner member 80 and a lip 91 of the first batten 70, and lies substantially flush with the side wall 35 of the inner member 30. The auxiliary spacer 90 and the side wall 60 of the spacer 32 jointly define a space 92 in which the heat-insulating block 93 is disposed for minimizing any heat loss due to radiation and convection to thereby achieve an increased heat-insulating capability.
The auxiliary spacer 90 and the block 93 serve to close off the channel 94 for preventing edges of the inner and outer members 30, 31 from being deformed into the channel 94 under undue forces applied and hence for preventing edges of the inner and outer members 30, 31 from spreading the channel 95. Since the inner and outer members 30, 31 are thus dimensionally stable, the double-glazed panel 21 remain attached securely in position.
The inner and outer glass panes aye, 21b are retained in the channel 95 by inner and outer gaskets 96, 97. The inner gasket 96 includes a first portion 98 held against the side wall 61 of the spacer 82 and a second portion 99 held against an inner surface of the inner glass pane aye and extending substantially at a right angle to the first portion 98. The first portion 98 of the inner gasket 96 has a first attachment leg 100 fitted in the recess 59, and the second portion 99 has a second attachment leg 101. A
batten 102 of a heat-insulating material is partly fitted in the recess 51 of the inner member 30 and has an 2~70l~
outwardly opening recess 103 in which the second attachment leg 101 is fitted. The outer gasket 97 has an edge mounted on the hook-shaped flange 85 and is held against the outer glass pane 21b.
The inner gasket 96 can easily be installed in position by fitting the first attachment leg 100 in the recess 59 at the same time that the attachment 52 is mounted on the inner member on. Since the first gasket portion 98 provides a seal against the side wall 61 of the spacer 32 (or the bottom of the channel US) and the second gasket portion go provides a seal against the inner glass pane aye, the bottom of the channel 95 is reliably sealed from the interior side of the double-glazed panel 21.
The second attachment leg 101 is mounted by the batten 102 on the outer wall 34 of the inner member 30.
This allows a double-glazed panel of a different width to be securely installed in position by replacing the batten 102 with one dimensioned to suit such a double-glazed panel.
As shown in FIG. 3, the mullion 13 is composed of an inner member 105 and an outer member 106 which are interconnected by a spacer 107 of a heat-insulating material and an attachment 108. The spacer 107 and the attachment I are of the same configurations as those of the spacer 32 and the attachment 52, and the outer member lC6 is of substantially the same configuration as that of the outer member 31 and attached to the inner member 105 in aye substantially the same manner as that in which the outer member 31 is attached to the inner member 30.
The inner member 105 has an outer wall 104 including a pair of laterally spaced recesses 109, 110 in which portions of inner gaskets 111, 112 are fitted, the inner gasket 111 being integral with the inner gasket 96. The outer member 106 supports outer gaskets 114, 115, the outer gasket 114 being integral with the outer gasket I The double-glazed panel 21 has an edge sandwiched between the inner and outer gaskets 111, 114, while the double-glazed panel 20 has an edge portion 116 sandwiched between the inner and outer gaskets 112, 115.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, an inner gasket band 117 has opposite edge portions 118, 119 fitted respectively in the opposite recesses 47, 47 in the inner members 30, 30 of the adjacent vertical frame members 12, 12. A female outer gasket band 120 has an edge portion 121 fitted in the recess 76 in the outer member 31 of one of the adjacent vertical frame members 12. A male outer gasket band 122 has an edge portion 123 fitted in the recess 76 in the outer member 31 of the other vertical frame member 12. The female and male outer gasket bands 120, 122 have intermitting edges 124, 125, respectively.
Each of the vertical frame members 31 has an outer surface covered with a vertical cover 126, and each of the transoms 15, 16 has an outer surface covered with a horizontal cover 127. A seal member 128 extending between I
the inner walls 33, 33 of the adjacent vertical frame members 12, 12 has ends disposed respectively in the recesses 40, 40 in the inner walls 33, 33.
As shown in FIG. 5, the intermediate transom 16 is composed of an inner member 130 and an outer n~elnber 131 which are coupled together by a spacer 132 ox a heat-insulating material and an attachment 133. The inner and outer members 130, 131, the spacer 132, and the attachment 133 jointly define upper and lower channels 134, 135 receiving a lower edge of the double-glazed panel 21 and upper edges of the heat-insulating panel 26 and the glass pane 27. The spacer 132 and the attachment 133 are of the same configurations as those of the spacer 32 and the attachment 52, and the outer member 131 is of substantially the same configuration as that ox the outer member 31 and attached to the inner member 130 in substantially the same manner as that in which the outer member 31 is attached to the inner member 30.
The inner member 130 has an outer wall 136 including a pair of laterally spaced recesses 137, 138 in which portions of inner gaskets 139, 141 are fitted, the inner gasket 139 being integral with the inner gasket 96 and supported by a batten 142. The outer member 131 supports outer gaskets 143, 144, the outer gasket 143 being integral with the outer gasket 97. The lower edge ox the double-glazed panel 21 is sandwiched between the inner and outer gaskets 139, 143, and the upper edges of the glass pane 27 and the panel 26 are sandwiched between the inner and outer gaskets 141, 144.
The inner member 130 has a hole 145 of a circular cross section for passage of a heat-transporting medium.
An upwardly opening channel-shaped frame member 146 is disposed below and fastened to the inner member 16.
FIGS. 6 through 10 illustrate a heat-insulating frame assembly incorporated in a corner of a curtain wall construction according to another embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 6, a curtain wall construction 150 at a building corner includes a pair of unit curtain walls 151, 152 extending perpendicularly to each other and coupled together by a corner unit 153.
The corner unit 153 is composed of a corner mullion 154 and a pair of vertical frame members 155, 156 which are connected by a pair of upper horizontal frame members 157, 158, a pair of lower horizontal frame members 159, 160, and a pair of transoms 161, 162 located intermediate between the upper and lower horizontal frame members 157~ 158, 161, 162. The mullion 154, the vertical and horizontal frame members 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, and the transoms 161, 162 jointly provide a pair of lateral frames 163, 164 which retain a pair of lower double-glazed panels 165, 167 and a pair of lower heat-insulating panel and glass assemblies 166, 168.
As illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 9, the corner mullion ~Lz~a~8 154 comprises an inner member 170, an outer member 171, and a pair of spacers 172, 173 by which the inner and outer members 170, 171 are interconnected. The inner member 170 is composed of an inner hollow frame 174 and outer hollow frame 175. The inner hollow frame 174 has a substantially square cross section including a pair of perpendicular inner side walls 176, 177 and a pair of perpendicular outer side walls 178, 179. Likewise, the outer hollow frame 175 has a substantially square cross section including a pair of perpendicular inner side walls 180, 181 and a pair of perpendicular outer side walls 182, 183. The inner member 170 is symmetrical in shape with respect to a diametrical direction along which the frames 163, 164 are coupled to each other.
The outer member 171 is of a right-angled configuration having a pair of lateral outer walls 184, 185 extending normally to each other and parallel to the outer side side walls 182, 183, and including a pair of outwardly opening recesses 186, 187, respectively The outer wall 184 has a pair ox outwardly projecting hooks 188, 189, and the outer wall 185 has a pair of outwardly projecting hooks 190, 191. The outer member 171 is also symmetrical in shape with respect to the diametrical direction along which the frames 163, 164 are coupled to each other.
Each of the spacers 172, 173 is substantially channel-shaped and has a pair of spaced side walls 192, 193 interconnected by a connecting wall 194, the spacers 172, ~Z~'7~1~
173 being made of a heat-insulating material such as synthetic resin, hard rubber, for example. Each spacer 172, 173 accommodates therein a heat-insulating block 195.
The spacers 172, 173 are disposed between the outer walls 182, 183 of the inner member 170 and the outer walls 184, 185 of the outer member 171, with attachments 196 interposed between the spacers 172, 173 and the outer walls 182, 183 of the inner member 170. The spacers 172, 173 and the attachments 196 are fastened by bolts 197 to the outer walls 182, 183 of the inner member 170. The outer member 171 has an L-shaped hollow space 198 which opens toward the inner member 170 and accommodates therein a heat-insulating block 199 of a foamed plastic material. The spacers 172, 173 and the attachments 196 are securely fastened to the inner member 170 by tightening the bolts 137.
A pair of battens 200, 201 are fitted respectively in the recesses 186, 187 in the outer member 171 and fastened by bolts 202, 203, respectively to the outer member 171.
The double-glazed panel 165 is composed of a pair of lass panes 204, 205 having edges supported by gaskets 206, 207 between the batten 200 and a batten 208 attached to the inner member 170. Similarly, the double-glazed panel 167 is composed of a pair of glass panes 209, 210 having edges supported by gaskets 211, 212 between the batten 201 and a batten 213 attached to the inner member 170.
The outer walls 18~, 185 of the outer member 171 and the battens 200, 201 are covered by vertical covers 214, ~2F~7~18 214 engaging the hooks 188, 189, 190, 191.
As illustrated in FIG. 7, each of the vertical frame members 155, 156 is of a construction identical to that of the vertical frame members 12 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and will not be described in detail.
In FIG. 8, the heat-insulating panel and glass assembly 167 is composed of a pane of glass 216 and a heat-insulating panel 217 located inwardly of the glass pane 216. Each of the transoms (only transom 162 is shown in FIG. I) comprises a transom body 220 composed of an upper wall 221, a lower wall 222, an inner wall 223, and an outer wall 224 which are integral with each other and jointly define a hollow space 225 therein. The inner wall 223 has a hole 226 of a circular cross section for passage of a heat-txansporting medium. The inner wall 223 is covered with an inner cover 227. To the outer wall 224 of the transom 162, there are attached the outer member 131, the spacer 132, the attachment 133, the batten 142, as shown in FIG. 5, with the outer member 131 being covered with a horizontal cover 215.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, thy transom bodies 220, 220 of the transoms 161, 162 have mitered edges 228, 229, respectively, inclined at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axes of the transoms 161, 162.
The transom bodies 220~ 220 are joined at the mitered edges 228, 229 with a caulking material 230 interposed there between. The inner walls 223, 223 have edges 231, gLX~3t7~
232, respectively, lying perpendicularly to each other.
The transom bodies 220, 220 also have mutually perpendicular edges 233, 234 contiguous to the mitered edges 228, 229, respectively, and located outwardly thereof.
The transom bodies 22, 220 are assembled together as follows:
The edges 233, 234 are held respectively against the inner walls 176, 177 of the corner mullion 170, and fastened thereto by screws 218 (FIG. 7). The mitered edges 228, 229 are disposed in confronting relation to oath other with the caulking material 230 filled there between. A
substantially L-shaped outer connector 235 has a pair of arms 236, 237 to which L-shaped inner brackets 238, 239 are attached respectively. The inner connectors 238, 239 and the arms 236, 237 are secured by bolts 240 to the outer walls 224 of the transom bodies 220. A connector 241 is connected to and extends between the brackets 238, 239. An L-shaped inner connector 242 is fixed by bolts 244 to outer surfaces of the inner walls 223, 223 of the transom bodies 220, 220. An L-shaped connector 243 is secured to the L-shaped inner connector 242. The L-shaped inner and outer connectors 242, 235 are fastened by bolts 219 to upper surfaces of the lower wall 222 of the transom bodies 220, 220.
The edges 232, 232 of the inner walls 223, 223 of the transom bodies 220, 220 are coupled by a flexible L-shaped elbow 247 having opposite ends 245, 246 communicating with , .
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the holes 226, 226 in the inner walls 223, 223.
I've upper wall 221 of the transom bodies 220, 220 support adjustable air ports 248 for allowing air to flow there through into and out of the holly spaces 225 in the transom bodies 220, 220.
Although various minor modifications may be suggested by those versed in the art, it should be understood that we wish to embody within the scope of the patent warranted heron, all such embodiments as reasonably and properly come within the scope of our contribution to the art.
Claims (15)
1. A heat-insulating frame assembly comprising:
(a) a first frame member;
(b) an attachment;
(c) a spacer of a heat-insulating material engaging said attachment;
(d) a second frame member engaging said spacer; and (e) a first bolt by which said second frame member and said spacer are fastened to said first frame member.
(a) a first frame member;
(b) an attachment;
(c) a spacer of a heat-insulating material engaging said attachment;
(d) a second frame member engaging said spacer; and (e) a first bolt by which said second frame member and said spacer are fastened to said first frame member.
2. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 1, further including a second bolt by which said attachment is fastened to said first frame member, said second bolt having a head, said spacer having a recess accommodating said head of said second bolt therein.
3. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 1, including a block of a heat-insulating material inserted in said recess of said heat-insulating spacer.
4. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 2, said first frame member having an attachment frame, said second bolt being threaded in said attachment frame.
5. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 1, said attachment having a pair of recesses, said spacer comprising a pair of side walls having first ends fitted in said recesses, respectively, and a connecting wall interconnecting said side walls.
6. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 5, said second frame member having a groove, said side walls of said spacer having second ends remote from said first ends and received in said groove.
7. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 6, including a second block of a heat insulating material disposed in said groove between said connecting wall and said second frame member.
8. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 1, said second frame member comprising first and second battens, said first batten having a recess opening away from said spacer, said second batten having a pair of spaced walls projecting toward said spacer and fitted in said recess in said first batten.
9. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 1, said first and second frame members having substantially the same width, said attachment and spacer being narrower than said first and second frame members, providing a pair of channels one on opposite sides of said attachment and spacer.
10. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 9, including an auxiliary spacer of a heat-insulating material disposed in said one of said channels and engaging said first and second frame members.
11. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 10, including a second block of a heat-insulating material disposed in said one of the channels in juxtaposed relation to said auxiliary spacer and engaging said first and second frame members.
12. A heat-insulating frame assembly comprising:
(a) a first frame member including a pair of first and second walls extending substantially perpendicularly to each other;
(b) a second frame member having a pair of third and fourth walls extending substantially parallel to said first and second walls, respectively;
(c) a pair of first and second spacers of a heat-insulating material disposed between said first and third walls and between said second and fourth walls, respectively;
(d) a pair of first and second bolts interconnecting said first and third walls and said second and fourth walls, respectively, through said first and second spacers, respectively; and (e) a block of a heat-insulating material disposed between said first and second frame members.
(a) a first frame member including a pair of first and second walls extending substantially perpendicularly to each other;
(b) a second frame member having a pair of third and fourth walls extending substantially parallel to said first and second walls, respectively;
(c) a pair of first and second spacers of a heat-insulating material disposed between said first and third walls and between said second and fourth walls, respectively;
(d) a pair of first and second bolts interconnecting said first and third walls and said second and fourth walls, respectively, through said first and second spacers, respectively; and (e) a block of a heat-insulating material disposed between said first and second frame members.
13. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 12, including a pair of first and second attachments disposed between said first wall and said first spacer and between said second wall and said second spacer.
14. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 12, said second frame member having a substantially L-shaped hollow space opening toward said first frame member, said block being disposed in said hollow space.
15. A heat-insulating frame assembly according to claim 12, each of said first and second spacers comprising a pair of spaced side walls and a connecting wall interconnecting said side walls, including a block of a heat-insulating material disposed between said spaced side walls.
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