WINDOW MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20150275565A1
• Filed: 10/07/2013
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ROCKWOOL BV (Rockwool International A/S)
• Original Assignee: Rockwool International A/S
• Inventors: Jakobsen, Klavs Koefoed, Jorgensen, Kristian Skovgaard, Rasmussen, Jesper Rene, Ter-Borch, Hans Henrik
• Granted Patent: US 9,593,524 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/7641 Elements for window or door openings, or for corners of the building
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/02 Base frames, i.e. template frames for openings in walls or the like, provided with means for securing a further rigidly-mounted frame; Special adaptations of frames to be fixed therein E06B1/003, E06B1/24 take precedence; fastening door or window frames per se E06B1/56
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/32 Frames composed of parts made of different materials
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/36 Frames uniquely adapted for windows
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/6015 Anchoring means E06B1/6007, E06B1/6046 - E06B1/6092 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/6069 Separate spacer means acting exclusively in the plane of the opening; Shims; Wedges; Tightening of a complete frame inside a wall opening E06B1/6084 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/00 Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows arrangements against burglary at the edges of the wings E06B5/113 ; screening or similar protective devices E06B9/00

Abstract

The invention relates to a window mounting system comprising: a building facade having an interior face and an exterior face and comprising a window opening; and a window mounting collar formed from rigid thermal insulating material, the mounting collar having at least one inside face, at least one outside face, a first open end and a second open end; wherein the window mounting collar is affixed to the exterior face of the building facade so as to surround the window opening and extend outwards from the exterior face of the facade, such that the first end of the mounting collar is proximal to the building facade and the second end of the mounting collar is distal from the building facade; wherein the system further comprises a window frame arranged in the mounting collar such that the window frame is separated from the plane of the exterior face of the building facade by at least 10 mm.

Claims

1. A window mounting system comprising:

a budding facade having an interior face and an exterior face and comprising a window opening; and

a window mounting collar formed from rigid thermal insulating material, the mounting collar having at least one inside face, at least one outside face, a first open end and a second open end;

wherein the window mounting collar is affixed to the exterior face of the building facade so as to surround the window opening and extend outwards from the exterior face of the faç

ade, such that the first end of the mounting collar is proximal to the building faç

ade and the second end of the mounting collar is distal from the building faç

ade;

wherein the system further comprises a window frame arranged in the mounting collar such that the window frame is separated from the plane of the exterior face of the building faç

ade by at least 10 mm.

2. The window mounting system of claim 1, wherein the window mounting collar is affixed to the exterior face of the building faç

ade by brackets attached to the outside face of the mounting collar and the to the exterior face of the building faç

ade.

3. The window mounting system of claim 1, wherein the window mounting collar is affixed to the exterior face of the building faç

ade by, a bracket system comprising a bracket part and a holding part;

wherein the bracket part comprises a base arm and a second arm, that are substantially perpendicular to each other, the base arm being affixed to the exterior face of the building faç

ade and the second arm extending outwards from the building faç

ade along an outside face of the mounting collar,

wherein the holding part comprises;

an attachment arm that extends along an outside face of the mounting collar and is adapted for attachment to the second arm of the bracket part; and

a holding arm that is adapted to hold the mounting collar at its second open end.

5. The window mounting system of claim 1, wherein the window mounting collar comprises two side boards, an upper cross board and a lower cross board, each having an inside face and an outside face, wherein each side board is joined orthogonally to the upper and lower cross boards, and wherein mounting collar is arranged such that the inside and outside faces of the boards are generally perpendicular to the exterior face of the building faç

ade.

6. The window mounting system of claim 1, wherein the window frame is arranged in the mounting collar such that the window frame is separated from the plane of the exterior face of the building faç

ade by at least 20 mm, preferably at least 30 mm, more preferably at least 50 mm, more preferably at least 75 mm and most preferably at least 100 mm.

7. The window mounting system of claim 1, wherein the window frame is arranged within 50 mm, preferably within 30 mm, more preferably within 10 mm of the second end of the mounting collar and most preferably at the second end of the mounting collar.

8. The window mounting system of claim 1, wherein the rigid insulating material comprises man-made vitreous fibres and binder and has a density of at least 150 kg m³, preferably at least 200 kg/m³, more preferably at least 300 kg/m³ and preferably less than 600 kg/m³ or 500 kg/m³.

9. The window mounting system of claim 1, wherein the rigid insulating material is a polymeric foam composite material, the composite material comprising a polymeric foam and man-made vitreous fibres, wherein at least 50% by weight of the man-made vitreous fibres present in the polymeric foam composite material have a length less than 100 μ

m.

10. The window mounting system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a window mounting clip comprising a base plate and first and second side plates extending from opposite ends of the base plate, substantially perpendicular to the base plate and substantially parallel to each other, wherein the window mounting clip is arranged on the mounting collar at its second end such that the first side plate abuts an inside face of the mounting collar and the second side plate abuts an outside face of the mounting collar.

11. The window mounting system of claim 10, wherein the first side plate of the window mounting clip is shaped as a wedge, having a thickness at its end furthest from the base plate greater than the thickness of the first side plate of the window mounting clip at its end that is adjoined to the base plate, wherein the mounting clip forms one part of a clip system, the clip system further comprising a separate plate.

12. The window mounting system of claim 11, wherein the face of the first side plate of the window mounting clip that faces away from the second side plate has ridges, the peaks of the ridges being substantially parallel to the base plate of the clip;

and the separate plate has ridges that are adapted to cooperate with the ridges on the face of the first side plate of the window mounting clip.

13. The window mounting system of claim 1 wherein the system further comprises external wall insulation that is affixed to the exterior face of the building faç

ade so as to surround the window mounting collar.

4. A window mounting system according to claim wherein the bracket system is a corner bracket system, and

the second arm of the bracket part comprises two substantially orthogonal plates, attached at one edge, each plate of the second arm being attached to a base arm that is substantially perpendicular to its respective plate of the second arm, and

the holding part of the corner bracket system comprises a holding arm, in the form of a holding plate, and an attachment arm that is in the form of two orthogonal plates, attached to each other at one edge, and each attached to the holding plate at one of their ends.

14. A method for mounting a window on a building facade having an interior face and an exterior face and a window opening, comprising:

providing a window mounting collar formed from rigid thermal insulating material;

the mounting collar having at least one inside face, at least one outside face, a first open end and a second open end;

affixing the window mounting collar to the exterior face of the building faç

ade such that the mounting collar surrounds the window opening and extend outwards from the exterior face of the facade; and

such that the first end of the mounting collar is proximal to the building faç

ade and the second end of the mounting collar is distal from the building faç

ade;

mounting a window frame in the window mounting collar such that the window frame is separated from the plane of the exterior face of the building faç

ade by at least 10 mm.

16. A method according to claim 14 wherein the window opening contains a window to be replaced and the method comprises a step of removing the window to be replaced subsequent to the step of affixing the window mounting collar to the exterior face of the building faç

ade.

17. A method according to claim 16, wherein the window opening remains sealed for the entire duration of the method.

18. A method according to claim 14, wherein the method further comprises affixing external wall insulation to the exterior face of the building faç

ade, such that the external wall insulation surrounds the window mounting collar.

15. A method for mounting a window on a building faç

ade having an interior face and an exterior face and a window opening, comprising;

providing a window mounting collar formed from rigid thermal insulating material, the mounting collar having at least one inside face, at least one outside face, a first open end and a second open end;

mounting a window frame in the window mounting collar at a distance of at least 10 mm from the first end of the mounting collar;

affixing the window mounting collar to the exterior face of the building faç

ade such that the mounting collar surrounds the window opening and extends outwards from the exterior face of the faç

ade, and such that the first end of the mounting collar is proximal to the building faç

ade and the second end of the mounting collar is distal from the building faç

ade.

19. An insulated building comprising;

a building facade having an interior face and an exterior face and comprising a window opening; and

a window mounting collar formed from rigid thermal insulating material, the mounting collar having at least one inside face, at least one outside face, a first open end and a second open end;

wherein the window mounting collar is affixed to the exterior face of the building facade so as to surround the window opening and extend outwards from the exterior face of the faç

ade, such that the first end of the mounting collar is proximal to the building facade and the second and of the mounting collar is distal from the budding faç

ade;

wherein a window frame is arranged in the mounting collar such that the window frame is separated from the plane of the exterior face of the building faç

ade by at least 10 mm; and

wherein external wall insulation is affixed to the exterior face of the building facade, surrounding the window mounting collar.