Fixing device for fixing panels to a building, and building provided with panels fixed with said fixing device

• US 6,041,563 A
• Filed: 12/15/1997
• Issued: 03/28/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Karel Jan Vollers
• Original Assignee: Karel Jan Vollers
• Inventors: Vollers, Karel Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dorsey, Dennis L.
• Application Number:
  US09/068,120
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 52/235, 52/582.1, 52/281, 52/271
• US Class Current: 52/281
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/96 comprising panels attached to the structure through mullions or transoms E04B2/885 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/363 Bay windows
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/38 for shop, show, or like large windows

Abstract

The invention relates to a fixing device for fixing at least one facing panel (4) to a building. The fixing device comprises at least one frame section (2) which can form part of a framework (1) to be fitted around the facing panel (4). The fixing device also has at least one supporting part (10) for fixing to a floor, ceiling or partitioning wall of a building. The at least one frame section (2) and at least one supporting part (10) can be interconnected by connecting means (11), which permit pivoting of the supporting part (10) relative to the frame section (2) during fitting of the frame section (2) on the building, in such a way that the facing panel (4) can be fixed to the floor, the ceiling or the partitioning wall at an oblique angle relative to the plane of the floor, the ceiling or the partitioning wall respectively. The connecting means (11) can comprise a ball hinge or line hinge. The supporting part (10) and the frame section (2) can be an extruded section, while the connecting elements (11) can be convex cylindrical or concave cylindrical connecting elements (11). The invention also relates to a building provided with a fixing device according to the invention.

Claims

1. Fixing device for fixing at least one panel to a building, in which the fixing device comprises at least one frame section having a panel contact portion structured and arranged to fit an edge of said panel, and at least one supporting part adapted to be fixed to a floor, ceiling, partitioning wall or structural part of a building, in which the at least one frame section is provided with at least one first connecting part, and the at least one supporting part is provided with at least one second connecting part, the at least one frame section and at least one supporting part being interconnected by way of said connecting parts, and in which the connecting parts, viewed in a cross-sectional plane at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the frame section, contact each other along at least one essentially circular arc-shaped engagement line,

wherein, viewed in a cross-sectional plane at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the frame section, on the one hand a center point of the at least one circular arc-shaped engagement line is arranged with respect to the panel contact portion so that the center point essentially lies in or near the central longitudinal plane of the at least one panel when said panel is fitted to said panel contact portion, and on the other hand the supporting part does not lie in a plane which is parallel to the central longitudinal plane.

2. Fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting parts permit pivoting of the supporting part relative to the frame section.

3. Fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting parts form a ball hinge.

4. Fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the supporting part comprises an extruded casing provided with means for fixing the extruded casing to a floor, ceiling, partitioning wall or structural part, and provided with a co-extruded convex cylindrical or concave cylindrical connecting element extending in the lengthwise direction of the casing section, and in that the at least one frame section is provided with a complementary concave cylindrical or convex cylindrical connecting element, respectively.

5. Fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the frame section is structured and arranged to form part of a framework in which the panel contact portion is provided with a profile for a flat junction to the panel to be fixed, viewed in cross-section of the frame section.

6. Fixing device according to claim 5, wherein the flat junction comprises an essentially U-shaped accommodation slot for a panel, in which a leg of the U-shaped accommodation slot is formed by a removable glazing bead.

7. Fixing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting part comprises at least one concave cylindrical connecting part, and in that the frame section comprises a convex cylindrical connecting part extending in the lengthwise direction of said section, the concave and convex cylindrical parts being cylindrical shapes which are complementary to each other.

8. Building provided with panels, in which at least one panel is fixed at least partially to the building by means of a fixing device according to claim 1.

9. Building according to claim 8, in which the at least one panel fixed with a fixing device comprises a pane which is transparent in one or two directions, or a non-transparent cladding sheet, a roofing sheet or an insulation sheet.

10. Building provided with panels, in which at least one panel is fixed at least partially to the building by means of a fixing device according to claim 1, said at least one panel being fixed to the building in such a way that the central longitudinal plane of the panel intersects the longitudinal plane of a floor or ceiling or partitioning wall, or structural part to which it is fixed, at an oblique angle.

11. Fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting parts form a line hinge.

12. Fixing device for fixing at least one panel to a building, in which the fixing device comprises at least one frame section having a panel contact portion structured and arranged to fit an edge of said panel, and at least one supporting part adapted to be fixed to a floor, ceiling, partitioning wall or structural part of a building, in which the at least one frame section is provided with at least one first connecting part, and the at least one supporting part is provided with at least one second connecting part, the at least one frame section and at least one supporting part being interconnected by way of said connecting parts, and in which the connecting parts, viewed in a cross-sectional plane at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the frame section, contact each other along at least one essentially circular arc-shaped engagement line,

wherein, viewed in a cross-sectional plane at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the frame section, on the one hand a center point of the at least one circular arc-shaped engagement line is arranged with respect to the panel contact portion so that the center point essentially lies in or near the central longitudinal plane of the at least one panel when said panel is fitted to said panel contact portion, and on the other hand the supporting part lies in a plane which is not parallel to the central longitudinal plane, and

wherein the connecting parts are structured and arranged provide a pivotable connection between the frame section and the supporting part.

13. Fixing device according to claim 12, wherein the connecting parts form a ball hinge.