EP 4006254 A1 20220601 - ROOF WINDOW COMPRISING SASH WITH OUTER WEATHER SHIELD
Title (en)
ROOF WINDOW COMPRISING SASH WITH OUTER WEATHER SHIELD
Title (de)
DACHFENSTER UMFASSEND EINEN FLÜGEL MIT ÄUSSEREM WETTERSCHUTZSCHILD
Title (fr)
FENÊTRE DE TOIT COMPRENANT UN CHÂSSIS AVEC UNE PROTECTION EXTÉRIEURE CONTRE LES INTEMPÉRIES
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 20210165 A 20201127
Abstract (en)
A roof window (1) configured to be installed in a roof structure of a building with a roof arranged with a roof pitch which is larger than 17° is disclosed. The roof window comprises a sash (2) and a fixation frame (3), wherein the sash (2) is connected to the fixation frame (3) by means of a hinge arrangement (5). The sash (2) is a top hung sash and comprises an insulated glass unit (4). The insulated glass unit (4) comprises a first glass sheet (4a-1) comprising an inwardly facing major surface (4a) for facing the interior of the building and a second glass sheet (4b-1) comprising an outwardly facing major surface (4b) facing away from interior of the building, and wherein the insulating glass unit (4) comprises an inert gas or vacuum in a sealed insulating space (14) between the glass sheets (4a-1, 4b-1). The top hung sash (2) moreover comprises an outer weather shield (6), comprising an interior major surface (6a) and an exterior major surface (6b), wherein the outer weather shield (6) covers the sash opening and wherein an air gap (7) is provided between the interior major surface (6a) of the weather shield (6) and the outwardly facing major surface (4b) of the insulated glass unit (4). The roof window may comprise a lifting system (9), wherein a first part (9a) of the lifting system (9) comprising one or more springs (9s) which in the closed position (POS 1) extends along a longitudinal frame member (3a, 3b, 3c) of the fixation frame (3), wherein a lifting force provided by the one or more springs is/are configured to be transferred to the sash (2) when the sash is moved from the closed sash position (POS1) towards the open sash position (POS2). The weather shield (6) extends over and covers elongated parts (3a, 3b, 3c) of the fixation frame (3), and substantially covers the lifting system 9, at least when the sash (2) is arranged in the closed sash position (POS1).
IPC 8 full level
E04D 13/03 (2006.01); E04D 13/035 (2006.01); E05F 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
E04D 13/031 (2013.01); E04D 13/0354 (2013.01); E04D 13/033 (2013.01); E05F 1/1058 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/152 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- EP 2770148 B1 20190206 - VKR HOLDING AS [DK]
- US 5689916 A 19971125 - JENSEN JAN FAHLEN [DK], et al
- WO 2019101279 A1 20190531 - VKR HOLDING AS [DK]
Citation (search report)
- [Y] PL 231540 B1 20190329 - FAKRO PP SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA [PL]
- [Y] EP 0320407 A1 19890614 - SAFIZA S A [FR]
- [A] EP 2500488 A2 20120919 - PLASTICS NV AG [BE]
- [A] FR 2685722 A1 19930702 - BLOIS PHILIPPE [FR]
- [A] WO 2020176300 A1 20200903 - GDX LLC [US], et al
- [AD] WO 2019101279 A1 20190531 - VKR HOLDING AS [DK]
- [A] EP 2924209 A1 20150930 - VKR HOLDING AS [DK]
- [A] FR 2717854 A1 19950929 - UNAFERM SA [FR]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 20210165 A 20201127