Structurally cooperating section member assembly for making sliding shutter windows and fastenings in general

Abstract

 There is disclosed an assembly of cooperating metal section members, made of light alloys, which have been specifically designed for making sliding shutter windows.
The section member assembly comprises a section member for making window frames, a section member (1) for making movable panel cross-members, a section member (3) for making fixed frame uprights, a section member for making movable panel uprights, a protection section member, a snap fitted section member, cooperating with sliding guides, a snap fit­ted half-hollow section member (7), cooperating with fixed frame uprights, a hollow T-shaped section member, a further hollow section member having outer lugs for engaging gaskets and two further section members for making movable panel cross-members which have been suitably modified with respect to the previously mentioned section member.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to an assemb­ly of structurally cooperating section members, for making sliding shutter windows and fastenings in ge­geral.

[0002] As is known, there are presently commercial­ly available a plurality of fastenings, such as windows, windows-doors and the like, which are made by suitably assembling metal section members, of suit­ably different size cross-sections.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0003] The task of the present invention is to provide an assembly of structurally cooperating section members which affords the possibility of making, by substantially simple assembling operations, fastenings and the like.

[0004] Within that task, a main object of the present invention is to provide an assembly of struc­turally cooperating section members adapted for facili­tating the making procedure of sliding panel or shutter windows.

[0005] Another object of the present invention is to provide an assembly of structurally cooperating section members, able of providing a suitable tight­ness of the mentioned sliding panels or shutters.

[0006] According to one aspect of the present in­vention, the above mentioned task and objects, as well as yet other objects, which will become more apparent thereinafter, are achieved by an assembly of structurally cooperating section members, character­ized in that it comprises a section member for making window frames, a section member for making movable panel cross-members, a section member for making fixed frame uprights, a tightness section member for movable panel uprights, a protecting section member, a snap-fitted section member, cooperating with slid­ing guides, a half-hollow, snap-fitted, section mem­ber, cooperating with fixed frame uprights, a T-shaped hollow section member, a further hollow section mem­ber provided with outer lugs for engaging gaskets, and two further movable panel section members for making cross-members.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] Further characteristics and advantages of the assembly of cooperating section members, accord­ing to the present invention, will become more appa­rent thereinafter from the following detailed de­scription of a preferred embodiment of said section members, being illustrated, by way of an indicative but not limitative example, jointly with two possible window types which may be made by assembling said section members, in the Figures of the accompanying drawings, where:

Figures 1 to 11 are cross-sectional views illustrating the section members included in the as­sembly according to the present invention;

Figure 12 illustrates a window provided with a pair of mutually sliding shutters which are limited, at the top and at the bottom, by horizontally extend­ing fixed panels;

Figure 13 is a partial horizontal cross-­sectional view illustrating said sliding shutters and one of the uprights of the related fixed frame;

Figure 14 illustrates a window provided with a fixed panel and a sliding panel;

Figure 15 illustrates a partial cross-­sectional view of the sliding panel and cross-members forming its fixed frame;

Figure 16 is a partial horizontal cross-­sectional view of the fixed panel and a portion of the movable panel coupled thereto;

Figure 17 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of the top cross-member of the movable panel and the corresponding fixed frame;
and

Figure 18 illustrates a vertical cross-­sectional view of the bottom cross-member of a tilt­able panel and related fixed frame.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0008] With reference to the Figures of the ac­companying drawings, the assembly of structurally cooperating section members, for making sliding shut­ter windows, according to the present invention, com­prises a section member 1 for making window frames; a section member 2 for making cross-members of mova­ble panels; a section member 3 for making uprights of fixed frames; a tightness section member 4 for tightly coupling movable panel uprights; a protection section member 5; a snap-fitted section member 6 co­operating with sliding guides; a half-hollow section member 7, adapted for snap-fitting engagement, co­operating with uprights of fixed frames; a hollow T-shaped section member 8; a further hollow section member 9 having outer lugs for engaging gaskets; and two further section members 10 and 11 for making movable panel cross-members, which latter section members have been suitably modified with respect to the previously mentioned section member.

[0009] The above disclosed section members afford the possibility of making, in cooperation with further linearly extending structures, having suitably sized and designed cross-sections, fastenings in general, and in particular windows of the type which is shown in Figures 12 and 14.

[0010] In this connection it should be pointed out that the section members 1 for making frames may advantageously be also used as glass-restraining elements, possibly with the interposition of suitable gaskets 12, said frame making section members 1 being provided with shaped seats at one end thereof.

[0011] The mentioned shaped seats may house, de­pending on requirements, both tightness gaskets 13 and the projecting lugs of the section member 4 which, after locking to said section member 1, by means of screws 14, provides tightness between the opposite sliding panels or shutters.

[0012] From the above disclosure and the Figures of the accompanying drawings, the great use facility and functionality characterizing the section member assembly according to the invention will be self evident.

[0013] While the invention has been disclosed with reference to a preferred embodiment thereof, it should be apparent that the disclosed embodiment is susceptible to many modifications and variations all of which will enter the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended Claims.

Claims

1. An assembly of structurally cooperating section members, characterized in that it comprises a section member for making window frames, a section member for making movable panel cross-members, a section member for making fixed frame uprights, a tightness section member for movable panel uprights, a protecting section member, a snap-fitted section member, cooperating with sliding guides, a half-­hollow, snap-fitted, section member, cooperating with fixed frame uprights, a T-shaped hollow section mem­ber, a further hollow section member provided with outer lugs for engaging gaskets, and two further movable panel section members for making cross-­members.

2. A section member assembly, according to the preceding Claim, characterized in that the section members of said assembly are adapted, in co­operation with further rectilinearly extending structures, having suitably designed and sized cross-­sections, for making fastenings in general, and, in particular, sliding panel or shutter windows.

3. A section member assembly, according to the preceding Claims, characterized in that said section members for making frames may also advantage­ ously be used as glass-restraining elements, possibly with the interposition of tightness gaskets, and are provided with shaped seats at one end thereof, said shaped seats being designed for housing, depending on requirements, both tightness gaskets and the pro­jecting lugs of said upright tightness section mem­ber which, as it is locked to said frame making sec­tion members, by means of screws, provides tightness between opposite sliding panels or shutters.

4. A section member assembly, according to the preceding Claims, and substantially as broadly disclosed and illustrated in the preceding disclosure and several Figures of the accompanying drawings, constituting an integrating part of the subject Patent Application.

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