Translucent building element and method of manufacturing same
AssigneeZospeum Holding B.V
InventorPieter Jan George Van Delft Westerhof
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Abstract
The present invention is related to translucent building elements, and more specifically to their manufacture. The present invention comprises a method for the manufacture of an insulating core element for a translucent building element, an insulating core element for a translucent building element, a method for the manufacture of a translucent building element, a translucent building element, a method for the manufacture of a translucent building wall, a translucent building wall, and a method for the manufacture of a multiple of stacked rows of elongated light-conducting elements for an insulating core element.
Claims17
A method of manufacturing an insulating core element for a translucent building element, comprising:
- providing two separation panels which are substantially parallel to each other, wherein each separation panel is flexible and compressible and has opposing surfaces and four perimetrical edges, wherein the separation panels are provided with a grid of multiple elongated light-conducting elements which extend parallel to each other substantially perpendicularly to the two separation panels, and which extend through the separation panels;
- applying a formwork so that an intermediate space between the separation panels is enclosed by sealingly contacting the separation panels at least along three perimetrical edges with three formwork walls;
- providing a foam-forming substance in the intermediate space between the separation panels, wherein the foam-forming substance forms a mono-block of insulating foam;
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- removing the formwork after the mono-block of insulating foam is formed,
- wherein the mono-block of insulating foam is a core layer extending between and contacting the separation panels such that the light-conducting elements become embedded within the mono-block of insulating foam and protrude out of the separation panels opposite the core layer.
An insulating core element for a translucent building element comprising:
- two separation panels which are substantially parallel to each other, wherein each separation panel is flexible and compressible and has opposing surfaces and four perimetrical edges, and wherein each separation panel is formed by a plurality of elongated sectional elements that are sequentially positioned on top of each other to form a stack of elongated sectional elements;
- a mono-block of insulating foam disposed between and contacting the two separation panels;
- a grid of multiple elongated light-conducting elements which extend parallel to each other, substantially perpendicular to a first plane of the mono-block and a second plane of the mono-block and the two separation panels, wherein the second plane is situated opposite to the first plane, and wherein the light-conducting elements extend outside the mono-block and the two separation panels,
- wherein the grid of multiple elongated light-conducting elements is formed by a plurality of stacked rows of multiple elongated light-conducting elements, and wherein each row of multiple elongated light-conducting elements is positioned between two adjacent elongated sectional elements in the stack of elongated sectional elements.
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