Thermally enhanced multi-component glass doors and windows
AssigneeQuaker Window Products Co.
InventorsCurtis Weavers, Ben Neuner, Aaron Haller
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Abstract
A building component includes a frame including a first material and cladding connected to the frame. The building component also includes a thermal break defined by the frame intermediate a first side and a second side of the building component and an insulating material within the thermal break. The building component further includes an insulated glass unit including a first glass pane and a second glass pane spaced from the first glass pane. The first glass pane and the second glass pane define a pocket therebetween. The thermal break and the pocket define a continuous thermal break when the building component is in a closed position.
Claims15
A door comprising:
- a frame including a first material, wherein the first material is visible on a first side of the door;
- cladding connected to the frame, the cladding including a second material, wherein the second material is visible on a second side of the door, wherein the frame defines a cavity that extends between the first side and the second side of the door and is configured to inhibit moisture from the first side contacting a material on the second side;
- a first thermal break defined by the frame intermediate the first side and the second side;
- an insulating material within the first thermal break;
- an insulated glass unit including:
- a first glass pane;
- and
- a second glass pane spaced from the first glass pane, the first glass pane and the second glass pane defining a pocket therebetween, wherein a central plane extends through the pocket and is spaced equal distances from the first glass pane and the second glass pane;
- and
- a panel frame circumscribing the insulated glass unit and positioned in the frame, wherein the panel frame defines a second thermal break intermediate the first side and the second side, wherein the second thermal break is aligned with the pocket such that the central plane extends through the second thermal break,
- wherein the first thermal break, the second thermal break, and the pocket define a continuous thermal break when the door is in a closed position.
A building component comprising:
- an insulated glass unit including:
- a first glass pane;
- and
- a second glass pane spaced from the first glass pane, the first glass pane and the second glass pane defining a pocket therebetween, wherein a central plane extends through the pocket and is spaced equal distances from the first glass pane and the second glass pane;
- a frame supporting the insulated glass unit, the frame including a first material, wherein the first material is visible on a first side of the building component;
- cladding connected to the frame, the cladding including a second material, wherein the second material is visible on a second side of the building component, wherein the frame defines a cavity that extends between the first side and the second side and is configured to inhibit moisture from the first side contacting the second material;
- and
- a thermal break defined by a middle portion of the frame intermediate the first side and the second side and circumscribing the insulated glass unit, the middle portion of the frame supporting the insulated glass unit, wherein the thermal break is aligned with the pocket such that the central plane extends through a middle portion of the thermal break, the thermal break and the pocket defining a continuous thermal break extending through the building component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.