Hidden Frame Airloop Window Wall Unit
AssigneeAdvanced Building Systems, Inc.
InventorRaymond M.L. Ting
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Abstract
Hidden frame airloop wall systems. The airloop wall systems disclosed here provide for systems that may accommodate various types of glass, including vision glass and spandrel glass. In some examples, the same airloop wall unit may accommodate both a vision glass panel and a spandrel glass panel. The disclosed airloop wall systems permit the use of glass of varying thickness, while at the same time presenting a consistent surface. Additionally, the window frame will be hidden from exterior view after the airloop wall system is installed.
Claims10
An airloop wall system, comprising:
- a plurality of perimeter frame members that define a rectangular space into which a glass panel will be placed, where the plurality of perimeter frame members are secured to one another through miter-matched connections and where each perimeter frame member includes a glass panel-accommodating portion possessing a cross-sectional shape adapted to accommodate the glass panel with
- 1) a support component that runs interior to and parallel to a face of the glass panel;
- and
- 2) a perimeter component that extends perpendicularly from the support component towards the exterior of the airloop wall system;
- where a head perimeter frame member defines a top perimeter of the space and a sill perimeter frame member defines a bottom perimeter of the space, where the head perimeter frame member and the sill perimeter frame member include an interior component adapted to permit the airloop wall system to be secured to a building;
- where an adhesive secures the glass panel to the support component and where a water seal is disposed between the glass panel and the perimeter component such that an airloop is formed between the perimeter frame unit and the glass panel;
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- where the perimeter frame members are hidden from view from the exterior of the airloop wall system when the glass panel is secured in place.
An airloop wall system capable of accommodating two glass panels, comprising:
- a plurality of perimeter frame members that define a rectangular space into which the two glass panels will be placed, where the plurality of perimeter frame members are secured to one another through miter-matched connections and where each perimeter frame member includes a glass panel-accommodating portion possessing a cross-sectional shape adapted to accommodate the two glass panels with
- 1) a support component that runs interior to and parallel to a face of the glass panel;
- and
- 2) a perimeter component that extends perpendicularly from the support component towards the exterior of the airloop wall system;
- where a head perimeter frame member defines a top perimeter of the space and a sill perimeter frame member defines a bottom perimeter of the space, where the head perimeter frame member and the sill perimeter frame member include an interior component adapted to permit the airloop wall system to be secured to a building;
- where an adhesive secures the glass panel to the support component and where a water seal is disposed between the glass panels and the perimeter component such that an airloop is formed between the perimeter frame unit and the glass panels;
- and
- a stack member dividing the rectangular space into a first space for accommodating a first glass panel and a second space for accommodating a second glass panel, where the stack member runs between perimeter frame members on opposite sides of the space;
- where the perimeter frame members and stack member are hidden from view from the exterior of the airloop wall system when the two glass panels are secured in place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.