Thermally insulated window system
AssigneeVidere Corporation
InventorsWilliam Burk Wyatt, Jr., Bruce D. Benefield
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Abstract
A thermally insulated window system for use in windows and doors which provides a thermally insulated frame and means for completely insulating the area of the frame. Novel panel sections are used to form the frame, as well as vents for a portion of the frame, and shutters which completely cover the area of a double panel window section. The novel panels contain a thermal break and a structurally sound construction filled and monolithically sealed with closed-cell foamed polymeric material.
Claims6
An insulated window system, for use in windows or doors, completely sealable by insulated panel members comprising:
- an insulated frame section comprising a plurality of thermal break panel members, each panel member comprising
- a pair of spaced channel-shaped sections having inwardly extending flanges along both sides thereof, facing each other,
- a rigid plastic sheet of serrated cross-section situate between said channels and contacting the inner surface of each of said channels,
- said plastic sheet having means thereon to contact the flanges of both of said channels to bind the channels together and seal the spacing therebetween to provide a closed shell, and
- foamed-in-place, expanded, closed-cell foamed polymeric material filling and monolithically sealing said shell to form the panel member;
- a double-pane window mounted within a first portion of the insulated frame section;
- shutter sections attached adjacent the inner surface of the double-pane window movable from a first position completely covering the windowpanes to a second position exposing at least a portion of the windowpanes;
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- sealable vent means mounted in a second portion of the insulated frame section such that the window and vent occupy the area of said insulated frame section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.