US 4,791,762 AGranted

Noise and burglar preventive door and window apparatus

OwnerMin-Su Hwanginventor

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Abstract

A door and window apparatus includes a pair of longitudinal frames, a pair of transverse frames, two glass sheets respectively disposed among the longitudinal and transverse frames defining a vacuum chamber for minimizing sound-wave transmission and preventing noise pollution, and a reinforcing grating intermediately fixed in between the two glass sheets serving as an internal barrier to exclude any intruder through the door or window for security purpose.

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A door and window apparatus comprising:

a first longitudinal frame having a pair of longitudinal columns symmetrically secured with each other and being integrally formed, a pair of recess portions vertically cut respectively on a top and a lower portion of said frame, each said longitudinal column formed with a longitudinal groove for inserting a glass sheet as sealed by a sealing gasket sealing an aperture between the glass sheet and the groove;
a second longitudinal frame having a pair of longitudinal columns symmetrically secured with each other and projectively corresponding to said pair of columns of said first frame, a pair of recess portions vertically cut on a top and a lower portion of said second frame, each said column formed with a longitudinal groove for inserting a glass sheet as sealed by a gasket in commensuration with said longitudinal groove of said first frame;
an upper transverse frame having a pair of beams symmetrically secured with each other and integrally formed and engageable with two upper recess portions formed on said first and second columns, plural screw grooves longitudinally formed across the length of the beams for receiving plural screws for securing said first and second fames with said upper frame as packed by a packing means, each beam having a horizontal groove formed thereunder for inserting a glass sheet therein as sealed by the sealing gasket;
a lower transverse frame having a pair of beams symmetrically secured with each other and projectively corresponding to the two beams of said upper frame and engageable with two lower recess portions of two said columns, plural screw grooves longitudinally formed across the length of the beams for receiving plural screws for securing the two frames with said lower frame as packed by a packing means, each beam having a horizontal groove formed thereon for inserting a glass sheet therein as sealed by said gasket;
two glass sheets of which one sheet is inserted into the respective grooves formed in two outer beams and two outer columns, while the other sheet is inserted into the respective grooves of two inner beams and inner columns;
a reinforcing grating intermediately formed between two said glass sheets and among all said frames;
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a suction valve fluidically communicated with a vacuum chamber defined between said two glass sheets and among all said frames adapted to suck air by a vacuum pump to obtain a vacuum in said vacuum chamber;
the improvement which comprises:
said reinforcing grating having its four sides respectively mounted in a first socket formed inside the first longitudinal frame, a second socket formed inside the second longitudinal frame, a third socket formed inside the upper transverse frame, and a fourth socket formed inside the lower transverse frame, whereby upon an assembly of the first and second longitudinal frames and of the upper and lower transverse frames, said reinforcing grating is secured among said frames and two said glass sheets;
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said suction valve having a venting port formed in said upper transverse frame and fluidically communicated with said vacuum chamber between two glass sheets, a plug operatively sealing said port, a threaded bolt rotatably mounted in a valve body having a cap formed on a top portion of said bolt for operating the plug, and an outlet tube bypassed from said valve body for connecting a suction hose directing to a vacuum pump.

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Abstract

A door and window apparatus comprising:

a first longitudinal frame having a pair of longitudinal columns symmetrically secured with each other and being integrally formed, a pair of recess portions vertically cut respectively on a top and a lower portion of said frame, each said longitudinal column formed with a longitudinal groove for inserting a glass sheet as sealed by a sealing gasket sealing an aperture between the glass sheet and the groove;
a second longitudinal frame having a pair of longitudinal columns symmetrically secured with each other and projectively corresponding to said pair of columns of said first frame, a pair of recess portions vertically cut on a top and a lower portion of said second frame, each said column formed with a longitudinal groove for inserting a glass sheet as sealed by a gasket in commensuration with said longitudinal groove of said first frame;
an upper transverse frame having a pair of beams symmetrically secured with each other and integrally formed and engageable with two upper recess portions formed on said first and second columns, plural screw grooves longitudinally formed across the length of the beams for receiving plural screws for securing said first and second fames with said upper frame as packed by a packing means, each beam having a horizontal groove formed thereunder for inserting a glass sheet therein as sealed by the sealing gasket;
a lower transverse frame having a pair of beams symmetrically secured with each other and projectively corresponding to the two beams of said upper frame and engageable with two lower recess portions of two said columns, plural screw grooves longitudinally formed across the length of the beams for receiving plural screws for securing the two frames with said lower frame as packed by a packing means, each beam having a horizontal groove formed thereon for inserting a glass sheet therein as sealed by said gasket;
two glass sheets of which one sheet is inserted into the respective grooves formed in two outer beams and two outer columns, while the other sheet is inserted into the respective grooves of two inner beams and inner columns;
a reinforcing grating intermediately formed between two said glass sheets and among all said frames;
and
a suction valve fluidically communicated with a vacuum chamber defined between said two glass sheets and among all said frames adapted to suck air by a vacuum pump to obtain a vacuum in said vacuum chamber;
the improvement which comprises:
said reinforcing grating having its four sides respectively mounted in a first socket formed inside the first longitudinal frame, a second socket formed inside the second longitudinal frame, a third socket formed inside the upper transverse frame, and a fourth socket formed inside the lower transverse frame, whereby upon an assembly of the first and second longitudinal frames and of the upper and lower transverse frames, said reinforcing grating is secured among said frames and two said glass sheets;
and
said suction valve having a venting port formed in said upper transverse frame and fluidically communicated with said vacuum chamber between two glass sheets, a plug operatively sealing said port, a threaded bolt rotatably mounted in a valve body having a cap formed on a top portion of said bolt for operating the plug, and an outlet tube bypassed from said valve body for connecting a suction hose directing to a vacuum pump.

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