Window system for a building

Window system for a building with several windows (41) each comprising an outer frame (1) and a vent frame (7) mounted to pivot on the outer frame (1), each window having a manually operable lock fitting (11, 25), in particular a turn-and-tilt lock fitting releasing the vent frame (7) either about a vertical axis (3) for a turning pivoting movement or about a horizontal axis (5) for a tilting pivoting movement, and a motor arrangement (31, 33) driving both the lock fitting (11, 25) and the vent frame (7) in its pivoting movement, and with a control system (43, 49) for the motor drive (31, 33),

• wherein each window (41) is equipped with a sensor arrangement (37, 39;
• 85, 87;
• 89-97;
• 101, 103;
• 163;
• 197) detecting the pivoting position of the vent frame (7) and/or the locking position of the lock fitting (11, 25),
• wherein a microprocessor (43) is allocated and situated in the vicinity of each window (41) or each group of spatially adjacent windows (41), the microprocessor being connected to the sensor arrangement (37, 39;
• 85, 87;
• 89-97;
• 101, 103;
• 163;
• 197) and the motor arrangement (31, 33) of each of the windows (41) allocated to it,
• wherein the microprocessor 943) is connected to a remote control device (61, 63, 67) by means of which the motor arrangement (31, 33) of each of the windows (41) allocated to the microprocessor (43) can be controlled at a distance from the microprocessor, and wherein several of the microprocessors (43) are connected in particular via a control circuit, and in particular a ring circuit (47), to a joint monitoring center (49) located at a distance from them, on which the pivoting and/or locking positions of the windows (41) detected using the sensor arrangements (37, 39;
• 85, 87;
• 89-97;
• 101, 103;
• 163;
• 197) can be displayed either individually or in groups using a visual display unit (51, 57),
• the remote control unit (61, 63, 67) comprises a radio-controlled transmitter (63, 67), in particular an infrared transmitter, and a receiver (61) connected to the microprocessor (43) in particular an infrared receiver, the monitoring center (49) includes a central operating unit (65) by means of which the motor arrangements (31, 33) of the windows (41) or groups of windows (41) allocated to the microprocessors (43) can be selectively controlled in the locking position against control via the remote control units (61, 63, 67) allocated to the microprocessors (43), wherein the lock fitting consists of a drive rod arrangement (11) laid in a rebated peripheral surface of the vent frame (7) and movable in the direction of the periphery of the vent frame (7), wherein a blocking device (207, 221) blocking the drive rod arrangement (11) in its locking position is provided on the vent frame, the blocking device (207, 221) comprising a bolt (207) pre-tensioned by a spring (219) into its blocking position and an electromagnet (221) working against the force of the spring (219) releasing the drive rod arrangement (11), and wherein the electromagnet (221) can be excited via the microprocessor (43,), wherein the bolt is designed as a pivoting angle catch (207) mounted on a support section (205) of the blocking device (207, 221) which holds the electromagnet (221), the free end of one of the arms (211) of this angle catch (207) engaging in a recess (217) of a drive rod (215) when the drive rod arrangement (11) is in the locking position, the other arm (225), running transverse to the drive rod (215), being exposed to the action of the electromagnet (221).

Window system for a building, comprising several windows (41) each having an outer frame (1) and a vent frame (7) mounted to pivot on the outer frame (1), each window having a manually operable lock fitting (11, 25), in particular a turn-and-tilt lock fitting releasing the vent frame (7) either about a vertical axis (3) for a turning pivoting movement or about a horizontal axis (5) for a tilting pivoting movement, said fitting comprising a drive rod arrangement (11) laid in a grooved peripheral surface of the vent frame, at least partially concealed and movable in the direction of the periphery of the vent frame (7), wherein the drive rod arrangement (11) of each window has a drive connection with a two-part position sensor arrangement comprising a first sensor element (37;

• 85;
• 89, 97;
• 101;
• 147;
• 177) and a second sensor element (39;
• 87;
• 91, 93, 95;
• 103;
• 163;
• 197) which are connected in a fixed fashion to one of the vent frame (7) and the outer frame (1), respectively
• wherein the position sensor arrangement generates a first signal upon alignment of its sensor elements and a second signal in the absence of alignment,
• and wherein the position sensor arrangements of the windows (41) are connected to a joint monitoring center (49) which can display using a visual display unit (51, 57) whether the first or second signal from the position sensor arrangement is present for at least one of the windows (41) with respect to each individual window (41) or to groups of windows (41), the position sensor arrangement is designed as a push rod contact arrangement (101, 103) with a push rod contact section (101) attached to the vent frame (7) in such a way as to be movable transverse to the peripheral surface of the vent frame (7) and an opposite contact (103) located on the outer frame (1),
• wherein the push rod contact section (101) is coupled to a drive rod (115) from the drive rod arrangement (11) via a wedge-type mechanism (117, 121) and emerges towards the opposite contact element (103) when the drive rod arrangement (11) is in the locking position through an aperture (107) in a vent frame (7) face plate (105) covering the drive rod (115) and through an aperture (127) in the drive rod (115) which is flush with the face plate aperture (107) when the drive rod (115) is in the locking position, and wherein the push rod contact section (101) is also lifted out of the movement track of the drive rod (115) when the drive rod arrangement (11) is in the unlocking position which permits the vent frame (7) to pivot and that the aperture (127) in the drive rod (115) is of a size such that in the unlocking position it conceals the aperture (107) in the face plate (105), wherein the push rod contact section (101) is located on a lever element (109) running along the face plate (105) and connected by a joint to a spindle (113) roughly parallel to the fax plate (105),
• and wherein the wedge-type mechanism (117, 121) is formed by a cam surface of the lever element (109) and a cam counter-surface of a cam element (117) connected in a fixed fashion to the drive rod (115), wherein the lever element (109) is designed as a dual-arm lever, in that the cam surface working in conjunction with the cam element (117) extends over both lever arms (117, 119) and in that the cam surfaces of the two lever arms (117, 119) include an obtuse angle.

Window system, for a building, comprising several windows (41) each having an outer frame (1) and a vent frame (7) mounted to pivot on the outer frame (1), each window having a manually operable lock fitting (11, 25), in particular a turn-and-tilt lock fitting releasing the vent frame (7) either about a vertical axis (3) for a turning pivoting movement or about a horizontal axis (5) for a tilting pivoting movement, said fitting comprising a drive rod arrangement (11) laid in a grooved peripheral surface of the vent frame, at least partially concealed and movable in the direction of the periphery of the vent frame (7), wherein the drive rod arrangement (11) of each window has a drive connection with a two-part position sensor arrangement comprising a first sensor element (37;

• 85;
• 89, 97;
• 101;
• 147;
• 177) and a second sensor element (39;
• 87;
• 91, 93, 95;
• 103;
• 163;
• 197) which are connected in a fixed fashion to one of the vent frame (7) and the outer frame (1), respectively
• wherein the position sensor arrangement generates a first signal upon alignment of its sensor elements and a second signal in the absence of alignment
• and wherein the position sensor arrangements of the windows (41) are connected to a joint monitoring center (49) which can display using a visual display unit (51, 57) whether the first or second signal from the position sensor arrangement is present for at least one of the windows (41) with respect to each individual window (41) or to groups of windows (41), the position sensor arrangement is designed as a push rod contact arrangement (101, 103) with a push rod contact section (101) attached to the vent frame (7) in such a way as to be movable transverse to the peripheral surface of the vent frame (7) and an opposite contact (103) located on the outer frame (1),
• wherein the push rod contact section (101) is coupled to a drive rod (115) from the drive rod arrangement (11) via a wedge-type mechanism (117, 121) and emerges towards the opposite contact element (103) when the drive rod arrangement (11) is in the locking position through an aperture (107) in a vent frame (7) face plate (105) covering the drive rod (115) and through an aperture (127) in the drive rod (115) which is flush with the face plate aperture (107) when the drive rod (115) is in the locking position, and wherein the push rod contact section (101) is also lifted out of the movement track of the drive rod (115) when the drive rod arrangement (11) is in the unlocking position which permits the vent frame (7) to pivot and that the aperture (127) in the drive rod (115) is of a size such that in the unlocking position it conceals the aperture (107) in the face plate (105),
• wherein the push rod contact section (101) is located on a lever element (109) running along the face plate (105) and connected by a joint to a spindle (113) roughly parallel to the fax plate (105),
• and wherein the wedge-type mechanism (117, 121) is formed by a cam surface of the lever element (109) and a cam counter-surface of a cam element (117) connected in a fixed fashion to the drive rod (115), wherein the lever element (109) is designed as a dual-arm lever, in that the cam surface working in conjunction with the cam element (117) extends over both lever arms (117, 119) and in that the cam surfaces of the two lever arms (117, 119) include an obtuse angle,
• wherein the lever element (109) has elastic spring properties in at least one partial section between the push rod contact element (101) and the joint.

Window system for a building with a window comprising an outer frame (1) and a vent frame (7) mounted to pivot on the outer frame (1), having a manually operable lock fitting (11, 25), in particular a turn-and-tilt lock fitting releasing the vent frame (7) either about a vertical axis (3) for a turning pivoting movement or about a horizontal axis (5) for a tilting pivoting movement, the lock fitting (11, 25) comprising a drive rod arrangement (11) laid in a rebated peripheral surface of the vent frame (7) and movable in the direction of the periphery of the vent frame (7) and a manual turning handle (13) with a drive connection to the drive rod arrangement (11) via drive rod gearing, the manual turning handle (13) being pivot-mounted on a handle base section (131) attached in a fixed fashion to the vent frame (7),

• with an electric motor (137) connected to form a single unit with the manual turning handle (13), which drives a driven spindle (153) located in the handle in a rotating fashion relative to the manual turning handle (13) via gearing (139, 141) in the handle which is self-locking on rotation from the power take-off side, the driven spindle (153) being coupled to the drive rod gearing and coaxial with the axis of rotation of the manual turning handle (13), and with a manually detachable torque support coupling (159, 161) between the manual turning handle (13) and the handle base section (131),
• wherein the manual turning handle is designed as a lever handle (135),
• wherein the self-locking gearing comprises a spindle pinion (139) with a threaded spindle (143) driven by the motor (137), the axis of which is transverse to the axis of rotation (15A) of the lever handle (135) and located in the longitudinal lever direction of the lever handle (135) and with a spindle nut (147) which is connected to a rack (9) in the lever handle (135) and guided in a movable fashion along the threaded spindle (143) and which meshes with a pinion (151) seated on the driven spindle (153) wherein the torque support coupling is designed as a bolt (159) guided in a movable fashion on the lever handle (135) and in particular is located at that end of the lever handle (135) away from the axis of rotation, the bolt (159) being connected to a finger key (155).

Window system for a building with at least one window comprising an outer frame (1) and a vent frame (7) mounted to pivot on the outer frame (1), having a lock fitting (11, 25) which can be adjusted by at least one of manually and a motor arrangement (31, 33), in particular a turn-and-tilt lock fitting releasing the vent frame either about a vertical axis (3) for a turning pivoting movement or about a horizontal axis (5) for a tilting pivoting movement, the lock fitting (11, 25) comprising a drive rod arrangement (11) laid in a rebated peripheral surface of the vent frame (7) and movable in the direction of the periphery of the vent frame (7),

• and with pivoting drive (33) for the vent frame (7) attached in a fixed fashion to the outer frame (1) and including an electric motor (169),
• wherein a stay-type lever (35) is mounted on bearings on a spindle (181) which is basically parallel to the plane surface of the outer frame (1) on a support (167) in the pivoting drive (33) which carries the electric motor (169), this lever (35) being linked at the end away from the spindle (181) with a drive rod (195) from the drive rod arrangement (11) via a detachable self-aligning coupling (191, 193) and being driven by the electric motor (169) via gearing (171) between a position which closes the window, in which the stay-type lever (35) runs basically in the direction of the periphery of the outer frame (1), and a position which opens the window, in which the stay-type lever (35) runs at an angle to the direction of the periphery,
• wherein the self-aligning coupling (191, 193) comprises a first coupling section (193) in the form of a longitudinally extended rail section and a second coupling section (191) in the form of a slide which can be pushed along the rail section,
• and wherein one of the coupling sections (191, 193) is connected in a fixed fashion to the drive rod (195) and, when the stay-type lever (35) is in the closed position with the lock fitting (11, 25) locked does not engage with the other of the two coupling sections (191) attached to the stay-type lever (35) and engages with the other coupling section (191) only in the drive rod position designed for mechanical pivoting operation, wherein the gearing is designed as a spindle drive (171) with a threaded spindle (173) extending in the direction of the periphery of the outer frame (1) and driven by the electric motor (169) and with a spindle nut (177) at a distance from the pivoting axis of the stay-type lever (35) and connected to the latter in a flexible manner, wherein the support is designed as a housing (167) surrounding the electric motor (169) and the spindle drive (171)
• wherein the spindle nut (177) is guided along opposite walls of the housing (167) such that it cannot be twisted but can be moved parallel to the spindle
• wherein the spindle (181) of the stay-type lever (35) passes through an opening (179) in the spindle nut and is attached to the housing (167) on both sides of the spindle nut (177), and
• wherein the electric motor (169) is attached to the support frame (167) with its shaft on a parallel axis to that of the threaded spindle (173).

Window system for a building, comprising several windows (41) each having an outer frame (1) and a vent frame (7) mounted to pivot on the outer frame (1), each window having a manually operable turn-and-tilt lock fitting (11, 25) releasing the vent frame (7) either about a vertical axis (3) for a turning pivoting movement or about a horizontal axis (5) for a tilting pivoting movement, said fitting comprising a drive rod arrangement (11) laid in a grooved peripheral surface of the vent frame, at least partially concealed and movable in the direction of the periphery of the vent frame (7), wherein the drive rod arrangement (11) is fitted with at least one bolt peg (15) projecting toward the outer frame (1) and engaging in a locked position of the window in a locking plate (19) associated with the outer frame (1);

• wherein each window has a position sensor arrangement comprising a magnet (85) attached to the bolt peg (15) and movable with the drive rod arrangement (11) in the direction of the periphery of the vent frame (7), and a magnet field sensor (87), in particular, a Hall-effect switch located on the locking plate (19), said magnetic field sensor (87), in the locked position of the window (41), in response to engagement of the magnet (85) together with the bolt peg (15) in the locking plate (19), generating a first signal, and the magnetic field sensor (85) generating a second signal in a disengaged position of the bolt peg (15);
• and wherein the position sensor arrangement of each window (41) is connected to a joint monitoring center (49) which can display using a visual display unit (51, 57) whether the first or second signal is present for each individual window (41) or groups of windows (41).

Window system for a building, comprising several windows (41) each having an outer frame (1) and a vent frame (7) mounted to pivot on the outer frame (1), each window having a manually operable lock fitting (11, 25), in particular a turn-and-tilt lock fitting releasing the vent frame (7) either about a vertical axis (3) for a turning pivoting movement or about a horizontal axis (5) for a tilting pivoting movement, said fitting comprising a drive rod arrangement (11) laid in a grooved peripheral surface of the vent frame, at least partially concealed and movable in the direction of the periphery of the vent frame (7),

• wherein each window (41) is provided with several position sensor arrangements of which a first position sensor arrangement (95, 97) responds to the locked petition of the vent frame (7), a second position sensor arrangement (89, 91) responds to the locking position of the drive rod arrangement (11), and a third position sensor arrangement (89, 93) responds to the unlocking position of the drive rod arrangement (11) which permits the pivoting movement of the vent frame (7), each of the first, second and third arrangements comprising a magnet (89, 95) and a magnet field sensor, in particular, a Hall-effect switch (91, 93, 97) generating, upon alignment with the magnet, a first signal, and a second signal in the absence of alignment;
• wherein at least one of the position sensor arrangements of each window (41) is connected to a joint monitoring center (49) which can display using a visual display unit (51, 57) whether the first or second signal is present for each individual window (41) or groups of windows;
• and
• wherein the magnetic field sensors of the second (89, 91) and third position sensor arrangements are located within the vent frame (7), and the magnets of the second (89, 91) and third (89, 93) position sensor arrangement are formed by a common magnet (89) attached to the drive rod arrangement (11) and displaceable therewith in the direction of the periphery of the vent frame (7).