Method and arrangement for securing glass facade elements
OwnerNils-Gunnar Janssoninventor
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Abstract
A method and an arrangement for securing glass facade elements comprised of sealed glazing units which include at least two parallel glass sheets separated by a spacer which extends between the glass sheets and terminates short of the outer edges of the sheets, wherein a glue layer is applied between the glass sheets but outwardly of the spacer, and wherein facade elements are secured to a frame structure and preferably a frame structure comprised of aluminum profiled sections and having a clip placed and penetrating the glue layer between the glass sheets of two neighboring facade elements.
Claims10
A method for securing glass facade elements which are comprised of sealed glazing units which include at least two parallel glass sheets (2, 3) separated by a spacer (4) which extends between the glass sheets and terminates short of the outer edges of said sheets, wherein a glue layer (7) is applied between the glass sheets but outwardly of the spacer, and wherein facade elements are secured to a frame structure (8), preferably a frame structure comprised of aluminium profiled sections, characterized in that when fitting the facade element (1) a clip (12) is inserted between two adjacent neighbouring facade elements, said clip (12) being secured mechanically in the frame structure (8) and having two tongues (13, 16;
- 14, 15) which project outwardly and obliquely in opposite directions on each opposite side of said clip towards the frame structure;
- in that when no load acts on the clip, the distance (A) between the free extremities of the tongues exceeds the distance (B) between two adjacent neighbouring facade elements (1);
- and in that when fitting the clip (12) in position, said clip being loaded, the tongues (13, 16;
- 14, 15) are deformed elastically and caused to approach one another, whereafter the clip is placed between two adjacent neighbouring facade elements and the load on the clip is removed, therewith securing the clip in the frame structure (8) with the tongues (13-16) penetrating said glue layer (7) between the glass sheets, but outwardly of the spacer (4).
An arrangement for securing glass facade elements comprised of two separated sealed glazing units which each of said units includes at least two parallel glass sheets (2, 3) separated by a spacer (4) which extends between the glass sheets and terminates short of the outer edges of said sheets, wherein a glue layer (7) is provided between the glass sheets and outwardly of the spacer, and wherein facade elements (1) are fastened to a frame structure (8), preferably a frame structure comprised of aluminium profiled sections, characterized:
- in that the arrangement includes an elastically deformable clip (12) which is intended to be fitted between two adjacent neighbouring facade elements (1) and fastened mechanically to the frame structure;
- in that the clip has a center portion with a U-shaped cross-section having two sides, each side having two tongues (13, 16;
- 14, 15) which project outwardly from the said center portion in opposite directions and obliquely in towards the frame structure (8);
- in that, when the clip is not deformed by loading forces, a distance (A) between the free outer extremities of the tongues (13, 16;
- 14, 15) exceeds a distance (B) between two neighbouring adjacent facade elements (1);
- and in that the clip (12) is elastically deformable, under loading when fitted between two adjacent facade elements, so that the tongues are able to approach one another and therewith enable the clip to be inserted between two neighbouring adjacent facade elements and so that, when the loading acting on the clip (12) is relieved, the clip (12) will spring-back essentially to its unloaded condition so that the tongues (13-16) are able to penetrate the glue layer (7) between the glass sheets, and outwardly of the spacer (4).
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