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US 6,209,269 B1Granted
Assembly system for thermoacoustic windows
OwnerMario Valderramainventor
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Abstract
An assembly system used to build two pane thermoacoustic windows for houses and buildings is provided. The assembly system uses a set of profiles and joints and a permanently installed valve to assemble the window frame without a fusion welding machine. The system creates an airtight chamber directly on the frame. The valve allows the assembler to evacuate the air in the airtight chamber to make a vacuum, or to inflow a gas. The system improves the insulating thermal and acoustic capacity of the window, and allows a supplier to sell the components to build the window, which is then assembled by snapping together profiles and joints. The system can also be applied to assembly one pane window and for other purposes.
Claims12
A building partition comprising:
- a hollow airtight frame defining an airtight chamber;
- said frame having first and second outwardly facing adherence surfaces located substantially all along a perimeter of said frame;
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- a valve installed in the hollow frame, the valve providing a fluid communication path from outside the hollow frame to the airtight chamber, the valve being adjustable from a closed position where no fluid may pass from outside the hollow frame to the airtight chamber to an open position where fluid may pass from outside the hollow frame to the airtight chamber,
- at least one hole in the inner surface providing a fluid communication path between the airtight space and the airtight chamber, whereby fluid may pass from outside the hollow frame through the valve through the airtight chamber and into the airtight space when the valve is in the open position,
- a first panel secured to the first adherence surface of the frame, the first panel having an outer edge dimensioned so that the outer edge of the first panel fits closely to the said first adherence surface of the frame,
- a second panel secured to the second adherence surface of the frame, the second panel having an outer edge dimensioned so that the outer edge of the second panel fits closely to the said second adherence surface of the frame, the first panel and the second panel being arranged in substantially parallel spaced relationship, whereby the first panel and the second panel are secured to the adherence surfaces of the frame such that an airtight space is formed between the first panel, the second panel and the inner surface of the frame,
- a plurality of hollow joints having end portions;
- and a plurality of hollow profiles having end sections, the end portions of the hollow joints being dimensioned to snugly fit within the end sections of the hollow profiles such that the hollow joints and the hollow profiles may be assembled to form the hollow frame.
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An insulating window comprising:
- a hollow airtight frame defining an airtight chamber, said frame having first and second outwardly facing adherence surfaces located substantially all along a perimeter of said frame;
- a valve installed in the hollow frame, the valve providing a fluid communication path from outside the hollow frame to the airtight chamber and through a hole in the inner surface to the airtight space, the valve being adjustable from a closed position where no fluid may pass from outside the hollow frame to the airtight chamber to an open position where fluid may pass from outside the hollow frame to the airtight chamber;
- a first glass pane secured to the first adherence surface of the frame, the first glass pane having an outer edge dimensioned so that the outer edge of the first glass pane fits closely to the first adherence surface of the frame;
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- a second glass pane secured to the second adherence surface of the frame, the second glass pane having an outer edge dimensioned so that the outer edge of the second glass pane fits closely to the second adherence surface of the frame,
- wherein the first glass pane and the second glass pane are arranged in substantially parallel spaced relationship,
- the first glass pane and the second glass pane being secured to the adherence surfaces of the frame such that an airtight space is formed between the first glass pane, the second glass pane and the inner surface of the frame,
- the frame including a hole providing a fluid communication path between the airtight space and the airtight chamber, whereby fluid may pass from outside the hollow frame through the valve through the airtight chamber and into the airtight space when the valve is in the open position,
- a plurality of hollow joints having end portions;
- and
- a plurality of hollow profiles having end portions
- the end portions of the hollow joints being dimensioned to snugly fit within the end sections of the hollow profiles such that the hollow joints and the hollow profiles may be assembled to form a hollow frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.