Frames for steel clad doors with jambs comprising a channel with spaced side walls and a bottom wall having integrally formed bracing connected to the walls at spaced points along the length
AssigneeRoyal Group Technologies Limited
InventorVic De Zen
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Abstract
A frame for supporting steel cladding panels of steel clad doors and doors formed therewith, the frames comprising a pair of jambs connected by headers and sills, each jamb comprising a molded channel of composite plastic material having within the channel integral bracing extending between the channel side walls.
Claims22
A frame for supporting steel cladding panels of a steel clad door, said frame comprising a pair of jambs connected by a header and a sill each of said jambs comprising a molded channel of composite plastic material said channel having closed ends and an outwardly facing bottom wall and spaced steel panel bearing side walls with integral bracing extending between said sidewalls within said channel and bracing said side walls from bottom to top at spaced points along their length.
A jamb member for a frame for a steel clad door said jamb member comprising a molded channel of composite plastic material closed at the ends and having a bottom wall having an exterior surface to define a vertical door edge and spaced side walls to provide support surfaces for steel cladding, said channel having an integrally formed bracing structure extending perpendicular to said bottom wall and disposed therewithin and extending between and connected to the interior of said walls at spaced points along their length.
A steel clad door comprising a support frame having a pair of jamb members connected by a header member and a sill member each of said jamb members comprising a molded channel of composite plastic material closed at the ends and having an outwardly facing bottom wall and spaced side walls with integral bracing within said channel extending perpendicular to said bottom wall and between and connected to said side walls at spaced points along their length, a steel cladding panel mounted on each side of said frame said panels being supported by said side walls, the interior of said door being filled with insulation material.
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