Integrated window sash with lattice frame and retainer clip
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E06B-009/01
E06B-003/964
E04C-002/54
E06B-003/00
출원번호
UP-0874503
(2004-06-23)
등록번호
US-7765769
(2010-08-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Rosskamp, Barent A.
Arbab, Mehran
Crandell, Stephen L.
Davis, William B.
Gallagher, Raymond G.
Klingensmith, William
Steffek, Cory D.
출원인 / 주소
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Siminerio, Andrew C.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
4인용 특허 :
74
초록▼
An insulating unit includes a first and a second sheet, each of the sheets having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface; an arrangement to position the first and second sheets in spaced relation to one another to provide a compartment between the sheets, the second major surface
An insulating unit includes a first and a second sheet, each of the sheets having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface; an arrangement to position the first and second sheets in spaced relation to one another to provide a compartment between the sheets, the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet facing the compartment; a lattice made of muntin bars in the compartment, the lattice having end portions adjacent to and spaced from the arrangement; and a retainer clip having a first end portion connected to an end portion of the lattice and the opposite second end portion having a compressible base, the compressible base in surface contact with the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet to retain the lattice in position between the sheets.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An insulating unit comprising: a first sheet and a second sheet, each of the sheets having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface; a sash frame having a first sheet supporting surface and a second sheet supporting surface spaced from the first sheet suppor
What is claimed is: 1. An insulating unit comprising: a first sheet and a second sheet, each of the sheets having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface; a sash frame having a first sheet supporting surface and a second sheet supporting surface spaced from the first sheet supporting surface and a base between the first and second sheet supporting surfaces, wherein a marginal edge portion of the first major surface of the first sheet is secured to the first sheet supporting surface, and a marginal edge portion of the first major surface of the second sheet is secured to the second sheet supporting surface to position the first and second sheets in spaced relation to one another to provide a compartment between the sheets, the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet facing the compartment, wherein marginal edge portions of the second surface of the first sheet facing the compartment are out of contact with the sash frame; a glazing member detachably secure on the sash frame and engaging marginal edge portions of the second major surface of the second sheet to limit movement of the second sheet away from the second sheet supporting surface; a muntin lattice in the compartment, the lattice having end portions adjacent to and spaced from the base of the sash frame; and a muntin retainer clip having a first end portion connected to an end portion of the lattice and the opposite second end portion of the muntin retainer clip having a base made of a compressible material, wherein a periphery of the base is a continuous outer wall, wherein the compressible base of the muntin retainer clip has holes for ease of compressing the base of the muntin retainer clip, the compressible base in surface contact with the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet and compressed between the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet to retain the muntin lattice in position between the sheets, wherein the base of the muntin retainer clip is compressed by moving the second sheet toward the first sheet and the first end portion of the muntin retainer clip is the end portion of an elongated member extending away from the compressible base, and the first end portion of the elongated member have a plurality of flexible fingers mounted thereon and configured to engage an end portion of the muntin lattice. 2. The insulating unit according to claim 1, wherein the sash frame is made by joining ends of sash members, wherein each end of each sash member is mitered and has a recess and a moisture impervious sealant in the recess. 3. The insulating unit according to claim 1, wherein surface of the base of the sash frame is a moisture and gas impervious surface, and the marginal edge portions of the first and second sheets are secured to their respective one of the sheet supporting surfaces by a layer of a moisture and gas impervious adhesive sealant. 4. The insulating unit according to claim 3, wherein the layer of moisture and gas impervious adhesive sealant securing the first sheet to the first sheet supporting surface covers at least a portion of the base of the sash frame such that the layer contacts and supports at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the first sheet. 5. The insulating unit according to claim 3, further comprising a desiccating medium carried on the base of the sash frame and communicating with the compartment, the base of the sash frame and the desiccating medium defining an interior opening in the sash frame, wherein the first sheet is sized to pass through the interior opening to the first sheet supporting surface without contacting the desiccating medium. 6. The insulating unit according to claim 1, further comprising a barrier layer over surface of the base of the sash frame facing the compartment, wherein the barrier layer is a material having a low gas and moisture permeability to resist the movement of gas and moisture into and/or out of the compartment through the base of the sash frame. 7. The insulating unit according to claim 6, wherein the barrier layer is made of plastic and is adhered to the surface of the base by an adhesive layer. 8. The insulating unit according to claim 1 wherein the elongated member is a monolithic elongated member. 9. An insulating unit comprising: a first and a second sheet, each of the sheets having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface; an arrangement to position the first and second sheets in spaced relation to one another to provide a compartment between the sheets, the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet facing the compartment wherein the arrangement is a sash frame having a first sheet supporting surface and a second sheet supporting surface spaced from the first sheet supporting surface, wherein a marginal edge portion of the first major surface of the first sheet is secured to the first sheet supporting surface, and a marginal edge portion of the first major surface of the second sheet is secured to the second sheet supporting surface, and the sash frame in cross section has a first sidewall, a second sidewall spaced from the first sidewall, an outer surface interconnecting the first and second sidewalls and an inner surface spaced from the outer surface and facing the compartment, the inner surface having the first sheet supporting surface adjacent the first sidewall and the second sheet supporting surface adjacent the second sidewall, a first base interconnecting the first sheet supporting wall and the second sheet supporting wall, and a second base extending from the second sidewall with the first base closer to the compartment than the second base, wherein a sloped ramp defined as a first ramp interconnects the first sheet supporting surface and the first base and a sloped ramp defined as a second ramp interconnects the second supporting surface and the second base, with at least a portion of an edge of the first major surface of the first sheet supported on the first ramp and at least a portion of an edge of the first major surface of the second sheet supported on the second ramp; a muntin lattice in the compartment, the lattice having end portions adjacent to and spaced from the arrangement; and a retainer clip having a first end portion connected to an end portion of the lattice and the opposite second end portion having a compressible base, the compressible base in surface contact with the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet to retain the lattice in position between the sheets. 10. The insulating unit according to claim 9 wherein the first base has a groove with an opening facing the compartment and members extending from bottom surface of the groove toward the compartment; and further comprising a desiccating medium carried on the first base of the sash frame and communicating with the compartment, wherein the desiccating medium is in the groove and the members embedded in the desiccating medium, and the first base and the desiccating medium defining an interior opening in the sash frame, wherein the first sheet is sized to pass through the interior opening to the first sheet supporting surface without contacting the desiccating medium. 11. The insulating unit according to claim 9, further comprising a barrier layer on the first base of the sash frame, the barrier layer comprising a moisture impervious film secured by an adhesive to surface of the first base of the sash frame facing the compartment. 12. The insulating unit according to claim 11, wherein the sash frame comprises a plurality of sash member having ends joined together at corners of the sash frame, and further comprising a strip of a low gas and moisture permeability material overlapping the barrier layer of adjacent sash members at the corners. 13. The insulating unit according to claim 9 further comprising a sheet retainer mounted on the first base between the sheets, the sheet retainer having a first end portion engaging surface portions of the second surface of the first sheet and an opposite second end portion secured to the first base, wherein the first end portion of the sheet retainer comprises a step having tread of the step engaging peripheral edge portion of the first sheet and riser of the step engaging marginal edge portion of the second surface of the first sheet, and the second end portion of the sheet retainer comprises a depressible member for securing the second end of the sheet retainer in a recess formed in the first base. 14. The insulating unit according to claim 9 further comprising a hole through the first base and a tubing having a first leg mounted to the first base and a second leg extending through the hole to the compartment to equalize gas pressure in the compartment to the atmosphere acting on the first major surface of the first sheet and the second major surface of the second sheet. 15. The insulating unit according to claim 9, wherein the base of the retainer clip defined as a clip base has a first surface and an opposite second surface, the clip base having a continuous outer wall surface, and at least one hole, the at least one hole within, and spaced from, the continuous outer wall surface of the clip base, wherein the at least one hole extends through the first and second surfaces, and body, of the clip base for ease of compressing the base. 16. The insulating unit according to claim 15 wherein the base of the retainer clip is made of a compressible material. 17. The insulating unit according to claim 16 wherein the first end portion of the retainer clip is the end portion of an elongated member extending away from the compressible base, and the first end portion of the elongated member has a plurality of flexible fingers mounted thereon and configured to engage an end portion of the muntin lattice, wherein the elongated member is a monolithic elongated member. 18. An insulating unit comprising: a first sheet and a second sheet, each of the sheets having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface; a sash frame having a first sheet supporting surface and a second sheet supporting surface spaced from the first sheet supporting surface and a base between the first and second sheet supporting surfaces, wherein a marginal edge portion of the first major surface of the first sheet is secured to the first sheet supporting surface, and a marginal edge portion of the first major surface of the second sheet is secured to the second sheet supporting surface to position the first and second sheets in spaced relation to one another to provide a compartment between the sheets, the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet facing the compartment, wherein marginal edge portions of the second surface of the first sheet facing the compartment are out of contact with the sash frame; a glazing member detachable secured on the sash frame and engaging marginal edge portions of the second major surface of the second sheet to limit movement of the second sheet away from the second sheet supporting surface; a muntin lattice in the compartment, the lattice having end portions adjacent to and spaced from the base of the sash frame; and a muntin retainer clip having a first end portion connected to an end portion of the lattice and the opposite second end portion of the muntin retainer clip having a base define as the clip base made of a compressible material, the clip base in surface contact with the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet and compressed between the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet to retain the muntin lattice in position between the sheets, wherein the clip base has a first surface and an opposite second surface, an elongated member mounted on the first surface of the clip base and extending away from the clip base; periphery of the clip base is a continuous outer wall, and the clip base has at least one hole, the at least one hole within, and spaced from, the continuous outer wall surface of the clip base, wherein the at least one hole extends through the first and second surfaces, and body, of the clip base for ease of compressing the clip base, wherein the clip base is compressed by moving the second sheet toward the first sheet. 19. The insulating unit according to claim 18, wherein the first end portion of the muntin retainer clip is an end portion of an elongated member extending away from the clip base, and the end portion of the elongated member has a plurality of flexible fingers mounted thereon and configured to engage an end portion of the muntin lattice.
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