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WO1999011165A1 - Ensembles moustiquaires pour fenetres et portes - Google Patents

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WO1999011165A1
WO1999011165A1 PCT/US1998/018585 US9818585W WO9911165A1 WO 1999011165 A1 WO1999011165 A1 WO 1999011165A1 US 9818585 W US9818585 W US 9818585W WO 9911165 A1 WO9911165 A1 WO 9911165A1
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screening
screen assembly
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Louis D. Graham
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/52—Devices affording protection against insects, e.g. fly screens; Mesh windows for other purposes

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  • the present invention relates to framed screens used in window and door assemblies.
  • framed screens that allow ventilation between the inside and outside of a structure.
  • the opening where such framed screens are located are often closed by framed glass panes during colder periods.
  • a framed screen may be, for example, removed from the window or door and replaced by a framed glass pane.
  • the framed screen may be moved within the window or door (e.g.. raised from a lower to a higher position or moved from side to side) and the framed glass pane positioned in the opening.
  • a metallic four-sided frame with screening filling the enclosed area The screening is fixed to the frame by the use of a flexible material, often a material with rubber or vinyl-like properties, such as a rubber gasket or spline, which holds the outer edge of the screening in a locked position inside of a groove in the frame.
  • This construction allows the user of the frame to replaces the screening by, for example, (1) removing the flexible material, (2) removing the existing screening, (3) positioning an appropriately sized piece of new screening to cover the enclosed area of the frame, and (4) forcing the flexible material against the edge of the screening and into the groove in the frame, thus locking the screening into position. This operation is often necessary when, for instance, the screening develops a hole or a tear in it.
  • the use of such screening affixed in the groove of a frame by such flexible materials has its deficiency.
  • the screening to be affixed to the frame in this manner, is typically of a type that is relatively easy to tear or otherwise puncture.
  • Minimal forces asserted against the screening in the frame can result in the screening being pierced or detached from the lock created by the flexible material in the groove of the frame against the portion of the screening in that groove.
  • the use of stronger, less flexible screening cannot solve this problem because, for instance, the screening would have to be specially manufactured with a concave outer perimeter configured to fit in the groove in the frame (i.e.. less flexible, stronger screening would not be as easily affixed into the groove by forcing the flexible material).
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide window and door screen assemblies that include frames, screening and other materials that are relatively inexpensive.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing window and door screen assemblies that is simple, while producing window and door screen assemblies meeting the objects set forth above.
  • the present invention is directed to a screen assembly.
  • the assembly includes at least one frame member configured to enclose an open area.
  • the frame member includes a channel along a portion of its length. Screening with desirable configuration and properties is situated in the open area. The edge of the screening is positioned in a portion of the channel. A material occupying the channel with the edge of the screening secures the position of the screening in the channel.
  • the present invention is also directed to a method of constructing a screen assembly.
  • the method includes the step of filling a portion of a channel of a frame member of the screen assembly with a material. Thereafter, the edge of screening to be used in the assembly would be positioned in the channel with the material. The combination of the material and the edge of the screening fixes the position of the edge of the screening inside of the channel. After the screening is fixed in the first frame member, the screening can be fixed in other frame members, if any, by positioning the frame members with or without the material in their respective channels, if applicable, around the area occupied by the screening.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded front view of one window assembly embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along line 2-2 in FIG. 1 , where the elements of the particular embodiment in FIG. 1 are connected.
  • FIG. 3 is a partial perspective end of a frame member in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is an exploded cross-sectional view of a prior art frame with screen and spline.
  • FIG. 5 is a partial perspective end view of a prior art screen assembly.
  • FIG. 6 is an exploded front view of on door assembly embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG.7 is an exploded front view of another window assembly embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows an exploded view of one particular embodiment of the present invention.
  • the primary structural support for screen assembly 100 is the connected collection of frame members 102 (referred to herein individually as frame member 102).
  • Frame members 102 surround screening 104 and are spatially fixed, in this particular example, in a rectangular form.
  • FIG. 2 shows, in cross section, the interconnection of one of frame members 102, screening 104, and material 106.
  • frame members 102 may be held together by corner inserts 110.
  • frame members 102 are similar in construction and composition.
  • Each frame member 102 is made of roll-formed aluminum.
  • frame member 102 has a height of "a” and a width of "b”.
  • the depth and width of channel 108 are "c” and "d", respectively.
  • "a", "b", "c” and “d” are one inch (1"), a quarter inch (1/4"), one-half inch (1/2"), and one sixteenth inch (1/16").
  • Some of several examples of component usable as frame members 102 include products similar to the glass molds manufactured by Mason Corporation with model numbers in the E200 series or similar molds manufactured by Superior Metal Products in the 200 series.
  • frame member 102 One of ordinary skill in the art would realized the materials used for frame member 102, the process by which frame member 102 is formed, the geometric structure of frame member (e.g.. frame member 102 could also include, for instance, a flange), and the dimensions of the characterizing features of frame members 102 (e.g.. its height, its length, the width and depth of the channel) are variable.
  • Frame member 102 could also include, as known by one skilled in the art, a weatherstrip.
  • the conventional screen frame such as frame 99 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 (an illustration of the prior art screen frame), include, as a necessary feature, U- shaped space 112 to receive spline 114.
  • Spline 114 is typical used to forceable hold screening 116 in place as seen in FIG. 5.
  • Mason Corporation's ClOO series of screen frames and similar fames manufactured by Superior Metal Products in the 100 series, are examples of frames that are configured and constructed similar to prior art frame 99.
  • Screening 104 is made of material with a desirable level of stiffness and inelasticity.
  • the material used for screen assemblies taught by the prior art are made of fiberglass and aluminum wire.
  • screening 104 to be used in a residential setting could be, for example, constructed from carbon steel wire. More preferably, screening 104 for the residential setting would be electronically galvanized, painted black, and have gauge measurements between, for instance, 18 and 28. In setting where security is more of an issue (e.g.. prison, banks, etc.), screening 104 could be, for example, constructed from stainless steel wire. More preferably, such screening would also have gauge measurements in the range of 18 to 28.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 also show material 106, which may be of any number of compositions.
  • the purpose of material 106 is to fix screening 104 inside of frame members 102 such that screening 104 does not move in relation to frame members 102 when relatively large forces are applied to either of these two elements.
  • Material 106 must prevent the movement of the portion of screening 104 longitudinally within channel 108 and prevent that portion of screening 104 from being latitudinally removed from channel 108.
  • material 106 would be a silicon-based material that would bind the portion of screening 104 in channel 108 to the inside walls of channel 108 while the silicon-based material fills the space in channel 108 not occupied by screening 104.
  • composition could be used as material 106 and perform the same function.
  • placement of screening 104 within channel 108 could be more secured by the use of, for example, pop rivets in selected locations on frame members 102.
  • connection frame members 102 are numerous.
  • FIG. 1 shows corner inserts
  • corner inserts 110 which secure frame members 102 when the elements of screen assembly 100 are fully connected.
  • corner inserts 110 could be the kind distributed by Mason Corporation (e.g.. corner inserts in the E70 series). It is also conceived that other components or materials could be used to perform the same function and that frame member 102 could alternatively be constructed to interconnect without the use of other components.
  • door assembly 200 includes door frames members 202 and 204, screening 206 both above and below center bar 208, corner inserts 210 and material 212.
  • frame members 202 and frame members 204 are "j" and "k" long respectively.
  • elements that could functions as door frame members 202 and 204 both include, in appropriately sized, the framing in the D 100 series of Mason Corporation (used as the main frame for sliding patio screen doors) or the 1150 series of framing used for patio screen door frames distributed by Superior Metal Products.
  • Center bar 208 is “1" long with nobs 214 extending "m” from the ends.
  • Center bar 208 could be, for example, similar in design and construction as the pushbar distributed by Superior Metal Products in the 2200 series or mullin in the D100 series distributed by Mason Corporation.
  • dimensions "j", "k”, and “1” are measurements of the kind generally found in the design of typical doors of this kind, however, one skilled in the art could foresee the use of elements with different measurements.
  • door window screen assembly 200 may be, for example, spot riveted, screwed into or otherwise affixed to the main framing of the door.
  • Other embodiments of the same invention may be integrated into the design and construction of doors as they are originally manufactured.
  • FIG. 7 shows an atypical embodiment of the present invention.
  • Window assembly 300 includes semicircularly shaped frame members 302 and 304, screening 306, connectors 308, material 310, translucent material 312 and separators 314.
  • translucent material 312 is decorative and screening 306 is connected to frame members 302 and
  • the present invention also includes a method of constructing a screen assembly.
  • This method may be used, with known variations (e.g.. additional steps), in the construction of screen assemblies for windows or doors.
  • known variations e.g.. additional steps
  • the process includes the application of a material to at least a portion of one of the frame members of the screen assembly.
  • the material is applied in channels in all of the frame members. After the application of the material, the edge of the applicable screening (i.e.. screening possessing a desirable configuration and properties) is positioned against the material.
  • the edge of the screening is positioned inside of channels in the frame member with the material therein and the material fixes the screening in place relative to the frame member.
  • the screening is fixed in position relative to any remaining frame member(s).
  • the preferred method also includes, at the beginning of, during or at the end of the process, the step of locking the frame members in position relative to each other.
  • the use of method of the present invention results in a product that is stronger than conventional screen assemblies and less susceptible to breakage — an adult leaning on the screen assembly of the present invention will not break it.
  • the screen assemblies are also, however, weak enough to allow emergency personnel and others to break through as necessary in emergency situations with the use of an axe or similar instrumentality.
  • the method is simplified and relatively inexpensive.
  • the elements of the screen assembly e.g.. the frame members which are also usable in connection with glass panel assemblies

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Cette invention a trait à des ensembles moustiquaires (100) pouvant être utilisés à la fois avec des fenêtres et des portes, ainsi qu'à un procédé de fabrication de ces moustiquaires. Ces ensembles (100) comportent des éléments cadre (102) fendus; une grille (104) présentant une forme et des propriétés recherchées et installée dans la fente ménagée à l'intérieur desdits éléments cadre connectés (102); et une matière (106) appliquée dans ladite fente (108) et fixant la grille aux éléments cadre (102). Le procédé de fabrication consiste à remplir une partie d'une fente (108) ménagée dans les élément cadre (102) d'une matière (106) donnée et à positionner le bord d'une grille (104) appropriée dans cette fente (108) remplie de matière, ce qui permet de fixer cette grille (104) par rapport aux éléments cadre (102).
PCT/US1998/018585 1997-09-04 1998-09-04 Ensembles moustiquaires pour fenetres et portes WO1999011165A1 (fr)

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US6991693B2 (en) * 1997-12-24 2006-01-31 Saint-Gobain Bayform America, Inc. Screen cloth insertion apparatus and method

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US2762430A (en) * 1951-12-17 1956-09-11 Sylvan Joseph Screen frame construction
US3255810A (en) * 1962-05-14 1966-06-14 Francis W Rowbottam Screen assembly and method of making the same
US4002195A (en) * 1975-05-12 1977-01-11 Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Middle rail assembly for use in screen doors and sashes

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US2762430A (en) * 1951-12-17 1956-09-11 Sylvan Joseph Screen frame construction
US3255810A (en) * 1962-05-14 1966-06-14 Francis W Rowbottam Screen assembly and method of making the same
US4002195A (en) * 1975-05-12 1977-01-11 Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Middle rail assembly for use in screen doors and sashes

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6991693B2 (en) * 1997-12-24 2006-01-31 Saint-Gobain Bayform America, Inc. Screen cloth insertion apparatus and method

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