HUE033395T2 - Residential skylight with a cover - Google Patents

Description

Residential Skylight

Description·

The invention relates to a residential skylight comprising a wing, which has a glass pane and which has at least one frame piece, which is overlapped by a cover plate, wherein the cover plate has an angled side edge area and an outer edge located at a distance to the glass pane.

Residential skylights are known from the prior an, for example in BP! 510631A1 and EP1061198A2, in which the frame piece is overlapped by the cover plate. The cover plate thereby bears on the frame piece at least area by area, lrt this embodiment of the residential skylight, a lateral area - in particular in the area of the glass pane ~ is not covered by the cover plate, so that this area is always visible from the outside. The optical impression of the residential skylight is thus clouded, because if does not have a homogenous surface, in particular if cover plate and frame piece consist of different materials. This is why residential skylights were proposed, which have the angled side edge area and the outer edge located at a distance to the glass pane. The side edge area of the cover plate is angled in such a way that it covers the lateral area of the frame piece at least area by area. The outer edge, which is arranged at a distance to the glass pane, Is present at die side edge area. The outer edge thus forms a tree end of the cover plate, which preferably points in the direction of the glass pane, but which extends all the way to said glass pane. The distance between outer edge and glass; pane is necessary in order to avoid damages to the glass pane or a deformation of the outer edge, respectively. This could occur for example as a result of different temperature expansions of cover plate and frame piece, 'fhe lateral edge of the frame piece is covered by the side edge area, whereby a homogenous and appealing optical impression of the residential skylight is attained, because the frame piece is substantially covered completely , in the case of such a residential skylight, however, the problem arises that water in the form of rain drops hits the glass pane when it rains and at least partially bounces of said glass pane again. It can happen thereby that the water, which bounced off, reaches underneath the cover plate as a consequence of the distance between glass pane and outer edge, and thus penetrates the wing. Even though a certain amount of moisture is always present between frame piece and cover plate under moist ambient conditions, it is extremely disadvantageous, when large quantities of water penetrate the wing in the described manner.

It is thus the object of the invention to introduce a residential skylight, which does not have tliis disadvantage and which in particular attains a positive optical impression arid which prevents or at least reduces, respectively, the penetration of water between cover plate and frame piece in the described manner.

According to the invention, this is attained by means of a residential skylight comprising the features of claim 1, Provision is thereby made for the cover plate to have a drain seam, which points in the direction of the glass pane, adjacent to its side edge area. The side edge area is provided on the cover plate and is embodied in an angled manner. According to the invention the drain scam is arranged adjacent to the side edge area. The drain seam prevents water, which strikes the glass pane and reaches underneath the cover plate between glass pane and outer edge, from being able to penetrate further into the wing of the residential skylight. T he angled side edge area thus forms a first, splash protection and the drain scam forms a second splash protection. The drain seam is embodied in the cover plate in the direction of the glass pane. Water, which bounces off the glass pane, thus strikes a side surface of the drain seam in i ts movement, which points away from the glass pane, and drains along the drain seam or drips off therefrom, respectively, The frame piece of the residential skylight can also be covered by the cover plate on the glass pane side in this way (with the angled side edge area) and the residential skylight itself can at the same time be protected securely against water penetrating between the cover plate and the wing even in the event of extreme rain and storm. Additional sealing components, such as seals arakor eompribands, do not need to be used thereby. The positive and high-quality optical impression as well as a rain tightness of the residential skylight is thus ensured at the same time.

The drain seam introduced into the cover plate can have additional functions. For instance, it additionally serves to increase the stability or the stiffness, respectively, of the cover plate, In addition, it can advantageously influence the optical impression of the residential skylight. This holds true in particular when the drain scant extends in longitudinal direction of the cover plate, because the cover plate and thus also the frame? piece of the wing are thus optically narrowed. The drain seam can also serve to accommodate fastening elements, which are used to fasten the cover plate to the frame piece. For example, a snap-in pin can be accommodated in the drain seam at least area by area, wherein the snap-in pin serves to fasten an assembly part to the cover plate, by means of which, in turn, the cover plate is held on the residential skylight or the frame piece, respectively, A further development of the invention provides for the drain seam to extend across the longitudinal extension of the cover plate. The drain seam is thus introduced in the cover plate across the entire length thereof. In addition to increasing the impermeability of the residential skylight, the increased stability or stiffness, respectively, of the cover plate is attained in this manner, The cover plate is preferably provided on side edges of the residential skylight, whereby the drain seam Is arranged substantially parallel to these side edges. The drain seam is preferably present across an entire height of the residential skylight, or of the glass pane, respectively, to which rain can be applied.

According to a further development of the invention, provision is made for an edge strip, which is arranged below the cover plate in the area of the drain seam. The edge strip is assigned to the frame piece. It can be provided above the glass pane at least area by area or also next to the glass pane, in the first case, the edge strip is attached between cover plate and glass pane, The drain scam thus points in the direction of the edge strip or counters it, respectively, 1'he edge strip can be embodied for draining water, which drips off the drain seam. The edge strip is thereby preferably provided along the side edges of the residential skylight, so that water, which penetrates into the wing through the distance between glass pane and side edge, can be discharged along the edge strip. The drain seam can be in touching contact, with the edge strip or can also he provided spaced apart therefrom. In addition, the cover plate can rest against the edge strip m such a way that only a small portion of the water, which bounces off the glass pane, can reach between outer edge and glass pane into the interior of the residential skylight.

An advantageous further development provides tor the edge strip to be fastened to the frame piece. In this ease, the edge strip is a separate component, which is assigned to the frame piece and which is fastened to the latter. For fastening purposes, provision can be made tor example for a screw connection, A further embodiment of the invention provides for the edge strip to be formed integrally with the frame piece. Frame piece and edge strip are to thus he present as a single component, i.e. in an integrated manner. The assembly effort of the residential skylight cart he reduced in this manner, because the edge strip does not initially need to he fastened to the frame piece during the assembly, but said edge strip is already present together with said frame piece.

In a preferred further development, the edge strip has a drain gutter. The drain gutter can thereby be a moisture drain gutter, thus serve to discharge water. Provision is made for the water, which penetrates the wing, to he caught hv the edge strip and to then he discharged from the residential skylight again. This is provided in particular for the water, which reaches between outer edge and glass pane into the wing. The drain, gutter is thus advantageously oriented in vertical direction of the residential skylight, so that w ater, which reaches into the drain gutter, is conveyed downward or out of the residential skylight, respectively, under the influence of the force of gravity. All of the water, which penetrates into the residential skylight between outer edge and glass pane, is preferably guided into the drain gutter, also that water, which drips or drains off the drain seam, respectively. Provision can be made thereby for the drain gutter and the drain seam to run parallel to one another. A further development of the invention provides for the drain glitter to be confined by two lateral webs. The lateral webs are thereby assigned to the edge strip or can be embodied by the latter, respectively. The lateral webs thereby have a free end, which counters the cover plate, A touching contact can be present between the free end of at least, one of the lateral webs and the cover plate, at least area by area, An additional sealing effect can be attained in this manner, The lateral webs, together with the cover plate and in particular with the side edge area thereof, form a type ofiabyrmih seal. With its outer edge, the side edge area can counter the glass pane in this manner and a good rain resistance of site residential skylight can he attained. The lateral webs are preferably formed integrally with the edge strip.

According to an advantageous further development of the invention, one of the lateral webs Is bordered by a piece of the angled side edge area and the drain seam. The lateral web is thus arranged between the piece and drain seam, The lateral web, the piece and the drain seam thus preferably run parallel to one another, at least area by area. The effect of the above-described labyrinth seal is further improved in this manner, because the drain seam now forms a counter element and the lateral web engages between the piece of the side edge area and the drain seam. Provision can be made for only one of the lateral webs to be bordered by the piece and the drain seam. It. is also possible, however, for both lateral webs to be arranged in such a way, The latter can be provided in particular, if further lateral webs are provided on the edge strip in addition lo the lateral webs, which confine the drain gutter. During the bordering of the lateral web by the piece and the drain seam, provision can be made tbrthe lateral web to fee in touching contact with the piece and/or fire drain seam, at least area by area. However, provision can also he made for in particular the drain seam to be arranged spaced apart from the lateral web. A preferred further development provides for the drain seam to be arranged in the drain gutter. The drain seam is thus located in the drain gutter or points at least into said drain gutter, A guide function can be realized during the assembly of the cover plate on the iramé pieces by means of this engagement of the drain seam with the drain gutter. This is the case in particular, if the drain seam extends across the longitudinal extension of the cover plate. If the drain gutter is confined by the two lateral webs, the drain seam is provided between them, so that the effect of the labyrinth seal, which has already been mentioned above, is further impro ved: once again. Water, which bounces off the glass pane, must thus initially reach between the glass pane mid the outer edge located at a distance to the glass pane, and must subsequently get. past the labyrinth seal formed by the piece of the side edge area, the lateral webs and the drain seam. The amount of water penetrating the residential skylight can thus he reduced in a highly effective manner. It is provided thereby that no additional sealing element ~ for example an elastic sealing means - is used in the area of the drain seam, thus in the drain gutter. In tact, a gap space is embodied at this location, so that fluid, which penetrated into the residential skylight, can escape again. This escape can take place, tor example, after the fluid has evaporated, A sufficient ventilation of the residential skylight is attained in this manner, so that disadvantageous consequences are not to be feared, even after moisture has penetrated the residential skylight.

In a preferred further development, the edge strip is provided on art edge area of the glass pane, Provision is thus made for the edge strip to be arranged above the glass pane. The edge strip can thereby rest directly against the edge area of the glass pane or cart be arranged spaced apart therefrom. The edge strip can also realize a holding function for the glass pane. This means that the edge strip is fastened to the frame piece in such a way that the glass pane is held between edge strip and further areas of the frame piece.

According to a further development of the invention, provision is made between the edge strip and the glass pane for a seal To prevent water from penetrating between edge strip and glass pane into the residential skylight, the seal is arranged at this location. The seal can also be embodied as any sealing means. For example, provision is made for a circumferential seal. To fasten the sea!, the edge strip can have a recess, in which the seal is located at least area by area, while a sealing lip of the seal is in contact with the glass pane. The recess can be embodied in such a way that an insertion and a removal of the seal are only possible in axial direction of the edge strip.

The invention will be explained in more detail below by means of the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawing, without limiting the invention.

Figure i shows a residential skylight comprising a wing, which has frame pieces overlapped by cover plates, and

Figure 2 shows a cross section through the residential skylight in the area of one of the frame pieces ,

Figure 1 shows a residential skylight 1 assembled in a roof or roof truss, respectively, comprising a wing 2. The wing 2 has a glass pane 3, wherein provision is made for multiple glazing, in particular double glazing or · particularly preferably triple glazing * for example. The glass pane 3 is bordered by frame pieces 4, which are overlapped by cover plates 5. The frame pieces 4 thus revolve around the glass pane 3 and accommodate the cover plates 5, Only the frame pieces 4 or cover plates 5, respectively, which run edgewise, will thereby be discussed below. Figure .1 shows that provision is in each ease made on the lateral frame pieces 4 for two cover plates 5, which abut on one another in an overlapping fashion in a connecting area 6, Each of the cover plates 5, which abut on one another, is thereby separately fastened to the frame piece 4, the cover plates 5 thus do not have any means for fastening to one another. For fastening to the frame piece 4, provision is made for assembly components 7, among others, which are connected to the cover plates 5 or te the feme pieces 4, respectively, via a latching connection. The cover plates 5 overlap the frame pieces 4, are thus at least provided above them.

To attain a positive optical Impression of the residential skylight I, provision is made for side areas 8 of the frame piece 4 to also be covered by the cover plates 5, For this purpose, the cover plates 5 have a side edge area 9S which is embodied in ait angled manner. The angled side edge area 9 has a piece H), which runs towards the glass pane 3 and which has an outer edge 1 i (see Figure 2), which is spaced apart front the glass pane 3, is thus present at a distance thereto. This distance is necessary to prevent damages to the glass pane 3 or to the outer edge 11, respectively, which could otherwise occur - for example caused by different temperature expansions.

In the illustrated example, the cover plate 5 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, wherein the frame piece 4 is covered by the cover plate 5 as well as laterally overlapped in each case. The frame piece 4 is not visible from the outside in this manner, whereby a positive optical impression of the residential skylight 1 is attained. Due to the described arrangement, however, it may happen that water, which bounces off the glass pane 3., penetrates between the outer edge 11 and the glass pane 3 into the residential skylight i in ease of rain. To prevent this, the cover plates 5 are in each case provided with drain seams 12. They are embodied in such a way that they engage with one another in the connecting area 6 of the two cover plates 5, so that a seamless transition of the cover plates 5 is ensured mid in particular the drain seam runs continuously.

The drain seam i 2 is provided next to the side edge area 9 of the cover plate 5, thus adjacent thereto. The drain seam 12 points in the direction of the glass pane 3, so that, in the view illustrated in Figure 1, a depression introduced into the cover plates 5 can he seen. The drain seam 12 extends across the entire longitudinal extension of the respective cover plate 3, It prevents or reduces, respectively, the penetration of water into the residential skylight 1 (as will be explained below on the basis of Figure 2), increases the stability or stiffness, respectively, of the cover plates 5, and improves the optical, impression of the residential skylight because the cover plates 5 appear to be narrower by introducing the drain seam 12. Latching elements 13 of the assembly components 7 can furthermore engage with the drain seam 12 at least area by area, and can serve for the fastening of the assembly components 7 to the cover plates 5- They also serve as assembly aid, for example in drat they realize a lateral guide, such as in the connecting area 6, in that the drain seams 12 of the cover plates 5 engage with one another.

Figure 2 shows a cross section of one of the frame pieces 4 of the residential skylight 1, which run. vertically, wherein the glass pane 3 and the cover plate 5 as well as further elements of the residential skylight 1 are illustrated additionally, it becomes clear that the glass pane 3 is pan of a double glazing. Provision is made underneath the cover plate 5 for an edge strip 14, As in the illustrated example, said edge strip can be formed integrally with the frame piece 4 or can be fastened as separate component to the frame piece 4, In the latter case, provision is made for example fora screw-connection for fastening purposes. The edge strip 14 has a drain gutter 15, which serves as moisture drain gutter and which is confined by a first lateral web 16 and a second lateral web 17, The edge strip 14 can have further lateral webs IS, which confine further drain gutters 19.

The edge strip .14 is arranged with the drain gutter 15 in such a way that the drain seam 12 is arranged in the drain gutter 15 or engages therewith, respectively. The drain seam 12 can thereby he in touching contact with a gutter base 20 or - as in the illustrated example - can be arranged spaced apart therefrom. 'Die first latéra! web 16 is now bordered by the piece 10 of the side edge area 9 and the drain seam IT The first lateral web 16 and the piece 10 are arranged relative to one another in such a way that t. gap 21 is embodied between them. Said gap is provided to make it possible to ventilate the frame piece 4, Water, which penetrated the frame piece 4, can reach out of said frame piece again, for example by evaporation, in this manner.

It is prevented in this manner that water or fiúid, respectively, collects in the frame piece 4 or the wing 2, respectively, which could have a damaging effect on the residential skylight l, Vice versa, however, water, which bounces off the glass pane ,3, can also reach into the wing 2 through the gap 21, However, this is to be prevented as far as possible. The lateral webs 16 and 17, the drain gutter 15 as well as the drain seam 12 are provided for this purpose. If water, which drips off the glass pane 3, reaches between outer edge 11 and glass plane 3 into the gap 21 and thus into the drain gutter IS, the drain seam 12 prevents splash water from being able to reach between the second lateral web 17 and the cover plate 5 into the interior of the wing 2. Hie splash water thereby strikes against a side surface of the drain seam 12. 'This water now drains along the drain seam 12 or drips into the drain gutter 15, respectively, and is discharged along the latter. The discharge through the drain gutter 15 or along the drain seam 12, respectively, thereby takes plaee by the impact of the force of gravity, because, in assembly position, the residential skylight 1 is attached obliquely and a slope is thus present. The drain seam 12 thus forms a type oflabvrinth seal with the lateral webs 16 and 17 and also with the piece 10,

Due ίο the engagement of the drain seam 12 with the drain gutter 15 during an assembly of the cover plate 5 or of the cover plates 5, respectively, a guide function is also realized additionally, A simple and quick assembly of the cover plate 5 to the frame piece 4 is made possible in this manner.

The sealing effect of drain seam 12, lateral webs 16 and 17 as well as the piece 10 is realized without additional sealing means. An additional, for example elastic, sealing material, thus does not need to be provided in the area of the edge strip 14, in order to prevent a penetration of the water, which bounces off the glass pane 3, into the wing 2 through the gap 21. A residential skylight 1 is thus realized, in the ease of which the frame piece 4 is covered completely by the cover plate 5, because the latter has a U-shaped profile, and the penetration of water into the wing 2 is prevented effectively at the same time, A positive optical impression of the residential skylight I as well as a high rain protection is attained In this manner without additional components, such as for example seals and/or compribands, The cover plate 5 is also narrowed optically by means of the drain scam 12, which runs across the entire longitudinal extension of the cover plate 5, so that the optical impression of the residential skylight 1 is improved further,

The edge strip 14 is provided in an edge area 23 of the glass pane 3. A seal 24, which prevents the penetration of water in this area, is thereby arranged between the edge strip 14 and the glass pane 3- The seal 24 can be fastened to the edge strip 14 in any manner. For example, provision is made in the edge strip 14 for a recess, which allows for an insertion and removal of the seal 24 only in axial direction - thus into the drawing plane of Figure 2 or out of it. The seal 24 is held securely on the edge strip 14 in this way. The seal 24, however, cart also only be adhered to the edge strip 14 or fastened thereto in a different way, A further improvement of the rain tightness of the residential skylight 1 is attained by means of the further lateral webs 18 and the further drain gutters 19 embodied thereby, without having to expect an impairment of the ventilation,

Claims (6)

I) a wing (2) with a glass pane (3) with at least one frame portion (4), nme λ ye t ed edo. o-rim flange | J | which is a part of the glass pane (3) running towards it; the order, which is separated from the glass pane (3} by the spacing, the edge of the free end of the cover plate {5} (11), XeÉÉÉy *: »the cover plate (5), the edge of the side f #) f #)« p? dizzy, the glass pane í3; 1 point (12} in the direction of the drip groove in the direction of the drip. i.) is a semiconductor, marked with an aural, ho * jy the drip groove il.2) in the longitudinal direction of the sheet (5) he ~ 1 yezked.1 k el . 3. A skylight according to one of the preceding claims, "3.11" «!": A border air 1M i, the "tile" and "# laei, ifS" are located near the drip groove (12)> Roof window according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a ** **. that the skirting board (14) on the frame part is Hi yan 5. According to one of the previous ipnfpünlgs. «» 11 «*, which means that the skirting board (14) is with the frame part (s)», which is 5 j at 11 mm. 6, roof window according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the skirting board (14; 7 - A skylight according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that "It is understood that the flow channel (15) is delimited by two lateral ribs (16, 17). S, The skylight according to one of the preceding claims, means" 1 " the lateral ribs (Xi, 17): one of which is angled by the lateral flange (9) and the droplet groove (12), the skylight according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the droplet duct ( 12) disposed in the drainage channel (15), 10, according to one of the preceding claims. roof window, characterized in that the skirting strip (14) is positioned at the edge (23) of the glass pane (3). One of the preceding claims is a roof window, characterized in that the nozzle (14) and the glass plate (24) are sealed (24),