Additional cover for frames

Abstract

According to the present invention, a cover is attained for profiles of frames. The cover can be reversibly fitted onto the profile of a frame (both the fixed part of the frame and the wing) both from the interior and from the exterior of the frame, without damaging the opening and closing functions thereof, without requiring the dismounting of the frame itself and without risks of possible surface damages for the profiles of the frame. The cover comprises: - at least an attachment wing located in at least an end of the cover; said attachment wing being connected to the body of the cover by means of an angle preferably comprised between 50° and 110° and still more preferably equal to 90°; - at least a rib suitable for resting against the surface of the profile, creating a plurality of interspaces of known thickness; - at least an adaptation element suitable for allowing said cover to adapt to various sizes and shapes of profiles.

Description

[0001] LEIBO. / 44e2025

[0002] “Additional cover for frames”

[0003] Description

[0004] Field of the art

[0005] The invention refers to the field of construction and fixtures. Still more specifically, the invention is aimed to provide frame covers for the protection, personalization and improvement of thermal-acoustical performances of a fixture.

[0006] Prior art

[0007] The constant research and development process, with a particular attention towards the energy efficiency in the building field relative to the frames (doors and windows), has led to considerable developments both in the field of materials and in the purely mechanical technologies for attaining fixtures.

[0008] In this context, solutions are widely used which are able to ensure high standards of quality and thermal and acoustic efficiency, as well as satisfying the aesthetic tastes of many different clints, also allowing the possibility to adjust existing components for the purpose of preservation and lengthening of the life cycle (LCA).

[0009] In the scope of the optimization of the frames profiles, there are numerous patents that are involved with providing to problems of various nature.

[0010] One example is the object of the utility model CN218177022U by LI JIAN et al. The finding provides profiles of doors and windows. The finding provides for the coating of the external surface of doors and windows with a “bridge” element. On said bridge element, preferably made of nylon, a clasp cover made of aluminum alloy is mounted in order to prevent sunlight from directly reaching the bridge element and slowing the aging thereof, as well as preventing the breakage thereof.

[0011] Another example is the object of the patent application EP2532823A1 by C. CHA VIGNY et al. The invention refers to a covering coating profile for an insulating strip of a composite LEIBO. / 44e2025 profile for elements of windows, doors or facades. The cover profile is extended is extended in a longitudinal direction and is adapted for being first fixable to the insulating strip and later removable from the insulating strip after the coating of the composite profile and for resisting the coating temperature in an interval from 120 °C to 230 °C. The cover profile comprises in a transverse section, a base portion, a first covering portion and a second covering portion that are extended from the base portion in order to form the cover profile, the first covering portion has a first free end and the second covering portion has a second free end having a certain distance in a neutral position and being elastically movable in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction in order to block the insulating strip.

[0012] The inventions reported up to now as a merely non-limiting example are representative of the inventions and technology available today.

[0013] The abovementioned inventions have technical problems tied to the poor adaptability to existing profiles and to the difficulty in mutual coupling in order to cover the entire perimeter of a frame.

[0014] The object of the present invention is to provide a cover reversibly fittable on newly-made frames and / or existing frame that is able to resolve the abovementioned problems, also providing means for improving the thermal and acoustic efficiency of the frame, and for computerizing it.

[0015] The advantages offered by the present invention will be clearer in light of the following detailed descriptions.

[0016] Description of the invention

[0017] According to the present invention, a cover for frame profiles is attained. The cover can be reversibly fitted onto the profile of a frame (both the fixed part of the frame and the wing) both from the interior and from the exterior of the frame, without damaging the opening and closing functions thereof, without requiring the dismounting of the frame itself and without risks of possible surface damages for the profiles of the frame.

[0018] The cover of the present invention allows personalizing any frame, by way of a non-limiting LEIBO. / 44e2025 or non-binding example:

[0019] - PVC frames with opening mechanism; leaf, tilting, pivot, folding, lift and slide, flap and sliding rail; pedestrian doors with 1 wing and 2 wings; fire doors with 1 wing and two wings; door with 1 wing and two wings.

[0020] The application of the cover which can be made of plastic material, metal material and / or other, has the object of surface coating the profile both in the internal part and in the external part.

[0021] The cover can be applied to profiles of frames with wings that are symmetric, asymmetric, wide or thin, being mechanically coupled to said profile.

[0022] The cover can be applied during production and / or once installation of the frame has been completed.

[0023] The cover of the present invention ensures advantages such as: improvement of the thermal and acoustic performances, abrasion resistance, impact resistance and in general protection of the frame, possibility for aesthetic personalization.

[0024] The cover can be treated on the surface with dust painting, sublimation, epoxy resin, water transfer printing, hydrography via immersion and / or other techniques.

[0025] Specifically, the cover of the present invention is suitable for being reversibly fitted onto a profile of a frame, and comprises:

[0026] - at least an attachment wing located in at least an end of the cover; said attachment wing being connected to the body of the cover by means of an angle preferably comprised between 50° and 110° and still more preferably equal to 90°;

[0027] - at least a rib suitable for resting against the surface of the profile, creating a plurality of interspaces of known thickness;

[0028] - at least an adaptation element suitable for allowing said cover to adapt to various sizes and shapes of profiles.

[0029] In various embodiments of the invention, the adaptation elements can have zones of elastic LEIBO. / 44e2025 material and / or tubular profiles that are moved telescopically with respect to each other.

[0030] The advantages offered by the present invention are evident in light of the description set forth up to now and will be even clearer due to the enclosed figures and to the relative detailed description.

[0031] Description of the figures

[0032] The invention will be described hereinbelow in at least a preferred embodiment by way of a non-limiting example with the aid of the enclosed figures, in which:

[0033] - FIGURE 1 shows a perspective view of a cover 100 according to the present invention;

[0034] - FIGURE 2 shows a section of a cover 100 comprising telescopic profiles 111 and 112 with a tooth 113 and openings 114 according to the present invention;

[0035] - FIGURE 3 shows a sectional view of a cover 100 with a gasket 105 according to the present invention, applied on the profile 10 of a frame 1;

[0036] - FIGURE 4 shows a sectional view of a cover 100 with an insulation layer 104 and a gasket 105 according to the present invention, applied on the profile 10 of a frame 1;

[0037] - FIGURE 5 shows a planar sectional view of an asymmetric double leaf frame 1, on whose internal and external profiles 10 the covers 100 according to the present invention are applied;

[0038] - FIGURE 6 shows a side sectional view of a frame 1 mounted below the box of a roller shutter, on whose internal and external profiles 10 the covers 100 according to the present invention are applied;

[0039] - FIGURE 7 shows a side sectional view of a frame 1 in contact with the floor, on whose internal profiles 10 a cover 100 according to the present invention is mounted.

[0040] Detailed description of the invention

[0041] The present invention will now be illustrated as a merely non-limiting or non-binding example, with reference to the figures which illustrate several embodiments relative to the present inventive concept. LEIBO. / 44e2025

[0042] With reference to FIG. 1, a perspective view of a cover 100 according to the present invention is shown. In FIG. 1 as in the following description, the embodiment of the present invention is illustrated which at present is deemed to be the best.

[0043] According to the present invention, a cover 100 is attained which can be reversibly fitted onto a profile 10 of a frame 1. The cover 100 comprises:

[0044] - at least an attachment wing 101 located in at least an end of the cover 100; said attachment wing 101 being connected to the body of the cover 100 by means of an angle preferably comprised between 50° and 110° and still more preferably equal to 90°;

[0045] - at least a rib 102 suitable for resting against the surface of the profile 10, creating a plurality of interspaces 103 of known thickness. In FIG. 1 the interspaces 103 are shown with the height arrows that go from one rib 102 to the next, indicating that the interspaces 103 are spaces between the ribs 102. Said rib 102 ensures that the central body of the cover 100 is not deformed, generating a single interspace 103 with variable thickness. The rib 102 in fact provide a reaction constraint, by pressing against the profile 10, which opposes the action of the attachment wing 101 by placing said cover 100 in a condition in which its central body is situated at pre-established distances (equal to the projection of the ribs with respect to the central body). In various embodiments of the present invention, said ribs 102 can have a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cover 100 (one of which shown in FIG. 1), parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cover 100 (three of which shown in FIG. 1, parallel to each other) and / or tilted by any angle with respect to said longitudinal axis of the cover 100. Where by “longitudinal axis” of the cover 100 it is intended the line passing through the center of gravity of the section of the cover 100 and parallel to its direction of greater extension. In various embodiments of the present invention, said ribs 102 project from the surface of said cover 100 according to a direction tilted by any angle with respect to said surface but preferably comprised between 30° and 150° and still more preferably equal to 90°;

[0046] - at least an adaptation element 110-114 suitable for allowing said cover 100 to adapt to various sizes and shapes of profiles 10. LEIBO. / 44e2025

[0047] In several embodiments of the present invention like those shown in FIG. 1, said adaptation element 110 is a zone of the cover 100 made of elastic material capable of stretching and exerting an elastic recall force to return into an initial position. The elastic material of said zona (adaptation element 110) is, in several preferred embodiments of the present invention, an elastomer and / or rubber.

[0048] In other embodiments of the present invention like that shown in FIG. 2, said adaptation elements are two or more profiles 111, 112 which constitute the body of the cover 100 and that slide inside each other in a telescopic manner.

[0049] In several embodiments of the present invention like that shown in FIG. 2, said profiles 111,

[0050] 112 are connected and the respective telescopic sliding is adjustable by means of a tooth 113 (shown in enlarged detail on the lower left in FIG. 2) of a first profile 111 which slides within a second profile 112 fitting in openings 114 present on the surface of the second profile 112 facing the profile 10 of the frame 1 on which the cover 100 is applied. In this manner, by pressing on the tooth 113, the first profile 111 can be extracted from or retracted into said second profile 111, for a distance equal to that comprised between one opening 114 and the next. The tooth 113 in fact “snaps” (due to its geometry and rigidity of the material with which it is made) from the interior the second profile 112 in said openings 114 when it reaches them, thus providing a mechanical constraint of the sliding between the two profiles 111, 112. Specifically, in FIG. 2 it is observed that the tooth 113 is fitted in the first opening 114, thus obtaining the minimum exit of the profile 111 from the profile 112. The pressure of the tooth

[0051] 113 that projects from an opening 114 towards the interior of the cavity of the second profile 112 brings it back within the second profile 112, thus allowing the adjustment of the exit of the first profile 111 with respect to the second profile 112.

[0052] In other embodiments of the present invention, said profiles 111, 112 are connected by an elastic element inside said profiles 111, 112 that exerts an elastic recall force capable of bringing the profiles 111, 112 closer together.

[0053] With reference to FIG. 3, a sectional view of a cover 100 applied on the profile 10 of a frame 1 is shown, in which the ribs 102 which project from the internal part of the cover 100 and lie LEIBO. / 44e2025 against the profile 10 generate empty interspaces 103 which improve the thermal and acoustic performances of the frame 1, constituting further (with respect to those already present that are visible in the section of the profiles 10) chambers in which air circulates.

[0054] In several embodiments of the present invention like that shown in FIG. 4, the cover 100 further comprises a thermal and / or acoustic insulation layer 104 placed in one or more interspaces 103. Said thermal and / or acoustic insulation layer 104, in various embodiments of the present invention can be made of neoprene, of mineral wool, of glass wool, of expanded or extruded and / or of other materials.

[0055] In several embodiments of the present invention, the cover 100 has a hollow body and further comprises an electric circuit powered by an external electrical network and / or by an internal rechargeable battery; said electric circuit powers one or more sensors for measuring temperature, air quality, humidity, rain, impacts, accelerations, vibrations, for detecting smoke and / or for detecting the open or closed state of the frame 1; said sensors are integrated within the body of the cover 100 and are connected to at least a data storage and transmission unit. Said data storage and transmission unit is employed for sending the data for example in wired form, in wireless form exploiting technologies such as Bluetooth, LoRa, Wi-Fi or even 3G, 4G, 5G etc. (employing a SIM card).

[0056] The storage and transmission unit in several embodiments of the present invention can be connected to a central Processing Unit (CPU) for the data and to a display separated from the cover 100 or even integrated within the cover 100 so as to show said data updated in real time and to allow accessing various functions such as for example viewing the weather forecast, programming of detections for said sensors to make in specific periods, with the possibility of programming them on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis.

[0057] The storage and transmission unit can be further connected, in several embodiments of the invention, to a central Processing Unit (CPU) for the data and to one or more speakers adapted to provide sound indications relative to the data connected by the sensors and to also provide alert indications. One example of an alert indication is that which is generated by two synergistic detections, that of the sensors for detecting rain which detect the presence of rain LEIBO. / 44e2025 and, together, that of the sensors for detecting the state (open or closed) of the frame 1 which detect that the frame 1 is open; when these two conditions coexist, the CPU processes a sound alert that can be a sound, an alarm, music or even a robotic voice, which warns the user and which can suggest that he / she close the frame 1. Additionally, the alert indication can be triggered by the sensor for opening the frame 1 which detects a forced opening of the frame itself. Other sensors are employable and connectable to the electric circuit without however exiting from the protective scope of the present invention. In various embodiments of the present invention, the storage and transmission unit is connected with a home automation system. The storage and transmission unit, in order to preserve said data coming from said sensors, comprises one or more cloud memory and internal physical memory units.

[0058] In several embodiments of the present invention like those shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the cover 100 comprises a gasket 105 adapted be crushed between two covers 100 and / or between a cover 100 and a profile 10 of the frame 1. In FIGS. 3 and 4, the cover is mounted on a wing of the frame 1 and the gasket 105 is crushed between cover 100 of the wing and profile 10 of the fixed frame of the frame 1. In the event in which a cover 100 is mounted both on the fixed frame 1 and on the wing, the gasket 105 will be present on the part of the cover 100 of the wing that faces towards the fixed frame and / or will be mounted on the part of the cover 100 of the fixed frame that faces the wing; in all cases, the gasket 105 will be crushed between both the covers 100. In this manner the cover 100 also provides an additional degree of watertight seal, and seal against dust and air above all if it is applied to the profiles 10 of old frames 1 whose gaskets could be worn over time.

[0059] In several embodiments of the present invention, said ribs 102 and said attachment wings 101 comprise coatings suitable for absorbing the vibrations and protecting said profiles 10. Said coatings are preferably made of elastic material, rubber and / or another material such to allow the absorption of the vibrations as well as possible small relative movements between cover 100 and profiles 10 and such to render the fitting or the reversal of the fitting of the covers 100 on said profiles 10 silent as well.

[0060] In several embodiments of the present invention, the cover 100 further comprises at least a LEIBO. / 44e2025 fitting element and at least a seat in each end; a first cover 100 is reversibly fittable with a second cover 100 through the pressure of one end of the first cover 100 against one end of the second cover 100 where a fitting element of the first cover 100 is inserted in a seat of the second cover 100 and where a fitting element of the second cover 100 is inserted in a seat of the first cover 100. In this manner it is possible to compose cover 100 which cover the entire perimeter of a frame 1. In the case for example of the application of the covers on the wing, from the internal side of the frame 1, it is possible to dismount the handle, apply the covers 100 and proceed with the remounting of the handle itself, perforating the cover 100 if necessary.

[0061] With reference to FIG. 5, a sectional (top) plan view of a frame 1 is shown with asymmetric double leaf, on whose internal and external profiles 10 the covers 100 according to the present invention are applied. FIG. 5 shows that the cover 100 placed on the fixed profile 10 of the frame 1 has only one attachment wing 101 in one end and has a rib 102 that is wider than the others, in the opposite end. This cover 100 is thus attained in order to ensure that the closure of the frame 1 is not obstructed, by adding thicknesses between wing and fixed frame.

[0062] FIG. 6 shows a side sectional view of a frame 1 mounted below the box of a roller shutter, on whose internal and external profiles 10 the covers 100 according to the present invention are applied. FIG. 6 shows that the cover 100 mounted on the external profile 10 (to the right in FIG. 6) of the frame 1 has in the upper part an attachment wing 101 adapted both to form a rib 102 of abutment against the profile 10, and to have an external protective portion (to the right in FIG. 6) that ensure that the step which is composed by the attachment wing 101 cannot be in a zone where water, dust or dirt in general are deposited.

[0063] With reference to FIG. 7, a side sectional view of a frame 1 is contact with the floor is shown, on whose internal profiles 10 a cover 100 according to the present invention is mounted. One observes in FIG. 7 that the application of the cover 100 is possible without having to dismount the frame and is easily applicable on the wing, since there is space between profile 10 and floor for the insertion of the cover 100.

[0064] The arrows shown in FIGS. 5-7 are indicative of the sense of application and fitting of the LEIBO. / 44e2025 cover 100 on the profiles 10.

[0065] Finally, it is clear that modifications, additions or variations can be made to the invention described up to now that are obvious for a man skilled in the art, without departing from the protective scope that is provided by the enclosed claims.

Claims

LEIBO. / 44e2025Claims1. Cover (100) suitable for being reversibly fitted onto a profile (10) of a frame (1), characterized in that it comprises:- at least an attachment wing (101) located in at least an end of the cover (100); said attachment wing (101) being connected to the body of the cover (100) through an angle between 50° and 110°;- at least a rib (102) suitable for resting against the surface of the profile (10), creating a plurality of interspaces (103) of known thickness;- at least an adaptation element (110-114) suitable for allowing said cover (100) to adapt to various sizes and shapes of profiles (10).

2. Cover (100), according to the preceding claim 1, characterized in that said adaptation element (110) is an area of the cover (100) made of elastic material capable of stretching and exerting an elastic recall force to return to an initial position.

3. Cover (100), according to the preceding claim 1, characterized in that said adaptation elements are two or more profiles (111, 112) that make up the body of the cover (100) and that slide inside each other in a telescopic manner.

4. Cover (100), according to the previous claim 3, characterized in that said profiles (111, 112) are connected by an elastic element inside said profiles (111, 112) that exerts an elastic recall force capable of bringing the profiles (111, 112) closer together.

5. Cover (100), according to the preceding claim 3 or 4, characterized in that said profiles (111, 112) are connected and the respective telescopic sliding is adjustable by means of a tooth (113) of a first profile (111) which slides inside a second profile (112) fitting into openings (114) present on the surface of the second profile (112) facing the profile (10)LEIBO. / 44e2025 of the frame (1) on which the cover (100) is to be applied.

6. Cover (100), according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises a thermal and / or acoustic insulation layer (104) placed in one or more interspaces (103).

7. Cover (100), according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has a hollow body and further comprises an electric circuit powered by an external electrical network and / or by an internal rechargeable battery; said electrical circuit powers one or more sensors for measuring temperature, air quality, humidity, rain, impacts, accelerations and / or vibrations, for detecting smoke and / or for detecting the open or closed state of the frame (1); said sensors being integrated inside the body of the cover (100) and being connected to at least a data storage and transmission unit.

8. Cover (100), according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a gasket (105) suitable for being squeezed between two covers (100) and / or between a cover (100) and a profile (10) of the frame (1).

9. Cover (100), according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said ribs (102) and said attachment wings (101) comprise coatings suitable for absorbing vibrations and protecting said profiles (10).

10. Cover (100), according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises at least a fitting element and at least a seat at each end; a first cover (100) being reversibly fittable with a second cover (100) by pressing one end of the first cover (100) against one end of the second cover (100) and inserting a fitting element of the first cover (100) into a seat of the second cover (100) and an fitting element of the second cover (100) into a seat of the first cover (100).

Images