Insulating Glazing Spacer with Protruding Ventilation Segment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing insulating glass arrangements face challenges in guiding and connecting components like cables and lighting within the intermediate space between surface elements without additional guidance, and they are costly and difficult to ventilate effectively.
Innovation Solution
The arrangement includes a segment connected to the spacer that protrudes into the intermediate space, forming a spatially separate area for accommodating components, which acts as a guide, protective housing, and potential ventilation duct, improving thermal insulation and soundproofing by adding additional transparent surface elements and optimizing spacer design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If components are introduced into the intermediate space without further guidance, then the structure remains simple, but the cost of introducing and connecting components increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The spacer is divided into a base portion and a protruding segment, creating a structured guide channel within the intermediate space. This segmentation provides predefined pathways for component routing, reducing installation complexity and cost while maintaining overall structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The protruding segment acts as an intermediary structure that facilitates the introduction and connection of components. It serves as a mediator between the exterior environment and the intermediate space, providing guided pathways that simplify component installation without requiring complex external guidance systems.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional spacers are used, then manufacturing is simple, but ventilating the intermediate space becomes difficult and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The protruding segment serves multiple functions: it guides components, provides structural support, and creates ventilation channels. By integrating these functions into a single structural element, the spacer remains simple to manufacture while enabling effective ventilation of the intermediate space through its inherent geometry.
3Ease of operation
If lighting means are merely attached to the spacer, then installation is simple, but the light yield and protection from weather effects are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting means are nested within the protruding segment, which is itself part of the spacer structure. This nesting arrangement provides protective housing for the lighting components against weather effects while maintaining relatively simple installation procedures. The protruding segment acts as a protective enclosure that integrates with the overall spacer design.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an arrangement (100) of flat transparent elements (1, 2, 3, 4), in particular an arrangement consisting of a first flat transparent element (1) and a second flat transparent element (2) which is arranged in a plane-parallel manner with respect to the first flat element (1) and which is spaced from the first flat element (1) via a spacer (5) such that an intermediate space (10) which is delimited by the first and second flat element and by the spacer is formed. The arrangement (100) according to the invention further has at least one segment (6, 16) that is connected to the spacer (5) for receiving lines (7) and/or lighting means and/or for ventilating and/or exhausting the intermediate space. Said at least one segment (6, 16) that is connected to the spacer (5) projects into the intermediate space (10) of the flat transparent elements (1, 2) such that at least one physically separate region (11a, 11b) is formed for receiving said components.