Insulating glazed element
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional insulating glass elements for refrigerated enclosure furniture face challenges in achieving optimal thermal insulation while maintaining a wide opening and minimizing energy consumption, as they often require robust frames that compromise on spatial and visual clarity due to their bulkiness and inefficiency in thermal performance.
Innovation Solution
The design features an insulating glass element with a mobile support devoid of lateral crosspieces, utilizing an intermediate frame composed of transparent vertical and horizontal spacers with distinct compartments, which allows for direct connection to the movable support, enhancing thermal insulation and mechanical rigidity while maintaining transparency and reducing the need for a complete frame.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If robust frames are used to support multiple glazing, then mechanical strength is improved, but spatial bulk and visual clarity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the complete surrounding frame from conventional multiple glazing systems, extracting only the essential support function. The intermediate frame is eliminated in favor of direct articulation of the mobile support to the fixed support, leaving only the necessary horizontal spacers to maintain glass sheet spacing. This extraction of unnecessary structural elements reduces spatial bulk while preserving mechanical strength through the articulated support system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the frame structure into minimal essential components: fixed support, mobile support, and horizontal spacers. By dividing the support system into these discrete functional segments rather than using a continuous robust frame, the design achieves mechanical strength where needed while minimizing spatial bulk in non-structural areas, thereby improving visual clarity.
2Stability of the object's composition
If complete frames are used to support insulating glazing, then mechanical stability is improved, but thermal insulation performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complete surrounding frame from the glazing system, removing the thermal bridges that would conduct heat between the interior and exterior environments. By eliminating the continuous frame structure and retaining only the minimal intermediate elements necessary for glass sheet spacing, the design reduces thermal conduction paths while maintaining mechanical stability through the articulated support mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces air gaps and insulating gas-filled spaces as intermediary elements between the glass sheets and supports. These intermediary spaces act as thermal barriers, reducing heat transfer while the fixed and mobile supports provide the necessary mechanical stability. The horizontal spacers serve as intermediaries to maintain spacing without creating continuous thermal conduction paths.
3Strength
If conventional frames with side rails are used, then structural support is improved, but product visibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the side rails and complete surrounding frame from the glazing system, extracting only the essential support function. This elimination of visual obstructions allows unobstructed views of products through the glass surfaces, while the fixed support and mobile support with horizontal spacers provide the necessary structural support without compromising visibility.
4Strength
If robust frames are used, then mechanical role is performed well, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complete frame structure down to its essential components: fixed support, mobile support, and horizontal spacers. By removing unnecessary frame elements and intermediate structures, the design simplifies the overall device complexity while the articulated support system and spacers maintain the necessary mechanical role for supporting the insulating glazing.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration provides improved thermal insulation, reduced energy consumption, and increased transparency, allowing for better product visibility without the visual obstruction of side rails, while maintaining structural integrity and ease of manufacturing.
Implementation Method 1
at least one internal space comprising a blade of an insulating gas
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to an insulating glazed element (200) comprising at least one insulating glazing unit (100) comprising at least a first (10) and a second (11) glass sheets associated together by way of an intermediate frame (50) that keeps them a certain distance from each other. According to the invention, said intermediate frame (50) is composed of at least two horizontal spacers (26) and at least two vertical spacers (25), which are transparent. The horizontal spacers (26) are composed of at least two compartments (12) and (17), which are separate and contiguous.