PANE DOOR FOR A PARTITION WALL

Field of the invention

[0001] The present invention relates to a pane door for a partition wall.

State of the art

[0002] In the office furnishing field, separating a common environment into a plurality of environments by means of partition walls is known. Such partition walls are often made with panes of transparent or translucent material, such as, for example, glass panes, in response to the need to allow a homogeneous and natural diffusion of lighting in such environments and to the need to provide an occupant of such environments with the feeling of being in spaces larger with respect to those actually available .

[0003] Such partition walls are required to also provide an appearance of structural lightness, while remaining solid and sturdy.

[0004] In this context, the need is also felt to provide an openable door to be associated with passages through such pane partition walls, in particular made of glass.

[0005] The need is felt that also the door is made with panes, preferably made of glass, and that the door also has a light and linear appearance, while maintaining the solidity required.

[0006] The need is therefore felt to provide a pane door, preferably made of transparent or frosted glass, having a frame structure of such door which is almost not visible, and which avoids protruding bulkiness, while maintaining the required structural solidity of the door itself.

Summary of the invention

[0007] It is the object of the present invention to devise and provide a pane door which allows to satisfy the aforesaid requirements and to obviate at least partially the drawbacks complained here above with reference to the background art .

[0008] In particular, it is the object of the present invention to provide a pane door having a frame structure of such door which is not very visible, and which avoids protruding bulkiness, while maintaining the required structural solidity of the door itself.

[0009] These and further objects and advantages are achieved by means of a pane door in accordance with the independent claim.

[0010] Further objects, solutions and advantages are shown in the embodiments described below and claimed in the dependent claims .

Brief description of the drawings [0011] The invention will be illustrated below with the description of some embodiments thereof, given by way of explanation and not by way of limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

[0012] - Figure 1 shows a front view of a partition wall comprising a door in accordance with the invention;

[0013] - Figure 2 shows a sectional view of the wall of

Figure 1, on a vertical section plane II orthogonal to the partition wall;

[0014] - Figure 3 shows a sectional view of the wall of

Figure 1 and of the door, on a vertical section plane III orthogonal to the partition wall and passing through the door;

[0015] - Figure 4 shows a sectional view of the wall of

Figure 1 and of the door, on a horizontal section plane IV passing through the door;

[0016] - Figure 5 shows an enlarged detail V of the sectional view of Figure 3, related to a top edge of the door in accordance with the invention;

[0017] - Figure 6 shows an enlarged detail VI of the sectional view of Figure 3, related to a bottom edge of a door in accordance with the invention;

[0018] - Figure 7 shows an enlarged detail VII of the sectional view of Figure 4, related to a right edge of a door in accordance with the invention; [0019] - Figure 8 shows an enlarged detail VIII of the sectional view of Figure 4, related to a left edge of a door in accordance with the invention.

Description of the preferred embodiments

[0020] With reference to the Figures, a pane door, in accordance with the invention, for a partition wall 100 is generally indicated with reference numeral 1.

[0021] The pane door 1 defines a door plane P-P lying on a main median extension plane of the door 1.

[0022] The door 1 comprises a front pane 11 which defines a front pane perimetric edge 1 comprising a plurality of sides 15, 16, 17, 18, a front pane outer surface 22, parallel to the door plane P-P and adapted to face the outside of the door 1.

[0023] Similarly, the door 1 comprises a rear pane 12 defining a rear pane perimetric edge 14 comprising a plurality of sides 19, 20, 21, 22, a rear pane outer surface 23, parallel to the door plane P-P and adapted to face the outside of the door 1, on the opposite side with respect to the front pane outer surface 22.

[0024] The door 1 further comprises a door frame 23 surrounding the front pane 11 and the rear pane 12 along the front pane perimetric edge 13 and the rear pane perimetric edge 14 respectively, engaging and holding the front pane 11 and the rear pane 12 parallel and spaced from each other.

[0025] The door frame 13 comprises at least one extruded profile element 24, 25, 26, 27 associated with a respective side of the plurality of sides 15, 16, 17, 18 of the front pane perimetric edge and with a respective side of the plurality of sides 19, 20, 21, 22 of the rear pane perimetric edge, parallel to said respective side 15, 16, 17, 18 of the front pane perimetric edge.

[0026] The at least one extruded profile element 24, 25,

26, 27 defines a longitudinal axis Li, L2, L3, L4 arranged along a main extrusion direction of the at least one extruded profile element 24, 25, 26, 27, a front side surface 28, 29, 30, 31, parallel to the front pane outer surface 22; a rear side surface 32, 33, 34, 35 parallel to the rear pane outer surface 23.

[0027] Furthermore, the at least one extruded profile element 24, 25, 26, 27 defines a front longitudinal channel 36, 37, 38, 39 parallel and close to the front side surface 28, 29, 30, 31, configured to receive and accommodate therein, by shape coupling, the aforesaid side 15, 16, 17, 18 of the front pane perimetric edge; and a rear longitudinal channel 40, 41, 42, 43 parallel and close to the rear side surface 32, 33, 34, 35, configured to receive and accommodate therein, by shape coupling said side 19, 20, 21, 22 of the rear pane perimetric edge.

[0028] At the aforesaid side 15, 16, 17, 18 of the front pane perimetric edge, the front pane 11 has a chamfering surface 44, 45, 46, 47 of the front pane outer surface

22, in which the front longitudinal channel 36, 37, 38,

39 has an channel inner side surface 48, 49, 50, 51 with a shape complementary to the chamfering surface 44, 45,

46, 47, and in which the front side surface 28, 29, 30,

31 of the extruded profile element is flush with, or coplanar to, the front pane outer surface 22.

[0029] Thereby, the frame structure does not protrude from the front and rear panes, thus giving the door a light and linear appearance.

[0030] In accordance with an embodiment, the chamfering surface 44, 45, 46, 47 of the front pane outer surface 22 is a plane surface inclined with respect to the front pane outer surface 22 according to a predetermined front chamfer angle a.

[0031] In accordance with an embodiment, the predetermined front chamfer angle is comprised between 3° and 45°, preferably between 5° and 20°, even more preferably 10°.

[0032] In accordance with an embodiment, such as, for example, shown in Figure 5, the front side surface 28,

29, 30, 31 extends over a height D1 measured according to a direction which is parallel to door plane P-P and orthogonal to the longitudinal axis LI, L2, L3, L4, having a value not greater than the value of the thickness SI of the front pane 11.

[0033] In accordance with an embodiment, such as, for example, shown in Figure 5, the channel inner side surface 48, 49, 50, 51 extends over a height H measured according to a direction which is parallel to the door plane P-P and orthogonal to the longitudinal axis Li, L2, L3, L4, having a value substantially equal to half of the value of the height D2 of the chamfering surface 44, 45, 46, 47 measured according the same direction which is parallel to the door plane P-P and orthogonal to the longitudinal axis Li, L2, L3, L4.

[0034] In accordance with an embodiment, at the aforesaid side 19, 20, 21, 22 of the rear pane perimetric edge, the rear pane 12 has a chamfering surface 52, 53, 54, 55 of the rear pane outer surface 23, and the rear longitudinal channel 40, 41, 42, 43 has an channel inner side surface 56, 57, 58, 59 with a shape complementary to said chamfering surface 52, 53, 54, 55, in which the rear side surface of the extruded profile element 32, 33, 34, 35 is flush with, or coplanar to the rear pane outer surface 23.

[0035] In accordance with an embodiment, the chamfering surface 52, 53, 54, 55 of the rear pane outer surface 23 is a plane surface inclined with respect to the rear pane outer surface 23 according to a predetermined rear chamfer angle b.

[0036] In accordance with an embodiment, the predetermined front chamfer angle is substantially equal to the predetermined rear chamfer angle b.

[0037] In accordance with an embodiment, the cross section transversal with respect to the longitudinal axis LI, L2, L3, L4 of the front longitudinal channel 36, 37, 38, 39 and of the rear longitudinal channel 40, 41, 42, 43 have specular shape with respect to the door plane P-P .

[0038] In accordance with an embodiment, at least one of the front pane 11 and rear pane 12, preferably both, is made of a fragile material selected from transparent glass or frosted glass or opaque glass; stone; marble; acrylic stone, or any combination thereof.

[0039] In accordance with an embodiment, the at least one extruded profile element 24, 25, 26, 27 is an extruded profile element made of aluminum or polymeric material.

[0040] In accordance with an embodiment, the door frame 13 comprises a plurality of extruded profile elements 24, 25, 26, 27, each associated with a respective side of the plurality of sides 15, 16, 17, 18 of the front pane perimetric edge and with a respective side of the plurality of sides 19, 20, 21, 22 of the rear pane perimetric edge, parallel to the aforesaid respective side 15, 16, 17, 18 of the front pane perimetric edge.

[0041] Those skilled in the art, in order to satisfy contingent needs, may modify and adapt the embodiments of the device described above, and replace elements with other functionally equivalent, without departing from the scope of the following claims. Each of the features described as belonging to a possible embodiment may be achieved independently from the other embodiments described.

[0042] Means and materials required to pursue the different functions described may be of different nature without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0043] Furthermore, the Figures may not necessarily be in scale .

[0044] All the features described herein may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features are mutually exclusive.