Patent ID: 6640508
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: E04D,E06B,Y10S

Abstract:
A window component for use in a roof or skylight window installation, comprising a glazing element with external and internal major surfaces and a closed substantially polygonal perimeter composed of side edges forming angles with each other and a window frame engaging edge zones at said external major surface of the glazing element along all sides thereof, said window frame being made of a continuous single sheet of profile material having throughout the length of the profile material the same substantially L-shaped cross-section consisting of a first profile wall for engagement with said edge zones at said external major surface only of the glazing element and a second profile wall extending generally at substantially right angles to said first profile wall and having an internal side facing the side edges of the glazing element in substantial parallel relationship and with a relatively small clearance thereto, said first profile wall having a shallow trough-shaped cross section between the second profile wall and a first free edge forming a rest for the glazing element, said second profile wall providing at an external side thereof a transverse inwards recess extending in the longitudinal direction of the frame, said glazing element being permanently connected with said window frame solely by a strip of an adhesive compound interposed between each of said edge zones of the external major surface of the glazing element and the first profile wall of the window frame.