Patent ID: 7637063

Claim:
A double-glazed thermoinsulated external wall, particularly for windows or the facade of buildings, the wall comprising: a glass outer pane having a glass outer pane surface facing an external environment of a building, said glass outer pane surface defining a first hole located in a top portion of said glass outer pane, said first hole defining an air outlet aperture; a glass inner pane having a glass inner pane surface facing an internal environment of the building, said glass inner pane surface defining a second hole located in a top portion of said glass inner pane, said air outlet aperture being opposite said second hole, said glass inner pane being located parallel to said glass outer pane; a space defined between said glass inner pane and said glass outer pane; a lower horizontal bar positioned at a bottom portion of said glass inner pane, said lower horizontal bar defining a horizontally elongated slit, said horizontally elongated slit defining an air intake aperture; a forced air circulation unit, said forced air circulation unit forcing air from said internal environment of the building through said air intake aperture toward the external environment of the building via said air outlet aperture such that air moves through said space, said forced air circulation unit comprising a fan with a substantially horizontal axis and an electrical supply means for supplying power to said fan; a support element, said second hole receiving said support such that said support is fixed in said second hole, said support element supporting said fan, said outlet aperture being circular, said second hole being circular, said outlet aperture being coaxial with said second hole, said outlet aperture and said second hole having substantially the same diameter, said horizontal bar defining a plurality of bar holes, one bar hole being substantially horizontally aligned with another bar hole, each bar hole being in communication with said space defined between said inner glass pane and said outer glass pane, said support element comprising a disk and a ring gasket, said second hole receiving said disk and said ring gasket such that said ring gasket is in contact with said disk, whereby said ring gasket seals said second hole, said disk having a disk surface facing said space defined by said glass outer pane and said glass inner pane, said disk surface defining four blind threaded holes arranged in a square arrangement.