A sealing arrangement for a building structural assembly

Claim 2

A structural assembly comprising, a generally planar frame, a further structural element of the assembly being disposed adjacent at least one edge of said frame and sealing means arranged between said edge and said further element, the sealing means comprising a first sectional member of flexible material having opposed slots, one slot receiving said edge of the frame and the other slot receiving an edge of a panel for the frame, said first sectional member having a recess formed therein along one surface for receiving a filler strip, there being further provided a sectional auxiliary member of flexible material having a width greater than the depth of said one slot and over at least a part of said width, a thickness less than the width of said slot, said part of said auxiliary member being sandwiched in said one slot with said frame edge and extending from the slot to said further structural element and being deformed into contact with said further element, said part of the sectional auxiliary member received in said first slot including a longitudinal groove and said edge of the frame wedged in said first slot including a longitudinal keying element seated in said longitudinal groove for keying said sectional auxiliary member in said first slot, and a filler strip seated in said recess securing the edge of the frame and said part of said sectional auxiliary member in the first slot and securing the panel edge in the second slot, the arrangement being such that said edge of the panel and said edge of the frame together with said part of said sectional auxiliary member can be inserted freely into the opposed slots of said first sectional member and said filler strip can then be inserted in said recess, thereby to secure the parts inserted in said opposed slots.

Claim 3

A sealing arrangement according to claim 1 wherein a thickened portion is provided on the sectional auxiliary member in an intermediate region of its width, said thickened portion having opposed faces disposed adjacent and outside said first slot with one of said faces bearing against the first sectional member and the opposite of said faces of said thickened portion urged against a region of said frame edge contiguous with the first slot.

Claim 4

A sealing arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the sectional auxiliary member has a contact face in engagement with said further element, a longitudinal recess being provided on said face to form an interruption in the bearing interface between said face and said further element.

Claim 5

An assembly according to claim 1 wherein said extending end is engaged in a tongue-and-groove connection of said frame and element.

Claim 6

An assembly according to claim 4 wherein the auxiliary member is flexed between its secured ends to lie against the contigUous surface of the profile of the frame.

Claim 7

A structural assembly comprising, a generally planar frame, a further structural element of the assembly being disposed adjacent at least one edge of said frame and sealing means arranged between said edge and said further element, the sealing means comprising a first sectional member of flexible material having opposed slots, one slot receiving said edge of the frame and the other slot receiving an edge of a panel for the frame, said first sectional member having a recess formed therein along one surface for receiving a filler strip, there being further provided a sectional auxiliary member of flexible material having a width greater than the depth of said one slot and over at least a part of said width, a thickness less than the width of said slot, said part of said auxiliary member being sandwiched in said one slot with said frame edge and extending from the slot to said further structural element and being deformed into contact with said further element, said further structural element providing a surrounding aperture forming means within which said frame is located in a manner permitting relative displacement between the frame and the aperture structure parallel to the plane of the frame, said sectional auxiliary member extending from the outer periphery of the frame and into sealing contact against the inner peripheral region of the structural element aperture-forming means, and a filler strip seated in said recess securing the edge of the frame and said one part of said sectional auxiliary member in the first slot and securing the panel edge in the second slot, the arrangement being such that said edge of the panel and said edge of the frame together with said part of said sectional auxiliary member can be inserted freely into the opposed slots of said first sectional member and said filler strip can then be inserted in said recess, thereby to secure the parts inserted in said opposed slots.

Claim 8

A structural assembly comprising, a generally planar frame, a further structural element of the assembly being disposed adjacent at least one edge of said frame and sealing means arranged between said edge and said further element, the sealing means comprising a first sectional member of flexible material having opposed slots, one slot receiving said edge of the frame and the other slot receiving an edge of a panel for the frame, said first sectional member having a recess formed therein along one surface for receiving a filler strip, there being further provided a sectional auxiliary member of flexible material having a width greater than the depth of said one slot and over at least a part of said width, a thickness less than the width of said slot, said part of said auxiliary member being sandwiched in said one slot with said frame edge and extending from the slot to said further structural element and being deformed into contact with said further element, said further structural element providing a surrounding aperture forming means within which said frame is located in a manner permitting relative displacement between the frame and the aperture structure parallel to the plane of the frame, said sectional auxiliary member extending from the outer periphery of the frame and into sealing contact against the inner peripheral region of the structural element aperture-forming means, and a filler strip seated in said recess securing the edge of the frame and said one part of said sectional auxiliary member in the first slot and securing the panel edge in the second slot, the arrangement being such that said edge of the panel and said edge of the frame together with said part of said sectional auxiliary member can be inserted freely into the opposed slots of said first sectional member and said filler strip can then be inserted in said recess, thereby to secure the parts inserted in said opposed slots.

Claim 9

A structural assembly comprising, a generally planar frame, a further structural element of the assembly being disposed adjacent at least one edge of said frame, the adjoining regions of the frame and structural element carrying respective sealing means arranged between said edge and said further element, the sealing means each comprising a sectional member of flexible material having opposed slots receiving respective edges of the frame and of the edge portion of the structural element, said sectional members having adjacent slots of similar width, said sectional members each having a recess formed therein along one surface for receiving a filler strip, there being further provided for each of said opposed slots of said sectional members, a sectional auxiliary member of flexible material having over at least a part thereof, a thickness less than the width of its respective slot, said part of one of said auxiliary members being sandwiched in its respective slot with said frame edge and extending from the said slot to said further structural element and being deformed into contact with said further element, said part of the other of said auxiliary members being sandwiched in its respective slot with said structural element edge portion and being truncated and terminating substantially at the mouth of its slot, and a filler strip seated in the recess of each of said sectional members.

Claim 10

A structural assembly comprising, a generally planar frame, a further structural element of the assembly being disposed adjacent at least one edge of said frame, the adjoining regions of the frame and structural element carrying respective sealing means arranged between said edge and said further element, the sealing means each comprising a sectional member of flexible material having opposed slots receiving respective edges of the frame and of the edge portion of the structural element, said sectional members having adjacent slots of similar width, said sectional members each having a recess formed therein along one surface for receiving a filler strip, there being further provided for each of said opposed slots of said sectional members, a sectional auxiliary member of flexible material having over at least a part thereof, a thickness less than the width of its respective slot, said part of one of said auxiliary members being sandwiched in its respective slot with said frame edge and extending from the said slot to said further structural element and being deformed into contact with said further element, said part of the other of said auxiliary members being sandwiched in its respective slot with said structural element edge portion and being truncated and terminating substantially at the mouth of its slot, and a filler strip seated in the recess of each of said sectional members.