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Architectural building panel
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Inventors: Glover, Michael; Field, Stephen;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Friedman; Carl D.
Assistant Examiner: Nguyen; Chi Q.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
An architectural building panel comprises a sealed glazing unit having at least two spaced apart parallel glazing sheets which define a cavity closed by a peripheral seal. Opaque strip elements on the building panel provide the appearance of window frames surrounding transparent glass areas, with regions of the panel outside these frames being provided with surface area patterns that simulate the appearance of conventional building materials such as brick or the like. The building panel can be used in any convenient size, and may be of a size to extend between structural floors of a building so that a curtain wall for the building can be composed of exteriors of such building panels. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The invention provides an architectural building panel in the form of a sealed glazed unit comprising: at least two spaced apart parallel coextensive glazing sheets; peripheral seals extending continuously between edges of the glazing sheets to define an insulating cavity between adjacent glazing sheets.
Each of the glazing sheets has a transparent area, wherein the transparent areas of respective sheets are in alignment to define a window region, and also has surface area patterns on part of at least two surfaces of the glazing sheets.
Opaque strip elements are located on surfaces of two of the glazing sheets, with the opaque strip elements surrounding the transparent area of an associated one of the glazing sheets, and wherein strip elements on different surfaces are in mutually aligned registration with each other and have a width extending parallel to the glazing sheet surfaces that is sufficient to create a visual illusion of a solid member within a cavity.
The combination of the transparent areas and the surface area patterns simulates the appearance of a window incorporated within a building wall.
Between a window region and peripheries of the panel, the surface area patterns on the two glazing sheets preferably comprise overlapping patterns that collectively simulate the appearance of a traditional building material, with exterior glazing sheet patterns including transparent areas and adjacent interior glazing sheet patterns registering at least partially with the transparent areas of the exterior glazing sheet patterns.
The sealed glazed unit consists of two or three glazing sheets that define one or two glazing cavities that are preferably filled with argon gas for improved energy efficiency.
Also to provide for improved energy efficiency, a low-e coating is preferably incorporated on at least one surface of the glazing cavities.
Strip patterns may preferably define window frames surrounding the transparent area, and around the frames surface area patterns may be designed to simulate almost any kind of surface finish, and in particular the appearance of traditional building materials such as bricks, stone, granite, marble and clay tile, and the like, including mortar joints and the like
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