U.S. patent application number 12/420189 was filed with the patent office on 2010-06-17 for compound glass bricks for a glass wall, and glass wall formed therewith.
Invention is credited to Gerhard SEELE.
Application Number | 20100146894 12/420189 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40514849 |
Filed Date | 2010-06-17 |
United States Patent
Application |
20100146894 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
SEELE; Gerhard |
June 17, 2010 |
COMPOUND GLASS BRICKS FOR A GLASS WALL, AND GLASS WALL FORMED
THEREWITH
Abstract
Compound glass brick for a glass wall, characterized in that the
compound glass brick is transparent (light-permeable) and comprises
an assembly of at least two or more plates which are stacked one on
another or next to one another are arranged with their plate
surfaces facing one another, and are connected to one another at
their plate surfaces by means of a force-transmitting adhesive
bonding means, with all of the plates and all of the
force-transmitting adhesive bonding means being composed of
transparent material and in each case being transparent, and with
at least the outer plates or all of the plates being glass plates,
the plate surfaces of which are smooth as glass.
Inventors: |
SEELE; Gerhard; (Neusaess,
DE) |
Correspondence
Address: |
OSTROLENK FABER GERB & SOFFEN
1180 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK
NY
100368403
US
|
Family ID: |
40514849 |
Appl. No.: |
12/420189 |
Filed: |
April 8, 2009 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
52/308 ;
52/309.3; 52/786.11 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04C 1/42 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
52/308 ;
52/786.11; 52/309.3 |
International
Class: |
E04C 1/42 20060101
E04C001/42; E04C 2/54 20060101 E04C002/54; E04C 2/20 20060101
E04C002/20 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Dec 11, 2008 |
DE |
20 2008 016 424.9 |
Claims
1. Compound glass brick for a glass wall, wherein the compound
glass brick is transparent (light-permeable) and comprises an
assembly of at least two or more plates which are stacked one on
another or next to one another, are arranged with their plate
surfaces facing one another and are connected to one another at
their plate surfaces by means of a force-transmitting adhesive
bonding means, with all of the plates and all of the
force-transmitting adhesive bonding means being composed of
transparent material and in each case being transparent, and with
at least the outer plates or all of the plates being glass plates,
the plate surfaces of which are smooth as glass.
2. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein at least one
of the glass plates, preferably all of the glass plates, is or are
opaque or preferably clear.
3. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive
bonding means between at least two plates, preferably between all
of the plates, is opaque or is preferably clear.
4. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein at least one
plate arranged between the outer plates is composed of plastic, and
in that said plate which is composed of plastic is preferably
transparent, and is either opaque or is preferably clear.
5. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein the plates
have mutually parallel plate surfaces and are planar or curved with
regard to their plate surfaces.
6. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein all of the
plates are arranged with their plate surfaces surface-parallel to
one another.
7. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive
bonding means is an adhesive.
8. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive
bonding means is a thermo adhesive (hot-melt adhesive) which is
adhesively bonded to the plates by the action of heat and
pressure.
9. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive
bonding means is in each case an adhesive bonding means which is
adhesively bonded to the plates by a laminating method, for example
is an adhesive film.
10. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein the plates
are designed in different colors.
11. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive
bonding means between at least two of the plates forms an adhesive
bonding layer, at least partial regions of which are colored or
printed.
12. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein at least one
of the plates which is arranged between two adjacent plates has an
end surface which is set back in relation to an end surface, which
points in the same direction, of adjacent plates and therefore a
channel is formed between the two adjacent plates, the base surface
of which channel is formed by the at least one plate lying in
between.
13. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein at least one
of the plates placed between the outer plates is provided on at
least one outer side with a depression into which an intermediate
component can be placed in such a manner that the intermediate
component can transmit loads from one compound glass brick to an
adjacent compound glass brick in a form-fitting manner as a type of
shearing-resistant toothing.
14. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein at least the
outer plates, preferably all of the plates, are composed of plate
glass.
15. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein an
emission-reducing, preferably a heat-insulating coating is provided
on at least one outer side of the compound glass brick.
16. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein a coating
which physically influences rays or beams, in particular UV rays,
radio beams, X-rays, radar beams and/or other, in particular
electromagnetic, rays or beams is provided on at least one of the
glass plates.
17. Compound glass brick according to claim 1, wherein at least one
of the glass surfaces is metal-coated.
18. Use of compound glass bricks according to claim 1 for forming a
glass wall or for forming a glass wall part of a wall.
19. Use according to claim 18, wherein the compound glass bricks
are adhesively bonded to one another in a force-fitting or
transmitting manner, or are adhesively bonded to one another in a
force-fitting or transmitting manner such that they can absorb
static loads.
20. Glass wall or glass wall part made of compound glass bricks
according to claim 1.
21. Glass wall or glass wall part made of compound glass bricks
according to claim 20, wherein an additional translucent glass pane
is provided in front of, preferably directly on, the glass wall.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to compound glass bricks for a glass
wall according to the precharacterizing clause of claim 1, the use
thereof for producing transparent glass walls or transparent glass
wall parts, and glass walls produced therewith and glass wall parts
produced therewith.
[0002] The known compound glass bricks for glass walls comprise
either two pressed-glass half shells which are melted together or
are monolithic solid glass blocks. They are produced in various
formats and various variants of color. They are generally optically
distorting by their structure and surface composition in such a
manner that, although they are light-permeable, they can be used
more or less only as a means of protecting from view.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The invention aims to solve the problem of designing
compound glass bricks in such a manner that they can firstly
transmit high forces and secondly provide new optical effects
enabling the fields of use of the compound glass bricks to be
expanded.
[0004] This problem is solved according to the invention by the
features of claim 1.
[0005] Further features of the invention are contained in the
dependent claims.
[0006] Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of compound
glass bricks according to the invention for forming glass walls or
for forming glass wall parts. In addition, the invention relates to
glass walls and glass wall parts produced from such compound glass
bricks.
[0007] According to the invention, the compound glass bricks are
produced from transparent plates. The transparent plates can be
composed of translucent plastic or else of mineral glass. The glass
plates are preferably blanks made of plate glass. Plate glass is a
glass which is produced by the "floating method". This method of
production enables glass with a very planar surface to be produced.
The view through said glass is comparable to normal window glass
and does not show the optical distortions known from cast glass or
pressed glass. By means of the use of plates with different
physical and optical properties, a wide variety of compound glass
bricks can be produced. The compound glass bricks can be used, for
example, as optical elements. Completely new appearances can be
produced in this case by means of the individual plates being
arranged differently, for example horizontally or vertically, by
plates of different colors being used or by coatings being used.
The compound glass bricks are produced by the individual plates
being connected to one another in a force-fitting or transmitting
manner, for example by means of an adhesive or of an adhesive film
producing an adhesive bond under pressure and heat, or by means of
a different laminating method such that the individual plates of
the compound glass brick can transmit forces relative to one
another. The end surfaces (borders, edges) of the glass plates are
finely ground or polished.
[0008] One or more or all of the glass plates of the compound glass
brick can be replaced by, for example, transparent plastic plates.
This enables the thermic values to be changed. It is also
conceivable to use a vacuum insulating pane in place of one of the
plates of the compound glass brick. This enables the insulation
value of the compound glass brick to be significantly
increased.
[0009] Further advantages are afforded on account of the large mass
of the compound glass brick. For example, a wall formed with
compound glass bricks of this type has enormously high protection
against burglary and being shot through.
[0010] The invention is described below using preferred embodiments
as examples and with reference to the attached drawings, in
which:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] FIG. 1 shows perspectively a rectangular compound glass
brick according to the invention,
[0012] FIG. 2 shows perspectively a rectilinear glass wall or a
rectilinear glass wall part with compound glass bricks according to
the invention which are placed with their end sides one on
another,
[0013] FIG. 3 shows perspectively a rectilinear glass wall or a
rectilinear glass wall part composed of compound glass bricks
according to the invention which are placed with their plate
surfaces one on another,
[0014] FIG. 4 shows two compound glass bricks according to the
invention which are arranged one above the other and are secured
against slipping by means of an intermediate layer and, as a
result, are connected to each other in a form-fitting manner in
order to transmit transverse forces,
[0015] FIG. 5 shows a longitudinal sectional view along the plane
V-V of FIG. 4 according to a first variant according to the
invention,
[0016] FIG. 6 shows a longitudinal sectional view along the plane
V-V of FIG. 4 according to a second variant according to the
invention,
[0017] FIG. 7 shows a longitudinal sectional view along the plane
V-V of FIG. 4 according to a third variant according to the
invention,
[0018] FIG. 8 shows a longitudinal sectional view along the plane
V-V of FIG. 4 according to a fourth variant according to the
invention,
[0019] FIG. 9 shows an individual plate of the compound glass
brick,
[0020] FIG. 10 shows perspectively a curved compound glass brick
according to the invention, the longitudinal end surfaces of which
run at right angles to the transverse end surfaces,
[0021] FIG. 11 shows perspectively part of a curved wall with
curved compound glass bricks 2 of FIG. 10,
[0022] FIG. 12 shows perspectively a further embodiment of a
compound glass brick according to the invention which is of
substantially trapezoidal design and has front and rear end
surfaces running in a curved manner, parallel to each other,
[0023] FIG. 13 shows perspectively a curved wall with compound
glass bricks 2 of FIG. 12,
[0024] FIG. 14 shows perspectively a further compound glass brick
according to the invention, in which a central plate is thicker
than outer plates, and
[0025] FIG. 15 shows two compound glass bricks 2 (2.1 and 2.2)
according to the invention which are arranged one above the other
and of which the two outer glass plates 3, but not at least one of
the inner glass plates 4, are connected to each other by an
adhesive 10 or a different adhesive bonding means.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0026] In the proposed and preferred embodiments of the invention
which are shown in particular in FIGS. 1 to 4, the compound glass
bricks 2 are produced from an assembly of a plurality of individual
flat glass plates 3 and 4. For this purpose, the glass plates 3 and
4 are connected to one another in a force-fitting or transmitting
manner. The peripheral end surfaces 23, 24, 25, 26 of the glass
plates 3 and 4 are finely ground or polished. This arrangement of
the glass plates 3 and 4 enables a completely new appearance to be
produced by reflection on the various end surfaces 23, 24, 25
and/or 26 (FIG. 9), plate surfaces 21 and/or 22 (FIG. 9) and edges
27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and/or 38 (FIG. 9). When
looking perpendicularly at the plate surface 21, 22 there is a
virtually undisturbed view through. If, by contrast, the plate
surfaces 21, 22 is looked at obliquely, completely different views
through are afforded by means of the different reflections at the
inner surfaces of the glass.
[0027] The compound glass bricks 2 can be installed in the wall in
two different layers, i.e. flat or on edge. The compound glass
bricks 2 can be installed in such a manner that the individual
glass plates 3 and 4 are arranged lying flat (FIG. 3). However, it
is also possible to install the compound glass bricks 2 into the
wall in such a manner that the glass plates 3 and 4 stand on edge
(FIG. 2).
[0028] The machining of the end surfaces 23, 24, 25 and 26 and
edges 27 to 38 of the glass plates 3 and 4 can take place either at
the individual glass plates 3 and 4 themselves before the assembly
is formed, or only after said glass plates 3, 4 are assembled to
form a complete compound glass brick 2. If the end surfaces 23, 24,
25, 26 and edges 27 to 38 are machined only after the compound
glass brick 2 is produced, then a completely smooth glass surface
is produced after the grinding and polishing. The end surfaces 23,
24, 25, 26 (borders) and/or the edges 27 to 38 of the composite
glass bricks 2 can be designed either to be very sharp-edged, or
they can be provided with a radius or with a large bevel.
[0029] The glass plates 3 and 4 are connected to one another or the
compound glass bricks 2 are connected to one another by means of
special adhesives 5 or 10. The adhesive 5 or 10 may be transparent,
black or else colored. Instead of the adhesive 5, by means of which
the glass plates 3 and 4 are connected to one another to form a
compound glass brick 2, the connection is also possible by means of
adhesively bonding films 6 or by means of special lamination
techniques.
[0030] According to the preferred embodiments of the invention, the
adhesive 5 or the other adhesive bonding means, for example film 6
or layer of laminate, by means of which the glass plates 3 and 4
are connected to one another in order to form the compound glass
brick 2, is a clear connecting means. However, according to another
embodiment, the connecting means may also be a light-permeable, but
opaque connecting means. Instead of clear or colorless, it may also
be colored, according to another embodiment. According to the
preferred embodiments of the invention, the adhesive bonding means
or the layer of laminate or the adhesive 5 between the glass plates
3 and 4 of the compound glass brick 2 is light-permeable, for
example opaque or preferably clear, although a light-impermeable
embodiment is also possible.
[0031] The adhesive 10 or another adhesive bonding means for
connecting compound glass bricks 2 to one another is preferably
likewise transparent (light-permeable), and is either opaque or is
preferably clear. It may be clear or light-impermeable.
Furthermore, it may be colored.
[0032] In a further refinement of the invention, the glass plates 3
and 4 of the compound glass bricks 2 can preferably be produced
from clear glass, matt glass or else from colored glass. The plates
may be composed of a different material instead of glass.
[0033] For example, one or more of the inner glass plates 4 of the
compound glass bricks 2 can be replaced by, for example,
transparent or other plastic plates. This enables the thermic
values to be changed.
[0034] The term "transparent" signifies in each case
light-permeable, and either opaque or preferably clear.
[0035] If greater static requirements are to be met, the glass
plates 3 and 4 can be provided in the region of their contact
surfaces with bores, milled-out portions or depressions 9.
Transparent or light-impermeable intermediate layers 11 can be
placed into said depressions 9 and can then transmit loads from one
compound glass brick 2 to the other as a type of shearing-resistant
toothing.
[0036] In FIG. 4, the two outer sides of the compound glass bricks
2 are respectively denoted by 7 and 8.
[0037] The intermediate layer 11 extends preferably into the
depressions 9 of two mutually adjacent compound glass bricks 2
which, in FIG. 4, are arranged one above the other and, in FIG. 4,
are additionally referred to by the reference numbers 2.1 and 2.2
to better distinguish each from the other. The intermediate layer
11 may be of a length such that it extends either only over part of
the length of the compound glass bricks 2, or over the entire
length of the compound glass bricks 2, or beyond the compound glass
bricks 2 on the one or other side.
[0038] The depression 9 is formed in each case in at least one of
the glass plates 4, which glass plate or glass plates is or are
arranged between the two outer glass plates 3 of the compound glass
brick 2 concerned. As already mentioned previously, at least one of
the inner glass plates 4 which is arranged between the outer glass
plates 3 can be replaced by a plastic plate.
[0039] The depressions 9 can be produced, for example, by milling
the inner glass plate 4 (or plastic plate) concerned after the
assembly of the compound glass brick 2 is formed, or by using a
glass plate 4 or plastic plate 4 which is smaller by the size of
the depression 9 than the adjacent glass plates 4 or 3.
[0040] FIG. 5 shows the two compound glass bricks 2 from FIG. 4 in
longitudinal section, with, according to a first variant of the
invention, the intermediate layer 11 not protruding at both of its
ends beyond the ends of the compound glass bricks 2, but rather
preferably being shorter.
[0041] FIG. 6 shows, in the longitudinal section V from FIG. 4, a
second variant of the invention, in which the intermediate layer 11
extends through a plurality of adjacent compound glass bricks 2
which are additionally referred to there by the reference numbers
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6.
[0042] FIG. 7 shows, in the longitudinal section V from FIG. 4, a
third variant of the invention, in which the intermediate layer 11
is designed as a tie rod by means of which the compound glass
bricks 2 (2.1-2.6) can be braced together.
[0043] FIG. 8 shows, in the longitudinal section V from FIG. 4, a
fourth variant of the invention, according to which the
intermediate layer 11 projects from both ends (or else only from
one end) of a glass wall formed by the compound glass bricks 2
(2.1-2.4) and is fastened to supports 16, 17.
[0044] There can be as many compound glass bricks 2 (2.1 to 2.4) in
the glass wall or in a glass wall part of a wall as desired.
[0045] In the literature, the individual parts of a plate are
frequently referred to by different terms. For the description of
the invention, the individual parts of the glass plates 3 and 4 or
plastic plates 4 are hereby defined, with reference to FIG. 9 of
the drawings, as follows: the plates 3 and 4 have mutually
parallel, for example plane-parallel, plate surfaces 21 and 22
which are connected to each other via end surfaces, for example via
longitudinal end surfaces 23 and 24 and transverse end surfaces 25
and 26. Edges, for example longitudinal edges 27, 28, 29 and 30,
and transverse edges 31, 32, 33 and 34, can be formed between the
end surfaces 23, 24, 25 and 26, on the one hand, and the plate
surfaces 21 and 22, on the other hand. The end surfaces 23, 24 25
and 26 can be connected to one another by corner surfaces, for
example by corner edges 35, 36, 37 and 38.
[0046] The glass plates 3 and 4 can be flat glass, the plate
surfaces 21 and 22 of which are arranged plane-parallel to each
other. According to a different embodiment, the glass plates 3 and
4 may also be curved and have correspondingly curved plate surfaces
21 and 22 which run plane-parallel to each other. The glass plates
can preferably be rectangular, the length of which, in particular
the longitudinal end surfaces 23, 24 of which, can be larger than,
the same size as or smaller than the width thereof, in particular
the transverse end surfaces 25 and 26 thereof.
[0047] The outer sides of the compound glass bricks 2, in
particular two mutually opposite outer sides of a compound glass
brick 2, can be profiled in an opposite manner with respect to each
other such that the profile of the one compound glass brick 2 fits
into the oppositely formed profile of the adjacent compound glass
brick 2. This enables slipping of the compound glass bricks to be
prevented. For example, the compound glass bricks 2 can have at
least one rib or at least one pin on one side and at least one
groove or at least one other depression, for example bore for
receiving the ribs or pins, on an opposite side with respect
thereto.
[0048] According to the preferred embodiments of the invention, the
compound glass bricks 2 are of rectangular design, as they are in
oblong or square form. However, other forms are also possible, as,
for example, the following figures show.
[0049] The compound glass brick 2 according to the invention which
is shown in FIG. 10 has curved plate surfaces 21 and 22 which run
parallel to each other. The longitudinal end surfaces 23 and 24
preferably run at right angles to the transverse end surfaces 25
and 26.
[0050] FIG. 11 shows a glass wall part formed with the curved
compound glass bricks from FIG. 10.
[0051] FIG. 12 shows a compound glass brick 2 according to the
invention which, looking at the mutually parallel plate surfaces 21
and 22, is substantially trapezoidal. The front and rear
longitudinal end surfaces 23 and 24 run in a curved manner parallel
to each other. The transverse end surfaces 25 and 26 each run
rectilinearly, but obliquely trapezoidally with respect to each
other.
[0052] FIG. 13 shows a curved glass wall part formed with the
compound glass bricks 2 from FIG. 12.
[0053] FIG. 14 shows perspectively a compound glass brick according
to the invention which comprises two outer glass plates 3 and, for
example, just one glass plate 4 arranged in between, with the glass
plate 4 which is arranged in between having a greater thickness
than the outer glass plates 3. Instead of a glass plate 4 arranged
in between, use could also be made of a plastic plate 4 which is
arranged in between.
[0054] The compound glass bricks 2 are adhesively bonded to one
another either over their full surface or else only in partial
surface regions. The size of the adhesive surfaces is to be
designed in accordance with the demands imposed on the glass
wall.
[0055] In the case of wide (thick) glass walls, the compound glass
bricks are preferably adhesively bonded to one another only in
their outer regions. In order to ensure an adhesive bond only in
the outer regions, the central region of the compound glass bricks
can be provided with a separating band 50 or 52, as FIG. 15 shows,
for example before the compound glass bricks are fitted together.
Such a separating band 50 or 52 preferably has the same color or is
preferably colorless and light-impermeable or preferably
light-permeable, and either opaque or preferably clear, in the same
manner as the adhesive 10 which is arranged between the two
compound glass bricks 2 (2.1 and 2.2) which are adhesively bonded
to each other. This enables individual compound glass bricks from
the glass wall to be interchanged by severing the adhesive 10 from
the adhesive joint 54 which is formed between the two compound
glass bricks 2 (2.1 and 2.2) which are connected to each other. The
adhesive joint 54 therefore has a minimum size in width. The
adhesive 10 can be cut out on both sides of the adhesive joint 54
by a cutting tool or grinding tool which is somewhat narrower than
the adhesive joint 54. As mentioned above, a separating band 50 or
52 which separates the compound glass brick 2 (2.1 or 2.2) in
question from the adhesive 10 can be provided in the central region
of particularly wide compound glass bricks. After the adhesive 10
has been cut out or ground out of the adhesive joint 54, the
compound glass brick 2 (2.1 or 2.2) can be pushed out to the front
or to the rear (to the inside or to the outside). The remaining
adhesive surfaces of the glass wall can subsequently be cleaned,
after which a new compound glass brick can be pushed in again in
place of the removed compound glass brick 2 and can be adhesively
bonded.
[0056] The invention therefore relates in general to a compound
glass brick 2 for a glass wall, which compound glass brick is
transparent (light-permeable), preferably in all directions, and
comprises an assembly of at least two or more plates 3, 4 which are
stacked one on another or next to one another, are arranged with
their plate surfaces 21, 22 facing one another and are connected to
one another at their plate surfaces 21, 22 by means of a
force-transmitting adhesive bonding means 5, 6, with all of the
plates 21, 22 and all of the force-transmitting adhesive bonding
means 5, 6 preferably being composed of transparent
(light-permeable) material and preferably in each case being
transparent, and with at least the outer plates 3 or all of the
plates 3, 4 being plates, preferably glass plates, the plate
surfaces 21, 22 of which are as smooth as glass.
[0057] Particular embodiments of the invention are described
below.
[0058] Preferably at least one of the glass plates 3, 4, preferably
all of the glass plates 3, 4, is or are opaque or preferably
clear.
[0059] The adhesive bonding means 5, 6 between at least two plates,
preferably between all of the plates, can be opaque or preferably
clear.
[0060] At least one plate 4 arranged between the outer plates 3 can
be composed of plastic, with said plate 4 which is composed of
plastic preferably being transparent, and either being opaque or
preferably being clear.
[0061] The plates preferably have mutually parallel plate surfaces
21, 22 and, as regards their plate surfaces 21, 22, are planar or
curved in a plane-parallel manner.
[0062] All of the plates 3, 4 are preferably arranged with their
plate surfaces 21, 22 surface-parallel to one another.
[0063] The adhesive bonding means can be an adhesive 5.
[0064] The adhesive bonding means 5 can be a thermo-adhesive
(hot-melt adhesive) which is adhesively bonded to the plates by the
action of heat or pressure.
[0065] The adhesive bonding means can be an adhesive bonding means
which is adhesively bonded to the plates 3, 4 by a laminating
method, for example can be an adhesive film 6. The plates 3, 4 can
be designed such that they are colorless, clear and/or in different
colors.
[0066] The adhesive bonding means 5, 6 between at least two of the
plates can form an adhesive bonding layer, at least partial regions
of which are colored or printed.
[0067] At least one of the plates 4 which is arranged between two
adjacent plates 3, 4 can have an end surface 23, 24, 25, 26 which
is set back in relation to an end surface 23, 24, 25, 26, which
points in the same direction, of adjacent plates 4 and therefore a
channel 9 is formed between the two adjacent plates 4, the base
surface of which channel is formed by the at least one plate 4
lying in between.
[0068] At least one of the plates 4 placed between the outer plates
3 can be provided on at least one outer side 23, 24, 25, 26 with a
depression 9 into which an intermediate component 11 can be placed
in such a manner that the intermediate component can transmit loads
from one compound glass brick to an adjacent compound glass brick
in a form-fitting manner as a type of shearing-resistant
toothing.
[0069] At least the outer plates 3, preferably all of the plates 3,
4, are preferably composed of plate glass.
[0070] An emission-reducing, in particular a heat-insulating,
coating can be provided on at least one outer side of the compound
glass brick 2.
[0071] A coating which physically influences rays or beams, in
particular UV rays, radio beams, X-rays, radar beams and/or other,
in particular electromagnetic, rays or beams can be provided on at
least one of the glass plates 3, 4.
[0072] According to a particular embodiment of the invention, at
least one of the glass surfaces is metal-coated.
[0073] Furthermore, the invention also relates to the use of
compound glass bricks 2 according to the invention for forming a
glass wall 1 or for forming a glass wall part 1 of a wall. The
compound glass bricks 2 can be adhesively bonded to one another in
a force-fitting or transmitting manner, or can be adhesively bonded
to one another in a force-fitting or transmitting manner such that
they can absorb static loads.
[0074] In addition, the invention also relates to a glass wall 1
and glass wall parts 1 made of compound glass bricks 2 according to
the invention. According to a preferred embodiment of the
invention, an additional translucent glass pane is provided in
front of, preferably directly on, the glass wall. Said glass pane
can serve, for example, as protection against heat or as protection
against the weather or for decoration.
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