The disclosure herein is directed to an architectural panel and, more particularly, to an architectural metal mesh panel assembled from a wire mesh and movable air flow flaps to provide the overall desired shading or privacy characteristics without a high wind loading.
Architectural meshes are generally used in commercial and business environments to provide elegant wall panels, doors and other surfaces whenever an aesthetic appearance of polish and prestige are of primary importance. Architectural mesh is also an excellent choice for high contact areas, such as the interior walls of elevator cabs, escalator walls, and sales and reception areas, because it is generally scratch, dent and corrosion resistant. As such, architectural mesh maintains a stunning appearance with minimal maintenance.
Woven into panels from brass, stainless steel, copper, and/or other desired metals or alloys, architectural mesh offers a richness of texture, pattern and color that cannot be duplicated by any other material. Architectural mesh can also be polished, finished and combined with different background colors to create a custom look and configuration. Depending upon the chosen weave, the interstices or apertures between the weft or fill wires and the warp wires may allow light to pass through the architectural mesh. Alternatively, if the weave is tight and the wires are more closely adjacent to one another, the passage of light through the mesh will be selectively prevented. However, in such a tightly woven mesh, the wind loading is also increased.
Accordingly, as the requirement for incorporating energy savings into building design increases, and hence the need for architecturally acceptable sun shading or privacy screening increases, it would be desirable to have available options for varying the aesthetic appearance of an architectural mesh product, and particularly with respect to its application as a sun or privacy screen, to vary the aesthetic appearance without a high wind loading.
The disclosure herein addresses the above concerns by providing an architectural panel comprising a mesh defining a plurality of openings and a plurality of flaps configured for attachment to the mesh within the plurality of openings, the flaps being movable to allow air flow through the openings. According to an exemplary embodiment, the flaps are connected to the mesh by a plurality of clips.
According to a further aspect of the disclosure, the mesh comprises a flat wire mesh including a plurality of U-shaped links and a plurality of connecting rods and the flaps are connected to the mesh by a plurality of clips, the clips being configured to engage the plurality of connecting rods.
These and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading the following detailed description, in conjunction with the appended drawings in which:
A portion of an architectural mesh panel in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure herein is shown generally in
Referring also to
According to further exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, the flaps can be made from a woven material as shown by flap 30′ in
In addition, the flaps can be made from a variety of materials such as metals and plastics, finishes, colors, and shapes as needed to achieve the desired aesthetic or functional purpose. The flaps can also be made with different patterns and installed to create large scale images on an architectural mesh panel. The flaps could also include a cut-out portion defining a predetermined pattern, or an embossed graphic or text.
The flaps can be utilized on any type of architectural mesh product having a plurality of open area recesses. Hence in addition to the flat wire style mesh described and shown above, the flaps 30, 30′, 30″ can be used on a mesh 100 formed by an exemplary embodiment of a cable rod mesh as shown in
While the disclosure here has been described with respect to a particular exemplary embodiments, this is by way of illustration for purposes of disclosure rather than to confine the invention to any specific arrangement as there are various alterations, changes, deviations, eliminations, substitutions, omissions and departures which may be made in the particular embodiment shown and described without departing from the scope of the claims.
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62466707 | Mar 2017 | US |