Exterior opaque hidden frame wall unit

摘要

Exterior opaque hidden frame wall units and systems combining facing plates and composite insulated panels in a pressure-equalized Airloop system, permitting an opaque hidden frame wall unit without the need for intermediate stiffeners for resisting wind load, without exterior aesthetic problems associated with composite insulated panels, without a separate interior wall, and without interior condensation problems. Also provided are exterior opaque hidden frame Airloop wall units and systems with the air seal being isolated from the water seal on an offset vertical plane and away from the interior surface of the facing plate.

主权项

1. A wall unit, comprising
an exterior facing plate, a frame member, a structural agent securing said exterior facing plate to the exterior of said frame member, a structural panel secured to said frame member by a glazing bead and a glazing material, wherein said exterior facing plate conceals said structural panel from view on an exterior side of said wall unit, an air seal sealing air on an interior side of said wall unit from air in an air space between said frame member and said structural panel, wherein said air space between said frame member and said structural panel is connected with an air space between said structural panel and said facing plate, and wherein said air space between said frame member and said structural panel is connected and pressure equalized with air on the exterior side of said wall unit.