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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
VKR Holding A/S, Søborg, DK;
Abstract
In a roof window with a frame structure and an openable, pane supporting sash structure, the top, bottom and side members ( ) of the frame and sash structures are for the major part made as wood profiles, which on the outwards facing sides are covered by covering members of weather-shielding material connected with the wood profiles by means of engagement and securing means. The covering members ( ) consist of an upper and a lower cap member ( ) on the frame and sash side members ( ) designed as flat, trough-shaped profiles with identical, substantially U-shaped profile cross section comprising an exterior wall ( ) and two low side walls ( ). The lower cap member ( ) has at its upper end a joggled connection member ( ) inserted under the lower end of the upper cap member ( ), said connection member having such a shape that the cap members ( ) in the closed position of the window are placed with their exterior walls ( ) and side walls ( ) in alignment with each other, and that the lower cap member ( ) when the window is opened may swing unimpededly outwards relative to the upper cap member ( ).