Curtain wall saddle bracket and clip assembly
AssigneeSpecified Technologies Inc.
InventorsJames P. Stahl, Jr., Paul Gandolfo, Julio Lopes
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Abstract
A bracket for securing insulation and/or a stiffener relative to a mullion or transom having a given width. The bracket includes a pair of legs extending from a bridge to define a receiving channel having a width equal to or smaller than the given width. At least one of the legs defines a first receiving slot configured to receive a clip leg of a respective clip configured to engage the insulation, and an optional second receiving slot configured to receive a face of the stiffener.
Claims19
A bracket for securing insulation relative to a mullion or transom having a given width, the bracket comprising:
- a pair of legs extending from a bridge having a width not smaller than the given width, the pair of legs defining a receiving channel having a width equal to or smaller than the given width;
- wherein at least one of the pair of legs defines a first receiving slot defined between a slot plate and the at least one leg, the first receiving slot configured to receive a clip leg of a respective clip configured to engage the insulation, the slot plate is aligned parallel to a major surface of the at least one leg and is supported in spaced relation to the major surface by a plurality of slot side walls which extend between the at least one leg and the slot plate;
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- wherein at least one of the pair of legs includes an outwardly extending flange.
A bracket for securing insulation relative to a mullion or transom having a given width, the bracket comprising:
- a pair of legs extending from a bridge having a width not smaller than the given width, the pair of legs defining a receiving channel having a width equal to or smaller than the given width;
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- at least one of the pair of legs further comprising a first receiving slot configured to receive a clip leg of a respective clip configured to engage the insulation, the first receiving slot defined by a slot plate supported in spaced relation to a surface of the at least one leg;
- wherein at least one of the pair of legs further includes an outwardly extending flange, the flange defining a second receiving slot formed by a portion of the flange that is cut and raised from a surface of the flange, wherein the second receiving slot is configured to receive a face plate of a stiffener.
An insulation retaining system comprising:
- a bracket for securing insulation relative to a mullion or transom having a given width, the bracket including:
- a pair of legs extending from a bridge having a width not smaller than the given width, the pair of legs defining a receiving channel having a width equal to or smaller than the given width;
- at least one of the pair of legs comprising a first receiving slot configured to receive a clip leg of a respective clip configured to engage the insulation, the first receiving slot defined by a slot plate supported in spaced relation to a surface of the at least one leg;
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- a clip, the clip including:
- a pair of clip legs extending from a clip bridge, at least one of the pair of clip legs including an inwardly extending projection configured to engage the slot plate once the clip leg has been extended through the first receiving slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.