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US 2005/0055941 A1Published application
Connector element for a glazed support bar construction
AssigneeDorma GmbH + Co. KG
InventorThomas Vogler
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Abstract
A connector element for a post and beam construction having load-bearing glass components consisting of load-bearing glass posts and load-bearing glass beams, the connector element including a first fitting fitted to a first load-bearing glass component; a second fitting fitted to a second load-bearing glass component; and a glass load-transmitting element located between the first fitting and the second fitting.
Claims16
1-16:
- (cancelled).
17:
- A connector element for a post and beam construction having load-bearing glass components consisting of load-bearing glass posts and load-bearing glass beams, the connector element comprising:
- a first fitting fitted to a first load-bearing glass component;
- a second fitting fitted to a second load-bearing glass component;
- and
- a glass load transmitting-element located between the first fitting and the second fitting.
2 more elements
18:
- A connector element as in claim 17 wherein the glass load transmitting element has one of a cylindrical and an elliptical shape.
19:
- A connector element as in claim 17 wherein the load transmitting element has a thickness which is the same as the thickness of the glass components to which the fittings are fitted.
20:
- A connector element as in claim 17 wherein said fittings are spaced apart by a gap.
21:
- A connector element as in claim 17 wherein the load-transmitting element is made of rolled glass.
22:
- A connector element as in claim 17 wherein the fittings are made of a noble metal.
23:
- A connector element as in 17 wherein each of said fittings has an arched section with an arcuate shape which is received in a correspondingly shaped recess in the respective glass component.
24:
- A connector element as in claim 17 further comprising a glass protector located between each said fitting and the respective glass component.
25:
- A connector element as in claim 24 wherein each said glass protector is made as a three-part component.
26:
- A connector element as in claim 17 further comprising a pair of cap-like glass protectors located between the load transmitting-element and respective said first and second fittings.
27:
- A connector element as in claim 26 wherein each said protector is made of plastic or silicone.
28:
- A post and beam construction comprising:
- a first load-bearing glass component consisting of a load-bearing glass post;
- a second load-bearing glass component consisting of a load-bearing glass beam;
- and
- a connector element comprising a first fitting fitted to the first load-bearing glass component;
- a second fitting fitted to the second load-bearing glass component;
- and a glass load-transmitting element located between the first fitting and the second fitting.
4 more elements
29:
- A post and beam construction as in claim 28 wherein the load-bearing components are made of at least one of laminated safety glass, pre-stressed glass and single-pane safety glass.
30:
- A post and beam construction as in claim 28 wherein the load-bearing glass beam has lateral stabilizers.
31:
- A post and beam construction as in claim 28 wherein the connector element is a movable bearing.