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US 2011/0214385 A1Published application
Integrated curtain wall and wireway distribution system
OwnerAnne Elliott MERICAinventor
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Abstract
A curtain wall including an extruded aluminum sill having a first channel for receiving a glazed panel, a sill anchor/access portion for securing the sill to a poured concrete slab or slab wall, and toward the interior side of the sill, a wireway is defined in part by the sill and in part by a wireway cover for concealing power and/or data/telecommunication cables. The wireway cover may also include outlet devices or plugs arranged in a longitudinally spaced relationship.
Claims9
A method for installing a curtain wall structure comprising:
- providing a sill member comprising a channel section for receiving a glazed wall panel therewithin, an anchoring section spaced inwardly of and immediately adjacent to the channel section, said anchoring section including at least one opening for receiving means for securing the sill member to a concrete slab;
- and an enclosed wireway for power and/or data/telecommunication cables separate and distinct from the anchoring section, disposed inwardly of both the channel section and the anchoring section, and integrated therewith;
- inserting means for securing the sill member into the at least one opening of the anchoring section and thereby securing the sill member to the concrete slab;
- arranging power and/or data/telecommunication cables within the enclosed wireway;
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- arranging a glazed wall panel within the channel section.
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A method for installing a curtain wall structure comprising:
- providing a sill member comprising a channel section for receiving a glazed wall panel therewithin, an anchoring section spaced inwardly of and immediately adjacent to the channel section, said anchoring section including at least one opening for receiving means for securing the sill member to a concrete slab;
- and an enclosed wireway for power and/or data/telecommunication cables separate and distinct from the anchoring section, disposed inwardly of both the channel section and the anchoring section, and integrated therewith;
- inserting means for securing the sill member into the at least one opening of the anchoring section and thereby securing the sill member to the concrete slab;
- and
- arranging a glazed wall panel within the channel section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.