Curtain wall and drainage cavity for curtain wall unit
AssigneePermasteelisa North America Corp.
InventorsMichele Marzotto, Derick Jason Koprek
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Abstract
An end seal member, which includes a contacting surface including a drainage cavity along the contacting surface. The end seal member also includes a seal material body including a central body protrusion projecting in a horizontal direction substantially orthogonal to the seal material body from an opposite face of the contacting surface. The end seal member also includes a first and second extending elements extending upward from the seal material body and a reinforcing metal plate within the seal material body. The contacting surface is substantially flat.
Claims20
An end seal member for a curtain wall unit, the end seal member comprising:
- a contacting surface including a drainage cavity along the contacting surface;
- a seal material body including a central body protrusion projecting in a horizontal direction substantially orthogonal to the seal material body from an opposite face of the contacting surface;
- a first extending element extending upward from the seal material body;
- a second extending element extending upward from the seal material body;
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- a reinforcing metal plate within the seal material body.
A curtain wall comprising:
- a first lower curtain wall unit including an end seal member located at a mating face of the first lower curtain wall unit;
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- the end seal member comprising:
- a contacting surface including a drainage cavity along the contacting surface;
- a seal material body including a central body protrusion projecting in a horizontal direction substantially orthogonal to the seal material body from an opposite face of the contacting surface;
- a first extending element extending upward from the seal material body;
- a second extending element extending upward from the seal material body;
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- a reinforcing metal plate within the seal material body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.