Structure and method for mounting curtain walls
OwnerJohn F. Steelinventor
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Abstract
A curtain wall construction and anchorage structure for cooperatively mounting the curtain wall to and between floor slabs of a building is disclosed. The curtain wall is molded as a unit to a frame carrying anchorage structure. The curtain wall facade may be in the form of a plain face, formed to provide a contour and may include doors and/or windows. Additional anchorage structure is carried by the floor slabs. These structures cooperate to provide that mounting of the curtain wall is carried out by hanging the same on the building. The edges of each curtain wall are formed to provide interlocking and sealing engagement with the adjoining edge of an adjacent curtain wall.
Claims17
A curtain wall for mounting between spaced floor slabs of a building each carrying upper and lower anchor elements to hangingly support said curtain wall to form a portion of the building outer shell, said curtain wall comprising:
- a. a rectangular body having an inner face and an outer face spaced therefrom;
- b. at least two anchor boxes each having a pocket and a wall including an entrance to said pocket;
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- c. frame means disposed between said faces of said body providing both structural stability to said body and a fixed mounting for said anchor boxes, at least one of said anchor boxes being disposed near the top of said body and at least one of said anchor boxes being disposed near the bottom of said body with each said anchor box disposed in cooperative relation with a respective one of said upper and one lower anchor elements on adjacent floor slabs, each said anchor box supported by said frame means with said entrance to said pocket substantially in the plane of said inner face, and each said anchor element adapted to be received through a respective one of said entrances to cooperate in said pocket for hanging mounting of said curtain wall on said anchor elements.
In combination:
- a. A building structure including
- 1. a plurality of spaced floor slabs, and
- 2. a plurality of upper and lower anchor elements carried at predetermined spaced locations on each floor slab;
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- b. a curtain wall for mounting between said spaced floor slabs to form a portion of the outer shell of said building including
- 1. a rectangular body having an inner face and an outer face spaced therefrom,
- 2. at least two anchor boxes each having a pocket and a wall including an entrance to said pocket, and
- 3. frame means disposed between said faces of said body providing both structural stability to said body and a fixed mounting for said anchor boxes, at least one of said anchor boxes being disposed near the top of said body and at least one of said anchor boxes being disposed near the bottom of said body with each said anchor box disposed in cooperative relation with a respective one of said upper and one lower anchor elements on adjacent floor slabs, each said anchor box supported by said frame means with said entrance to said pocket substantially in the plane of said inner face, and each said anchor element received through a respective one of said entrances to cooperate in said pocket for hanging mounting of said curtain wall on said anchor elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.