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US 3,938,291 AGranted
Glazing panel support system
OwnerHomer C. Criswellinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a glazing panel support system including an expansion zipper wedge which supports the gasket. The system includes mullions comprised of parallel plates with inwardly projecting legs which mate with grooves in the gasket. The mullion plates are internally interlocked to provide a mullion and gasket system wherein the expansion wedge and the mullion panel interlocking means are totally concealed.
Claims4
An interlocking mullion comprising
- a. a first plate having an inner surface and an outer surface, a leg extending from one end of the inner surface for mating with a support groove in a gasket, first and second parallel bosses extending from said inner surface and spaced from said leg, and an end face receiving means extending from said inner surface near the end opposite said leg;
- b. a second plate having an outer surface and an inner surface positioned adjacent and parallel with said first plate means, a leg extending from one end of the inner surface for mating with a support groove in a gasket, a lug extending from said inner surface and between said first and second bosses, and an end face receiving means extending from said inner surface near the end opposite said leg;
- c. stud means threadedly mounted in said first boss and mating with said lug to secure said first and second plates in a fixed relationship;
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- d. end face means mating with the ends of said first and second plates opposite said legs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.