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US 4,307,551 AGranted
System for cladding building exteriors
AssigneePPG Industries, Inc.
InventorStephen L. Crandell
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Abstract
An exterior building cladding system has anchor and washer arrangements for securing horizontal furrings in spaced relation to one another and to the exterior of the building. Top hanger on inside surface of the panels is mounted on the horizontal furring and the bottom hanger of the top panels are joined to top hanger of adjacent bottom panel by a horizontal spline which mounts the horizontal furring. Side hangers of adjacent panel are joined together by a vertical spline.
Claims10
A panel for use in cladding systems comprising:
- a sheet having at least one major surface and four sides designated as a top side, a bottom side, a left side and a right side;
- a plurality of hangers each having a first side and a second opposite side;
- at least one of said hangers as viewed in cross-section has two opposed grooves at least a portion of each groove in the same plane between its first and second sides;
- at least one other of said hangers as viewed in cross-section has at least one groove between its first and second sides;
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- means for securing the first side of said hangers to said sheet with a hanger adjacent to each of the top side, the bottom side and the right and left sides, said hanger adjacent to the right and left sides terminates short of said hanger adjacent the top side.
3 more elements
A system for cladding exterior surface of a building, comprising:
- a plurality of panels each having a major surface and opposed sides designed as a top side and a bottom side;
- a hanger secured to each of said panels adjacent the top side to provide a top hanger, said top hanger as viewed in cross-section having an interior facing groove and an exterior facing groove;
- a hanger secured to each of said panels adjacent the bottom side to provide a bottom hanger, said bottom hanger as viewed in cross-section having an exterior facing groove;
- support means including a first upright and a second upright spaced from the first upright, the second upright of said support means insertable in the interior facing groove of said top hangar;
- spline means secured to the first upright of said support means and having a first leg insertable in exterior facing groove of said top hanger and a second leg insertable in exterior facing groove of said bottom hanger of adjacent top panel;
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- means for securing said support means to the building exterior.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.