Low leakage glazing system

A glazing system comprising:

• first and second sheets of glazing material having parallel adjacent edges;
• an elongated elastomeric gasket having a generally U-shaped transverse cross section bridging the gap between the adjacent edges of the sheets of glazing material, the edge of one leg of the gasket bearing against a face of the first sheet of glazing material and the edge of the other leg of the gasket bearing against the face of the second sheet of glazing material;
• and
• resilient means for maintaining the gasket in engagement with the faces of the sheets of glazing material wherein the system further comprises:
• a stud passing through the base of the U-shaped gasket;
• a compression ring surrounding the stud and bearing against the base of the gasket;
• and
• means for resiliently biasing the compression ring toward the base of the gasket.

A glazing system comprising:

• first and second sheets of glazing material having parallel adjacent edges;
• an elongated elastomeric gasket having a generally U-shaped transverse cross section bridging the gap between the adjacent edges of the sheets of glazing material, the edge of one leg of the gasket bearing against a face of the first sheet of glazing material and the edge of the other leg of the gasket bearing against the face of the second sheet of glazing material;
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• resilient means for maintaining the gasket in engagement with the faces of the sheets of glazing material wherein the first and second sheets of glazing material are in different planes and the base of the U-shaped gasket has a bend for extending in the directions of both sheets of glazing material.

A glazing system comprising:

• first and second sheets of glazing material having parallel adjacent edges;
• an elongated elastomeric gasket having a generally U-shaped transverse cross section bridging the gap between the adjacent edges of the sheets of glazing material, the edge of one leg of the gasket bearing against a face of the first sheet of glazing material and the edge of the other leg of the gasket bearing against the face of the second sheet of glazing material;
• and
• resilient means for maintaining the gasket in engagement with the faces of the sheets of glazing material wherein the means for maintaining the gasket in engagement with the face of a sheet of glazing material comprises:
• a clamping strip extending along the edge of the glazing material;
• a resilient pad between the clamping strip and the face of the glazing material;
• and
• spring means for biasing the clamping strip toward the resilient pad.

A glazing system comprising:

• first and second sheets of glazing material having parallel adjacent edges;
• an elongated elastomeric gasket having a generally U-shaped transverse cross section bridging the gap between the adjacent edges of the sheets of glazing material, the edge of one leg of the gasket bearing against a face of the first sheet of glazing material and the edge of the other leg of the gasket bearing against the face of the second sheet of glazing material;
• and
• resilient means for maintaining the gasket in engagement with the faces of the sheets of glazing material wherein the means for maintaining the gasket in engagement with the face of a sheet of glazing material comprises:
• a clamping strip extending along the edge of the glazing material;
• and
• a resilient pad between the clamping strip and the face of the glazing material wherein the end of each leg of the U-shaped cross section is half round for bearing on the face of the glazing material.

A glazing system comprising:

• first and second sheets of glazing material having parallel adjacent edges;
• an elongated elastomeric gasket having a generally U-shaped transverse cross section bridging the gap between the adjacent edges of the sheets of glazing material, the edge of one leg of the gasket bearing against a face of the first sheet of glazing material and the edge of the other leg of the gasket bearing against the face of the second sheet of glazing material;
• and wherein the system further comprises a node plate having a plurality of arms, each arm being aligned with a respective support bar;
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• a node gasket on the node plate and having a plurality of arms, each arm being bonded to a respective U-shaped gasket for forming a continuous gasket around the perimeter of each sheet of glazing material.

A glazing system comprising:

• a plurality of sheets of glass;
• a continuous elastomeric gasket bearing against one face of the glass around each sheet of glass for bridging and sealing the gap between adjacent sheets of glass;
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• means for resiliently biasing the glass and gasket together wherein the means for biasing comprises:
• a support bar on the side of the gasket opposite from the glass;
• a clamping strip extending along the support bar on the opposite side of the glass from the support bar;
• and
• spring means for biasing the clamping strip toward the glass,
• wherein the glazing system further comprises a resilient material between the clamping strip and each sheet of glass.

A glazing system comprising:

• a space frame comprising a plurality of frame members connected together to form a rigid reticulated frame;
• a plurality of sheets of glazing material in an array on a space frame with the joints between adjacent sheet overlying frame members of the space frame;
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• a continuous reticulated gasket bridging the gaps between adjacent sheets of glazing material in the array, the edges of the gasket each bearing against an inner face of respective sheets of glazing material for sealing each sheet of glazing material to the adjacent sheets of glazing material,
• wherein the gasket has a generally U-shaped transverse cross-section and each leg of the U bears against a different sheet of glazing material, and the end of each leg of the U-shaped cross-section is half round for bearing on the face of the glazing material;
• and
• means for resiliently biasing the sheets of glazing material toward the gasket;
• wherein the means for biasing further comprises:
• resilient pads;
• clamping members overlying the joints between adjacent sheets of glazing material and bearing on the resilient pads for in turn bearing on the outer face of the glazing material;
• a plurality of studs extending from the space frame through the gasket;
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• means for sealing the gasket around the studs and spring means on the studs for biasing the clamping members toward the glazing material.

A glazing system comprising:

• first and second sheets of glazing material having parallel adjacent edges;
• an elongated elastomeric gasket having a generally U-shaped transverse cross-section bridging the gap between the adjacent edges of the sheets of glazing material, the edge of one leg of the gasket bearing against a face of the first sheet of glazing material and the edge of the other leg of the gasket bearing against the face of the second sheet of glazing material;
• resilient means for maintaining the gasket in engagement with the faces of the sheets of glazing material;
• a support bar on the other side of the gasket from the glazing material;
• a stud extending from the support bar through the base of the gasket;
• a clamping strip on a stud;
• a resilient pad separating the clamping strip from glazing material;
• a first Belleville spring mounted on a stud and bearing on the clamping strip for biasing the clamping strip toward the glazing material;
• a spacer for fixing the location of the center of the first Belleville spring;
• a compression ring surrounding the stud and bearing against the base of the gasket;
• a second Belleville spring bearing on the compression ring for resiliently biasing the compression ring toward the base of the gasket;
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• a spacer sleeve around the stud for fixing a location of the center of the second Belleville spring.