Settable fitting allowing the fixation of facade lining outer panel boards

A device for vertically aligning facade panel boards in superposed substantially coplanar relation to one another and for holding the aligned boards in position at a desired distance from a vertical wall, comprising a substantially U-shaped member having a pair of legs that are interconnected to one another by an intervening leg, means for attaching said member to a wall surface with said pair of legs adapted to extend horizontally away from said wall and with said intervening leg adapted to extend generally parallel to and spaced outwardly from said wall surface, said intervening leg having a circular aperture therein, an internally threaded retaining element rotatably mounted in said aperture, an elongated externally threaded rod in threaded engagement with the internal threads of said retaining element, said rod extending in a generally horizontal direction when said device is attached to a wall, adjustment means for selectively rotating said threaded retaining element to move said elongated rod in nonrotational translation between said pair of legs, a pin at a remote end of said rod, said pin being oriented in a direction generally parallel to said wall surface when said device is attached to a wall and having portions that extend above and below said remote end of said rod, said portions of said pin being adapted respectively to engage recesses in a pair of facade panel boards that are to be vertically aligned with one another at positions relative to said wall surface determined by rotation of said threaded retaining element, and means for thereafter locking said retaining element against rotation to maintain said rod and pin at adjusted fixed positions relative to said wall surface.