Curtain wall clip
AssigneeSwartz & Kulpa, Structural Design and Engineering
InventorsAllan J. Swartz, Gregory A. Kulpa
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Abstract
A curtain wall clip for coupling a curtain wall framing structure to the floor structure or load bearing structure of a building is disclosed. The curtain wall clip includes a flat plate portion with two closely spaced oppositely depending ears, each ear having an elongated slot therein. The plate portion of the curtain wall clip is attached to the floor structure. Spacers are inserted into the slots, and the ears and spacers are attached to the curtain wall frame structure by screws. The spacers and screws hold the curtain wall clip is sliding engagement with the frame.
Claims20
A curtain wall connecting arrangement for coupling a curtain wall stud and building floor structure, comprising:
- an elongated clip having two ends with an attachment portion at one end which is plate-like in shape and two oppositely, offset depending ears at the other end, each ear having an elongated slot therein disposed substantially perpendicular to the attachment portion;
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- spacer means and threaded members, said threaded members securing the spacer means and said two offset depending ears in slideable engagement with the curtain wall stud.
A clip assembly for securing a curtain wall framing structure to a floor structure, comprising:
- a clip having two ends with an attachment portion at one end which is plate-like in shape and two oppositely depending offset ears at the other end each ear having elongated slots therein disposed substantially perpendicular to the attachment portion;
- first fastening means comprising threaded screws having a threaded end, a head end, and a cylindrically shaped body portion therebetween, the body portion spacing the head from the clip ears for slideably securing said two ears to the curtain wall framing structure, and
- second fastening means for securely attaching the attachment portion of said clip to the floor structure.
In a curtain wall clip having an elongated slot therein, a fastening arrangement for slideably securing the curtain wall clip to a curtain wall stud, comprising:
- a threaded member, and
- a spacer having a flat supporting portion and a downwardly projecting portion, said downwardly projecting portion seated within the elongated slot and the threaded member securing the spacer to the curtain wall stud such that the curtain wall clip can slide in a secured relationship under the spacer.
A wall connecting arrangement for coupling a wall stud and building floor structure, comprising:
- an elongated clip having two ends with an attachment portion at one end and two oppositely, offset depending ears at the other end, each ear having an elongated slot therein;
- a wall stud;
- a floor structure;
- first fastening means for securing said two offset depending ears in slideable engagement with the curtain wall stud, and
- second fastening means for securing said attachment portion to the floor structure.
A clip assembly for securing a curtain wall framing structure to a floor structure, comprising:
- a clip having two ends with an attachment portion at one end which is plate-like in shape and two oppositely depending offset ears at the other end each ear having elongated slots therein disposed substantially perpendicular to the attachment portion;
- first fastening means comprising spacer means slideably seated within the slots and threaded means for securing said spacer means to the curtain wall member, the spacer means spacing the threaded means from the ears such that the ears can slide under the spacer means and threaded member, and second fastening means for securely attaching the attachment portion of said clip to the floor structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.