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US 5,481,839 AGranted
Glazed panel wall construction and method for assembly thereof
AssigneeKawneer Company, Inc.
InventorsWilliam J. Lang, Phillip E. Garling
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Abstract
A temporary glazing panel retainer is disclosed for use in a glazed panel wall construction. The glazing panel retainer engages a glazing clip mounted onto the face of a frame member to maintain glazing panels within their respective glazing recesses on either side of the frame member during assembly of the wall construction. The retainer is configured to be concealed beneath a cover member such that the retainer does not have to be removed to install the cover member.
Claims5
A glazed panel wall construction comprising:
- a frame member having a channel formed in its outer face and having glazing recesses formed on either side thereof;
- a glazing clip engaged within said channel in said outer face of said frame member and projecting forwardly therefrom;
- a pair of glazing panels each having an outer surface and having an edge disposed within a corresponding one of said glazing recesses;
- a glazing panel retainer which engages said glazing clip and which has bearing surfaces which engage a mutually facing marginal portion of said outer surface of each of said glazing panels to retain said glazing panels within said glazing recesses during assembly of said curtain wall construction;
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- a cover member which engages said glazing clip, said cover member comprising means for retaining said glazing panels within said glazing recesses, and said glazing panel retainer being concealed beneath said cover member such that said glazing panel retainer does not have to be disengaged from said glazing clip prior to said cover member being engaged with said glazing clip.
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A method for erecting a glazed panel wall construction comprising the steps of:
- erecting a frame member having a channel formed in its outer face and having glazing recesses formed on either side thereof;
- engaging a glazing clip within said channel in said outer face of said frame member so as to project forwardly therefrom;
- positioning a pair of glazing panels with respect to said frame member such that each of said pair of glazing panels has an edge disposed within a corresponding one of said glazing recesses;
- engaging a glazing panel retainer with said glazing clip such that bearing surfaces of said glazing panel retainer engage a mutually facing marginal portion of an outer surface of each of said glazing panels to retain said glazing panels within said glazing recesses during assembly of said curtain wall construction;
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- without disengaging said glazing panel retainer from said glazing clip, assembling a cover member onto said glazing clip so as to retain said glazing panels within said glazing recesses, said glazing panel retainer being concealed beneath said cover member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.