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US 5,632,125 AGranted
Curtain wall
AssigneeYKK Architectural Products Inc.
InventorMasami Osanai
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Abstract
A curtain wall 2 in which attachment portions 12, 13 are arranged near an interior surface 11A and an exterior surface 11B to form mullions 10 and transoms 30 as structural member, and toward the attachment portions 12, 13, a supporting member 15 supporting a glass panel 4 and a facing member 14 covering the interior surface 11A are attached.
Claims14
A curtain wall, comprising:
- a plurality of structural members interconnected to form a plurality of openings, each structural member including a base portion having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a pair of interior attachment portions extending from the interior surface of the base portion and a pair of exterior attachment portions extending from the exterior surface of the base portion, each interior and exterior attachment portion including an engagement section, each structural member being adapted to support a face plate at each of said interior and exterior attachment portions;
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- a plurality of face plates positioned into the plurality of openings;
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- a plurality of face plate supporting means, each face plate supporting means being attached to at least one of (a) the interior attachment portions to support one of said plurality of face plates in an interior position, and (b) the exterior attachment portions to support one of said plurality of face plates in an exterior position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.