US 6,412,242 B1Granted

Fastening device with a single holder for fastening a glass panel to a building or the like and a plurality of glass panels, such as a building facade, held together by a fastening device with a single holder and a method of fastening a facade on a structure, such as a building with a fastening device with a single holder

AssigneeDorma GmbH + Co. KG

InventorHubert Elmer

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Abstract

A fastening device for a glass panel (2) on a wall (3), a building-side substructure, or similar object, such as a building facade, using a clamp fitting (4) that grips the glass panel (2) and a holder (5) that is supported on the clamp fitting (4) so that it can move to a limited extent in three dimensions. The invention teaches that the holder (5) has a retaining pivot (6) that can be fixed in position on the clamp fitting (4), whereby on the outer free end (7) of the retaining pivot there is a connecting articulation (8) that can be fixed in position for the connection of a compensating shaft (9), which on its end (10) farther from the retaining pivot (6) is connected by means of an articulation (11) that can be fixed in position with an adapter (12) for fastening to a wall (3), a substructure or similar object.

Claims20

Dependent claims

On a building facade structure, a fastening device for attaching a glass panel to a structure, said fastening device comprising:

an adapter being configured to be attached to and being attached to a structure;
a fitting being configured to be attached to and being attached to a glass panel;
a holder being configured to connect and connecting said fitting to said adapter;
said adapter comprising a first end and a second end;
said holder comprising a first end and a second end;
said fitting comprising a first end and a second end;
said first end of said adapter being configured to be attached to and being attached to a structure;
said second end of said adapter being configured to be attached to and being attached to said first end of said holder, said connection forming a first articulation to permit said adapter and said holder to be moved with respect to one another;
said second end of said holder being configured to be attached to and being attached to said first end of said fitting, said connection forming a second articulation to permit said holder and said fitting to be moved with respect to one another;
said second end of said fitting being configured to be attached to and being attached to a glass panel;
at least one of said first articulation and said second articulation being configured to permit back and forth swinging movement and rotational movement between said holder and at least one of said adapter and said fitting in three dimensions;
at least one of said first articulation and said second articulation comprising a rotational part;
at least one of said first articulation and said second articulation being configured to be fixed with respect to the corresponding end of said holder and thus fixing the corresponding one of said adapter and said fitting to said holder;
and
at least one of said first articulation and said second articulation being configured to compensate for construction tolerances and stress in a glass panel upon attachment of a glass panel to a structure.

12 more elements

A fastening device for attaching a glass panel to a structure, said fastening device comprising:

an adapter being configured to be attached to a structure;
a fitting being configured to be attached to a glass panel;
a holder being configured to connect said fitting to said adapter;
said adapter comprising a first end and a second end;
said holder comprising a first end and a second end;
said fitting comprising a first end and a second end;
said first end of said adapter being configured to be attached to a structure;
said second end of said adapter being configured to be attached to said first end of said holder, said connection forming a first articulation to permit said adapter and said holder to be moved with respect to one another;
said second end of said holder being configured to be attached to said first end of said fitting, said connection forming a second articulation to permit said holder and said fitting to be moved with respect to one another;
said second end of said fitting being configured to be attached to a glass panel;
at least one of said first articulation and said second articulation being configured to permit back and forth swinging movement between said holder and at least one of said adapter and said fitting in at least two dimensions;
and
at least one of said first articulation and said second articulation being configured to be fixed with respect to the corresponding end of said holder and thus fixing the corresponding one of said adapter and said fitting to said holder.

10 more elements

A method of fastening a facade on a structure, such as a building, with a fastening device for attaching a glass panel to a structure, said fastening device comprising:

an adapter being configured to be attached to a structure;
a fitting being configured to be attached to a glass panel;
a holder being configured to connect said fitting to said adapter;
said adapter comprising a first end and a second end;
said holder comprising a first end and a second end;
said fitting comprising a first end and a second end;
said first end of said adapter being configured to be attached to a structure;
said second end of said adapter being configured to be attached to said first end of said holder, said connection forming a first articulation to permit said adapter and said holder to be moved with respect to one another;
said second end of said holder being configured to be attached to said first end of said fitting, said connection forming a second articulation to permit said holder and said fitting to be moved with respect to one another;
said second end of said fitting being configured to be attached to a glass panel;
at least one of said first articulation and said second articulation being configured to permit back and forth swinging movement between said holder and at least one of said adapter and said fitting in at least two dimensions;
and at least one of said first articulation and said second articulation being configured to be fixed with respect to the corresponding end of said holder and thus fixing the corresponding one of said adapter and said fitting to said holder;
said method comprising the steps of:
attaching said second end of said adapter to said first end of said holder to form said first articulation;
attaching said second end of said holder to said first end of said fitting to form said second articulation;
attaching said first end of said adapter to a structure;
adjusting said first articulation and said second articulation to compensate for tolerances;
fastening said second end of said fitting to a glass panel;
and
tightening said first articulation and said second articulation to secure connection of said fastening device to a glass panel and a structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/862,031Filed 18 May 2001 · continuation in part
Priority: DE 199 45 19621 Sep 1999
Published: US 2002/0031397 A114 Mar 2002
Granted: 2 Jul 2002
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

E06B 3/5445
Involving holes or indentations in the pane: support arms engaging the holes or indentations
E04F 13/0855
Adjustable perpendicular to the wall: adjustable in several directions, one of which is perpendicular to the wall
E06B 3/5436
Fixing of glass panes or like plates: involving holes or indentations in the pane
Y10T 403/34
Joints and connections: branched