Connector element for a glass post and beam construction
AssigneeDorma GmbH + Co. KG
InventorThomas Vogler
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Abstract
A connector element for a post and beam construction having load-bearing glass components consisting of load-bearing glass posts and load-bearing glass beams, the connector element including a first fitting fitted to a first load-bearing glass component; a second fitting fitted to a second load-bearing glass component; and a glass load-transmitting element located between the first fitting and the second fitting.
Claims14
A connector element operatively connected to a post and beam construction having load-bearing glass components consisting of load-bearing glass posts and load-bearing glass beams, the connector element comprising:
- a first fitting configured for connection to a first load-bearing glass component of the post and beam construction;
- a second fitting configured for connection to a second load-bearing glass component of the post and beam construction;
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- a load-transmitting element made of glass, the load-transmitting element being located between and received in the first fitting and the second fitting and configured for transmitting load between the first and second load-bearing glass components of the post and beam construction,
- wherein the load-transmitting element has one of a cylindrical and an elliptical shape and a curved circumferential surface comprising two opposite portions which are received in the first fitting and the second fitting, respectively.
The connector element of 1, wherein each of said fittings has an arched section with an arcuate shape which is received in a correspondingly shaped recess in the respective glass component.
A post and beam construction comprising:
- a first load-bearing glass component consisting of a load-bearing glass post;
- a second load-bearing glass component consisting of a load-bearing glass beam;
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- a connector element comprising:
- a first fitting fitted to the first load-bearing glass component;
- a second fitting fitted to the second load-bearing glass component;
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- a load-transmitting element made of glass, the load-transmitting element being located between and received in the first fitting and the second fitting,
- wherein the load-transmitting element has one of a cylindrical and an elliptical shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.