ARRANGEMENT FOR FASTENING A PANEL IN A SLOT USING TWO OPPOSITE WEDGES

• US 20180135669A1
• Filed: 11/16/2017
• Published: 05/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SB Ingénierie SAS (Didier Pinget)
• Original Assignee: SB Ingénierie SAS (Didier Pinget)
• Inventors: Dagand, Cyril, Borrod, Wilfried
• Granted Patent: US 10,830,264 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 11/1853 Glass panels
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 2011/1823 between balustrade filling members, e.g. balusters or panels, and horizontal or sloping balustrade members
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 2011/1895 mainly of glass
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/14 using wedges

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an arrangement for fastening a vertical panel in a longitudinal receiving slot by transverse gripping between two wedges. The arrangement includes a first wedge inserted between a vertical face of the slot and a first face of the panel; a second opposite wedge inserted between a vertical face opposite the slot and a face opposite the panel; a screw-nut assembly intended to produce a vertical translational force from the second wedge in a gripping direction; wherein the screw-nut assembly is arranged on the same side of the panel as the first wedge, the translational force being transmitted to the second wedge via a movable transmission member.

Claims

1. An arrangement for fastening a vertical panel in a longitudinal receiving slot by transverse gripping between at least two transversely opposite wedges, the arrangement including:

at least one first wedge that is inserted between a first vertical face of the slot and a first face of the panel;

at least one opposite second wedge mounted across from the first wedge on the other side of the panel, the second wedge being inserted between a second vertical face opposite the slot and a second vertical face opposite the panel, the second wedge cooperating by vertical sliding with a second fixed ramp to adjust the verticality of the panel;

at least one screw-nut assembly configured to produce a vertical translational force from the second wedge in a gripping direction between the panel and the second face of the slot;

wherein the screw-nut assembly is arranged on the same side of the panel as the first wedge, the translational force being transmitted to the second wedge via a movable transmission member that is interposed between a lower edge of the panel and the bottom of the slot.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the transmission member is a rigid part mounted rotating around a longitudinal axis between the bottom of the slot and the lower edge of the panel.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the transmission member is a flexible member that works by traction around a fixed angular member support that bypasses the lower edge of the panel.

4. The arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the fixed angular member support is made in a cradle that straddles the lower edge of the panel and that is inserted between the panel and the bottom of the slot.

5. The arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the gripping direction of the second wedge is oriented toward the bottom of the slot, the transmission member working by traction during gripping of the wedge.

6. The arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the vertical translation force is produced by moving the nut vertically toward an upper opening of the slot, a first end of the transmission member being secured in movement with the nut and a second end of the transmission member being secured in movement with the second wedge.

7. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the gripping direction of at least one second opposite wedge is oriented toward an upper opening of the slot, the transmission member working by compression during the gripping of the wedge.

8. The arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the transmission member slides along an arc of circle trajectory parallel to the bottom of the slot.

9. The arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the vertical translation force is produced by the movement of the screw toward the bottom of the slot, a first end of the transmission member being stressed bearing by the screw and a second end of the transmission member stressing the wedge by bearing.

10. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein it includes two opposite wedges that have opposite vertical gripping directions, the sliding of each second wedge being controlled respectively by the nut and the screw of the same screw-nut assembly.