Curtain wall panel bracket leveling system
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1. A leveling system comprising:
- a mounting plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface;
an anchor connected to the mounting plate and extending from the second surface of the mounting plate; and
a leveler including a leveler head and a leveler body extending from the leveler head, wherein the leveler;
(1) defines a passage therethrough that is sized such that at least part of a fastener can extend through the passage; and
(2) is threadably receivable by the anchor such that a top surface of the leveler head is generally coplanar with the first surface of the mounting plate.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a curtain wall panel bracket leveling system that facilitates leveling a panel bracket mounted to a fixture (such as an embedment or an anchor array) cast in a concrete slab.
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1. A leveling system comprising:
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a mounting plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; an anchor connected to the mounting plate and extending from the second surface of the mounting plate; and a leveler including a leveler head and a leveler body extending from the leveler head, wherein the leveler;
(1) defines a passage therethrough that is sized such that at least part of a fastener can extend through the passage; and
(2) is threadably receivable by the anchor such that a top surface of the leveler head is generally coplanar with the first surface of the mounting plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A leveling system comprising:
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a mounting plate; a first anchor connected to and extending from the mounting plate; a second anchor connected to and extending from the mounting plate; a first leveler that;
(1) defines a first passage therethrough that is sized such that at least part of a first fastener can extend through the first passage; and
(2) is threadably receivable by the first anchor such that an exterior top surface of the first leveler is generally coplanar with a first surface of the mounting plate; anda second leveler that;
(1) defines a second passage therethrough that is sized such that at least part of a second fastener can extend through the second passage; and
(2) is threadably receivable by the second anchor such that an exterior top surface of the second leveler is generally coplanar with the first surface of the mounting plate. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for casting a leveling system in concrete, the leveling system including a mounting plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, an anchor connected to the mounting plate and extending from the second surface of the mounting plate, and a leveler that (1)defines a passage therethrough that is sized such that at least part of a fastener can extend through the passage and (2) is threadably receivable by the anchor such that a top surface of a leveler head of the leveler is generally coplanar with the first surface of the mounting plate, the method comprising:
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threading the leveler into the anchor such that the leveler head of the leveler is at least generally coplanar with the first surface of the mounting plate; and attaching the mounting plate to formwork such that the first surface of the mounting plate faces the formwork. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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