Panel holding structure

• US 3,982,371 A
• Filed: 05/02/1973
• Issued: 09/28/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aluminum Company of Egypt
• Original Assignee: The Scovill Manufacturing Co. (Morito Company Limited)
• Inventors: Preu, Willi
• Primary Examiner(s): Faw, Jr., Price C.
• Application Number:
  US05/356,293
• Time in Patent Office: 1,245 Days
• Field of Search: 52/403, 52/498, 52/502, 52/476, 52/499, 52/500
• US Class Current: 52/773
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2003/6223 with protruding parts anchored in grooves
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2003/6276 with parts of differing nature, e.g. hardness
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/5842 fixed by a tongue-and-groove or mortise-and-tenon connection substantially parallel to the pane
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/6205 having on at least one lateral side no backing from a separate rigid glazing bead or other stiff part of the window frame

Abstract

A panel holding structure for a panel such as a glass window pane that includes a frame, a retaining step on the frame against which the panel is pressed, an elongated glazing stop engaging a side of the panel that is opposite the step with the glazing stop having a rigid stem positioned in a groove in the frame and extending therefrom adjacent to the surface of the panel that is opposite the step, pressure devices on the stem both within the groove and externally thereof and engaging both the panel and the groove surface for aid in retaining the stem in the groove and the panel against the step and a rigid flange on this stem extending away from the panel and overlying and engaging a portion of the frame that is adjacent the groove for resisting outward movement of the glazing stop by the pressure of the window thereagainst. The disclosure also includes the device including the elongated glazing stop that engages the panel and retains it upon a frame.

Claims

1. A panel holding structure, comprising:

a frame;

retaining step means on said frame for engaging a first side surface of an edge of said panel, the frame having a groove defined by spaced surfaces and located adjacent to said step means; and

an elongated glazing stop engaging a second side surface of said panel edge, the glazing stop having a rigid stem positioned in said groove and extending therefrom adjacent to said second side surface of said panel, yieldable pressure means on said stem engaging said panel and one said groove surface for aid in retaining said stem in said groove and said panel against said step means, and a rigid flange extending from said stem adjacent to and overlying and engaging a portion of said frame adjacent said groove and on the side thereof opposite to said retaining step means, said frame portion and adjacent said groove surface being arranged at a first angle, and said rigid flange and rigid stem being arranged at a second angle embracing and smaller than said first angle, said frame portion having a surface adjacent said groove, and said flange being provided with an integral elongated sharp spur edge in pressure engagement with said frame portion surface.