Patent ID: 6467227
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: E04F,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
On a facade of a structure, such as a building, a fastening device for attaching a glass panel to a structure, said fastening device comprising:a first adapter being configured to be attached to and being attached to a structure; a second 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 first holder being configured to connect and connecting said fitting to said first adapter; a second holder being configured to connect and connecting said fitting to said second adapter; said first adapter having a first end and a second end; said second adapter having a first end and a second end; said first holder having a first end and a second end; said second holder having a first end and a second end; said fitting having a first end and a second end; said first end of said first adapter being configured to be attached to and being attached to a structure; said first end of said second adapter being configured to be attached to and being attached to a structure; said first end of said first holder being configured to be attached to and being attached to said second end of said first adapter, said connection forming a first articulation to permit said first holder and said first adapter to be moved with respect to one another; said first end of said second holder being configured to be attached to and being attached to said second end of said second adapter, said connection forming a second articulation to permit said second holder and said second adapter to be moved with respect to one another; said second end of said first holder being configured to be attached to and being attached to said first end of said fitting, said connection forming a third articulation to permit said first holder and said fitting to be moved with respect to one another; said second end of said second holder being configured to be attached to and being attached to said first end of said fitting, said connection forming a fourth articulation to permit said second 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, said second, said third, and said fourth articulations being configured to permit back and forth swinging movement and rotational movement between said first and said second holder and at least one of said first adapter, said second adapter, and said fitting in three dimensions; at least one of said first, said second, said third, and said fourth articulations comprising a rotational part; at least one of said first, said second, said third, and said fourth articulations being configured to be fixed with respect to the corresponding end of said first or said second holder and thus fixing the corresponding one of said first adapter, said second adapter, and said fitting to said first or said second holder; and at least one of said first, said second, said third, and said fourth articulations being configured to compensate for construction tolerances and stress in a glass panel upon attachment of a glass panel to a structure.