Patent ID: 6357808
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An operating fitting for a sliding door or window panel whose stile at a leading edge consists of a structural member having first and second visible lateral walls between which is an inside chamber of the structural member, said fitting including a body for penetrating into said chamber through a first opening in the first visible lateral wall of said structural member and a cover plate which is an integral part of said body and is pressed against a visible face of the first visible lateral wall to cover and close said first opening, said fitting having in the vicinity of each end a fixing member including means for bearing on said structural member and on said body to press the cover plate against said first visible lateral wall, at least one of said fixing members being adjustable between a first position in which said body is insertable through said first opening and a second position in which said cover plate is pressed against said first visible lateral wall, said at least one adjustable fixing member including a rotary clamping member which bears on a location other than a visible face of said cover plate so as not to be visible on said visible face of said first visible lateral wall of said structural member, said rotary clamping member producing a force clamping said cover plate against said first visible lateral wall of said structural member or operating or immobilizing means producing a force of this kind.