Patent ID: 8567140

Claim:
Façade structure comprising: a sub-structure that is formed from at least one of vertical or horizontal profiled supports, and adapted to be at least one of located in front of a building wall or anchored in a fixed manner in the ground or in the building wall; façade panels made of ceramic material that are secured to the sub-structure via at least one panel holder, wherein the panel holder has on a front side at least one receiving means for a lower edge or for an upper edge of the façade panels, and at a rear side a securing flange for securement to the sub-structure, wherein for securing the panel holder to the sub-structure, the sub-structure has a vertical flange, in which a vertical row of holes comprises a plurality of elongated holes located one above another, wherein each of the plurality of elongated holes of the row of holes of the vertical flange of the sub-structure extends at an angle in relation to a horizontal direction of the sub-structure and is located in a parallel manner one relative to another, and the row of holes is located between two parallel vertically extending guide ribs, which protrude forward from the vertical flange; wherein the securing flange of the panel holder has at least one elongated hole, and wherein the securing flange of the panel holder is inserted in an engaging manner between the guide ribs so the guide ribs secure the securing flange of the panel holder and the at least one elongated hole extends at an angle in relation to the horizontal direction that is in a direction opposite to a direction that the angle of the plurality of the elongated holes of the row of holes of the vertical flange of the sub-structure extends, such that the at least one elongated hole in the securing flange of the panel holder intersects at least one of the plurality of elongated holes of the row of holes of the vertical flange of the sub-structure, the securing flange of the panel holder is secured to the vertical flange of the sub-structure by a securing element inserted in an intersection region of the at least one elongated hole of the securing flange of the panel holder and the at least one of the plurality of elongated holes of the row of holes of the vertical flange of the sub-structure, and the securing flange of the panel holder is only displaceable vertically relative to the sub-structure.