Patent ID: 8484916

Claim:
A panel-sealing and securing system for securing a panel to a supporting mullion, the system is disposed entirely on one side of the panel and having a cavity disposed at a wall near at least one side of the panel, and sealing a joint between the panel and the supporting mullion, the panel attached to at least one side of the supporting mullion, the system comprising: a panel securing element that is attached to the supporting mullion and positioned inside the cavity, the panel securing element including a gasket holder segment and a spacer plate segment attached to the at least one side of the panel and adapted to allow an end of the panel to move in a lateral direction parallel to a face of the panel; a panel gasket defining a first end attached to the at least one side of the panel and a second end attached to the gasket holder segment of the panel securing element, the second end of the panel gasket being disposed between the gasket holder segment and the wail of the supporting mullion; a retainer for securing and pressing the gasket holder towards the wall of the supporting mullion, wherein pressure is transmitted to the panel gasket between the wall of the supporting mullion and the gasket holder; and a mullion gasket that is disposed directly on the second end of the panel gasket adjacent to the wall of the supporting mullion and adapted to align and overlap with the second end of the panel gasket, wherein the supporting mullion is formed by two split half mullions, such that the mullion gasket is disposed between the two split half mullions and attached to the two split half mullions as to cover a joint between the two split halves of the supporting mullion, the mullion gasket being adapted to allow each of the two split half mullions to move in a direction in relation to each other.