Patent ID: 7661233

Claim:
A device in glass wall claddings for mounting insulating-glass sheets, each glass sheet having at least two glass slabs which are joined together by a jointing substance, said device comprising: a retainer member; and an anchoring member, wherein said retainer member has an articulated connection to said anchoring member, one of said retainer member and said anchoring member is insertable into the other such that said anchoring member is rotatable from a first position of rest to a second position, in said first position, said device, upon mounting of said insulating-glass sheet, allows the insulating-glass sheet to be placed in a desired position, and in said second position, upon mounting of said insulating-glass sheet, said device grips at least one glass slab of said insulating-glass sheet, wherein a portion of the anchoring member penetrates into said jointing substance of an insulating-glass sheet as the anchoring member of the device is guided from said first position to said second position, in response to the anchoring member being tilted to said second position.