Patent ID: 8240111

Claim:
A holding device ( 1 ) by means of which one or more panes of glass ( 2 ) forming a balustrade ( 3 ) is/are supported on a wall ( 4 ) or ceiling ( 5 ), the device comprising a carrier rail ( 7 ) for holding the panes of glass ( 2 ), and a holding plate ( 9 ) attached to the ceiling ( 5 ) or wall ( 4 ) with said carrier rail ( 7 ) attached to said holding plate ( 9 ) in a horizontal direction by a U-shaped hook-in pocket ( 25 ) projecting from said carrier rail ( 7 ), a box rail ( 11 ) projecting in a direction of said carrier rail ( 7 ) and attached to said holding plate ( 9 ) by a support element ( 12 ), wherein said carrier rail ( 7 ) is in contact with the support element ( 12 ) when installed, and setscrew means ( 16 ) and clamping screw-means ( 34 ) project from said box rail ( 11 ) toward said carrier rail ( 7 ) and are connected to said carrier rail ( 7 ) such that a distance between said box rail ( 11 ) and said carrier rail ( 7 ) can be adjusted by means of said setscrew means ( 16 ); and wherein the support element ( 12 ) is configured as a selected one of a flat strip ( 13 ) and a box-shaped rail ( 14 ), with said box rail ( 11 ) disposed therein, and the support element is fixed onto said holding plate ( 9 ) in selected areas; and wherein two through-holes ( 18 , 19 ) extending in alignment with one another are disposed in said box rail ( 11 ), said setscrew means ( 16 ) and a said clamping screw means ( 34 ) passing through the through-holes ( 18 , 19 ), and a rectangular recess ( 20 ) is disposed between said two through-holes ( 18 , 19 ), and a nut ( 21 ) is disposed in said recess ( 20 ), with said set screw means ( 16 ) and said clamping screw means held in said nut ( 21 ) in a variably adjustable position by means of a thread.