Patent ID: 8347566

Claim:
Connecting device for a mullion/transom connection for connecting a mullion ( 1 ) to a transom ( 2 ), to the front sides of which a T-shaped metal profile ( 3 ) having a projecting portion for installing panes of glass is fastened, wherein the mullion ( 1 ) is connected to the transom ( 2 ) by means of a main connecting device ( 4 ) and reinforcing means are provided to increase the stability of the mullion/transom connection, characterized in that the reinforcing means is a reinforcing plate ( 5 ) having the following features: a base-plate portion ( 5 a ) defining a first plane and provided with fastening holes for fastening to the front side of the mullion ( 1 ) which comprises a recess ( 1 a ) corresponding to a thickness, length and width of the base-plate portion ( 5 a ), wherein the recess ( 1 a ) is open laterally and two tongues ( 5 b ) provided with fastening holes and extending from the base-plate portion in spaced apart relationship to one another in a second plane which is parallel to and outside of the first plane, wherein the tongues engage over the projecting portion of the T-shaped metal profile ( 3 ) of the transom ( 2 ).