Patent ID: 7877939

Claim:
A fastening device for fastening a glass pane or a plate in a frame having a greater thickness than the glass pane or the plate, said fastening device comprising: an angular clamping piece having two legs extending perpendicularly to each other to define a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, wherein the vertical leg has a plate-like fastening portion which extends above the horizontal leg at a predetermined distance thereto; and a holding rail extending along the glass pane or the plate to be fastened and including a longitudinal groove defined by a width which matches a thickness of the fastening portion, wherein, in the mounted state, a backside of glass pane or plate contacts a one-sided rear stop of the frame, several angular clamping pieces are tightly pressed to a front side of glass pane or plate and fixed to the frame by means of fastening elements, and the holding rail is pressed with the longitudinal groove over the fastening portion, wherein the fastening portion has a length, which is shorter than a length of the angular clamping piece, and is arranged approximately in midsection in relation to a length extension of the angular clamping piece, and wherein the fastening portion is slightly inclined towards the horizontal leg of the angular clamping piece.