Patent · US Expired

Building facade

US5014477A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 29, 1990
Grant dateMay 14, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 29, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE04B2/967
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

For supporting a facade on a building having in place mullions with forwardly extending facade-supporting members, an extrusion cut to an appropriate length for adhesive attachment along an edge of a facade panel in spaced relation to an additional cooperating extrusion length, such that a mullion facade-supporting member is provided with an operative position projected between the extrusions, and attachment is thus able to be achieved using screws projected in opposite directions through the extrusions and threadably engaged to the centrally located mullion facade-supporting member.

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