US2909916A - Light-transmissive wall structure - Google Patents

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US2909916A
US2909916A US710791A US71079158A US2909916A US 2909916 A US2909916 A US 2909916A US 710791 A US710791 A US 710791A US 71079158 A US71079158 A US 71079158A US 2909916 A US2909916 A US 2909916A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C1/00—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings
    • E04C1/42—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings of glass or other transparent material

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  • My invention has for its principal object the provision of an improved wall structure of the character referred to in which no objectionable transfer of stresses between framework and panels can occur.
  • a more particular object of this invention is to provide a wall structure in which a vitreous construction element is securely held in a framework through positive engagement of interlocking formations yet with sufficient play so that expansions, contractions and even some geometrical deformations of the framework will not be communicated to the vitreous element.
  • a feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a supporting grid, e.g. of metallic rods, in whose polygonal (e.g. square) openings respective construction elements or panels of vitreous material are held with the aid of elastically deformable connector strips secured to the framework.
  • the connector strips are profiled to mate with complementary formations on the glass panels in a dovetail pattern.
  • each connector strip extend substantially over the entire length of a side of an associated glass panel and that interstices remaining between adjoining strips and panels be filled with an elastic putty or cement.
  • each strip may support two glass panels on opposite sides of the framework.
  • Fig. 1 is a front-elevational View of the wall structure according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional View, on a larger scale, taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1.
  • the light-transmissive wall structure shown in the drawing comprises a supporting grid 1 formed from in- 2,909,916 Patented Oct. 27, 1959 ice tersecting vertical and horizontal rods 2 and 2a.
  • the square grid aperatures formed by these rods are covered by square glass panels 3 which are held along their edges by vertical connector strips 4 and horizontal connector strips 4a of synthetic plastic material.
  • Each of the connector strips 4 and 4a, respectively traversed in longitudinal direction by a rod 2 or 2a, is divided into two halves 4, 4" cemented together by a suitable ad hesive 9.
  • the strip halves 4 and 4" are formed with respective projections 7', 7" which together constitute two dovetail-shaped tenons extending on opposite sides of the grid 1.
  • the horizontal rods 2a with their connector strips 411 have been shown supported and maintained at their proper relative distance by spaced-apart columns 10 which may, if desired, be of transparent or translucent resinous material.
  • the strips 4 and 4a may also be of transparent or translucent material and may be colored to match the glass panels 3 or to provide a distinctive ornamental effect.
  • the rods 2 and 2a may be of metal, e.g. iron, or of a suitably hard plastic material.
  • strips 4 and 4a into halves 4 and 4" enables a particularly easy assembly of these strips with the panels 3 and with the rods 2, 2a. It is, however, also possible to make these strips in a single piece, as by forming them with a hardened inner core clad in a more flexible layer defining the tenons 7', 7". Naturally, the columns 10 may be dispensed with if other means are provided to fix the rods 2 and 2a (e.g. at their junctions) in their desired relative position.
  • a wall structure comprising a plurality of intersecting rods forming a grid, a plurality of elongated con nector strips of elastically deformable material carried on each of said rods, each of said connector strips consisting of two halves formed with aligned longitudinal recesses and adhesive means bonding said halves together with the respective rod imbedded in said recesses, each connector strip extending between a pair of successive junctions of said rods and being provided on opposite sides with longitudinally extending, dovetail-shaped tenons, and a plurality of glass panels covering the apertures of said grid on opposite sides of said rods, each of said panels being provided with inwardly facing peripheral flanges interlockingly engaged by the tenons of respective connector strips.

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US710791A 1957-02-01 1958-01-23 Light-transmissive wall structure Expired - Lifetime US2909916A (en)

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DEI12782A DE1111362B (de) 1957-02-01 1957-02-01 Lichtdurchlaessige Wand

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US4282620A (en) * 1978-08-04 1981-08-11 Alfred Hartkorn Joint bridging construction for bridges or like structures

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DE3304971A1 (de) * 1983-02-12 1984-08-16 August Dr.-Ing. 5430 Montabaur Albers Glasbausteinwand

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US1542564A (en) * 1923-09-13 1925-06-16 Liese Paul Grid window
US2141000A (en) * 1938-03-12 1938-12-20 Revere Copper & Brass Inc Wall or the like
US2173213A (en) * 1937-05-17 1939-09-19 Maul Macotta Corp Building unit
US2244489A (en) * 1939-03-25 1941-06-03 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Block mounting
US2303844A (en) * 1939-12-29 1942-12-01 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Mullion construction

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US2176213A (en) * 1936-08-22 1939-10-17 Sealed Joint Products Co Inc Building unit and structure formed therefrom
GB512899A (en) * 1938-03-17 1939-09-28 J A King & Company Ltd Improvements in or relating to glazed structures
GB497991A (en) * 1938-04-12 1939-01-02 Paolo Chinelli Improvements relating to glass slabs for the construction of transluscent walls, pavement lights or the like
FR867025A (fr) * 1939-08-17 1941-09-23 Cie Reunies Glaces Et Verres Carreau, pavé ou élément analogue de construction en verre ou autre matériau
DE823198C (de) * 1948-12-30 1951-12-20 Hans Joachim Rincklake Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Glasbausteines
DE884407C (de) * 1951-09-20 1953-07-27 Der Gerresheimer Glashuettenwe Verfahren zum spannungsfreien Einbau von Glas-Bausteinen

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US1542564A (en) * 1923-09-13 1925-06-16 Liese Paul Grid window
US2173213A (en) * 1937-05-17 1939-09-19 Maul Macotta Corp Building unit
US2141000A (en) * 1938-03-12 1938-12-20 Revere Copper & Brass Inc Wall or the like
US2244489A (en) * 1939-03-25 1941-06-03 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Block mounting
US2303844A (en) * 1939-12-29 1942-12-01 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Mullion construction

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4282620A (en) * 1978-08-04 1981-08-11 Alfred Hartkorn Joint bridging construction for bridges or like structures

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