(19)
(11) EP 0 146 376 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.03.1987 Bulletin 1987/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.06.1985 Bulletin 1985/26

(21) Application number: 84308779

(22) Date of filing: 14.12.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE FR GB

(30) Priority: 16.12.1983 GB 8333637

(71) Applicant: BRITISH ALCAN ALUMINIUM LIMITED
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(72) Inventor:
  • Bertulsons, Janis Ilmars
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(54) Structural members for supporting panels


(57) A structural member forming a patent glazing bar comprises two identical elements extruded from aluminium. Each element comprises a channel formed by side walls 12 and a base 11, and the side walls of the two elements serve to grip the margins of single or double glazing panels 24. Between the side walls, two limbs 14, 15 each with a serrated face extend into overlapping contact with the respective limbs of the other element. The limbs can flex laterally to allow the serrated faces to ride over each other to enable the panels 24 to be gripped. Screws 26 extending through the base of one element into engagement with the lateral projection on a limb of the other element draw the elements tightly on to the panels 24.







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