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(11) EP 0 434 433 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.11.1992 Bulletin 1992/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.06.1991 Bulletin 1991/26

(21) Application number: 90314036.6

(22) Date of filing: 20.12.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5E04B 2/72, E04B 2/74
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB

(30) Priority: 21.12.1989 IT 6814489

(71) Applicant: OLIVETTI SYNTHESIS S.p.A.
I-10015 Ivrea (Turin) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Gianardi, Agostino
    I-19021 Arcola (IT)

(74) Representative: Abnett, Richard Charles et al
REDDIE & GROSE 16 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PL
London WC1X 8PL (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Panel connecting arrangement


    (57) The connecting arrangement (15) connects panels (16, 17) to each other or to a support structure (18) by means of a shaped interconnecting member (31) with slots (41) which are disposed along a longitudinal axis (32), and a plurality of cam fixing members (51). Each fixing member comprises a first engagement body (53) which can be inserted into a slot and two lateral limbs (69, 71) which are spaced from the engagement body and which are engageable into a groove (28) at an edge (27) of the two panels, after pre-positioning of a side of the panels between two limbs (38, 39) and two side portions (36, 37) of the interconnecting member, and engagement of the first engagement body (53) into one of the slots (41). A given rotary movement of the fixing member in the slot around its main axis (52) retains the first engagement member (53) against a channel (33) of the interconnecting member. The limbs (38, 39) respectively provide axial cam profiles (72) which act on the grooves in the panels in such a way as to clamp the panels against the interconnecting member.







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