(19)
(11) EP 1 111 152 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/26

(21) Application number: 00310908.9

(22) Date of filing: 08.12.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E04D 3/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 08.12.1999 GB 9928902

(71) Applicant: Xtralite Industrial Rooflights Ltd
Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV6 OSR (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tweedy, Robert
    Blyth, Northumberland NE24 3LH (GB)

(74) Representative: Leach, John Nigel 
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT, Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38
80801 München 40
80801 München 40 (DE)

   


(54) Panel support bar


(57) The invention relates to a glazing system comprising a first and a second glazing panel, each made from a plastics material, one of said panels having at least one edge region adapted to be juxtaposed with the edge region of the other of said panels, said glazing system further comprising a glazing bar (10) having a primary part (11) and a secondary part (12), the primary part having a central section, a first edge region having a slot (S1) to receive an edge region of the first panel on one side of the central region and the secondary part having a slot (S2) to receive an edge region of the second panel, said primary (11) and secondary (12) parts having inter-engaging formations so that said secondary part (12) is located and engaged with said primary part (11) and wherein the surface of the primary part and the surface of the secondary part which provide upper members partly defining said slots (S1,S2), overlie an upper surface of said panels and the upper surface of said central section is substantially co-planar with the upper surface of said upper members.






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