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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Friedrich Knapp, Bad Kreuzen, AT;
Friedrich Knapp, Bad Kreuzen, AT;
Other;
Abstract
A connecting device for connecting a mullion to a transom, each having a T-shaped metal profile fastened to the end face thereof in order to accommodate panes of glass, wherein the mullion is connected to the transom by means of a main connecting device and reinforcing means are provided to increase the stability of the mullion/transom connection, is characterized in that the reinforcing means is a reinforcing plate having the following features: a base-plate portion with fastening holes for fastening to the end face of the mullion, said mullion having a recess corresponding to the size and thickness of the base-plate portion, wherein the recess is open laterally, and two tongues bent in parallel to the plane of the base-plate portion, extending at a distance to one another and provided with fastening holes, said tongues engaging over the projecting T-shaped metal profile of the transom.