BEARING STRUCTURE FOR LARGE GLASS SURFACE

• Main Authors: YAMAUCHI SATOSHI, UCHIKI KOICHI, IZUMITANI HIROSHI, SHIBATA YOSHIO, CHO YUKIO, MATSUZAKI KENJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.01.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BUILDING; CEILINGS; DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES,FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS,BLINDS, GATES; FLOORS; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; LADDERS; ROOFS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To bear the strength of a glass screen, to ensure the clarity and spaciousness within a room, and to facilitate maintenance of a large glass surface, such as cleaning, by providing glass ribs on an indoor side of the glass screen. SOLUTION: The flat and long glass ribs 4 are vertically arranged on the indoor side of the large glass surface 2, and bearers 3 for bearing glass plates 21 forming the large glass surface 2 are attached to the glass ribs 4.