Glass holder
As a glass holder refers to various supports for glass panes in the furniture in the window - and facade structures .
One differentiates fundamentally
- Clamp brackets , especially indoors. The pane is clamped into a holder from both sides at the edge.
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Line support , as with mullion and transom constructions . The pane is pressed linearly at the edges against a substructure.
- Holding bars or pressure bars , as with classical window frames . The pane is fixed by a bar in / on the frame.
- Structural glazing facades, as a special form of linear support, do not require glass brackets, as the glass panes are glued on the edge.
- The single glazing of historical windows was also glued in line with window putty. Small metal plates, the glazier triangles, served as temporary support and additional security .
- Point fixings for point-supported facades or point-supported glazing . The disc is pierced at four points and held in place by special steel brackets. The point fixings can be attached to various substructures, for example cable net back tensioning. Cable net facades have been around since the 1980s, they are now widespread in the form of curtain walls . Point fixings are now usually made of stainless steel .
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Line support
Point fastening
Point fixings with rope net back tension and stiffening glass bars, Sony Center Berlin
Point fixings on the substructure made of glass profiles
