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THREAT-RESISTANT GLASS BLOCK PANEL
A glass block panel assembled, framed and attached to a substrate such that it resists threats from forced entry, prisoner escape, bullets from guns, bomb blasts, and tornados. An exemplary glass block assembly, comprises: at least one solid glass block: a unitized frame, wherein said solid frame has exterior walls that define a perimeter and a depth that is greater than the depth of said at least one solid glass block, further wherein said solid frame includes interior dividers that are spaced to form interior cells wherein said interior dividers are formed from walls of said interior cells, said interior cells having an interior perimeter for receiving a shock absorbing border into which one of said at least one solid glass block fits, wherein said shock-absorbing border surrounds the exterior of each of said solid glass block.
THREAT-RESISTANT GLASS BLOCK PANEL
A glass block panel assembled, framed and attached to a substrate such that it resists threats from forced entry, prisoner escape, bullets from guns, bomb blasts, and tornados. An exemplary glass block assembly, comprises: at least one solid glass block: a unitized frame, wherein said solid frame has exterior walls that define a perimeter and a depth that is greater than the depth of said at least one solid glass block, further wherein said solid frame includes interior dividers that are spaced to form interior cells wherein said interior dividers are formed from walls of said interior cells, said interior cells having an interior perimeter for receiving a shock absorbing border into which one of said at least one solid glass block fits, wherein said shock-absorbing border surrounds the exterior of each of said solid glass block.
THREAT-RESISTANT GLASS BLOCK PANEL
PANNEAU DE BRIQUES DE VERRE RESISTANT AUX MENACES
ATHERTON PETER RIST (author) / LOOMIS NICHOLAS THEODORE (author) / HARRIS LARELL (author)
2018-07-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E04C
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
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Bauelemente
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E06B
Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore
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FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR GLASS BLOCK PANEL, AND GLASS BLOCK PANEL
| European Patent Office | 2015