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Panel joint for assembling panel members
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Inventors: Bains, Gurdip S.;
Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Primary Examiner: Friedman; Carl D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lackey; D. R.
A panel joint, including first and second upstanding metallic panel members, spacer members on the first panel member, a vertically slidable locking member on the second panel member, and cooperative slots in the second panel member and locking member which receive the spacer members in first positions of the locking member and first panel member, secure the panel members in assembled relation in a second position of the first panel member, and lock the panels tightly together in a second position of the locking member. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Briefly, the present invention is a new and improved panel joint, and a method for assembling first and second upstanding metallic panel members, which joint and method do not require access to the rear sides of the panels during assembly.
In a first embodiment of the invention wherein the panel members are joined in a right angle configuration, the first panel member is bent near one edge to provide a narrow, vertically extending surface for receiving a plurality of spacer members having head and shank portions, and a tapered portion therebetween.
A vertically slidable locking member is attached to the second panel, on the side which is on the obtuse side of the right angle configuration.
An elongated slot in the locking member and an opening in the second panel member cooperatively define an opening for receiving the spacer members, when the locking member is operated upwardly such that its upper end extends above the upper edge of the second panel member.
In one embodiment of the invention, the cooperatively defined opening is formed by two elongated slots, with the locations of these openings, and the locations of the spacer members on the first panel member, being located relative to one another such that the first panel member must be elevated slightly in order to align the spacers with the openings.
Advancing the elevated first panel member towards the second panel member causes the spacers to enter the cooperatively formed openings, and lowering of the first panel member results in automatically capturing the spacer members in the slots of the second panel member, insuring that the panel members cannot accidentally become disassembled.
In another embodiment, the cooperatively defined opening is formed by an elongated slot and round opening, and the need for elevating the first panel member as it is assembled is eliminated.
In either embodiment, after the first and second panel members are assembled, the locking member is then forced vertically downward, by an assembler located on the acute side of the right angle configuration, locking the first and second panel members tightly together through cooperative action between the slots in the locking member and the tapered portion of the spacer members
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