Structural gasket curtain wall

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A STRUCTURAL PANEL SUPPORT FOR CURTAIN WALL CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A GRID OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MEMBERS INTERCONNECTED TO FORM A RIGID FRAMEWORK AND EACH MEMBER HAVING AN INWARDLY DIRECTED LONGITUDINAL MOUNTING GROOVE IN ONE COMMON VERTICAL FACE THEREOF, GASKET ENGAGEMENT MEANS SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID GROOVES IN LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH AN ELASTOMERIC STRUCTURAL GLAZING GASKET COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY PORTION A LONGITUDINAL GROOVE FORMED IN EACH OF TWO OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID BODY PORTION AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A PANEL, A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING TONGUE PROTRUDING FROM SAID BODY PORTION IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO SAID PANEL ENGAGING GROOVES, SAID TONGUE HAVING MEANS FORMED THEREON THAT ENGAGE AND LOCK WITH SAID GASKET ENGAGEMENT MEANS IN SAID MOUNTING GROOVE, A FRAME ENGAGING FACE ON SAID BODY PORTION EXTENDING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY AT AN ACUTE ANGLE RELATIVE TO SAID TONGUE AND TOWARDS THE FRAME FOR A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE ON EITHER SIDE OF SID TONGUE AND TERMINATING IN A SEALING LIP, SAID SEALING LIP BEING DEFORMABLE UPON INSERTION OF SAID TONGUE INTO SAID MOUNTING GROOVE AND THEREAFTER MAINTAINED DEFORMED BY SAID GASKET ENGAGEMENT MEANS TO PROVIDE SEALING AT THE EDGE OF SAID FRAME ENGAGING FACE, AND WEDGE MEANS IN THE SIDE OF SAID BODY PORTION OPPOSITE SAID FRAME ENGAGING FACE FOR URGING THE WALLS OF THE GROOVES IN SAID BODY PORTION INTO SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PANEL.