Panel mounting system

Claim 1

A glazing system for providing structural rigidity between adjacent construction panels of a building wall structure wherein a pair of said panels are disposed above one another in a generally coplanar relationship, the adjacent horizontal edges of said pair of panels being closely spaced to each other, said glazing system comprising: an elongated rigid structural member affixible to said building structure to extend generally coextensively with said adjacent horizontal panel edges, said structural member including a rigid horizontally extending load bearing protrusion projecting outwardly therefrom generally normally to the plane of said panels and having an outer end spaced from said structural member, and a horizontally extending gasket receiving channel on each side of said protrusion, both of said channels opening outwardly toward said plane of said panels and extending generally coextensively with said protrusion, an elongated elastomeric panel mounting and sealing gasket including first and second portions, said first portion comprising a body portion having horizontally extending panel receiving channels opening vertically therein, said second portion including means received in each of said gasket receiving channels for releasably affixing said gasket to sAid structural member, and a groove to receive said load-bearing protrusion, said groove extending from said second portion into said first portion and between said panel receiving channels, said panels in said panel receiving channels having coplanar outermost faces with respect to said structural member, and said outer end of said protrusion being spaced from said structural member for said protrusion to extend between said panel edges from the plane of said outermost faces toward said structural member.