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An apparatus and method for clamping louvered window panes in the window frame sections of a louvered window structure. The louvered window structure usually includes a plurality of pivotably movable pane supporting elements which have elongate slots to receive the panes. The apparatus comprises a clamping device in the nature of a band having a pair of overlapping terminal portions, which form an envelope section and this band is capable of being disposed over a portion of each window pane supporting element and a portion of the pane which extends beyond the slot formed in the pane supporting element. An individual clamping device is located at each of the opposite ends of each or certain of the window panes. The clamping device includes a locking mechanism which is capable of causing locking engagement of the two terminal portions of the band, such that the clamping device can be clamped about the window frame section and the pane to lockably hold the pane in the window frame structure. In the preferred aspect, the locking mechanism comprises a worm having a screw head which is engageable to be turned only in the locking direction. In this way, the louvered window structure is protected against unauthorized removal of the various louvered window panes.
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