BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN14072:2003Glassinfurniture—TestmethodsTheEuropeanStandardEN14072:2003hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS81.040.30;97.140 CopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSINotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--```,,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---BSEN14072:2003ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon5April2004©BSI5April2004ISBN0580436004NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN14072:2003.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeFW/1,Commontestmethodsforfurniture,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to10,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsCopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSINotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--```,,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN14072November2003ICS81.040.30;97.140EnglishversionGlassinfurniture-TestmethodsVerreenameublement-Méthodesd'essaiGlasinMöbeln-PrüfverfahrenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon8September2003.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2003CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN14072:2003ECopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSINotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--```,,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EN14072:2003(E)2ContentspageForeword......................................................................................................................................................................31Scope..............................................................................................................................................................42Normativereferences....................................................................................................................................43Generaltestconditions.................................................................................................................................43.1Preliminarypreparation.................................................................................................................................43.2Tolerances......................................................................................................................................................44Testequipment..............................................................................................................................................54.1Floorsurface..................................................................................................................................................54.2Wallsurface....................................................................................................................................................54.3Stops.....................................................................................................................................