EP0342044B1 - Metallisches Verkleidungselement - Google Patents

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EP0342044B1
EP0342044B1 EP89304807A EP89304807A EP0342044B1 EP 0342044 B1 EP0342044 B1 EP 0342044B1 EP 89304807 A EP89304807 A EP 89304807A EP 89304807 A EP89304807 A EP 89304807A EP 0342044 B1 EP0342044 B1 EP 0342044B1
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Michael John Bayley
Peter Godfrey Buxton
Tarlochan Singh Saini
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D3/00—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets
    • E04D3/36—Connecting; Fastening
    • E04D3/361—Connecting; Fastening by specially-profiled marginal portions of the slabs or sheets
    • E04D3/362—Connecting; Fastening by specially-profiled marginal portions of the slabs or sheets by locking the edge of one slab or sheet within the profiled marginal portion of the adjacent slab or sheet, e.g. using separate connecting elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F13/00—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings
    • E04F13/07—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor
    • E04F13/08—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
    • E04F13/12—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements of metal or with an outer layer of metal or enameled metal

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  • This invention relates to metal sheeting.
  • Metal profiled sheets are frequently used as roof panels and for other building cladding purposes. It is well known to provide a metal sheet which is pre-formed with integral ribbing so that it may readily be interlocked at adjoining edges with a similar sheet and which may be fastened to a support without the fastening means being exposed to the environment or being on the visible side of the sheet. These products may include separate fixing clips and involve on site roll forming to close the interlocking seams. All such products are usually referred to as "raised seam cladding". Many examples of such profiled sheets are known and they are frequently roll-formed from an aluminium alloy as well as other metallic materials.
  • each sheet has a first upstanding hook formation along one edge and a second upstanding formation along an opposite edge of the sheet with a hook receiving part and a valley in the plane of the sheet through which fasteners can be passed.
  • first formation of one sheet hooks on to the hook receiving part of an adjoining sheet and covers the valley and its fasteners.
  • the sheets From their outer surfaces the sheets then present a generally flat appearance having spaced apart upstanding ribs with no fasteners visible. These ribs are usually referred to as "raised seam”.
  • the sheets when used as roof panels, the sheets need to be fully supported on a pre-prepared flat surface and are not strong enough to span any worthwhile distance between supporting purlins. It is however clearly desirable to provide sheets that can be supported at intervals, as between spaced apart purlins, and it is further desirable that the sheet should be wider so that the spacing between the raised seams is increased. In addition the sheets should be strong enough to support snow loads, wind loads both in pressure and suction and so that, for example, operatives can walk on them.
  • US-A 4,423,581 shows a metal sheeting system in which a metal sheet is formed with a central web extending laterally towards lateral edges having an outer surface facing in an outer direction, a hook formation along one said lateral edge projecting in the outer direction and facing away from the central web, a hook receiving formation along an opposed said lateral edge projecting in the outer direction and facing toward the central web, the hook receiving formation having a valley portion extending laterally toward the opposed lateral edge away from a hook receiving portion of the receiving formation, the arrangement being such that the sheet can be fastened directly to a support without the interposition of separate clips.
  • the present invention is characterised in that the hook formation of one sheet can hook over the upstanding hook receiving formation of an adjoining sheet and cover its valley wherein latching means act between the formations to latch them together subsequent to their being hooked together and wherein after such latching said one sheet can be rotated about the hook receiving formation of the other sheet through at least 25° to unlatch the sheet and before the formations can be unhooked.
  • the rotation preferably occurs without significant distortion of the material of either sheet.
  • the latching action ceases to function, and further rotation through at least 10° is required before the formations can be disengaged.
  • a roll-formed aluminium alloy sheet 1 has along one side edge 2 a first, hook, formation indicated generally at 3 which is upstanding from the outer surface 4 of the sheet. At its other side edge 5 the sheet has a second, hook receiving, formation indicated generally at 6 and a valley 7. The formations 3 and 6 are separated by a web 8 which is coplanar with the floor 9 of the valley 7. A number of stiffening ribs 8b may be formed in the sheet.
  • the hook formation 3 comprises a sloping part 10, a wall 11 approximately at right angles to the web 8, a flat 12 and downwardly and inwardly projecting parts 13 and 14 constituting a hook having a curved part 15. As shown the outer end of the part 14 is curved to be approximately parallel with the wall 11 and to allow run-out on the edge of the sheet material on roll forming.
  • the hook receiving formation 6 comprises a sloping part 16 the upper end 16b of which is approximately at right angles to the web 8 and is then folded at a part 17 which, together with the wall 16b defines a hook receiving formation as will be described later.
  • the lower end of the folded part 17 is formed as a hollow bead 18 and the rolled material of the sheet is then formed as a platform 19 with a recess 20, a side wall 21 approximately at right angles to the web 8 leading to the valley 7, the floor 9 of which has an upwardly turned part 22 and a lip 23 at the same angle to the web 8 as the sloping part 10.
  • the lip 23 allows run out of the edge of the sheet material on roll forming.
  • Fig. 3 shows how the hook formation 3 engages over the hook receiving part 6 of an adjoining sheet.
  • the same reference numerals have been used except that for the "adjoining" sheet suffixes "a" have been added to each reference numeral.
  • the sheet 1a is already mounted on suitably spaced-apart purlins (not shown) and secured thereto through the valley floor 9a.
  • the fixings used can be conventional and may be arranged to accommodate longitudinal expansion of the sheet 1a.
  • the sheet 1 is then held with its web 8 approximately vertically and its hook formation 3 engaged around the bead 18a.
  • the sheet 1 is then pivoted to the position shown in cross-hatched lines in Fig. 3 and secured to the purlins. In this position the sloping part 10 engages with the lip 23a and the wall 11, the flat 12, the part 13 and the curved part 15 respectively embrace the upper part of the side wall 21a, the platform 19a, the part 17a and the curved part 15a. Sealing material (not shown) may be disposed in the recess 20a.
  • the dimensions of the formations 3 and 6 are such that the upper part of the formation 2 is a "latching fit" over the upper part of the formation 6.
  • wind flow across the outer surfaces 4 and 4a can cause high suction forces to be applied to the webs of the sheets and lift these webs so that their formations 3 and 6 distort and move laterally to disengage the formations 3 and 6.
  • the close, "latching fit” engagement between the upper parts of the formations ensures that the wall 11 constitutes latching means for the hook by its close fit against the upper part of the side wall 21a.
  • the edge of the sheet 1 can rotate about the bead 18a through successive positions indicated at A, B, C and D before reaching the position E shown as a solid line.
  • the wall 11 rides up the side wall 21 a and retains its latching action.
  • the corner between the sloping part 10 and the wall 11 rides over the corner between the side wall 21 a and the platform 19a.
  • the chain line 24 represents the angle between the edge of the web 8 and the line of the web 8a.
  • the angle defined is F.
  • the precise angle F reached for position E is determined by the detailed dimensions of the upper parts of the formations 3 and 6, the width of the web 8 and the thickness of the sheet. We have found the following criteria achieve good results:-
  • Length of the vertical wall 11 between 20% to 30% (preferably 24%) of the height of the rib formation 3 and 6.
  • Sheet thickness lies in the range of 0.15% to 0.25% of total formation width.
  • the angle G is in the range 25° to 30° (preferably 28°).
  • the angle F is in the range 10° to 35° greater than angle G (preferably 30°).
  • the basic strength of sheets 500 mm wide can be increased sufficiently to enable the sheets to span purlins with spacings in excess of 2.0 m and still readily support snow and wind loads both in pressure and suction and carry the weight of an operative between the purlins.
  • the latching feature of the present invention the disadvantages of increasing the height of the seams can be obviated and increased protection given against suction induced by wind force.

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1. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement (1), bestehend aus einem mittigen Steg (8), der sich lateral in Richtung lateraler Kanten erstreckt und eine äußere Oberfläche (4), welche in eine äußere Richtung weist, eine Hakenausbildung (3) entlang einer (2) der lateralen Kanten, welche in die äußere Richtung vorspringt und von dem mittigen Steg wegweist, und eine Hakenaufnahme-Ausbildung (6) entlang der gegenüberliegenden lateralen Kante (5) hat, welche in die äußere Richtung vorsteht und in Richtung des mittigen Steges weist, wobei die Hakenaufnahme-Ausbildung (6) einen Talabschnitt (7) hat, der lateral in Richtung der gegenüberliegenden lateralen Kante (5) und von einem Hakenaufnahme-Abschnitt (18) der Hakenaufnahme-Ausbildung (6) weg verläuft, wobei die Anordnung derart ist, daß das Verkleidungselement direkt auf einer Stützunterlage ohne die Zwischenschaltung von separaten Befestigungsmitteln befestigt werden kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Hakenausbildung (3) von einem Verkleidungselement mit der Hakenaufnahme-Ausbildung (6) des anschließenden Verkleidungselementes verhakt werden kann und dessen Talabschnitt überdeckt, wobei Riegelvorrichtungen (11-17,19,21) zwischen den Ausbildungen wirken, um diese nach dem Verhaken miteinander zu verriegeln und wobeinach einem derartigen Verriegeln das eine Verkleidungselement um die Hakenaufnahme-Ausbildung des anderen Verkleidungselementes um einen Betrag von wenigstens 25° drehbar ist, um das Verkleidungselement zu entriegeln, bevor die Ausbildungen enthakt werden können.
2. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Drehung ohne wesentliche Verformung des Materials von jedem Verkleidungselement stattfindet.
3. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement nach Anspruch 1, wobei bei der Relativdrehung die Verriegelungswirkung in ihrer Funktion aufgehoben wird und eine weitere Drehung um wenigstens 10° benötigt wird, bevor die Ausbildungen voneinander gelöst werden können.
4. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei die Hakenausbildung (3) einen schräg verlaufenden Teil (10), der sich von dem Verkleidungselement (1) nach oben weg erstreckt, eine Wand (11) am äußeren Ende des schräg verlaufenden Teils wenigstens annähernd im rechten Winkel zu dem Verkleidungselement, einen flachen Abschnitt (12), der sich von der Wand weg erstreckt und im wesentlichen nach unten verläuft und nach innen vorstehende Teile (13, 14) aufweist, welche einen Haken mit einem unteren gekrümmten Teil (15) bilden.
5. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement nach Anspruch 4, wobei das äußere Ende der Teile (14) gekrümmt ist, um annähernd parallel mit der Wand zu sein, um ein Auslaufen an der Kante des Verkleidungselement-Materials zu ermöglichen, wenn letzteres durch Rollen geformt wird.
6. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement nach Anspruch 4, wobei beim Verriegeln der Verkleidungselemente untereinander die Basis des schräg verlaufenden Teiles (10) der Hakenausbildung (3) eines Verkleidungselementes (1) an dem Tal (7) der Hakenaufnahme-Ausbildung (6) des benachbarten Verkleidungselementes anschlägt.
7. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Hakenaufnahme-Ausbildung (6) einen schräg verlaufenden Teil (16) aufweist, dessen oberes Ende (16b) annähernd im rechten Winkel zu dem Verkleidungselement ist und nachfolgend gefaltet (17) ist, so daß der gefaltete Teil und das obere Ende einen Haken definieren.
8. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement nach Anspruch 7, wobei oberhalb des Hakens das Verkleidungselement eine Plattform (19) hat mit einer Seitenwand (21) in annähernd rechtem Winkel zu dem Verkleidungselement, wobei die Seitenwand nach unten sich erstreckt, um einen Teil des Tales zu bilden.
9. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement nach Anspruch 8, wobei der Boden (9a) des Tales einen nach oben verlaufenden Teil (22a) und eine Lippe (23a) im gleichen Winkel zu dem Verkleidungselement wie der schräg verlaufende Teil aufweist.
10. Ein metallisches Verkleidungselement nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei oberhalb des Hakens das Verkleidungselement mit einer Plattform (19) mit einer in Längsrichtung verlaufenden Ausnehmung (20) darin ausgebildet ist.
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