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EP0602289A1
EP0602289A1 EP92310547A EP92310547A EP0602289A1 EP 0602289 A1 EP0602289 A1 EP 0602289A1 EP 92310547 A EP92310547 A EP 92310547A EP 92310547 A EP92310547 A EP 92310547A EP 0602289 A1 EP0602289 A1 EP 0602289A1
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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
    • E04D3/02—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant
    • E04D3/06—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C2/00—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels
    • E04C2/54—Slab-like translucent elements
    • E04C2/543—Hollow multi-walled panels with integrated webs
    • 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
    • E04D3/02—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant
    • E04D3/06—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor
    • E04D3/08—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars
    • 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
    • E04D3/24—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets with special cross-section, e.g. with corrugations on both sides, with ribs, flanges, or the like
    • E04D3/28—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets with special cross-section, e.g. with corrugations on both sides, with ribs, flanges, or the like of glass or other translucent material
    • 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
    • E04D3/02—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant
    • E04D3/06—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor
    • E04D3/08—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars
    • E04D2003/0818—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars the supporting section of the glazing bar consisting of several parts, e.g. compound sections
    • E04D2003/0825—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars the supporting section of the glazing bar consisting of several parts, e.g. compound sections the metal section covered by parts of other material
    • 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
    • E04D3/02—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant
    • E04D3/06—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor
    • E04D3/08—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor with metal glazing bars
    • E04D2003/0843—Clamping of the sheets or glass panes to the glazing bars by means of covering strips
    • E04D2003/085—Clamping of the sheets or glass panes to the glazing bars by means of covering strips locked by snap action
    • 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
    • E04D3/24—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets with special cross-section, e.g. with corrugations on both sides, with ribs, flanges, or the like
    • E04D3/28—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets with special cross-section, e.g. with corrugations on both sides, with ribs, flanges, or the like of glass or other translucent material
    • E04D2003/285—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets with special cross-section, e.g. with corrugations on both sides, with ribs, flanges, or the like of glass or other translucent material with specially profiled marginal portions for connecting purposes

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  • This invention concerns building elements for making building structures, especially for making roofs.
  • Self-supporting roofs or roof sections which comprise a plurality of extruded plastics profile elements connected side-by-side, each element having at least one longitudinal chamber and coupling members by which neighbouring profile elements are interconnected, the adjacent coupling members of neighbouring profile elements engaging to form a duct.
  • each element has na internal partition substantially parallel to the outer surfaces of a building unit made up of said elements. That partition is principally to provide additional heat insulation.
  • An object of this invention is to provide an improved building element.
  • a hollow building element of plastics material comprising a plurality of hollow ducts and having at opposite sides thereof coupling members, whereby elements may be connected to each other directly or indirectly, wherein the ducts are generally rectangular and formed between generally flat top and bottom walls and vertical end and intermediate walls.
  • the elements have an intermediate wall parallel to the bottom walls, whereby two series of ducts one on top of the other are provided.
  • the intermediate wall may be of thinner section than the top or bottom walls of the building element.
  • a hollow building element of plastics material comprising one or more hollow ducts and having at opposite sides thereof coupling members, whereby elements may be connected to each other directly or indirectly, wherein upper coupling members comprise a part engageable with a separate member.
  • a hollow building element of plastics material comprising one or more hollow ducts and having at opposite sides thereof coupling members, whereby elements may be connected to each other directly or indirectly, whereby lower coupling members comprise formations that interengage with formations of neighbouring elements and are held together by a separate member.
  • the separate member of the second and third aspects of the invention may be the same member having upper and lower formations for engagement with upper coupling members and for holding together lower coupling members respectively.
  • the separate member is preferably in the form of a stiffening beam.
  • the building element of the second and third aspects of the invention is preferably a building element of the first aspect of the invention.
  • a preferred upper coupling member comprises a flange forming a channel section which is engageable in a complementary channel section of said separate member or beam.
  • Preferred lower coupling members comprise a first member that is a vertical channel into which a second member fits, the separate member having a formation that fits over said engaged first and second members to hold them together.
  • the cap or cover is securable to said separate member or stiffening beam.
  • the cap or cover preferably has at its side edges sealing means in the form of flexible resilient material.
  • the separate member or stiffening beam preferably has a formation engageable with a formation of the cap or cover to retain the cap or cover in place.
  • the separate member or stiffening beam may have a channel formation into which one or more depending projections of the cap or cover locate.
  • the cap or cover has two such projections shaped to engage complementary formations on inside surfaces of the channel of the separate member or beam.
  • the projections are preferably resilient and angled away from each other, whereby they will tend to urge outwards when pressed together and so improve engagement in the channel formation.
  • the preferred structure of the building element of the invention may permit elements of greater width than hitherto to be made, possibly of the order of 0.5m.
  • the earlier described building elements are generally only made to about 0.25m.
  • a building element 10 for forming building structures, such as roofs is shown made of translucent plastics material, such as polycarbonate, by extrusion.
  • the element 10 is generally hollow having relatively thin walls.
  • the element 10 has a flat bottom wall 12, upstanding end walls 14, upstanding intermediate walls 16, a flat top wall 18 and an intermediate wall 20 parallel to and equidistant from the top and bottom walls 18 and 12 respectively.
  • the intermediate wall 20 will probably be of thinner section than the top or bottom walls 18, 12 respectively
  • the building element 10 comprising a plurality of rectangular section ducts 22 arranged in two rows one on top of the other.
  • the lower coupling member 24 is an L-shaped extension of lower wall 18 and at the other end lower coupling member 26 comprises an extension of the lower wall 18 with a vertical channel section 28 formed thereon into which the lower coupling member 24 of the other end of an adjacent building element can fit.
  • the upper coupling members 30 at each end of the building element comprise vertical extensions 31 of side walls 14 and downwardly open channel forming members 32 extending therefrom.
  • the upper coupling members do not actually engage each other but engage a stiffening beam 40 inserted between building elements that are brought together end to end.
  • the stiffening beam 40 preferably extruded from aluminium, has upper and lower formations 42 and 44 respectively whereby adjacent building elements 10 are held together.
  • the lower formation 44 comprises a downwardly opening channel 46 having a pair of opposed internal projections 48 that extend towards each other but do not meet.
  • the formation 44 is sized so that when the lower coupling elements of adjacent building elements are brought together they fit between the projections 48 thereby holding them together.
  • the upper formation 42 of the beam 40 comprises an upwardly opening channel 50 having its internal side walls serrated. Extending outwards from opposite sides of the channel 50 in line with its base are L-shaped projections 52. The projections 52 are sized and shaped each to engage channel members 32 of upper coupling member 30, thereby holding adjacent elements 10 in a fixed relationship.
  • the connection between a pair of building elements 10 is covered by a capping 60.
  • the capping 60 comprises a channel section extrusion having flexible edges 62 for forming seals with top walls 18 of the elements 10 and a pair of internal downwardly depending resilient projections 64.
  • the projections 64 are angled apart and each has a lip 66 at its distal end to engage the serrations of the channel 50 of beam 40.
  • the elements are laid side-by-side on a structure providing support at opposite ends of the elements with their lower coupling elements engaged.
  • a stiffening beam 40 is then slid into the space between the elements to fix the lower coupling members and engage the upper coupling members of the elements.
  • a capping 60 is pressed into the beam 40 until it seats onto the adjacent elements sufficiently to form a seal between the edges of the capping and the top walls of the adjacent elements.
EP19920310547 1992-07-18 1992-11-19 Structures Expired - Lifetime EP0602289B1 (fr)

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GB1511189A (en) * 1976-01-20 1978-05-17 Sokoler H Self-supporting guilding unit such as a roof unit comprising hollow elements of extrudable transparent plastics
EP0070930A1 (fr) * 1981-07-20 1983-02-09 Everlite A/S Panneau, en particulier pour des structures de toit auto-portantes et structures de toit auto-portantes composées de ces panneaux
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GB2300012A (en) 1996-10-23
GB9313948D0 (en) 1993-08-18
GB2300012B (en) 1997-01-22
GB2268765B (en) 1997-01-22
GB9215332D0 (en) 1992-09-02
DK0750080T3 (da) 2000-07-10
DK0602289T3 (da) 1999-06-14
EP0602289B1 (fr) 1998-09-16
GB2268765A (en) 1994-01-19
GB9613271D0 (en) 1996-08-28
DE69230839D1 (de) 2000-04-27
DE69227030T2 (de) 1999-03-18
DE69230839T2 (de) 2000-07-27
EP0750080B1 (fr) 2000-03-22
DE69227030D1 (de) 1998-10-22

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