EP0656090A1 - Voliges de toitures. - Google Patents

Voliges de toitures.

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EP0656090A1
EP0656090A1 EP94908162A EP94908162A EP0656090A1 EP 0656090 A1 EP0656090 A1 EP 0656090A1 EP 94908162 A EP94908162 A EP 94908162A EP 94908162 A EP94908162 A EP 94908162A EP 0656090 A1 EP0656090 A1 EP 0656090A1
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Prior art keywords
tiles
tile
roof
portions
engagement
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EP0656090B1 (fr
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Frazer William Timothy Law
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Redland Technology Ltd
Monier Braas Research and Development Ltd
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Redland Technologies Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D12/00—Non-structural supports for roofing materials, e.g. battens, boards
    • E04D12/004—Battens
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E04D2001/3408—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastener type or material
    • E04D2001/3417—Synthetic, composite or molded material
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E04D2001/3452—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the location of the fastening means
    • E04D2001/3458—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the location of the fastening means on the upper or lower transverse edges of the roof covering elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E04D2001/3452—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the location of the fastening means
    • E04D2001/3461—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the location of the fastening means on the lateral edges of the roof covering elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E04D2001/347—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastening pattern
    • E04D2001/3476—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastening pattern the fastening means taking hold directly on adjacent elements of the same row and fastening them simultaneously to the roof structure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E04D2001/347—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastening pattern
    • E04D2001/3482—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastening pattern the fastening means taking hold directly on elements of succeeding rows and fastening them simultaneously to the structure

Definitions

  • This invention is concerned with improvements in or relating to roofing battens and their use in a novel method of tiling a roof.
  • Conventional roofing battens are generally provided by sawn strips of wood and are secured to the roof structure to enable a tiler to cover a roof with tiles.
  • the tiles may be secured by nails which are driven into the battens through apertures in the tiles and/or the tiles may be secured by clips of many diverse configurations which clips may be adapted to engage headlap and/or side-lock portions of the tiles.
  • the tiles are provided with lateral slots of thin section on an underside thereof for engaging in use a support flange of a batten strip
  • conventional tiles e.g. concrete roof tiles are manufactured in the main by passing pallets seriatim through a tile moulding machine whereat tile mortar is formed on the pallets as a ribbon of mortar which is thereafter cut to form discrete tiles on each pallet.
  • Such pallets form the underside of the tiles which preclude the manufacture of the non-conventional tiles GB2222620A with the thin section lateral slots.
  • US4955170 discloses the use of folded steel sheet batten elements which captively engage upper end portions of tiles mounted on a roof; however, such an arrangement does not cater for securing the sidelock portions of tiles located on a roof and thus, in inclement weather conditions, viz. high wind loads, the tiles may tip up about their upper ends and become dislodged from a roof.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome or at least mitigate the disadvantages of prior art tiling arrangements.
  • the present invention provides a roofing batten comprising integral tile fixing means conveniently provided by a first snap-fit device for engagement, when in use, with a headlap portion of a roof tile, the tile fixing means also comprising a second snap-fit device for engagement, when in use, with the side-lock portion of a roof tile.
  • the first snap-fit device comprises a hold-down clip overlying a recess formed in an upper surface, in use, of the batten, said recess being adapted to captively receive, in use, a ribbed portion formed on an underside of a headlap portion of a tile engaged thereby.
  • the second snap-fit device comprises a hook element extending upwardly and rearwardly of the upper surface, in use, of e batten, said hook element being adapted, in use, to latch over a grooved side-lock portion of a roof tile engaged thereby.
  • the batten is of wedge-shape cross-section, or substantially so, at right angles to the length thereof, the arrangement being such that, in use, the small end of the wedge shape is the upper end and faces towards the ridge of a roof on which it is used.
  • the batten of the last five preceding paragraphs is formed together with the tile fixing means as a unitary moulding of plastics material, preferably polyethylene.
  • the present invention also provides a roofing batten comprising tile fixing means provided by:
  • the present invention further provides a method of tiling a roof comprising the steps of:
  • tile retaining means for engagement, in use, with headlap portions of associated tiles, and, ii) hooks for engagement, in use, one each with side-lock portions of associated tiles,
  • Figure 1 is an upper right-hand perspective view of part of a roofing batten.
  • Figure 2 is an underside perspective view of the inter ⁇ locking end portions of two adjacent roofing battens.
  • roofing batten 2 formed as a unitary moulding of plastics material, i.e. polyethylene, and comprising, integrally formed therewith, tile fixing means 4, see Figure 1.
  • the batten 2 is wedge-shaped in cross-section, see the left-hand of Figure 1 in order to achieve accurate tile fitment in use, the batten 2 comprising a rear wall 6 and a front wall 8 spanned by an upper wall 10, see Figure 1.
  • Reinforcing ribs 12 are provided in the underside of the wall 10 between the walls 6 and 8; however, such ribs serve only the perfunctory task of strengthening the batten and may be of any arbitrary configuration.
  • the upper wall 10 is provided with a centrally disposed protu ⁇ berance 14 extending therealong which is frustroconical in cross-section and together with the walls 6 and 8 defines rearward and forward channels 16 and 18 respectively the purpose of which will become clear hereinafter.
  • the protuberance 14 is provided with gapped portions 19 along -.its length, see Figure 1, also for a purpose to be made clear hereinafter.
  • the tile fixing means 4 comprises a first snap-fit device provided by latch elements 20 and 22 of inverted "L" shaped configuration at spaced-apart locations on the upper extremities of the wall 6, with a vertical arm 24 of the elements 20 and 22 extending upwardly of said wall and a horizontal arm 26 thereof extending to partially overlie the channel 16, see Figure 1.
  • the tile fixing means also comprises a second snap-fit device provided by a hook element 30 also provided on the upper extremities of the wall 6, see Figure 1.
  • battens 2 which are supplied in one metre lengths and are coupled together by the conventional coupling means indicated at 32 and 33 in Figure 2, provide support for series of first and second snap-fit devices by which tiles may be secured to a roof.
  • a roofer In a method of tiling a roof using the novel battens 2 of the present invention a roofer:
  • a) secures a plurality of battens 2 in parallel rows to a roof structure by driving nails, not shown, into the structure through apertures 34 provided along the length of said battens with lengthwise adjacent battens in one row being coupled together by the coupling means 32 and 33, b) positions a first row of tiles overlying a first row of battens 2 on the roof with their respective interlocked side portions accommodated in associated gapped portions 19 of the protuberance 14 and with their headlap portions each being retained in snap-fit engagement under the horizontal arms 26 of the elements 20 and 22 of the battens 2, for this purpose the headlap portions of the tiles are of complementary shape to that of the recessed upper surfaces 10 of the battens.
  • step c) positions a second row of tiles overlying a second row of battens 2 on the roof with their headlap portions each being retained in snap-fit engagement under the horizontal arms 26 of the elements 20 and 22 of the battens 2 and with the side-lock portions of each tile in snap-fit engagement with an associated hook element 30, and, d) repeats step c) above until the tiling of the roof is completed.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Roof Covering Using Slabs Or Stiff Sheets (AREA)
  • Finishing Walls (AREA)
  • Dry Shavers And Clippers (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)

Abstract

Une volige de toiture (2), moulée d'un bloc en matière plastique, comporte un dispositif de fixation (4) de tuiles qui présente des éléments de verrouillage (20, 22) destinés, lors du montage, à entrer en prise avec la partie à recouvrement frontal d'une tuile associée dans une première rangée de tuiles. Il comporte aussi un crochet (30) qui, lors du montage, fixe la partie à verrouillage latéral d'une tuile associée de la deuxième rangée de tuiles qui recouvre la première rangée. Ces voliges (2) sont dotées d'organes de couplage classiques (32, 33) qui permettent leur montage le long d'un toit.
EP94908162A 1992-08-14 1993-08-10 Voliges de toitures Expired - Lifetime EP0656090B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9217269 1992-08-14
GB929217269A GB9217269D0 (en) 1992-08-14 1992-08-14 Roofing battens
PCT/EP1993/002142 WO1994004777A1 (fr) 1992-08-14 1993-08-10 Voliges de toitures

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EP0656090A1 true EP0656090A1 (fr) 1995-06-07
EP0656090B1 EP0656090B1 (fr) 1996-05-15

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EP (1) EP0656090B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPH08500160A (fr)
AU (1) AU675246B2 (fr)
GB (2) GB9217269D0 (fr)
NZ (1) NZ255341A (fr)
WO (1) WO1994004777A1 (fr)

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US5466823A (en) 1993-11-30 1995-11-14 G.D. Searle & Co. Substituted pyrazolyl benzenesulfonamides

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FR364916A (fr) * 1906-04-04 1906-08-31 Sigmund Haussen Dispositif de protection contre le vent pour toitures en tuiles
US1463482A (en) * 1922-12-29 1923-07-31 J D Bowden Securing shingles to roofs
US4141191A (en) * 1977-05-31 1979-02-27 Monier Colourtile Pty. Ltd. Tile clip
WO1987004479A1 (fr) * 1986-01-23 1987-07-30 Cange Controls Limited Couverture de toit en tuiles
US4955170A (en) * 1987-04-29 1990-09-11 Dannemann Roberto G C Structures for roofs made of tiles or the like
GB2222620B (en) * 1988-09-07 1992-08-26 Richard Waddington Roof tile securing means
GB2228502B (en) * 1989-01-06 1992-09-02 John Mcphee Slate securing clip

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AU675246B2 (en) 1997-01-30
GB2269611B (en) 1996-01-10
JPH08500160A (ja) 1996-01-09
GB2269611A (en) 1994-02-16
GB9316340D0 (en) 1993-09-22
NZ255341A (en) 1997-05-26
AU4947293A (en) 1994-03-15
GB9217269D0 (en) 1992-09-30
EP0656090B1 (fr) 1996-05-15
WO1994004777A1 (fr) 1994-03-03

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