EP1055040B1 - Verbesserung an dachein- oder dachabdeckung - Google Patents

Verbesserung an dachein- oder dachabdeckung Download PDF

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EP1055040B1
EP1055040B1 EP99905383A EP99905383A EP1055040B1 EP 1055040 B1 EP1055040 B1 EP 1055040B1 EP 99905383 A EP99905383 A EP 99905383A EP 99905383 A EP99905383 A EP 99905383A EP 1055040 B1 EP1055040 B1 EP 1055040B1
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • E04D3/30—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 metal
    • 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
    • E04D3/365—Connecting; Fastening by simple overlapping of the marginal portions with use of separate connecting elements, e.g. hooks or bolts for corrugated sheets

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  • This invention relates to an exterior sheathing element. More particularly the invention relates to a sheet metal sheathing element useful for roofing.
  • the prior art includes various structures of such tiles (sometimes referred to as shingles) and also metal and vinyl sidings.
  • the sidings or tiles are overlapped both laterally with adjacent sidings/tiles as well as with upper and lower siding/tile courses to achieve a weatherproof structure.
  • some sidings/tiles include a lower edge underside lip which locates within an upper edge channel of the next lower siding/tile course.
  • a fundamental difference between the tiles and sidings is the substantial length of the later. This necessitates that a siding incorporate means to compensate for longitudinal expansion and contraction particularly at the lateral overlap of adjacent sidings. Their in situ mounting means also need to allow for this.
  • a first object of this invention is to provide a sheet metal sheathing element particularly useful as a roofing tile that can be manufactured utilising thinner sheet metal than typically used with sheet metal tiles.
  • a second object is to provide a sheet metal tile that replicates a traditional wooden shingle "tile" particularly in a multiple configuration thereof as discussed above relative to concrete tiles.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide such a sheathing element adapted for individual fixing to a supporting structure and subsequent conjoining and fixing of further tiles both laterally and longitudinally of the first tile.
  • the structure of the tile enables adjacent overlapping tiles to be located within one another but without the need of a fixed interlock as described in the above mentioned shingle patents.
  • the steps can be repeated to cover a desired area of a supporting structure.
  • Yet a further object is to provide the public with a further choice in sheathing elements in particular a sheathing element suitable for mounting by relatively unskilled people.
  • an exterior sheathing element as set out in claim 1.
  • the innerface and outerface channels are formed by folding the material forming the first edge portion and second edge portion respectively back on itself but in spaced relationship to form the channels within the folds
  • the mounting tab is formed by having a return fold to shape the material of the second edge portion, save for the section thereof bordering the first lateral side of the main body, to extend back over on itself in pressed together relationship the material forming the outerface channel and to then project away from of the main body.
  • a sheathing element 22 is preferably manufactured from sheet metal in known manner such as by pressing, roll forming and/or folding.
  • element 22 is designed as a multiple tile as discussed above and in particular to replicate a plurality of wooden shingles arranged in a side overlapping side relationship as in situ.
  • the tile 22 of this invention can be manufacture from sheet metal as typically used for sheet metal sheathing tiles; the design lends itself suitable for manufacture using thinner sheet metal. This in turn enables the tile to economically replicate wooden shingles.
  • sheet metal in the region of 0.27mm gauge is used, in situ, this necessitating a support extending completely therebeneath.
  • such a support is, as depicted in Figure 4, plywood or similar sheets 2 being mounted on rafters 16 or similar elements to completely cover an area. Because of their lightweight, their design and their preferred utilisation with such a support the tile of this invention is suitable for mounting by relatively unskilled people.
  • sheathing element 22 is pressed into a thin or substantially single plane configuration having on overall thickness, including inter-engaging channels 7 and 9 as described below, similar to that of a typical wooden shingle.
  • the tile 22 has a main body 1 having a first lateral side 20 and a second lateral side 21 with corresponding lateral side portions 1c, 1b.
  • Indentations indicated by various longitudinally extending lines on the drawings are preferably provided to strengthen the main body 1 and provide the desired visual wooden shingle replication. These indentations are not pronounced and in the preferred form the tile 22 has the exterior face thereof coated, in known manner, with stone chips or similar (not shown for the sake of clarity) to enhance this replication.
  • the indentations include weather ingress inhibiting ribs 5, preferably longitudinally extending in a corrugated manner and preferably being more pronounced than most of the remainder of the indentations.
  • the ribs 5 are disposed along at least lateral side portion 1b of the tile 22, being that side that in use is disposed on the underside when overlapped (as depicted by Figs. 1 and 2) with another tile 23. In the drawings both sides of a tile 22 are shown with ribs 4 but they are not necessary on lateral side portion 1c that will be uppermost in situ.
  • Tile 22 has a first edge portion 6 opposite a second edge portion 8 extending between the first and second lateral sides 20, 21.
  • First edge portion 6 is formed back on itself such as by folding to form a channel 7 on what, in situ, will be an innerface of the tile 22.
  • second edge portion 8 a further channel 9 is formed on what, in situ, will be an outerface of the tile 22 (although the tile 22 is preferably wider than it is long the terms “side” and "longitudinal' are used in the manner chosen to assist clarity.)
  • Channel 9 is also preferably formed by folding and a mounting tab 10 is also formed projecting from that outer edge portion 8.
  • Mounting tab 10 extends along the edge portion 8 but terminates short of the first lateral side 20 of the tile 22 to leave a mounting tab free section 11.
  • the tab free section 11 preferably corresponds to the lateral side portion 1c or in other words that side portion of a tile 22 that will be uppermost when in a side overlapping relationship with another tile 23. It will be understood by those skilled in the art and the following description that mounting tab 10 may also terminate short of the other lateral side 21 of the element and need not be continuous.
  • Mounting tab 10 is preferably formed by providing a return fold on the mounting tab forming part of edge 8, the material forming mounting tab 10 having a return extending back over itself in pressed together relationship about the material forming channel 9 and then outwardly substantially co-planar with the main body 1 of the tile 22.
  • the side of edge portion 8 distal of mounting tab free part 11 and the associated engaging section of edge portion 6 may be stepped, as indicated at 17 on tile 22 in Figure 1, to assist the side overlap engagement, and continuity of line, of one tile with another. For similar reasons, at the area 17, channel 9 may be marginally "opened” and at the tab free part 11 marginally "closed”.
  • the construction and arrangement of the tile 22 enables a plurality of tiles 22, 23 to be laterally overlapped with one another as depicted in Fig. 2.
  • the overlap is undertaken by presenting a tile 22 to a second tile 23. This is indicated by double headed arrow 13, the overlap providing their corresponding edge portions 6 and 8 are engaged within one another. More particularly, the edge portion 6 of tile 23 locates within channel 7 of tile 22 and the tab free section 11 of edge portion 8 of tile 22 locates in channel 9 of tile 23.
  • a third tile 24 can then be presented; as indicated by the double headed arrow 15, to tiles 22 and 23.
  • the presentation is as to engage the folded edge 7 of tile 24 over and about the overlapping sections of folded second edges 8 of the tiles 22 and 23 and the adjacent sections of each of the second edges 8 as to extent to either side of that overlap.
  • This relationship of three such tiles 22, 23 and 24 enhances the weathering capabilities of the junctions between the tiles 22, 23 and 24.
  • this engagement is depicted in side view schematically in Figs. 4 and 5, the engagement being in the nature of a close nesting or clipping together.
  • a preferred method of in situ mounting is to connect tiles 22, 23 and 24 in a repeating sequence of that described above. In so doing the tiles are rested on backing support sheet 2 and fixed thereto such as by stapling 12 through the mounting tabs 10 into the sheet 2. These steps are substantially repeated to cover the whole of a required area. In so doing the mounting tabs 10 are hidden from view and a continuous sheathing finish achieved.
  • This sheathing element 25 is preferably manufactured from thicker sheet metal in the region of 0.5mm gauge sheet metal.
  • Mounting tab 10 incorporates a laterally extending channel 18 that can be used as a batten to affix the sheathing elements 1d directly to spaced apart rafters 16.

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  1. Außenverkleidungselement (22), umfassend einen planaren Hauptkörper (1) mit einer Innenfläche und einer Außenfläche sowie einer ersten und einer zweiten Seite (20, 21) und entsprechende erste und zweite Seitenabschnitte (1c, 1b), erste und zweite obere Kantenabschnitte (6,8), die einander am Hauptkörper (1) gegenüberliegen und sich zwischen den Seiten (20, 21) erstrecken, wobei der erste Kantenabschnitt (6) einen sich die gesamte Strecke zwischen den Seiten (20, 21) erstreckenden Innenflächenkanal (7) mit einer sich zur zweiten Kante (8) öffnenden Mündung umfasst und der zweite Kantenabschnitt (8) einen sich die gesamte Strecke zwischen den Seiten (20, 21) erstreckenden Außenflächenkanal (9) mit einer sich zur ersten Kante (6) öffnenden Mündung umfasst; und eine Befestigungszunge (10), die vom zweiten Kantenabschnitt (8) vorsteht und in einem Bereich (11) desselben, der an die erste Seite (20) des Hauptkörpers (1) angrenzt, nicht ausgebildet ist, wobei die Befestigungszunge (10) vom Hauptkörper (1) weg und in einer im Wesentlichen koplanaren Beziehung zu diesem vorsteht; worin
    die Kanäle (7, 9) einschließlich ihrer Mündungen Maße aufweisen, die es dem Element (22) erlauben, als erstes Verkleidungselement (22) mit identischen zweiten und dritten Verkleidungselementen (23, 24) auf die folgende Weise zusammengefügt zu werden:
    (i) der erste Seitenabschnitt (1c) des ersten Elements (22) überlappt seitlich mit dem zweiten Seitenabschnitt (1b) des zweiten Elements (23), sodass der überlappende Abschnitt des zweiten Kantenabschnitts (8) des ersten Elements (22) innerhalb des Außenflächenkanals (9) des zweiten Elements (23) angeordnet ist und der überlappende Abschnitt des ersten Kantenabschnitts (6) des zweiten Elements (23) innerhalb des Innenflächenkanals (7) des ersten Elements (22) angeordnet ist; und
    (ii) der erste Kantenabschnitt (6) des dritten Elements (24) ist über den überlappenden Abschnitten der zweiten Kantenabschnitte (8) des ersten und des zweiten Elements (22, 23) genauso wie den benachbarten Abschnitten eines jeden der zweiten Kantenabschnitte (8) angebracht, wobei der erste Kantenabschnitt (6) des dritten Elements (24) in den Außenflächenkanälen (9) der seitlich überlappenden ersten und zweiten Elemente (22, 23) angeordnet ist.
  2. Außenverkleidungselement (22) nach Anspruch 1, worin der Innenflächen- und der Außenflächenkanal (7, 9) durch Umfaltung des den ersten Kantenabschnitt (6) bzw. den zweiten Kantenabschnitt (8) bildenden Materials auf sich selbst, jedoch in einer beabstandeten Beziehung zur Bildung der Kanäle (7,9) in den Umfaltungen, gebildet werden und die Befestigungszunge (10) durch Rückfalten zur Formung des Materials des zweiten Kantenabschnitts (8), mit Ausnahme des an die erste Seite (20) des Hauptkörpers (1) angrenzenden Bereichs (11) desselben, gebildet wird, um sich über sich selbst in einer mit dem den Außenflächenkanal (9) bildenden Material zusammengepressten Beziehung zurück zu erstrecken und dann vom Hauptkörper (1) weg vorzustehen.
  3. Außenverkleidungselement (22) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, hergestellt aus einem Bahnmaterial, um zumindest eine Dachschindel nachzubilden und wobei der zweite Seitenabschnitt (21) mit einer Reihe von sich in Längsrichtung erstreckenden Wellenrippen (5) ausgebildet ist.
  4. Außenverkleidungselement (22) nach einem der vorangegangenen Ansprüche, worin die Befestigungszunge (10) eine sich seitlich erstreckende Stützleiste umfasst, die einen Kanalabschnitt (18) bildet.
  5. Verkleidung auf einer Struktur, worin die Verkleidung identische erste, zweite und dritte Verkleidungselemente (22) umfasst, wobei jedes ein Element nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4 ist und die ersten, zweiten und dritten Elemente wie folgt zusammengefügt sind:
    (i) der erste Seitenabschnitt (1c) des ersten Elements (22) überlappt seitlich mit dem zweiten Seitenabschnitt (1b) des zweiten Elements (23), sodass der überlappende Abschnitt des zweiten Kantenabschnitts (8) des ersten Elements (22) innerhalb des Außenflächenkanals (9) des zweiten Elements (23) angeordnet ist und der überlappende Abschnitt des ersten Kantenabschnitts (6) des zweiten Elements (23) innerhalb des Innenflächenkanals (7) des ersten Elements (22) angeordnet ist; und
    (ii) der erste Kantenabschnitt (6) des dritten Elements (24) ist über den überlappenden Abschnitten der zweiten Kantenabschnitte (8) des ersten und des zweiten Elements (22, 23) genauso wie den benachbarten Abschnitten eines jeden der zweiten Kantenabschnitte (8) angebracht, wobei der erste Kantenabschnitt (6) des dritten Elements (24) in den Außenflächenkanälen (9) der überlappenden ersten und zweiten Elemente (22, 23) angeordnet ist.
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