Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
  • H02S20/00—Supporting structures for PV modules
  • H02S20/20—Supporting structures directly fixed to an immovable object
  • H02S20/22—Supporting structures directly fixed to an immovable object specially adapted for buildings
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S20/00—Solar heat collectors specially adapted for particular uses or environments
  • F24S20/60—Solar heat collectors integrated in fixed constructions, e.g. in buildings
  • F24S20/67—Solar heat collectors integrated in fixed constructions, e.g. in buildings in the form of roof constructions
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S20/00—Solar heat collectors specially adapted for particular uses or environments
  • F24S20/60—Solar heat collectors integrated in fixed constructions, e.g. in buildings
  • F24S20/69—Solar heat collectors integrated in fixed constructions, e.g. in buildings in the form of shingles or tiles
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S25/00—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
  • F24S25/20—Peripheral frames for modules
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S25/00—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
  • F24S25/30—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules using elongate rigid mounting elements extending substantially along the supporting surface, e.g. for covering buildings with solar heat collectors
  • F24S25/33—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules using elongate rigid mounting elements extending substantially along the supporting surface, e.g. for covering buildings with solar heat collectors forming substantially planar assemblies, e.g. of coplanar or stacked profiles
  • F24S25/35—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules using elongate rigid mounting elements extending substantially along the supporting surface, e.g. for covering buildings with solar heat collectors forming substantially planar assemblies, e.g. of coplanar or stacked profiles by means of profiles with a cross-section defining separate supporting portions for adjacent modules
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S25/00—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
  • F24S25/60—Fixation means, e.g. fasteners, specially adapted for supporting solar heat collector modules
  • F24S25/67—Fixation means, e.g. fasteners, specially adapted for supporting solar heat collector modules for coupling adjacent modules or their peripheral frames
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S40/00—Safety or protection arrangements of solar heat collectors; Preventing malfunction of solar heat collectors
  • F24S40/40—Preventing corrosion; Protecting against dirt or contamination
  • F24S40/44—Draining rainwater or condensation
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
  • H02S20/00—Supporting structures for PV modules
  • H02S20/20—Supporting structures directly fixed to an immovable object
  • H02S20/22—Supporting structures directly fixed to an immovable object specially adapted for buildings
  • H02S20/23—Supporting structures directly fixed to an immovable object specially adapted for buildings specially adapted for roof structures
  • H02S20/25—Roof tile elements
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S20/00—Solar heat collectors specially adapted for particular uses or environments
  • F24S2020/10—Solar modules layout; Modular arrangements
  • F24S2020/12—Coplanar arrangements with frame overlapping portions
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S20/00—Solar heat collectors specially adapted for particular uses or environments
  • F24S2020/10—Solar modules layout; Modular arrangements
  • F24S2020/13—Overlaying arrangements similar to roof tiles
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S25/00—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
  • F24S2025/01—Special support components; Methods of use
  • F24S2025/015—Supports with play between elements
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S25/00—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
  • F24S25/60—Fixation means, e.g. fasteners, specially adapted for supporting solar heat collector modules
  • F24S2025/6003—Fixation means, e.g. fasteners, specially adapted for supporting solar heat collector modules by clamping
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
  • F24S25/00—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
  • F24S25/60—Fixation means, e.g. fasteners, specially adapted for supporting solar heat collector modules
  • F24S2025/6007—Fixation means, e.g. fasteners, specially adapted for supporting solar heat collector modules by using form-fitting connection means, e.g. tongue and groove
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
  • Y02B10/00—Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings
  • Y02B10/10—Photovoltaic [PV]
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
  • Y02B10/00—Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings
  • Y02B10/20—Solar thermal
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
  • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
  • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
  • Y02E10/47—Mountings or tracking
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
  • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
  • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Definitions

• the object of the present invention is a jointing means for installing solar panels.
• the invention relates to the field of using solar energy for civil and industrial applications by the use of solar panels, in particular photovoltaic panels, to be installed on the roofs or walls of buildings. Most of the times, solar panels are mounted on roofs above the covering mantle, or on the walls outside the curtain surface, leaving the function of waterproofing against rain water to the pre-existing wall structures.
• the mounting takes place through a frame and trestles connected to the building structure by quite complicated brackets.
• mounting means that provide for the integration of the panels into the building structures: in these cases, the solar panels and frames thereof are also intended for waterproofing the surface they lay on.
• All of these mounting methods should provide for at least: quick laying of the panel support structure; easy mounting, removal, maintenance of panels; - modularity; waterproofing.
• the object of the present invention is to provide improved means for installing the solar panels in a quick and effective manner, integrating them with the building roofing and ensuring the roofing waterproofing and proper outflow of rain waters.
• Another object is to provide means for favouring the installation of solar panels on curved or irregular surfaces.
• a further object is to provide a system for ensuring the seal and the adherence of flexible solar panels on rolled sections.
• figure 1 shows a side section view of a first joint according to the invention
• figure 2 shows a side section view of a version of the joint according to the invention
• - figure 3 shows a schematic view of a first possibility of operating use of the joint according to the invention
• figure 4 shows a schematic view of a second possibility of operating use of the joint according to the invention
• figure 5 shows a perspective view of the version of the joint of fig. 2
• - figure 6 shows a side section view of a second joint according to the invention
• figure 7 shows a side section view of a possibility of operating use of the joint of fig. 6.
• panel shall be used to refer to a photovoltaic solar panel.
• Photovoltaic panels may consist of stiff or flexible modules, the last mentioned are very thin films glued on an adhesive support, in turn glued on a backing plate, for example a stiff or flexible metal sheet.
• a backing plate for example a stiff or flexible metal sheet.
• the present invention from being used also for installing other types of solar panels having similar structural and dimensional features, such as for example photo-thermal solar panels or simply substantially flat sheets made of glass or other material.
• reference numeral 1 indicates the joint suitable for receiving the edges of two panels 3.
• Said joint 1 consists in a profiled element, which may be made of metal or other material suitable for being exposed to the air and to the atmospheric agents.
• Reference 10 indicates said upstream portion, externally delimited by a reinforcing ribbing 102 and provided with through holes 101 for fixing joint 1 to the underlying pitch of the building roof. Said reinforcing ribbing 102 may also be used as support point for an outer fixing bracket, to be used for positioning said joint 1 as an alternative to the through holes 101.
• Reference numeral 103 indicates a further ribbing having a function of both reinforcement but above all, of edge for a portion 100 suitable for acting as rain water outflow channel optionally penetrated in said joint 1.
• Reference numeral 10. V indicates the portion downstream of joint 1, consisting of a profile that forms two cavities 1 1 and 12 placed on planes parallel to one another; more precisely, cavity 1 1 is open downstream whereas cavity 12 has an upstream opening.
• cavity 12 overlies cavity 1 1 and said downstream portion 10.V has a substantially S-shaped section.
• Said cavities 1 1 and 12 are suitable for seating the edges of two panels 3 installed in a sequence; always taking as a reference the inclination of the roof pitch from the ridge line to the gutter line, cavity 12 of joint 1 seats the edge of panel 3 upstream, whereas cavity 11 seats the edge of panel 3 to be installed downstream. Therefore, as more clearly shown in fig. 3, the same solar panel 3 is installed on the roof pitch by arranging its top and bottom edges respectively in cavity 1 1 of an upstream joint 1 and in cavity 12 of another downstream joint 1.
• Each joint 1 is constrained to the roof pitch by a common fixing means, for example a screw, inserted in through hole 101, which is away from rain water infiltrations as it is covered by the overlying solar panel 3, the bottom edge whereof is seated in cavity 12.
• a common fixing means for example a screw
• the positioning of joint 1 may also take place through a fixing bracket outside the upstream portion 10.M, using the reinforcement ribbing as a support point 102.
• the positioning of multiple joints 1 in a sequence, arranged at a distance from one another substantially equal to the longitudinal dimension of solar panel 3, allows installing said panels in the number required to cover the desired roof surface, starting from downstream towards upstream according to the following operations: a) fixing a first joint 1 to the roof, b) inserting the bottom edge of a first panel 3 in the upstream cavity 12 of said first joint 1 , c) inserting the top edge of said first panel 3 in the downstream cavity 11 of a second joint 1 resting on the roof, d) fixing said second joint 1 , e) repeating operations b), c) and d) up to ending the installation of panels 3.
• the first and the last joint that is, joint 1 arranged more upstream and joint 1 arranged more downstream of said sequence, shall have one of the two cavities not engaged by the edges of panels 3: in particular, joint 1 arranged more upstream shall remain with cavity 12 empty, whereas joint 1 arranged more downstream shall have cavity 1 1 free.
• said free cavities can easily be used for jointing roof tiles, bent tiles or other tiles 4 (of the same type used for covering the remaining building roof), through known materials capable of being moulded, such as for example bitumen sheaths, lead sheets, galvanised metal sheets.
• Figs. 2 and 5 show said version, wherein joint 2 substantially reproduces the profile of joint 1 with the exception that it is not provided with cavity 12. Therefore, the support surface
• Reference numeral 20.M indicates said upstream portion, whereas reference numeral 20. V indicates the downstream portion of joint 2, consisting in a profile substantially shaped as a
• the upstream portion 20. M and the relevant through holes 101 may be directly covered, without the need for mouldable jointing material, with roof tiles, bent tiles or other tiles 4, in order to ensure the waterproofing of said through holes 101 to rain water, since said upstream portion 20. M, in this case, is not sheltered by an overlying panel 3 as is the case with joint 1.
• any rain water optionally penetrated therein is collected by portion
• joints 1, 2, for installing panels 3 on the pitch, be it inclined or not, of a building roof has been dealt with so far.
• said joints may also be used for the vertical installation of panels 3 on the outside building walls.
• Figs. 6 and 7 show a version of the joint especially suitable for the vertical installation of solar panels 3.
• Such joint 5 is again provided with a support surface 50 suitable for being fixed adjacent to the building wall. As with the other versions of joint described above, this time taking the wall verticality as a reference, said support surface exhibits a first portion 50. M (provided with one or more reinforcing ribbings 504 and with through holes 501, away from rain water infiltrations once installed, as shall be explained hereinafter) and a second portion
• Joint 5 consisting of a substantially C-shaped profile, wherethrough a cavity 51 is obtained, suitable for seating the edge of panel 3.
• Joint 5 is provided with special coupling means 502, 503 for the reciprocal jointing by plastic deformation with the coupling means 503, 502 of an identical joint 5', arranged overturned as shown in fig. 7 and suitable for receiving the edge of a further panel 3, to be installed on top of the first one.
• Said coupling means 502, 503 (respectively made on the end of portion 50.M and on the top outer corner of the C-shaped profile of cavity 51) each comprise a groove 5021, 5031 and a ribbing 5022, 5032: groove 5021 is suitable for coupling with ribbing 5032 of the overturned joint 5', whereas ribbing 5022 is suitable for coupling with groove 5031 of said overturned joint 5'.
• each pair of joints 5-5' considered as a whole, provides two opposite cavities 51, 51 ', wherein panels 3 to be installed vertically on the building wall may be inserted.
• Joint 5 fixed to the wall by through holes 501, supports the overlying joint 5' and in a sequence of joints for installing multiple panels 3, it carries out both the function of joint positioned on top of said sequence and of joint positioned at the base: in this last mentioned case, said joint 5 must be fixed to the wall in opposite direction, that is, with cavity 51 open upwards, and with portion 50. M directed downwards.
• joint 5 is also usable on horizontal roofing or having inclined pitch, and it allows installing the panels coplanar to one another, as an alternative to the installation as roof tile allowed by joint 1.
• the main advantage of the present invention consists in the quick and easy installation of panels 3 through the use of joints 1, 2 and 5, in a manner architecturally integrable with the building roofing.
• a second type of advantages may be found in the total waterproofing of the fixing points 101 to the roof pitch or to the building outside wall, either because protected by the overlying panel 3 or because they may be covered with roof tiles, bent tiles or other tiles 4, of the same type used for covering the remaining surface of the building roof.
• the fixing points 501 of joint 5, on the other hand, are protected by ribbing 504 and by the overlying joint 5'.
• FIG. 4 shows this particular method of installation of the flexible panels glued on a metal sheet.
• cavities 11 , 12, 21, 51 of joints 1, 2, 5 ensure a firm positioning of the edges of said flexible panels 3, also in the case of detachment thereof from the underlying metal sheet.
• the top inner profiles of cavities 11, 12, 21 among the other things, may be provided with special bumps 110, 120, 210 suitable for receiving the thickness of the diodes provided on panels 3.

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