FR2522048A1 - COVERING TILE FOR THE ROOF OF A ROOF AND COVERING COMPRISING SUCH TILES - Google Patents

Abstract

THIS TILE INCLUDES A COVERING PART, WHICH OVERCOMES A PART OF THE ROOF SIDE, A WING PART 18 WHICH EXTENDS DOWNWARDS FROM A LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF THE COVERING PART, A STOPPER 13 MOUNTED IN A MANNER CONTIGOES AT THE BELOW SIDE OF TILE 11 TOWARDS ONE END OF THE LATTER, AND A STOP FACE 23 EXTENDING FROM THE OTHER END OF TILE 11, THE ASSEMBLY BEING AS IS, IN USE , THE STOPPER 13 COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE STOPPING FACE 23 OF A TILE 11 LOCATED BELOW. PREFERREDLY, THE STOPPER 13 IS A PART OF AN ELASTIC BODY 12 AND, IN PARTICULAR, IT IS SHAPED BY A LOOP 33 OF A METAL WIRE. WITH SUCH TILES, THE EDGES OF THE ROOFS LAST LONGER AND HAVE A MORE AESTHETIC APPEARANCE THAN WITH THE EDGE TILES OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART.

Description

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  COVER TILE FOR THE ROOF OF A ROOF AND COVER-

TURE COMPRISING SUCH TILES.

  The invention relates to improvements made to, or relating to, roof tiles and their attachments, and relates particularly, but not

  exclusively, sets of overhang tiles and fasteners.

  There are overhang tiles on the edges of the roofs, in the immediate vicinity of the ends of the gable. These tiles include a cover part, which surmounts a part of the edge of the roof, and a wing part, which hangs from this

  cover part until covering the edge of the roof.

  The overhang tiles, when used, are traditionally fixed by embedding in a

  mortar along the overhangs Later, due to the specific

  cations of the British standards relating to the fixing of the overhang tiles, it was no longer accepted to have a roof covering system in which the tiles are not held in place, resisting the lifting forces

  to which they are subject in the event of bad conditions

  meteorological conditions, for example in high winds, or under

the effect of a violent storm.

  When properly posed in the mor-

  tier, overflow tiles, just like any other tile

  laid in the mortar, are properly fixed to the roof.

  However, the mortar may crack and crumble with age, so that the tiles thus maintained will

  detach and can move freely on the roof.

  So, in strong winds, tiles can easily

be detached from the roof.

  There are many fastening systems intended to fix the roof overhang overhang tiles: (a) nails, to fix the cover part of an overhang tile to the roof battens, and (b) pins, provided in a wing of such an overflow tile, and which pass through suitable openings in the wing <_cú 204 g

  extending over an associated overflow tile.

  The creation of most fasteners intended for

  fixing the overflow tiles involves special operations

  during the manufacture of the tiles, for example the cutting of special grooves, as well as during the placement of the tiles on the overhang of the roof, the mounting of the pins in the openings created for them in the

  wings of the overflow tiles being a special operation-

long.

  Another disadvantage of known fasteners is

  in the fact that we see them: when the pins are

  in a wing of an overflow tile protrude from an opening in the wing of another overflow tile, these tiles have an unattractive appearance, unless a filler putty is used to hide the Where were you

  the end of the pins used.

  The invention aims to create a roof tile

  ture, for the side bank of a roof, comprising an upper part, a wing extending downwards from a

  longitudinal edge of the upper part, a rear

  r 8 t attached in a contiguous manner to the c 8 tee below the tile, towards one end of the latter, and one face

  stop extending from the other end of the case

  the, the arrangement being such that, during use, the stop member comes into contact with the stop face of a tile situated below, to prevent a tile

rises in relation to the other.

  Advantageously, the stop member can be an element

  of an elastic organ, and, moreover, it can be formed

  by a loop of a metallic wire.

  Preferably, the elastic member is placed in a groove provided on the side beneath the tile, and it can be installed in holes provided in the tile to retain the member on the tile. Advantageously, the i -2 LO 4 holes for the ends of the elastic member are formed so that there is one on the c 6 téde below the upper part of the tile, the other being at the

  immediate vicinity of the lower edge of the wing.

  Advantageously, the overhang tile can be

  cast in concrete, on a manufacturing table having a form

  complementary to the underside and the wing part of the tile, the groove being molded during the same

  operation thanks to a rib provided on the manufacturing table

  cation Preferably, the stop face is formed by a

cut out part of the wing.

  The tiles can form the edge of a tile roof, which comprises a plurality of such tiles arranged in reciprocal overlapping up to an edge of the roof, and, preferably, the tiles have means of reciprocal engagement, on a edge of their upper part, so as to form a overlapping connection with the opposite edge of a neighboring tile Preferably, a roof of this kind also includes generally flat tiles, which cover a main part of the roof, and these tiles

  plates can have a profile similar to the upper part

the edge tiles.

  To better understand the object of the present invention, an embodiment will be described below, by way of purely illustrative and nonlimiting example

shown in the accompanying drawing.

  In this drawing: Figure 1 shows tiles on the left overhang of a roof;

  Figure 2 is a bottom view, in perspective

  tive, from one of the tiles in Figure 1; and Figure 3 shows the elastic member of

tile locking.

  It is possible to overcome, using nails or

  other mechanical fasteners, the problems

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  Contained until now with the overflow tiles embedded in mortar, which undergoes cracking and crumbling with age The difficulties encountered with nails, when they are used to fix the overflow tiles, reside in the fact that there are forces directed from the bottom up, which tend to detach the nails, so that the tiles, in the end, detach from the roof In addition to the disadvantages of the other mechanical fasteners proposed until now,

  we must cite their unpleasant appearance on the side faces.

  the wings of the overhang tiles.

  If we now refer to the drawing, a set of

  ble tile and fastener comprises an overflow tile 11, provided with an elastic element 12 of metal wire, arranged in the tile so as to present a stop 13 which, in use, is located below a face stop 23 of an analog tile located below The tile is a

roofing tile, molded concrete.

  The tile 11 has an upper part 15, having curved and hollow parts, respectively 16 and 17, having a shape corresponding to those of the tiles used for the main part of the roof. The tile also comprises, at one of its edges, a side bolt 14, of known type, which engages with ordinary tiles

  found on the main part of the roof.

  The tile 11 further comprises a wing portion 18, which takes from the left edge of the tile, immediately after a curved portion 16, located at the gaudhe, so that, in use, the wing portion 18 covers the overhanging portion from the roof on which it is located It will be understood that the wing part 18 hangs from the right edge of the tile when the

  tiles are intended for the right bank of the roof.

  Towards an upper end 19 of the tile 11, that is to say towards the end o of the hanging heels 20

  are provided in the bottom side of part 15, the part

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  wing wing 18 has a cutout 21 defined by a vertical face 22 and an essentially longitudinal face 23, these two faces extending through the part

  wing 18, the face 23 creating a stop face.

  Towards a lower end of the tile, that is to say towards the end which, in use, is located lowest on the roof, the tile It comprises a groove 24 arranged in an interior surface 25 of part 18 (see in particular Figure 2) The groove 24

  extends into a surface below 26 of the upper part

  re 15 and ends in a blind hole 27 arranged towards the middle of the left curved part 16 The groove 24 extends to a lower edge 28 of the wing part 18, and the wing part 18 has an opening 29, which the cross member and which is laterally offset with respect to the groove 24

(see in particular Figure 2).

  The fastener created by the elastic metal wire element 12 comprises a first part 30, formed of

  so that it can be housed in groove 24, this first

  re part generally having the shape of an inverted "L" (see FIG. 3) The element 12 also comprises a second part 31, which starts from a short branch 30 a from the first part 30, and which is intended to be housed in the blind hole 27 (see FIG. 2) This element also includes a third part 32, which extends perpendicular or almost, to a long branch 30 b of the part 30, and which joins the long branch 30 b by the intermediate of a looped part 33 The third part extends through

  the long branch 30 b, to create the stop 13 and an end

surface mite 32 b.

  When the tiles are intended to be placed on

  a roof, we place a first 1 LA tile on the roof,

  left end of the latter, in overlapping relationship with roof tiles having a similar appearance, the heel

  suspended 20 being in engagement with a roof batten 34.

  A nail 36 is then driven into the cleat 34, through a hole 37 provided in the tile ll A, to fix the tile il A in position on the roof A sealing element is provided in the hole 37, to prevent metal contact - concrete, and therefore prevent deterioration of the tile, while waterproofing. the hole 37 A second tile ll B is then placed on the roof, its inner end surmounting an upper end 19 of the first tile 11 A, its heel 20 being engaged with a second cleat and the stop 13 created by the

  part 32 located below the face 23 of the cut-out

  pe 21 We use a nail to fix the IB tile on the roof. It is well understood that the tiles thus placed on a roof edge are blocked by a permanent fastener, which is not visible from below, and that, although small openings are barely discernible, they do not make the whole unpleasant to watch Thus, the overhangs of the roofs on which the tiles described above are placed last longer and have a more aesthetic appearance than the overflow tiles of the current state

of technique.

  The manufacture of a tile and fastener assembly according to the invention consists in forming the groove 24 and the

  blind hole 27 during the tile molding operation.

  The tables on which the tile molding material is molded have ribs, which form the grooves

  and the hole We can use any device of perceag ap-

  property to create the opening 29.

  An element of elastic metallic wire 12 makes it possible to place the part 31 first, then the end 32 b,

  respectively in the hole 27 and in the opening 29.

  Thus, element 12 becomes a fastener on the side of

below the tile.

  The materials that can be used to make

  that the tiles according to the invention include clay,

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  plastics, and other moldable materials, as well

than concrete.

  We see in Figure 1 that the tiles can

  be placed on a roof with different overlaps.

  The overlap normally varies with the slope of the roof.

  It is understood that the embodiment below

  above described is in no way limiting and may give rise to any desirable modification without leaving for that

of the scope of the present invention.

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Claims (10)

  1 Roof tile for the edge of a roof and comprising an upper part (15) and a wing (18) extending downwards from a longitudinal edge of the upper part (15), characterized by that it has a stop member (13) mounted in a manner   contiguous to the bottom 8 of the tile (11) towards an end   mite of the latter, and a stop face (23) extending from the other end of the tile (11), the assembly being such that, in coturs of use, the stop member (13) engages the stop face (23) of a tile (11) located below, to prevent a tile from raises in relation to each other.   2 roof tile according to claim 1, characterized in that the stop member (13) is a   part of an elastic member (12).   3 roofing tile according to claim 2,   characterized by the fact that the stop member (13) of the   elastic gane (12) is formed by a loop (33) of a thread metallic.   4 Roof tile according to one of the claims   tions 2 and 3, characterized in that at least part of the elastic member (12) is located in a groove   (24) fitted on the underside of the tile (11).   5 Roof tile according to one of the claims   tions 2 to 4, characterized in that the ends of the elastic member (12) are placed in holes (27, 29) arranged in the tile (11) to retain the member (12) on the tile.   6 roof tile according to claim 5, characterized in that the holes (27, 29) for the ends of the elastic member (12) are formed, one (27) in the bottom side (26) of the upper part (15) of   the tile (11), the other in the immediate vicinity of a lower edge laughing (28) of the wing (18).   7 Roof tile according to one of the claims   1 to 6, characterized in that the stop face   (23) is formed by a cutout (21) of the wing (18).   8 Roof tile according to one of the claims   1 to 7, characterized in that it is molded to from concrete.   9 Tile covering, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of tiles as defined   to claims 1 to 8, arranged in overlapping overlap near a bank of the roof.   Tile covering according to claim 9, characterized in that it further comprises tiles   generally flat covering a main part of the roof.   11 Tile covering according to claim 10, characterized in that the upper part (15) of the edge tiles (11) has a profile similar to that of generally flat tiles.