US3886701A - Top for a skylight side member - Google Patents

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US3886701A
US3886701A US337921A US33792173A US3886701A US 3886701 A US3886701 A US 3886701A US 337921 A US337921 A US 337921A US 33792173 A US33792173 A US 33792173A US 3886701 A US3886701 A US 3886701A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D13/00—Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Protection against birds; Roof drainage ; Sky-lights
    • E04D13/03—Sky-lights; Domes; Ventilating sky-lights
    • E04D13/0305—Supports or connecting means for sky-lights of flat or domed shape
    • E04D13/0315—Supports or connecting means for sky-lights of flat or domed shape characterised by a curb frame

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  • a top for a skylight side member comprises, in its effective part, alternate horizontal bearing surfaces and passages, the horizontal bearing surfaces consisting of the upper surface of support shaped so as to project in relation to the hollow passages, the said passages being formed in the spaces provided between the supports.
  • Thepresent invention relates to a top for the side pieces of a skylightfmaking.it possible to use skylights with horizontal edges, while ensuring the entirely satisfactory elimination of condensed water and allowing suitable ventilation of the premises, while being very simple and economical in construction.
  • a skylight with sloping edges has to be carried out in several operations, while a skylight with horizontal edges can be made in a single operation.
  • a side frame with sloping upper edge is also more complicated in manufacture than one with a horizontal edge.
  • the present invention accordingly provides a side frame top which can be constructed either in one piece with the side frame or in the form of an independent part which is made integral with the frame.
  • the top for a side frame makes it possible to achieve this aim easily and lends itself, according to its design, either to the provision of considerable ventilation, or to the provision of adjustable ventilation, or again to an airtight construction, while ensuring the collection and perfect elimination of water of condensation.
  • the top for a side member is mainly characterised in that it has, in its active part, alternately horizontal bearing surfaces and inclined passages from inside to outside, intended for the elimination of water of condensation and capable of use for ventilating the premises, the horizontal bearing surfaces consisting of the upper surface of supports shaped so as to project from the inclined surface, while the passages forming discharge and/or ventilating ducts are formed by the spaces allowed between the supports.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation of an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 show a sectional elevation of another embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a sectional elevation of yet another embodiment in which a top is formed in one-piece with a side member
  • FIG. 4 is a view from above of still another embodi- FIG. 5 is a view in perspective of an embodiment permitting considerable ventilation; H
  • FIG. 6 is a section of a side member having a top according to the invention and on which is mounted a skylight, so as to allow abundant ventilation of a premises;
  • FIG. 7 shows in section the frame piece of FIG. 6 on which is mounted a skylight with the interpositioning of a permeable joint, so as to prevent any ventilation while allowing the discharge of water of condensation;
  • FIG. 8 is a view in elevation and section of a top having a stop catch
  • FIG. 9 shows, in elevation and in section, along the line IIII of FIG. 10, the top which is shown in FIG. 1 and fitted with a device for fixing a skylight;
  • FIG. 10 is a view in elevation and section corresponding to the line IIIIII of FIG. 9.
  • the top 1 has alternate supports 2 and passages 3, the upper surface 4 of the supports 2 being horizontal and forming a bearing surface for the edge of a skylight, while the bottom of the passage, forming a duct, consists of an inclined surface 5 sloping from the inside to the outside.
  • the inclined surface 5 extends beyond the inner extremity 6 of the supports 2 to form a longitudinal gutter 7.
  • supports 2 with their upper surface 4 forming a bearing surface for the edge of the skylight, the passages 3 having a bottom 5 sloping from inside to outside and likewise the gutter 7, which in this embodiment ends in a kerb 8 designed to hold back the water of condensation in the event of it being too copious.
  • the passages 3 end outside the top in a deep channel ending on the outer surface.
  • a permeable joint 10 can be placed in the gutter 7 in order to ensure windtightness, while allowing the water of condensation to pass; it is chiefly in this case where this joint is used that it will be as well to provide the kerb 8.
  • the deep channel-9 is provided in the case where a device for fixing the edge of the skylight blocks the extremity of the passage 3, the channel then allowing the discharge of the water of condensation, owing to the fact that it ends under the lower level of the devices for fixing the skylight.
  • FIG. 3 represents a top formed as an integral part of the side frame and which, as in the previous embodiments, has supports 2, passages 3 for discharging the water of condensation, and a gutter 7 in the upper part of the inclined surface 5.
  • the inner extremity 6 of the supports 2 consists of walls that are not parallel with the channel, so as to avoid all stagnation, however slight, of the water of condensation in the channel.
  • the supports 2 extend as far as the kerb 8 and join the latter so that the passages 3 forming discharge passages for the water of condensation consist of hollowed cavities sloping from inside to outside in a horizontal surface, the kerb 8 nevertheless having a width such that it does not reach the effective part of the top, i.e. that which comes into contact with the horizontal edge of the skylight, in such a way that, in the effective part of the said top, horizontal bearing surfaces 4 alternate with passages for the discharge of water 3.
  • the tops such as those described above may consist of independent pieces which are assembled to form one part with a side frame, or they can be formed direct in the upper part of the frame.
  • the passages have a width that decreases from the inside to the outside so as to collect the maximum amount of water of condensation in the gutter 7, while not forming openings that are too large outwardly for the wind to pass through.
  • tops of the frame according to the invention are more especially designed to receive skylights with horizontal edges, it is also possible to fix skylights with inclined edges.
  • the fixing means are arranged on horizontal surfaces of the top of the frame, whilst between these horizontal surfaces passages with sloping bottoms are always provided, sloping from the upper surface of the top to the outer surface.
  • the said tops can be used in conjunction with a permeable joint 10, which joint is compressed between the horizontal bearing part of the skylight and the said top, for preference in the gutter 7, so as to allow the discharge of the water of condensation while preventing wind from passing through.
  • a top 1 has protruding supports 2, alternating with hollow passages 3.
  • An upper surface 4 of the supports forms a bearing surface for the edge of the skylight and is limited by a longitudinal stop 25 parallel to the external edge 26 of the support.
  • the said supports 2 do not extend throughout the width of the top and are adjacent to a gutter 7 on the inside of the said top, which gutter is itself adjacent to a kerb 8 designed to hold back the water of condensation and prevent it from flowing inwards, while the said water of condensation may flow outwards through the passages 3 which have an inclined bottom 5 and end, according to the embodiment of FIGS. 8 to 10, in a deep channel 9.
  • the passages 3 are formed by spaces made between the supports 2 and they have a width increasing from the outside of the top to the inside, while the supports have an increasing width from the inside to the outside.
  • a fixing device 13 is seen for a skylight 14 which is specially adapted for use in conjunction with the top as in FIG. 8.
  • the outer extremity of the passages 3 can be used as a mortise 15 for receiving tenons 16 on a flange constituting a retaining device 17 of the fixing device 13, so as to ensure the dovetailing of the said device 17 with the top 1.
  • the fixing device 13 also has a flange constituting the fixing device 18 of the skylight, and the said flange 18 receives fixing devices 19 such as, for instance, screws engaging in the longitudinal stop 25, and through its extremity 20 it exerts pressure on the edge 21 of the skylight.
  • the edge of the skylight 21 ends in a projection 22 which is maintained in a cavity 23 of the flange 18 forming the fixing device, the said edge.2l of course resting on the upper surface 4 forming the bearing surface of the supports 2.
  • the flange constituting the retaining device 17 has, between the tenons 16, the channels 24 for the passage of running water.
  • the longitudinal stop 25 allows the accurate and rapid positioning of the skylight on the frame. It suffices in fact to lay the skylight in the space bounded by the stops distributed throughout the periphery of the side frame.
  • the fixing device 13 is held firmly by its two flanges 17 and 18 and is incapable of movement at the top of the skylight.
  • the stop 25 constitutes, in addition to a positioning device, a means of securing the skylight in the case of deformation due, for instance, to a load of snow. Indeed, when the skylight is subjected to vertical action from top to bottom,-it tends to become crushed, especially if it is comparatively long, and at that moment the stop 25 takes up the bulk of the deformation stress by holding the skylight correctly in position on the supports 2.
  • the skylight tends to become deformed along its large dimensions and gives way to the effect of these stresses; at that moment the projection 22 terminating the edge 21 of the skylight is able to move into the cavity 23 in the flange forming the fixing device, but is retained by the extremity 20 of the said flange, so that in all circumstances the edges of the skylight is correctly maintained.
  • the said joint can be done away with when, for instance, the tops are used to cover premises where a lot of dust is produced, as the dust from the premises is then likely to choke the joint 10.
  • the fixing devices 13 can either be used locally or.
  • the running water on the outer surface of the skylight 14 can flow away between the extremity of the flange l8 and the said skylight 14, and it will then flow away along the passages 3. Nevertheless, in the event of the water flow managing to pass the stop 25, ducts 24 are provided to ensure its elimination and prevent it from stagnating between the tenons 16 of the flange 17.
  • tenon and mortise fixing is carried out at the end of the passages 3.
  • a device for fixing the skylight might nevertheless be devised in which the securing of the retaining flange 17 takes place by tenon and mortise, the mortises being made in the sides of the passages 3, and the latter can then be made in the form of passages with parallel, and no longer converging, walls.
  • a mounting top for the outwardly extending horizontal edge portions of a skylight comprising:
  • a frame having at least one elongated side which has a raised inner edge portion, an intermediate horizontal surface portion below the raised inner edge portion and an outer surface sloping downwardly from the horizontal surface portion,
  • alined upright supports spaced along said outer surface, each having a horizontal upper bearing surface above the level of the intermediate surface for supporting the outer horizontal side member of a skylight
  • a mounting top for the outwardly extending horizontal edge portions of a skylight comprising:
  • a frame having at least one elongated side which has a raised inner edge portion, an intermediate horizontal surface portion below the raised inner edge portion and an outer surface sloping downwardly from the horizontal surface portion,
  • alined upright supports spaced along said outer surface, each having a horizontal upper bearing surface above the level of the intermediate surface for supporting the outer horizontal side member of a skylight
  • a hold down member for securing the skylight to the top having a horizontal portion bearing against the horizontally extending edge portion of the skylight and a plurality of tennons thereon fitting within the mortises for locking it to the frame side,
  • a mounting top according to claim 2 including an upstanding rib member on the upper surface of each upright support parallel to the inner edge of the frame side for abutting the peripheral edge of the horizontal edge portion of the skylight.

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USD251066S (en) 1975-03-12 1979-02-13 Hope Henry F Continuous skylight for building
US4143641A (en) * 1977-05-20 1979-03-13 Christopher John C Solar energy collector
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US106967A (en) * 1870-08-30 Improvement in sky-lights
US396327A (en) * 1889-01-15 Protector for carpets
US697815A (en) * 1901-10-21 1902-04-15 Thomas Darlington Means for ventilating buildings.
US1912173A (en) * 1932-02-19 1933-05-30 Elmer D Barringer Weather strip
US2703060A (en) * 1952-12-03 1955-03-01 William G Kiefer Skylight construction
US3137099A (en) * 1953-01-21 1964-06-16 American Cyanamid Co Skylight construction
US3307309A (en) * 1964-07-01 1967-03-07 Dan E Bloxsom Snap lock construction for locking domes in skylight frames

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USD251066S (en) 1975-03-12 1979-02-13 Hope Henry F Continuous skylight for building
US4143641A (en) * 1977-05-20 1979-03-13 Christopher John C Solar energy collector
WO2002016203A1 (en) 2000-08-25 2002-02-28 Bae Systems Plc Aircraft support vehicle
US20100156108A1 (en) * 2009-02-09 2010-06-24 Grayhawke Applied Technologies Sytem and method for generating electricity
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