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AU2010100936A4
AU2010100936A4 AU2010100936A AU2010100936A AU2010100936A4 AU 2010100936 A4 AU2010100936 A4 AU 2010100936A4 AU 2010100936 A AU2010100936 A AU 2010100936A AU 2010100936 A AU2010100936 A AU 2010100936A AU 2010100936 A4 AU2010100936 A4 AU 2010100936A4
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    • 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
    • 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
    • E04D1/30—Special roof-covering elements, e.g. ridge tiles, gutter tiles, gable tiles, ventilation tiles
    • 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
    • E04D1/29—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements
    • E04D1/2907—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements by interfitted sections
    • E04D1/2914—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements by interfitted sections having fastening means or anchors at juncture of adjacent roofing elements
    • E04D1/2916—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements by interfitted sections having fastening means or anchors at juncture of adjacent roofing elements the fastening means taking hold directly on adjacent elements of the same row
    • 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
    • E04D1/29—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements
    • E04D1/2907—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements by interfitted sections
    • E04D1/2914—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements by interfitted sections having fastening means or anchors at juncture of adjacent roofing elements
    • E04D1/2918—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements by interfitted sections having fastening means or anchors at juncture of adjacent roofing elements the fastening means taking hold directly on adjacent elements of succeeding rows
    • 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
    • E04D1/29—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements
    • E04D1/2907—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements by interfitted sections
    • E04D1/2942—Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements by interfitted sections having folded sections receiving interfitted part of adjacent section
    • 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
    • F24S25/40—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules using plate-like mounting elements, e.g. profiled or corrugated plates; Plate-like module frames 
    • 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
    • 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

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Description

1 Regulation 3.2 AUSTRALIA PATENTS ACT, 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR AN INNOVATION PATENT ORIGINAL Name of Applicant: UCRI CORIPORATION Name of Inventor: Lian Chi TUN Address for service in Australia: A J PARK, Level 11, 60 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia invention Title: SOLAR PANEL ACCOMMODATING ROOF TILE The following sUAement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us. 2754261-1 2 SOLAR PANEL ACCOMMODATING ROOF TILE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 5 Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a solar panel accommodating 10 structure, particularly to a solar panel accommodating structure that can also function as a tile of a pitched roof. Description of the Related Art 15 The conventional solar panel is usually a rectangular object fixed by a support structure when it is installed on a roof. The conventional solar panel support structure is complicated and has many components. Therefore, it is troublesome to install solar panels in the conventional 20 support structures. Further, the conventional solar panel support structure is less likely to satisfy weather-resistant and water-proof requirements. The conventional solar panel support structure normally contains transverse beams, longitudinal beams, vertical braces and oblique braces, which are combined with various materials, such as connecting members. 25 Thus, the conventional solar panel support structure has many gaps impairing waterproofness. In winter, water in gaps freezes and expands, 3 and the conventional solar panel support structure may be damaged thereby. Further, the vertical braces are fixed in the roof and may damage the waterproof layer of the roof. Besides, it is hard to control the depth that the vertical braces penetrate the concrete. Thus is affected the flatness 5 of the base plane of the solar panel support structure, hindered the installation and degraded the entire appearance. The solar panels are usually installed in a high and open place of a roof. The plate-like solar panels are likely to be blown away by a typhoon if the support structures do not fix the solar panels well, and the flying 10 solar panels may hurt persons or vehicles. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 15 The primary objective* of the present invention is to provide a solar panel accommodating roof tile, which has a simple structure, whereby solar panels can be easily assembled, and whereby the material and installation cost is reduced. Another objective of the present invention is to provide a solar panel 20 accommodating roof tile, which is simple-structured, free of gaps and waterproof, and which can replace the original tiles of the roof, and which can match well with the building and improve the esthetics of the building. To achieve the abovementioned objectives, the present invention 25 proposes a solar panel accommodating roof tile, which comprises a fixing plate having an accommodating area where a solar panel is stuck. The *This objective and the following objectives are those of at least preferred embodiments of the present innovation. it is not necessary for every embodiment to satisfy all stated objectives.
4 upper edge of the fixing plate is bent upward to form a fixing member. The lower edge of the fixing plate is bent downward to form a slope member. The left edge and right edge of the fixing plate are respectively extended to form lap-joint members. The accommodation area has a 5 plurality of trenches parallel to the lap-joint members, and the trenches extend to the slope member. The two lap-joint members respectively have corrugated areas. Each of the corrugated areas has at least one curved section. The corrugated areas of the lap-joint members on the left edge and the right edge of 10 different fixing plates can be lap-jointed via stacking the curved sections thereof. The solar panel accommodating roof tile of the present invention has the following advantages: 1. The trenches on the fixing plate not only function as the junction boxes 15 of the solar panels but also ventilate the bottom of the solar panels and dissipate heat lest sunlight raise the temperature of the solar panels and high temperature degrade the performance of power generation. The trenches can also drain water. Therefore, the trenches can protect the solar panel accommodating roof tile from being damaged by 20 frozen water in the snowy area. 2. The solar panel accommodating roof tiles can be fixed to a plurality of horizontal fixing bars via the fixing members on the upper edges of the fixing plates. The slope members on the lower edges of the upper fixing plates overlap the fixing members on the upper edges of the 25 lower fixing plates. The slope members can protect the fixing members and fixing bars from being wetted by rainwater and prolong 5 the lifetime thereof. 3. The elastic pressing elements mechanically press the solar panels on the upper and lower fixing plates to prevent the solar panels from being blown away by wind. 5 4. The overlapped lap-joint members elongate the permeation path of rainwater lest rainwater permeate to the bottom of the fixing plate by the capillary action. The lap-joint members can also be lap-jointed with the surrounding materials of the house to prevent from rainwater permeation. 10 The solar panel accommodating roof tile of the present invention is simple-structured and easy to assemble, wherefore the time and cost of installation is reduced. Further, the present invention can replace the original roof tiles. Furthermore, the present invention can match well with 15 the building and improve the esthetics of the building. Therefore, the present invention not only overcomes the problems of conventional solar panel support structure but also improves the esthetics of the building. 20 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig.1 is a perspective view schematically showing a solar panel accommodating roof tile according to one embodiment of the present invention; 25 Fig.2 is a sectional view schematically showing a solar panel accommodating roof tile according to one embodiment of the 6 present invention; Fig.3 is another sectional view schematically showing a solar panel accommodating roof tile according to one embodiment of the present invention; 5 Fig.4 is a perspective view schematically showing the assemblage of solar panel accommodating roof tiles according to one embodiment of the present invention; Fig.5 is a sectional view schematically showing the assemblage of solar panel accommodating roof tiles according to one embodiment of 10 the present invention; and Fig.6 is a sectional view schematically showing the assemblage of solar panel accommodating roof tiles according to one embodiment of the present invention. 15 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Below, the embodiments are described in detail in cooperation with the attached drawings to make easily understood the technical contents 20 and characteristics of the present invention. Refer to Fig. 1 a perspective view schematically showing a solar panel accommodating roof tile according to one embodiment of the present invention. The solar panel accommodating roof tile of the present invention comprises a fixing plate 10 functioning as the baseplate. The 25 fixing plate 10 is made of a metallic material or a rigid material and has an accommodation area 11. The accommodation area 11 is used to 7 accommodate a solar panel 20. The solar panel 20 is stuck to the accommodation area 11. Refer to Fig.2 and Fig.3 sectional views schematically showing a solar panel accommodating roof tile according to one embodiment of the 5 present invention. The upper edge of the fixing plate 10 is bent upward to form a fixing member 12. The lower edge of the fixing plate 10 is bent downward to form a slope member 13. The left edge and right edge of the fixing plate 10 are respectively extended to form a lap-joint member 14 and a lap-joint member 15. The 10 lap-joint members 14 and 15 respectively have a corrugated area 141 and a corrugated area 151. The corrugated area 141 has at least one curved section 142. The corrugated area 151 has at least one curved section 152 matching the curved section 142. The corrugated area 141 can be lap-jointed with the corrugated area 152 via stacking the curved section 15 142 and the curved section 152. The accommodation area 11 has a plurality of trenches 111 parallel to the lap-joint members 14 and 15. The trenches 111 extend to the slope member 13. The trenches 11l on the fixing plate 10 not only function as the junction boxes (not shown in the drawings) of the solar panels 20 but 20 also ventilate the bottom of the solar panels 20 and dissipate heat lest sunlight raise the temperature of the solar panels 20 and high temperature degrade the performance of power generation. The trenches 111 can also drain water. Therefore, the trenches 111 can protect the solar panel accommodating roof tile from being damaged by frozen water in the 25 snowy area. Refer to Figs.4-6 respectively a perspective view and sectional views 8 schematically showing the assemblage of solar panel accommodating roof tiles according to one embodiment of the present invention. The solar panel accommodating roof tiles can be fixed to a plurality of horizontal fixing bars 30 via the fixing members 12 on the upper edges of 5 the fixing plates 10. The fixing bar 30 is made of wood or a metallic material. Fixing elements 31, such as screws, penetrate the fixing members 12 and fasten the fixing members 12 to the fixing bars 30 firmly. The slope members 13 on the lower edges of the upper fixing plates 10 overlap the fixing members 12 on the upper edges of the lower fixing 10 plates 10. The slope members 13 can guide rainwater flow downward to protect the fixing elements 31 and the fixing members 12 from being wetted by rainwater. The adhesive that sticks the solar panels 20 to the fixing plates 10 will be deteriorated by aging. The solar panels 20 may be gradually loosened 15 by wind. Therefore, elastic pressing elements 40 are installed on the slope members 13 to enhance the fixing of the upper and lower fixing plates 10 and mechanically press the solar panels 20 on the upper and lower fixing plates 10 lest the solar panels 20 be blown away by wind. The left and right fixing plates 10 are lap-jointed via stacking the 20 curved sections 142 of the corrugated area 141 of the lap-joint member 14 and the curved section 152 of the corrugated area 151 of the lap-joint member 15 on the fixing bar 30 one by one. The curved sections 142 of the corrugated area 141 and the curved section 152 of the corrugated area 151 can also elongate the permeation path of rainwater lest rainwater 25 permeate to the bottom of the fixing plate 10 by the capillary action. In practice, the lap-joint members 14 and 15 can also be lap-jointed with the 9 surrounding materials of the house to prevent from rainwater permeation. In conclusion, the solar panel accommodating roof tile of the present invention is simple-structured and easy to assemble, wherefore the cost of installation is reduced. Further, the present invention can replace the 5 original roof tiles. Furthermore, the present invention can match well with the building and improve the esthetics of the building. The embodiments described above are only to exemplify the present invention but not to limit the scope of the present invention. Any equivalent modification or variation according to the principles, structures 10 and characteristics disclosed in the specification is to be also included within the scope of the present invention, which is based on the claims stated below. The solar panel accommodating roof tile of the present invention is a novel structural design able to overcome the problems of the conventional 15 technology. Therefore, the present invention possesses utility, novelty and non-obviousness and meets the condition for a patent. The term "comprising" as used in this specification means "consisting at least in part of'. When interpreting each statement in this specification that includes the term "comprising", features other than that 20 or those prefaced by the term may also be present. Related terms such as "comprise" and "comprises" are to be interpreted in the same manner.

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1. A solar panel accommodating roof tile comprising a fixing plate having an accommodating area where a solar panel is stuck, wherein said fixing plate further comprises 5 a fixing member formed via bending upward an upper edge of said fixing plate; a slope member formed via bending downward an lower edge of said fixing plate; lap-joint members respectively extending from a left edge and a 10 right edge of said fixing plate; and a plurality of parallel trenches formed on said accommodating area and extending to said slope member.
2. The solar panel accommodating roof tile according to claim 1, wherein said lap-joint member has a corrugated area. 15
3. The solar panel accommodating roof tile according to claim 2, wherein said corrugated area of said lap-joint member has at least one curved section.
4. The solar panel accommodating roof tile according to claim 2, wherein said corrugated area of said lap-joint member on said left 20 edge of one fixing plate can be lap-jointed to said corrugated area of said lap-joint member on said right edge of another said fixing plate.
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WO2011110136A1 (en) * 2010-03-09 2011-09-15 泉州市豪华太阳能设备有限公司 Photovoltaic tile
CN112821854A (en) * 2021-01-05 2021-05-18 姜竹芳 Photovoltaic tile installation system

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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WO2011110136A1 (en) * 2010-03-09 2011-09-15 泉州市豪华太阳能设备有限公司 Photovoltaic tile
CN112821854A (en) * 2021-01-05 2021-05-18 姜竹芳 Photovoltaic tile installation system

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