KR100583804B1 - Weather strips and retaining means used therein - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a weather strip 10 for supporting a tile of a roof plate, wherein the weather strip comprises a retaining means consisting of a side flange 14 and a wire clip. The wireclip is basically U-shaped and extends into the leg and the leg's ear 38 to engage the slot 40 of the side flange 14, each leg being hook 30 to engage the end of the tile bottom. have.

Description

Weather strip and retaining means used for it {WEATHER STRIPS AND RETENTION MEANS USED THERETO}

The present invention relates to safe and weatherproof tiles, and more particularly to flat shingles or tiles in a roof structure.

The present invention is not limited to those that are related to, but partially to, flatly shaped tiles. The term tile, as used herein, may be taken to mean roof tiles or shingles of slate, wood, or other materials, or any similar roofing material.

Background of the Invention Various systems are known for roofing roofs to secure shingles or tiles to the roof.

For example, Australian patent 672286 discloses a tiled roofing system in which parallel parallel joining strips extend between a pair of neighboring narrow battens, each of which has a Shingles or tiles are supported along their edges by adjacent strips. In this patent, the strip is mounted as an essential locking means to secure the bottom end of each tile to prevent it from being lifted. These strips are known as "weather strips," a technology that prevents moisture and dust from passing between tiles or into roof spaces.

In patent 672286 two types of essential locking means appear. One embodiment is essentially a tab mounted at the bottom end of each weather strip and bent at the bottom edge of each tile or shingles. The second embodiment has an upright hook, with each weather strip generally standing upright in the middle, so that the hook is at the next highest row from the weather strip to prevent the shingle or tile from being lifted. Or it protrudes upwards to engage the bottom end of the tile.

GB patent 2160559 shows that the weather strip has an upright hook like a member that engages the bottom end of the shingles or tiles in the next row of top shingles or tiles from the weather strip. The arrangement of GB Patent No. 2160559 is virtually identical to the arrangement shown in Australian Patent 672286.

DE Patent No. 800784 discloses a weather strip extending between narrow boards above and below, with the bottom end of the weather strip being tabbed to engage the bottom end of each tile.

In the arrangements shown in the above document, various tab and hook-type arrangements are disclosed that restrict the bottom end of each tile to prevent the tiles from lifting up, for example, under strong wind conditions.

In practice, however, facilities using the system disclosed, for example, in Australian Pat. No. 672286 are vulnerable to weathering and suffer from corrosion of the extension or fin of the bottom end of the tile.

If an alternative retention system can be provided that secures the tile (particularly flat or shingles), it will have the benefit of no corrosion problems.

Although not unique or broad in form, the present invention supports a roof tile as a form and extends between adjacent small shingles so that it is supported, and the individual weather strips, when in use, have small adjacent ends. It has a length enough to protrude beyond the bottom of the board, so that the individual tiles are supported by the adjacent weather strips along their both edges to the top of the individual weather strips, and the individual strips are edge-to-edge ( supporting and contacting adjacent edge edge portions of neighboring tiles located in the form of edge-to-edge, wherein the weather strip comprises tile retaining means to prevent the tiles from being lifted, The tile retaining means include a wire clip that engages the weather strip and is Ridorok the leg with a hook portion engages with the lower end of at least one proposes a weather strip.

Preferably, the wire clip is made of elastic wire and stainless steel wire.

Retention means, in one form, are essentially U-shaped wires with parallel legs, each ear and hook portion extending laterally from each leg to engage in a hole in the side flange of the weather strip. It can consist of each leg that ends. Legs may spread because they are manufactured on a large scale, but the legs are elastic because each ear is used to hold in each hole.

As a sealant means used to seal the sides of each neighboring tile, the weather strip may have at least two longitudinal strips. The weather strip may also have a longitudinally sealed strip in the wider central portion. The side edges of the neighboring tiles may lie in a longitudinally sealed strip in the wider center.

The weather strip may also have a groove extending in the longitudinal direction, which is intended to help water flow from the top of the weather strip. The longitudinally extending grooves may be between the two longitudinal strips and the longitudinally centered longitudinal sealing strips.

If the weather strip is to be used as a narrow board of timber, it may be possible to include side tabs in the narrow section of the lower board so that it can be nailed or screwed so that the weather strip can tighten the narrow board of wood. It may also include an upper tab for nailing.

Instead, where the weather strip is used as a metal narrow board, it includes engagement means for engaging the weather strip to the lower side of the neighboring narrow board, where the engagement means is positioned adjacent to the bottom of the adjacent weather strip. a locating slot and a lower end opening, whereby the upper flange of the lower side of the adjacent narrow board is received into the slot for positioning in use. The top end of the weather strip may be supported by the bottom flange of the top of the neighboring narrow null.

The weather strip may comprise a tab facing downwards from the upper end of the weather strip, which tabs engage in the pleats of the lower flange of the supporting narrow board.

Furthermore, the weather strip may comprise a downwardly facing side flange which is slightly inclined outward to allow the weather strip to be stacked.

The hooked portion may be made to hold and retain tiles of differing thickness by the essentially U-shaped clip portion at the second end. This is to allow the bottom end of the tile to be U-shaped and the U-shaped portion of the clip to push down the top of the tile in an elastic manner.

While the foregoing is a general depiction of the invention, embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings for purposes of understanding.

1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a weather strip according to the present invention;

2 is a plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

3 is a sectional view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the present invention weather strip including a tile secured to a weather strip when mounting an embodiment of a narrow board of a roof;

Figure 5 is a front view of one embodiment of a retaining clip useful for the present invention weather strip. And

6 is a perspective view of the retaining clip.

The terms "upper" and "lower" as used in the following description and claims are related to the position of the weather strip and the clip when used in a sloping roof.

Looking more closely through the drawings, the weather strip 10 is generally an upper end tap at the end of the weather strip when used on top 12, side flanges 14 and the top of the roof. 16). On top 12 there is a pair of grooves 18 and a peripheral sealing strip 20 which extends to each side of the weather strip and curves upward from an arcuate band 22. There is also a central broader sealing strip 24 that is wider than the side seal strip 20. Two longitudinal strips used as sealing means are adapted to seal under each side of adjacent tiles. The side edges of neighboring tiles may be mounted on a wide central sealing strip.

The side flanges 14 on each side of the weather strip end before the bottom end of the weather strip and engage the flanges of the narrow stripe batten 50 of the weather strip in the direction of the bottom of the weather strip where the side flange ends. There is a recess opening 26 which is used to lower, which is shown in more detail in FIG.                 

A tile retention clip 30 is secured under the weather strip. The tile retention clip 30 is shown in detail in FIGS. 5 and 6. The tile retaining clip is generally U-shaped and consists of an upper end 32, legs 34 and 36, and an ear 38. This ear 38 engages in apertures 40 in the side flange 14 of the weather strip when the retaining clip 30 is mounted into the weather strip so that it is in place. Legs 34 and 36 open end as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, but since retaining clip 30 is made of an elastic wire, it is possible for the ear to be located in hole 40 and hole 40 Due to the elasticity of the wires that hold the ears 38 inside, they are positioned essentially parallel to each other.

Each of legs 34 and 36 terminates in a hooked portion 42 extending perpendicular to the general plane of the retaining clip.

4, the narrow shingles 50 having an upstanding web 51 with a top flange 52 and a bottom flange 53 are Z-shaped. The top flange 52 and the bottom flange 53 extend in opposite directions. The bottom flange 53 is advantageously corrugated in the longitudinal direction. The end of the top flange 52 is supported by a slot 26 at the end of the side flange 14 of the weather strip. In order to seal along the side edges of the tile, a tile 54 is placed over the weather strip 10 to engage the sealing strip 22. The hook portion 42 of the retaining clip 30 extends out of the tile 54 and engages the top surface of the tile to prevent movement of the tile. If a considerably thick tile is used, the size of the hook of the retaining clip 30 may vary, but the hook portion 42 is sufficiently elastic to support the different thicknesses of the tile. The tile may have a thickness of 3 mm to 12 mm, and thus may be a retaining clip with a hook portion opening to allow a 3 to 7 mm tile to be held therein and a retaining clip with an opening to allow the 8 to 12 mm tile to be retained therein. It may be.

To exchange the retaining clip, push the new retaining clip straight in and allow the ear 38 to engage into the hole 40 so that the top flange 52 and the weather strip 10 of the Z-shaped narrow shingles 50 It is advantageous to create a guide slot indicated by arrow 56 between the lower ends of the < RTI ID = 0.0 > Even if the narrow board is wood, the slot will still be used to allow the ear to engage into the hole 40 on the side of the weather strip.

The present invention has a number of advantages over the prior art. As mentioned above, the prior art states that tabs for retaining tiles are formed and that they form part of the weather strip. The weather strip and tab are made of mild steel, so that the tab has a suitable width to have sufficient strength.                 

One of the special advantages of the elastic retaining clip of the present invention is the hook on each leg so that the retaining clip that allows the tile to separate can be completely removed and the ear 38 can be detached from the hole 40 on the side of the weather strip. By removing the portion 42 together, the retaining clip can be removed without removing the entire weather strip.

The wire clip is secured away from the corrosive atmosphere and condensation and extends out of the tile end.

The shape of the wire can be easily changed so that it can have a variety of tile shapes without having to produce another weather strip and thus maintaining economy.

If only one tile is removed, one of each hook portion 42 in the neighboring weather strip may move to free the tile.

Although the weather strip may be colored or coated to match the tile, the wire clip is not very visible because the tabs attached to the weather strip are relatively visible. Therefore, if different colored tiles are used, the weather strip must also be changed. However, the installation of the wire clip does not change the weather strip. In addition, in the case of changing tiles, bending to separate the tiles and again to secure the tiles can cause scratches on the paint or coating on the tabs.

In addition, in a snowy climate on the roof, the snow slides off the roof, so the tabs can bend and thus separate the tiles. The installation of the wire clip causes snow to flow in small portions and the strength of the stainless steel wire clip prevents the wire clip from bending.

To exchange the retaining clip, push the new retaining clip straight in and allow the ear 38 to engage into the hole 40 so that the top flange 52 and the weather strip 10 of the Z-shaped narrow shingles 50 It is advantageous to create a guide slot indicated by arrow 56 between the lower ends of the < RTI ID = 0.0 > Even if the narrow board is wood, the slot will still be used to allow the ear to engage through the slot into the hole 40 on the side of the weather strip.

The retaining clip is preferably made of stainless steel so it will not corrode in the air and streaks the tile. In addition, the wire is relatively small in diameter and therefore will not be effectively visible from the roof, so a flat roof structure will be seen. Moreover, wire clips do not tend to retain moisture or debris like wider tabs.

The present invention is to implement a roofing system to secure the shingles or tiles to the roof by making the tiles safe and weatherproof. Therefore, it can be applied to the roof structure.

While various indications have been given to the scope of the invention throughout this specification, the invention is not limited to these and two or more combinations of these may exist. The embodiments are given for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to set limits.

Throughout this specification and the claims that follow, the word 'comprise' and 'include' and the term 'comprising' and 'including' include It is intended to be inclusive of the mentioned integers or groups of integations and is not to be understood as excluding any other intacts or groups of intact.

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delete Supporting roof tiles and extending between neighboring narrow battens, supported by them, Each of them has a length such that its lower end protrudes beyond the lower side of the adjacent narrow board in use, Each tile is supported by neighboring weather strips along its edge edges, A retention means comprising a stainless steel wire clip engaged therein such that each weather strip is in position, The wire clip is essentially U-shaped, each having a pair of legs with hooked ends and hooks extending laterally from each leg to hook the bottom end of the tile into hooks, The weather strip has side flanges and respective ears and has apertures formed in each side flange for securing clips to the weather strip, Weather strips engaged by flanges of narrow boards delete delete 3. The weatherstrip of claim 2 wherein the weatherstrip is on a narrow narrow board below and has a notch facing downward in a side flange adapted to engage a flange facing upward. 6. The weather strip according to claim 2 or 5, wherein the weather strip has at least two longitudinal sealing strips for sealing under the sides of each neighboring tile. 6. The weatherstrip according to claim 2 or 5, wherein the weatherstrip has grooves extending in the longitudinal direction from which the water droplets fall. 3. The narrow board of claim 2 wherein the narrow board is wood and the weather strip has side tabs for nailing or screwing the lower narrow board and upper tabs for nailing or screwing the neighboring upper narrow board. Weather strip Includes wire clips made of elastic stainless steel, The clip is essentially U-shaped and has a pair of extending legs, The legs have lugs extending laterally on each extending leg which engages a slot in a flange of a weather strip supporting the tile, Retention means for tiles secured to a narrow board in the roof, with each leg end providing a hook-shaped member adapted to engage the bottom end of the tile With side flanges each having a slot therein The retaining means comprise a wire clip, The wire clip has legs that extend in essentially U-shape, Ears on the legs to engage the slots, Each ear supports a tile on a narrow board in the roof that ends in a hook shape to engage the end of the tile. delete

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