Insulating panel fastening system

• US 4,223,505 A
• Filed: 09/15/1978
• Issued: 09/23/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RMAX Incorporated
• Original Assignee: RMAX Incorporated
• Inventors: Blanpied, Robert H., Vaden, Walter Z., Krebel, Edgar A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Faw Jr., Price C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Application Number:
  US05/942,825
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 52/509, 52/714, 52/715, 52/281, 52/481, 52/480, 52/738, 52/765, 52/404, 52/489
• US Class Current: 52/509
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0823 piercing the side faces of the covering elements

Abstract

Apparatus for fastening building construction insulating panels to a supporting wall structure comprising a slotted channel member and an anchoring clip. The channel has flanges by which it is secured to a supporting wall structure and a slotted mounting surface spaced from the supporting wall a preselected distance to provide improved insulation. The anchoring clip has opposed flanges on one end for engaging the edges of adjacent insulating wall panels and an anchor on the opposite end for engaging the slot in the channel and thereby holding the insulated panel to the supporting wall with the preselected spacing.

Claims

1. Panel building construction comprising:

a supporting structure in the nature of a wall, ceiling or roof structure having a substantially flat panel-receiving face;

substantially flat rectangular building insulating panels comprising at least one layer of a relatively soft insulating material having a preselected minimum thickness; and

panel fastening apparatus for securing said panels to said panel-receiving face, said apparatus including;

channel members each having a substantially flat rectangular panel mounting surface having an elongated slot therein, side walls extending approximately perpendicularly from said panel mounting surface, and securement flanges extending approximately perpendicularly from said side walls, said securement flanges positioned against said panel-receiving face, said channel members having lengths less than the width of said panels, and said side walls having lengths selected to space said panel mounting surfaces from said supporting structure by a preselected distance;

means rigidly attaching said securement flanges to said panel-receiving face; and

, an anchoring clip having a rectangular web having a width no greater than said minimum thickness, a pair of panel securing flanges extending substantially perpendicularly and in mutually opposite directions from a first edge of said web, and a channel anchor extending from a second edge of said web, said channel anchor positioned within and anchored to said slot in said panel mounting surface, said panel securing flanges having pointed edges penetrating edges of the layer of insulating material of a pair of adjacent panels and thereby holding said pair of adjacent panels in contact with said panel mounting surface.

2. Apparatus for mechanically securing building construction panels, edge-face to edge-face, to a supporting structure in the nature of a wall, ceiling, or roof structure having a panel-receiving face comprising a substantially flat surface, said panels each having at least one layer of a relatively soft insulating material, said apparatus including a channel member formed from a single strip of sheet metal having a substantially flat panel mounting surface, side walls extending approximately perpendicularly from said mounting surface, and securement flanges adapted to be secured to said receiving face of the supporting structure extending approximately perpendicularly from said side walls, said panel mounting surface further having a slot for receiving a clip, and a clip formed from a single strip of sheet metal having a flat web strip and a pair of flanges extending substantially perpendicularly from a first edge of the web strip, said pair of flanges extending in mutually opposite directions, and a channel anchor attached to a second edge of the web strip opposite said first edge for securing said clip to said channel by insertion into said slot, said channel anchor comprising an extenstion of said web having a width less than the width of the slot in said channel, and a pair of arms extending in mutually opposite directions from said extension at an angle of 90 degrees or more, said arms having planar surfaces perpendicular to the surfaces of said pair of flanges.

3. Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said arms extend from said extension on sides corresponding to said pair of flanges.

4. Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said panel mounting surface has a plurality of shallow ridges extending the length of said channel member parallel to said slot.

5. Panel fastening apparatus for securing flat panels having at least one layer of a relatively soft insulating material to a substantially flat supporting structure comprising a channel member having a substantially flat rectangular panel mounting surface having an elongated slot herein, side walls extending approximately perpendicularly from the opposite longer edges of said panel mounting surface, and securement flanges extending approximately perpendicularly from said side walls, said securement flanges lying in a plane and adapted to be secured to said supporting structure, and an anchoring clip having a rectangular web, a pair of panel securing flanges extending substantially perpendicularly and in mutually opposite directions from a first edge of said web, said flanges adapted for penetrating an edge of a wall panel within said relatively soft insulating layer, and a channel anchor attached to a second edge of said web opposite said first edge, adapted for insertion into said slot for securing said clip to said channel, said channel anchor comprising a T-shaped extension of said web with the arms of said T-shaped extension bent out of the plane of said web and the surfaces of said arms perpendicular to the plane of said panel securing flanges.

6. Panel fastening apparatus according to claim 5 wherein said arms of said T-shaped extension are bent in directions corresponding to said panel securing flanges.

7. Panel fastening apparatus for securing flat panels having at least one layer of a relatively soft insulating layer having a minimum preselected thickness, to substantially flat supporting structure comprising:

a channel member having a substantially flat rectangular panel mounting surface having an elongated slot along a portion of its length, side walls extending approximately perpendicularly from the opposite longer edges of said panel mounting surface, and securement flanges extending approximately perpendicularly from said side walls, said securement flanges lying in a plane and adapted to be secured to said supporting structure, and said side walls having a width selected to space said panel mounting surface from said supporting structure by a preselected distance, and

an anchoring clip having a rectangular web having a width no greater than said minimum preselected thickness, a pair of panel securing flanges extending substantially perpendicularly and in mutually opposite directions from a first edge of said web, said flanges having pointed edges opposite said web adapted for penetrating an edge of a wall panel within said relatively soft insulating layer, and a channel anchor attached to a second edge of said web opposite said first edge, adapted for insertion into said slot for securing said clip to said channel.

8. In panel building construction of the type in which substantially flat building insulating panels each comprising at least one layer of a relatively soft insulating material are held in edge to edge relationship against a supporting structure having a substantially flat panel receiving face, the improvement comprising:

the use of channel members each having;

a substantially flat rectangular panel mounting surface having an elongated slot therein, sidewalls extending approximately perpendicularly from said panel mounting surface, and securement flanges extending approximately perpendicularly from said side walls and adapted for attachment to said panel-receiving face, for supporting panels in spaced relation from said panel-receiving face and providing a substantial surface for adhesively fastening said panels to said channels and thereby to said panel-receiving face; and

the use of anchoring clips each having a rectangular web, a pair of panel securing flanges extending substantially perpendicularly and in mutually opposite directions from a first edge of said web, and a channel anchor extending from a second edge of said web and adapted for engaging said channel slot for mechanically fastening said panels to said panel-receiving face by engagement of said channel anchors with slots in said channels and engagement of said panel-receiving flanges with edges of the layer of insulating material of pairs of adjacent panels.