Adjustable spacer kit of parts, and building wall or roof structure incorporating the same

• US 4,495,741 A
• Filed: 07/26/1982
• Issued: 01/29/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Vicwest Steel Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Westeel-Rosco Limited Westeel-Rosco Limitee
• Inventors: Pasiecznik, Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Raduazo, Henry E.
• Application Number:
  US06/401,940
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 52/404, 52/407, 52/408, 52/410, 52/508, 52/544, 52/487
• US Class Current: 52/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0807 adjustable perpendicular to the wall

Abstract

There is disclosed a building wall or roof structure comprising support beams, an inner liner mounted on the support beams, outer cladding, a plurality of spacers spacing the outer cladding from the inner liner, and thermal insulation disposed between the inner liner and the outer cladding. In order that for different buildings the thickness of the thermal insulation may vary each spacer is adjustable and comprises a plurality of spaced brackets each of which has a first end portion mounted on the inner liner and an opposed second end portion and each of which presents a projecting tab spaced from the first end portion. Each spacer also comprises a member or members each of which has at least one row of holes provided therein and each of which has a first edge portion presenting a projecting first flange and a second edge portion presenting a projecting second flange which projects in a direction opposite to the first flange and to which the outer cladding is secured. The member or members of each adjustable spacer are mounted on the brackets of the adjustable spacer in one of a plurality of positions which comprise a first position in which the tab of each bracket projects through one of the holes in the member or one of the members whereby the spacing between the outer cladding and the inner liner is of a first pre-determined magnitude, and a second position in which the first flange of the member or one of the members is in abutting contact with the tab of each bracket whereby the spacing between the outer cladding and the inner liner is of a second pre-determined magnitude greater than said first pre-determined magnitude.

Claims

1. An adjustable spacer kit of parts comprising a member having a first edge portion and an opposed second edge portion and having at least one hole provided therein, and a bracket having a first end portion and an opposed second end portion and presenting a projecting tab spaced from the first end portion of said bracket, the first edge portion of said member presenting a projecting flange, said member being adapted to be mounted on said bracket in one of a plurality of alternative positions which compise a first position in which the tab projects through the hole in said member whereby the spacing between the first end portion of said bracket and the second edge portion of said member is of a first predetermined magnitude, and a second position in which the flange of said member is in abutting contact with the tab of said bracket whereby the spacing between the first end portion of said bracket and the second edge portion of said member is of a second pre-determined magnitude greater than said first pre-determined magnitude, and said bracket comprising two spaced, parallel side plates, and a web interconnecting the side plates only at the second end portion of said bracket, with the tab being presented by the web of said bracket.

2. An adjustable spacer kit of parts according to claim 1, wherein said at least one hole in said member comprises a plurality of holes disposed in a plurality of spaced, substantially parallel rows which are spaced at different distances from the first edge portion of said member.

3. An adjustable spacer kit of parts according to claim 2, wherein the holes of each of the plurality of rows thereof are staggered relative to the holes of the adjacent row or rows thereof.

4. An adjustable spacer kit of parts according to claim 1, wherein a further projecting flange is presented by the second edge portion of said member, the flanges projecting from said member in opposite directions.

5. An adjustable spacer kit of parts according to claim 1, wherein said member is securable to said bracket when said member is mounted on said bracket in one of said first and second positions.

6. A building wall or roof structure comprising support means, an inner liner mounted on the support means, outer cladding, a plurality of adjustable spacers spacing the outer cladding from the inner liner, and thermal insulation disposed between the inner liner and the outer cladding, with an air barrier between the thermal insulation and the outer cladding, each adjustable spacer comprising a plurality of spaced brackets each of which has a first end portion mounted on the inner liner and an opposed second end portion and each of which presents a projecting tab spaced from the first end portion, and a member or members each of which has at least one row of holes provided therein and each of which has a first edge portion and a second edge portion to which the outer cladding is secured, with said member or members of each adjustable spacer being mounted on said brackets of the adjustable spacer in one of a plurality of positions which comprise a first position in which the tab of each said bracket projects through one of the holes in said member or one of said members whereby the spacing between the outer cladding and the inner liner is of a first pre-determined magnitude, and a second position in which the first edge portion of said member or one of said members is in abutting contact with the tab of each said bracket whereby the spacing between the outer cladding and the inner liner is of a second pre-determined magnitude greater than said first pre-determined magnitude.

7. A structure according to claim 6, wherein said insulation comprises a first layer of insulation between said member or members of each adjustable spacer and the inner liner, and a second layer of insulation between the first layer of insulation and the outer cladding, said second layer of insulation cmprising batts extending between said members of the adjustable spacers.

8. A structure according to claim 6, wherein the thermal insulation is of glass fiber.

9. A structure according to claim 6, wherein said bracket comprises two spaced, parallel side plates, and a web interconnecting the side plates only at the second end portion of said bracket, the tab being presented by the web of said bracket.

10. An adjustable spacer kit of parts comprising a member having a first edge portion and an opposed second edge portion and having at least one hole provided therein, and a bracket having a first end portion and an opposed second end portion and presenting a projecting tab spaced from the first end portion of said bracket, said member being adapted to be mounted on said bracket in one of a plurality of alternative positions which comprise a first position in which the tab projects through the hole in said member whereby the spacing between the first end portion of said bracket and the second edge portion of said member is of a first pre-determined magnitude, and a second position in which the first edge portion of said member is in abutting contact with the tab of said bracket whereby the spacing between the first end portion of said bracket and the second edge portion of said member is of a second pre-determined magnitude, greater than said first pre-determined magnitude, and said bracket comprising two spaced, parallel side plates, and a web interconnecting the side plates only at the second end portion of said bracket, with the tab being presented by the web of said bracket.