Device for incorporating layer member in face construction of building

• US 5,425,209 A
• Filed: 05/31/1994
• Issued: 06/20/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gantan Beauty Industry Co., Ltd., Gantan Beauty Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Gantan Beauty Industry Co., Ltd., Gantan Beauty Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Funaki, Motokatsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aubey, Beth A.
• Application Number:
  US08/251,000
• Time in Patent Office: 385 Days
• Field of Search: 52/357-363, 52/481.2, 52/483.1, 52/489.1, 52/506.01, 52/509, 52/764, 52/588.1, 52/309.1
• US Class Current: 52/359
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/16 Insulating devices or arrangements in so far as the roof covering is concerned, e.g. characterised by the material or composition of the roof insulating material or its integration in the roof structure
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/3602 The fastening means comprising elongated profiles installed in or on the insulation layer
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/3608 for double roof covering or overroofing
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0807 adjustable perpendicular to the wall
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0814 fixed by means of clamping action

Abstract

A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building which is capable of employing a soft or flexible layer member as well as a rigid one, improving operation efficiency, ensuring safe operation at a height, and readily and precisely positioning and fixing a layer member in a face construction. The device comprises a base element, a connecting element mounted on the base element and a holding element mounted through the connecting element on the base element, the base element being adapted to be held on a supporting member of a building and hold a layer member in cooperation with the connecting and holding elements. The device may include a mounting member mounted on the holding element.

Claims

1. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building comprising a C-shaped supporting member coupled to said building, said C-shaped supporting member having an upper wall, a lower wall, and a central wall having upper and lower sides extending therebetween, said upper wall having at least one flange extending substantially in a direction towards said lower wall from a position thereon spaced from said central wall, a base element provided with a hook means engaged about said upper wall of said C-shaped supporting member so that a portion of said hook means faces the lower side of said upper wall, said base element having a base portion facing the upper side of said upper wall, said base portion aiding in fixing said base element on said supporting member, a connecting element mounted on said base element and a holding element mounted by said connecting element on said base element;

said base element being held on a supporting member of a building and to hold a layer member in cooperation with said connecting element and said holding element.

2. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction as defined in claim 1, wherein said holding element and said base element are spaced from each other through said connecting element with a space being defined therebetween which is sufficient to hold said layer member therein.

3. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction as defined in claim 2, wherein said base portion of said base element comprises a plate and is provided at one side thereof with said hook means which is engaged with said flange extending from said upper wall of said supporting member to fix said base element to said supporting member, said hook means being formed along the entire longitudinal direction of said base element.

4. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 3, wherein said hook means comprises a side plate downwardly extending from said base element and having a hook portion formed at the lower end thereof along the longitudinal direction thereof which engages said flange extending from said upper wall of said C-shaped supporting member.

5. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 4, wherein said connecting element comprises at least one rigid plate fixed on said element and upwardly extending therefrom.

6. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 5, wherein said base element and holding element have the substantially same width as said supporting member, and said connecting element is mounted on said base element in the direction perpendicular to said supporting member over the entire width of said supporting member.

7. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 4, wherein said connecting element comprises a pipe.

8. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 1, wherein said base element, connecting element and holding element are integrally formed of a plastic material.

9. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 1, wherein said base element, connecting element and holding element are divided into two substantially symmetrical parts about said connecting element.

10. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 1 further comprising a mounting member mounted on said holding member which is adapted to support at least a face member.

11. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 10, wherein said holding element is formed of a plate and is provided at the both side ends thereof with a pair of upward projections for positioning said mounting member thereon.

12. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 1 wherein said base element and a portion of said connecting element are integrally formed and comprise a bent rod, said bent rod having a portion defining said hook means and shaped to engage about said flange extending from said upper wall of said supporting member, a portion defining said base portion shaped to extend essentially parallel to the upper surface of said upper wall and a portion defining a portion of said connecting element extending from the base portion and terminating in a threaded bolt region, said connecting element including means for joining said holding element to said bolt region of said bent rod.

13. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building comprising:

a C-shaped supporting member coupled to a building said C-shaped supporting member having an upper wall, a lower wall, and a central wall extending therebetween, said upper wall having at least one flange extending substantially in a direction towards said lower wall from a position thereon spaced from said central wall;

a holding member comprising a base plate supported on said C-shaped supporting member of said building, a connecting element upwardly extending from said base plate, and a holding element mounted on said base plate through said connecting element;

said base plate being formed at one side thereof with a hook means which comprises a side plate downwardly extending from said base plate and a hook formed by inwardly bending the lower end of said side plate so as to extend around said flange extending from said upper wall of said C-shaped supporting member;

said base plate having at at least one end formed thereof with an upward projection;

a mounting member removably mounted on said holding element of said holding member and adapted to support at least a layer member thereon; and

a stopper element for fixing said mounting member with respect to said holding element of said holding member.

14. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 13, wherein said base plate is further provided on the outer side thereof opposite to said side plate with another side plate downwardly extending therefrom.

15. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 13, wherein said connecting element and said upward projection are respectively formed with through-holes for engagedly inserting the end portions of said stopper element.

16. A device for incorporating a layer member in a face construction of a building as defined in claim 13, wherein said holding member is vertically divided into two substantially symmetrical parts about said connecting element.