Planar roofing made of folded metal sheets

• US 5,479,752 A
• Filed: 07/05/1994
• Issued: 01/02/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Iscom S.r.l.
• Original Assignee: Iscom S.r.l.
• Inventors: Menegoli, Fabio
• Primary Examiner(s): SMITH, CREIGHTON H
• Application Number:
  US08/267,765
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 52/543, 52/545, 52/546, 52/547, 52/549, 52/551, 52/520, 52/530, 52/529, 52/537, 52/538, 52/531, 52/540
• US Class Current: 52/549
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 2003/3612 Separate fastening elements fixed to the roof structure and comprising plastic parts for avoiding thermal bridges
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/3607 the fastening means comprising spacer means adapted to the shape of the profiled roof covering
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/362 by locking the edge of one slab or sheet within the profiled marginal portion of the adjacent slab or sheet, e.g. using separate connecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/363 with snap action E04D3/366 takes precedence

Abstract

A planar roofing made of folded metal sheets which comprises a plurality of metal sheets in which two nonadjacent edges are complementarily folded or otherwise shaped so as to allow the coupling of two adjacent metal sheets by partial overlap, and a plurality of supporting retainer blocks which can be anchored to a purlin for the roofing. Each supporting retainer block comprises a base portion for resting on the purlin and two lateral parallel raised portions that rise from the base and are individually externally flanked by a respective recess which is meant to accommodate a fold which is provided proximate to, and along, a folded edge of a respective metal sheet.

Claims

1. A planar roofing made of folded metal sheets, which comprises a plurality of metal sheets in which two non-adjacent edges are complementarily folded so as to allow the coupling of two adjacent sheets by partial overlap, and a plurality of supporting retainer blocks, which can be anchored to a purlin for the roofing, wherein each supporting retainer block comprises a base portion for resting on the purlin, two lateral parallel portions that rise from the external part of the base portion, each lateral parallel portion having a cantilevered part so as to delimit a recess which is meant to accommodate a relatively deep fold or bend which is provided proximate to, and along, a folded edge of a respective metal sheet, each recess being inclined towards the respective raised portion by a preset angle, said supporting retainer blocks comprising furthermore an intermediate elevated portion which has a lateral recess that is directed towards each one of said recesses, runs parallel to them and delimits, in an upper region, a cradle which is meant to act as a support for a drainage channel delimited between two adjacent plates.

2. A roofing according to claim 1, wherein said recess is flared.

3. A roofing according to claim 1, wherein said recess has an outer side with a filleted rim and an inner side which ends with an abutment wall which is inclined with respect to the inner side and is in turn followed by a wall portion that is part of the outer side of said respective parallel raised portions and ends with an upper abutment undercut.

4. A roofing according to claim 1, wherein at least one hole for anchoring means is provided between said parallel raised portions.

5. A roofing according to claim 1, wherein said intermediate elevated portion has at least one hole for accommodating means for fixing to the purlin.

6. A roofing according to claim 1, wherein each sheet has two non-adjacent edges which are folded complementarily so as to allow the coupling of two contiguous plates by partial overlap of the edges above said parallel raised portions of at least one said block and snap-together mating with said recesses of said blocks.

7. A roofing according to claim 6, wherein each of said plates, at each folded edge, has a second raised portion which delimits a flat strip and is connected, by means of a first folded and filleted portion, to a second folded portion so as to delimit a relatively deep recess which is open upward and is meant to fit, in a snap-together manner, in the respective one of said recesses of at least one block.

8. A roofing according to claim 6, wherein said second folded portion ends at an inclined abutment portion which is meant to engage an upper abutment undercut of a plurality of said blocks.

9. A roofing according to claim 1, wherein each said plate has, at two of its said folded edges, a rising portion followed by a depression with the interposition of a double fold which is meant to engage, during use, a respective groove of at least one said supporting block, said depression being followed by an upright portion which on one side of said plate continues with a cantilevered portion and on the other side of said plate ends with a configuration for engagement with the cantilevered portion of an adjacent plate.

10. A roofing according to claim 9, wherein said cantilevered portion is provided with two lateral reinforcement ridges, whereas on the other side its upright portion ends with a ridge that can engage a corresponding longitudinal ridge of said cantilevered portion of one of said plates, which are in an adjacent position.

11. A roofing according to claim 9, wherein said cantilevered portion ends with a descending wall that has an end wing, whereas on the other side, at a level that is equal to said end wing, the respective upright portion bends substantially in a cantilevered manner to delimit an engagement groove for the end wing of those of said plates, which are followed by a fold shaped like a relatively deep drainage channel.

12. Roofing according to claim 11, wherein said fold shaped like a drainage channel comprises two lateral walls and an inclined bottom wall which is meant to rest and mate on the cradles of the supporting blocks.