Plate for connecting elongated plates

• US 5,553,434 A
• Filed: 08/31/1994
• Issued: 09/10/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Chugiken
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Chugiken
• Inventors: Tamura, Tadao
• Primary Examiner(s): Safavi, Michael
• Application Number:
  US08/298,191
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• Field of Search: 52/712, 52/509, 52/512, 52/533, 52/545, 52/546, 52/547, 52/549, 52/551, 52/543, 52/582.1
• US Class Current: 52/545
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 1/365 Sealing strips between lateral sides of roof-covering elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/366 by closing the space between the slabs or sheets by gutters, bulges, or bridging elements, e.g. strips
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/38 Devices for sealing spaces or joints between roof-covering elements E04D3/36 takes precedence; sealing joints not restricted to roof-covering elements E04B1/68
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0864 composed of superposed elements which overlap each other and of which the flat outer surface includes an acute angle with the surface to cover

Abstract

The present invention has an arrangement that two ends of a rectangular metal plate are turned up and the two ends are caused to approach at the central portion of the rectangular metal plate while maintaining a small gap so that a flat-pipe-type connection plate is formed, and the ends of elongated metal plates are slightly bent downwards to form insertion members which are inserted into the upper central gap of the connection plate from two directions.

The thus-arranged structure causes rain in the connection portion to enter through the gap between the ends of the elongated plates corresponding to the upper central gap of the connection plate. Rain allowed to enter flows downwards through the flat-pipe-like connection plate. Since the lower portion of the connection plate is positioned upper than the lower elongated plate, rain is discharged onto the lower following elongated plate.

Claims

1. A metal plate for sequentially connecting elongated metal plates, comprising:

a central connection portion formed by turning up two ends of a rectangular metal plate to cause said two ends to approach while maintaining a small gap so that a flat-pipe-like shape is formed and by slightly cutting ends of two turned members above said gap so that a wide gap is formed;

a base which is wider than said central connection portion and to which said central connection portion is bonded to the upper surface of the central portion of the base;

drain boards formed by slightly backwards bending two ends of said base;

a portion for joining an upper last elongated plate formed by upwards bending an upper portion of said base;

a portion for joining a lower following elongated plate roof formed by downwards bending a lower portion of said base into a L-shape; and

an insertion member formed by downwards bending a lengthwise end of each of said elongated plates, said insertion members being inserted into said central gap of said central connection portion from two directions so that the connection is established.

2. A plate for sequentially connecting elongated plates according to claim 1, wherein a lower plate of the central connection portion corresponding to said wide gap in an upper plate thereof has a plurality of wedge-like protrusions formed sequentially in the vertical direction.