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US 11,851,883 B2Granted
System for mounting glass roof tiles on a roof construction
AssigneeSolartag Aps
InventorThomas Pedersen
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Abstract
A system for mounting glass roof tiles on a roof construction includes a roof batten, an S-shaped bracket defining a first U-shaped portion and a second U-shaped portion, a sealing plate and two glass roof tiles arranged side by side along a first longitudinal direction defined by the roof batten. The first U-shaped portion of the bracket is clamped onto the roof batten and retained in relation thereto solely by means of friction and gravity. An end portion of the sealing plate and a lower end portion of each of the glass roof tiles are snugly fit into the second U-shaped portion of the bracket. The glass roof tiles can be mounted on the roof construction in an easy and fast manner without the use of fastening means or tools.
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A system for mounting glass roof tiles on a roof construction, the system comprising:
- a roof batten extending along a first longitudinal direction,
- a S-shaped bracket defining a first U-shaped portion and a second U-shaped portion,
- a sealing plate extending along a second longitudinal direction being transverse to the first longitudinal direction, and
- two glass roof tiles arranged side by side along the first longitudinal direction,
- wherein the first U-shaped portion of the S-shaped bracket is clamped onto the roof batten and retained in relation thereto solely by means of friction and gravity, and in that an end portion of the sealing plate and a lower end portion of each of the two glass roof tiles are snugly fit into the second U-shaped portion of the S-shaped bracket, such that the S-shaped bracket and the sealing plate overlap the respective lower end portions of the two glass roof tiles when the two glass roof tiles are arranged side by side along the first longitudinal direction, and such that the sealing plate and the two glass roof tiles are retained in relation to the S-shaped bracket solely by means of friction and gravity;
- wherein the first U-shaped portion of the S-shaped bracket is defined by two mutually spaced wall sections and a connecting section interconnecting the wall sections, and
- wherein each of the wall sections has a height not exceeding the height of the roof batten, so that each of the wall sections is in abutment with the roof batten along an entire height of the respective wall section.
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A system for mounting glass roof tiles on a roof construction, the system comprising:
- a roof batten extending along a first longitudinal direction,
- a S-shaped bracket defining a first U-shaped portion and a second U-shaped portion,
- a sealing plate extending along a second longitudinal direction being transverse to the first longitudinal direction, and
- two glass roof tiles arranged side by side along the first longitudinal direction,
- wherein the first U-shaped portion of the S-shaped bracket is clamped onto the roof batten and retained in relation thereto solely by means of friction and gravity, and in that an end portion of the sealing plate and a lower end portion of each of the two glass roof tiles are snugly fit into the second U-shaped portion of the S-shaped bracket, such that the S-shaped bracket and the sealing plate overlap the respective lower end portions of the two glass roof tiles when the two glass roof tiles are arranged side by side along the first longitudinal direction, and such that the sealing plate and the two glass roof tiles are retained in relation to the S-shaped bracket solely by means of friction and gravity;
- wherein the second U-shaped portion rests on an upwardly facing surface of the roof batten.
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A system for mounting glass roof tiles on a roof construction, the system comprising:
- a roof batten extending along a first longitudinal direction,
- an S-shaped bracket defining a first U-shaped portion and a second U-shaped portion,
- a sealing plate extending along a second longitudinal direction being transverse to the first longitudinal direction, and
- two glass roof tiles arranged side by side along the first longitudinal direction,
- wherein the first U-shaped portion of the S-shaped bracket is clamped onto the roof batten and retained in relation thereto solely by means of friction and gravity, and in that an end portion of the sealing plate and a lower end portion of each of the two glass roof tiles are snugly fit into the second U-shaped portion of the S-shaped bracket, such that the S-shaped bracket and the sealing plate overlap the respective lower end portions of the two glass roof tiles when the two glass roof tiles are arranged side by side along the first longitudinal direction, and such that the sealing plate and the two glass roof tiles are retained in relation to the S-shaped bracket solely by means of friction and gravity;
- wherein the S-shaped bracket has an extent in the longitudinal direction of the roof batten which is at least equal to half of a width of the sealing plate.
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A method for mounting glass roof tiles on a roof construction, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a roof batten extending along a first longitudinal direction,
- providing a S-shaped bracket defining a first U-shaped portion and a second U-shaped portion,
- mounting the S-shaped bracket on the roof batten by clamping the first U-shaped portion of the S-shaped bracket onto the roof batten, thereby retaining the S-shaped bracket in relation to the roof batten solely by means of friction and gravity, and
- mounting a sealing plate and two glass roof tiles on the S-shaped bracket by snugly fitting an end portion of the sealing plate and a lower end portion of each of the two glass roof tiles into the second U-shaped portion of the S-shaped bracket, such that the two glass roof tiles are arranged side by side along the first longitudinal direction, and such that the S-shaped bracket and the sealing plate overlap the respective lower end portions of the two glass roof tiles, thereby retaining the sealing plate and the two glass roof tiles in relation to the S-shaped bracket solely by means of friction and gravity;
- wherein the first U-shaped portion of the bracket is defined by two mutually spaced wall sections and a connecting section interconnecting the wall sections, and
- wherein each of the wall sections has a height not exceeding the height of the roof batten, so that each of the wall sections is in abutment with the roof batten along an entire height of the respective wall section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.