Method and device for monitoring roof loads
OwnerHermanus Visserinventor
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Abstract
A method for monitoring the load which is exerted on a roof comprises the following steps: providing a roof with an external surface on which a load can be exerted by, for example, a layer of water or snow, providing a sensor for detecting a phenomenon related to the load which is exerted on the roof, monitoring the phenomenon by means of the sensor, storing at least one predetermined value for the phenomenon, emitting a signal when the value for the phenomenon detected by the sensor exceeds a predetermined value.
Claims17
Method for monitoring the load which is exerted on a roof (3), comprising the following steps:
- providing a roof (3;
- 18) with an external surface on which a load can be exerted by, for example, a layer of water or snow,
- providing a sensor (7, 9;
- 16) for detecting a phenomenon related to the load which is exerted on the roof, characterized by:
- storing at least two predetermined different values for the phenomenon (8),
- emitting a signal when the sensor (7, 9;
- 16) detects one of these values for the phenomenon,
- emitting a different signal when the sensor (7, 9;
- 16) detects another one of these values for the phenomenon (8).
Building (1), comprising a roof (3) which may be subjected to a load, such as a layer of water and/or a layer of snow, as well as a device (6, 7, 9;
- 16, 10, 14) for carrying out the method according to one of the preceding claims in connection with the detection of a phenomenon which is associated with this load, which device comprises a sensor (7, 9;
- 16), an evaluation unit (9) to which the signals originating from the sensor (7) are fed, as well as a signaling unit (10, 14) to signal on the basis of the phenomenon detected by the sensor (7;
- 16), characterized in that at least two different predetermined values for the phenomenon are stored in the evaluation unit.
Building according to 11, comprising a gable roof construction (18), in which the light source (6) and/or the light-sensitive sensor (7, 9;
- 16) are connected to a part of the roof construction (18) such as a roof truss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.