Multi-piece eaves beam for preassembled glazed roof system
AssigneePark Lane Conservatories Ltd.
InventorsMark Back, J. Riley, John Welsh
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Abstract
An eaves beam for a glazed roof system includes a base member and an upper member. The base member includes a base plate adapted to rest on a building wall and includes upstanding wall members. The base member can be fastened from the top into the wall with the fastener extended between the two upstanding wall members. In turn, the upper portion of the eaves beam includes downwardly extended legs which are adapted to fit over the base member and are fastened to the base member by screws extended laterally through the legs into the base member. This facilitates installation of the eaves beam and allows the roof to be pre-assembled, taken to the work site and installed.
Claims20
An eaves beam comprising at least one base member and an elongated upper member;
- said base member having a base plate and a first and second upwardly extended walls from said base plate, said base plate and said walls providing a channel;
- wherein a first fastener is positioned in said channel and is extended through said base member into a supporting wall securing said base member to said supporting wall;
- said elongated upper member having a rafter support and first and second downwardly extended leg members, wherein said first downwardly extended leg member is generally parallel to said first upwardly extended wall and said second downwardly extended leg member is generally parallel to said second upwardly extended wall, said elongated upper member engages said base member adjacent said upwardly extended walls and said downwardly extended leg members;
- wherein a second fastener is extended through one of said downwardly extended leg members and one of said upwardly extended walls fastening said elongated upper member to said base member.
A pre-assembled roof structure comprising:
- a first eaves beam member;
- an adjustable rafter support attached to said first eave beam member;
- a plurality of rafters extending from said adjustable rafter support to an upper rafter support;
- a plurality of panels glazed to said rafters, said first eaves beam member, said adjustable rafter support, said rafters, said panels, and said upper rafter support forming a unitary roof structure;
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- a fastener means for attaching said unitary roof structure to a supporting wall.
A roof structure comprising:
- an elongated lower eaves beam member having a base plate and a pair of generally parallel upwardly extended legs, said base plate and said upwardly extended legs providing a channel;
- a first fastener positioned in said channel and extended through said elongated lower eaves beam member and into a header of a building wall securing said elongated lower eaves beam member to said building wall;
- a pre-assembled upper unitary roof assembly comprising an elongated upper eaves beam member having a pair of generally parallel downwardly extended legs, a plurality of rafters attached to, supported by, and extending from said elongated upper eaves beam member to an upper rafter support member, and a plurality of panels glazed to said rafters;
- wherein said pre-assembled upper unitary roof assembly is attached to said elongated lower eaves beam after said elongated lower eaves beam is attached to said header of said building wall.
A method of installing a glazed roof system including a plurality of rafters with panels between said rafters, said method comprising:
- combining a plurality of rafters with panels between said rafters and connecting said rafters to an upper eaves beam member;
- glazing said panels to said rafters and said upper eaves beam member to form a unitary roof structure;
- placing said unitary roof structure on a wall structure and fastening said upper eaves beam section to said wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.