A roof, wall or façade structure
AssigneeKalzip GmbH
InventorsMario KENDA, Horst Ewald SCHMITT, Bruce Edward William PORTEOUS, Ferdinand Johannes Leonardus KARLAS
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Abstract
A roof, wall or façade structure suitable for new flat or pitched roofs, or renovation or reconstruction thereof, to a kit of parts for constructing, reconstructing or renovating a roof, wall or façade structure and a method for constructing or reconstructing a roof, wall or façade structure.
Claims21
A roof, wall or façade structure comprising:
- a retaining element having a head section for engaging and holding at least one building sheet of a roof, wall or façade, a base section spaced from the head section, and a connecting member fixedly connecting the head section and the base section, and
- a supporting rail comprising a first profile section for detachably receiving and holding the base section of the retaining element and a second profile section, wherein the base section, when positioned in the first profile section is rotatable relative to the supporting rail around the axis perpendicular to the supporting rail between a first position at which the base section is freely detachable from the first profile section of the supporting rail and a second position at which the base section is secured in the first profile section of the supporting rail, the rotation enabling the alignment of the longitudinal axis of the head section of the retaining element with the flanged edges of the building sheet, and
- a mounting element comprising a head portion for receiving and holding the second profile section of the supporting rail, a foot portion spaced from the head portion for mounting the mounting element on a roof, wall or façade substructure and a connecting portion connecting the foot portion and the head portion, wherein the supporting rail is rotatable around its longitudinal axis when held by the head portion of the mounting element to enable alignment of the longitudinal axis of the elongate head section of the retaining element with the inclination of the wall, roof or façade.
The roof, wall or façade structure according to claim wherein the head section of the retaining element is elongate for engaging at least one building sheet of a standing seam roof, wall or façade, by flanging a free end of the building sheet over the elongate head section.
The roof, wall or façade structure according to any one of the preceding claims comprising one or more retaining elements consisting of die-cast metal, such as zinc or a zinc alloy, or a suitable polymer such as polyamide or glass-fibre reinforced polyamide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.