# US 2019/0316356 A1 · Tile fixing device, tile mounting method, and roof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0316356 A1 - Document ID: US20190316356A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/168,540 - Filed: 2018-10-23 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-13 - Assignees: Beijing Hanergy Solar Power Investment Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Hanergy Solar Power Investment Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Wei ZHU; Jikai ZHANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190316356A1 ## CPC - E04D 1/34: Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements - E04D 1/30: Special roof-covering elements, e.g. ridge tiles, gutter tiles, gable tiles, ventilation tiles (E04D3/40 takes precedence) - F24S 25/613: in the form of bent strips or assemblies of strips; Hook-like connectors; Connectors to be mounted between building-covering elements - E04D 2001/3408: {characterised by the fastener type or material} - E04D 2001/3414: {Metal strips or sheet metal} - E04D 2001/3444: {characterised by the roof covering or structure with integral or premounted fastening means} - E04D 2001/3452: {characterised by the location of the fastening means} - E04D 2001/3455: {on the internal surface of the roof covering elements} - E04D 2001/3458: {on the upper or lower transverse edges of the roof covering elements} - E04D 2001/3467: {through apertures, holes or slots} - E04D 2001/3473: {fastening single roof elements to the roof structure with or without indirect clamping of neighbouring roof covering elements} - E04D 2001/3494: {made of rigid material having a flat external surface} - Y02B 10/10: Photovoltaic [PV] - Y02B 10/20: Solar thermal - Y02E 10/47: Mountings or tracking - Y02E 10/50: Photovoltaic [PV] energy - E04D: ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F13/00) - F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00) - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract Tile fixing devices, tile mounting methods, and roofs, such as those associated with solar tiles, are provided. For example, tile fixing devices related to the technical field of photovoltaic power generation are provided. In one illustrative implementation, a tile fixing device may include: a tile hook which is provided thereon with a fixing piece configured to cooperate with the mounting hole of the tile, as well as a positioning structure configured to limit the tile batten. Various tile mounting methods and roofs are also disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tile fixing device, comprising a tile hook, wherein the tile hook is provided thereon with a fixing piece configured to cooperate with a mounting hole of a tile, and the tile hook is provided thereon with a positioning structure configured to limit a tile batten. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tile fixing device according to claim 1, wherein a limiting face of the positioning structure that limits the tile batten is an arc-shaped limiting face. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The tile fixing device according to claim 2, wherein the fixing piece and the tile batten are respectively located at two sides of the positioning structure, and the arc-shaped limiting face is in external connection with the tile batten. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tile fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the positioning structure comprises a first linear positioning section, a second linear positioning section and an arc-shaped positioning section connecting the first linear positioning section and the second linear positioning section, and the first linear positioning section is connected to one end of the tile hook. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The tile fixing device according to claim 4, wherein an angle between a linear direction of the first linear positioning section and a linear direction of the second linear positioning section is acute, the arc-shaped positioning section is located within the angle between the linear direction of the first linear positioning section and the linear direction of the second linear positioning section. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The tile fixing device according to claim 4, wherein a straight line in the linear direction of the first linear position section and a straight line in the linear direction of the second linear position section are respectively tangent to an arc-shaped face of the arc-shaped positioning section. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The tile fixing device according to claim 4, wherein the tile hook comprises a tile fixing section, a tile batten positioning section and a tile batten lap joint section which is configured to be lap jointed on the tile batten, the fixing piece is provided on the tile fixing section, the tile fixing section is connected with the tile batten lap joint section by the tile batten positioning section, the tile batten positioning section is provided with a positioning hole configured to position the tile batten, and the first linear positioning section is connected with the tile fixing section. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The tile fixing device according to claim 7, wherein the positioning hole is located at a center of the tile batten positioning section. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The tile fixing device according to claim 7, wherein the tile fixing section is in a linear structure, and the linear direction of the first linear positioning section is perpendicular to a linear direction of the tile fixing section. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The tile fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing piece is a clinch nut, a snap-fit piece or an articulating piece. ### Claim 11 A tile mounting method, comprising: providing a tile, wherein the tile is provided with a mounting hole; providing a tile fixing device, wherein the tile fixing device comprises a tile hook which is provided thereon with a fixing piece and further a positioning structure; making a first connecting piece pass through the mounting hole and fixing the first connecting piece by the fixing piece of the tile hook, such that the tile hook is fixed on the tile; and making the tile hook lap jointed on the tile batten, such that a limiting surface of the positioning structure that limits the tile batten is in contact with the tile batten. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The tile mounting method according to claim 11, further comprising: making a second connecting piece pass through a positioning hole such that a tile batten positioning section is attached to the tile batten, wherein the tile hook comprises a tile fixing section, the tile batten positioning section and a tile batten lap-joint section which is configured to be lap jointed on the tile batten, the fixing piece is provided on the tile fixing section, and the tile batten positioning section is provided with the positioning hole. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The tile mounting method according to claim 11, wherein a gap is formed between the first connecting piece and the tile batten. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A roof, comprising a tile and at least one tile fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the tile and the tile fixing device are connected together by the mounting hole of the tile, the fixing piece of the tile fixing device and a first connecting piece cooperating with the mounting hole and the fixing piece, the tile hook comprised by the tile fixing device is lap jointed on the tile batten, and a limiting surface of the positioning structure comprised by the tile fixing device that limits the tile batten is in contact with the tile batten. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The roof according to claim 14, wherein the tile hook comprises a tile fixing section, a tile batten positioning section, and a tile batten lap-joint section which is configured to be lap jointed on the tile batten, and a second connecting piece passes through the positioning hole of the tile batten positioning section to position the tile batten positioning section on the tile batten. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The roof according to claim 14, wherein a gap is formed between the first connecting piece and the tile batten. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The tile fixing device according to claim 2, wherein the positioning structure comprises a first linear positioning section, a second linear positioning section and an arc-shaped positioning section connecting the first linear positioning section and the second linear positioning section, and the first linear positioning section is connected to one end of the tile hook. ### Claim 18 (depends on 3) The tile fixing device according to claim 3, wherein the positioning structure comprises a first linear positioning section, a second linear positioning section and an arc-shaped positioning section connecting the first linear positioning section and the second linear positioning section, and the first linear positioning section is connected to one end of the tile hook. ### Claim 19 (depends on 2) The tile fixing device according to claim 2, wherein the fixing piece is a clinch nut, a snap-fit piece or an articulating piece. ### Claim 20 (depends on 3) The tile fixing device according to claim 3, wherein the fixing piece is a clinch nut, a snap-fit piece or an articulating piece.