Mounting device for controlling uplift of a metal roof
AssigneeRMH Tech LLC
InventorsDustin M.M. Haddock, Jesse Charles Winternitz
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Abstract
A clamp for controlling uplift of panels of a metal roof is provided where the clamp secures two adjacent panels together. In some embodiments, the clamp has a slot configured to receive a roof joint between adjacent panels, and the clamp has at least one arm that secures the roof joint within the clamp and prevents the clamp from being pulled off of the roof joint. In addition, the clamp may have a channel and at least one protrusion that locate the roof joint within the clamp in a predetermined position to ensure that a bar component such as a bolt or a set screw can secure the roof joint within the clamp. Moreover, further features and arrangements of features can better position the clamp over a center of the roof joint.
Claims20
A clamp, comprising:
- a body having a first arm and a second arm;
- a slot extending into the body between a first inner surface of the first arm and a second inner surface of the second arm;
- a third arm extending from the second arm into the slot;
- a channel extending into the second inner surface of the second arm and into a third inner surface of the third arm to define a first protrusion on the second arm and a second protrusion on the third arm, wherein the first and second protrusions are configured to retain a roof joint;
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- an aperture extending along an axis through the first arm, wherein the axis intersects the channel such that a bar component extending through the aperture can contact a roof joint retained in the channel.
A clamp, comprising:
- a body having a first arm and a second arm extending in a vertical direction;
- a slot extending into the body between a first inner surface of the first arm, a slot base, and a second inner surface of the second arm;
- a channel extending into the second inner surface of the second arm, wherein the channel is offset from a free end of the second arm by a predetermined distance, and the channel defines a first protrusion on the second arm that is configured to engage a roof joint;
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- an aperture extending through the first arm in a horizontal direction, wherein a second width of the second arm in the horizontal direction is greater than a first width of the first arm in the horizontal direction to position a central axis of the body closer to a center axis of a roof joint.
A clamp system, comprising:
- a clamp, having:
- a body with a first arm and a second arm;
- a slot extending into the body between a first inner surface of the first arm and a second inner surface of the second arm;
- a channel extending into the second inner surface of the second arm, wherein the channel is offset from a free end of the second arm by a predetermined distance;
- a single aperture extending along an axis through the first arm;
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- a cavity extending into the second inner surface of the second arm along the axis;
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- a bar component configured to extend through the aperture and into the slot, wherein the bar component is configured to contact a roof joint positioned in the channel and deform at least a portion of the roof joint into the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.