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US 4,501,097 AGranted
Ridge element for corrugated roofs
OwnerJohannes Rosenkildeinventor
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A ridge element for corrugated roofs is made as a monolithic tile member (2) having an upper arched shell portion (4), the underside of which is provided with protrusions (8) showing exterior edges (10) profiled so as to be engageable with the corrugations of the opposed roofing elements (12) when these form a specific ridgeangle with each other. The same or similar ridge elements will be advantageously usable for other ridge angles, too, because a relative tilting of the roofing elements will produce small gaps only between the surface thereof and the non-engaged portions of the tile edges (10), whereby a complete sealing will require relatively small amounts of sealing compound. In practice, therefore, one type of ridge tile will be usable for all relevant ridge angles, Preferably the tile edges are provided with compressible sealing strips which will normally obviate any additional use of sealing compound, whereby the tiles are very easy to mount.
A ridge element for corrugated roofings bridging a top gap between opposed inclined roof portions, said ridge element having a substantially smooth arched shell portion having on a concave underside opposed wing portions profiled so as to be generally engageable with standard corrugations of the roofing, characterized in that the ridge element is a rigid monolithic member, the opposed wing portions are provided along respective outer longitudinal edges with downwardly projecting flange portions, lower edges of said projecting flange portions are shaped to accommodate, in use, a standard corrugation of the roofing when a ridge angle is between 90.degree. and 140.degree., said flange portions are constituted by outer end portions of partly cylindrical protrusions on the underside of the ridge element, a generator direction of the protrusions of the opposed wing portions forming an angle with each other which is between 45.degree. and 90.degree..
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