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US 4,621,472 AGranted
Glazed structural system and components therefor
AssigneeH. H. Robertson Company
InventorWerner Kloke
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AssigneeH. H. Robertson Company
InventorWerner Kloke
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Skylight structures or the like wherein the supporting and supported structural members defining the metal framework including flange formations upon which glass panels are secured are provided with longitudinally extending drainage channel formations and wherein the open ends of the drainage channel formations of the supported structural members intersect and overlap the drainage channel formations of the supporting structural members to the extent that water collected therein is discharged into the drainage channel formations of the supporting structural members at a point remote from the intersections thereof and wherein the structural members are interconnected by displaceable clamping means carried by said overlapping ends including a clip embracing same from below in the region of overlap and upon displacement upwardly engage the flange formations of the suporting structural members from below.
In a roof structure, a plurality of rafters arranged in inclined substantially uniformly spaced apart relation and provided with a plurality of opposed recess means therein at uniformly spaced apart intervals therealong and a plurality of purlins extending therebetween with the ends thereof projecting into and fully registered within said opposed recess means of said rafters so as to intersect therewith and be supported therefrom, each said purlins and rafters including longitudinally extending open ended drainage channel means therein and opening upwardly longitudinally centrally therealong, said drainage channel means being defined by a bottom wall upstanding spaced apart outer side walls and flange means extending inwardly from said outer side walls and in spaced apart opposed overlying relation to said bottom wall, each said recess means of said rafters having a perimetral extent within said side walls and flanges means thereof and the respective depths of the channel means of said purlins and rafters being such that in full registration said intersecting flange means of said purlins and rafters are disposed in substantially coplanar relation and water collected in the channel means of said purlins is discharged therefrom downwardly into the channel means of said rafters at a point inwardly spaced form the side walls of said rafters and connecting means carried by said purlins at the ends thereof for engagement with said channel means of said rafters for securing said purlins and rafters against separation.
In a building system wherein a plurality of elongated structural members are arranged and interconnected in angled relation to one another and present a substantially rigid rectilinear flange formation to the edges of panel means to be supported thereupon, said structural members including open ended drainage channel formations therein extending perimetrally of said flange formation and therebelow and outwardly therebeyond whereby drainage thereinto from above can be channeled therealong and discharged therefrom, the ends of the drainage channel formations of said structural members arranged in one common direction intersecting and overlapping the drainage channel means of said structural members arranged in the other common direction so as to be supported therefrom and to the extent that water collected therein is discharged into the drainage channel formation of said supporting structural members at a point remote from the intersections thereof.
In a building system wherein a first elongated structural member is adapted to support a second elongated structural member therefrom and each such structural member includes a longitudinally extending open ended channel means therein defined by a bottom wall, upstanding spaced apart side walls and flange means extending inwardly from at least one of said side walls in overlying spaced relation above said bottom wall, said first structural member including recess means within said side wall and associated flange means and spaced upwardly from the bottom wall thereof, and having a configuration to receive therein one open end of said second structural member in overlapping relation to said first structural member and in full registration therewith so as to be supported therefrom above said bottom wall thereof, means for securing said second structural member to said first structural member including clip means disposed within the channel means of said first structural member, said clip means having a configuration so matching the perimeter of said recess means therein and said overlapping end of said second structural member as to embracingly engage same from below, said clip means including extensions projecting beyond said recess means to engage said flange means of said first structural member from below upon upward displacement thereof into embracing engagement with said overlapping end of said second structural member, and means carried by said overlapping ends of said second structural member for drawing said clip means upwardly thereagainst and said projecting extensions into engagement with said flange means of said first structural member.
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