Fascia end plate for roof system
OwnerWesley T. Murphyinventor
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Abstract
A fascia end plate for sheet metal building construction has a face plate and a lower plate joined to a lower edge of the face plate at an angle of 75 degrees. A pair of legs extend horizontally from the top edge of the face plate and from the lower plate, each leg having a retaining tab at its end. The fascia end plate inserts into the box flanges of a sheet metal joist.
Claims6
A fascia end plate for use with a double-dee type sheet metal beam of the type that has matching right and left halves that fit together to form a double-thickness web and box flange members above and below said web, each of which has an internal channel of substantially rectangular cross section;
- the fascia end plate being formed unitarily of a rigid sheet material and comprising a rectangular face plate;
- a lower horizontal plate having one end joined to a lower edge of the face plate at an acute angle;
- a pair of parallel upper legs extending horizontally from an upper edge of the face plate and joined thereto at an obtuse angle supplementary to said acute angle;
- and each of said legs having a respective bent down tab at its free end forming an acute angle with the associated leg;
- and a pair of parallel lower legs continuing substantially in the plane of said lower plate, each having a respective bent-up tab at its free end that forms an acute angle with the associated leg;
- with said legs and tabs being so dimensioned to permit insertion of the fascia end plate legs into the upper and lower box flanges of said sheet metal beam, but preventing their withdrawal once inserted therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.