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US 5,181,360 AGranted
Standing-seam roof panel system
AssigneeUnited Dominion Industries, Inc.
InventorThomas M. Shingler
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Abstract
A standing-seam roof system with elevated sub-purlins supported on concealed slip assemblies is provided. A uniform thermal-insulating value of the roof system is maintained by elevating the roof panels substantially above the undeformed depth of the thermal-insulating blanket. Each clip assembly consists of two parts allowing level adjustment after the fastening of the clip assembly.
Claims7
A standing-seam roof system supported by at least two spaced-apart transverse roof purlins, comprising:
- multiple standing-seam roof panels each having an essentially flat central portion and two upstanding side legs profiled into a pair of compatible, interlocking male and female-profiled portions, said roof panels being assembled in a side-by-side fashion with a series of mechanically interlocked seams;
- a layer of thermal-insulating blanket being sandwiched between said roof panels and said roof purlins;
- said roof panels being secured by concealed clip assemblies engaged with said panels at said seams, said clip assemblies being fastened to said roof purlins and comprising a top clip portion and a base clip portion means for vertically adjusting the clip relative to the baseclip;
- hold-down means for engaging said seam, said hold-down means being with said top clip;
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- means for interlocking said top clip portion and said base clip portion, such that said roof panels are installed without substantial compression of said thermal-insulating blanket.
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