Coated copper roofing material
AssigneeThe Louis Berkman Company
InventorJay F. Carey, II
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Abstract
A copper metal roofing system coated with a highly corrosive resistant material is disclosed which can be used to collect potable water. The copper roofing system is highly malleable allowing on site formation of the copper roofing materials into a variety of simple and complex shapes. The highly corrosion resistant coating is a metal alloy consisting of at least 90 weight percent tin and not more than 1.0 weight percent lead.
Claims14
A highly corrosive resistant roof system which can be easily formed into complex shapes used for the collection of potable water, comprising a copper roofing material coated with a highly corrosive resistant metal alloy material, said metal alloy material having a low lead formulation and includes at least 0.05 weight percent metallic stabilizing agent, said metal alloy material consisting of:
- ______________________________________ Tin 90.0 - 99.95 Lead 0.001 - 0.1 Bismuth 0.0 - 1.7 Antimony 0.0 - 7.2 Zinc 0.0 - 0.5 Iron 0.0 - 0.1 Copper 0.0 - 2.7 ______________________________________
A highly corrosive resistant roof system which can be easily formed into complex shapes used for the collection of potable water comprising of a copper roofing material coated with a highly corrosive resistant metal alloy material, said metal alloy having a low lead formulation and includes at least 0.05 weight percent metallic stabilizer, said metallic alloy comprises of the following weight percentages:
- ______________________________________ Tin 90.0 - 99.95 Lead 0.001 - 0.1 Bismuth 0.0 - 1.7 Antimony 0.0 - 7.2 Zinc 0.0 - 0.5 Iron 0.0 - 0.1 Copper 0.0 - 2.7. ______________________________________
In a metal roof forming system comprising preformed pans of copper sheet metal abutted together and bent over one another at their edges to form water-proof seams, said improvement comprising:
- a copper sheet coated on both sides with a corrosive resistant metal coating prior to forming said water-proof seams, said metal coating comprising more than 90 weight percent tin, 0.001-0.1 weight percent lead and at least 0.05 weight percentage stabilizing agent.
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