Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Gable or eave terminal construction – With conduit or passage means
Patent
1995-07-27
1997-06-10
Friedman, Carl D.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Gable or eave terminal construction
With conduit or passage means
52555, 52539, 52522, E04D 130
Patent
active
056364814
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to cladding for use in housing and other building structures. More particularly, the invention provides a novel low cost, endurable cladding particularly adapted for the roofing of houses and other buildings not only to provide an enhanced appearance to the roof and building but also providing important functional advantages to protect the roof from the elements.
In this connection, the novel cladding of the present invention has particular application to the cladding of the roofs of housing and other building structures erected utilizing the building system and components therefor as disclosed and claimed in my copending U.S. application Ser. No. 08/338,605 which for the first time enables the erection of permanent, affordable, high quality housing and other building structures essentially totally from polymeric components which can be easily and rapidly assembled essentially without the use of tools to provide an essentially indestructible maintenance free structure.
In particular, the structural components of the said novel building system comprise extruded thermoplastic components with structural load bearing members incorporating a reinforcing constituent imparting structural strength and expansion control thereto and flowable with the thermoplastic material through an extrusion die to produce an integral, essentially rigid structural shape configured to present means for interconnection with adjoining structural components.
Such components include extruded rectilinear hollow panels and beams having internal cells and hollow box connectors extruded to have a thermoplastic core or substrate having reinforcing and expansion controlling material distributed therethrough and a coextruded smooth thermoplastic skin on the exposed exterior surfaces of said core. As disclosed in said copending application, particularly advantageous reinforcing material for incorporation and distribution throughout the core substrate consisting of vinyl chloride, eg. a polyvinyl chloride, comprises fine, short glass fibers with the said skin embedding and interlocking with the glass fiber portions that are exposed at the surface between the reinforced core and co-extruded skin.
A suitable glass fiber containing core material providing structural strength and expansion control may be obtained from B. F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, such material being described in detail in B. F. Goodrich's U.S. Pat. No. 4,536,360.
The coextruded skin may, for example, be PVC, rigid PVC, semi-rigid PVS, or ABS. Suitable skin thermoplastics are available from G.E. under the trade-marks "GELOY" or "NORYL".
According to the present invention, the cladding is provided by the assembly of a plurality of injection molded mating panels configured to interfit with each other and each having latch means at the underside thereof for latching same to an underlying cooperative latching means or keeper.
Further, accordingly to the invention, each panel member is formed at the underside thereof with spaced bearing surface or points for beating on an underlying support when the panel is latched to the underlying keeper, said panel member having a profile spanning said spaced bearing surfaces or points and having a profile rising thereabove and configured to provide a desired ascetic appearance.
Further, according to the invention, the panels by virtue of their said profile are adapted when interfitted to provide airflow channels for air circulation therebeneath. In this connection, the invention further contemplates the provision of screening to interfit with the panels at the ends of the airflow channels to block the entrance thereto of birds, insects, sleet, snow or the like.
A particular application of the invention as described herein is the provision of panels simulating roofing dies, for example, Spanish Roofing tiles, to form tiled roofing for thermoplastic housing or other building structures erected using the novel building system and thermoplastic components disclosed in my said copending U.S.
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Friedman Carl D.
Royal Building Systems (CDN) Limited
Yip Winnie
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