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Granted Patent B2
US 8,505,254 · App. 12/864,623 · Granted Aug 13, 2013

Fastening system for a plate-shaped structural element

Inventors: Christian Welter (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Roland Neuner (Bad Nauheim, DE); Roland Schweizer (Aichtal-Groetzingen, DE)
Assignee: Monier Technical Centre GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,505,254
App. No.
12/864,623
Granted
Aug 13, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastening system for a plate-shaped structural element on a pitched roof is provided. The plate-shaped structural element is bordered in a water-tight manner in a frame and fully replaces the roof covering, and the eaves-side and ridge-side cross beams of the frame which run transversely to the ridge-eaves direction have profiles which are matched to each other and engage in each other. The top side of the eaves-side cross beam has a mounting that surrounds the edge of the plate-shaped structural element, and the bottom side thereof has a support for fastening to the roof structure. The support includes a web that extends from the mounting to the support, a protrusion extending beneath the mounting and receives an extension that extends from the ridge-side cross beam thereof.

Claims (39)

1. A fastening system for a plate-shaped structural element on a pitched roof having a roof covering, comprising:

a frame of profiled beams configured to border, in a water-tight manner, the plate-shaped structural element to form a module, the module being configured to fully replace the roof covering of the pitched roof,

the frame of profiled beams including an eaves-side cross beam and a ridge-side cross beam, each of the eaves-side cross beam and ridge-side cross beam having profiles that match each other and engage each other, the profiles forming a rain-proof joint such that an adjacent module partially overlaps in the longitudinal direction only in the region of the eaves-side and ridge-side cross beams,

the eaves-side cross beam having a top side provided with a mounting that surrounds an edge of the plate-shaped structural element in a U-shaped manner, and having a bottom side provided with a support for fastening to the roof structure,

the support comprising a web that extends from a lower limb of the mounting and leads to the support, a protrusion that extends beneath the mounting from a side of the web so that a channel is defined by the mounting, the web, and the protrusion, and

the ridge-side cross beam having an extension that can be inserted into the channel of the eaves-side cross beam of the adjacent module,

wherein the ridge-side cross beam has an angled-off portion that rests on the support of the eaves-side cross beam of the adjacent module.

2. The fastening system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support protrudes in an eaves direction.

3. The fastening system as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising screw holes provided in the support.

4. The fastening system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising ventilation openings in the eaves-side cross beam and the ridge-side cross beam.

5. A fastening system for a plate-shaped structural element on a pitched roof having a roof covering, comprising:

a frame of profiled beams configured to border, in a water-tight manner, the plate-shaped structural element to form a module, the module being configured to fully replace the roof covering of the pitched roof,

the frame of profiled beams including an eaves-side cross beam and a ridge-side cross beam, each of the eaves-side cross beam and ridge-side cross beam having profiles that match each other and engage each other, the profiles forming a rain-proof joint such that an adjacent module partially overlaps in the longitudinal direction only in the region of the eaves-side and ridge-side cross beams,

the eaves-side cross beam having a top side provided with a mounting that surrounds an edge of the plate-shaped structural element in a U-shaped manner, and having a bottom side provided with a support for fastening to the roof structure,

the support comprising a web that extends from a lower limb of the mounting and leads to the support, a protrusion that extends beneath the mounting from a side of the web so that a channel is defined by the mounting, the web, and the protrusion, and

the ridge-side cross beam having an extension that can be inserted into the channel of the eaves-side cross beam of the adjacent module,

wherein the extension of the ridge-side cross beam has a bottom side that is provided with a water channel open in a ridge direction and into which the protrusion from the web of the eaves-side cross beam of the adjacent module protrudes.

6. The fastening system as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a bead spaced apart from the web and protruding into the channel in the direction of the protrusion, the bead being provided on a bottom side of the lower limb.

7. The fastening system as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising a lip on a top side of the extension of the ridge-side cross beam, the lip of the module bearing against the bead of the adjacent module.

8. A fastening system for plate-shaped structural element on a pitched roof having a roof covering, comprising:

a first watertight module having an eaves-side cross beam with a bottom side and a top side, the bottom side including a support, the top side including a U-shaped mounting for surrounding an edge of a first plate-shaped structural element, the U-shaped mounting having a base, a lower limb, and an upper limb, the upper limb being adhesively joinable to the edge of the first plate-shaped structural element, the lower limb having a web extending from the U-shaped mounting to the support, the web having a downwardly curved protrusion defining a channel between the mounting, the web, and the protrusion, wherein the lower limb further includes a bottom side having a first bead protruding into the channel in the direction of the protrusion; and

a second watertight module having a ridge-side cross beam, the ridge-side cross beam having an upper girder and a base, the base including an angled-off portion resting on the support of the eaves-side cross beam of the first watertight module, the upper girder for covering and adhesively joining to an edge of a second plate-shaped structural element, the upper girder including an extension inserted into the channel of the eaves-side cross beam of the first watertight module so that the extension rests on the protrusion of the eaves-side cross beam of the first watertight module, the upper girder further including a water channel into which the protrusion from the web of the eaves-side cross beam of the first watertight module protrudes, wherein the extension includes a lip on a top side of the extension, the lip bearing against the first bead of the eaves-side cross beam of the first watertight module.

9. The fastening system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the water channel of the second watertight module includes a bottom side that is angled obliquely upward.

10. The fastening system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first bead comprises an open loop pointing toward the web.

11. The fastening system as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first bead comprises a slotted tube configured to receive a self-tapping screw.

12. The fastening system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the web further includes a second bead on a ridge side of the web, the second bead also comprising a slotted tube configured to receive a self-tapping screw.

13. The fastening system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the ridge-side cross beam further comprises a pair of slotted tubes each configured to receive a self-tapping screw.

14. The fastening system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the lip bears against the first bead to form a labyrinth seal.

15. The fastening system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the eaves-side cross beam and the ridge-side cross beam produce an overlap so that the second plate-shaped structural element is not shaded by the first plate-shaped structural element or by the eaves-side cross beam.

16. The fastening system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the support further comprises screw holes for fastening to the roof structure.

17. The fastening system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the eaves-side cross beam and the ridge-side cross beam each comprises ventilation openings.

18. A fastening system for a plate-shaped structural element on a pitched roof having a roof covering, comprising:

a frame of profiled beams configured to border, in a water-tight manner, the plate-shaped structural element to form a module, the module being configured to fully replace the roof covering of the pitched roof,

the frame of profiled beams including an eaves-side cross beam and a ridge-side cross beam have profiles that match each other and engage each other, the profiles forming a rain-proof joint such that an adjacent module partially overlap in the longitudinal direction only in the region of the eaves-side and ridge-side cross beams,

the eaves-side cross beam having a top side provided with a mounting that surrounds an edge of the plate-shaped structural element in a U-shaped manner, and having a bottom side provided with a support for fastening to the roof structure,

the support comprising a web that extends from a lower limb of the mounting and leads to the support, a protrusion that extends beneath the mounting from a side of the web so that a channel is produced between the mounting and the protrusion,

the ridge-side cross beam having an extension that can be inserted into the channel of the eaves-side cross beam of the adjacent module,

a bead spaced apart from the web and protruding into the channel in the direction of the protrusion, the bead being provided on a bottom side of the lower limb, and

a lip on a top side of the extension of the ridge-side cross beam, the lip of the module bearing against the bead of the adjacent module.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2013
From: SCHOTT SOLAR AG
To: MONIER TECHNICAL CENTRE GMBH
Reel/Frame 029551/0969 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2012
From: WALTER WURSTER GMBH
To: SCHOTT SOLAR AG
Reel/Frame 029498/0365 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: WELTER, CHRISTIAN; NEUNER, ROLAND; SCHWEIZER, ROLAND
To: SCHOTT SOLAR AG; WALTER WURSTER GMBH
Reel/Frame 025197/0690 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 007 334 · Feb 2, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110154750A1 · Jun 30, 2011