Longitudinal modular single-piece elements resembling a vertical row of tiles

Abstract

The invention concerns longitudinal modular single-piece elements, resembling a vertical row of longitudinal tiles, and assembled to produce a roof cover. They consist of five main elements which being sot juxtaposed and overlapping through guiding and positioning systems reproduce the general aesthetic appearance of a roof. The device consists of concave channel elements which are juxtaposed with one another by means of bilateral notches and are screwed on the purlins of a framework. Convex covering elements are fixed, by pressure, on the channel elements by means of two vertical toothed supports co-operating with those of the channel elements. Border elements are interlocked by assembling means co-operating with those of the channel elements of the ridges of the roof. A so-called roof-peak element comprising a locking system penetrating a conventional sealing completes the aesthetic appearance of the roof. The invention is useful in the building industry for roof-building.

1 . The covering system consisting of longitudinal modular single-piece elements which are assembled to form a roof covering, these elements being molded in a light material such as plastic, resin or composite, resembling the appearance and coloring of a conventional vertical row of roof covering such as tiling, characterized in that said system consists of a plurality of longitudinal elements of variable length which can be adapted to the production of a roof covering, namely a concave channel element, a convex cover element, border elements and a so-called “roof peak” element, these elements being laid by the simultaneous juxtaposition and overlapping of each of the different elements which have incorporated guiding, positioning and assembly systems interacting with the adjacent and covering parts to prevent the separation of the parts form each other and their sliding with respect to each other, while preserving the general esthetic appearance of a conventional covering, the convex and concave elements having toothed parts for interlocking them with each other, the concave elements being fixed directly to the framework.  
     
     
         2 . The covering system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the concave channel element (FIG. 1) has a flat part on its underside ( 1 ) and a concave part ( 2 ) on its surface, resembling the channel of a conventional tiled roof, whose projecting edges are toothed at regular intervals as far as the base ( 3 ) to permit the assembly of the convex cover element (FIG. 2), the lateral parts of the element being in the form of projections having at their ends guiding and positioning notches for the adjacent elements ( 4 ) and, at regular intervals, holes for fixing by screwing on the framework ( 5 ), these holes being spaced at intervals of approximately ten centimeters to permit screwing on to various types of frameworks, the element having at its lower end two roughened areas, one on each of its lateral projections, for locking the convex cover element (FIG. 1 bis, no.  6 ), only the concave part resembling the tile projecting from the flat part at said lower end in order to complete the esthetic appearance of the roof edge (FIG. 1 bis, no.  7 ).  
     
     
         3 . The covering system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the convex cover element (FIG. 2) has on its underside two vertical toothed supports ( 8 ) extending over the whole length of the element, for positioning and assembling the element on the channel elements (FIG. 1), and in that it has at its lower end a notch on each of the two vertical supports (FIG. 2 bis, no.  9 ), corresponding to the roughened areas of the channel element (FIG. 1 bis, no.  6 ), for locking the cover element, only the convex part resembling the tile projecting from the two supports at said lower end in order to complete the esthetic appearance of the roof edge (FIG. 2 bis, no.  10 ).  
     
     
         4 . The covering system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the border element to be placed on the edge of the roof (FIG. 3) has an asymmetric convex part ( 11 ) on its surface and an interlocking system comprising a lateral projection and a vertical toothed support (FIG. 3, no.  12 ) on its underside, interacting with the lateral projections and the toothed parts of the concave element, the interlocking system differing according to whether it is to be positioned on the right-hand or left-hand edge of the roof covering (FIG. 3 bis, no.  13 ).  
     
     
         5 . The covering system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the border element to be placed against a wall extending beyond the roof (FIG. 4) has half of a convex cover element ( 14 ) on its surface and two vertical supports ( 15 ), one of which is toothed and is to be interlocked with the channel element ( 15 ), on its underside.  
     
     
         6 . Covering system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the so-called “roof peak” element (FIG. 5) has on its surface a convex part ( 16 ) resembling the appearance of a conventional covering such as tiling, and in that it has on its underside a toothed locking element in the form of spikes, positioned at regular intervals (FIG. 5 bis, no.  17 ), in such a way as to facilitate its penetration into conventional sealing materials such as cement or lime.  
     
     
         7 . The covering system as claimed in  claim 2 , characterized in that the border element to be placed on the edge of the roof (FIG. 3) has an asymmetric convex part ( 11 ) on its surface and an interlocking system comprising a lateral projection and a vertical toothed support (FIG. 3, no.  12 ) on its underside, interacting with the lateral projections and the toothed parts of the concave element, the interlocking system differing according to whether it is to be positioned on the right-hand or left-hand edge of the roof covering (FIG. 3 bis, no.  13 ).  
     
     
         8 . The covering system as claimed in  claim 3 , characterized in that the border element to be placed on the edge of the roof (FIG. 3) has an asymmetric convex part ( 11 ) on its surface and an interlocking system comprising a lateral projection and a vertical toothed support (FIG. 3, no.  12 ) on its underside, interacting with the lateral projections and the toothed parts of the concave element, the interlocking system differing according to whether it is to be positioned on the right-hand or left-hand edge of the roof covering (FIG. 3 bis, no.  13 ).  
     
     
         9 . The covering system as claimed in  claim 3 , characterized in that the border element to be placed against a wall extending beyond the roof (FIG. 4) has half of a convex cover element ( 14 ) on its surface and two vertical supports ( 15 ), one of which is toothed and is to be interlocked with the channel element ( 15 ), on its underside.