Continuous curve panel structure

Abstract

A system for securing building fascia panels along an edge following a locus. There is provided a system for securing building fascia panels along an edge following a locus. The system comprises a rod shaped to define the locus and a plurality of tabs, each outwardly extending from a corresponding sleeve. The sleeves are pivotally supported in adjacent fashion on the rod to define the edge. The sleeves and corresponding tabs when supported on the rod are configured so as to securely receive, on alternating tabs, sets of panels which meet along the edge. The relative angle between the adjacent tabs on the rod defines the angle between the sets of panels secured to those tabs.

1 . A system for securing building fascia panels along an edge following a locus, the system comprising a rod shaped to define the locus and a plurality of tabs, each outwardly extending from a corresponding sleeve, the sleeves pivotally supported in adjacent fashion on the rod to define said edge, the sleeves and corresponding tabs when supported on the rod configured so as to securely receive, on alternating tabs, sets of panels which meet along said edge, the relative angle between adjacent tabs on the rod defining the angle between the sets of panels secured to those tabs. 
   
   
       2 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein the rod is continuously curved. 
   
   
       3 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein each sleeve has hexagonally positioned faces defining its outer periphery to facilitate gripping the sleeve to hold the corresponding tab in position for securing a corresponding panel thereto. 
   
   
       4 . A system according to  claim 3 , wherein each tab is offset towards one side along one of the hexagonal faces of its corresponding sleeve. 
   
   
       5 . A system according to  claim 4 , wherein each tab has a length corresponding to the length of the corresponding sleeve. 
   
   
       6 . A system according to  claim 5 , wherein each tab is of rectangular shape. 
   
   
       7 . A system for securing building fascia panels at variable angles along opposite edges of a central set of panels defining a central panel course, the opposite edges each defining a distinctive locus for that edge, the system comprising, along each edge of the central set of panels, a rod shaped to define the locus of the corresponding edge of the central panel and a plurality of tabs, each outwardly extending from a corresponding sleeve, the sleeves pivotally supported in adjacent fashion on the rod to define the corresponding edge, the sleeves and corresponding tabs when supported on the rod configured so as to securely receive, on alternating tabs, corresponding edge portions of the central set of panels and an adjacent set of panels which meet along that edge, the relative angle between adjacent tabs on the rod defining the angle between the two sets of panels secured to those tabs. 
   
   
       8 . A system according to  claim 7 , wherein the rods are continuously curved and the panels are secured thereto at variable angles. 
   
   
       9 . A system according to  claim 8 , wherein edges of the sets of panels remote from the edge defining where those panels meet the central panel, are secured to a common base in a manner so as to define the angles at which the panels meet along the edges. 
   
   
       10 . A system according to  claim 9 , wherein the common base is planar.