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Shingle-type building element

US4301633A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1979
Grant dateNov 24, 1981
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Expiry dateOct 25, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE04D3/358
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shingle-type building element in form of several shingle-like surfaces placed side by side forming a joint-structure or a single shingle piece, comprising a form of a plate which in the right angular cross-section shows the upper member with a width b a height h and a wedge-shaped lower member with the wedge point, with a truncated side, in case of a wedge stump which is later connected at the ridge, or the upper member facing the top of the wall by which the wedge-shaped lower member is either in the cross-section a triangle ABC of which side AC is equal to the height h of the upper member and of which the side BC is smaller than half of width b or the extension is such that it shows in the cross-section a triangle ABC, and a polygon joint below which gives after the building elements are laid in the cross-section a right angular basic member, by which the upper member and the lower member is one unit made of the same or different materials, the upper member of the single-type surface or joint structure show cuts in order to achieve the shingle-type effect this is not the case with the lower member.

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