Patent Application
20050183369
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to exterior facing panels attached to outer walls of a structure such as buildings. More particularly, it relates to exterior facing panels which can be effectively prevented from deforming due to contraction or expansion thereof caused by change of outside temperature, and also which can be effectively prevented from bedewing by attaching an adiabatic plates between the exterior facing panels and an interior frame on which the panels are attached.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In view of the problem of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide the exterior facing panels having the following characteristics: the size change of the panels caused by the temperature change can be absorbed; the occurrence of bedewing on the panels or the frames can be prevented; the adiabatic materials can be filled within the panels without additional fixing tape; the panels have relatively superiority in loading, stocking, carrying or handling, and the panels are especially physically safe when handled by workers.
In accordance with the present invention, the exterior facing panels for outer walls of the buildings comprising a plurality of panels, each of the panels comprising a top face; side faces connected to said top face and bent downwardly from the edge of the top face; inward-bent end portions connected to said side faces and bent inwardly into the panel in substantially right angle with respect to said side faces, and said inward-bent end portions supporting and holding an adiabatic materials filled within the panels, the side faces including engaging holes extending laterally across some parts of the side faces in a manner that the adjacent engaging holes of the adjacent side faces of the adjacent panels do not face oppositely with each other; and a clip having a claw for engaging with said engaging hole, a holding portion for engaging with said inward-bent end portion of the panel, a connecting portion for connecting the clip with a frame which are used for structurally holding and supporting the exterior facing panels, and an adiabatic plate attached to bottom of said connecting portion for preventing heat or cold from transferring between said panels and frames.
Preferably, in the said exterior facing panels, size of the claw of the clip inserted into the engaging hole is smaller than that of said engaging hole.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be discussed in detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures.
The brief description of reference numerals of drawings is as follows:
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to accompanying drawings.
Referring to
Each of the clips (20) comprises a claw (21) for detachably, idly, and firmly engaging with the corresponding engaging hole (13), a holding portion (22) for firmly holding the inward-bent end portion (12) of the panel (10), and a connecting portion (23) for connecting the clip (20) with the frame (40) with, for example fasteners, such as a screw.
Also, the clip (20) has an adiabatic plate (30) attached to the bottom thereof. The claw (21) of the clip (20) has a bent end inserted to the engaging hole (13).
In addition, the holding portion (22) of the clip (20) has a bent end firmly fixed to the inward-bent end portion (12) of the panel (10). Preferably, sizes of the claws 21 are smaller than those of the engaging holes (13) so that the space formed between the engaging holes (13) and the claws (21) can absorb contraction or expansion of the panel caused by the temperature change, as described above.
As shown in
The adiabatic plates (30) attached to the bottom of the clips (20) can prevent heats or cold from transferring between the panels (10) and the frames (40).
Finally, the reference numerals 50 in
In accordance with the panels of the present invention mentioned above, the present invention has the following characteristics:
First, since the sizes of the engaging holes (13) are larger than those of the ends of the claws that are inserted in the engaging holes, the spaces formed between the engaging holes and the inserted ends of claws can absorb the side change of the panels in both vertical and horizontal direction according to contraction or expansion caused by the temperature change.
Therefore, the panels of the present invention can keep evenness and good appearance in the surfaces thereof and can maintain relatively good durability and long life.
Second, the adiabatic plates (30) of the clip (20) can effectively prevent bedewing by insulating the heat or cold transferred between the frames (40) and the panels (10) via the clips (20).
Third, since the panels (10) have box-like shapes in part by inwardly bending the end portions (12), the adiabatic materials can be received and effectively fixed therein without additional fixing tapes which is essentially required in the panels of prior art material, because the inward-bent end portions (12) of the panels (10) can support and fix the adiabatic materials received within the box-like panels.
Fourth, the outward-bent end portions (12a) of prior art frequently have physically injured the workers, and tends to be damaged by contacting them with other articles when workers handling the panels of prior art. However, in the present invention, there is nearly no possibility to hurt workers by the inward-bent end portions (12) or to damage the panel by contacting other article.
Fifth, the panels of the present invention are relatively superior to those of prior art in loading, stocking, carrying, or handling because the geometric structure of the inward-bent end portions thereof.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20-2004-2639 | Feb 2004 | KR | national |
