Patent Grant
8287984
The present invention concerns an under-roof screen and a method for manufacturing such an under-roof screen.
An under-roof screen is known that comprises a synthetic thermal insulation layer impregnated with bitumen. The rigidity of such an under-roof screen makes it possible to fix it to main rafters spaced apart by 90 cm. However, such an under-roof screen is not easy to produce and use.
One object of the present invention is to propose an under-roof screen that does not have the drawbacks of the prior art.
To this end, an under-roof screen is proposed comprising:
the first layer and the second layer being provided with micro-perforations providing permeability to water vapour and impermeability to water and the fourth layer being provided with perforations providing permeability to water vapour.
Advantageously, the bonding of the various layers to each other is achieved by thermal bonding.
Advantageously, the diameter of the micro-perforations is less than or equal to 20 μm.
Advantageously, the first material and the fourth material are aluminium or aluminised material.
Advantageously, the second woven material is woven glass fibre.
Advantageously, the third insulating material is non-woven glass fibre.
The invention also proposes a method of manufacturing an under-roof screen according to one of the above variants, comprising:
According to a particular embodiment, the under-roof screen comprises a fifth layer produced from a fifth breathing material, the said fifth layer being bonded between the second layer and the third layer.
Advantageously, the fifth breathing material is of the polyethylene, polyurethane or polypropylene type, or a mixture of these products with calcium carbonate.
The invention also proposes a method of manufacturing an under-roof screen according to the above particular embodiment, which comprises:
According to a particular embodiment, the under-roof screen comprises a sixth layer produced from a sixth material consisting of a woven sheet bonded to the fourth layer and disposed between the third layer and the fourth layer.
Advantageously, the sixth layer is provided with perforations aligned with the perforations in the fourth layer.
Advantageously, the sixth material consists of a woven sheet made from glass fibre.
The characteristics of the invention mentioned above, as well as others, will emerge more clearly from a reading of the following description of an example embodiment, the said description being given in relation to the accompanying drawings, among which:
The first layer 102 and the second layer 108 are provided with micro-perforations 110 providing permeability to water vapour and impermeability to water and the fourth layer 104 is provided with perforations 112 providing permeability to water vapour.
When the under-roof screen 100 is fitted under a building roof, the first layer 102 is oriented towards the roof, that is to say towards the outside of the building, whilst the fourth layer 104 is oriented towards the inside of the building.
The first layer 102 serves as a thermal barrier reflective to external heat wishing to enter the building. The first layer 102 can be metallic, such as for example aluminium, or metallised, such as for example aluminised material.
The fourth layer 104 serves as a thermal barrier reflecting the internal heat wishing to leave the building. The fourth layer 104 can be metallic, such as for example aluminium, or metallised, such as for example aluminised material.
The second layer 108 is a material which, because of its weaving, has high resistance to tearing and which thus makes the under-roof screen 100 stronger. The stronger structure of the under-roof screen 100 then enables it to be placed on main rafters separated by 90 cm. According to a particular embodiment, the second layer 108 is made from woven glass fibres and the diameter of the glass fibres is approximately 8 μm to 18 μm.
The third layer 106 serves, amongst other things, as a thermal insulator between the first layer 102 and the fourth layer 104 and thus prevents the creation of a heat bridge. According to a particular embodiment, the third layer 106 is a mattress made from non-woven glass fibres.
The water vapour that forms at the rear of the first layer 102, that is to say towards the inside of the building, must be discharged to the front of the first layer 102, that is to say towards the outside of the building. For this purpose, the first layer 102 and the second layer 108 are provided with micro-perforations 110. The micro-perforations 110 are sized so that the water vapour can pass through them without trickling water being able to penetrate them. This is because the water vapour that is situated towards the outside of the first layer 102 condenses under the effect of the external temperature and trickles onto the first layer 102 without penetrating it. The first layer 102 thus forms a barrier impermeable to water but permeable to water vapour.
According to a particular embodiment, the micro-perforations 110 have a diameter of around 20 μm but can vary from 10 μm to 60 μm.
To permit the discharge of the water vapour that forms inside the building, the fourth layer 104 is provided with perforations 112. The perforations 112 allow the passage of water vapour. The perforations 112 can have a diameter greater than or equal to the micro-perforations 110 since they play no role in the impermeability of the under-roof screen 100 with respect to the water coming from the outside of the first layer 102.
According to a particular embodiment, the perforations 112 have a diameter of around 50 μm to 150 μm.
In order to reinforce further the tightness and the permeability to the water vapour of the under-roof screen 100, the latter comprises a fifth layer 120 produced from a fifth breathing and impermeable material. The fifth layer 120 is bonded between the second layer 108 and the third layer 106. The fifth breathing material can be of the polyethylene, polyurethane or polypropylene type or a mixture of these products with calcium carbonate. According to a particular embodiment, the thickness of the fifth layer 120 is between 20 μm and 50 μm. This fifth layer 120 can be produced by stretching in order to produce a network of micro-channels allowing water vapour to pass.
The various layers 102, 108, 106, 104, 120 can be bonded together by heat bonding. For example, polyethylene can be used for forming the adhesion between the various layers 102, 108, 106 and 104.
The under-roof screen 100 described above is simple to manipulate and makes it possible to produce a heat insulation barrier as well as a barrier permeable to the water vapour whose structure is reinforced by the presence of the second woven material.
The manufacturing device 200 comprises a first bonding device 220, a second bonding device 222, a third bonding device 224 and a perforation device.
In the embodiment of the invention depicted here, each bonding device 220, 222, 224 takes the form of a pair of rollers, one or both of which can be raised in temperature, which are put in pressure against each other and between which the elements to be bonded pass.
The first material forming a heat reflection barrier, for example, metallic, is stored in the form of a first roller 202, the second woven material is stored in the form of a second roller 208, the third insulating material is stored in the form of a third roller 206, and the fourth material forming a heat reflection barrier, for example, metallic, is stored in the form of a fourth roller 204.
The perforation device here takes the form of a first perforation roller 210 designed to produce the micro-perforations 110 and a second perforation roller 212 designed to produce the perforations 112. For this purpose, the first perforation roller 210 and the second perforation roller 212 can be provided with spikes that project with respect to the surface of the perforation rollers 210 and 212 and perforate the first layer 102 and the second layer 108 on the one hand and the fourth layer 108 on the other hand.
In the case of the under-roof screen 100 with a fifth layer, the manufacturing device comprises a fifth roller and a fourth bonding device, the whole being disposed downstream of the first bonding device 220 and upstream of the second bonding device 222.
The method of manufacturing the under-roof screen 100 implemented in the manufacturing device 200 comprises:
In the case of the under-roof screen 100 comprising the fifth layer 120, the manufacturing method comprises:
The method of manufacturing the under-roof screen 100 then comprises, before or after the step of supplying the fourth layer 104, a step of supplying the sixth layer 302 and a step of bonding the sixth layer 302 to the fourth layer 104. The step of bonding the fourth layer 104 to the third layer 106 is then replaced by a step of bonding the sixth layer 302 to the third layer 106.
The use of a first metallic material, a fourth metallic material, a second material made from glass fibre and a third material made from glass fibre makes it possible to obtain a highly non-combustible under-roof screen 100.
Fitting the fifth material made from polyethylene reduces this non-combustibility capacity but, the proportion of fifth material remaining low, the non-combustibility capacity of the under-roof screen 100 remains appreciably superior to that of under-roof screens of the prior art.
Naturally the present invention is not limited to the examples and embodiments described and depicted but is open to many variants accessible to persons skilled in the art.
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