Patent Application
20190316356
This application claims benefit/priority of Chinese patent application No. 201810333939.8, filed Apr. 13, 2018, published as ______, and entitled “Tile Fixing Device, Tile Mounting Method and Roof, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of building tiles and particularly to a tile fixing device, a tile mounting method, and a roof.
As known in existing technology, people have developed solar power generation tiles by combining solar power generation technology and traditional buildings, where such tiles are not only used as conventional tiles in house construction, but can also be used as solar power converters for photovoltaic power generation. Such solar power generation tiles are placed by traditional methods of placing roofing tiles, cement tiles, etc., but such tiles and associated methods have many deficiencies/defects.
Various implementations of the present disclosure may provide one or more of the following technical solutions:
A tile fixing device that includes a tile hook which is provided thereon with a fixing piece configured to cooperate with the mounting hole of the tile, and is provided thereon with a positioning structure configured to limit a tile batten.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a tile mounting method, which may be utilized with the tile fixing device described in the above technical solution, and which may include: providing a tile on which a mounting hole is provided; making a first connecting piece pass through the mounting hole and fixing the connecting piece by the fixing piece included in the tile fixing device, such that the tile hook included in the tile fixing device is fixed on the tile; and the tile hook included in the tile fixing device is lap jointed (overlapped) on the tile batten such that the limiting face of the positioning structure included in the tile fixing device that limits the tile batten is in contact with the tile batten.
Additional embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a roof which includes a tile and the tile fixing device described in the above technical solution. A first connecting piece may be provided in the mounting hole of the tile, the first connecting piece being shaped and/or positioned/configured to cooperate with the fixing piece included in the tile fixing device. Further, the tile hook included in the tile fixing device may be lap-jointed on the tile batten, and the limiting face of the positioning structure included in the tile fixing device that limits the tile batten may be in contact with the tile batten.
The figures herein are illustrated to provide further understanding of the present disclosure and constitute a part of the present disclosure. The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and their illustration are configured to explain the present disclosure, but do not make any inappropriate definition of the present disclosure. In the figures:
Below, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be more clearly described with reference to the drawings associated with the embodiments of the present disclosure. As is believed apparent, the embodiments described below are merely some but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Other embodiments obtainable by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments provided in the present disclosure without additional creative efforts fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
It is to be noted that in the description of the present disclosure, orientation or positional relations indicated by terms such as “center”, “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inner” and “outer” are the orientation or positional relations shown based on the figures, only for facilitating and simplifying description of the present disclosure, rather than indicating or implying that the referred devices or elements must be in a particular orientation or constructed or operated in the particular orientation, and therefore they should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure. In addition, terms like “first”, “second” and “third” are merely used for descriptive purpose, but should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
It should also be noted that, in the present disclosure, terms like “mount”, “coupled” and “connected” should be interpreted in a broad sense, unless otherwise explicitly specified and defined. For example, a connection could be fixed, detachable, or integrated, or it could be mechanical or electrical, or it could be direct or done via an intermediate medium, or it could be internal communication between two elements. Those ordinarily skilled in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present disclosure according to specific circumstances.
Due to a smaller contact area between the tile hook and the tile batten in the prior art, the tile hook exerts a large pressure on the tile batten under the heavy weight-load of solar power generation tiles, and here, such structures having a weaker tile batten are liable to become damaged, which greatly reduces the service life of the tile batten.
An objective of aspects of the present disclosure is to provide a tile fixing device, a tile mounting method, and a roof to reduce the pressure that tile hooks exert on tile battens, so as to extend the service life of tile battens.
Referring to
Step 1, which is to provide a tile 4; the solar power generation tile 4 in the present embodiment is taken as an example; a mounting hole is provided on the tile.
Step 2, which is to make a first connecting piece pass through the mounting hole and to fix the first connecting piece by the fixing piece 101 included in the tile fixing device, such that the tile hook 1 included in the tile fixing device is fixed on the solar power generation tile 4. Here, according to some implementations, it is understood that the tile hook 1 is generally provided with a via (via hole) which cooperates with the mounting hole, so that the first connecting piece may pass through the mounting hole and the via to connect the tile hook 1 with the solar power generation tile, therefore, the first connecting piece in the embodiments of the present disclosure is fixed by the fixing piece 101 after passing through the mounting hole and the via, so as to connect the tile hook 1 with the solar power generation tile.
Step 3, which is to secure/affix/make the tile hook 1 included in the tile fixing device be lap jointed on the tile batten 3, such that the limiting face of the positioning structure 2 included in the tile fixing device that limits the tile batten 3 is in contact with the tile batten 3, so as to limit the tile batten 3.
As set forth in the specific, illustrative structure of the tile fixing device and the tile mounting process provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the tile hook 1 is further provided with a positioning structure 2 which is configured to limit the tile batten 3, so that when the tile hook 1 is fixed on the tile 4, the tile batten 3 that is lap jointed with the tile hook 1 is limited by the limiting face of the positioning structure 2, in a way that the positioning structure 2 supports the tile batten 3 in a certain way, in this way, the pressure that the tile hook 1 exerts on the tile batten 3 is relieved and thus the tile batten 3 may have a longer service life.
Optionally, as shown in
Specifically, as shown in
It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the fixing piece 101 may be of various types, it may be a threaded piece, e.g., a clinch nut, or a snap-fit piece, or an articulating piece, and indeed the fixing piece 101 may be of other shape(s) and form(s).
Optionally, the fixing piece 101 may be in detachable connection with the mounting hole defined on the tile.
The mounting hole may have various sectional shapes, e.g., rectangular, circular, oval, etc., such as the (optional) circular shape shown.
When the fixing piece 101 is in threaded connection with the first connecting piece, the fixing piece 101 is a threaded piece like clinch nut and the first connecting piece used in the tile mounting is a bolt.
When the fixing piece 101 is connected with the first connecting piece by snap-fitting, the fixing piece 101 and the first connecting piece used in the tile mounting form a snap-fitting (e.g., buckle, etc.) structure, and certainly, they may form other snap-fitting structures. Taking the snap-fitting structure as an example, the fixing piece 101 is a fastening piece which is normally annular; and the first connecting piece is a positioning piece which is normally columnar.
When the fixing piece 101 is in hinge connection with the first connecting piece, the fixing piece 101 is normally a hinge piece like a hinge, and the first connecting piece has a columnar structure which passes through the mounting hole and is in pin connection with the fixing piece 101.
As an implementable embodiment, as shown in
As shown in
Further, as shown in
When the angle α included between the linear direction of the first linear positioning section 21 and the linear direction of the second linear positioning section 22 is acute, the arc-shaped positioning section 20 can protrude away from the fixing piece 101 in the most possible way, so that there would be sufficient space between the tile batten 3 and the fixing piece 101 and the first connecting piece after the tile 4 is mounted, this not only protects the tile batten 3 from being worn by the fixing piece 101 and the first connecting piece, but also, from another point of view, provides more fixing room for the fixing piece 101 to fix the first connecting piece, so that the connection would be more secure (robust) between the tile hook 1 and the tile 4.
In the prior art, the mounting hole defined on the tile and the via defined on the tile hook both have a diameter larger than the diameter of the first connecting piece, since a single solar power generation tile is to be fixed, a single batten is connected with at least two tile hooks, in the case where a single solar power generation tile is connected with two tile hooks, the line between the geometrical centers of the two tile hooks will be inclined due to the gap between the first connecting piece and the mounting hole defined on the tile and the via defined on the tile hook, as a result, the solar power generation tile will be higher on one side and lower on the other side after it is mounted. In addition, various mounting errors may occur when mounting an existing solar power generation tile, which may also lead to inclined power generation tiles in the same row and may even compromise the overall construction quality when serious. In view of this, as shown in
When mounting a tile 4, a second connecting piece, e.g. a fastening screw, may be used to fasten the first linear positioning section 21 to the tile batten 3 in the last step, in a way that the tile batten positioning section abuts against the tile batten 3, this allows accurate positioning of the tile batten 3, and solves the problem that the tile 4 is higher on one side and lower on the other side when the tile 4 is mounted or as a result of traditional tile hanging method.
The positioning hole 102 may have various sectional shapes, e.g. rectangular, circular, oval, optionally, the positioning hole 102 has a circular section.
There may be one, two, three or more positioning holes 102, optionally, there is one positioning hole 102.
Optionally, the positioning hole 102 is located at the center of the tile batten positioning section 12; by locating the positioning hole 102 at the center of the tile batten positioning section 12, it is ensured that the tile batten 3 is accurately positioned and the tile batten 3 may be under more uniform force, this solves the problem that the tile 4 is higher on one side and lower on the other side when the tile 4 is mounted or as a result of traditional tile hanging method.
Optionally, as shown in
Optionally, as shown in
Optionally, the length of the tile fixing section 11 is larger than half of the overall width of the face of the tile batten 3 that is in contact with the arc-shaped limiting face, and smaller than the overall width of the face of the tile batten 3 that is in contact with the arc-shaped limiting face.
It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the shape formed by the tile fixing section 11, the tile batten positioning section 12 and the tile batten lap-joint section 13 depends on how the tile fixing section 11, the tile batten positioning section 12 and the tile batten lap-joint section 13 actually run, generally, the tile hook is C-shaped or U-shaped. In addition, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, “linear” means it may be straight in ideal condition, for example, the first linear positioning section, the second linear positioning section and the tile fixing section of the rectangular bar-like structure may be straight in ideal condition, expect that the angle included between the straight lines of the first linear positioning section and the second linear positioning section in ideal condition is acute, and the straight lines of the first linear positioning section and the tile fixing section in ideal condition are perpendicular to each other.
As shown in
Step S100, which is to provide a tile 4; in an embodiment, the tile 4 may be a solar power generation tile which is provided with a mounting hole;
Step S200, which is to make a first connecting piece pass through the mounting hole and fix the first connecting piece by the fixing piece 101 included in the tile fixing device, such that the tile hook 1 included in the tile fixing device is fixed on the tile 4;
Step S300, which is to make the tile hook 1 included in the tile fixing device lap-jointed on the tile batten 3, such that the limiting surface of the positioning structure 2 included in the tile fixing device that limits the tile batten 3 is in contact with the tile batten 3.
Compared with the prior art, the tile mounting method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure provides similar innovative and beneficial effects as the tile fixing device provided in the above embodiment and thus they will not be repeated here.
Optionally, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, after a solar power generation tile is mounted, a gap is formed between the first connecting piece and the tile batten 3 to prevent the first connecting piece from scratching the tile batten 3.
Specifically, as shown in
Step S400, which is to make a second connecting piece pass through the positioning hole 102, such that the tile batten positioning section 12 is attached to the tile batten 3.
In another aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a roof which includes a tile and at least one tile fixing device provided in the above embodiments, in the mounting hole of the tile is provided a first connecting piece which cooperates with the fixing piece 101 included in the tile fixing device, the tile hook 1 included in the tile fixing device is lap jointed on the tile batten 3, the limiting surface of the positioning structure 2 included in the tile fixing device that limits the tile batten 3 is in contact with the tile batten 3.
Compared with the prior art, the roof provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure provides the same beneficial effects as the tile fixing device provided in the above embodiment and thus they will not be repeated here.
Specifically, as shown in
In the above description of embodiments, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics may be combined in any appropriate way in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The above description only shows the specific embodiments of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Within the technical scope disclosed by the present disclosure, variations or replacements will readily occur to any one skilled in the present technical field and will be encompassed by the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure is subject to that defined by the claims.
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a tile fixing device which relieves the pressure that the tile hook exerts on the tile batten and thus prolongs the service life of the tile batten by limiting the tile batten on which the tile hook is lap-jointed by the limiting face of the positioning structure in a way that the positioning structure supports the tile batten in a certain way.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201810333939.8 | Apr 2018 | CN | national |
