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EP 0281665 B1 19900321 - ROOF FIXING

Title (en)

ROOF FIXING

Publication

EP 0281665 B1 19900321 (DE)

Application

EP 87113668 A 19870918

Priority

DE 3707947 A 19870312

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0281665A1] 1. Fixing for roof sealing sheets laid over an insulation, wherein nails or screws are provided in the seam zone between two sealing sheets, these nails or screws penetrating through the insulation into the roof support structure, characterized in that a sheet metal strip (6, 61), secured at its two edges with nails or strews (7) on the insulation (2, 25), is provided, upon which sheet metal strip the roof sealing sheets (3, 4) are secured by gluing or welding (sealing), the nails or screws (7) being located outside the seam zone (10, 11) at the edges.

IPC 1-7

E04D 5/14

IPC 8 full level

E04D 5/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E04D 5/142 (2013.01); E04D 5/149 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0281665 A1 19880914; EP 0281665 B1 19900321; DE 3707947 A1 19880922; DE 3761992 D1 19900426

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87113668 A 19870918; DE 3707947 A 19870312; DE 3761992 T 19870918