63 results about "Soffit" patented technology

Embodiments of the represent disclosure provides a multi-purpose screed device suitable to provide draining and / or ventilation at various locations of exterior walls in a building. The multi-purpose screed device is compatible with exterior walls with a rain screen disposed outside a weather-resistant barrier layer. The multi-purpose screed device may use a foundation weep screed, overhang soffit screed, and soffit ventilation.

An assembly supports external masonry veneer. A soffit assembly is provided to close what might otherwise be an open eave lying inboard of the bottom margin of the masonry veneer. The soffit assembly includes a fitting that mounts to the toe of the shelf angle, such that the soffit may be mounted from the shelf angle and run rearwardly toward the supporting wall structure. The soffit assembly may come as a two-part assembly. Alternatively, it may come as a three-part assembly. In either circumstance the soffit assembly may include a drip edge. The soffit assembly includes an external coating. It may be used over a door or window opening between first and second side walls.

An assembly supports external masonry veneer. A soffit assembly is provided to close what might otherwise be an open eave lying inboard of the bottom margin of the masonry veneer. The soffit assembly includes a fitting that mounts to the toe of the shelf angle, such that the soffit may be mounted from the shelf angle and run rearwardly toward the supporting wall structure. The soffit assembly may come as a two-part assembly. Alternatively, it may come as a three-part assembly. In either circumstance the soffit assembly may include a drip edge. The soffit assembly includes an external coating.

The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for mounting a door frame into a door opening of a building and includes at least one mounting bracket, a door support frame, and a trim frame. The at least one mounting bracket is connectable to the door opening and provides mounting pins for engaging the door support frame. The door support frame provides a bracket connecting portion and a soffit engaging portion that are integrally constructed and connected to a soffit of the door support frame. The trim frame is adjustably connected to the door support frame by engaging the bracket engaging portion and the soffit engaging portion of the door support frame.

Waterproofing is applied to the gap between the opening frame located below the soffit material and the building. [Solution] The waterproofing structure for the opening frame comprises a base material 14 attached to the opening of the building 10, an opening frame 20 fixed to the base material 14 with the base material 14 protruding towards the outside, a soffit material 30 positioned above the opening frame 20 with its end face facing the outdoor side of the base material 14, and a dry sealant 50 that is in contact with the upper surface of the opening frame 20 and sandwiched between the end face and the outdoor side.

A pre-vented soffit panel with an integrated screen to exclude wind-blown embers from entering the attic space. Vent holes are created in the soffit, and a screen is integrated therewith, in the factory or on a production line. The screen material is fire-resistant. The pre-vented soffit panel with integrated screen can then be packaged and shipped to a job or construction site, and installed instead of, or in place of, a prior-art soffit panel. The integrated soffit screen also prevents the intrusion of wind-blown snow and several types of insects. This integrated solution provides for more rapid and cost-effective job site installation without the need to perform costly retrofitting of metal vents into prior-art soffit panels.

To provide a fitting structure for parting materials that allows for optimal position adjustment of the parting materials.SOLUTION: A cantilevered balcony is provided on the second floor of a building, and a spandrel wall 25 is erected around the cantilevered balcony, with a soffit material 51 provided at its bottom. A parting section 55 extending along a lower edge of the spandrel wall 25 and covering a space between a wall surface material 38 of the spandrel wall 25 and the soffit material 51 is provided at the lower end side of the spandrel wall 25. The parting section 55 has a plurality of parting materials 57 divided in a length direction. On a back side of the parting material 57, a plurality of brackets 70 are attached by screws 63. Each bracket 70 is arranged below a spandrel wall frame 39 of the spandrel wall 25 and is fixed to the spandrel wall frame 39 using bolts 78. Each bracket 70 is provided with position adjustment means for adjusting the position of the parting material 57 relative to the spandrel wall frame 39.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Complete, economical, weather resistant, and highly energy efficient Building Enclosure Systems for walls, roofs, floors, soffits for interior and exterior applications as well as remodel and new construction including for Building Integrated Photovoltaics and buildings striving for Net Zero status.

Lightweight composite panels, compositions used to make composite panels, and methods for manufacturing composite panels. The composite panels include a lightweight foam core sandwiched between thin protective layers (e.g., fiber reinforced cementitious layer, thermoset polymer layer, e.g., polyurea or polyaspartic, or magnesium oxide). Lightweight composite panels can be used in place of conventional wallboards and panels, including for various uses such as interior drywall, backerboard for tile and other interior finishes, including those exposed to moisture, exterior sheathing, floor underlayment, soffits, roofing decks, shaft liners, and the like. Lightweight composite panels can be cut, drilled, and screwed onto structural elements of buildings, such as wall frames comprising wooden or metal studs, roof frames comprising boards, studs, or trusses, floor joists, concrete floors, foundations, and the like. Exterior sheathing panels can include a drainage layer and / or a factory installed finish. Interior panels that replace gypsum boards can include a plaster layer.

A support arrangement for supporting covering elements on a soffit and / or a fascia of a building, the support arrangement comprising a backing member for receiving covering elements and an attachment means extending longitudinally along the length of the backing member for attaching the support arrangement to a building or a building component such that it forms a part of the building and wherein no support gussets are provided spaced apart along the length of the support arrangement.

A frame may comprise three or more portions comprising an upper portion disposed adjacent an upper end of an opening and two side portions disposed along either edge of the opening, and in some cases a lower portion adjacent a lower end of an opening. A first frame segment and the second frame segment are adjustable with respect to each other in order to extend around the thickness of the opening. A third segment, such as a soffit segment may be utilized to cover at least a portion of the segments. The first frame segment, the second frame segment, and / or the soffit segment may have one or more barriers located between portions of the segments. The first frame segment may be adjusted with respect to the second frame segment, and the adjustment may be made before or after activation of the one or more barriers.

The invention belongs to the technical field of crack detection, and particularly relates to a bridge crack detection device and a use method.The bridge crack detection device comprises a base plate, two symmetrically-arranged two-way push plates are fixedly installed on the base plate through a lifting frame, shaft rods are fixedly installed at the two ends of each two-way push plate, and a set of rotating frames are rotationally installed on the two corresponding shaft rods; the distance between the rotating frames on the two sides can be driven to be adjusted through stretching and retracting of the two-way push plate, so that the distance between the detectors on the rotating frames on the two sides is adjusted, crack detection is conducted on an arch web under a bridge, any position of the arch web under the bridge can be detected through rotation of the rotating frames on the two sides, and the detection efficiency is improved. The distance between the plurality of sleeve frames on the movable plate is adjusted, so that the detectors on the sleeve frames are equidistantly adjusted, the depth of the crack is detected in a multi-point manner, representative data are obtained, and the crack severity degree can be accurately evaluated and a reasonable processing scheme can be formulated.

A collapsible structural frame for forming a soffit having a multi-planar surface. The collapsible structural frame includes a first frame portion configured to receive a first sheet of building material, a second frame portion configured to receive a second sheet of building material, the second frame portion extending along a second reference plane, and a third frame portion configured to receive a third sheet of building material. The collapsible structural frame is alterable from: (1) a flat state in which the first, second, and third frame portions extend along the second reference plane in a linear arrangement; and (2) a deployed state in which the first frame portion is out of plane with the second reference plane and the third frame portion is out of plane with the second reference plane.

Lightweight composite panels, compositions used to make lightweight composite panels, and methods for manufacturing lightweight composite panels. The lightweight composite panels include a lightweight foam core sandwiched between thin protective layers selected from fiber mesh reinforced cementitious layer and thermoset polymer layer, e.g., polyurea or polyaspartic. The lightweight composite panels can be used in place of conventional wallboards and panels, including for various uses such as interior drywall, backer boards for tile and other interior finishes, including those exposed to moisture, exterior sheathing, floor underlayment, soffits, roofing decks, shaft liners, and the like. The lightweight composite panels can be cut, drilled, and screwed onto structural elements of buildings, such as wall frames comprising wooden or metal studs, roof frames comprising boards, studs, or trusses, floor joists, concrete floors, foundations, and the like. Exterior sheathing panels can include a drainage layer and / or a factory installed finish.

The objective is to provide a soffit ventilation structure and ventilation device that can be suitably installed on the upstream side of a single-slope roof and have excellent ventilation and waterproofing performance. [Solution] The ventilation device 1 consists of a frame member 10 having a first wall portion 11 and a second wall portion 13 that face each other and extend vertically, a bottom portion 12 connected to the lower ends of the first wall portion 11 and the second wall portion 13 and having a plurality of openings 18 formed at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction, an inclined portion 14 connected to the upper end of the second wall portion 13 and extending inclined diagonally downward, and a third wall portion 15 connected to the indoor end of the inclined portion 14 and extending vertically, and a ventilation member 30 that is attached between the inner surface of the first wall portion 11 and the inner surface of the second wall portion 13, extends in the longitudinal direction and has a ventilation function in the vertical direction. In addition, a projection 16 that protrudes horizontally toward the outdoors is provided on the upper end of the first wall portion 11, and a water-stopping material 17 is provided on the upper surface of the projection 16.

The present invention discloses a complete, economical, weather resistant, and highly energy efficient building envelope systems for walls, roofs, floors, soffits for both interior and exterior applications. The building envelope systems aim to improve performances of wall, roof and soffit assemblies by implementing fiber reinforced polymers (FRP's) through elimination of most mechanical fasteners, thereby to provide lightweight wall assemblies with good thermal and acoustic performance, and hence significantly increased weatherproofing of wall assemblies. Moreover, the present system allows full adjustability to plane and level walls, and consistency in façade mounting regardless of facade material type.

This facilitates the installation of soffit materials without causing water leakage from the corrugated metal sheets. [Solution] A roof structure 1 is provided on the upper surface of a beam 20, wherein a corrugated plate 30 is provided on the upper surface of a beam 20, and the corrugated plate 30 has a connecting member 60 attached to the corrugated wall 30b, and a soffit material 50 is supported by the connecting member 60 via a base material 40.

This provides a support bracket that can support objects of different thicknesses by simply rotating a single male screw. [Solution] The metal body 8 is provided with a curved portion 9 having a slanted side portion 9a, and a male screw member 10 is supported so as to be rotatable in a state extending horizontally. A pressing body 11 is screwed onto this male screw member 10 (the pressing body 11 is in a state where it cannot rotate). By rotating the male screw member 10, the pressing body 11 is moved in the axial direction of the male screw member 10, and as the pressing body 11 is pressed against the slanted side portion 9a, an object 2a is sandwiched between the pressing body 11 and the metal body 8.

To provide an eave soffit panel fitting structure, an eave soffit panel fitting method and a simple outdoor structure which can improve workability in fixing stiffeners to beams for fitting the eave soffit panel during a reform and can construct the eave soffit panel even when there are construction errors in arrangement angles of roof materials.SOLUTION: This invention regards a fitting structure of an eave panel 50 to an existing simple outdoor structure including multiple pillars 2, beams 4 and roof materials 14, which comprises a stiffener 30, a substrate material 40 and the eave soffit panel 50. The stiffener 30 is fixed to the beam 4 with stiffener -fixing part 60. The substrate material 40 is arranged orthogonally to the stiffener 30 and fixed to the bottom surface of the stiffener 30. The eave soffit panel 50 is fitted to the bottom surface of the substrate material 40. The stiffener-fixing part 60 comprises a connection part, a pair of extension surfaces along each side surface of the stiffener 30, and a beam-fixing surface along the side surface of the beam 4. The stiffener 30 is oscillatably fitted between the extension surfaces of the stiffener-fixing part 60. The stiffener-fixing part 60 is fixed to the side surface of the beam 4 with the beam-fixing surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

A support arrangement (1, 101, 201) for supporting covering elements (4, 5) on a soffit and / or a fascia of a building, the support arrangement (1, 101, 201) comprising a backing member (3, 103, 203) for receiving covering elements (4, 5) and an attachment means (10) extending longitudinally along the length of the backing member (3, 103, 203) for attaching the support arrangement (1, 101, 201) to a building or a building component such that it forms a part of the building and wherein no support gussets are provided spaced apart along the length of the support arrangement (1, 101, 201).

The application belongs to the technical field of crack detection, and in particular relates to a bridge crack detection device and a use method thereof. The device comprises a base plate, two symmetrical bidirectional push plates fixedly installed on the base plate through a lifting frame, shaft rods fixedly installed at two ends of the bidirectional push plates, and a group of rotating frames rotatably installed on the two corresponding shaft rods. The distance between the rotating frames on the two sides can be adjusted through the extension and retraction of the bidirectional push plates, so that the distance between the detectors on the rotating frames on the two sides is adjusted, so that the arch soffit under the bridge is detected for cracks. Through the rotation of the rotating frames on the two sides, any position of the arch soffit under the bridge can be detected. The distance between the multiple sleeves on the moving plate is adjusted, so that the detectors on the sleeves are adjusted at equal distances, so that the depth of the cracks is detected in a multi-point manner, representative data is obtained, and the severity of the cracks can be accurately evaluated and a reasonable treatment scheme can be formulated.

A frame may comprise three or more portions comprising an upper portion disposed adjacent an upper end of an opening and two side portions disposed along either edge of the opening, and in some cases a lower portion adjacent a lower end of an opening. A first frame segment and the second frame segment are adjustable with respect to each other in order to extend around the thickness of the opening. A third segment, such as a soffit segment may be utilized to cover at least a portion of the segments. The first frame segment, the second frame segment, and / or the soffit segment may have one or more barriers located between portions of the segments. The first frame segment may be adjusted with respect to the second frame segment, and the adjustment may be made before or after activation of the one or more barriers.

This product is a soffit board material to be attached to the eaves ceiling of a building such as a house. While conventional products are attached using nails, this product is attached to the eaves ceiling using metal fittings and trim, as shown in the reference cross-sectional diagram showing the installed state. Conventional products are attached using nails, and many wall materials have an uneven surface to hide the nail heads during installation. However, this product, as described above, can be installed without nails. As shown in the plan view, bottom view, side views, enlarged views, enlarged oblique reference diagram 1, and enlarged oblique reference diagram 2, the surface is flat and free of unevenness. During the manufacturing process, the product is jointed, painted two-tone, gravure printed, and then painted with a clear coat containing colored beads, resulting in a highly decorative surface pattern.

This product is used as a trim material to support the edge of the eaves or eaves tip of a soffit board, as shown in the reference schematic diagram showing its use.

The present application discloses a vertical jacking and soil-breaking device, which relates to the field of tunnel drainage pipeline construction technology. It includes a soffit plate, and flushing holes and sludge discharge holes are provided on the soffit plate. The soffit plate includes an outer ring and an inner plate. The inner plate is coaxially and rotatably connected to the inner side of the outer ring. The flushing holes are opened on the inner plate, and a driving component for driving the inner plate to rotate is provided between the outer ring and the inner plate. The present application has the effects of improving the jacking speed of the soffit plate, enhancing the jacking capacity of the vertical jacking and soil-breaking device, and improving the construction efficiency of jacking and soil-breaking.

Lightweight composite panels including an inorganic foam core, compositions used to make lightweight composite panels, and methods for manufacturing lightweight composite panels. The lightweight composite panels include a lightweight inorganic foam core sandwiched between thin protective layers selected from fiber mesh reinforced cementitious layer, thermoset polymer layer, e.g., polyurea or polyaspartic, or facer layer. The lightweight composite panels can be used in place of conventional wallboards and panels, including for various uses such as interior drywall, backer boards for tile and other interior finishes, including those exposed to moisture, exterior sheathing, floor underlayment, soffits, roofing decks, shaft liners, and the like. The lightweight composite panels can be cut, drilled, and screwed onto structural elements of buildings, such as wall frames comprising wooden or metal studs, roof frames comprising boards, studs, or trusses, floor joists, concrete floors, foundations, and the like. Exterior sheathing panels can include a drainage layer and / or a factory installed finish.

Vent terminations and building structures having vent terminations are described herein. The vent terminations efficiently vent air laterally away from the building structures in which the vents are mounted. The vent terminations may be configured as through soffit vents and through fascia vents. In one example, a vent termination is configured as soffit vent includes a plenum box, a collar, and a nose section. The plenum box has a plenum partially defined between top and bottom surfaces. The collar extends from the top surface and provides an air inlet into the plenum. The collar is located closer to the back side than the front side. A first side of the nose section is connected to the front side of the plenum box. A second side of the nose section is offset below the first side relative the top surface and forms an air outlet of the plenum.

This invention provides the means for construction crews to easily drill through multiple beams or soffits with the use of a hole saw that is coupled to a first drive cup using a coupling arbor. The first drive cup is attached to a first end of an extension tube and is secured using self-tapping screws. A second drive cup is attached to a second end of the extension tube with self-tapping screws where a drive coupling arbor provides a hexagonal shank that is attached to a drive device, such as a hammer drill or standard drill. When activated the rotational motion allows the hole saw to cut through the beams or soffits. A pilot bit is provided to guide the hole saw into the beams or soffits when in use.

Provided is a modular balcony system configured to be assembled with sliding mating parts and to guide fluid away from a surface area under the system. The modular balcony system comprises main beams having a gutter for guiding fluid away from the surface area. Along the length of the main beams are secondary beams supporting a floor and a soffit. Each of the main beams, secondary beams and soffit are secured to one another by sliding mating parts in notches. The soffit comprises an elevated surface for securing to the secondary beams and a low surface for guiding fluid towards the gutter of the main beams. A method of assembling and installing a modular balcony system is also provided.