Ridge Batten Locking Mechanism for Wind Suction Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ridge or ridge batten arrangements face challenges in being easy to install, providing wind suction protection, ensuring rain protection, and accommodating different roof substructures and tile systems while maintaining ventilation properties.
Innovation Solution
A ridge batten arrangement featuring latching elements that generate a locking force during assembly, with interacting locking elements in the head and profile opening, and a design that includes elastically deformable side flanks and a C-shaped or undercut profile opening for secure engagement, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly, and adjustable height with a threaded rod.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If locking elements are provided to generate locking force during installation, then the ridge batten arrangement is protected against wind suction, but the installation process requires overcoming additional locking force
Solution Approach 1:
The locking elements are pre-configured in the head and profile opening to automatically engage during installation. The locking force is generated as the head is inserted into the profile opening, creating a self-locking mechanism that secures the ridge batten against wind suction without requiring additional fastening operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking elements perform dual functionality: they facilitate easy installation through automatic engagement while simultaneously providing wind suction protection. The system serves itself by generating the necessary locking force during the insertion process, eliminating the need for separate securing operations.
2Reliability
If the profile opening has a C-shaped or undercut cross-section with elastically deformable side flanks, then secure engagement is achieved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The side flanks of the profile opening are designed with elastic deformability, allowing them to temporarily change shape during installation to accommodate the head, then return to their original C-shaped or undercut configuration to provide secure engagement. This elastic parameter change enables tolerance compensation while maintaining geometric precision.
3Productivity
If the ridge batten arrangement is designed to be easy to assemble, then installation time is reduced, but protection against wind suction may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The locking elements automatically generate the necessary locking force during the simple insertion process, providing wind suction protection as a byproduct of the easy assembly operation. The system delivers both high productivity and high reliability through a single self-sufficient mechanism.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a secure, easy-to-install ridge batten arrangement that resists wind suction, ensures rain protection, and allows for ventilation, while being adaptable to various roof designs without the need for additional mechanical fasteners.
Implementation Method 1
The side flanks are elastically bendable. The cross-section of the profile opening or the cross-section of the head can be essentially C-shaped. It can be undercut.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a ridge or hip batten arrangement comprising a ridge batten (1) and several retaining elements (2, 3), each of which can be attached to a roof substructure (40) by a foot (3), and which has a head (2) for supporting the ridge batten (1), which, in the assembled position, engages in a profile opening (18) of the ridge batten (1). Interacting locking elements (6, 7; 21, 22) of the head (2) and the profile opening (18) are provided in pairs for applying a locking force to be overcome when the head (2) enters the profile opening (18) in order to fix the head (2) in the profile opening (18) in the assembled position. The locking elements are formed by side flanks (21) of the head (2) and side flanks (6) of the profile opening (18). The cross-section of the profile opening (18) or of the head (2) is essentially C-shaped and/or undercut and has a dovetail shape.The side flanks (6) of the profile opening (18) are elastically deflectable, so that it can be snapped onto the head (2).