The use of a bifurcated joint to attach a conveniently sized metal flange to a flexible bellows material has been widely used, for example, in the manufacture of a building construction expansion joint cover. The known bifurcated joint is formed by clamping and engaging a marginal edge of the bellows material between opposed folded portions of the metal flashing. It has been found that the attaching force provided by this joint can be enhanced by providing teeth or protrusions in a portion of the metal bifurcated joint. Preferably a punch is used to upset teeth from one surface of the joint, preferably a corrugated portion of the joint, and then bend the thus toothed and corrugated portion into clamping engagement with the marginal edge of the bellows. The toothed hole clampingly engages the bellows material without piercing it and prevents pull out, both prior to curing of the adhesive bond as well as thereafter.
For sealing the ridge cover of a pitched roof there is used a sealing strip (10) comprising a center strip (11) with an air-permeable, water-repellent and drifting snow-tight non-woven material (12) including side strips (20, 30) contiguous therewith, at least the outer longitudinal edges of said side strips being adaptable to the top surfaces of roofing tiles (2'). Each side strip comprises soft, extensible polyisobutylene sheet strips having an expanded metal embedded therein which exhibits a longitudinal extensibility of 50 to 150% and a transverse extensibility of >20% and a recovery of >5%.
An expansion joint for interior or exterior use including a fire barrier comprised of a fire resistant inorganic refractory fiber fabric sheet which supports resilient fire resistant inorganic refractory fibers. The support sheet may be closed to form a sleeve. When used as an exterior expansion joint a weather resistant cover comprising a bellows or a cover plate is employed. When used in an interior application a cover plate may be employed to form a bridge over the expansion joint to provide a continuous flooring or to provide additional fire resistance. The fabric is attached to adjacent structure by mounting flanges in the form of a bifurcated clamp, and one of the fabric-engaging clamp faces may be crimped and pierced to better grip the fabric.
Two metal plates are joined together by curling, where projections are formed in advance at an edge of one of the two metal plates and those projections are forcibly advanced into an edge or the other of the two metal plates so as to interlock the metal plates without any mutual displacement therebetween and not requiring any positioning of projections or cut and raised portions with respect to holes.
A covering frame for roof windows, doors, facade linings or auxiliary materials, the covering including a lead apron forming a water-tight transition. The lead apron has an aluminum layer glued to the top of the lead layer. The aluminum layer protects the lead layer to reduce the likelihood of cracks arising in the lead apron, as well as prevents the leaching of the lead due to weathering. At the same time, the aluminum layer provides for a permanent, decorative appearance of the lead apron. Further protection is available against atmospheric corrosion by applying a coat of paint to the aluminum layer. Preferably, the lead apron is corrugated and pleated together with the aluminum layer.
