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Snap cap for architectural wall panel
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Inventors: Hooper, Christopher C.; Ellison, Burlan E.; Spranca, Harry P.;
Assignee: Atlantic Building Systems, Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
Primary Examiner: Faw, Jr.; Price C.
Assistant Examiner: Raduazo; Henry E.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Cushman, Darby & Cushman
An elongated cap is provided which is utilizable in wall panel and standing seam systems for performing various fastening and protecting functions. The cap cooperates with a pair of clip arms extending upwardly from a body portion, and operatively attached to a panel or at a junction between panels, of a system with which the cap is associated. The cap includes a first end which is looped around a first flange extending perpendicularly to one of the clip arms, and the second end of the cap is pivoted about the interconnection between the first end and the first flange. A second flange is provided extending parallel to the first flange and outwardly therefrom, and is connected to the other of the clip arms. A second end of the cap, opposite the first end, is formed to provide an inwardly directed cam, and resiliency is provided in the assembly. As the second end of the cap is pivoted about the first end the cam engages the second flange, the resiliency of the system allows the cam to move past the second flange, and then the inherent resiliency returns the second flange and cam to a non-displaced position, with the cap then locking the flanges together. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The invention relates to a capping assembly, and method of utilization thereof, for metal panel systems.
In particular, the invention is useful with architectural sheet metal wall panels such as shown in U.
S.
Pat.
No.
Des.
216,561, and in standing seam roof assemblies such as shown in U.
S.
Pat.
Nos.
4,089,145 and 4,117,638.
In conventional architectural wall panel systems, distinctive hill and valley surface manifestations are provided, and at the valley floors intermediate each panel, as well as valley floors between panels, it is necessary or desirable to secure the building panels to underlying supporting mechanisms (purlins).
Such fasteners however are then visible from the exterior of the panel and destroy a portion of the aesthetic effect desired by utilizing such panels.
Additionally, since the fasteners are exposed they can be readily removed by unauthorized persons, with resultant potential for vandalism or security breaches of the building with which the panels are utilized.
Conventional camming arrangements for the fasteners can be difficult to utilize in view of the steep slanting side walls forming the valleys, which do not provide room to maneuver, and which make difficult the utilization of caps that do not adversely affect the desired aesthetic effect obtained by utilizing the panels.
In conventional standing seam roof systems, caps are often provided which secure the adjacent longitudinal raised edges of adjacent panels together along the length thereof, and assist in sealing thereof, such attachment and sealing being affected simultaneously with the securement of the panels to the purlins or the like.
Conventionally, upstanding arms will be provided associated with the adjacent edges of panels, with each arm having an outwardly extending flange generally perpendicular to the arms, and parallel to the general plane of the roof.
Conventional caps are secured around such flanges to secure them in place either by effecting a relative sliding movement therebetween, by specially shaping the structures so that the cap can be snapped thereover (see U
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