Securing member for exterior members and exterior structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9995044-B2
Application number	US-201715423786-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2017
Priority date	Mar 16, 2016
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A securing member includes a fixing portion having a reference surface and fixing holes, a main bulging portion having a contact surface that comes into contact with first to fourth exterior members, a supporting portion, upper and lower engagement portions attached to the supporting portion, a lower bulging portion, and an erected portion that projects from the lower bulging portion and that is disposed on a center line of the fixing portion between the first and third exterior members. One of the fixing holes that is closest to the center line is displaced from the center line. The fixing holes are arranged asymmetrically about the center line. A first length by which the main bulging portion bulges is greater than a second length by which the lower bulging portion bulges. The length from the reference surface to the front end of the erected portion is greater than the first length.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A securing member for attaching a first exterior member, a second exterior member, a third exterior member, and a fourth exterior member to a framework of a building, the second exterior member being adjacent to and above the first exterior member, the third exterior member being adjacent to the first exterior member at one side in a horizontal direction, the fourth exterior member being adjacent to and above the third exterior member and being adjacent to the second exterior member at the one side in the horizontal direction, the securing member comprising:
a fixing portion that includes a reference surface, that is configured to be fixed to the framework at the reference surface, and that has at least one fixing hole that allows a fastener to be inserted through the fixing portion;
a supporting portion that projects from the fixing portion to support the second exterior member and the fourth exterior member;
an upper engagement portion that is provided on the supporting portion so as to extend upward to engage with the second exterior member and the fourth exterior member;
a lower engagement portion that is provided on the supporting portion so as to extend downward to engage with the first exterior member and the third exterior member; and
an erected portion that projects from the fixing portion and that is configured to be disposed between opposing end portions of the first exterior member and the third exterior member,
wherein the erected portion is disposed on a center line of the fixing portion in a width direction,
wherein a specific fixing hole, which is one of the at least one fixing hole that is closest to the center line, is displaced from the center line toward one side in the width direction, and
wherein the at least one fixing hole is arranged asymmetrically about the center line.

2. The securing member according to claim 1 , wherein one end portion of each exterior member in the horizontal direction includes a back horizontally joining portion that is recessed from a front surface of the exterior member toward a back surface of the exterior member and that extends in a vertical direction, and
wherein the other end portion of each exterior member in the horizontal direction includes a front horizontally joining portion that is recessed from the back surface of the exterior member toward the front surface of the exterior member and that extends in the vertical direction.

3. The securing member according to claim 2 , wherein a distance by which the specific fixing hole is displaced from the center line is greater than or equal to 1/4 of an overlapping width by which the back horizontally joining portion and the front horizontally joining portion overlap, and is less than or equal to 3/4 of the overlapping width.

4. The securing member according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the specific fixing holes are arranged in a vertical direction.

5. A securing member for attaching a first exterior member, a second exterior member, a third exterior member, and a fourth exterior member to a framework of a building, the second exterior member being adjacent to and above the first exterior member, the third exterior member being adjacent to the first exterior member at one side in a horizontal direction, the fourth exterior member being adjacent to and above the third exterior member and being adjacent to the second exterior member at the one side in the horizontal direction, the securing member comprising:
a fixing portion that includes a reference surface and that is fixed to the framework at the reference surface;
a main bulging portion that bulges from the fixing portion;
a contact surface that is formed on the main bulging portion and that comes into contact with back surfaces of the first exterior member, the second exterior member, the third exterior member, and the fourth exterior member;
a supporting portion that projects beyond the contact surface of the main bulging portion, that extends in a width direction of the main bulging portion, and that supports the second exterior member and the fourth exterior member;
an upper engagement portion that is attached to the supporting portion and that engages with the second exterior member and the fourth exterior member;
a lower engagement portion that is attached to the supporting portion and that engages with the first exterior member and the third exterior member;
a lower bulging portion that bulges from the fixing portion and that is adjacent to and below the main bulging portion; and
an erected portion that projects from the lower bulging portion and that is disposed between opposing end portions of the first exterior member and the third exterior member,
wherein a first length by which the main bulging portion bulges from the reference surface is greater than a second length by which the lower bulging portion bulges from the reference surface, and
wherein a third length from the reference surface to a front end of the erected portion is greater than the first length.

6. The securing member according to claim 5 ,
wherein the contact surface includes
a pair of horizontally extending surfaces that are above and below the supporting portion,
a pair of vertically extending surfaces that are on both sides of the main bulging portion in the width direction, and

wherein the pair of horizontally extending surfaces and the pair of vertically extending surfaces for in a loop.

7. The securing member according to claim 5 , further comprising a projection that is located so as to be separated from a front end of the supporting portion toward the contact surface, the front end being adjacent to the upper engagement portion and the lower engagement portion, and separated from the contact surface toward the upper engagement portion and the lower engagement portion.

8. An exterior structure of a building, comprising:
a plurality of exterior members including a first exterior member, a second exterior member, a third exterior member, and a fourth exterior member, the second exterior member being adjacent to and above the first exterior member, the third exterior member being adjacent to the first exterior member at one side in a horizontal direction, the fourth exterior member being adjacent to and above the third exterior member and being adjacent to the second exterior member at the one side in the horizontal direction;
a framework of the building; and
a securing member for attaching the plurality of exterior members to the framework,
wherein the securing member comprises:
a fixing portion that includes a reference surface, that is fixed to the framework at the reference surface, and that has at least one fixing hole that allows a fastener to be inserted through the fixing portion;
a supporting portion that projects from the fixing portion and supports the second exterior member and the fourth exterior member;
an upper engagement portion that is provided on the supporting portion so as to extend upward and engages with the second exterior member and the fourth exterior member;
a lower engagement portion that is provided on the supporting portion so as to extend downward and engages with the first exterior member and the third exterior member; and
an erected portion that projects from the fixing portion and that is disposed between opposing end portions of the first exterior member and the third exterior member,

wherein the erected portion is disposed on a center line of the fixing portion in a width direction,
wherein a specific fixing hole, which is one of the at least one fixing hole that is closest to the center line, is displaced from the center line toward one side in the width direction, and
wherein the at least one fixing hole is arranged asy

Assignees

• Nichiha Kk

Inventors

• Suzuki Kenji

Classifications

• E04F13/21

  Fastening means specially adapted for covering or lining elements {(not used, see E04F13/0801)} · CPC title

• E04F13/0864

  composed of superposed elements which overlap each other and of which the flat outer surface includes an acute angle with the surface to cover · CPC title

• E04F13/0846

  the fastening elements engaging holes or grooves in the side faces of the covering elements (E04F13/0835 and E04F13/0839 take precedence) · CPC title

• E04F13/0832 Primary

  without load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements · CPC title

• E04F13/0826 Primary

  engaging side grooves running along the whole length of the covering elements · CPC title