Showing papers on "Attic published in 2004"
25 Jun 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of non-white, near-infrared-reflective architectural coatings can be applied in situ to pitched concrete or clay tile roofs to reduce tile temperature, building heat gain, and cooling power demand, while simultaneously improving the roof s appearance.
Abstract: Owners of homes with pitched roofs visible from ground leveloften prefer non-white roofing products for aesthetic considerations.Non-white, near-infrared-reflective architectural coatings can be appliedin-situ to pitched concrete or clay tile roofs to reduce tiletemperature, building heat gain, and cooling power demand, whilesimultaneously improving the roof s appearance. Scale model measurementsof building temperatures and heat-flux were combined with solar andcooling energy use data to estimate the effects of such cool roofcoatings in various California data. Under typical conditions e.g., 1 kWm-2 summer afternoon insolation, R-11 attic insulation, no radiantbarrier, and a 0.3 reduction in solar absorptance absolute reductions inroof surface temperature, attic air temperature, and ceiling heat fluxare about 12 K, 6.2 K, and 3.7 W m-2, respectively. For a typical 1,500ft2 (139 m2) house with R-11 attic insulation and no radiant barrier,reducing roof absorptance by 0.3 yields whole-house peak power savings of230, 210, and 210 W in Fresno, San Bernardino, and San Diego,respectively. The corresponding absolute and fractional cooling energysavings are 92 kWh yr-1 (5 percent), 67 kWh yr-1 (6 percent), and 8 kWhyr-1 (1 percent), respectively. These savings are about half thosepreviously reported for houses with non-tile roofs. With theseassumptions, the statewide peak cooling power and annual cooling energyreductions wouldmore » be 240 MW and 63 GWh yr-1, respectively. These energysavings would reduce annual emissions from California power plants by 35kilotonnes CO2, 11 tonnes NOx,and 0.86 tonnes SOx. The economic value ofcooling energy savings is well below the cost of coating a tile roof, butthe simple payback times for using cool pigments in a rooftile coatingare modest (5-7 years) in the hot climates of Fresno and SanBernardino.« less
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1 Jan 2004
TL;DR: Stieber's The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai explores both the visual poetry of the korai and the way in which textual sources can illuminate our reading of the statues as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Lovers of Archaic sculpture have had much to celebrate since the millennium. The last few years have brought us not only the discovery of the Kerameikos kouros and the long-awaited publication of Phrasikleia. but also a flurry of new studies revisiting one of the most studied and stubbornly enigmatic groups of ancient sculptures. the korai. I Katerina Karakasfs lavishly illustrated Archaic Korai documents works from the Eastern Mediterranean and mainland Greece. while Catherine Keesling's recent book. The Votive Statues of the Athenian Acropolis. devotes two full chapters to the Acropolis korai and related inscriptions. 2 As the title suggests. Mary Stieber's The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai explores both the visual poetry of the korai and the way in which textual sources can illuminate our reading of the statues. Although she focuses primarily on the votive Acropolis korai. she concludes with a chapter on the irresistible Phrasikleia. In the introduction. the author characterizes her methodology as an alternative to Gisela Richter's fundamental 1968 study which laid out a developmental typology and chronology for the korai (2-3). In order to move beyond this approach. Stieber employs the term "mimetic realism" to describe a condition of likeness to real women which stops short of actual portraiture. Realism. she argues. is the accumulation of details. which "may be stylistic or iconographic. intellectually erudite or philosophical. subtle or overt, aesthetically or extra-artistically inspired: the more of them there are. the more realistic an image will seem to the viewer" (7). The korai. with their exquisitely sculpted and painted de-
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TL;DR: Results show that the peculiar technique required for the production of black slips was mastered by both Attic and local potters and employed for monochrome and figured products.
Abstract: Samples from Greek figure vases were investigated by scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray analysis, X-ray diffraction, thermomechanical analysis and reflectance spectroscopy to achieve a technological characterisation. The vases, dating from the end of the sixth to the fourth century BC, had been excavated at Locri Epizephiri (Calabria, Italy) and attributed to Attic or local workshops, respectively. Information on the morphology of black slip areas and firing temperatures was compared with that previously obtained for Attic and local black gloss pottery from the same site; results show that the peculiar technique required for the production of black slips was mastered by both Attic and local potters and employed for monochrome and figured products. The black coating is usually well vitrified and 15- to 20-μm thick; the evaluated maximum firing temperature is around 900°C, while a temperature lower than 800°C is generally estimated for ceramic body re-oxidation.
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26 Feb 2004
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose an attic deck system for an attic having a plurality of spaced-apart attic joists. But the system is not suitable for single-robin configurations, since the first and second edge portions of one of the panels are positionable on the respective adjacent attic boards.
Abstract: An attic deck system for an attic having a plurality of spaced-apart attic joists. The system includes a plurality of deck panels each having a first edge portion defining a first series of alternating projections and recesses, and a second edge portion defining a second series of alternating projections and recesses. The first series of alternating projections and recesses being complementary to the second series of alternating projections and recesses such that the first edge portion of one of the panels interlocks with the second edge portion of another one of the panels. Each of the panels defines a width extending between an outermost periphery of the first edge portion and an outermost periphery of the second edge portion. The width is approximately equal to a distance measured between the outer edges of adjacent attic joists, such that the first and second edge portions of one of the panels are positionable on the respective adjacent attic joists. Each panel includes a downwardly extending tab adapted to abut the inner edge of the joist.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the ridge and eave vents that circulate outside air through the attic and by moving the insulation from the attic floor to the underside of the roof, an unvented attic becomes a semi-conditioned space, creating a more benign environment for space conditioning ducts.
Abstract: Unvented attics have become a more common design feature implemented by Building America partners in hot-dry climates of the United States. More attention is being focused on how this approach affects heating and cooling energy consumption. By eliminating the ridge and eave vents that circulate outside air through the attic and by moving the insulation from the attic floor to the underside of the roof, an unvented attic become a semi-conditioned space, creating a more benign environment for space conditioning ducts.
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1 Jan 2004
TL;DR: The HAM-Tools as discussed by the authors is a software library specially constructed for hygrothermal system analysis in building physics, which is developed as a modular structure of standard building elements and systems using a graphical programming environment.
Abstract: HAM-Tools is a software library specially constructed for hygrothermal system analysis in building physics. The software is developed as a modular structure of standard building elements and systems using a graphical programming environment. Due to its modular structure and transparency, each of the existing components can be easily changed and adjusted to specific user demands. In order to asses the software’s ability to predict the building hygrothermal response under given climatic and operating conditions, validation tests against measurements have been performed. As a case study, temperature and relative humidity of a cold ventilated attic space in real operating conditions was selected. Validation results are presented as a comparison between measurements and calculations. Parametric sensitivity analyses were performed and necessary adjustments for the missing input parameters have been fully documented. The code has shown a high degree of reliability, both in a qualitative and a quantitative way.
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1 Jan 2004
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16 Dec 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a ventilation system in a residence capable of eliminating an air pollutant (harmful substance) contained in the air taken into the residence from the outside in order to perform the maintenance/ purification of an environment in the residence by preventing the deterioration of the environment.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ventilation system in residence capable of eliminating an air pollutant (harmful substance) contained in the air taken into the residence from the outside in order to perform the maintenance/ purification of an environment in the residence by preventing the deterioration of the environment in the residence. SOLUTION: The ventilation system in the residence is equipped with a space 2 in under floor of a first floor, an open air introduction inlet 10 provided to a side wall forming the space in under floor of the first floor, an attic space 3 having a discharging port 11, a pit section 4 connecting to the attic space 3 passing through up and down floors on the space in under floor of the first floor, air supplying ports 12 provided in the floor of the first floor, a habitable room 5 of the first floor having exhaust ports 13 connecting to the pit section 4, air supplying ports 14 connecting to the pit section 4 and a habitable room 6 of a second floor having exhaust ports 15 connecting to the attic space 3, and open air purifying sections 8 filled with porous absorbing materials passing through the air to be introduced are arranged in the space 2 in under floor of the first floor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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15 Jan 2004
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a solution to provide an attic structure for a house, which improves the usability of an attic storage space, and allows safe, comfortable, and effective use of the same.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an attic structure for a house, which improves the usability of an attic storage space, and allows safe, comfortable, and effective use of the same. SOLUTION: In a unit house T having the attic storage space S arranged therein, the attic storage space S has a screen ceiling 31 arranged therein, and the height of the attic storage space S from a floor surface 38 to the screen ceiling 31 is set to 1.4 m or less. The screen ceiling 31 is formed of fabric, and a gap (upper space 35) between the screen ceiling 31 and a roof located above the screen ceiling 31 forms a space. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
10 Apr 2004
TL;DR: The text describes accentuation in the Iliad and the meaning of the term 'Attic'. It highlights the different accents of the word 'πηρóν' in Homer and Attic.
Abstract: Abstract This remark comes from the scholia in a tenth-century manuscript of the Iliad, Venetus A; as with many of the scholia to the Iliaddealing with prosody, its source is the grammarian Herodian writing in the second century adand himself making use of earlier, Hellenistic, works on accentuation. We are told that the word πηρóν (nominative πηρóσ) ‘disabled’ is accented one way in Homer (πηρóν) but another way in Attic (πηρóν). A question that arises from this passage, and from others like it, is that of the Hellenistic and post-Hellenistic grammarians’ sources of knowledge about Homeric accentuation. This question has been discussed since the early nineteenth century and still deserves attention, but it is not the subject of the present essay. Instead we shall consider a different, perhaps less immediately obvious, question: what is meant here by ‘Attic’? The language of Plato, or perhaps Menander? If so, how would Herodian have known how Plato or Menander accented a word? Or does the term refer to the speech of some contemporaries of Herodian?
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19 Feb 2004
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed an attic structure of a building capable of suppressing temperature rising in the attic space by efficiently exhausting heat from the attic to the outside, increasing downstairs cooling efficiency and making energy conservation.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an attic structure of a building capable of suppressing temperature rising in the attic space by efficiently exhausting heat in the attic space to the outside, increasing downstairs cooling efficiency and making energy conservation. SOLUTION: The attic structure of the building is so constituted that a wall heat insulating material 21 is provided at the inside of an external wall material of the building, a roof heat insulating material 26 is provided at the inside of inclined roofing and that a ventiduct constitution member 40 is provided to the attic space 30 inside of the roof heat insulating material 26 at an interval. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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20 May 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, a reinforcement frame structure 30 transmitting a load to an existing column 20 is installed above an existing attic beam 1 and a hanging means 38 is installed between the reinforcing frame structure and the attic beam.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense with a large-scaled temporary erection to enable construction while using a building to a certain extent, and to keep the external appearance after construction without impairing it. SOLUTION: A reinforcing frame structure 30 transmitting a load to an existing column 20 is installed above an existing attic beam 1. Next, a hoisting means 35 having a load weightometer 36 is installed between the reinforcing frame structure 30 and the attic beam 1. A hanging means 38 is installed between the reinforcing frame structure 30 and the attic beam 1. The attic beam 1 is lifted up by the hoisting means 35. The hoisting load is measured by the weightometer 36. A hoisting force by the hanging means 38 is adjusted so as to be similar to the hoisting load by the hoisting means 35. Next, the hoisting means 35 is removed. Thereby, a large scale temporary installation for the chief wooden construction is unnecessitated and the structure can be constructed while using in an extent and further, it is sufficiently reinforced without damage of the appearance, only by adding the reinforcing frame structure 30 and the hanging means 38 to the roof frame after construction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
1 Jan 2004
TL;DR: The Flexible Roof Facility (FRF) is a test facility in Cocoa, Florida designed to evaluate a combination of five roofing systems against a control roof using dark shingles as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: This paper presents an overview of results from experimental research conducted at FSEC’s Flexible Roofing Facility in the summer of 2002. The Flexible Roof Facility (FRF) is a test facility in Cocoa, Florida designed to evaluate a combination of five roofing systems against a control roof using dark shingles. The intent of the testing is to evaluate how roofing systems impact residential cooling energy use. Recent testing emphasizes evaluation of how increasingly popular metal roofing systems, both finished and unfinished, might compare with other more traditional roofing types. All of the test cells had R-19 insulation installed on the attic floor except in the double roof configuration which had R-19 of open cell foam blown onto the underside of the roof decking. The test results were used to determine relative thermal performance of various roofing systems under typical Florida summer conditions. Measured impacts included changes to ceiling heat flux and attic air temperature which influences loads from unintended attic air leakage and duct heat gain. We also develop an analysis method to estimate total cooling energy benefits of different roofing systems considering the various impacts. The results show that all the options perform better than dark composition shingles. White metal performs best with an estimated cooling energy reduction of about 15%, but the spectrally selective metal shingles (12%) and unfinished Galvalume roofs (11%) do surprisingly well. Galvanized roofing did less well than Galvalume (7% reduction) and worse performance in the second year of exposure was observed due to corrosion of the zinc surface. The sealed attic with a double roof produced an estimated cooling energy reduction of only 2% largely due to increases in ceiling flux.
1 Jan 2004
TL;DR: In this article, a FLIR ThermaCAM® E4 infrared camera was used to probe the ceiling for water intrusion without physical contact with the ceiling, starting at lower sections, then moving to the peak of the roof.
Abstract: Residential roofs without attics are typically inspected for leaks by installing scaffolding and probing the ceiling for water intrusion with a moisture meter. This paper discusses infrared thermography’s ability to probe the ceiling for water intrusion without physical contact with the ceiling. Water was applied to the roof in a controlled manner, starting at the lower sections, then moving to the peak of the roof. During the water application, continuous scanning of the ceiling with a FLIR ThermaCAM® E4 infrared camera allowed instant discovery of the water intrusion.
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22 Jul 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the eaves soffit ventilator is provided with a passage forming member which forms the ventilation passage communicating between attic space ports 31a and an under-eaves opening 36.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an eaves soffit ventilator which is compact in structure, and ensures a good ventilation passage while inhibiting direct air blow from below eaves to an attic space of an eaves soffit. SOLUTION: The eaves soffit ventilator is provided with a passage forming member which forms the ventilation passage communicating between attic space ports 31a and an under-eaves opening 36. The passage forming member has a top wall 31 having the attic space ports 31a formed therein, inner walls 41, 42A, 42B covering the attic space ports 31a from below, outer walls 33A, 33B, 34A, 34B further covering the inner walls from outside, and the under-eaves opening 36 formed in a bottom portion of the outer walls. The inner walls have communication ports 44 communicating between the inside and outside of the inner walls, on both sides of the attic space ports 31a and the under eave opening 36 with respect to an eaves width direction. Thus air flowing into the ventilator from the under-eaves opening 36 enters the inside of the inner walls from both the communication ports 44, and reaches the attic space ports 31a. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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17 Nov 2004
TL;DR: In this article, a three-layer house music bell and a drive shaft are linked with a voice tubular rotary torque of the mechanical music bell, and a small gate of the attic can perform a one open one closing action.
Abstract: The utility model discloses a three-layer house music bell, comprising a house shape body equipped with an attic, an upper layer and a bottom layer, wherein the house body is equipped with a mechanical music bell and a drive shaft linked with a voice tubular rotary torque of the mechanical music bell, according to the linkage of an attic pushing device mechanism and a drive shaft, a small gate of the attic can perform a one open one closing action, the people or plant shape bodies inside the attic perform a one forward one back action, according to the combination of each action of the mechanical music bell voice and the small gate, the people or plant shape bodies on the attic layer, the upper layer and the bottom layer, and the matching of light emitting diodes on the upper layer and the bottom layer, a special dynamic music effect is formed, which brings people infinite pleasure, is beneficial to adjust the work intensity status of people, and increases infinite interest of the life
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12 Aug 2004
TL;DR: In this article, a roof snow melting apparatus capable of blowing hot air from a hot air heater to an attic, circulating the ventilation of the attic by a return fan and controlling the combustion operation of the hot-air heater by detecting an air temperature by the circulation of air between the attic and the air heater, closes the louver of the roof during winter and makes it openable during summer.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a snow melting apparatus easily installed at a low cost even in an existing house, not to mention a newly-built house, safe and low in fuel consumption and maintenance cost after installation. SOLUTION: This roof snow melting apparatus capable of blowing hot air from a hot air heater to an attic, circulating the ventilation of the attic by a return fan and controlling the combustion operation of the hot air heater by detecting an air temperature by the circulation of air between the attic and the air heater, closes the louver of the attic during winter and makes it openable during summer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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27 May 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an attic space air conditioner capable of making inside of a building more comfortable by using air provided when the attic space is air-conditioned.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an attic space air conditioner capable of making inside of a building more comfortable by using air provided when an attic space is air-conditioned. SOLUTION: This attic space air conditioner comprises a dehumidification rotor 10 dehumidifying air of the attic space 2, and a means for exhausting air dehumidified by the dehumidification rotor 10 out of the building 1 and for feeding air containing moisture generated by dehumidifying air of the attic space 2 by the dehumidification rotor 10 into inside 7 of the building. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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7 Apr 2004
TL;DR: The utility model aims to design a whole active conservatory as mentioned in this paper, where the front moving door and the skylight on the slope can be opened or closed together and the utility model lighted in four directions.
Abstract: The utility model aims to design a whole active conservatory To compare with other conservatory, the utility model is essentially different in that the front moving door and the skylight on the slope can be opened or closed together and the utility model lighted in four directions The independent whole active system can move at any time according to the weather change, which is particularly suitable for villa garden and double type attic, and can be also employed as independent garden house
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5 Aug 2004
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a flexible sheet-based roof heat insulation method, where flexible sheets 1a, 1b of which at least the single side surface is constituted of a low emissivity material or a plurality layers of sheets in at least two layers formed by jointing the flexible sheets of each other to form a multiple-layer seat, and a support material 30 is intervened between the respective sheets so as to be detachable.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat insulation structure capable of applying to an attic heat insulation structure, being constructed in a short time at a low cost, and maintaining heat insulation performance for a long time by means of a highly effective and simple roof heat insulation method. SOLUTION: Flexible sheets 1a, 1b of which at least the single side surface is constituted of a low emissivity material or a plurality layers of sheets in at least two layers formed by jointing the flexible sheets of which at least the single side surface is subjected to low emissivity processing with each other to form a multiple-layer seat having at least one low emissivity surface and at least two layers as internal surface layout are formed. A support material 30 is intervened between the respective sheets so as to be detachable, and a space S is formed between the respective sheets to prevent the sheets from coming into surface contact with each other and to close part of the periphery of the multiple-layer sheet. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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2 Jul 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, a new foundation is formed in the vicinity of the foundation of an existing dwelling house and support members are erected on the new foundation and a new roof positioning above the roof of the existing house is installed on the tops of the support members.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antiseismic reinforcing extension method of a dwelling house and a structure capable of widening a habitable space even in the house of which the upward and sideward extension is restricted and simultaneously improving earthquake resistance. SOLUTION: In a dwelling house having an upfloor building area smaller than a downfloor area, a new foundation is formed in the vicinity of the foundation of an existing dwelling house and support members are erected on the new foundation and a new roof positioning above the roof of the existing dwelling house is installed on tops of the support members. Thereafter, the roof including a roof truss of the existing dwelling house is removed. A new floor member is formed in the removed portion to form an attic space between the new floor members and the new roof, and further, the floor of the upfloor of the existing dwelling house is extended toward the support members and new walls are attached to the support members. In this way, a new habitable space is formed in an upfloor and angle braces are formed to connect columns and beams of the frame to a skeleton of the existing dwelling house. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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2 Apr 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, receiving grooves are provided to surfaces opposed to each other of gable beams 1 mounted and arranged on a horizontal member on vertical roof struts 14 such as a purlin 3, a ridge beam 4 or the like along the longitudinal direction.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an attic heat insulation device facilitating work and having the flexibility of selection for various attic structures. SOLUTION: Receiving grooves 5 are provided to surfaces opposed to each other of gable beams 1 mounted and arranged on a horizontal member on vertical roof struts 14 such as a purlin 3, a ridge beam 4 or the like along the longitudinal direction. Their ends are engaged with the receiving grooves 5 to stretch a heat insulating plate 6 between the gable beams 1 and 1. An empty room 8 connected with the outdoor side is provided between the heat insulating plate 6 and a roofer 7 laid on the gable beam 1. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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2 Apr 2004
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose an attic heat insulation structure for improving a heat labor environment of a factory by easily, safely and inexpensively enabling extremely effective roof heat insulation for the reduction of a cooling load in the daytime in winter, and contributing to energy saving by the high heat insulation of a dwelling which is an important theme for protect the global environment.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an attic heat insulation structure for improving a heat labor environment of a factory by easily, safely and inexpensively enabling extremely effective roof heat insulation for the reduction of a cooling load in the daytime in winter, and contributing to energy saving by the high heat insulation of a dwelling which is an important theme for protect the global environment. SOLUTION: The attic heat insulation structure opposes a flexible sheet 10 (low emissivity sheet) composing at least one side of a low emissivity raw material to the internal face of a house roof or the flexible sheet 10 (low emissivity sheet) processing at least one side at the low emissivity to a roof face, is inserted and laid between a room inside and a roof material 1, and formed with a gap 4 between the roof material 1 and the sheet, namely, interposes an air layer (gap) so that the roof material 1 and the heat shielding sheet which are heat input-side solids are not directly in contact with each other, and inserts the flexible sheet with the low emissivity of the surface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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7 Oct 2004
TL;DR: In this article, a horizontally roofing metal tile roof with horizontally laid metal tiles laid in a ridge direction and a pitch direction interposing a heat insulating material on the sheathing roof board to which asphalt roofing is applied is presented.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a horizontally roofing metal tile roof, its pitch direction connection part structure and eaves structure preventing infiltration of heat into sheathing roof boards of roof backing and an attic space, preventing dew condensation on roof board back faces and the sheathing roof boards to prevent their early corrosion and reducing the ventilating amount of the attic space to reduce heating and air-conditioning load. SOLUTION: In this horizontally roofing metal tile roof with horizontally laid metal tiles laid in a ridge direction and a pitch direction interposing a heat insulating material on the sheathing roof board to which asphalt roofing is applied, air passages passing through from the eaves to the attic space are formed between the horizontally laid metal tile and the heat insulating material and between the sheathing roof board and the heat insulating material. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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15 Apr 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, a plastic tile batten that can form a ventilation space between tiles and a roof board to ventilate the space, can prevent the stagnation of hot air in an attic space and prevent degradation in the durability of a building by condensation, icicles, snowmelt penetration and the like in winter, and can be supplied at a relatively low cost.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plastic tile batten that can form a ventilation space between tiles and a roof board to ventilate the space, can prevent the stagnation of hot air in an attic space and the like in the summer and prevent degradation in the durability of a building by condensation, icicles, snowmelt penetration and the like in winter, and can be supplied at a relatively low cost. SOLUTION: The plastic tile batten 1, which is a plastic strip, is provided with vents 2 passing from one end face A to the other end face B along the width, and is installed with the vents 2 along the inclination of a roof board. Preferably, a waterproofing material 3 is fixed to a bottom surface, and one end face A or both end faces across the width are inclined. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO