发明名称 Pre-notched drip edge and method
摘要 A pre-notched drip edge assembly and related method includes a plurality of drip edge sections interconnected end-to-end to form a continuous water barrier along a roof edge. Each drip edge section has a formed one-piece construction with a top flange and a bottom flange having an inverted L-shape with upper and lower legs. The forward edges of the top flange and the upper leg are integrally interconnected along a folded-over nose having a wedge-shape. A pair of notches are formed in the opposite ends of each drip edge section which extend through the upper edge of the lower leg and the forward edges of the upper leg and the top flange to define flat end tab areas that are inserted into the noses of the next adjacent drip edge sections to horizontally and vertically locate the same along the building roof.
申请公布号 US9370814(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.06.21
申请号 US201414188014 申请日期 2014.02.24
申请人 QUALITY EDGE, INC. 发明人 Rasmussen C. Scott;Vander Laan Paul W.
分类号 B21D5/08;E04D13/04;E04D13/158 主分类号 B21D5/08
代理机构 Price Heneveld LLP 代理人 Price Heneveld LLP
主权项 1. In a method for forming a continuous rainwater barrier along at least one edge portion of a building roof, the improvement comprising: selecting an elongate strip of formable material having a length sufficient to construct a plurality of drip edge sections therefrom; forming a plurality of substantially identical through windows in the strip; after said window forming step, roll forming a top flange in the strip that is normally oriented generally horizontally and has a forward edge area; after said window forming step, roll forming a front flange in the strip with an inverted generally L-shaped configuration having a lower leg normally oriented generally vertically and having an upper edge area, and an upper leg having a forward edge area; after said window forming step, bending the forward edge area of the top flange portion relative to the forward edge area of the upper leg to define a folded-over tapered nose portion which projects generally horizontally outwardly from the lower leg and extends longitudinally along the drip edge section to deflect rainwater outwardly and downwardly away from an associated building; and after said window forming step, said top flange forming step and said front flange forming step, cutting laterally through the formed strip at locations generally coincident with center portions of the windows to form a plurality of completed drip edge sections, each with a pair of longitudinally opening notches in and completely through the opposite ends thereof which extend a predetermined distance through the upper edge area of the lower leg, the forward edge area of the upper leg and the forward edge area of the top flange portion, and define generally flat end tab areas of the top flange that are shaped for insertion into the folded-over nose portion of a next adjacent one of the drip edge sections.
地址 Walker MI US