Self-supporting roof panel

摘要

A self-supporting panel is used to form building components, including roofs that have no independent supports for the panels between the ends of the panels. The panel system includes a base support or structural component having a top face sheet supported by longitudinally load carrying webs and a layer of insulation on the exterior of the face sheet. The insulation spans the entire face sheet to overlie connectors between the edges of adjacent panels when the panels are assembled to form a wall or roof, to eliminate thermal shorts.

主权项

1. A roof panel for a building, said roof panel being supported only at a side wall of the building and at a roof ridge of the building, said roof panel comprising:
spaced apart first and second face sheets, each face sheet having a surface defined by spaced longitudinal edges and end edges; a load carrying support web structure of strength to support the roof panel secured to the surfaces of the spaced apart face sheets, said web structure providing strength to permit supporting the roof panel only at the side wall and the roof ridge of the building without intervening supports; an insulation layer secured on an exterior of either the first face sheet or the second face sheet, the insulation layer extending to cover the entire surface of the first face sheet or the second face sheet and wherein the insulating layer is non-structural; and a longitudinally extending connector member along one longitudinal edge for joining a second self supporting roof panel longitudinal edge, said connector member underlying the insulation layers of the joined self supporting roof panels, with no portion of the support web structure and connector passing though the insulation layers.