Diverter

摘要

A roof load support structure supports a load on a sloping metal panel roof such that substantially all of the load is conveyed through rails, which are mounted on roof panel ribs, then through the roof panel ribs, and to underlying building support structure. Minor portions of the load can be conveyed through an upper diverter and a lower closure. The upper diverter diverts water laterally away from the support structure, in two opposing directions to two opposing sides of the support structure.

主权项

1. An upper diverter having opposing left and rights sides, and configured to be mounted on a sloping metal panel roof of a building, said upper diverter comprising:
(a) a lower flange having a first left end disposed toward a left side of said upper diverter, and an opposing first right end disposed toward a right side of said upper diverter, and a first length extending in a first direction between the first left end and the first right end; and (b) an upstanding end panel having an upper edge and a lower edge, a second left end corresponding to the left end of said lower flange, and an opposing second right end corresponding to the right end of said lower flange, and a second length between the second left end and the second right end and extending in generally the first direction, said end panel comprising
(i) an upper web having a third length extending in generally the same direction as the first and second lengths, between left and right ends of said upper web, said upper web further having an upper edge and a lower edge, and(ii) left and right diversion panels defining left and right diversion surfaces extending between, and being joined with, said lower flange and said upper web, each of said left and right diversion panels extending, in the direction of the length of said upper web, beyond respective ones of the left and right ends of the upper edge of said upper web.