US 12,421,720 B2
Shed roofing structure
Takashi Hara, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/258,016
Filed by SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 20, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/002050
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/168625, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-015512 (JP), filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0102282 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. E04B 7/06 (2006.01); E04B 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 7/063 (2013.01) [E04B 7/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shed roofing structure of an inclined roof having a corner section and a valley section, comprising:
a corner rafter disposed at the corner section;
a valley rafter disposed at the valley section;
a plurality of common rafters which are disposed horizontally spaced apart at a flat section of the inclined roof and inclined along a roof gradient; and
a receiving plate member that is placed on respective top surfaces of an elongate transverse rafter which intersects the plurality of common rafters and supports at least the plurality of common rafters and the valley rafter from below, and a vertical member which supports the corner rafter from below, wherein
the receiving plate member includes a first plate member installed on a linear portion of the transverse rafter, a second plate member installed on a connection part with the corner rafter of the vertical member or the transverse rafter, a third plate member installed between the first plate member and the second plate member, and a fourth plate member installed on a connection part with the valley rafter of the transverse rafter,
the first plate member includes a plurality of first notch grooves for fitting respective bottom end parts of the plurality of common rafters formed on a top surface of the first plate member,
the second plate member includes a first inclined surface for receiving a bottom surface of the corner rafter formed on a top surface of the second plate member,
the third plate member includes a second notch groove for fitting a bottom end part of a common rafter and a second inclined surface for receiving the bottom surface of the corner rafter formed on a top surface of the third plate member,
the fourth plate member includes a third notch groove for fitting the bottom end part of the common rafter and a third inclined surface for receiving a bottom surface of the valley rafter formed on a top surface of the fourth plate member,
the bottom surface of the corner rafter forms a mountain profile having a width-direction center as a vertex and an upper side convex, the first inclined surface includes a plurality of first inclined surfaces inclined toward at least two directions, and the second inclined surface are on a same plane with the first inclined surface, and
the bottom surface of the valley rafter forms a mountain profile having a width-direction center as a vertex and a lower side convex.