WATERPROOF ROOF

• Main Author: RISTOW; DELANO H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.03.1992
• Subjects: BLASTING; BUILDING; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS ORMACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS,CLIPS, WEDGES, JOINTS OR JOINTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GUTTERS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MASTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; ROOF COVERINGS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS; SKY-LIGHTS; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A waterproof roof including a supporting roof structure and a hold down assembly for securing a generally continuous sheathing member to the supporting roof structure. The hold down assembly including a number of elongate members supported in a parallel spaced relation of the supporting roof structure with the sheathing member overlying the elongate members. The elongate members each including a raised center portion having a channel on each side. The sheathing member is locked in the channels by cables aligned in the channels and trapped therein by deforming the raised center portion.