ES40133U - An aluminum tile (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

A tile of rectangular shape, characterized in that it comprises a substantially flat sheet, of uniform thickness, and the body of which extends substantially in the same plane, undulations in said tile, said ripples forming summits on the inner face of the tile, the side edges of the tile being inversely curved on opposite faces of said tile providing curved outer edge portions for interlocking the tile with laterally adjacent tiles, the upper and lower edge portions being inversely turned over opposite faces of the tile, each comprising of said upper and lower edge portions turned a round half portion, one side of which is tangent to the plane of the tile and the other of which tops off in an inversely curved portion, the lower portion turning a channel and the portion being inversely curved of the same engageable with an invertedly curved upper edge portion of an adjacent lower tile to form a narrow fit therewith, a fastening tab integral with the tile extending from an upper corner of said tile to secure it to a roof structure, and a drain groove disposed in the channel of said tile to drain the water thereof, said summits of the corrugations adapting on the inner face of the tile to space said inverted upper edge portion of the adjacent lower tile, of the inner face of said tile so that moisture can run along the inside face of the tile and inside that channel. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)