IMPROVEMENTS IN CLADDING FOR BUILDINGS, AND A METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS UTILISING SAME

摘要

1220871 Artificial thatching J SMITH and E M SMITH 13 Jan 1969 [12 Jan 1968] 1796/68 Index E1A 296 An artificial thatching unit comprises a plurality of rod or tubular elements 10 of synthetic plastics material which are folded back on themselves around a core former 11 and secured to form a wedge-shaped bunch by a wire or ligature 14. The elements 10 may be grooved or tubular and have wire reinforcement or may be combined in multielements. The units may be used as roof or wall cladding by supporting the units adjacently on wires or rods passing through the core formers 11 to overlap a row of units below, the units of each row being retained by a wire running over the upper surface of each row.