Sheet metal batten roof or siding

Claim 1

In a sheet metal roof or siding, supporting means, a row of longitudinally spaced channel-like brackets secured to said supporting means, each bracket having spaced side walls with flanges extending downwardly from the tops of said walls, a gutter extending through said brackets and supported thereby, a clip overlying the gutter in each bracket and hooked under said bracket flanges and engageable therewith, sheet metal pans on said supporting means at opposite sides of the gutter and having side portions extending upwardly beside said brackets, the upper marginal areas of said side portions being turned inwardly over said clips and gutter, a cap above the gutter and clips and extending lengthwise of the gutter and having downwardly extending side flanges overlapping said side portions of the pans, the central portions of said clips engaging the lower surface of the cap, the central portion of each clip extending above the rest of the clip to provide clearance between said cap and clip for said upper marginal areas of said pan side portions, and screws extending down through the cap and into said central portions of the clips to fasten the cap to the clips, the cap and at least most of the clips being freely slidable lengthwise together relative to the pans and brackets during thermal expansion and contraction.