CONSTRUCTION FOIL
20210317665 · 2021-10-14
Inventors
- Ulrich HILLERINGMANN (Bad Wünneberg, DE)
- Dmitry PETROV (Paderborn, DE)
- Ilias MOKANIS (Herdecke, DE)
- Henning SAND (Dortmund, DE)
- Thomas BACHON (Düsseldorf, DE)
Cpc classification
E04B1/625
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E04B1/665
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
B32B27/12
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
E04D12/002
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
B32B5/26
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B2307/726
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B3/08
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B7/12
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B2264/104
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
E04D5/10
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
B32B5/028
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B2307/546
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B2250/40
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B27/20
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B2307/724
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
E04D13/00
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E04D12/00
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
Abstract
The invention relates to a construction foil (16), especially roof film, roofing foil, flat roof sheeting, fa-cade sheeting and/or vapor barrier and/or sub-roofing sheeting, especially underlayment and/or sarking sheeting, with a single- or multilayer layer structure (17). It is provided according to the invention that at least one moisture sensor (1) for detecting moisture is associated to the construction foil (16), that the moisture sensor (1) is designed as an active pick-up, and that the moisture sensor (1) comprises at least one electrode (18) and/or a humidity sensing element, and the electrode (18) and/or the humidity sensing element is in direct contact with a nonwoven layer (19).
Claims
1. A construction foil, especially roof film, roofing foil, flat roof sheeting, facade sheeting and/or vapor barrier and/or sub-roofing sheeting, especially underlayment and/or sarking sheeting, with a single- or multilayer layer structure, wherein the at least one moisture sensor for detecting moisture is associated to the construction foil, in that the moisture sensor is designed as an active pick-up, and in that the moisture sensor comprises at least one electrode and/or a humidity sensing element, and the electrode and/or the humidity sensing element is in direct contact with a nonwoven layer.
2. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the electrode and/or the humidity sensing element is arranged on and/or in the nonwoven layer.
3. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the layer structure comprises at least one functional layer and/or at least one support layer.
4. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the functional layer is designed to be diffusion-open, especially vapor-permeable, and/or waterproof and/or breathable, and/or in that the functional layer and/or the construction foil, especially designed as a flat roof sheeting, is designed to be diffusion-tight, diffusion-inhibiting, water-vapor-impermeable and/or waterproof.
5. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the nonwoven layer is designed as a thermally reinforced and/or needle-jet and/or wet-jet reinforced nonwoven layer and/or that the nonwoven layer comprises a polyolefinic nonwoven, a polyester nonwoven, a natural fiber nonwoven, a polypropylene spunbonded nonwoven, a polyamide nonwoven, a polylactide nonwoven (PLA nonwoven) and/or is manufactured as a staple fiber nonwoven and/or as a tightly knitted fabric.
6. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the support layer is designed as a nonwoven layer.
7. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the moisture sensor is in direct contact with the support layer, especially arranged on and/or in the support layer.
8. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the at least in the installed state of the construction foil the moisture sensor arranged on a top side, facing the weather side, or on a bottom side, facing away from the weather side, of the construction foil.
9. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the support layer comprising the moisture sensor and/or the nonwoven layer is arranged on the underside or on the top side, facing away from or toward the weather side, of the construction foil and/or in that at least one further layer is arranged on the top side, facing toward the weather side, on the support layer and/or nonwoven layer comprising the moisture sensor.
10. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the nonwoven layer comprises an electrolyte former which is soluble in water and/or miscible with water.
11. The construction foil according to claim 1, wherein the moisture sensor comprises sensor electronics, the sensor electronics comprising a transmitting device designed for wireless transmission of information.
12. A system having a construction foil and a receiving device, wherein information from the transmitting device can be transmitted to the receiving device without contact, preferably whereby the receiving device is designed in such a way that the moisture sensor can be located and/or identified.
Description
[0140] Further features, advantages and possible applications of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of examples of embodiments based on the drawing and the drawing itself. Thereby, all features described and/or illustrated form the subject matter of the present invention, either individually or in any combination, irrespective of their summary in the claims and their correlation.
[0141] It shows:
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[0162] In addition,
[0163] The moisture can form a moisture film on the surface of the electrodes 2, 4 and thus contact the first material 3 and the second material 5. Water may be provided as the moisture to be detected.
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[0165] In the embodiment shown in
[0166] Furthermore,
[0167] Moreover,
[0168] Especially, the moisture is designed as an electrolytic solution when in contact with the first material 3 and the second material 5.
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[0170] Similarly,
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[0172] Furthermore,
[0173] Not shown is that the coating 8 is designed to protect the electrodes 2, 4 from corrosion and/or mechanical stress, at least in areas.
[0174] Furthermore, the coating 8 may be designed to be miscible and/or removable in water.
[0175] Furthermore, the coating 8 can also be designed as a corrosion coating.
[0176] Alternatively or additionally, the coating 8 can form an electrolyte solution together with moisture on contact with moisture and/or comprise an electrolyte former, especially one that is removable in moisture, so that the electrical voltage arising between the electrodes 2, 4 can be increased.
[0177] The resulting electrical voltage can be between 0.5 V to 4 V, preferably between 0.8 V to 1.3 V.
[0178] It is not shown that the first material 3 and the second material 5 comprise a metal. Especially, the first material 3 may comprise a negative standard potential and/or the second material 5 may comprise a positive standard potential. Furthermore, the first material 3 may comprise a base metal and/or the second material 5 may comprise a noble metal and/or a metal that is more noble than the first material 3. Thus, it may be provided that zinc is used for the first material 3 and copper is used for the second material 5. Further material combinations of the first material 3 of the second material 5 are zinc and platinum, zinc and gold, zinc and silver, zinc and nickel and/or nickel and platinum.
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[0180] In addition, it is shown in
[0181] Furthermore,
[0182] In another embodiment not shown, it is provided that the voltage increasing device 11 is directly electrically connected to the first and second electrodes 2, 4, and the input voltage of the voltage increasing device 11 is the voltage that can be generated between the electrodes 2, 4. The voltage increasing device 11 can increase the voltage. The increased electrical voltage can be used to operate other components of the sensor electronics 9. In the embodiment example shown in
[0183] Furthermore, according to the embodiment example shown in
[0184] It is not shown that the transmitting device 12 comprises a, preferably active, RFID transponder 13. An RFID transponder that can be used as a transmitting device 12 is shown in
[0185] Furthermore, it is not shown that the distance between the electrodes 2, 4 and/or the width of the free space resulting between the electrodes 2, 4 is between 0.01 mm to 20 cm, preferably between 0.01 mm to 10 cm, even more preferably between 1 mm to 5 cm.
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[0188] It is not shown that the system 15 is designed as an active RFID system, wherein the transmitting device 12 comprises an active RFID transponder 13. It is further not shown that a passive RFID system is and/or can be provided alternatively.
[0189] Furthermore,
[0190] In process step B, the coming into contact of the first material 3 and the second material 5 with the moisture generates an electrical voltage and/or an electrical voltage is generated due to an electrochemical reaction. Ultimately, chemical energy is converted into electrical energy.
[0191] In addition, in process step C, it is provided that the transmitting device 12 is supplied directly or indirectly for operation with the electrical voltage generated in process step B. In the case of a direct connection of the transmitting device 12, it is provided that the transmitting device 12 is directly electrically connected to the first electrode 2 and the second electrode 4. In the case of an indirect connection, it is provided that further components of the sensor electronics 9, such as an energy storage device 10 and/or a voltage increasing device 11, are electrically connected to the first electrode 2 and the second electrode 4, which subsequently supply the transmitting device 12 with electrical energy.
[0192] In process step D, it is on the other hand provided that the transmitting device 12 transmits information, especially information showing location data and/or identification data. It is possible that the transmitting device 12 transmits an acoustic signal. In process step D, the transmitting device 12 transmits the information to the receiving device 14 of the system 15.
[0193] Finally, it can optionally be provided in method step E that the receiving device 14 analyzes the information transmitted by the transmitting device 12, especially by means of an allocation means not shown. By means of an analysis via the receiving device 14, the moisture sensor 1 can be identified and/or localized.
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[0195] Not shown is that the active RFID tag and/or transmitting device is applied to and/or arranged on a rigid and/or inflexible printed circuit board.
[0196] Not shown is that a plurality of first electrodes 2 and second electrodes 4 may be provided for a moisture sensor 1, in particular wherein the individual pairs of electrodes (each a first electrode 2 and a second electrode 4) are connected in series and/or in parallel.
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[0199] It is not shown that the construction foil can also be used as a facade sheeting and/or vapor sealing.
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[0201] The moisture sensor 1 is designed as an active pick-up. An active pick-up is characterized by the fact that it provides its own electrical power supply—based on the measuring principle. No external auxiliary energy, especially electrical auxiliary energy, is required.
[0202] It is further provided that the moisture sensor 1 comprises at least one electrode 18 and that the electrode 18 is in direct contact with the nonwoven layer 19.
[0203] It is not shown that the moisture sensor 1 comprises a humidity sensing element which is in direct contact with the nonwoven layer 19. The humidity sensing element can be integrated on and/or in the nonwoven layer 19.
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[0208] The top side 24 of the construction foil 16 and/or of the multilayer layer structure 17 faces the weather side—as shown in
[0209] The functional layer 20 shown in
[0210] In the embodiment shown in
[0211] The construction foil 16 and/or the functional layer 20 shown in
[0212] It is not shown that a construction foil 16 designed as a facade sheet can be designed to be wind-braking, waterproof, UV-resistant and/or open to diffusion, in particular wherein the construction foil 16 can also be designed as an insulating sheet
[0213] Furthermore, it is not shown that the construction foil 16 can be designed as a vapor sealing and/or vapor barrier, wherein the construction foil 16 designed as a vapor sealing is designed to be diffusion-tight, diffusion-inhibiting, water vapor sealing, water vapor barrier and/or air-tight, preferably water-tight.
[0214] The construction foil 16 shown in
[0215] In addition, the construction foil 16 shown in
[0216] The nonwoven layer 19 shown in
[0217] In further embodiments, the nonwoven layer 19 may comprise a polyolefinic nonwoven, a polyester nonwoven, a natural fiber nonwoven, a polypropylene spunbonded nonwoven, a polyamide nonwoven, a polylactide nonwoven (PLA nonwoven), and/or may be manufactured as a close-meshed knitted fabric.
[0218] In further embodiments, the support layer 21 shown in
[0219] In the embodiment shown in
[0220] In addition, the layer structures 17 of the embodiments shown in
[0221] Accordingly, the nonwoven layer 19 and/or the support layer 21 is not arranged on the top side 24 of the construction foil 16. The nonwoven layer 19 and/or the carrier layer 21 can especially not be waterproof and/or water-permeable.
[0222] It should be noted, however, that the support layer 21 and/or nonwoven layer 19 comprising the moisture sensor 1 and/or the electrode 18 of the moisture sensor 1 can also be arranged on the top side, facing the weather side or the top side 24, of the construction foil 16 and/or of the multilayer layer structure 17. In this orientation, the further layer 22, which can preferably be designed as a nonwoven layer 19 and/or functional layer 20, is accordingly arranged on the underside, facing away from the weather side or top side 24, of the construction foil 16 and/or of the multilayer laminate 17.
[0223] It is not shown that the nonwoven layer 19 and/or the support layer 21 comprises an electrolyte former which is soluble in water and/or in moisture and/or which is miscible with water and/or moisture. A citric acid powder and/or a powder comprising oxaloacetic acid, mulanic acid, glutaric acid, quinic acid and/or a vitamin C may be provided as the electrolyte former. Especially the powder is fully or partially applied over the surface of the nonwoven layer 19 and/or the support layer 21 and/or provided into the surface. Upon contact with moisture, the powder and/or the electrolyte former can dissolve and especially increase the electrical conductivity of the moisture and/or the moisture coming into contact with the moisture sensor 1 and/or the electrode 18. This can be used for subsequent electrochemical reaction with the electrode 18.
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[0227] Arranged on the top side 24, a hard roofing 26 may be provided. The system 23 is therefore characterized by the fact that the moisture sensor 1, which detects the moisture in the roofing according to the embodiment example shown in
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[0229] As already mentioned, when used on a flat roof, the moisture sensor 1 and/or the nonwoven layer 19 and/or support layer 21 comprising the moisture sensor 1 can also be arranged above the construction foil 16, facing the weather side and/or the upper side 24. Accordingly, the functional layer 20 faces the roof area and/or faces away from the weather side. With this orientation, a leak in the waterproofing sheet 27 is detected particularly quickly by the moisture sensor 1 arranged directly below it.
[0230] Not shown is an arrangement in which the separate vapor barrier 28 can be dispensed with, provided the construction foil 16 itself is vapor sealing and/or designed as a vapor sealing. In this case, the construction foil 16 is arranged between the insulation board 25 on the one hand and the roof area on the other. As a result, in addition to leakage detection by means of the moisture sensor 1, the construction foil 16 also assumes the function of a vapor sealing, wherein leakage at the insulation board 25 can be detected directly. Leakage from the construction foil 16 itself, which is designed as a vapor barrier, can also be detected, wherein the moisture sensor 1 is arranged on the construction foil 16, preferably facing the roof area.
LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS
[0231] 1 Moisture sensor
[0232] 2 First electrode
[0233] 3 First material
[0234] 4 Second electrode
[0235] 5 Second material
[0236] 6 First surface area
[0237] 7 Second surface area
[0238] 8 Coating
[0239] 9 Sensor electronics
[0240] 10 Energy storage device
[0241] 11 Voltage increasing device
[0242] 12 Transmitting device
[0243] 13 RFID transponder
[0244] 14 Receiving device
[0245] 15 System
[0246] 16 Construction foil
[0247] 17 Layer structure
[0248] 18 Electrode
[0249] 19 Nonwoven layer
[0250] 20 Functional layer
[0251] 21 Support layer
[0252] 22 Further layer
[0253] 23 System
[0254] 24 Top side
[0255] 25 Insulation board
[0256] 26 Hard roofing
[0257] 27 Waterproofing sheet
[0258] 28 Vapor barrier