Abstract: A device for supporting and attaching panels to a roof including an added sealing covering on the surface thereof includes brackets for tiltedly supporting and bearing the panels, including a bottom bearing portion and at least one top portion for supporting the panels, the brackets having a triangular structure and consisting of a hollow body. The device is characterized in that the bottom portion (4) of the brackets (3) is provided, on the underside thereof, with at least one added plate (5) secured to the console (3), wherein the plate(s) (5) consist of a material or contain a material that is compatible with and/or similar to the layer or the surface coating of the roof covering (2), and are bonded to the layer or the covering by an adhesive bond, and in that the top portion (4?) provides bearing surfaces for the edges of the panels or profile members for mounting such panels.

Abstract: A device for fixing elements in the form of plates to a roof cover for a building, at a distance therefrom, the cover including, on the surface, a coating or a sealing layer attached to the essentially continuous support forming the roof, the device including blocks that can be height-adjustable or not, for supporting and holding the plate-shaped elements, each block having a base with a lower smaller plate to be applied to the surface of the cover and secured thereto, and a head or upper part for directly or indirectly supporting at least one plate-shaped element, the bottom face of the smaller plate (9) of the base (8) of each block (7) being provided with a part (11) of the plate, forming a protector, which is mechanically fixed to the smaller plate (9).

Abstract: A waterproofing UV-resistant bituminous membrane, a system incorporating such a membrane, and a manufacturing process are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a UV-resistant waterproofing membrane includes a mass of at least one bituminous composition, formed in at least one continuous layer, and of at least one ply of filamentous or fibrous material, embedded in the mass. The membrane is characterized in that the at least present bituminous composition consists of a bituminous mixture based principally on bitumen, SBS elastomeric polymer and mineral fillers and in that said at least one ply (3) consists of a fine web, of open-work structure, with no preferred direction of stress resistance and formed of filaments and/or fibers in a material that is preferably resistant to UV, said web (3) being embedded in the mass (2) of bituminous composition(s) while being situated next to the face (4) designed to be visible or exposed, after laying said membrane (1).

Abstract: To provide an agent promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin, and an eating and drinking product and a feed promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin. Provided are an agent promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin, and a eating and drinking product and a feed promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin, having as an active component a culture supernatant of Streptococcus, Lactobacillus, Propionibacterium, yeast, Leuconostoc, and Lactococcus.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steam permissive and water non-permissive screen, particularly a sub-roof screen, a rain-proof screen, an air-proof screen or the like. The screen (1) is characterised in that it mainly includes a non-woven fabric made of a mat or a web of a majority of natural fibres (2), preferably vegetable fibres, that has been submitted to a binding operation by pressurised liquid jets, or hydrobinding, and to a hydrophobation process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a non-woven mat to be used as a reinforcement for a frame in a flexible sealing membrane. The method is characterised in that it includes providing vegetable-origin natural fibres optionally mixed with a minority of thermoplastic or thermofusible fibres, forming a non-woven mat or web by mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic batting, submitting the web to two successive consolidation operations including a needle punching operation and a binding operation with a chemical binder or by a thermal processing preferably under pressure, and finally submitting the non-woven consolidated web to a process for the hydrophobation of the fibres.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object a prefabricated sealing membrane formed by a support, coated on at least one surface, and preferably impregnated throughout, with a modified bitumen base composition, characterized in that the thermoplastic bituminous composition for coating and/or impregnation is a bituminous binder modified by a thermoplastic polyurethane having the following weight proportion: 40 to 90% bitumen, 10 to 50% thermoplastic polyurethane, 0 to 10% aromatic oil, 0 to 50% filler, 0 to 0.5% catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object a prefabricated sealing membrane formed by a support, coated on at least one surface, and preferably impregnated throughout, with a modified bitumen base composition, characterized in that the thermoplastic bituminous composition for coating and/or impregnation is a bituminous binder modified by a thermoplastic polyurethane having the following weight proportion: 40 to 90% bitumen, 10 to 50% thermoplastic polyurethane, 0 to 10% aromatic oil, 0 to 50% filler, 0 to 0.5% catalyst.

Abstract: A waterproofing UV-resistant bituminous membrane, a system incorporating such a membrane, and a manufacturing process are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a UV-resistant waterproofing membrane includes a mass of at least one bituminous composition, formed in at least one continuous layer, and of at least one ply of filamentous or fibrous material, embedded in the mass. The membrane is characterized in that the at least present bituminous composition consists of a bituminous mixture based principally on bitumen, SBS elastomeric polymer and mineral fillers and in that said at least one ply (3) consists of a fine web, of open-work structure, with no preferred direction of stress resistance and formed of filaments and/or fibers in a material that is preferably resistant to UV, said web (3) being embedded in the mass (2) of bituminous composition(s) while being situated next to the face (4) designed to be visible or exposed, after laying said membrane (1).

Abstract: The present invention has for its object a prefabricated sealing membrane formed by a support, coated on at least one surface, and preferably impregnated throughout, with a modified bitumen base composition, characterized in that the thermoplastic bituminous composition for coating and/or impregnation is a bituminous binder modified by a thermoplastic polyurethane having the following weight proportion: 40 to 90% bitumen, 10 to 50% thermoplastic polyurethane, 0 to 10% aromatic oil, 0 to 50% filler, 0 to 0.5% catalyst.

Abstract: A process and an installation for the production of a bituminous sealing sheet, comprises a strip impregnated and/or coated with a given bitumen and having a zone in the shape or a band or a portion of a band of a different bitumen from the first bitumen.

Abstract: A process for insulating and sealing roofing comprises coating the substrate (2) with a liquid or viscous composition (3) that is based on modified bitumen or a bitumen/polyurethane mixture by covering rough spots (4) and by filling the hollows or emergent cavities (4′) that are present on the surface of the substrate (2), then applying the insulating layer (1) or individual elements that are intended to form the insulating layer (1) on the coated surface of the substrate (2) before the previously applied coating layer (3) solidifies, whereby the coating layer (3) forms, after drying or polymerization, a water-vapor barrier and an agent for adhesion of insulating layer (1) to the attachment substrate (2), and, finally, applying to insulating layer (1) a sealing coating (6).

Abstract: A process and an installation for the production of a bituminous sealing sheet, comprises an armature impregnated and/or coated with a given bitumen and having a zone in the shape or a band or a portion of a band of a different bitumen from the first bitumen.