Joining element and method of joining wood structures
AssigneeVenona Ari KäHköNen
InventorAri Kähkönen
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Abstract
A joining element includes at least two joint holes for pin joints as well as a first plane surface and a second plane surface and an inclined surface slanting towards an outer edge of the joining element and arranged at an angle with respect to at least one said plane surface. A method includes joining two wood structures to one another by using the joining element.
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A joining element for joining wood structures to one another, wherein the joining element comprises at least two joint holes for pin joints as well as a first plane surface and a second plane surface, the first plane surface and the second plane surface being arranged on opposite sides of the joining element in a mutually substantially parallel manner and arranged to define a middle area of the joining element, and an inclined surface slanting towards an outer edge of the joining element and arranged at an angle with respect to at least one said plane surface, such that the joining element is tapered at least at one of its outer edges or in one area of its outer edge compared to the area of a middle part of the joining element, and
- wherein the joining element comprises a first curved part at a first end of the joining element and a second curved part at a second end, opposite to the first end, of the joining element.
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