Fire-rated joint system
AssigneeCemco, LLC
InventorDonald Anthony Pilz
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Abstract
A fire-rated angle piece and wall assemblies or other assemblies that incorporate the fire-rated angle piece, in which the angle piece can include an intumescent or other fire-resistant material strip. The angle can be attached adjacent to a corner of a framing member, such as metal tracks, headers, header tracks, sill plates, bottom tracks, metal studs, wood studs or wall partitions, and placed between the framing member and a wall board member at a perimeter of a wall assembly to create a fire block arrangement. A fire spray material can be applied over a portion of the angle piece.
Claims17
A fire-rated head-of-wall assembly comprising:
- a header track configured to be coupled to a surface of an overhead structure, the header track having a web, a first flange and a second flange, the first flange and the second flange extending from the web in a same direction, wherein each of the first flange and the second flange is substantially planar;
- at least one stud coupled to the header track, an upper end of the stud located between the first and second flanges;
- at least one wallboard coupled to the stud, an upper end of the wallboard overlapping the first flange of the header track;
- a deflection gap formed between the upper end of the wallboard and the surface of the overhead structure, the deflection gap being variable between a closed position and an open position;
- a profile formed of a first material, the profile comprising:
- a first vertical leg adjacent to the wallboard;
- a second vertical leg;
- an upper leg adjacent to the web of the header track connecting upper ends of the first and second vertical legs, wherein the upper leg is parallel to a plane of the web of the header track;
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- a lower flange extending from a lower end of the first vertical leg, the lower flange including a curved portion;
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- a fire-resistant material strip, wherein the upper leg, the first vertical leg, the lower flange, and the second vertical leg are configured to be on a same side of the header track and positioned completely between a first plane defined by an outward facing surface of the first flange and a second plane defined by an inward facing surface of the wallboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.