Glued-rod insert (GRI) for use in mass timber construction
AssigneeF3 Timber Technologies Inc.
InventorsAdam Reynold Gerber, Nathan Samuel Bergen
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Abstract
A glued rod insert (GRI) for use in mass timber construction including a generally cylindrical collar having: an internal concentric threaded bore for receiving a threaded rod, circumferential ridges or ribs on the exterior for securely seating within a hole drilled in wood, and a relief channel for excess glue. A method using the glued rod insert (GRI) to install threaded rods in wood components in mass timber construction.
Claims12
An insert apparatus for use in installing a threaded rod and hardenable adhesive material in a hole in a wood component in mass timber construction, the insert apparatus comprising:
- a body having an exterior surface and defining an inner end and an outer end that is opposite the inner end along a longitudinal axis of the body;
- an internal bore extending through the body from the inner end to the outer end, the internal bore being configured to permit insertion therethrough of a threaded rod while engaging the threaded rod to impede linear withdrawal of the threaded rod;
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- a relief channel extending the entire length of the body from the inner end to the outer end;
- wherein with the insert apparatus positioned in the hole adjacent an opening in the hole, and upon the hardenable adhesive material being introduced into the hole via the internal bore, the threaded rod is insertable through the internal bore into the hole and the relief channel is operable to permit any excess hardenable adhesive material displaced by the threaded rod to flow out of the hole via the relief channel.
A method for installing a threaded rod in a wood component in mass timber construction, the method comprising:
- forming a hole in the wood component, the hole defining a hole opening;
- obtaining an insert apparatus comprising:
- a body having an exterior surface and defining an inner end and an outer end that is opposite the inner end along a longitudinal axis of the body, an internal bore extending through the body from the inner end to the outer end, the internal bore being configured to permit insertion therethrough of a threaded rod while engaging the threaded rod to impede linear withdrawal of the threaded rod, and a relief channel extending the entire length of the body from the inner end to the outer end;
- positioning the insert apparatus in the hole adjacent the hole opening;
- introducing a hardenable adhesive material into the hole via the internal bore;
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- inserting the threaded rod through the internal bore into the hole and into the hardenable adhesive material within the hole, wherein any excess hardenable adhesive material that is displaced by the threaded rod may flow out of the hole via the relief channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.