Apparatus and Methods For Connecting Timber Flanges
AssigneeLoggo IP Pty Ltd
InventorPatrick Thornton
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for constructing a single story or multistory building using timber as a major structural material. The apparatus includes a connector plate having a series of pins extending therefrom. In a building component, each pin engages with a relatively small diameter timber flange by way of an axial bore hole formed in each flange. In this way, the flanges form a timber structural member useful in the formation of a framework of a building structure. The plate of the connector provides a fastener for fastening to other similar connectors or to other building structures. Various combinations of connectors and building flanges may be used to construct a single story building, and furthermore may be used in the construction of a multistory building.
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A connector for collocating a group of timber flanges, the connector comprising a main region, the main region having extending therefrom a plurality of engaging members each of which is configured to engage with a timber flange.
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A building component comprising:
- (i) a first connector comprising a main region, the main region having extending therefrom a plurality of engaging members each of which is configured to engage with a timber flange, and
- (ii) a plurality of timber flanges, each of the timber flanges having an axial bore into which is received one of the engaging members.
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A method of constructing a building component, the method comprising use of a building component comprising:
- (i) a connector comprising a main region having extending therefrom a plurality of engaging members and
- (ii) a plurality of timber flanges each of which comprises an axial bore configured to receive one of the engaging members,
- wherein the method comprises engaging one of the plurality of axial bores with one of the plurality of engaging members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.