Framed building construction
AssigneeEngineered Roof Trusses Pty. Ltd.
InventorWilliam Muir
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Abstract
Building construction comprising a plurality of pairs of upstanding posts each post of each pair being mounted in opposed relation to the other post of the pair, said posts supporting a roof structure comprising a set of parallel beams, wherein each beam interconnects a pair of posts and each beam being mounted to one side of the respective posts, each post having a transversely extending strut fixed to the upper end of the post and supported by a brace extending between said strut and an intermediate point of said post, said strut being located in parallel relationship to said beams and being fixed thereto.
Claims16
Building construction comprising a plurality of pairs of upstanding posts, each pair of posts being mounted in opposed relation to each other, said pairs of posts supporting a roof structure comprising sets of parallel beams, wherein each beam extends between a respective pair of posts and is mounted to one side thereof, each post comprising a subassembly comprising a vertically extending member, a transversely extending strut directly fixed to the upper end of said vertically extending member and supported by a brace extending diagonally between said strut and an intermediate point of said vertically extending member and directly affixed to said strut and said vertically extending member to form a triangular reinforced area, said strut being located in parallel relationship to the respective beam and being fixed thereto.
A building construction comprising a plurality of pairs of upstanding posts, the posts of each pair being mounted in opposed relation to each other, said pairs of posts supporting a roof structure comprising a beam interconnecting a respective pair of posts said beam being mounted to one side of the posts of said pair, each post of said pair comprising a subassembly consisting of a vertically extending member, a transversely extending strut directly fixed to its upper end and a brace extending between and directly affixed to said strut and the respective vertically extending member, said strut being parallel and fixed to said beam, each end portion of said beam having a downwardly depending leg fixed thereto and a diagonal extending between the leg and the beam said leg being parallel to and fixed to the respective post and said diagonal being parallel and fixed to said brace.
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