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US 4,484,430 AGranted
Connector for a structural member
AssigneeWendell E. Rossman
InventorWendell E. Rossman
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Abstract
The one-piece steel connector is secured to an end face of a laminated timber via tendons which are embedded in the timber and nuts which are threaded onto the ends of each tendon. In one embodiment, a connector is secured to a cylindrical hub via bolts which are threaded radially into the hub. In another embodiment, a connector connects two co-linear timber members together. In another embodiment, a connector connects two angularly disposed timber members together.
Claims17
A one piece connector for a structural member having
- a base for abutting an end of the structural member, said base having at least one aperture for receiving a tendon extending from the structural member,
- an apex of smaller width than said base for engaging a hub, said apex having at least one aperture for receiving a bolt therein,
- a pair of converging solid side walls between said base and said apex, and
- a solid web extending from said base to said apex transversely of said side walls.
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In combination,
- an elongated timber structural member having at least one longitudinal bore in a compressive stress region at at least one end and at least one longitudinal bore in a tensile stress region at said end;
- a plurality of threaded rods, each rod being embedded in a respective bore of said member and having one end extending from said end of said member;
- at least one metallic connector disposed at said end of said member, said connector having a base with at least one aperture facing said end of said member to receive at least one of said rods, an apex spaced from said base, a pair of conveying side walls between said base and said apex and a web extending between said base and said apex;
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- a nut threaded onto an end of each rod received in said connector to secure said connector to said member.
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In combination,
- an elongated structural member having a plurality of threaded rods embedded therein with one end of each rod extending from one end of said member;
- a connector having a base abutting said end of said member, a plurality of apertures in said base having said rods passing therethrough, a pair of converging side walls, an apex having at least one aperture for receiving a bolt therein and a web extending from said base to said apex transversely of said side walls;
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- nuts threaded onto said rods to secure said connector to said member.
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In combination,
- a hub;
- a plurality of timber structural members disposed in a radiating manner about said hub;
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- a plurality of connectors, each pair of said connectors securing a respective one of said members to said hub with each connector having converging side walls converging towards said hub, one of said pair of connectors being disposed in a compressive stress region of a respective member and the other of said pair of connectors being disposed in a tensile stress region of said respective member.
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In combination,
- a hollow cylindrical hub;
- a plurality of timber structural members disposed in a radiating manner about said hub each member having at least one threaded rod embedded therein with one end extending from said member;
- a plurality of connectors, each said connector having at least one rod passing therethrough for securement to a respective one of said member and having converging side walls converging towards said hub, each connector being of solid one-piece construction having recessed opposite sides to define a web;
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- bolts passing through each respective connector into said hub for securing each connector to said hub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.