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US 4,486,115 AGranted
Connector plates
AssigneeGang-Nail Systems, Inc.
InventorsCarlos Rionda, Robert Gottlieb
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Abstract
A connector plate assembly for joining wooden structural members is disclosed. The plate assembly includes a pair of plate members, each of which is provided with a plurality of teeth extending outwardly therefrom and with slots for receiving teeth from the other plate member. These slots are so arranged as to allow the two plate members to be aligned in face to face contact, with teeth extending from each plate member through slots in the other plate member. The teeth thus project from opposite sides of the plate assembly for embedment in the structural members to be joined.
Claims11
A connector plate for joining first and second members, comprising:
- a plate member having a plurality of teeth struck therefrom and extending outwardly from the plate, said teeth being located at longitudinally spaced positions along the plate with slots left by the striking of said teeth extending away from the base of said teeth, said plate member having a plurality of apertures which are so aligned with said teeth as to be capable of receiving and interengaging with the teeth of a second plate member, such interengagement providing for both plate members to be joined in face to face contact when aligned and with teeth extending from each plate member through apertures in the other plate member, said teeth being arranged in repeating patterns of two rows of teeth and slots extending transversely across the plate, with two rows of apertures being located transversely across the plate between successive patterns of two transverse rows of teeth.
A connector plate assembly for joining first and second members, comprising:
- a pair of plate members, each plate member having a plurality of teeth struck therefrom and extending outwardly from the plate, said teeth being located at longitudinally spaced positions along the plate with slots left by the striking of said teeth extending away from the base of said teeth, each plate member having a plurality of apertures which are so aligned with the teeth of the other plate as to receive the teeth of said other plate member, said plate members being joined in face to face contact with teeth extending from each plate member through apertures in the other plate member, the teeth of each plate being arranged in repeating patterns of two rows of teeth and slots extending transversely across the plate, with two rows of apertures being located transversely across the plate between successive patterns of two transverse rows of teeth.
A method of joining first and second structural members which comprises:
- (a) aligning a pair of plate members in face to face contact, each plate member having a plurality of teeth struck therefrom and extending outwardly from the plate, said teeth being located at longitudinally spaced positions along the plate with slots left by the striking of said teeth extending away from the base of said teeth, each plate member having a plurality of apertures which are so aligned with the teeth of the other plate as to receive the teeth of said other plate member, the teeth of each plate being arranged in repeating patterns of two rows of teeth and slots extending traversely across the plate, with two rows of apertures being located transversely across the plate between successive patterns of two transverse rows of teeth;
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- (b) pressing the teeth of said plate members into the structural members to be joined.
A joint comprising:
- first and second wooden members connected by a pair of plate members in face to face contact, each plate member having a plurality of teeth struck therefrom and extending outwardly from the plate, said teeth being located at longitudinally spaced positions along the plate with slots left by the striking of said teeth extending away from the base of said teeth, each plate member having a plurality of apertures which are so aligned with the teeth of the other plate as to receive the teeth of said other plate member, allowing the teeth of the other plate member to pass through into one of the wooden members, the teeth of each plate being arranged in repeating patterns of two rows of teeth and slots extending transversely across the plate, with two rows of apertures being located transversely across the plate between successive patterns of two transverse rows of teeth.
A connector plate for joining first and second members, comprising:
- a plate member having a plurality of teeth struck therefrom and extending outwardly from a common side of said plate, said teeth being located at longitudinally spaced positions along the plate;
- a plurality of apertures located at longitudinally spaced positions along the plate with at least one aperture being located between successive, longitudinally spaced teeth;
- said teeth and said apertures being aligned in respective transverse rows extending across the plate;
- said teeth in any one of the longitudinal rows being struck in the same direction and with the slots left by the striking of said teeth in said any one row extending in the same direction while the teeth in the next adjacent row are struck in an opposite direction such that the slots in adjacent longitudinal rows extend from the teeth in opposite directions.
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