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US 4,560,301 AGranted
Heavy slope and skew sheet metal hanger and method of making same
AssigneeSimpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
InventorTyrell T. Gilb
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Abstract
A method of making an infinite number of hangers from a single sheet metal blank. The hangers are for connecting wood sawn and "I"-type members in the building construction industry. The hanger may be bent to form left and right skew hangers, up and down sloping hangers, and carry supported members of different widths as well as heights. By inserting spacers in the die, hangers of different heights, top flange and top tilted flange hangers may be provided. The design uses a hinged seat and an asymmetrical seat and back plate member. Tab members are outwardly turned and the tabs are constructed from a portion of the back plate member.
Claims8
An asymmetrical sheetmetal slope and skew hanger connector in a frame building structure comprising:
- a. a wood supporting member having a generally planar front face and right angularly related planar top face;
- b. a wood supported member having a generally planar end face, generally planar side portions intersecting said end face, and a bottom edge face;
- c. an elongated back plate member having a longitudinal center line axis dividing said back plate into equal transverse widths and a face adapted for parallel registration with said front face of said wood supporting member;
- d. first and second side support members integrally attached to opposite sides of said back plate, formed with a plurality of fastener openings and adapted for connection to said face of said supporting member and said first side support member having a width less than the width of said second side support member;
- e. a seat base integrally connected to an end of said back plate along a transverse seat bend line and extending angularly therefrom a selected distance and having a face adapted for parallel registration with said bottom edge face of said wood supported member;
- f. first and second seat sides integrally connected to opposite sides of said seat base along a first fixed seat side bend line and a second variable seat side bend line and extending generally parallel to each other and angularaly to said seat base and each formed with fastener openings at a selected distance from said seat bend line and from said seat base and adapted for connection to said side portions of said wood support member;
- g. a transverse cut formed in said seat base longitudinally spaced from said transverse seat bend line and extending from said second seat side and intersecting said variable seat bend line permitting said hanger to hold a wood supported member having a width less than said transverse seat bend line;
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- h. a first tab member formed from said back plate member, connected to said first side support member along a variable first tab bend line adjacent said back member and a second tab member formed from said back plate member and said second side support member and connected to a portion of said second side support member along a second tab bend line and both of said tab members extending generally parallel to each other and angularly to said back member and each formed with fastener openings at selected distances from said back plate and adapted for connection to said side portions of said wood supported member.
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An asymmetrical slope and skew hanger connector in a frame building structure comprising:
- a. a wood supporting member having a generally planar front face;
- b. a wood supported member having a generally planar end face, generally planar spaced side portions intersecting said end face, and a bottom edge face;
- c. an elongated back plate member having upper and lower face portions and adapted for parallel registration with said front face of said wood supporting member;
- d. first and second side support members integrally attached to opposite sides of said back plate, formed with a plurality of fastener openings and adapted for connection to said front face of said wood supporting member;
- e. a variable width seat base integrally connected to an end of said back plate along a selected angle at said transverse seat bend line and extending angularly therefrom a selected distance and having a face adapted for parallel registration with said bottom edge face of said wood supported member;
- f. first and second seat sides integrally connected to opposite sides of said seat base along a first fixed seat side bend line and a second variable seat side bend line and extending generally parallel to each other and angularly to said seat base and each formed with fastener openings at a selected distance from said seat bend line and from said seat base and adapted for connection to said side portions of said wood supported member;
- g. a first tab member integrally connected to said first side support member and a second tab member formed from said back plate member and said second side support member and connected to a portion of said second side support member along a second tab bend line and both said tab members extending generally parallel to each other and angularly to said back plate member and each formed with fastener openings at selected distances from said back plate member and adapted for connection to said side portions of said wood supported member;
- h. said transverse seat bend line having a width greater than the effective width of said seat base;
- i. said first seat side is connected to said seat base along said first fixed seat bend line;
- j. said second seat side is connected to said seat base along said second variable seat bend line;
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- k. said second variable seat bend line is parallel to said first seat bend line and is selectably located a distance from said first fixed seat bend line corresponding to the distance between said planar side portions of said wood supported member.
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