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US 5,666,781 AGranted
Metal fasteners for wood construction use and a method of constructing a house
AssigneeDaiichi Shoten Co., Ltd.
InventorsGoro Egawa, Yuzo Saito
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Abstract
A metal fastener for joining a wooden architectural member to a wooden or other architectural member for wood construction use includes a metal fastener base and a copper or copper-containing cladding enshrouding the metal base. A method of constructing a wooden building with the aid of the above metal fastener is also provided. The metal fastener provided with the copper or copper-containing cladding is effective in preventing rotting of the wood adjoining the metal fastener.
Claims6
A method of constructing a wooden building which includes wooden architectural members comprising the steps of:
- providing a metallic fastener having at least one attachment surface, the metallic fastener being completely covered with a copper containing layer so as to form a copper covered metallic fastener;
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- joining of two of the wooden members with the copper covered metallic fastener, said joining step including the steps of
- placing the attachment surface of the copper covered metallic fastener against a surface of a first wooden member,
- fastening the attachment surface of the copper covered metallic fastener to the surface of the first wooden member using a first fastening element, and
- fastening a portion of the copper covered metallic fastener adjacent to the attachment surface to a second wooden member using a second fastening element so that the first and second wooden members are thus joined to one another through the copper covered metallic fastener.
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