Truss-to-truss assemblies and connectors therefor
AssigneeMitek Holdings, Inc.
InventorMichael A. Pellock
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Abstract
An assembly of trusses fabricated of sheet metal wherein the lower chord of a supported truss is connected to the lower chord of a supporting truss by a connector formed of sheet metal with the supported truss at an angle to the supporting truss, and connectors for making the connection.
Claims15
A truss-to-truss assembly comprising a supporting truss and a supported truss each comprising a lower chord, an upper chord and web members extending between the chords, one of the chords of each truss comprising an elongate member formed of sheet metal, means connecting the sheet metal chord member of the supported truss at one end thereof to the sheet metal chord member of the supporting truss with the two trusses in two different generally vertical planes at an angle one to the other, each of said sheet metal chord members having a side face with said side faces thereof generally at said angle, said means comprising a connector formed from a sheet metal blank shaped and bent to have a first part generally in the form of a rectangular plate having first and second opposite faces, said plate constituting a first plate of said connector and having first and second longitudinal edges, a first end edge and a second end edge, said first connector plate having a first and a second flange bent to extend laterally outward therefrom at said first and second longitudinal edges thereof, respectively, the first end edge of said first plate connector being a free edge, and said connector further having a second part in the form of a plate and constituting a second connector plate bent from the blank at said second end edge of said first connector plate and extending at said angle with respect to said first connector plate, said second connector plate having first and second faces in continuation of the said first and second faces of said first connector plate, respectively, said connector having one of said connector plates engaged with said side face of said sheet metal chord member of the supported truss at said one end thereof, and the other of said connector plates projecting out from said one end of the supported truss and engaged with said side face of said sheet metal chord member of the supporting truss, and means fastening the connector plates to said sheet metal chord members.
A truss-to-truss assembly comprising a supporting truss and a supported truss each having an elongate member formed of sheet metal, means connecting the sheet metal member of the supported truss at one end thereof to the sheet metal member of the supporting truss, said means comprising a connector formed from a sheet metal blank shaped and bent to have a first part generally in the form of a rectangular plate having first and second opposite faces, said plate constituting a first plate of said connector and having first and second longitudinal edges, a first end edge and a second end edge, said first connector plate having a first and a second flange bent to extend laterally outward therefrom at said first and second longitudinal edges thereof, respectively, the first end edge of said first plate connector being a free edge, and said connector further having a second part in the form of a plate and constituting a second connector plate bent from the blank at said second end edge of said first connector plate and extending at an angle with respect to said first connector plate, said second connector plate having first and second faces in continuation of the said first and second faces of said first connector plate, respectively, said connector having one of said connector plates engaged with said sheet metal member of the supported truss at said one end thereof, and the other of said connector plates projecting out from said one end of the supported truss and engaged with said sheet metal member of the supporting truss, and means fastening the connector plates to said sheet metal members, wherein said first flange extends laterally outward from said first face thereof and said second flange extends laterally outward from said second face thereof in the opposite direction to said first flange, and wherein said first flange overlies the sheet metal member to which said one of the connector plates is attached.
A connector for connecting a sheet metal member of a supported truss to a sheet metal member of a supporting truss, said connector being formed of sheet metal and comprising a first generally rectangular plate having first and second longitudinal edges, a first end edge and a second end edge, said first plate having a first and a second flange bent to extend laterally outward therefrom at said first and second longitudinal edges thereof, respectively, and a second plate integral with said first plate bent to extend at an angle with respect to the first plate at said second end edge of the first plate, wherein said first and second flanges are bent to extend in opposite directions from said first plate, and wherein said second plate has first and second edges generally coplanar with the first and second longitudinal edges of the first plate and first and second flanges both bent to extend laterally outwardly from said first and second edges of the second plate in the direction away from said first plate and generally coplanar with the first and second flanges of the first plate.
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