Bracket for interconnecting a building stud to primary structural components
OwnerEdward R. diGirolamo, Richard Mountcastleinventors
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided for assembling a curtain wall, which is anchored at one end to a floor and at an opposite end to a primary structure in a sliding relation thereto in order to allow relative vertical flexibility in case of severe vertical deflection due to loading. This sliding relation permits the building sections to move under wind, live load, dead load or seismic forces with a minimum of damage transferred to the curtain wall. The apparatus is a bracket with a first plate for mounting to the primary structure and a second plate for mounting in sliding relation to the wall studs. The second plate is formed with slots which are vertically oriented, and a fastener with a spacer are fastened through each slot.
Claims9
Apparatus for connecting between a pair of mutually perpendicular building members in a manner to allow relative vertical movement therebetween, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a bracket having:
- (i) a first plate having a first linear edge;
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- (ii) a second plate having a selected thickness and a second linear edge and being integrally connected to said first plate with said first linear edge and said second linear edge coinciding, said second plate formed with at least one linear slot therethrough, said slot having a selected width;
- (b) first fastening means passing through said first plate for fixedly assembling said bracket to a supporting building component;
- (c) a spacer having an axial bore, a shank with a length greater than the selected thickness of said second plate and an outside diameter less than the selected width of said slot and assembled with said shank passing slidingly through said slot;
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- (d) second fastening means passing through said axial bore of said spacer to slidingly assemble said bracket to a stud.
A connector for connecting each of a plurality of framing studs in a building curtain wall to a supporting building component in a manner to allow relative vertical movement therebetween, said connector comprising:
- (a) a bracket having:
- (i) a substantially planar first plate having a first linear edge;
- and
- (ii) a substantially planar second plate having a selected thickness and a second linear edge and being integrally connected to said first plate with said first linear edge and said second linear edge coinciding, said second plate formed with at least one linear slot therethrough, said slot having a selected width;
- (b) first fastening means passing through said first plate and fixedly assembling said bracket to said supporting building component;
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- (c) second fastening means having a shoulder portion with a first selected diameter smaller than said selected width of said slot and a length greater than said selected thickness, a head portion formed on a first end of said shoulder portion and having a second selected diameter larger than said selected width of said slot and a shaft portion formed axially on a second end of said shoulder portion and having a third selected diameter smaller than said first selected diameter for fixedly engaging said stud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.