Toroidal frameworks connection
OwnerAnthony Italo Provitolainventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a connection for joining toroidal frameworks of toroidal elements. The connector includes one or more arms, each of which can span a toroidal framework to be joined, and each of which may be joined to one or more of the other arms, or to a conventional structure, directly or by an intermediating connector. Bach arm of the connector includes a base to which one or more lugs is attached to form projections from the side of the base. Each of the lugs has at least one surface that engages a toroidal element in order to transmit to the base a force which is applied directly to a toroidal element.
Claims20
Connection of toroidal frameworks of toroidal elements for constructing larger toroidal frameworks comprising:
- (a) at least two toroidally shaped frameworks comprised of acute-angularly connected toroidal elements, wherein said toroidal elements are:
- (1) fundamental toroidal elements;
- or, (2) toroidally shaped frameworks;
- and
- (b) a device for connecting said at least two toroidal frameworks comprising at least one arm of sufficient length to span at least one of said toroidal elements in each of said toroidal frameworks, said at least one arm further comprising:
- (1) at least one base, and
- (2) at least one lug attached to said at least one base with at least one surface which engages at least one of said toroidal elements on opposite sides of said at least one of said toroidal elements, said at least one arm from each of said toroidal frameworks being joined in a joint region.
Connection of toroidal frameworks of toroidal elements for constructing larger toroidal frameworks comprising:
- (a) at least two toroidally shaped frameworks comprised of acute-angularly connected fundamental toroidal elements;
- and
- (b) a device for connecting said at least two toroidal frameworks comprising one or more arms of sufficient length to span at least one of said fundamental toroidal elements in each of said toroidal frameworks, said one or more arms further comprising:
- (1) at least one base, and
- (2) at least one lug attached to said at least on base with at least one surface which engages at least one of said fundamental toroidal elements on opposite sides of said at least one of said fundamental toroidal elements, at least one of said one or more arms from each of said fundamental toroidal elements being joined in a joint region.
Connection of toroidal frameworks of toroidal elements for constructing larger toroidal frameworks comprising:
- (a) at least two toroidally shaped frameworks comprised of toroidal elements which are acute-angularly connected toroidal frameworks;
- and
- (b) a device for connecting said at least two toroidal frameworks comprising one or more arms of sufficient length to span one or more of said toroidal elements in each of said at least two toroidal frameworks, said one or more arms further comprising:
- (1) one or more bases, and
- (2) one or more lugs attached to said one or more bases with one or more suffaces which engage one or more of said toroidal elements on opposite sides of said one or more toroidal elements, at least one of said one or more arms from each of said toroidal frameworks being joined in a joint region.
Connection of higher-level toroidally shaped frameworks constructed with acute-angularly connected lower-level toroidal frameworks, comprising:
- (a) at least two higher-level toroidally shaped frameworks comprised of acute-angularly connected lower-level toroidal frameworks;
- and
- (b) one or more yoke-connectors applied to one or more lower-level toroidal frameworks in each of the higher-level toroidal frameworks,
- said one or more yoke-connectors from each of said lower-level toroidal frameworks being joined in a joint region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.