Device connecting roof to wall
OwnerAlejandro Steininventor
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Abstract
For use in a building having a roof and a wall each formed of hollow logs, wherein the wall has an uppermost horizontal log, a device is provided for connecting the roof to the wall. The device has a connector for connection to an end of a roof log, a saddle for mounting on the wall log and spreading the roof load over a wide area of the wall log, and a plate for securing the connector to the saddle.
Claims8
A device for connecting an end of one of a plurality of first hollow logs that form part of a roof of a building to a second hollow log that forms at least a part of a top of a wall of the building, the device comprising:
- a connector having substantially parallel upper and lower horizontal faces, said upper and lower horizontal faces joined on one side by a vertical face;
- a space formed between said upper and lower horizontal faces by said vertical face, said space forming an open channel between said upper and lower horizontal faces with an opening of said open channel on an opposite side from said vertical face;
- a first log connecting structure formed at said opposite side, said first log connecting structure configured to be connected to said end of said one of said plurality of first hollow logs;
- said upper and lower horizontal faces further comprising upper and lower paired openings;
- a saddle having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- said upper portion comprises an inverted U-shaped portion that extends through said upper and lower paired openings, said lower portion comprises a second log connecting structure configured to be mounted on said second hollow log;
- an upper plate extending through said inverted U-shaped portion above said upper paired opening, whereby said upper plate locks said connector to said saddle, and said device is configured to lock said one of said plurality of first hollow logs to said second hollow log.
A method of connecting an end of a first hollow log that forms a part of a roof of a building to a second hollow log that forms at least a part of a top of a wall of the building, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a connector having substantially parallel upper and lower horizontal faces, said upper and lower horizontal faces joined on one side by a vertical face;
- a space formed between said upper and lower horizontal faces by said vertical face, said space forming an open channel between said upper and lower faces with an opening of said open channel on an opposite side from the vertical face;
- a first log connecting structure formed at said opposite side, said upper and lower horizontal faces further comprising upper and lower paired openings;
- connecting said first log connecting structure to the end of said first hollow log;
- providing a saddle comprising an inverted U-shaped portion, said inverted U-shaped portion formed with a base at a closed end and first and second flared flanges forming a second log connecting structure extending from said base at an open end;
- extending said closed end of said inverted U-shaped portion through said upper and lower paired openings,
- mounting said second log connecting structure onto said second hollow log;
- extending an upper plate through said inverted U-shaped portion between said base and said upper paired opening locking said connector to said saddle thereby locking said first hollow log to said second hollow log.
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