Log wall connector system
AssigneeRobert A. Wrightman
InventorRobert A. Wrightman
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Abstract
A building structure comprises a post having a vertically extending longitudinal face. A plurality of horizontal logs extends from said longitudinal face and has an end face in abutment with said longitudinal face. The post having an undercut channel in said longitudinal face and extends along said post. At least one of said end faces has a recess aligned with said undercut channel, and a spline assembly extends between said post and said log to secure said log to said post. The spline assembly includes a key located in and extends between said channel and said recess and an insert in one of said undercut channel and said recess. The insert co operates with said key to facilitate relative sliding movement therebetween.
Claims25
A self contained wall unit for forming a wall section of a building said wall unit comprising a pair of posts each having a longitudinal axis, said posts being spaced apart and each having an abutment face directed toward the other of said posts, at least one log extending between each of said abutment faces and being secured thereto to form with said posts said self contained wall unit, at least one of said posts having an other face different to said abutment face and configured to abut an exposed face of an adjacent portion of said wallsection, said other face of said one of said posts having a formation thereon extending along said longitudinal axis to facilitate connection to said exposed face, said formation including a pair of laterally spaced convergent flanks, the lateral spacing between said flanks varying progressively along said longitudinal axis to provide a tapered formation of progressively reducing width.
A method of assembling a wall section of a building comprising the steps of forming a wall unit from a pair of posts that are spaced apart and each of which has an abutment face directed toward the other of said posts, locating at least one log to extend between each said abutment face, securing said log to said posts to form a self contained wall unit, providing a tapered formation on an other face different to said abutment face of at least one of said posts, said formation having a pair of laterally spaced convergent flanks whose lateral spacing varies along the longitudinal axis of said one of said posts, said formation facilitating connection to an exposed face of an adjacent portion of said wall section having a complementary formation formed on said exposed face thereof, positioning said wall unit with said other face directed to said exposed face and said formations offset along a longitudinal axis of said posts and connecting said unit to said portion by moving said one of said posts relative to said exposed face to engage said formations and move said other face and said exposed face toward one another as said formations engage.
A wall section of a building having a pair of self contained wall units connected to one another, each of said wall units comprising a pair of posts each having a longitudinal axis, said posts being spaced apart and each having an abutment face directed toward the other of said posts, at least one log extending between each of said abutment faces and being secured thereto to form with said posts said self contained wall unit, at least one of said posts of each of said wall units having an other face different to said abutment face and configured to abut an other face of an adjacent post of the other of said pair of wall units, said other face of each said posts having a formation thereon extending along said longitudinal axis to facilitate connection of said wall units, each of said formations including a pair of laterally spaced convergent flanks, the lateral spacing between said flanks varying progressively along said longitudinal axis to provide a tapered formation of progressively reducing width, said formation of one of said wall units being complimentary to said formation of the other wall unit to permit said formations to nest one within the other and to connect said wall units.
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