F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – B
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
16
B
F16B 15/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2618027
A U-shaped connector (10) for connecting together abutting or adjoining timber elements includes a stem portion extending between two kinked spike portions (14,16) with each spike portion (14,16) extending in a common direction from the stem portion. Each kinked spike portion (14,16) is comprised of four straight portions (15,18,20,22 and 17,19,21,23) of equal length joined end-to- end, with each straight portion extending at an angle to its adjacent portion. Distal ends (24,25) of each tip portion (22,23) are sharpened and splayed wider than the stem portion. On installation, the flexibility of connector (10) is sufficient to provide a compressive force to the abutting faces of the timbers being joined with the kinked spike portions (14,16) moving outwards away from each other so as to increase the connector~s pull out resistance.
Raccord en forme de U (10) pour relier ensemble des éléments de charpente contigus ou adjacents, incluant une tige s~étendant entre deux portions en pointe courbées (14, 16), chacune des portions en pointe (14, 16) s~étendant dans une même direction par rapport à la tige. Chaque portion en pointe courbée (14, 16) est constituée de quatre portions droites (15, 18, 20, 22 et 17, 19, 21, 23), de même longueur reliées bout à bout, chaque portion droite formant un angle avec la portion adjacente. Les extrémités distales (24, 25) de chaque pointe (22, 23) sont acérées et ébrasées plus largement que la tige. Lors de l~installation, la flexibilité de ce raccord (10) est suffisante pour fournir une force de compression aux faces contiguës des éléments de charpente joints aux portions en pointe courbées (14, 16), s~éloignant l~une de l~autre de manière à augmenter la force de résistance du raccord.
Doole Kevin Graham
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Superior Ip International Pty Ltd
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