NZ785898A - Connection of structural components in a building structure - Google Patents
Connection of structural components in a building structureInfo
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- NZ785898A NZ785898A NZ785898A NZ78589817A NZ785898A NZ 785898 A NZ785898 A NZ 785898A NZ 785898 A NZ785898 A NZ 785898A NZ 78589817 A NZ78589817 A NZ 78589817A NZ 785898 A NZ785898 A NZ 785898A
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- truss
- fastener
- tip
- recess
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Abstract
The present invention relates to connection of a structural component to at least one other structural component in the assembly of a building structure. One aspect of the invention has particular, though not exclusive, application to fixing of a roof member to another member in the assembly of the structure. Another aspect of the invention has application to fixing of a truss to another member in the assembly. The invention is particularly, though not exclusively, suited to construction of timber frame buildings.
Description
CONNECTION OF STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS IN A BUILDING STRUCTURE PRIORITY
Claims (83)
1. A method of assembling a building structure in which a truss is connected to a structural component, the method comprising effecting abutment between the truss and component and 5 fixing er the abutting truss and component with at least one fastener which has been preapplied to one of the truss and the component, wherein the or each pre-applied er is arranged so as not to preclude sliding between the abutting truss and component before the fixing together of the truss and component. 10
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the connection of the truss to the component is such that the truss is supported by the component in the building structure.
3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein ing abutment between the truss and component comprises positioning said one of the truss and component against the other when 15 said other is in situ.
4. A method ing to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said fixing comprises advancing the or each fastener into the other of the abutting truss and component. 20
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein advancing the or each er comprises driving that fastener into said other of the abutting truss and component.
6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the or each fastener is threaded and the g thereof into said other of the abutting truss and component comprises screwing it into said other 25 of the ng truss and component.
7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the or each fastener taps said other of the abutting truss and ent during screwing thereof into said other of the abutting truss and component.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the er is a self-tapping screw.
9. A method according to claim 5, wherein the or each fastener comprises a nail and the driving thereof into said other of the abutting truss and component comprises knocking it into 5 said other of the abutting truss and component.
10. A method according to any one of claims 4 to 9, wherein a leading end of the or each fastener is set back from a surface of the other of the truss and component upon said abutment being effected, and advancing that fastener comprises displacing the leading end thereof past or 10 through the surface such that it is received in said other of the abutting truss and component.
11. A method according to any one of claims 4 to 9, wherein a leading end of the or each fastener is only just ng a surface of the other of the truss and component upon said abutment being effected, and advancing that fastener comprises displacing the leading end 15 thereof past or through the surface such that it is received in said other of the abutting truss and component.
12. A method according to any one of claims 4 to 11, wherein said other of the truss and ent comprises at least one timber member and said fixing comprises advancing the or 20 each fastener into the timber member(s).
13. A method according to any one of claims 4 to 12, n said one of the truss and ent comprises at least one timber , within which the or each pre-applied fastener extends prior to the abutment being effected.
14. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said abutment is between a bottom chord of the truss and said component.
15. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, n said one of the truss 30 and component is said truss.
16. A method according to claim 15, n the or each fastener is pre-applied to a bottom chord of the truss. 5
17. A method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the or each fastener is pre-applied to a top chord of the truss.
18. A method according to any one of the preceding , wherein effecting said abutment comprises lowering the truss onto the component.
19. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein said abutment is effected by relative sideways nt between the truss and component.
20. A method according to claim 19, wherein said abutment is effected by moving said truss 15 sideways such that it is received against said component.
21. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, n the truss is a standard truss, valley truss, saddle truss, hip truss, jack truss, creeper truss or truncated girder truss. 20
22. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the component ses a wall structure.
23. A method according to claim 22, wherein the wall structure defines part of an internal wall in the building structure.
24. A method according to claim 22 or 23, wherein the wall ure defines part of an external wall in the building structure.
25. A method according to any one of claims 22 to 24, wherein the wall structure comprises 30 a frame and said abutment is between the truss and a member of the frame. 26. A method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, wherein the wall structure comprises a frame and said fixing comprises directly interconnecting the truss and a member of the frame via the fastener(s).
26. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein the component ses another truss.
27. A method according to any one of the preceding , being such that the truss is 10 connected to another structural component in the building structure, the method including effecting abutment between the truss and the other structural component at a location remote from said fastener(s) and fixing together the abutting truss and other ent with at least one fastener (“other fastener”) which has been pre-appliedto one of the truss and the other component, wherein the or each pre-applied other fastener is arranged so as not to preclude 15 g between the abutting truss and other component before the fixing together of the truss and other component.
28. A method according to claim 27, wherein said one of the truss and other component is said truss.
29. A method of assembling a building structure in which a first structural ent is connected to a second structural component, the method comprising positioning the first component relative to the second component y an exposed tip of at least one fastener applied to one of the components is received into a e of the other component or into a 25 recess in said surface such that it precludes translational displacement of the first component in a plane parallel to the e, and thereafter driving the or each fastener into the said other component to fix the components together.
30. A method ing to claim 29, wherein the or each fastener is applied to the first 30 component whereby said surface is a surface of the second component.
31. A method ing to claim 30, wherein the second component is in situ during the positioning of the first component and driving of the or each fastener. 5
32. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 31, n the connection of the first component to second component is such that the first component is supported by the second component in the building structure.
33. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 32, wherein the oning of the first 10 component comprises lowering the first component and the or each tip is arranged so as to project from the first component in a ion having a downward component or to project from the second component in a direction having an upward component, so as to be received into the surface or recess as a result of the lowering. 15
34. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 33, wherein the positioning of the first component comprises moving it sideways and the or each tip is arranged so as to project in a ion having a sideways component, so as to be received into said surface or recess as a result of the sideways movement of the first component. 20
35. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 34, wherein the oning of the first component comprises tilting or rotation of the first component whereby the receipt of the or each tip into said surface or recess is effected.
36. A method according to claim 35, wherein the tilting or rotation of the first component is 25 about a generally horizontal axis.
37. A method ing to claim 35 or 36, wherein the first component rests against the second component during the tilting or rotation thereof. 30
38. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 37, wherein the or each er is applied to said one ent in a manner such that it passes through said one component.
39. A method according to any one of any one of claims 29 to 38, wherein the or each er is threaded and the driving thereof into said other component comprises screwing it into 5 said other component.
40. A method according to claim 39, n the or each er taps the other component during screwing thereof into said other component. 10
41. A method according to claim 40, wherein the fastener is a self-tapping screw.
42. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 42, wherein the driving of the or each fastener comprises, before the screwing thereof, knocking or hammering it such that the tip thereof is at least partially embedded in said other component.
43. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 38, wherein the or each fastener ses a nail and the driving thereof into said other component comprises knocking it into said other component. 20
44. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 43, wherein said other component comprises a timber member defining said surface.
45. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 44, wherein said one component comprises a timber member from which the tip of the or each fastener projects.
46. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 45, wherein the or each er is applied to said one component such that the tip thereof protrudes from a e of said one component which is to abut said surface of said other component in the building structure. 30
47. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 46, wherein the first component is a truss.
48. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 47, wherein the or each fastener is applied to the truss such that the tip thereof protrudes from a member of the truss. 5
49. A method according to claim 47, wherein the or each fastener is applied to the second component and said surface is defined by a member of the truss.
50. A method according to claim 48 or 49, wherein said member of the truss is a bottom chord of the truss.
51. A method according to claim 48 or 49, wherein said member of the truss is a top chord of the truss.
52. A method according to any one of claims 47 to 51, wherein the truss is a standard truss, 15 valley truss, saddle truss, hip truss, jack truss, creeper truss or ted girder truss.
53. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 46, wherein the first component comprises a hip or jack extension member. 20
54. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 46, wherein the first component ses hip, jack or r, or a top chord of a hip, jack or creeper truss.
55. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 46, wherein the first ent comprises a rafter or creeper.
56. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 55, wherein the first component comprises a roof member.
57. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 56, wherein the second component 30 comprises a wall structure.
58. A method according to claim 57, wherein the wall structure defines part of an internal wall in the building structure. 5
59. A method according to claim 57 or 58, wherein the wall structure defines part of an external wall in the building structure.
60. A method according to any one of claims 57 to 59, wherein the wall structure comprises a frame having a member defining said surface.
61. A method ing to any one of claims 57 to 59, wherein the wall structure comprises a frame to which the or each fastener is applied such that an end thereof on which the tip is formed protrudes from a member of the frame, and said surface is d by the first
62. A method according to claim 60 or 61, wherein said member of the frame is a top plate.
63. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 56, wherein the second component comprises a truss.
64. A method according to claim 63, wherein the or each fastener is applied to the truss which the second component comprises, such that the tip thereof protrudes from a member of that truss. 25
65. A method according to claim 63, wherein the or each fastener is applied to the second component and said surface is d by a member of the truss which the second component comprises.
66. A method according to claim 64 or 65, n said member of the truss which the 30 second component comprises is a bottom chord of that truss.
67. A method according to claim 64 or 65, wherein said member of the truss which the second component comprises is a top chord of that truss 5
68. A method according to any one of claims 63 to 67, wherein the truss which the second component comprises is a standard truss, valley truss, saddle truss, hip truss, jack truss, creeper truss or truncated girder truss.
69. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 68, wherein, after the tip of the or each 10 fastener is received in said surface or recess, the first member is moved such that that tip contacts said other member at a location where the fastener is to be driven into said other member to fix the s together, and thence so driven.
70. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 69, wherein the or each fastener 15 comprises a shaft, which is driven into said other component when the components are fixed together, and a narrow leading end portion, on which said tip is defined, which is narrower than said shaft and which is received into the surface or recess when said tip is received into the surface or recess, the narrow leading end portion having an exterior face extending around it which is generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fastener, whereby, when said portion has 20 been received into the surface or recess, loading on the fastener which is perpendicular to said axis forces said exterior face against al in said other component such that there is little or no force component parallel to the axis exerted on the er or other ent resulting from the loading. 25
71. A method ing to any one of claims 29 to 70, wherein said tip is pointy, or gent in a direction from a ng end of the fastener to a leading end of the fastener, whereby receipt thereof into the surface or recess is facilitated.
72. A method according to any one claims 29 to 71, wherein the or each tip is received into 30 said surface to de said translational displacement.
73. A method according to claim 72, wherein the or each tip penetrates said other member so as to be received into said e to preclude said translational displacement. 5
74. A method according to any one of claims 29 to 71, wherein the or each tip is received into a said recess in said e to preclude said translational displacement.
75. A method according to claim 74, wherein the recess is defined by a hole in said other member.
76. A method according to claim 74 or 75 as dependent from claim 69, wherein the or each recess is at a said location.
77. A method according to any one of claims 49 to 76, including positioning the first 15 component whereby, at a location remote from said fastener(s), an exposed tip of at least one further fastener applied to one of the first component and another structural component which is to form part of the building structure is received into a surface of the other of those two components or into a recess in that e, such that it precludes translational cement of the first component in a plane parallel to that surface, and thereafter driving the or each er 20 into said other of said two components to fix said two components together.
78. A method according to claim 77, n said other structural component is said second component. 25
79. The building structure formed via a method according to any one of the preceding claims.
80. A truss for use as the truss in a method according to any one of claims 1 to 28, to which said at least one fastener is pre-applied, the or each pre-applied fastener being arranged so as 30 not to preclude g between the truss and component before the fixing together of the truss and component.
81. A component for use as said structural component in a method according to any one of claims 1 to 28, to which said at least one fastener is pre-applied, the or each plied fastener 5 being arranged so as not to preclude sliding between the truss and component before the fixing together of the truss and component.
82. A component for use as the first structural ent in a method according to any one of claims 29 to 79, to which said at least one fastener is applied, the tip(s) of the fastener(s) 10 being exposed so as to be receivable into the e of the second component or into a recess in said surface, upon the positioning of the first component relative to the second component, such that it precludes translational displacement of the first component in a plane parallel to the 15
83. A component for use as the second structural component in a method according to any one of claims 29 to 79, to which said at least one fastener is applied, the tip(s) of the fastener(s) being exposed so as to be receivable into the surface of the first ent or into a recess in said surface, upon the positioning of the first component relative to the second component, such that it precludes translational displacement of the first component in a plane parallel to the 20 surface.
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