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US2421305A
US2421305A US609996A US60999645A US2421305A US 2421305 A US2421305 A US 2421305A US 609996 A US609996 A US 609996A US 60999645 A US60999645 A US 60999645A US 2421305 A US2421305 A US 2421305A
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Konrad L Wachsmann
Gropius Walter
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/38—Connections for building structures in general
    • E04B1/48—Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/34—Branched
    • Y10T403/341—Three or more radiating members
    • Y10T403/344—Plural pairs of axially aligned members

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  • This invention relates to buildings intended for various purposes, such as dwellings, camps, barracks, and others.
  • Patent No. 2,355,192, granted August 8, 1944, to us a building is disclosed which is composed of prefabricated unit-s which are releasably secured together substantially throughout the structure by wedge connectors of a novel form. That invention represents an important advancement in the art of prefabricated buildings, and the present invention aims both to develop. and perfect the invention disclosed in said patent and also to devise other means for performing, even more effectively, certain functions of elements of the building there disclosed.
  • this invention aims to improve the wedge connectors used in said building in such a manner that all of these connector elements can be installed in the panels, or other building units, at the factory, thus simplifying the assembling operation at the site of the building and reducing the labor of assembly.
  • Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the more essential parts of a building joint constructed in accordance with this invention
  • Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are perspective views showing successive steps in a typical method of assembling the elements of the joint structure
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view, with some parts in section, in order better to illustrate the construction and showing the final step in the assembly of the four building members which are united at any joint by a wedge connector embodying this invention
  • Fig. 6 is a sectional view immediately beside the connector of a joint structure embodying this invention.
  • Fig. '7 is a horizontal, sectional view through a building wall at the junction of two sections.
  • Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but .taken at a point above or below the wedge connector.
  • this invention preferably makes use of the standard frame units or building units disclosed in the patent above designated,
  • each side piece 2 is shown as made substantially in accordance with the construction illustrated in the patent, each side piece and each end piece being assumed to be made of joist of 2 x 4, 2 x 3, or some other convenient dimension.
  • Each of these edge pieces has a fiat edge face 0, Fig. 1, flanked by two bevelled faces M, and this is true whether these areside or end pieces.
  • These bevelled faces make an angle of with each other and form angles of 45 with the edge faces 0.
  • Four of these edge members are connected at any building joint as shown, for example, in Figs.
  • the wedge connector provided by this invention also is different from that shown in the patent, although in its general organization it is similar to the latter. It comprises a two-part connector consisting of plate-like elements Ill and i0, Fig. and two cross pieces l2-i2 which, when the joint has been completed, are associated with the cross pieces in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4. As above stated, at each building joint four of these joists or edge pieces 2 are secured together by one or more wedge connectors. For this pur- PQSQ each of the four pieces 2 is slotted at inter- 3 vals, as shown at e, and each slot e is intersected by another slot or mortise I cut into it from the edge face 0. This is like the construction of the patent, and for convenience the reference characters used in the patent will be used in this application, so far as possible, to designate corresponding parts.
  • the two parts It and ll) of the connector are similarly secured in their respective joists 22 by wedges l3, and these parts have shoulders h to engage the edge surfaces 0 and limit their movement. rearwardly into the joists. These shoulders are best shown in Fig. 6.
  • the wedges I 3 are grooved on the faces opposite to those which engage the wedge connector elements so as to bite into the wood and get a better hold. All of these parts can be secured to their respective joists at the factory where these operations and the driving of the wedges can be performed most efiiciently.
  • the third section is similarly disposed with its cross-piece l2 overlapped upon the first cross-piece and both releasably interlocked with the member 10 by the engagement of walls of the overlapped openings in said cross pieces with opposite sides of said member W.
  • the final step of interlocking the member l0 with the part III remains to be performed.
  • the edge of the fourth member 2, in which the connector piece I0 is secured is placed substantlally in the groove formed by the edge faces of the other three joists 2 and it is slid in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 5 until the hook j of the part 10' is engaged firmly under the corresponding hook it of the connector piece I 0.
  • 2-l2 are located are not pulled toward each other by the action just described, but they are prevented by the interlocking of the cross pieces with the connector Ill from moving away from each other.
  • the slidin engagement of the meeting planar surfaces of the two hooks a and 7" at each joint does positively draw both connector elements l0 and [0' toward each other laterally, and at the same time draws the two joists 22, to which they are anchored, inwardly toward the common central axi in which the planes of the bevelled surfaces d-d of all four joists intersect and from which all four parts of the wedge connector joint radiate.
  • the various wall, floor, ceiling, door, window, roof, and other sections of the building may be secured together in the same manner, and buildings having essentially the same characteristics as those described in the patent above mentioned may be fabricated with this novel joint structure while securing the advantage of economy, because of the greater amount of assembling which can be performed in the factory, and the correspondingly reduced amount of time and labor involved in assembling at the site of the building.
  • Fig. 7 shows a typical construction in a building wall, ceiling, floor, or roof.
  • the two lateral sections there shown are covered with siding or lining members l6 and the other two sections 2'--2' are filler pieces or filler strips.
  • One of the objects of this invention is to produce a junction of the sections so tight that these joints will be substantially weather-tight and no objectionable air leakage will occur through them.
  • the inner extension of the edge G, Fig. 7 seals all of the wedge slots e' which otherwise would be left open at the filler strip 2 shown at the upper part of Fig. 7.
  • the slot 6 of the right-hand edge piece 2 is sealed by the extending portion H of the filler piece, and the stepped edge 8 abutting against the complemental edge surface of the part I6 produces a joint through which any substantial air leakage is prevented.
  • each wedge I3 is notched, as shown at I3 in Fi 1, to give the rearward end portion of the wedge a dove-tail outline which facilitates the gripping of it by a pair of pincers, or similar tool, in order to withdraw the wedge in connection with the operation of dismantling the building, or when itis desired to remove it for any other reason.
  • each filler strip 2' are not symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal median plane of this member, one side, including the part H, being extended laterally considerably more than the other.
  • This asymmetrical relationship of the filler pieces is of further advantage in making a corner construction on a building, as will be evident from an inspection of Fig. 8.
  • the outer exposed corner consists simply of two filler pieces but they are joined to each other and to the two standard sections in the manner above described.
  • the edges G and H, however, of the two filler strips cooperate with each other at the extreme corner of the building to make a very tight, weatherbecause this can be done by initially removing the last of the filler strips inserted during erection of the building, and then proceeding to dismantle the other sections in a reverse order to that followed in assembling or erecting the building.
  • each panel having bevelled edges positioned in abutting relationship to the corresponding edges of those panels at opposite sides of it, a joint connecting said panels and including four parts substantially in radiating relationship with respect to said axis, one pair of said parts which are in oppositely disposed relation overlapping each other and having openings therein which also overlap each other, and two other parts located in opposed relationship to each other, one of the latter parts extendin into said openings and engaging walls of said openings which cooperate with said part to limit the movement of the first two parts away from each other, the second pair of said parts having surfaces in wedging relationship, one to the other, the plane of one at least of said wedging surfaces being inclined at an angle to said common axis, and means anchoring each of said panels to a corresponding radiating part of said joint.
  • each member positioned edge to edge about a common axis, each member having bevelled edges positioned in abutting relationship to the corresponding edges of those members at opposite sides of it, a joint connecting said members and including four parts substantially in radiating relationship with respect to said axis, one pair of said parts which are in oppositely disposed relation overlapping each other and having openings therein which also overlap each other, the other pair of said parts having surfaces wedged, one against the other, one of the latter parts extending into said openings, the wedging surface of at least one of the latter parts being inclined at an angle to said common axis, and means anchoring each of said building members to a corresponding radiating part of said joint, said anchoring means including a plurality of wedges.
  • said parts having surfaces wedged, one against the other, one of the latter parts extending into said openings, the wedglng surface or at least one or the latter parts being inclined at an angle to said common axis, and means anchoring each of said building members to a corresponding radiating part or said Joint, said anchoring means including a plurality of wedges, and slots in said building members and in said :loint parts into which said wedges extend when said parts are in assembled position.
  • each member positioned edge to edge about a common axis, each member having bevelled edges positioned in abutting relationship to the corresponding edges of those members at opposite sides of it, a joint connecting said members and including four parts substantially in radiating relationship with respect to said axis, one pair oi said-parts which are in oppositely disposed relation overlapping each other and having openings therein which also overlap each other, the other pair of said partshaving surfaces wedged, one against the other, one of the latter parts extending into said openings, the wedging surface of at least one of the latter parts being inclined at an angle tosaid common axis, and means anchoring each of said building members to a corresponding radiating part of said joint, said anchoring means in some at least of said building members including anchoring elements positioned transversely in slots formed in said members with the ends of the slots exposed at the sides of the members.
  • a joint connecting said members and including four parts substantially in radiating relaticnship with respect to said axis, one pair of said parts which-are in oppositely disposed relation overlapping each other and having openings therein which also overlap each other, the other pair of said parts having substantially planar mutually engaging surfaces, the planes of which are inclined at an angle with said common axis, and means anchoring each of said building members to a corresponding radiating part, whereby said second pair of joint parts are operable through the action of said inclined surfaces, one on the other, to draw the building members to which they are connected toward each other, and certain of said joint parts having shoulders adapted to engage said members.

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US3347574A (en) * 1963-02-11 1967-10-17 Strubin Klaus Connecting arrangement for furniture panels and the like
US3348865A (en) * 1964-12-23 1967-10-24 Sylvania Electric Prod Plaster frame
US6318046B1 (en) * 1999-10-21 2001-11-20 Weyerhaeuser Company Engineered wood member
US6519912B1 (en) * 2000-04-11 2003-02-18 Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation Composite wood products

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US1498921A (en) * 1920-08-25 1924-06-24 Fred J Keppler Convertible building
US1525098A (en) * 1923-03-29 1925-02-03 Louis L Levene Partition and like construction
US1669382A (en) * 1928-02-28 1928-05-08 Globe Wernicke Co Post construction
US1681074A (en) * 1927-12-29 1928-08-14 Frank B Wheat Sectional partition and panel structure
US2345018A (en) * 1941-10-13 1944-03-28 Teague Building construction
US2355192A (en) * 1942-05-30 1944-08-08 Gen Panel Corp Prefabricated building

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US1498921A (en) * 1920-08-25 1924-06-24 Fred J Keppler Convertible building
US1525098A (en) * 1923-03-29 1925-02-03 Louis L Levene Partition and like construction
US1681074A (en) * 1927-12-29 1928-08-14 Frank B Wheat Sectional partition and panel structure
US1669382A (en) * 1928-02-28 1928-05-08 Globe Wernicke Co Post construction
US2345018A (en) * 1941-10-13 1944-03-28 Teague Building construction
US2355192A (en) * 1942-05-30 1944-08-08 Gen Panel Corp Prefabricated building

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US3347574A (en) * 1963-02-11 1967-10-17 Strubin Klaus Connecting arrangement for furniture panels and the like
US3348865A (en) * 1964-12-23 1967-10-24 Sylvania Electric Prod Plaster frame
US6318046B1 (en) * 1999-10-21 2001-11-20 Weyerhaeuser Company Engineered wood member
US6635141B2 (en) 1999-10-21 2003-10-21 Weyerhaeuser Company Engineered wood member and method of its manufacture
US6519912B1 (en) * 2000-04-11 2003-02-18 Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation Composite wood products

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