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US3523613A
US3523613A US698218A US3523613DA US3523613A US 3523613 A US3523613 A US 3523613A US 698218 A US698218 A US 698218A US 3523613D A US3523613D A US 3523613DA US 3523613 A US3523613 A US 3523613A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G1/00—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground
    • E04G1/02—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground composed essentially of members elongated in one dimension only, e.g. poles, lattice masts, with or without end portions of special form, connected together by any means
    • E04G1/12—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground composed essentially of members elongated in one dimension only, e.g. poles, lattice masts, with or without end portions of special form, connected together by any means comprising members of special, e.g. composite, cross-section or with lugs or the like or lateral apertures for supporting or attaching other members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G1/00—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground
    • E04G1/02—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground composed essentially of members elongated in one dimension only, e.g. poles, lattice masts, with or without end portions of special form, connected together by any means
    • E04G1/04—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground composed essentially of members elongated in one dimension only, e.g. poles, lattice masts, with or without end portions of special form, connected together by any means the members being exclusively poles, rods, beams, or other members of similar form and simple cross-section
    • E04G1/08—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground composed essentially of members elongated in one dimension only, e.g. poles, lattice masts, with or without end portions of special form, connected together by any means the members being exclusively poles, rods, beams, or other members of similar form and simple cross-section secured together by bolts or the like penetrating the members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G7/00—Connections between parts of the scaffold
    • E04G7/02—Connections between parts of the scaffold with separate coupling elements
    • E04G7/26—Connections between parts of the scaffold with separate coupling elements for use with specially-shaped scaffold members

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  • Beams, horizontal braces, cross braces or the like may be releasably fastened to both pairs of opposing sidewalls by releasable fasteners which will then be disposed at angles to each other as they span the respective pairs of sidewalls.
  • This invention relates to a structural member for readily assembled and disassembled structures, and more particularly to a structural member having preformed openings for receiving fastening devices.
  • the present invention is directed to a structural member for use in structures such as that disclosed in Schell, Pat. No. 2,932,368 in which vertical columns of C-shaped cross section have preformed holes to receive locking pins to secure horizontal beams to the column.
  • the locking pins are generally U-shaped witha pair of spaced pin members to fit into preformed openings on an angle plate secured to the beam and into alined openings in the column so that beams are secured to the columns without the use of special tools.
  • the horizontal braces and cross braces between columns are welded to the latter after being inserted into the open mouth of the C-shaped cross section columns. These columns, therefore, are readily releasable from the beams with removal of the locking pins but are not readily attached or detached from side braces.
  • a general object of the invention is to provide a structural member for use in structures, such as that of the foregoing kind, but having preformed openings to facilitate connection of side braces or the like with releasable fasteners.
  • a more specific object of the invention is to provide a structural member having sufficient strength to serve as a column for a structure such as a storage building, storage rack, storage bin, scaffold or the like While having preformed openings in each of its faces for facilitating the connection of cross braces, beams or the like.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a structural member, for use in readily assembled structures, in the form of an elongated tube of rectangular cross section having preformed openings to receive a releasable locking pin, these openings being disposed in a first pair of longitudinal walls having columns of transversely alined and longitudinally spaced holes, the tube having other preformed openings to receive other releasable fasteners, these latter openings being disposed in columns of holes in the other pair of walls of the tube.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a collapsible storage rack employing structural members of the present invenon as vertical columns;
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary, enlarged perspective view of one of the columns of FIG. 1.
  • the columns extend upwardly to support the load of a roof and the columns thus not only must support the load of the items being stored but also the load of the building roof.
  • the four upstanding columns 10 rest on base plates 18 and are connected to and stabilized by longitudinally extending horizontal braces 21 and cross braces 22, which are in the form of fiat strips of metal and interconnect columns in a fore-and-aft direction.
  • the columns 10 are connected to and stabilized by transverse horizontal beams 24 and 25 which are spaced vertically and support the rails and the loads thereon.
  • transverse horizontal beams 24 and 25 are spaced vertically and support the rails and the loads thereon.
  • welded angle plates 26 which abut vertical sides of the columns 10 and are adapted to receive a readily releasable and insertable locking pin 28, which is of the kind shown in US. Pat. No. 2,932,368, to secure the beams to the columns.
  • the openings 32 and 36 are aligned in longitudinal rows or columns disposed adjacent longitudinally extending corners 38 and 39, respectively of the member 10 and the respective openings in one row are transversely aligned with the openings in the other row.
  • a plurality of openings 40 are preformed in the sidewall 34 and are aligned in a row or column adjacent the vertical corner 41 of the member 10.
  • Receiving the ends of elongated pins inserted through an opening 40 are a series of longitudinally spaced and transversely aligned openings 42, which are preformed in the sidewall 35 adjacent a corner 44 of the member 10.
  • each of the preformed holes 3 2, 36, 40 and 42 is disposed in a common transverse plan normal to the longitudinal axis of the column.
  • the structural member is in the form of a closed wall tube having opposed sidewalls 45 and 46 to which braces 21 or beams 24 may be detachably connected by a fastener, such as a bolt 48 and a nut 49, the shank of the bolt being inserted through a preformed opening 50 in a sidewall 45 and a preformed opening 52 in the opposite sidewall 46.
  • a fastener such as a bolt 48 and a nut 49
  • the shank of the bolt being inserted through a preformed opening 50 in a sidewall 45 and a preformed opening 52 in the opposite sidewall 46.
  • the openings 50 and 52 are each aligned longitudinally in respective rows or columns and the openings in one wall are disposed transversely opposite the openings on the other wall to receive a bolt spanning the column.
  • the structural members not only have preformed openings along their longitudinal edges in the first pair of sidewalls 34 and 35 to receive fasteners of a locking pin kind but also afford longitudinal columns of transversely alined openings 50 and 52 in the other pair of sidewalls to receive fasteners for releasable connecting cross or side braces.
  • the openings 50 and 52 are circular in shape and are spaced longitudinally and intermediate the openings 32 and 40 in the other pair of sidewalls to avoid weakening of the members, which could occur, if all of the holes were alined in a single transverse plane.
  • a suitable number of holes 50 and 52 are provided in the columns to allow the proper positioning of the cross braces and side braces.
  • the closed wall tubular member 10 of rectangular cross section has increased strength over the prior art C-crosssection member because of the additional metal and the joining of the previously unconnected flanges. From the foregoing it will be seen that the structural member is tubular in shape with preformed openings arranged in columns in each sidewall to facilitate the use of the structural member in readily assembled and disassembled structures. Also, it will be seen that the structural member has sufiicient strength to be used in a number of different heavy duty environments.
  • a storage rack structure comprising a plurality of spaced vertical columns, each column being in the form of an elongated tube of rectangular cross section designed to serve as a corner post in a rack structure, said tubes each having first and second pairs of parallel sidewalls, said first pair of parallel sidewalls each having two rows of vertically spaced holes located along the respective lateral edges thereof, each of said holes in one sidewall being horizontally aligned in a fore-and-aft direction with a hole in the other of said first pair of sidewalls and being adapted to receive an insertable elongated pin which passes therethrough spanning said first pairs of sidewalls, said pin being part of a pin member designed to connect a horizontal beam to said column at a desired vertical level, said second pair of sidewalls each having a plurality of vertically spaced holes each of which holes in said second pair of sidewalls is laterally aligned with a hole in the other of said second pair of sidewalls and is adapted to receive an elongated fastener extending laterally through
  • a storage rack structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein a plurality of brace members in the form of flat metal strips are provided extending fore-and-aft between said columns, said brace members including two parallel horizontal members and two diagonal members arranged in the form of an X, the apertures in each said brace member being aligned with an aperture in another of said brace members, and wherein four of said fasteners are provided to connect said two diagonal and two horizontal brace members to said columns.

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US3877579A (en) * 1974-03-21 1975-04-15 Speedrack Inc Adjustable connector for structural members
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US4908544A (en) * 1988-08-03 1990-03-13 Whirlpool Corporation Storage bin mounting system for a refrigerator and method of assembly
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US20080290057A1 (en) * 2007-05-21 2008-11-27 Zupancich Sr Ronald J Railway Car Loading Rack
US20100200716A1 (en) * 2009-02-09 2010-08-12 International Business Machines Corporation Modular rack for electronic systems
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US9044086B1 (en) * 2013-03-22 2015-06-02 Thomas J. Johnston Modular storage rack system
US9066585B2 (en) * 2011-12-20 2015-06-30 Andrew L. Kirby Storage rack, flexible moment frame for reducing seismic damage to stored goods
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US3796503A (en) * 1970-07-30 1974-03-12 Dowty Meco Ltd Belt conveyors
US3871784A (en) * 1973-03-21 1975-03-18 Horn James Van Bracket support structure
US3877579A (en) * 1974-03-21 1975-04-15 Speedrack Inc Adjustable connector for structural members
US4269173A (en) * 1978-04-27 1981-05-26 Libbey-Owens-Ford Company System for mounting solar collector panels
US4908544A (en) * 1988-08-03 1990-03-13 Whirlpool Corporation Storage bin mounting system for a refrigerator and method of assembly
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US20110036342A1 (en) * 2004-03-30 2011-02-17 Energy Innovations, Inc. Solar collector mounting array
US20070138158A1 (en) * 2005-12-21 2007-06-21 Young Steven B Steel mesh welding stock rack
US7748546B2 (en) * 2006-01-27 2010-07-06 Konstant Products, Inc. Reinforced and bolted rack truss
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US7753220B2 (en) * 2006-01-27 2010-07-13 Konstant Products, Inc. Reinforced and bolted rack truss
US20070175846A1 (en) * 2006-01-27 2007-08-02 Konstant Products, Inc. Reinforced and bolted rack truss
US20080290057A1 (en) * 2007-05-21 2008-11-27 Zupancich Sr Ronald J Railway Car Loading Rack
US20100200716A1 (en) * 2009-02-09 2010-08-12 International Business Machines Corporation Modular rack for electronic systems
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US9066585B2 (en) * 2011-12-20 2015-06-30 Andrew L. Kirby Storage rack, flexible moment frame for reducing seismic damage to stored goods
US9359135B2 (en) * 2013-02-12 2016-06-07 Murata Machinery, Ltd. Storage shelf
US20160001976A1 (en) * 2013-02-12 2016-01-07 Murata Machinery, Ltd. Storage shelf
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US10342333B2 (en) * 2013-10-11 2019-07-09 Steel King Industries, Inc. Double-wide drive-in storage rack assembly with dual-rail truss-beam
US20220219898A1 (en) * 2019-05-27 2022-07-14 Tgw Mechanics Gmbh Rack storage system and rack frame part for a rack storage system
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CN113882643A (zh) * 2021-09-28 2022-01-04 中建八局第一建设有限公司 一种焊接球钢网架的安装装置

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