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US3796124A
US3796124A US00197017A US3796124DA US3796124A US 3796124 A US3796124 A US 3796124A US 00197017 A US00197017 A US 00197017A US 3796124D A US3796124D A US 3796124DA US 3796124 A US3796124 A US 3796124A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B21/00—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings
    • F16B21/10—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings by separate parts
    • F16B21/20—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings by separate parts for bolts or shafts without holes, grooves, or notches for locking members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D3/00—Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets
    • E04D3/36—Connecting; Fastening
    • E04D3/3605—Connecting; Fastening of roof covering supported directly by the roof structure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • 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
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S411/00—Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
    • Y10S411/915—Bolt having packing joint
    • 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
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S411/00—Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
    • Y10S411/918—Threadless nut

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  • ABSTRACT A system for clamping a first member to'a second member to be preferably used in the building art by means of a rod passing at least through one of the members, comprising a resilient sealing member to be fit on the rod to insulate said rod from said at least one of said members, a multiclamp fastener consisting of superimposed plate member to be pressfitted on said rod above said resilient sealing member to press said resilient sealing member into sealing engagement with said one member and to retain said rod in proper position to which end said fastener has a plurality of resilient tongue members entering in clamping contact with said rod.
  • the present invention relates to a system for clamping corrugated sheet members to define a roof and the like structure, to a roof supporting beam structure and said system includes more particularly a multiclamp fastener for rods and a resilient sealing member for each rod and which are the linking means which link together the different structural members, such as for instance a roof supporting beam structure which is to support the corrugated sheet members, with said members.
  • a clamping system to be useful in the type of structure hereinabove mentioned, should provide the necessary means to avoid leakages of rain water passing along the tie rods and should at the same time be easily adjustable and replaceable.
  • the present invention provides for a system for clamping corrugated sheet members to define a roof and the like structure, to a roof supporting beam structure, comprising rods, each rod including a hook end portion to be linked to said beam structure, said corrugated sheet members having perforations, said rods being adapted to project through said perforations, and said corrugated sheet members being adapted to rest on said roof supporting beam structure, resilient sealing members, one to be mounted on each of said rods, each resilient sealing member comprising a tubular body portion including a bore, said tubular body portion having a substantially cylindrical lower end portion with a constant cross sectional area bore portion and a frustoconical upper end portion with decreasing cross sectional area bore portions, decreasing towards the free end of said frustoconical upper end portion, a wing member integral with said tubular body portion surrounding said tubular body portion at the zone of confluence of said cylindrical lower end portion and said frustoconical upper end portion, said wing member having a peripheral edge defining an extremely resilient portion thereof,
  • the hereinabove defined system includes two important means, of which the first one is the multiclamp fastener for rods and the second one is the resilient sealing member.
  • the multiclamp fastener may be used in combination with rods, without requiring the resilient sealing member, such as for instance for connecting together two wood beams.
  • a multiclamp fastener for rods comprising a plurality of superimposed plate members, each plate member defining a general plane and having a peripheral edge, a central bore and radially projecting, spaced apart recesses beginning at said bore and being directed towards said peripheral edge but spaced apart therefrom, each recess increasing in area from said central bore towards its outer end portion, forming in-between adjacent recesses tongue members the area of which is complementary to the shape of said recesses, but the area of each tongue member is smaller than that of each of said recesses, each tongue member being bent out of the general plane of said plate member at an angle of approximately 45", an outwardly projecting ear member emerging from said peripheral edge, and an ear member receiving recess in said peripheral edge spaced apart from said ear member in a distance equal to the distance between a recess and its adjacent tongue member, thus the ear member receiving recess of one plate member is adapted to house the ear member receiving recess of one plate member is adapted to house the ear member receiving rece
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a resilient sealing member for a rod to be used in combination with the hereinabove defined multiclamp fastener said sealing member comprising a tubular body portion including a bore, said tubular body portion having a substantially cylindrical lower end portion with a constant crossed sectional area bore portion and a frustoconical upper end portion with decreasing cross sectional area bore portions, decreasing towards the free end of said frustoconical upper end portion and a wing member integral with said tubular body portion surrounding said tubular body portion at the zone of confluence of said cylindrical lower end portion and said frustoconical upper end portion, said wing member having a peripheral edge defining an extremely resilient portion thereof.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematical sectional view of the system for clamping a corrugated sheet member, to define a roof structure, to a roof supporting beam structure.
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a plate member to form part of the multiclamp fastener.
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the plate member of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a detail in perspective view of an ear member and associated peripheral edge of the plate member.
  • FIG. 5 is a detail in perspective view of the ear member receiving recess in said peripheral edge of said plate member.
  • FIG. 6 is a side elevation of a pair of clamped together beam members by means of a pair of rods and associated multiclamp fasteners mounted on said rods.
  • FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 8 is a longitudinal section through a resilient sealing member.
  • the multiclamp fastener 1 (FIG. 6) comprises a plurality preferably two superimposed plate members 2 (FIGS. 2 and 3) which are of identical shape and structure. Each plate member 2 defines a general plane 3 (FIG. 3) and the plate member as such is circular in shape and has a peripheral edge 4 (FIG. 2).
  • each recess 6 increases in area from said central bore 5 towards its outer end portion 8. More particularly, the outer end portion 8 could be identified as the bottom wall of the recess 6 and integral with converging side walls 9, which converge towards the central bore '5.
  • each recess 6 increases in area from said central bore 5 towards its outer end portion 8.
  • a tongue member is formed, the area of which is complementary to the shape of said recesses 6, but the area of each tongue member 10 is smaller than the area of each of said recesses 6.
  • each tongue member 10 of one plate member 2 can be housed in a recess 6 of a superimposed plate member (see FIGS. 1 and 6) without entering in contact with the side walls 9 of said recess 6, so that each tongue member can freely operate.
  • Each tongue member 10 is bent out of the general plane 3 at an angle of approximately 45, as clearly shown in FIG. 3.
  • the area of the central bore 5 is defined by the free end portions 11 of the tongue members 10.
  • the crosssectional area of bore 5 should be slightly less than that of a rod 12 (FIG. 6) to which the multiclamp fastener 11 is to be clamped. It will be readily understood that the tongue members 10 must have a certain resiliency and elasticity to enable the fitting over a rod 12.
  • Each plate member 2 has at the peripheral edge 4 (see also FIG. 4) an outwardly and more particularly downwardly projecting ear member 13.
  • This ear member is produced by making two cuts 14 and bending the middle portion 13 downwardly.
  • the ear member 13 is symmetricallly located with regard to the radius 15 (FIG. 2) passing through the middle of the bottom wall 8.
  • the peripheral edge 4 (see also FIG. 5) has furthermore an ear member receiving recess 16 which is spaced apart from said ear member 13 in a distance equal to the distances existing between a recess 6 and its adjacent tongue member 10, or in other words, the recess 16 is fonned in the portion corresponding to the radius 17 (FIG. 2) passing through the middle of the free end portion 11 of the tongue member 10. It is not necessary, as shown in FIG. 2, that the recess 16 is directly adjacently arranged the ear member 13, it could be a multiple of the distance existing between a recess 6 and its adjacent tongue member 10.
  • each tongue member 10 operates freely within its proper position and clamps the pertinent rod 12, the cross-sectional area of which is slightly larger than that of central bore 5, whereby the tongues become slightly outwardly flectioned.
  • each ear member 13 projects in the opposite direction with regard to the tongue member 10.
  • FIG. 1 a structure is shown consisting of a schematically indicated roof supporting beam structure 20, which supports one or several corrugated sheet member 21, to define a roof. To this end, the corrugated sheet member 21 has spaced apart perforations 22 (only one shown) to anchor the corrugated sheet member 21 to the roof supporting beam structure 20.
  • Tie rod 23 projects through perforation 22.
  • the multiclamp fastener 1 is mounted on the outwardly projecting free end portion of tie rod 23, and between the corrugated sheet member 21 and the multiclamp fastener 1, a resilient sealing member 25 is arranged.
  • This sealing member 25 has been so conceived that it assures that there is no metal contact between the tie rod 23 and the corrugated sheet member 21 at the same time as it provides a good sealing, so that no water (rain) may leak along the tie rod 23 or through the perforation 22.
  • the resilient sealing member must provide a number of features which will now be explained in connection with FIG. 8.
  • the resilient sealing member comprises a tubular body portion 26 including bore 27.
  • the tubular body portion 26 is divided into a substantially cylindrical lower end portion 28 with a constant cross-sectional area bore portion 29 which may be easily fit over the rod 23 and a frustoconical upper end portion 30 with decreasing cross-sectional area bore portions, which is actually the tapered bore portion 31.
  • This tapered bore portion 31 requires that the resilient sealing member 25 is force fitted onto the rod 12, because the cross-sectional area of the rod 12 is larger that at least the smallest crosssectional areas of bore 31, thereby providing a good sealing between the rod 23 and the sealing member 25.
  • the upper end portion 30 which is frustoconical, provides for a rain deflector, so that the water which runs along the outwardly projecting end of the tie rod 23 is deviated along the outer surface of the frustoconical end portion 30.
  • a wing member 32 integral with said tubular body portion 26 surrounds the latter at the zone of confluence of said cylindrical lower end portion 28 and said frustoconical upper end portion 30.
  • the lower face 33 of the wing member 32 is concavely shaped, if the sealing member is intended for corrugated sheet members.
  • peripheral edge 34 defines an extremely resilient ridge 35, which is preferably a downwardly projecting tapered ridge, so that, as best seen in FIG. 1, a perfect sealing engagement is established between the wing 32 and the corrugated sheet member 21, upon the multiclamp fastener 1 entering in press fitting engagement with the resilient sealing member 25.
  • the plate members 2 although designed for use together, exhibit their inventive characteristics when considered independently and may be sold and/or used individually; that the plate members 2 may be adapted by adjustment of tongue and recess sizes and shapes and orientation means for use in pluralities exceeding two (e.g., in threes superimposed and oriented relatively so that no tongue is superimposed on any other tongue) or for use on rods not of circular cross-section; and that for the ear and ear receiving recess there may be substituted alternative orientation defining means within the realm of any competent person to devise in the light of the disclosure of this Application.
  • a fastener for engaging the periphery of a rod comprising, a substantially planar peripheral portion, a plurality of circumferentially spaced tongues defining a central bore and all extending at an angle to the plane of the peripheral portion inwardly from the peripheral portion radially toward and in the same direction along the axis of said bore, the tongues beingspaced by, and with the peripheral portion defining, recesses, each recess being larger in area than and of a shape to encompass said tongue, and orientation means consisting of an ear member extending from the peripheral portion normal to said plane and an ear receiving recess in the peripheral portion, the ear member and the ear receiving recess being equally spaced from said axis and angularly spaced apart about said axis by an angle equal to the angular spacing, about said axis, of the center of a said recess and a said tongue.
  • peripheral portion is annular and the ear member and receiving recess are positioned at the outer edge of the peripheral portion.
  • a fastener according to claim 1 wherein the tongues are all identical, the recesses spacing the tongues are all identical and increase in width from said bore toward said peripheral portion, and the angle of the tongues to said plane is approximately 4.
  • each tongue increases in width from its free end to the peripheral portion.
  • a fastener according to claim 1 wherein the angular spacing of the ear member and the ear receiving recess is a multiple of the angular spacing of the center of adjacent recesses and tongues.
  • a multiclamp fastener for rods comprising at least two fasteners, each fastener comprising a substantially planar peripheral portion, a plurality of circumferentially spaced tongues defining a central bore and all extending at an angle to the plane of the peripheral portion inwardly from the peripheral portion radially toward and in the same direction along the axis of said bore, the tongues being spaced by, and with the peripheral portion defining, recesses, each recess being larger in area than and of a shape to encompass said tongue, and orientation means having complimentary parts equally spaced from said axis and angularly spaced apart about said axis by a desired angle, wherein the desired angle equals the angular spacing, about said axis, of the center of a said recess and a said tongue, and the complimentary parts comprise an ear member extending from the peripheral portion and an ear receiving recess in the peripheral portion, the fasteners in use being superimposed in coaxial relationship with the ear member of one engaging the ear receiving recess
  • a multiclamp fastener further comprising a resilient sealing member, including a tubular body portion having a bore, said tubular body portion having a substantially cylindrical lower end portion with a constant cross sectional area bore portion and a frustoconical upper end portion with decreasing cross sectional area bore portion, decreasing towards the free end of said frustoconical upper end portion, and a wing member integral with said tubular body portion surrounding said tubular body portion at the zone of confluence of said cylindrical lower end portion and said frustoconical upper end portion, said wing member having a peripheral edge defining an extremely resilient portion thereof.
  • a fastener for engaging the periphery of a rod comprising a substantially planar peripheral portion, a
  • each recess being larger in area than and of a shape to encompass said tongue
  • orientation means having complementary parts equally spaced from said axis and angularly spaced apart about said axis by a desired angle wherein the complementary parts comprise an ear member extending from the peripheral portion and an ear receiving recess in the peripheral portion and wherein the desired angle equals the angular spacing, about said axis, of the center of a said recess and a said tongue.
  • a multiclamp fastener for rods comprising at least two fasteners, each fastener comprising a substantially planar peripheral portion, a plurality of circumferentially spaced tongues defining a central bore and all extending at an angle to the plane of the peripheral portion inwardly from the peripheral portion radially toward and in the same direction along the axis of said bore, the tongues being spaced by, and with the peripheral portion defining, recesses, each recess being larger in area than and of a shape to encompass said tongue, and orientation means having complimentary parts equally spaced from said axis and angularly spaced apart about said axis by an angle which ensures that when the fasteners are superimposed in coaxial relationship with a said complementary part of one engaging a said complimentary part of another, the tongues of that one fastener are superimposed on the recesses of the other.

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