Rafter to plate connection

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1992-10-13

1994-08-09

Cuomo, Peter M.

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Openwork; e.g., truss, trellis, grille, screen, frame, or...

Three-dimensional space-defining

4032321, 52 922, 52713, 52645, E04B 136

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053354699

ABSTRACT:
A rafter to plate connection in a wood frame building including wood top plate, and a wood rafter joined by a variable pitch connector including a rafter seat for receiving a portion of the wood rafter, a fixed base member affixed to the outside edge of the wood top plate, first and second side members joined to opposite sides of the wood rafter, an adjustable base member joined to the rafter seat along a bend line and having a lower end in contact with the upper surface of the wood top plate. Fasteners join the fixed base member to the outside edge of the wood top plate, the adjustable base member to the wood top plate and the wood rafter to the side members.

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Graphic Guide to Frame Construction, Thallon 1992 cover, title page and pages 124 & 125.
p. 3 Kant Sag catalog (United Stell Products) 1992.

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