Joints and connections – Branched – Three or more radiating members
Patent
1983-08-01
1986-01-28
Murtagh, John E.
Joints and connections
Branched
Three or more radiating members
52 81, 403175, 403176, 4032321, E04B 132
Patent
active
045668183
ABSTRACT:
A ledger hanger for a geodesic dome having a seat and upstanding sidewalls connected to a spline which serves as a seat back and an adaptor connected to the spline. The adapter connects to a metal hub connector in the wall of the geodesic dome. A special pin securely attaches the ledger hanger to the structural metal hub in the wall. Ledger members are placed in the seats of the ledger hanger, bolted and form a secure partial or full ring around the inside perimeter of the dome at a second floor height.
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Timberline Geodesics, copyright 1981.
Louden Dairy Barn Fittings Plate 5 received Jun. 25, 1915.
Geodesics by Edard Popko .COPYRGT.1968 by U. of Detroit Press, Figs. 69-78.
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Miller Robert G.
Schwartz Victor M.
Cypher James R.
Murtagh John E.
Timberline Geodesics, Inc.
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