Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Means compensating earth-transmitted force – Cross bracing
Patent
1998-02-13
2000-01-18
Kent, Christopher T.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Means compensating earth-transmitted force
Cross bracing
52 4, 522231, 522238, 524811, 52695, 52712, 403300, 403308, 403331, 403353, E04H 902
Patent
active
060148438
ABSTRACT:
Wood framed walls of buildings are strengthened against destructive wind and seismic forces by spaced lengths of vertical wire rope having enlarged bulbous portions swagged on each end. A metal sleeve and a metal plate are slipped onto such lengths prior to swagging. Other lengths of wire rope only having bulbous portions are connected to attachments after forming a cross brace, and at least one cross brace is located in each major wall of a one-story building. The cross brace can be attached to a foundation structure of the building below a floor plate and/or to a stud and floor plate. The foundation structure may be concrete or other floor joist or the like. The wire ropes, may be located on a first story with another cross brace on another story thereabove with metal rods therebetween or the wire ropes forming two generally vertical cross braces may be formed from a pair of wire ropes with two metal sleeves between the stories through which the wire ropes extend. Several special connectors and embodiments are included.
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Brackett Charles T.
Crumley Harvel K.
Kent Christopher T.
Maddox Nkeisha J.
Yeager Arthur G.
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