IP Library Granted Patent US 9,828,773
Granted Patent B2
US 9,828,773 · App. 15/061,009 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Column end joint structure

Inventors: Junichi Imai (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Takashima (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Nakashima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
E04C3/36E04B1/26E04B1/38E04H9/021E04B2001/266E04B2001/2684E04B2001/2692
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Patent No.
US 9,828,773
App. No.
15/061,009
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a column end joint structure for joining an end of a column made of flat wooden material having a rectangular cross-section to a joining member, splitting generation at the end of the column is controlled. An expansion of crack is controlled when splitting generated. A cutout portion is provided in each of ends in a longitudinal direction of a column end face, and a joint fitting is coupled inside the cutout portion by a joint bolt. The joint fitting is coupled to a foundation by an anchor bolt. Joint fittings are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the end face inside each cutout portion. One joint fitting is located contacting or close to a surface of the column inside the cutout portion such that the joint fitting side face and the surface of the column inside the cutout portion restrain a displacement orthogonal to the column axis.

Claims (33)

1. A column end joint structure comprising:

a column made of a flat wooden material having a substantially rectangular cross-section, a length of one side of the column being larger than a length of an adjacent another side of the column;

a joining member to which an end portion of the column is joined;

a plurality of joint fittings for joining the column to the joining member; and

a plurality of joint bolts for coupling the joint fittings to the column;

wherein

a cutout portion is provided in each of both ends in a longitudinal direction of an end face of the column;

the joint fittings are coupled to the column by the joint bolts inserted in an axial direction of the column inside the cutout portion;

the joint fittings are coupled to the joining member;

two of the joint fittings are arranged apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the end face of the column inside each of the cutout portions;

one of the two joint fittings is located at a position in contact with or close to a surface in the axial direction of the column inside at least one of the cutout portions such that a side face of the joint fitting and the surface in the axial direction of the column inside the at least one of the cutout portions restrain a relative displacement in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the column,

at the end portion of the column, screws are threaded from a short side face of a column cross-section into the longitudinal direction of the cross-section;

a tip of each of the screws passes through a space between the joint bolts and a wider side face of the column and aside by the joint bolts inserted in the axial direction of the column and reaches a position exceeding positions of the joint bolts, and

the tip of each of the screws being pointed so that each of the screws can be self-threaded into the wooden material.

2. A column end joint structure comprising:

a column made of a flat wooden material having a substantially rectangular cross-section, a length of one side of the column being larger than a length of an adjacent another side of the column;

a joining member to which an end portion of the column is joined;

a plurality of joint fittings for joining the column to the joining member;

a plurality of joint bolts for coupling the joint fittings to the column; and

a plurality of screw members,

wherein

a cutout portion is provided in each of both ends in a longitudinal direction of an end face of the column;

the joint fittings are coupled to the column by the joint bolts inserted in an axial direction of the column inside the cutout portion;

the joint fittings are coupled to the joining member;

two of the joint fittings are arranged apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the end face of the column inside each of the cutout portions;

one of the two joint fittings is located at a position in contact with or close to a surface in the axial direction of the column inside at least one of the cutout portion such that a side face of the joint fitting and the surface in the axial direction of the column inside the at least one of the cutout portion restrain a relative displacement in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the column,

each of the screw members has a spiral blade body on an outer peripheral surface of a rod-shape shaft portion and a hole in the axial direction from an end face of the shaft portion;

two of the screw members are threaded into the axial direction of the column from inside each of the cutout portions;

each joint bolt is inserted into the respective hole in each of the respective screw members;

each joint bolt is threaded into an internal thread formed in a bottom portion of each respective hole;

at the end portion of the column, screws are threaded from a short side face of a column cross-section into the longitudinal direction of the cross-section;

a tip of each of the screws passes through a space between the screw member and a wider side face of the column and aside by the joint bolts inserted in the axial direction of the column and reaches a position exceeding positions of the joint bolts; and

the tip of each of the screws is pointed so that each of the screws can be self-threaded into the wooden material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2016
From: IMAI, JUNICHI; TAKASHIMA, HIROSHI; NAKASHIMA, HIROKI
To: SUMITOMO FORESTRY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-043684 · Mar 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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