This invention relates to structural members and in particular adjustable connections for use with structural members made from light steel.
The light steel framing market has been improving its floor and wall system products significantly during the past several years. Floor and wall systems have improved to provide better structural performance that allow for simplified installation and provisions for follow up trades. Light Steel Framed walls are sensitive to point loads caused by floor joists, so the connection between the floor system and the wall system is an area where designers often coordinate floor joists to align with the wall studs to accommodate the floor joist end reactions. Coordinating the joists with the studs causes an added complexity for drawing and assembling a structure. Alternatively there are many special shapes that are typically expensive to supply or expensive to install that provide distribution of high floor joist end reactions by distributing the load to multiple studs. A load distribution element allows a designer to place joists between the wall studs so that the joists do not have to be coordinated and located only at wall studs.
Given the provision of structurally sound methods for distributing loads from the floor joists to the walls, to be viable it is desirable that the solution meet the requirements incumbent of a complete building system such as acoustic rating, fire stopping, and fire rating. A joist system that is intended for the framing market would be substantially bottom chord bearing or substantially web bearing in order to suit traditional framing protocols. The connection between the floor and the wall entails many design details that should be accommodated to provide a complete floor and wall framing system. The complete floor to wall connection should include as a minimum the following: (1) load distribution capability, (2) a connection that provides flexibility for onsite construction tolerances, (3) fire stopping capabilities, (4) acoustic performance capabilities, (5) provisions for rated sheathing membrane installation, (6) provisions for directly transferring floor diaphragm to the walls, and (7) ease of fabrication, shipping and installation. This invention includes various methods to provide a complete building system approach for a joist system for web and bottom chord framing.
In one aspect of the invention there is provided a joist system, comprising: a joist, including: a generally planar steel web having a web face; and at least one elongate chord member extending from the web; a connector, substantially L-shaped in cross-section, including: a connector web portion having a generally planar connector web face, a first end, and a second end; a first connector lip extending from the first end of the connector web that is generally orthogonal to the connector web face; at least one opening in the first connector lip; at least one opening in the connector web, wherein at least one of the at least one opening in the connector web and the at least one opening in the first connector lip is at least one generally elongate opening; wherein the connector is fastened to the joist via at least one fastener inserted into the at least one opening in the connector web.
In another aspect of the invention there is provided A connector for use with joist systems, comprising: a connector web portion having a generally planar connector web face, a first end, and a second end; a first connector lip extending from the first end of the connector web that is generally orthogonal to the connector web face; at least one opening in the connector lip; and at least one opening in the connector web, wherein at least one of the at least one opening in the connector web is at least one generally elongate opening.
A further understanding of the functional and advantageous aspects of the present invention can be realized by reference to the following detailed description and drawings.
Preferred embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the drawings, in which:
a illustrates the prior art floor joist aligned with the stud;
b further illustrates the prior art floor joist aligned with the stud;
Typical light steel frame (LSF) construction is based on a number of alternative sized C-Shape members. As shown in
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Applying diaphragm loads at an interior point within the wall height in
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Without limitation, the majority of the systems described herein are directed to adjustable connectors for bottom chord and web bearing joist framing. As required, embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein. However, the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary, and it should be understood that the invention may be embodied in many various and alternative forms.
The Figures are not to scale and some features may be exaggerated or minimized to show details of particular elements while related elements may have been eliminated to prevent obscuring novel aspects. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention. For purposes of teaching and not limitation, the illustrated embodiments are directed to adjustable connectors for bottom chord and web bearing joist framing.
To simplify the installation of bottom chord weight-bearing joists in order to suit site tolerances, this invention features an adjustable end connector 10 shown in
While
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This invention provides for the continuous support of the ceiling gypsum and wall gypsum as shown in the two embodiments in
When working with metal joists, it is preferable to install the connectors 10 prior to installing each joist 30. The more preassembly that can be achieved, the more costs can be reduced. The problem with pre-installing the connectors shown in the prior art,
The present invention proposes a connector 10 that includes slotted holes 12 in a number of locations to allow adjustment of the connector to suit site conditions as shown in
The connector may be used on any type of joist.
As used herein, the terms “comprises”, “comprising”, “includes” and “including” are to be construed as being inclusive and open ended, and not exclusive. Specifically, when used in this specification including claims, the terms “comprises”, “comprising”, “includes” and “including” and variations thereof mean the specified features, steps or components are included. These terms are not to be interpreted to exclude the presence of other features, steps or components.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention has been presented to illustrate the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention to the particular embodiment illustrated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by all of the embodiments encompassed within the following claims and their equivalents.
This patent application is a National Phase application claiming the benefit of PCT/CA2009/001247 filed on Sep. 8, 2009, in English, entitled ADJUSTABLE FLOOR TO WALL CONNECTORS FOR USE WITH BOTTOM CHORD AND WEB BEARING JOISTS; which further claims the priority benefit from, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/136,476 filed on Sep. 8, 2008, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
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