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FASTENERS AND SPRINGS FOR BUILDING WALL REINFORCEMENT
A building wall includes a stud wall with a horizontal wall member; a tie rod operably anchored in a foundation, the tie rod extending through the wall member; a first fastener and a second fastener attached to the tie rod, the first fastener and the second fastener being slidable down the tie rod, first fastener being operably disposed on the wall member and lockable to the tie rod in an upward direction to resist uplift forces from the stud wall, and the second fastener being disposed above the first fastener resist the spring; and a spring operably operating on the first fastener and the second fastener to urge the first fastener downwardly toward the wall member, the second fastener being disposed above the first fastener and lockable to the tie rod in the upward direction to restrain the spring.
FASTENERS AND SPRINGS FOR BUILDING WALL REINFORCEMENT
A building wall includes a stud wall with a horizontal wall member; a tie rod operably anchored in a foundation, the tie rod extending through the wall member; a first fastener and a second fastener attached to the tie rod, the first fastener and the second fastener being slidable down the tie rod, first fastener being operably disposed on the wall member and lockable to the tie rod in an upward direction to resist uplift forces from the stud wall, and the second fastener being disposed above the first fastener resist the spring; and a spring operably operating on the first fastener and the second fastener to urge the first fastener downwardly toward the wall member, the second fastener being disposed above the first fastener and lockable to the tie rod in the upward direction to restrain the spring.
FASTENERS AND SPRINGS FOR BUILDING WALL REINFORCEMENT
ESPINOSA THOMAS M (author)
2023-12-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E04B
Allgemeine Baukonstruktionen
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GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS
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