Metal building

• US 3,146,864 A
• Filed: 09/26/1958
• Issued: 09/01/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1958
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Albert F. Nystrom, Clarence S. Phippen, Thomas J. Mccabe
• Original Assignee: Albert F. Nystrom, Clarence S. Phippen, Thomas J. Mccabe
• Inventors: Nystrom, Albert F., Phippen, Clarence S., Mccabe, Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US03/763,746
• Time in Patent Office: 2,167 Days
• US Class Current: 52/93.2
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/24 the supporting parts consisting of metal
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2415 Brackets, gussets, joining plates
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2439 Adjustable connections, e.g. using elongated slots or threaded adjustment elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2448 Connections between open section profiles
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2457 Beam to beam connections
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2463 Connections to foundations
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2472 Elongated load-supporting part formed from a number of parallel profiles
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/249 Structures with a sloping roof
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/389 Brackets
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/4602 Corner joint
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7045 Interdigitated ends

Claims

1. A TIED, RIGID, METAL BUILDING FRAME CONSTRUCTION HAVING A CONTINUOUS BEAM ACTION WHICH COMPRISES A PAIR OF SPACED, UPRIGHT METAL COLUMNS, A DOUBLE PITCHED RAFTER ASSEMBLY MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID COLUMNS, AND A TIE ROD INTERCONNECTING SAID COLUMNS AND SAID RAFTER ASSEMBLY WHEREBY A RIGID FRAMING MEMBER IS PROVIDED, SAID COLUMNS BEING ADAPTED FOR AT LEAST PARTIAL SUBTERRANEAN INSTALLATION IN AN EXCAVATED CAVITY, MEANS FOR VERTICALLY ADJUSTING SAID RAFTER ASSEMBLY INTO POSITION, SAID RAFTER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY PITCHED RAFTERS, EACH RAFTER BEING FABRICATED FROM A PAIR OF C-SHAPED STRUCTURAL METAL CHANNEL SECTIONS JOINED WEB TO WEB AND BEING PROVIDED WITH AN END CONNECTION FASTENED TO THE TERMINAL END OF A COOPERATING TOP OF ONE OF SAID COLUMNS AT THE FLANGES AND THROUGHOUT THE WIDTH OF WEB SECTION OF THE C-SHAPED STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE RAFTER TO FORM A