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Spline type joint between composite panels

  • US 3,239,986 A
  • Filed: 04/08/1963
  • Issued: 03/15/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A BUILDING PANEL JOINT WHICH COMPRISES:

  • (A) TWO BUILDING PANELS, EACH OF SAID PANELS HAVING SIDES AND A RIGID CHANNEL AT ITS ENDS, EACH OF SAID CHANNELS HAVING A BASE SPACED FROM SAID PANEL END RECESSED FROM SAID SIDES AND HAVING A CENTRALLY LOCATED GROOVE FORMED THEREIN EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID BASE, A PLURALITY OF DEPRESSED REGIONS BEING PROVIDED IN EACH SAID GROOVE TO RECEIVE EYE BOLTS, SAID BASE OF EACH SAID CHANNEL UPON ONE SAID PANEL ABUTTING A SAID BASE ON ANOTHER PANEL IN AN END TO END RELATIONSHIP SO THAT SAID GROOVES IN SAID BASES ARE OPPOSITE TO ONE ANOTHER IN MATCHED RELATIONSHIPS;

    (B) A RIGID MEMBER LOCATED WITHIN SAID MATCHED GROOVES BETWEEN SAID ENDS OF SAID BUILDING PANELS, SAID RIGID MEMBER FITTING CLOSELY WITHIN SAID GROOVES;

    AND (C) A PLURALITY OF CLIP MEANS DISPOSED ACROSS SAID ABUTTED BASES IN CONTACT THEREWITH AND CONNECTING SAID CHANNELS SO AS TO PREVENT SAID CHANNELS FROM BEING MOVED AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER.

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