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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2020
Applicants:
Richard Proctor, San Rafael, CA (US);
Robert G. Rodgers, Carmichael, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Proctor, San Rafael, CA (US);
Robert G. Rodgers, Carmichael, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 9/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/26 (2006.01); E04B 1/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 9/021 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2688 (2013.01); E04B 2001/3583 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shrinkage compensating device for seismic restraint in wood building construction combines a spring-operated take-up device (TUD) with a ratcheting split nut. The split nut, attached to or formed as part of a rotatable component of the TUD, acts as the securing nut for the TUD and allows the TUD with the split nut to be slipped over the top of a threaded rod and pulled down along the rod into place against a structural member. Several forms of attachment of the split nut to the spring-operated TUD are disclosed, as is a simplified rotatable split nut version.