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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1980
Martha E Phillips, Baltimore, MD (US);
Other;
Abstract
A geodesic dome structure tie-beam connector provides an axially swept-back, flexibly alignable, circular array of paired-jaw bolt-tightened vises for holding respective tenon-ends of tie beams; each vise jaw pair is on the end of and generally aligned with a respective radially deployed rib and the jaws of each vise-jaw are axially spaced relative to the connector axis so that they clamp in a direction radial to a geodesic dome in which employed and can provide through oversize holes a degree of circumferential adjustment of the associated tie beams relative to a geodesic dome while preserving structural stiffness in directions radial to a geodesic dome as for example, in resisting snowloads; clear wrenching access for all types of wrenches is provided by the vise orientation.