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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1997
Kazuo Sugiyama, Hiroshima, JP;
West Company Limited, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Abstract
A device for forming a framework of a wooden building including a steel pipe, screw bar, joint, bolt and joint stick. The steel pipe is tightly inserted in a hole formed at the top edge and/or the bottom edge of a vertical post. The screw bar connects two vertical posts in series as an upper half thereof is screwed into a screw hole of a steel pipe inserted into the bottom edge of a vertical post, while a lower half thereof is screwed into a screw hole of a steel pipe inserted into the top edge of a vertical post positioned below the former vertical post. The joint comprises a base portion and a flange portion oriented at a right angle with respect to the from base portion. The bolt passes through a hole of the base portion of the joint and a hole of the vertical post and is screwed into a screw hole of the steel pipe to secure the joint to the vertical post. The joint stick is tightly inserted into holes of transverse member and the flange portion of the joint, joining the transverse member with the joint and thus with the vertical post.