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Auxiliary wind bracing

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-02-15
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Granted: 1966-02-01
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Expires: 1983-02-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Proctor Edward Augustus

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 13:16
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H9/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 562 words
AN AUXILIARY WIND BRACING FOR AUGMENTING THE INHERENT LATERAL STABILITY OF A TALL STRUCTURE HAVING WALLS RESTING UPON A FOOTING EMBEDDED WITHIN THE GROUND, THE WALLS INVOLVING FACADES HAVING BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES, THE FACADES COMPRISING A WINDWARD FACADE AND A PARALLEL LEEWARD FACADE AND TRANSVERSE FACADES TRANSVERSE TO THE WINDWARD FACADE THE AUXILIARY WIND BRACING COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A BRACKET, A CABLE, A SPRING FASTENER AND A WIND SENSITIVE RELEASE DEVICE, THE BRACKET BEING ATTACHED TO ONE OF THE TRANVERSE FACADES DISTANTLY FROM THE GROUND AT A FIRST POSITION, THE CABLE HAVING A CABLE DIAMETER, FIRST AND SECOND CABLE END PORTIONS ADJACENT TO RESPECTIVE FIRST AND SECOND CABLE ENDS, THE CABLE BEING ARRANGED ALONG ONE OF THE TRANSVERSE FACADES THE FIRST CABLE END BEING ATTACHED TO THE FOOTING AT A SECOND POSITION HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY DISTANT FROM THE FIRST POSITION OF THE BRACKET, THE AUXILIARY WIND BRACING COMPRISING A SLACK CABLE ARRANGED IN A FIRST INACTIVE ARRANGEMENT ALONG AND IN HARMONY WITH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES OF THE TRANSVERSE FACADE BETWEEN THE FOOTING AND BRACKET, THE SECOND END OF THE CABLE BEING ATTACHED TO A WEIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL FIRST OPENING GREATER THAN THE CABLE DIAMETER, THE WEIGHT HAVING ATTACHED A FLAT PLATE TYPE SPRING FASTENER COMPRISING A PLATE HAVING A CENTER PORTION INSIDE OF A CIRCUMFERENTIAL PORTION, THE CENTER PORTION HAVING A SECOND OPENING SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE CABLE DIAMETER, THE SECOND OPENING BEING SURROUNDED BY RADIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS SEPARATING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ARRANGED YIELDABLY RESILIENT FLAT TABS, THE TABS HAVING FIRST ENDS SURROUNDING THE SECOND OPENING, THE TABS HAVING SECOND ENDS ATTACHED TO THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL PORTION, THE TABS BEING RESTRAINED FROM SPREADING DIAMETRICALLY APART ONE FROM ANOTHER BY THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL POSITION, THE SECOND CABLE END PORTION THREADING THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND OPENINGS WHILE FIRST DEFLECTING THE TABS INTO A SLIGHT INCLINATION RELATIVE TO THE PLATE, THE SECOND END PORTION OF THE CABLE FASHIONING A LOOP HAVING A RUNNING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BRACKET, THE WEIGHT BEING SUSPENDED DISTANTLY FROM THE GROUND BY SUSPENSION MEANS CONSTITUTING A WIND SENSITIVE RELEASE DEVICE, EXCESSIVE WIND PRESSURE RUPTURING THE SUSPENSION MEANS CAUSING THE WEIGHT TO DROP ADJACENTLY TO THE TRANSVERSE FACADE AT NEARLY THE CONSTANTLY ACCELERATING SPEED OF ANY FREELY FALLING BOFY ALONG THE CABLE WHICH IT ENCASES WHILE BEING GUIDED BY THE CABLE UNTIL THE WEIGHT IS ABRUPTLY HALTED BY THE TOTAL SPENDING OF THE SLACKNESS OF THE CABLE, THE ABRUPT HALT OF THE WEIGHT''S DESCENT PRODUCES A RESULTANT RECOIL WHEREIN A SLIGHT RETURN MOVEMENT OF THE CABLE THROUGH THE SPRING FASTENER CAUSES A SECOND DEFLECTION OF THE YIELDABLY RESILIENT TABS OPPOSITE TO THEIR FIRST ENDS OF THE TABS AND THE CABLE CAUSING BETWEEN THE FIRST ENDS OF THE TABS AND THE CABLE CAUSING AN ATTACHMENT OF THE SPRING FASTENER TO THE CABLE THEREBY PRODUCING A TAUT TIE IN A SECOND ACTIVE ARRANGEMENT TIGHTLY STRETCHING DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE TRANSVERSE FACADE FROM THE FOOTING TO THE BRACKET THE SECOND ARRANGEMENT OF THE CABLE DETRACTING FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE TRANSVERSE FACADE WHEREAS THE FIRST ARRANGEMENT OF THE CABLE HARMONIZES WITH THE LINES OF THE TRANSVERSE FACADE, THE AUXILIARY WIND BRACKING BEING ARRANGED FROM A FIRST INACTIVE ARRANGEMENT ALONG A TRANSVERSE FACADE INTO A SECOND ACTIVE ARRANGEMENT WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF A HUMAN UPON AN OCCURRENCE OF A HIGH WIND CAUSING THE ELEVATED WEIGHT TO DROP EARTHWARD ADJACENT TO A TRANVERSE FACADE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 562 words
AN AUXILIARY WIND BRACING FOR AUGMENTING THE INHERENT LATERAL STABILITY OF A TALL STRUCTURE HAVING WALLS RESTING UPON A FOOTING EMBEDDED WITHIN THE GROUND, THE WALLS INVOLVING FACADES HAVING BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES, THE FACADES COMPRISING A WINDWARD FACADE AND A PARALLEL LEEWARD FACADE AND TRANSVERSE FACADES TRANSVERSE TO THE WINDWARD FACADE THE AUXILIARY WIND BRACING COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A BRACKET, A CABLE, A SPRING FASTENER AND A WIND SENSITIVE RELEASE DEVICE, THE BRACKET BEING ATTACHED TO ONE OF THE TRANVERSE FACADES DISTANTLY FROM THE GROUND AT A FIRST POSITION, THE CABLE HAVING A CABLE DIAMETER, FIRST AND SECOND CABLE END PORTIONS ADJACENT TO RESPECTIVE FIRST AND SECOND CABLE ENDS, THE CABLE BEING ARRANGED ALONG ONE OF THE TRANSVERSE FACADES THE FIRST CABLE END BEING ATTACHED TO THE FOOTING AT A SECOND POSITION HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY DISTANT FROM THE FIRST POSITION OF THE BRACKET, THE AUXILIARY WIND BRACING COMPRISING A SLACK CABLE ARRANGED IN A FIRST INACTIVE ARRANGEMENT ALONG AND IN HARMONY WITH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES OF THE TRANSVERSE FACADE BETWEEN THE FOOTING AND BRACKET, THE SECOND END OF THE CABLE BEING ATTACHED TO A WEIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL FIRST OPENING GREATER THAN THE CABLE DIAMETER, THE WEIGHT HAVING ATTACHED A FLAT PLATE TYPE SPRING FASTENER COMPRISING A PLATE HAVING A CENTER PORTION INSIDE OF A CIRCUMFERENTIAL PORTION, THE CENTER PORTION HAVING A SECOND OPENING SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE CABLE DIAMETER, THE SECOND OPENING BEING SURROUNDED BY RADIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS SEPARATING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ARRANGED YIELDABLY RESILIENT FLAT TABS, THE TABS HAVING FIRST ENDS SURROUNDING THE SECOND OPENING, THE TABS HAVING SECOND ENDS ATTACHED TO THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL PORTION, THE TABS BEING RESTRAINED FROM SPREADING DIAMETRICALLY APART ONE FROM ANOTHER BY THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL POSITION, THE SECOND CABLE END PORTION THREADING THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND OPENINGS WHILE FIRST DEFLECTING THE TABS INTO A SLIGHT INCLINATION RELATIVE TO THE PLATE, THE SECOND END PORTION OF THE CABLE FASHIONING A LOOP HAVING A RUNNING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BRACKET, THE WEIGHT BEING SUSPENDED DISTANTLY FROM THE GROUND BY SUSPENSION MEANS CONSTITUTING A WIND SENSITIVE RELEASE DEVICE, EXCESSIVE WIND PRESSURE RUPTURING THE SUSPENSION MEANS CAUSING THE WEIGHT TO DROP ADJACENTLY TO THE TRANSVERSE FACADE AT NEARLY THE CONSTANTLY ACCELERATING SPEED OF ANY FREELY FALLING BOFY ALONG THE CABLE WHICH IT ENCASES WHILE BEING GUIDED BY THE CABLE UNTIL THE WEIGHT IS ABRUPTLY HALTED BY THE TOTAL SPENDING OF THE SLACKNESS OF THE CABLE, THE ABRUPT HALT OF THE WEIGHT''S DESCENT PRODUCES A RESULTANT RECOIL WHEREIN A SLIGHT RETURN MOVEMENT OF THE CABLE THROUGH THE SPRING FASTENER CAUSES A SECOND DEFLECTION OF THE YIELDABLY RESILIENT TABS OPPOSITE TO THEIR FIRST ENDS OF THE TABS AND THE CABLE CAUSING BETWEEN THE FIRST ENDS OF THE TABS AND THE CABLE CAUSING AN ATTACHMENT OF THE SPRING FASTENER TO THE CABLE THEREBY PRODUCING A TAUT TIE IN A SECOND ACTIVE ARRANGEMENT TIGHTLY STRETCHING DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE TRANSVERSE FACADE FROM THE FOOTING TO THE BRACKET THE SECOND ARRANGEMENT OF THE CABLE DETRACTING FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE TRANSVERSE FACADE WHEREAS THE FIRST ARRANGEMENT OF THE CABLE HARMONIZES WITH THE LINES OF THE TRANSVERSE FACADE, THE AUXILIARY WIND BRACKING BEING ARRANGED FROM A FIRST INACTIVE ARRANGEMENT ALONG A TRANSVERSE FACADE INTO A SECOND ACTIVE ARRANGEMENT WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF A HUMAN UPON AN OCCURRENCE OF A HIGH WIND CAUSING THE ELEVATED WEIGHT TO DROP EARTHWARD ADJACENT TO A TRANVERSE FACADE.

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