Reinforcing gusset plate

Abstract

Abstract 1. IN COMBINATION WITH A FLAT NAILING PLATE PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF TEETH STRUCK OUT OF THE PLATE AND UNIDIRECTIONALLY PROJECTING THEREFROM SUBSTANTIALLY NORMALLY TO SAID PLATE AND ADAPTED TO BE DRIVEN INTO WOOD MEMBERS, A REINFORCING GUSSET PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES EACH OF WHICH CORRESPOND TO ONE OF SAID TEETH, SAID TEETH AND SAID APERTURES BEING UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED OVER SAID PLATES WITH CORRESPONDING ONES OF SAID TEETH AND SAID APERTURES BEING LOCATED ADJACENT AT LEAST TWO OF THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID GUSSET PLATE, SAID TEETH BEING V-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION, SAID APERTURES HAVING A STRAIGHT EDGE, THE ENDS OF WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A CURVED EDGE, SO THAT UPON SAID TEETH BEING INSERTED THROUGH SAID APERTURES AND INTO SAID WOOD MEMBERS THE AXIS OF EACH TOOTH IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO PLANES CONTAINING SAID STRAIGHT EDGES AND THE LATERAL SIDE EDGES OF EACH TOOTH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SIDES OF THE TOOTH AND THE EDGES OF SAID APERTURES VARIES IN A DIRECTION TOWARD THE APEX OF THE V-SHAPED TOOTH, SAID GUSSET PLATE HAVING TEETH MEMBERS FORMED IN PAIRS ALONG SAID CURVED EDGES OF SAID APERTURES IN SAID GUSSET PLATE, SAID TEETH MEMBERS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER BY SAID STRAIGHT EDGE OF SAID APERTURES AND BY A PORTION OF SAID CURVED EDGE, SAID TEETH MEMBERS ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO SAID WOOD MEMBERS WITH THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID TEETH MEMBERS AND BETWEEN SAID TEETH ON SAID NAILING PLATE PROVIDING AN AREA FOR RECEIVING PORTIONS OF SAID WOOD MEMBERS DISPLACED BY SAID TEETH AND SAID TEETH MEMBERS.

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