RIDGE UNIT OF WOODEN STRUCTURE Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: building, particularly for forming wooden arches, frames and trusses.

SUBSTANCE: ridge unit comprises adhesive-bonded wooden members, hinge and covering members. Unit is provided with glass-fiber plates defining curvilinear section in plane and glass-fiber semispherical heads arranged in glass-fiber plate centers. Semispherical heads are inserted in depressions made in glass-fiber centering rim. The rim edges are inserted in slots of wooden covering members. Glass fibers in curvilinear plates are oriented along plate height and width of adhesive-bonded wooden member ends. The plates does not project beyond boundaries of above ends.

EFFECT: increased strength and reduced material consumption.

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