A connecting structure between wooden pillars and wooden walls.
A hook-shaped folded plate cross reinforcement with a bolt system simplifies the assembly of wooden buildings, enhancing structural strength and enabling efficient use of low-quality lumber, addressing the labor-intensity of existing methods.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2025003825U
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-11-05
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-19
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-11-05
AI Technical Summary
Existing connecting structures in wooden construction are cumbersome and labor-intensive, particularly when using low-quality lumber, and there is a need for a simpler, labor-saving method to assemble wooden buildings.
A connecting structure using a hook-shaped folded plate cross reinforcement with a connecting hole and a bolt system, where the hook is attached to the wall without protrusion, allowing easy assembly by inserting the bolt through a horizontal through hole and securing it with a nut within a box-shaped part in the wall.
This method enhances the structural strength of wooden frames while enabling efficient assembly using low-grade lumber, addressing the shortage of skilled craftsmen and facilitating material reuse from forestry, thus making construction simpler and more robust.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] This invention relates to wooden architecture, which aims to realize a sturdy framework by establishing a reliable assembly process using a connecting structure that connects wooden columns and walls in a simple and labor-saving manner. [Background technology]
[0002] In wooden buildings, the traditional method of joining columns and walls is to use solid or large walls, and it is common to apply boards to insulate the walls. However, it is recommended that the main materials used in wooden buildings are locally produced, and low-quality materials such as bent root timber, cut root timber, and thinned wood can be used to make use of timber from abandoned forests. In order to prepare for natural disasters and connect forest regeneration to wooden buildings, this invention involves laying thick planks on the floor to serve as scaffolding during construction and as the base for the floor material, and then adding short square timbers to create a horizontal stacking configuration. In contrast to wooden walls constructed with horizontal reinforcement attached to wall components, vertical reinforcement inserted, and reinforcing bars sealed in, these are connected to the pillars and covered with thick planks even on the ceiling, and the building is surrounded by wood except for openings to form a strong framework, constructed with a connected structure, and the pillars and walls are connected with stacked square timbers to create fittings, and horizontal reinforcement bars are sealed in to match the wall width, and wiring is handled to the stacked square timber wall components, making it simpler and more labor-saving than wooden construction. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]
[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 7417784 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0004] The applicant of this case has an existing prior art document, and in the connecting structure touted as simple and labor-saving in wooden construction, a hook type attached to a pillar and a simple connection where the hook type protrusion attached to the wall is hooked together, the assembling of the pillar and the wall is cumbersome and difficult when connecting. In contrast, the applicant of this case has an existing prior art document, and in the connecting structure a hook type attached to the pillar is attached to the wall, and a connection where a flat steel horizontal bar is attached to the overlapping surface of the stacked square timber that makes up the wall, both ends of which are bent into a hook shape along the width of the wall and attached, and a hook type attached to the end grain surface of the wall, which protrudes, is attached to the pillar, which is simple and labor-saving, but the applicant intends to solve this problem by improving and refining the construction with a connecting structure. [Means for solving the problem]
[0005] In order to solve the above problems, the connecting structure between columns and walls of wooden buildings is characterized in that, in the connecting structure between the column and the wall, a connecting hole is provided at the tip of a hook formed by bending flat steel into an L shape, and a joint of thin steel plates processed into a folded plate the length of the wall is used as a folded plate cross reinforcement, and the hook-shaped folded plate cross reinforcement is attached at multiple locations to grooves provided on adjacent overlapping surfaces of the wall members in a stacked configuration, and a column having a horizontal through hole is inserted into the connecting hole via a bolt inserted from the horizontal through hole, and fastened with a nut from inside a box-shaped part provided in the wall, thereby connecting the wall and the column. [Effects of the Invention]
[0006] The bolt from the pillar in the previous section is pushed back towards the next wall to be connected, and the hook-shaped connecting hole is fastened with a nut in the same way as in the previous section within a box-shaped part in the wall member, connecting both sides of the pillar together, thereby solving the problem, and the bolt is inserted into the pillar via the hook attached to the wall member, and the connection joins the flat surface of the pillar, where the hook is attached to the end grain surface of the wall without protruding, with the connection made possible by this simple connecting structure in this invention, which increases the strength of the frame, and with simplicity and labor-saving, in an age when there is a shortage of skilled craftsmen and high dimensional precision processing is desired, even low-grade lumber that has not been treated can be used as key material, and efforts to respond to natural disasters and focus on material production in forestry can be linked to wooden architecture. [Brief explanation of the drawings]
[0007] [Figure 1] A partial exploded view of a wall member connected to a pillar. [Figure 2] (a) is a cross-sectional view of the column and wall before they are connected, and (b) is a cross-sectional view of the column and wall after they are connected. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The joint between the hook 3 and the processed folded plate is made into folded plate horizontal reinforcement 12, and the hook 3, which is attached without protrusion to both ends of the wall end face, is used as the base point of the wall member, and a bolt 4 is inserted into the horizontal through hole 6 drilled at a position aligned with the column side, and the hook 3 attached to the wall 2 is inserted into the connecting hole 8 drilled, and the bolt 4, which has a washer 13 fastened with a nut 5 inside the box 10, is pushed back to the wall member to be connected next, and the washer 13 and nut 5 are screwed together to connect to the column 1, and since horizontal cross drilling is no longer possible, the staggered cross direction is drilled up and down, and the crossing side is drilled below compared to the top drilling, so the drilling position is standardized for each column face.
[0009] Walls 2 are connected to pillars 1 in three ways: from all four sides, three sides, two sides, and just to one of the pillars 1; but in the cases where the connection is to a pillar except from all four sides, the bolts 4 are made to a length that does not come out from the surface, the pillar faces are carved and fastened with large diameter round nuts and finished by filling the surface with decorative material, but for pillar faces that are not connected, grooves are machined with a width equal to or greater than the outer diameter of the round nuts, and by repeating the process of connecting the pillars 1 and walls 2, a wooden building can be constructed with a connecting structure that is characterized by a configuration that is not subject to any restrictions on the floor plan. [Example]
[0010] An embodiment will be explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In Figure 1, horizontal through holes 6 are drilled at an intersection in the column 1, and the hook-shaped 3 of the horizontal reinforcement attached to the stacked wall has two connecting holes 8 drilled in a row, one above the other, at a position where they connect from the horizontal through holes 6 of the column 1, and the box-shaped box 10 is a wiring box that corresponds to checking the connection process and for wiring operation, and switches and outlets etc. are attached to the surface, but the rest is finished with a wooden decorative cover, and inside the box-shaped box, oval wiring holes 11 are drilled in the same way as the vertical through holes 7 from the top edge to the bottom edge, and in the folded plate horizontal reinforcement 12.
[0011] FIG. 2 shows the hook 3, box 10, wiring hole 11, and the pillar 1 and wall 2 before they are connected (a) and after the pillar 1 and wall member are connected by inserting a bolt 4 and fastening a nut 5 (b). [Explanation of symbols]
[0012] 1. Pillar 2. Wall 3...Hook shape 4 bolts 5 Nut 6...Horizontal through hole 7 Vertical through hole 8...Connecting hole 9. Vertical stripes 10...Box shape 11...Wiring hole 12. Folded plate cross reinforcement 13 Washer
Claims
[Claim 1] A connecting structure between a wooden column and a wall in a wooden building, characterized by the following: a wall constructed by bending the tip into an L-shape, forming a hook with a connecting hole at the tip into a thin steel plate joint with the width of the folded plate wall, stacking the wall members and attaching the folded plate horizontal reinforcement to grooves provided on adjacent overlapping surfaces, and a connecting structure between a wooden column and a wooden wall, characterized by the following: a wall constructed by inserting a bolt through a horizontal through hole drilled in the column into the connecting hole, and then tightening a nut to connect the wall and the column.
Citation Information
Patent Citations
Wooden pillar and wall connection structure
JP7417784B1