Truss Tie Guide With Triangular Flanges For Wall Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing truss and rafter tie guides are complex to manufacture and ship, lack support on both horizontal and vertical wall surfaces, and provide insufficient fastening for secure attachment to the support wall and cross members, leading to alignment issues and reduced structural strength.
Innovation Solution
A truss/rafter tie guide with a longitudinal base plate featuring a horizontal and vertical component, supported by triangular flanges and multiple fastening points, allowing easy placement and secure attachment to both horizontal and vertical wall surfaces, and manufactured from a single piece of sheet metal for simplicity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional mounting devices with flanges are used, then lateral stability and torsion resistance are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the base plate and mounting members into a single integrated device formed from one piece of stock material. The base plate includes integrated mounting members with flanges that provide lateral stability and torsion resistance, eliminating the need for separate components and reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining structural strength.
2Ease of operation
If mounting devices are affixed only to the top of the support wall, then installation is simplified, but attachment reliability to vertical wall portions is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting device is designed with multi-functionality to attach to both horizontal and vertical surfaces. The base plate includes mounting members positioned to engage with the top surface of the wall, while additional mounting members with flanges engage with the vertical face of the wall, allowing the device to function reliably in both orientations and improve overall attachment reliability.
3Device complexity
If brackets with few fasteners are used, then device complexity is reduced, but structural strength and alignment precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple mounting members with multiple fastener positions into a single base plate structure. This integration provides multiple fasteners for secure attachment without requiring separate brackets, thereby maintaining structural strength and alignment precision while avoiding additional device complexity.
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AI summary
The invention provides tie guides for affixing trusses and rafters and other cross members to the supporting walls of a building. The tie guide includes a longitudinal base plate with a horizontal component and a vertical component. Fixing members are transverse to the base plate, and are supported by triangular flanges extending in the longitudinal direction.