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Angled assembly of profiles for tongue and groove fitting and key locking

US4586310A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 1984
Grant dateMay 6, 1986
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/7066
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Device for assembly of profiles by a groove, tongue fitting, with locking by key, which avoids the risks of tongue and key sliding along groove. The device consists of making one of the male elements, tongue or key, longer than the other, in the direction of the generatrices of groove, and making one of the side surfaces of the longer element concave along the generatrices of groove. The invention allows realization of trellis constructions having oblique bars.

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