Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/38—Connections for building structures in general
  • E04B1/41—Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete or masonry
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/38—Connections for building structures in general
  • E04B1/48—Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses
  • E04B1/49—Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses with self-penetrating parts, e.g. claw dowels
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B5/00—Floors; Floor construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted therefor
  • E04B5/16—Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed in situ
  • E04B5/17—Floor structures partly formed in situ
  • E04B5/23—Floor structures partly formed in situ with stiffening ribs or other beam-like formations wholly or partly prefabricated
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F15/00—Flooring
  • E04F15/12—Flooring or floor layers made of masses in situ, e.g. seamless magnesite floors, terrazzo gypsum floors
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/18—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons
  • E04B1/26—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons the supporting parts consisting of wood
  • E04B1/2604—Connections specially adapted therefor
  • E04B1/2608—Connectors made from folded sheet metal
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B5/00—Floors; Floor construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted therefor
  • E04B5/16—Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed in situ
  • E04B5/17—Floor structures partly formed in situ
  • E04B5/23—Floor structures partly formed in situ with stiffening ribs or other beam-like formations wholly or partly prefabricated
  • E04B2005/232—Floor structures partly formed in situ with stiffening ribs or other beam-like formations wholly or partly prefabricated with special provisions for connecting wooden stiffening ribs or other wooden beam-like formations to the concrete slab
  • E04B2005/237—Separate connecting elements

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• an anchor for use in a floor, generally indicated at 10, of a building is generally indicated at 100.
• the floor 10 includes a concrete layer or floor, generally indicated at 12, and a wooden layer or sub-floor (broadly, a cellulosic layer), generally indicated at 14, supporting the concrete layer.
• the wooden sub-floor 14 is composed of a plurality of members (e.g., wooden members) 16 joined together in a side-by-side arrangement.
• the members 16 are made of a material capable of receiving and holding nails, nailing teeth, dowels and/or screws that are pressed or driven into the members.
• cellulosic material such as wood and bamboo may be used to form the members 16.
• the anchor 100 is configured to connect the concrete floor 12 to the wooden sub-floor 14 is shown.
• the anchor 100 includes a first portion 102 and a second portion 104.
• a transition 105 may extend between the first portion 102 and second portion 104.
• the transition 105 comprises a rounded bend.
• the first and second portions 102, 104 are generally planar. However, it will be understood that the transition 105 may be considered part of the first and second portions 102, 104 or separate from one or both of the first and second potions.
• the anchor 100 has a generally L-shape which is inverted into an upside down 'L' when the anchor is attached to the wooden sub-floor 14.
• the anchor 100 is formed as a unitary one-piece structure.
• the anchor 100 is formed from a metal blank or template cut from a single piece of material and bent (e.g., stamped) into shape.
• the anchor 100 can be formed from a piece of sheet metal or other suitable material.
• the anchor 100 is stamped from 18-gauge steel, although other thicknesses (e.g., 10-20 gauge) and other suitable materials are within the scope of the present disclosure.
• the portions of the anchor can be formed separately and attached together.
• the anchor 100 is configured to attach to the wooden sub-floor 14 and embed into the concrete floor 12 to connect the concrete floor and wooden sub-floor together.
• the orientation of the anchor 100 in Fig. 3 provides the point of reference for the terms defining relative locations and positions of structures and components of the hanger, including but not limited to the terms “upper,” “lower,” “left,” “right,” “top,” “bottom,” “front,” and back,” as used throughout the present disclosure.
• the first portion 102 is generally rectangular and has opposite upper and lower edge margins, opposite left and right edge margins, a front face, and a back face.
• the lower, left and right edge margins are all free edge margins.
• the first portion 102 has a height H ( Fig. 5 ) extending between the upper and lower edge margins and a length L extending between the left and right edge margins.
• the height H of the first portion 102 is about 2.4 inches (6 cm) and the length of the first portion is about 5.5 inches (14 cm).
• An intermediate section may be disposed between the upper and lower edge margins separating the height H of the first portion 102 into thirds.
• the first portion 102 includes attachment structure 108 ( Figs. 3 and 5 ) configured to facilitate connection of the anchor 100 to one of the wooden members 16.
• the attachment structure 108 is a plurality of openings 110 extending through a thickness of the first portion 102.
• the openings 110 may be punched out of the first portion 102.
• the openings 110 are circular.
• the openings 110 are disposed across a majority of the first portion 102. For instance, the openings 110 may be disposed across over 50% of a length L of the first portion 102, and over 50% of the height H of the first portion.
• the plurality of openings 110 are arranged together in a staggered grid pattern. Specifically, the upper most openings 110 are disposed on the first portion 102 such that the upper most openings are disposed below the upper surface of the wooden sub-floor 14 when the anchor 100 is attached to the wooden sub-floor.
• the attachment structure 108 includes eighteen openings 110 spread out over the length L and height H of the first portion 102, although more or fewer openings, arranged in other ways are within the scope of the present disclosure.
• the length L of the second portion 104 is the same as the length L of the first portion 102.
• the width W of the second portion 104 is about 2 inches (5 cm) and the length L of the second portion is about 5.5 inches (14 cm).
• the second portion 104 is configured to be embedded in the concrete floor 12.
• the first portion 102 is configured to position the second portion 104 within the concrete floor 12 so that the concrete in the concrete floor surrounds the second portion.
• the first portion 102 has a height H that is less than a height of the floor 10 (e.g., the combined height of the concrete floor 12 and wooden sub-floor 14) and, more particularly, has a height that positions the second portion between upper and lower surfaces of the concrete floor 12 when the anchor 100 is attached to the wooden sub-floor.
• the height H of the first portion 102 is about 2.4 inches (6 cm).
• the one or more anchors 100 are used to connect the concrete floor 12 to the wooden sub-floor 14.
• the plurality of anchors 100 can be placed in to the wooden sub-floor 14 in any type of arrangement such as, but not limited to, a grid pattern as shown in Fig. 1 .
• the grid pattern is a one-foot by one-foot grid pattern, although other sizes are within the scope of the present disclosure.
• the plurality of anchors 100 are randomly or otherwise non-uniformly arranged. Once the particular arrangement of the plurality of anchors 100 is determined, each anchor 100 is attached to the side of one of the wooden members 16.
• the floor 10 is formed at a worksite or construction site, although it is contemplated that the floor can formed at a manufacturing facility and transported to the worksite.

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