21.03.2013 Views

Occasional Electronic Publication No. 1 - Society for Industrial ...

Occasional Electronic Publication No. 1 - Society for Industrial ...

Occasional Electronic Publication No. 1 - Society for Industrial ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

I<br />

Ibel, Justus<br />

250,921 Dec. 13, 1881 *Timber tied-arch set within a tied-arch. <strong>No</strong> diagonals. Inserted tied-arch<br />

attached to verticals.<br />

Irelan, William<br />

190,437 May 8, 1877 Howe truss configuration (compression diagonals). Sloped top chord.<br />

Mid-height struts parallel to sloping top chord.<br />

205,799 Jul. 9, 1878 Howe truss configuration. Redundant timber and metal-rod, crossed<br />

diagonals. Wood vertical from diagonal intersection to top chord.<br />

220,382 Oct. 7, 1879 Pratt truss configuration. Redundant compression and tension crossbracing<br />

in panels. Improvement on Jul. 9, 1878 patent.<br />

254,978 Mar. 14, 1882 Pratt truss configuration. Sloped end posts. Timber top chord. Single<br />

web diagonals. Stress-equalizing devices in top and bottom chords.<br />

307,770 <strong>No</strong>v. 11, 1884 Eccentric “self adjusting” pin connection <strong>for</strong> trusses.<br />

30

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!