US 11,746,586 B2
Connecting device for construction materials, connecting structure therefor, and connecting method therefor
Shigeo Yamagami, Tokyo (JP); Masanori Kobayashi, Tokyo (JP); and Takayuki Maeda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to BUNKA SHUTTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/601,090
Filed by BUNKA SHUTTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/015136
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/202550, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0205310 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. E06B 1/60 (2006.01); E06B 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 1/603 (2013.01) [E06B 1/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connecting device for construction materials configured to connect two construction materials arranged at a distance therebetween, the connecting device comprising a connecting member including a locking portion capable of being locked with a locking target member arranged at one construction material of the two construction materials along a thickness direction perpendicular to a direction of the distance and a coupling portion configured to be moved in the thickness direction and coupled to the other construction material of the two construction materials by a coupling fitting, the locking portion and the coupling portion arranged at an end on a side of the one construction material and an end on a side of the other construction material, respectively, wherein in a state in which the coupling portion is not coupled to the other construction material, the locking portion is movable in the thickness direction with respect to the locking target member, and as the coupling portion is moved in the thickness direction and coupled to the other construction material by the coupling fitting, the locking portion is moved in a direction having a component of the thickness direction with respect to the locking target member and is locked with the locking target member, thereby the connecting member connects the two construction materials.