Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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~orner Joint for a hog H<~u~ M~de
c~f Individual Log~
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q'hi~ invention per~ tc~ ~ log hc~use ma~e of indi-
vidual lo~ in which in ~der to forrn the ~orner join~s
~aah lower lo~ h~s~ in ~he ~ea ln whi~h a 1~ ~e~t~ ~n
it, ~l~nting cut~ psr~llel t~ cen~re line which ~orIn
s~ddle ~nd e~h ~es~ing log ha~, in the area of the lawer-
log, ~ V-no~h which ove~lap~ the saddle, ~esting with
both of it~ l~teral ~re~ on ~he ~l~ntin~ <~u~ of th~
lowe~ lc,g.
Su~h ~ cc~rner joint f~ a Log hou~e ~de of individual
log~ i~ known fro~ Ge~m~n utili~y ~del 85 ~ 0. I~ this
~odel the rele~ant ~addl~ i~ cc~ntin~ous, th~t is unin~er-
rup~ed th~oughout its en~i~e le~g~h ~ whi~h ex~ends f ram
th~ ~n~ qid~ ~f ~he re~ting l~g ~ 8 other ~ ~ de, and the
V-no~ah ln~r~ti~g with ~he sadd~e i~ fo~ed ~rc~m aorre-
~p~nding fl~t v-no~h fl~nk~ re~ting ~n th~ ~lan~ing au~s
of the sadd~ e . ~h~ ~ arrang~m~nt c~f ~add~e ~d V-n~t~h
~llow~ moi~tu~ p~ially rain wa~er, to penetr~te
thrc)ugh the corne~ j~in~ i.n~ ~h~ int~ of ~h~ lo~
hcsu~e. ~herefo~e ~hi~ corne~ j~in~ i~ to be de~;cril:~ed a3
c~nly li~nitedly l~akproo~.,
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The p~oblerl of ~hi~ invention i~ to design ~he corner
~oint~ ~f a lo~ hous~ m~de ~f indi~tidu~ gs in such a
way that th~y sre leakpro~f.
In the c!~se of a log hou~e made of individ~ g~ of
the type men~ n~d at ~he ~egin~inq, this pro~lem i~
solved }~y dividing the ~ad~lle, ~t le~t in the ~re~ c~f c:~ne
~addle ~ide, ~y me~n~ of ~ ~ro~pie~ ~n~ the V-not~h,
le~ in ~he ~e~ of the V-notc~h ~lank, ~ me~n~ c?f a
groo~re running in ~he lon~itudin~1 dire~tion of ~he re~-
ing log, ~he ~ro~apie~e en~ging in the groove whe~e ~ ogs
a~e ~ d on ~op ~ one ~nothe~. The ~r~piece p~ev~nts
tur~ ~ liquid penetr~ting from out~ide in~o the
in~erior of t-he lo~ h~u~e ~l~ng ~he slan~in~ ~u~ of the
s~ddle rel~ed to the ~ro~spiece. ~h~ n~alsture ~r li~{uid
collect~ in the axeA csf ~he ~ pie~e, which sà~
kind of bar~ie~, d~ipping from the lower log in th2
ext~xior axea of th~ l~g, h~u~e. ~he aros~pie~e ~ in ~he
groc~v~, en~urin~ that th~ two l~g~ do no~ overlay one
~ncs~h~r in the g~oov~-cr~piec: e ~rea in ~u~h ~ w~y t~
gap~ ~orm ~etween the two log~ ~ n the are~ of the aorner
3c~int
In the c~e of ~ ~rner join~ formed by means of log~
in ~A log house in whL~h the fr~e ends of the lo~ nlway~
~ro je~t l~eyon~ th~ ~onne~ing a~ of the~e log~, only
on~ of th~ four inter~e~ins~ are~s of the log~ llo-
c~ated t~ th~ in~rior ~ide of th~ lcsg ho~e as ~ rul~ I ~o
th~t fb~ the purpo~e~ of thia inventl~n it i~ ~uffi~ent
if th~ ~o~apie~e i~ lo~ted in the are~ ~f ~ne sa~dle
si~le and the ~r~ove i~ relate~ to this cr~s~piece~ The
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g~oove and ~he cro~piece can be manuf~ctu~ed more ea~ily,
howe~er, if the ~roR3piet:~e i~ lo~ated in the are~ o~ bo~h
~addle side~ and thr~ugh the gr~v~ in the area of hot~
not~h f 1 ank~ .
A ~pecial de~ign en~ures th~t ~he ~x~erior ~ntour of
~he cro~piec~ corresp~nd~ t~ thfl~ of the rough log i n
thi~ lo~ ~rea. Thi~ means th~t two ~addle no~h ~ctions
are placed in eA~h l~wer log ~ n ~re8 }: etwee~ these
~ec~io~ t 1lnwork~d which repre~nt~ ~he cro~piec~.
In general, the xe~ting l~g ha~ ~n inwdrdly ~urved longi-
~udinal gr~ove on its b~t~o~n ide~ The groo~, whi~h
interaqts ~ith the ~ro~spie~e, aontintl~s a~ ~n indentAti~n
~f the lc~ngi~udinal groove in ~he a~ea Qf the V-n~tch, ~he
lon~i~udinal g~oove ~ervin~ ~lB ~he s~t for th~ ~ro~8pie~e
of the l~wer lo~ in the a~a of ~he t~-notch~
Prefera}: ly, the ~orner join~ is c~e~i~ned in s~h ~ way
tha~ the re~tir~ log and the low~ log are ~rrange~ ~t an
an~le of 9 Q ~ one ~nother . In ~hi~ c~se it i~ ~g~xded ~s
appropriate i~ the ~r~s~pi~Ce divid~s ~he s~ddle in two
h~lves ~rang~d ~mmetri~ly to ~he ~ro~piec~ whi~h
o~he~ e h~ve the ~an~ ~h~p~ Fur~h~rm~re, it i~ ~eg~rded
~ a~n~ageou~ if the ~c)ove in ~he re~ting log di~ides
the V-notch into ~w~ V-not~h h~l~re~ ~rrang~d ~ netric~lly
t~ the g~bo~re. ~ is ~l~o con~eivable, howev~r, ~ provide
orner j~in~ w~ th wh~ ~h th~ log~ s~e ar~anged a~ ~n
~n~l~ to on~ ~oth~ ~hi~h d~viates from ~0, ~n ~ngle of
up to 120 fc~r ~x~nple. ~n this c~ th~ crosspiece is t~
~e ~r~anged nt ~n ~ngl~ ~orre~pondin~ to th~ lc)ngitudinal
alignmen~ o~ the resting l~g, in additi~n, ~h~ po~ition of
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the V-notch i~ to be chosen in ~uch a way th~t it ~un~ in
t} e l~ns~itudin~l clir~c~ti~n of th~ wer log.
It i~ nc;~t nece~ry for p~po~e~ of the inven~ion ~hzlt
the cros~pieçe, c~ut L~ the longitudin~l dir~ti~n ~sf the
r~l~tsd log, have à ~ec~ngular cro~ e~tion. In orde~ to
ac:hieve the purpo~e of ~he i~vention, it i~ al~o not
ne~e~ th~ the c~osspie~e ~emain ~ fu~1 h~ight,
i . e ~ it~ c~urv~d ex~erior aont~u~ ~gxee with the ex~erior
c~ntour of ~he l~g. It i~ fully ~ufflaien~ if ~h~ cr~
plece ha~ a height of c~n~y 1~ t~ 20 mm. The crc)~p~ ec~e ~an
~l~o h~re dif~ren~ ~ross-se~ n~, for example a trap-
ezoid~l ~ros~-section ~ a tri~ngul~r ~r~s-s~c~tion ~hic~h
p~entA i~-~elf ~ ell~d edge. Th~ bevelle~ ~d~
sho~lld ~w~ys b~ ~irected tow~rd~ t~ ext~ior ~f the
h~u~ .
In one ~pecia~ de~i~n c~f the corn~r join~ it is
plAnned th~t at lç~t on~ ~lan~ing ~u~ has ~ dra~ na~e
t~ough whiah ~un~ at ~n ~cute an~le ~o the c~o~spie~e fr~m
the cQrne~ formed by the cro3~piec~ ~el~ed ~o thi~ ~lan~
ing c; ut and the ~addl~ ~on~ ~re~ted be~w~n ~he ~nting
cut~ tc~ t~e exterior of the lo~s. The drainag~ ~rough ~n
~e p~odu~d }:sy a ~imple ~ut in the relev~n~ ntin~ cut~
T~e wa~er c~o~ lectlng in ~he ~o~e~ n~ention~d i~ guid~ in
def ined ~nner to the exter ~ or of the lo~ y ~he drain-
a~e trough r i . e . di~harged in~o ~he rough lo~ are~ .
It i~ ~bviou~ly pos~ibl~ to u~e ~her element~ to seal
the aorner jc~int in ~ddi~ion to th~ in~en~iv~ n~e~ es
s~ipul~ed~ For ex~nlple, ~hi8 c8n ~e done ~y ~l~o usin~
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moi~t~re-repell~nt or moi~ture-imperIne~ble materia~1~ and
elasti~ ~ealing ~lem~ in the corne~ joint are~.
Fur~her fe~ture~ of the in~ention ~re pre~ented in ~he
description o~ ~he f igure~ snd in the f igure~ then~sel~e~,
it being n~e~ that al ~ individutll fe~tures ~nd ~11 c~mbi-
n~tl~n~ of individual f~tu~e~ ~re e!88enti~l to ~h~ in-~en-
tion .
The inven~ion i~ desc~ibed in ~he figure~ ~ing t;WQ
embodiment~ a~ exsmples without being ~e~ ted to these.
The figure~ r~te ~ follc~w~ ~
Figure 1 ~ sp~ l top vi~w of ~1 log hou~e in ~he area of
ne~ wi~h ~h~ woc~en logs conr~ec~e~ to ~he
~o~ner and ~:Q be ~n~ted t~ the ~rne~;
Figure ~ the aorner joint per Fig-~re 1, ~hown for ~ p~rt
of the 1~B, ~i~W~d from the b~t~m;
Figu~e 3 z~ bo~csm view of the re~ting lt~g in ~h~ ~o~ner
; o in~
Fig~lre 4 a top vi~w of th~ lower lc:g in the c~rner joint
~rea and
Fi~e 5 ~ ~op ~iew of a ~orner j~int with ~o diagonally
in~r~ectin~ log~ t
Figu~e 6 a c~ro~ e~tlon of a log in the c~osspi~c~ ~r~,
the c!ro~spiec~ hA~ing ~ t~apezoid~l ~rc~ e~-
ti~n;
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Figure 7 ~ spatial top view of the lo~ ho~e in the ar~a
of a aorne~ p~ Figu~e ~ in whi~h the ~r~s~pie~e
ha~ ngul~r aro~q-~ectlon in~tead o~ a ~e~-
tang~l~r cro~ s~ction and, con~quen~ly, has 8
bevelled edge ~nd
Figure 8 a ~ro~s~se~tion bf ~he ~rc)~pi~ce illustr~ted in
Flgure 7.
Ea~h lo~ex log 1 h~s l~nting ~uts 3 in ~he area of
the re~ting log ~ whiah h~v~ the s~me ~h~pe ~nd ~hi~h ~re
lc~cated on bo~h ~ide~ of ~:he qent~e llne p~r~l lel to it
~r~d to ~ne ~no~her . ~wo B ~ ~Lnting cuts ~ ~re loc~ated on
e~ch ~lde of the cen~re line ~nd Rre separa~ed ~yIrune~ri-
~al~y frc)m one ~n~the~ }~y a ~r~pi~ 4 r~u~ning pe~pen-
dicul~r to ~Le centre line. The ~our sl~nting ~ut~ 3 f~rm
~ ddl~ ~. Th~ dle ~om~ 6 repre~ent the rou~h exter-
ior ac~ntour o~ ~ch lower log 1 and, therefore, i8 round-
ed . Thi~ al ~ ~ppli~s t4 the exterior cont~ of t~e ~08~-
pie~ 4, whlah repre~ents th~ exterior contour of ~he
r~ugh L~w~r lo~. R~u~h lo~ Inea~s ~ g co~e~ponding to a
~elled ~re~ trunk c~r ~ t~e t~ k from whi~h the ~al k h~
been remc~ved. Th~ t~u~ ~ eæch lo~er log i~ pro~u~e~ in
the ~e~ of the ~Addle S ~y ~he sl~nt~ ng CUt8 3 bei~g cu~
QU~ of this 1 c~g an~ ~ne sA~dle ~ide ~f th~ cro~ pie~e 4
~en~aining between the ~l~ntlng c:uts 3.
Th~ re ~ing log~ ~ h~ve ~ c~c)rrespc~n~ing de Yi~n in ~he
a.re~ in whi~h ~h~ n e~h l~w~ log 1. ~r example,
eac~h re~ing l~g ~ h2s a V-notc: h 7 with two V-nc~ h fl~nk
8 and ~ in ~ are~ comin~ in~o con~ with th~ ~ea of
the~ saddle ~ c) the ~e~ing l~g 2. ~ne V-not~h flank
r 2 1 ~1 3 i ~i 8
cc~me~ i~tc) cont~ct with the ~l~nting ~u~ 3 on one side c:~f
the ~ddle 5, wherea~ the ~ther V not~h flank ~ ~om~ into
aont~ct with the ~l~n~in~ cut~ 3 on the ~ther ~i~e of ~he
~addle 5. Ea~h re~ing log 2 has a longituclin~l groove 10
loa~ted on it~ lowe~ ~ide p~ra~lel ~o th~ aentre li~e
whi~h c4ntinues ag a ~eep~ne~ groo~r~ 11 opposite t~ the V-
no~ch fl~nk~ nd 9 in the r~ugh ~-notch area of thi~
log. The c~ ection~l ~hape cor~espond~ advantage~ly
tc: th~t c)f c~ piece 4, h~w~ve~ ~Rith ~ minc~ ov~r-~imen-
on 80 that ~h~ cro~piec~ 4 ~an fit in~o t~e gr4~ve 11.
Fig~re~ 1 to S illu~r~te the arr~ngem~n~ of ~ large
numk,er ~f 1~ 1 cr ~ re~pe~ti~ely ~rr~ng~ n top c)f one
~n~th~r ~o fc~rIn a re~t~ngula~ co~ner join~ of a l~g h~use.
E~ch resting log ~ i~ plAc~ at a ri~ht ~ngle on th~ lowe~
log 1 re~ated t~ it, the v~ h f lanks 8 and 9 of ~he V-
notch 7 aom~n~ l~t~ c~on~ with th~ n~ing cuts 3 of
the cro~spie~e 4 snd ~h~ 0~ple~e 4 fi~ting into the
groove 11.
~ igure 4 u~s ~ simplifi~d ill~s~r~ion tc~ ~hc~ the
~e~lln~ ef~ec~ att~in~d wi~h ~he inven~ion. Thi~ figu~
contairl~ a top ~iew of th~ ~nd are~ of ~he low~r lo~ 1
~ontinuous line ) and ~he ~nd ~e~ ~f the ~es~ing log
brolc~n l ine ) with l~ in~l grocsv~ 10 and grcsove 1 1 .
~he thre~ ~at4rs 12~ , and 12c ~ llu~rate the ext~-
ic~r ~re~ of the l~g h~e formed b~ th~ in~er~ec~i~g
logs, wherea~ the int~ri~r of the lo~ hou~e is illu~tra~ed
by ~e~tion 1~. ~oisture o~ liqui~ which i~ direc~ted from
outside via ~ecto~ he dire~ti~n ~sf the a~ow 14
&long the ~l~nting aut ~ ~f th~ 5 rel~ed ~o thi~
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~e~or l~a i~ preven~ed by the ~r~n~ver~e cros~piece 4
f rom penetra~ing ~ween the twc~ log~ 1 ~n~ ~ into the
~e~ of the ~lan~ing ~u~ ~ r~l~ted to ~ector 13 ~o ~h~t
th~ moi~tur~ or liquid i~ kept ~w~y fr~m the interi~r of
the log house~ The liquid collecting in thi~ area i~
drAined ~ff by an ~d~ition~ in~ge tr~u~h 15. It run3
fr~m ~he corner 16 formed between the ar~pie~e 4 and the
~ddle c~mb ~ t~ the ~xterior ~t~u~ 17 of th~ log 1 ~t
a~n scute an~le to the cros ~piec:e 4 . Moi~ture or liquid
whi~h ~ t~ in ~e~or~ 12b ~nd 12~ i~ alr~dy p~ev~nted
from penetratlng into the interior of the log house by the
saddl~ 5, i.~ pe~ he ~ddle ~omb 6. N~re~theleQ~,
dr~i~age troughs 15 for these two ~e~tors 12b and l~c are
~l~o illu~tr~t~ in ~i~u~e 4.
In ~he embodi~nent lllu tr~ted in Figu~e ~, in cont~st
~c: the emkc)diIn~nt~ ~ llu~trat~d ln Flgure~ 1 to 4 / the log~
1 ~nd ~ are a~ranged diag~nally to one ~n~ther t~ f~Y~m the
~orner join~ In thi~ d~-gn the c~o~pie~e i~ a~r~n~ed
~i~g~nally t~ ~h~ ~addl~ com~ 6 in aonfor~ity with th~
longitudin~l direatLo~ ~f the r~stln~ l~g ~, ~nd ~he ~-
n~h 7 i~ plsced in the ~s~in~ 2 in ~ ~orrespondin~
ly di~gon~l manner ~ ~h~ the V-n~t~h flank~ 8 ~nd ~ A~
well a8 the g~bove 11 A~e orien~ed in th~ longit~ina~
di~ectlon of the lowe~ log l. I~ this em~odimen~ ~e
slanting ~ut~ 3 ~f ~h~ ~addle 5 ~nd the V-not~h flank~ 8,
9 are designed di~n~1y ~nd off~e~.
In the igure~ de~c~ibed, the releva~t log~ are ~ome-
ti~e~ ~e~ign~ted with ~wo numb~r~ 1 and 2 in order to
illu~tr~t~ th~t in e~h ~se the lo~ de i~n~t~d ~ the
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lower lo~ a~ ~o functic~n~ a~ a r~Sting lo~ on A~Ount of
many logs being ~r~ng~d on top of one anoth~r ht the ~me
tim~. Corlsequently, ~h 1~ r 2 re~pectiv~ly h~ ~
~ad~le ~ with cr~s~piece 4 ~ w~ B a V-n~h 7 with
groove 11 if it has to ~erve both functic~n~.
~ i~u~ 6 ill~s~rat~ u~ ~long line A-A in Figure 1
~hrough a ~ro~piece 4 which i~ ~ ~no~if ic~tion of th~
illu~tr~ion in Fi~lare 1. A~ Figure 6 ~how~, ~he crv~
piece 4 h~ a ~r~pezoiclal ~hap~.
Figux~ 7 ~nd 8 illu~r~e th~ arrRngement of the log~
in ~he ~reA ~f ~ co~ne~ in whi~h the ~ pi~ 4 1~
designed ~ ~ hev~ dge with ~ height bf cir~ 10 to
20 mm. The be~ell~d edge su~a~ dire~ed t~w~rd~ l;he
hou~e exteri~r i~ designsted with referena~ n~ r ~0 in
~hes~ f igures . It run~ perpendicul~r to the ~l~ntin~ cut 3
Adj~en~ ~o ~he ex~rior ~ ~he ho~s~. Th~ l~e~elle~ edg~
i~ lllu~tr~t~d i~ cut A-A in ~lgure ~.
