Expansion clip on a ceiling runner

The invention provides a slot in the runner and lugs on a clip to allow sliding contact between the runner and the clip. This allows for expansion of the runner during a fire condition. The clip is fastened to the vertical web of an adjacent runner to fasten the runner structures together. Normally,...

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Hauptverfasser:	NUTE, JR., ERNEST B, HEMPHILL, JOHN M, ZIEGLER, DANIEL C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BUILDING CEILINGS FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS FLOORS GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS ROOFS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention provides a slot in the runner and lugs on a clip to allow sliding contact between the runner and the clip. This allows for expansion of the runner during a fire condition. The clip is fastened to the vertical web of an adjacent runner to fasten the runner structures together. Normally, a clip is provided on each end of one runner structure and it is mounted between two rigidly positioned other runner structures and the runner with the clips is capable of expansion and contraction under fire conditions without buckling.