Building Strut System

Abstract

This invention allows attachment of strut channels 2, pipes, conduit, and mounting of equipment to the interior of buildings and other structures. Attachment to structures such as I-Beams, channels, structural angles, purlins and truss structures are improved. Extended use of self tapping screws 28 and commonly used metal strapping are enabled. The use of dimpled holes 7 facilitate insertion of self tapping screws 28 thus expanding their function. Tab cut outs 6 in attachment hardware that allow strapping to pass and hook provide new and efficient methods for using standard strapping. New mounting hardware in combination with beam clamps, another invention of mine, use the beam clamps along with appropriate accessories, which are part of that invention, to provide new methods of attachment. Strut channels 2 are changed to integrate the use of these improvements.

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         5 . A pipe clamp made of ridged material that is formed to contain a round elongated object to a surface or other object using threaded fasteners wherein the pipe clamp comprises:
 a protective tab to keep a point of a self tapping fastener from being directly exposed;   holes arranged on an angle between 1 and 40 degrees between the holes in each side of the strap where the first is located further from the object being clamped in the outer portion of the strap where the fastener is first inserted and the second being located in the strap on the opposite side of the object being clamped that further includes the tab extending a predetermined distance the same direction and beyond where the fastener is intended to be inserted, so tightening of a clamping fastener can be directly accessed even if the clamp is located in close proximity to another clamp.   
     
     
         6 . The pipe clamp according to  claim 5  where a retainer clip is used to attach the pipe clamp and said retainer clip has two flanges that hooks simultaneously over the hook shape portion both sides of the inside of the strut channel and has a tab that inserts into an opening in the side of the base of the said pipe clamp and includes a hole in said tab that allows a fastener to pass to a second smaller dimpled hole where the fastener engages and tab further hold the clamp and the retainer clip in position for inserting the fastener, the sum of each allows for fastening the pipe clamp to the open side of a strut channel. 
     
     
         7 . A hanger clip that attaches directly to the inside of a strut channel and is secured by bending the clip causing an incorporated tab to capture the inside flange of the strut and provide an attachment means, wherein the hanger clip comprises:
 a hook with means for filling space in the interior hook portion of the strut channel;   a bend across the clip at the point near the said hook with sufficient cutout material to allow the bend in the clip to be straightened by hand; and   an opening with bent flanges that push against the outside of the interior hook portion of the strut channel when the pre-bent portion is straightened.   
     
     
         8 . The hanger clip according to  claim 7  that includes a cutout sized and shaped for hanger strap with holes to pass and hook over a tab incorporated and protruding into the interior portion of said cutout, more than one tab is possible and could extend in directions toward each other. 
     
     
         9 . The hanger clip according to  claim 7  that includes dimpled holes that allow easy starting of a self tapping fastener. 
     
     
         10 . The hanger clip according to  claim 7  that includes a flange that contains a hole for threaded fasteners to be inserted. 
     
     
         11 . The pipe clamp according to  claim 5  wherein the clamp is made from steel strapping made up of more than one segment. 
     
     
         12 . The pipe clamp according to  claim 5  where the clamping around the elongated object is created from combination elements, which include the end with the protective tab.