Frame connections

[maclaren]

Our team has been working on a system for just that purpose and it just so happens that we have named it the rapid framing systems.

The concept:

The way it works is there is a cube in in the center on the corner. This cube has a thread thru hole on each of the six faces. There is another part of the system called a plug that is mounted to a face of the cube. This plug has a counter bored thru hole that is designed to be a clearence hole for a 1/4"-20 socket head cap screw. Towards the end of the plug there are four small threaded holes that are used to fix the tube to the plug that it slides over. Also the four small screws that go in those holes keep the socket head cap screws from backing out. On the faces of the cube there needs to be some sort of fixture on the faces of the cube that engages the plug to keep it aligned. This algining fixture can be accomplished in several ways. Slots, Pins and holes, or Sockets.


With this system it is extremely simple to produce a frame in less than an hour. Once you have finished a dozen of the cubes and plugs.

I will try to submit a few inventor snapshots to chiefdelphi sometime soon.