An elongate structural member

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EP 1 031 670 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/25

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	30.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/35

(21)	Application number: 00650012.8

(22)	Date of filing: 24.02.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E04B 1/58, F16B 37/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

26.02.1999 GB 9904317

(71)	Applicant: WARD BUILDING COMPONENTS LIMITED
	Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 8PQ (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Davies, David Anthony Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 8NT (GB)

(74)	Representative: O'Brien, John Augustine et al
	John A. O'Brien & Associates, Third Floor, Duncairn House, 14 Carysfort Avenue Blackrock, Co Dublin Blackrock, Co Dublin (IE)

(54)	An elongate structural member

(57) An elongate structural member 1 for joining support beams 2 of a wall or roof cladding system comprises a rolled tube 3 with an axially extending seam 4. A single piece plastics entrapping member 10 is inserted into opposite end openings 6, 7 of the tube 3. A threaded insert in the form of a nut 11 is held captive in a member 10 at one end opening 6 and a threaded insert in the form of a bolt 12 is held captive in another member 10 at the opposite end opening 7. Each entrapping member 10 comprises a head part 15 which is external of the tube 3 and a shank 16 which is inserted into the tube 3. A circumferentially extending groove 17 is formed between the head 15 and the shank 16 to receive a swaged part 19 of the tube 3, on assembly.

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