Wooden frame building construction

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EP 0 939 174 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	05.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/27

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	01.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/35

(21)	Application number: 99301442.2

(22)	Date of filing: 26.02.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E04B 2/70, E04B 7/02, E04B 1/10

(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:

26.02.1998 GB 9804138

(71)	Applicant: Lindal, Sir, Walter
	Seattle, Washington 98101 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Lindal, Sir, Walter Seattle, Washington 98101 (US)

(74)	Representative: Tribe, Thomas Geoffrey et al
	fJ Cleveland 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ London WC2A 1JQ (GB)

(54)	Wooden frame building construction

(57) A building material kit for constructing buildings comprises a plurality of T-shaped sections (31;31a), L-shaped sections (166,167), d-shaped sections (37), cross-section shaped sections (11,30;32), h-shaped sections (33;110,111) and hh-shaped sections (34) manufactured directly from logs. The various sections may be formed into outside walls, partitions, floors, ceilings, roof and outside decking by nailing cross ties (113) using nails (116) to each section in cross grooves (133) with nails (116), all nailing be accomplished without visible nails showing in the finished building.

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