Rafter center translation tool set

摘要

A Rafter Center Translation Tool Set 10 that when used with a standard 25 ft retractable tape measure 20 and a common 6 inch 7/32nd drill bit will provide for the translation of multiple vertically running horizontally displaced rafter centers from inside an accessible roof area where rafter rafters centers are visible, to outside a roof area on-top of a decking 3 above the shingles 4, requiring only two alignment holes for the translation of multiple centers along a 25 ft span. These centers are marked on a tape measures tape which is referenced and secured between a 1st Rafter Clip 1 and a horizontally displaced 2nd Rafter Clip 19 inside the roof area. The tape measures tape is then referenced and secured between an aligned 1st Translation Plate 15 and 2nd Translation Plate 18 on the outside of the roof, where the marked centers from the inside of the roof are now visible on the outside of the roof.

主权项

1. A hand tool system comprising:
a first rafter clip, said first rafter clip having a first plate with a first end and a second end, a first planar surface and a second planar surface, and a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge opposite said first longitudinal side edge, a second plate having a first end attached to said second end on said second planar surface of said first plate, said second plate also having a first planar surface and a second planar surface and extending substantially orthogonal from said first plate and terminating in a free distal second end, a third plate having a first end attached to said second planar surface of said first plate between said first end of said first plate and said second end of said first plate and extending substantially parallel to said second plate, a first flange connected along said first longitudinal side edge and a second flange connected along said second longitudinal side edge, said first flange and said second flange being attached on said first planar surface between said first end and said third plate and being substantially parallel to each other, a first ledge attached on said first planar surface of said second plate substantially at an intersection of said first plate and said second plate, a second ledge attached to said first planar surface of said second plate, a first aperture extending through said first plate and being between said second plate and said third plate, a second aperture extending through said first ledge and a third aperture extending through said second ledge and being in axial alignment with said second aperture; a second rafter clip having a fourth plate having a first end and a second end, a first planar surface and a second planar surface, a fifth plate also having a first planar surface and a second planar surface and having a first end attached to said first end of said fourth plate on said second planar surface of said fourth plate and terminating in a free distal end, and a sixth plate having a first end attached to said second end of said fourth plate on said second surface, said fifth plate and said sixth plate of said second rafter clip being substantially orthogonal to said fourth plate of said second rafter clip and substantially parallel to each other, a third ledge attached on said first planar surface of said fifth plate substantially at an intersection of said fourth plate and said fifth plate, a fourth ledge attached on said first planar surface of said fifth plate, a fourth aperture extending through said fourth plate and being between said fifth plate and said sixth plate, a fifth aperture extending through said third ledge and a sixth aperture extending through said fourth ledge being in axial alignment with said fifth aperture, and a first set of two L-shaped hooks attached to said first planar surface of said fourth plate; and a tape support clip having a seventh plate having a first end and a second end, a first planar surface and a second planar surface, and a seventh aperture extending through said seventh plate and being between said first end and said second end, an eighth plate having a first end attached to said first end of said seventh plate on said second surface and a ninth plate having a first end attached to said second end of said seventh plate on said second surface, said eighth plate and said ninth plate being substantially orthogonal to said seventh plate and substantially parallel to each other, and a second set of two L-shaped hooks attached on said first planar surface of said seventh plate.