Hanging load support

摘要

A system for supporting loads from a support structure. The load is supported with threaded rods that are connected from above and below a suspended ceiling of roll-formed sheet metal beams. Clips on the rods connected to the beams pass the load through the suspended ceiling grid without bending or twisting the grid, so that the suspended ceiling remains level, balanced, and intact above the suspended load.

主权项

1. A suspended ceiling comprising:
having a grid of beams below a structural support, each of the beams being made of roll-formed sheet metal and having an inverted T cross section having a vertical web having a top and a bottom, horizontal flanges extending opposite from one another at the bottom of the vertical web, and at least one bulb at the top of the vertical web;a plurality of upper threaded hang rods above the grid of beams secured into the structural support, each of the upper threaded rods secured to the grid of beams by a hang clip;a plurality of lower threaded load rods below the grid of beams, each of the lower threaded load rods secured to the grid of beams by a load clip; anda load below the grid of beams supported by the lower threaded load rods;wherein the lower threaded load rods and the upper threaded hang rods enable tensile forces applied to the grid of beams by the load to pass through the grid of beams to the structural support without creating torsion or twisting forces in the grid of beams.