| 摘要 |
<p>A blind and pre-loaded mortise and tenon joint (20). The joint includes a first joint part (22), a second joint part (24), and at least one wedge (26). The first joint part (22) has a tenon (28) extending outwardly therefrom. The second joint part (24) has a mortise (30) extending therein. The at least one wedge(26) is pre-loaded into the tenon (28) of the first joint part (22) before the tenon (28) of the first joint part is inserted into the mortise of the second joint part so as to allow the tenon of the first joint part (22) to expand against the mortise (30) of the second joint part (24) as the at least one wedge (26) drives further into the tenon (28) of the first joint part (22) by engaging the mortise (30) of the second joint part (24) until the tenon (28) of the first joint part (22) bottoms out in the mortise (30) of the second joint part (24) at which time the tenon (28) of the first joint part (22) is blindly captured in the mortise (30) of the second joint part (24).</p> |
