Oblong component-connecting structure - comprises rope reeved round pulleys on flanges clear of mating faces
The connecting structure couples two oblong components of wood or metal together, these bearing against each other on transverse faces. Each of them has a flange (3,3') situated clear of this face and accommodating pulleys (5), round which a rope (6) is reeved. The runs of the rope can be reeved in a cruciform pattern, while other runs pass directly between the flanges in the lengthwise direction. Where the components are of rectangular section, the rope ends can be secured at their edges. There can be an anchor bolt to which one end of the rope is secured, this bolt having a weakened portion so that breakage will always occur there under overload.