Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method of making a heel-less nail
- Patent Title (中): 制造无脚跟钉的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12175704Application Date: 2008-07-18
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Publication No.: US08100618B2Publication Date: 2012-01-24
- Inventor: William L. Gabriel , Zafar I Ali , Alvis H. Ferrell , Daniel P. McDonald , James W. Robinson , Donald E. Bergstrom
- Applicant: William L. Gabriel , Zafar I Ali , Alvis H. Ferrell , Daniel P. McDonald , James W. Robinson , Donald E. Bergstrom
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
- Main IPC: F16B15/02
- IPC: F16B15/02

Abstract:
A full-round head nail having an offset head is configured with a gusset formed integrally between an undersurface of the offset head and a superior portion of a shank. The head of the nail is relatively thin, and the shank is positioned radially off center of the round head such that no heel is formed at a point tangential to both the head and the shank. The gusset has a lofted surface tapering radially from a roundness at the zero heel to a taper at the toe. The gusset reinforces the junction of the shank with the head, supports the toe of the head, and distributes the force of a load on the head through a longitudinal axis of the shank, preventing the toe from bending or yielding and prevents the shank from yielding to the stresses of the load applied.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100014941A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING A HEEL-LESS NAIL Public/Granted day:2010-01-21
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