Abstract:
A sealing fastener, which expands by the insertion of preferably a screw. The fastener comprises a substantially flat and two expandable legs. The head has an upper side and a lower side, preferably separated by a gap. The fastener has further an elastic body molded at least on the lower surface of the head. A large unexpected improvement is achieved by having the elastic body also molded in the gap between the upper surface and the lower surface.
Abstract:
A dagger-like anchor drivable into a hollow wall and adapted to receive a fastener screw to hold an object adjacent the wall. The anchor is fabricated from a sheet metal blank, shaped, folded and hardened to define a head having a hole to threadably receive the screw, and a pair of normally juxtaposed flat blades aligned with the hole and extending from the head, the blades terminating in triangular sections coming to a point to penetrate the wall. The blades are each provided at offset intermediate positions with a tab that projects through a complementary slot in the other blade. When the anchor is driven into the wall so that its head lies against the outer surface of the wall, and the fastener screw is then inserted in the hole and turned to advance between the blades, the screw acts to spread the blades and their tabs apart. This causes the tabs to engage the screw to create within the body of the wall a truss whose base chords are formed by the projecting tabs engaging the screw and whose side chords by the blades, the screw then forming the central strut of the truss. The truss acts as a reverse wedge to enhance the holding power of the anchor.
Abstract:
A metal dowel for anchorage in a wall panel, said dowel being made from a folded blank of sheet metal and comprising a pair of flat leg members folded over at one end to lie flat against each other, the legs tapering toward the folded end to form a pointed end to the dowel and being held together at said folded end by a breakable web formed by the fold between said legs. The leg members are fixedly connected together at the opposite end to form a head end to the dowel and a threaded hole is formed out of and located between the legs adjacent the head end of the dowel with a funnel-shaped recess formed out of and located between said legs being axially aligned with said threaded hole and located between the threaded hole and the pointed end. After insertion of the dowel pointed end first into a panel, threading of a threaded member into the threaded hole with the tip thereof entering into said recess, breaks the web and forces the legs apart to anchor the dowel in the panel.
Abstract:
A fastening element particularly adapted for use in conjunction with a mandrel for opening the expandable sleeve of the fastening element into secure relationship with a wall having a hole into which the fastening element is inserted. The sleeve is designed to provide a radial channel for enveloping the plate member adjacent the hole. The mandrel becomes a part of the fastener and offers good resistance to shear forces and also provides the means for removing the fastening element as well as fixing it to the object to be fastened.
Abstract:
A hollow sheet metal steel fastener for joining wood and/or wood product assemblies subjected to high shear and bending stress loadings. The fastener comprises an elongated, equilateral triangular tubular shaft with continuous stiffening ribs along the centerlines of the three sides to effect and approximate a six pointed star form when viewed in cross section providing a uniquely rigid shaft to withstand lateral shear forces across the transverse section and longitudinal bending stresses. The fastener further comprises three integral, uniquely formed flanges at opposite ends of the shaft with three driving head flanges at one end so formed as to mate with a specially designed driving tool to enable mechanically powered driving, said tool having a rounded, concave driving head as required to resistance drive the fastener into a lesser diameter lead hole in the host materials. The lead point flanges, opposite end, are multi-function and multi-mode for optional, alternative fastener applications, consisting of three V-formed flanges symmetrically formed about the longitudinal shaft centerline to permit initial insertion into the prebored lead hole in the host materials for power driving placement and then, subsequent displacement of the lead point flanges, after driving, in variable configurations to meet variable installed modes.
Abstract:
A metal expansion dowel is made up of an axially elongated cylindrically shaped expansion sleeve and an expansion element formed monolithically with the sleeve. The expansion sleeve has a leading end and a trailing end. The sleeve has an opening with the opposite edge surfaces extending in the axial direction converging toward the leading end. The expansion element is located in the opening and is secured to the sleeve by a separable web. The expansion element is wedge-shaped and narrows in the leading end direction. An inwardly projecting stop is formed in the expansion element. When an axial force is directed toward the leading end against the stop, the web is separated from the sleeve and the expansion element is displaced axially toward the leading end of the sleeve moving along the opposite edge surfaces of the opening and widening the sleeve. Due to the converging arrangement of the opposite edge surfaces of the recess, the dowel has a post-expansion characteristic during subsequent axial loading of the expansion sleeve after it is anchored in place.
Abstract:
The embodiment of the invention disclosed herein is directed to a screw anchor clip made from a sheet metal stamping punched and configurated to provide a head end portion to receive a threaded screw therethrough. The clip further provides spaced apart wall portions having thread-engaging members struck therefrom and bent inwardly of the clip so that a threaded screw urged through the opening of the head end can be telescopically urged past the thread-engaging portions during an initial insertion of the screw. The thread-engaging portions are configurated to engage the side of the thread facing the head of the screw thereby enabling final tightening and removal of the screw from the screw anchor clip by threaded action. Locking gears are formed on the wall portions to insure that the clip will remain in the body of material into which it is inserted.