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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7374370 | Rock bolt anchor having concurrent chemical and mechanical anchoring means and method for using the same A rock bolt anchor includes a top portion permanently fixed to a bottom portion. The top portion carries a package of resin. A spring-loaded mechanism pressurizes the package and forces the resin out when the package is lanced. The bottom portion main body carries a... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357613 | Expansion anchor with crack-arresting groove An anchor is provided that is inserted into a bore in a cementious member, the bore having a side wall. A tensioning head is connected to the leading end of the stem and when the stem is moved the tensioning head moves with the stem. The outer surface of the tension... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358430 | Strap attachment member An attachment member for a strap for a guitar includes a shaft-shaped member fixable inside a hole in a guitar body via an adhesive agent; and a holding member continuous with this shaft-shaped member which is positioned outside the hole. The shaft-shaped member inc... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7255930 | Cap nut for envelopment casting, casting including the cap nut and method of enveloping the cap nut in casting A cap nut to be enveloped in a casting made of casting material includes a substantially cylindrical body. The body has a first end and a second end adjacent to a top end surface of the body. The body has a hole and an outer peripheral surface to be enveloped in the... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7150595 | Undercut anchor element that can be mounted with positive engagement An undercut anchor element comprising a shank of an anchor bolt. The shank passes through a base part, which is provided for effecting an anchoring, passes through a spacer sleeve, and at the end thereof is provided with a tightening head. The tightening head can be... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6978765 | Fuel system with press fit plug assembly A press fit plug assembly used to seal a fuel rail in which a pressure pulsation damper is inserted. The fuel rail includes an elongated member, a first member, and a second member. The elongated member extends along a longitudinal axis, the first member being posit... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6926483 | Joining assembly for joining a pair of structural members A joining assembly for joining a pair of structural members, comprises a bolt having a thread and a nut-like blind rivet adapted to be inserted into mounting holes of the structural members and to be threadingly engaged to each other. One of the mounting holes is ma... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6592244 | Adjustable support element for a vehicle headlight An adjusting element for fastening a headlight arrangement on a vehicle. The adjusting element has a nut element and a screw element, the screw element being screwed into the nut element. An opening is formed at a vehicle-body-side supporting plate for th... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6322305 | Mounting element used in furniture building A mounting element used in furniture building which is inserted into a bore of a furniture element and fixed in place therein. The mounting element includes a fastening sleeve and a connecting pin wherein the fastening sleeve is divided into deflectable h... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6273655 | Anchoring device An anchoring device (10) comprises a resilient sleeve (16) for receiving an elongate member, such as a bolt (18), and first and second stoppers (20,21) for location on the bolt at respective ends of the sleeve. Movement of the stoppers (20,21) towards one... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6273656 | Push pin fastener A fastener includes an upper retaining portion, a body and a pin. The upper retaining portion has an aperture. The body has first and second side portions. The first and second side portions have first and second ends. The first ends of the first and seco... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6186695 | Dowels for securing objects to walls A dowel for securing objects to construction elements, in particular gypsum plaster boards, has an expanding dowel body with an inner bore into which a fastening crew can be screwed. In an insertion front area, the dowel body is subdivided into at least t... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5846041 | Nonrotating, self-centering anchor assembly for anchoring a bolt in a borehole An expandable anchor assembly is provided for anchoring the threaded end portion of an elongated roof bolt in a borehole. The anchoring assembly includes a hollow outer sleeve in the form of a plurality of symmetrically arranged, longitudinal segmented wa... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5746557 | Expansion dowel An expansion dowel including an expansion sleeve one end portion (4) of which receives a load and an opposite portion of which has an expansion region divided into expansion tabs by a plurality of longitudinal slots (7) extending toward a leading end of t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5564244 | Device for the injection and retention of a treatment product in a masonry structure Peg-type device for the injection and retention of a treatment product in a masonry wall, of the type consisting of an elongated hollow body [1] in the shape of a slightly tapered, truncated cone, that is fitted at its rearward extremity with a splayed or... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5441372 | Rock bolt shell and cone A rock bolt shell and cone. An expansible shell having a cylindrical outer surface and raised ridges in relief on the exterior of the shell. One or more ridges are located along a curve non-congruent with a circumferential circle of the cylinder. In a dis... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5352077 | Fixing element, in particular for fixing facing panels A fixing element of metal, in particular for fixing facing panels, has a slotted expansible sleeve arranged to be expanded into an undercut of a drilled hole and having an inner bore with a slotted part, and an expander element effecting an expansion of t... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5342157 | Impact-type expansible plug for anchoring in a cylindrical drilled hole An impact-type expansible plug for anchoring in a cylindrical drilled hole of a concrete part and the like has an expansion sleeve provided with at least one longitudinal slot and expandable in a drilled hole, and also has an expansion sleeve with a conic... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5332153 | Sleeve for increasing retention value of a screw The retention value of a screw previously inserted into a wooden railroad tie is increased by an axially extending sleeve ( 20 ) having an external thread ( 24 ) and an internal thread (25). The thread revolutions of the internal thread (25) are offset ax... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5170606 | Anchor sleeve An axially extending sleeve (1), for use as an anchor secured by grout or a hardenable mass in a blind bore (2a) in a structural component (2), has an outside surface with a radially outwardly projection extending in the axial direction of the sleeve. The... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5160226 | Tapered expansion sealing plug An expansion sealing plug having a frusto-conical plug body with peripheral U-shaped grooves, an expansion member comprising either an inner wedge pin or a spherical member, and a tapered coaxial bore for receiving the expansion member. The inner wedge pi... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5145301 | Nail sustainer The nail sustainer of this invention is used to be inserted into a hole formed with a board such as a plaster board, a veneer or a plywood which has poor sustaining force against a nail. The nail sustainer comprises tube means for nail insertion, at least... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5085547 | Screw fixing device for a concrete construction element Screw fixing device for a concrete construction element comprising a screw (1) and a sheath (4) of synthetic material intended to be fixed in the concrete. The sheath and the screw possess a trapezoidal thread. Externally, the sheath possesses peripheral ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5035266 | Mechanical plug for clean-out tees A mechanical plug device for sealing pipeline access ports having a small threaded inner surface. The mechanical plug device has opposing inner and outer circular plate members. The rigid plate members each have interiorly tapered circumferential shoulder... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5028188 | Expansion bolt An expandable mine bolt assembly having a shell and wedge unit threaded upon the shank of an elongated bolt. The shell contains at least one or more leaf sections. The arms of a U-shaped metal strap are joined to the shell and the strap is arranged to pas... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5011337 | Mine roof expansion anchor shell and leaf A one-piece, malleable iron, expansion shell, and a leaf of such shell, for use in an expansion to be installed in a relatively small (about 1") diameter bore hole with a conventional size (5/8") bolt. The expansion shell, and individual shell leaves have... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5002445 | Expansible plug assembly to be anchored in a hole drilled in masonry An expansible plug assembly that comprises a fixing bolt, and an expansible sleeve having an expansible portion and an internal thread formed in the expansible portion and engaged with the external thread of the fixing bolt, so that a reliable connection ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4921382 | Screw lock A locking apparatus intended to be anchored in the bore of an element and to receive rotatably by snap-in closure a mating element provided with an undercut head. The locking apparatus according to the invention includes a substantially cylindrical body h... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4921383 | Plastic expansible plug An expansible plug made of a plastic material located in a drilled hole in masonry for receiving a fastening screw and comprising expansible legs having at the expansible end thereof outer notches of a reduced depth.... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4915343 | Arrangement for mounting a device on a wall An arrangement for mounting a device on a wall in which the device includes a wall mounting pad having at least two fastener receiving openings. A plastic base plate is provided with at least two integral screw anchors that extend transverse to the rear s... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4913593 | Mine roof expansion anchor A two-piece, malleable iron, expansion anchor for installation in a relatively small (about 1") diameter bore hole with a conventional size (5/8") bolt. The four-prong expansion shell, camming plug, and individual shell leaves each have unique features co... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4898505 | Expansion dowel assembly with an expansion cone displaceable into an expansion sleeve An expansion dowel assembly includes an axially extending anchor bolt and an expansion sleeve laterally enclosing the bolt. At its leading end, the anchor bolt has an expansion cone displaceable opposite to the insertion direction of the dowel assembly re... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4861198 | Expansion assembly for mine roof bolts An improved expansion assembly for a mine roof bolt has a tapered plug, two expansion leaves that bear against the tapered plug, a bail that connects the expansion leaves and extends over the end of the mine roof bolt, and a breakable holding ring to keep... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4856950 | Re-usable plastic drive rivets A re-usable plastic drive rivet is of the type comprising an axially extending shank in association with an axially extending drive pin which is axially drivable into a bore extending axially through the shank. In order to permit release of the entire dri... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4840523 | Securing device A securing device includes an outer cylinder having a hollow cylindrical portion with a flange provided at one end, and an insertion member having a rod-like portion to be inserted into the outer cylinder. The hollow cylindrical portion of the outer cylin... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4753559 | Expansion shell An expansion shell is formed from a single piece of sheet metal consisting of two spade-shaped leaves connected by a narrow portion which becomes the bail. The leaves are corrugated along their transverse axes so as to form a series of undulations of incr... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4702349 | Anchor step A u-shaped climbing rung to be anchored in a bore hole in a wall, the climbing rung having two parallel legs each leg having two ends, one end of each leg being connected to a transverse central element or tread spaced a predetermined distance below the p... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4696611 | Reusable anchor A reusable anchor is disclosed for securing a supporting base plate in place along the surface of a substrate to be drilled. The anchor comprises an anchor body having a first body portion engageable to the base plate and a second body portion extendable ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4660681 | Anchor and climbing rung A u-shaped climbing rung to be anchored in a bore hole in a wall, the climbing rung being two parallel legs each leg having two ends, one end of each leg being connected to a transverse central element or tread spaced a predetermined distance below the pa... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4642010 | Threaded fastener and method of installing same A threaded fastener for installation in threaded engagement with an initially unthreaded apertured workpiece and which after installation can be removed in the manner of a screw or bolt, has a shank and an enlarged head. At least part of the shank interme... | 02/10/1987 |
