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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329077 | Fastener apparatus for roofing and steel building construction A fastener apparatus includes a frusto-hemispherical head portion having a flat top surface, a curved outer surface, a base portion, and a peripheral edge, with the flat top surface bearing a tool fitting. A downwardly-depending lip portion extends from the head per... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320555 | Cardan shaft structure with tightness adjustable functions A cardan shaft structure with tightness adjustable functions has a through-hole passing through spheres located at both ends of the cardan shaft body, and a taper socket respectively installed into the opening end of each sphere. A bolt is inserted into both spheres... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320569 | Self-drilling hollow wall anchor A high strength failure-resistant hollow wall anchor having a self drilling threaded installation structure adapted to be broken, after positioning, by an inserted screw, into expandable anchoring elements. The anchoring elements engage internally formed cams and th... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7147419 | Element of fastening accessories to metal windows and doors An element for fastening accessories to metal window and door frames includes a monolithic metal body with a cylindrical central portion having a threaded inner hole. An insertion portion has a cone frustum shape with decreasing diameter from the diameter of the cyl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144212 | Self-drilling hollow wall anchor A high strength failure-resistant hollow wall anchor having a self drilling threaded installation structure adapted to be broken, after positioning, by an inserted screw, into expandable anchoring elements. The anchoring elements engage internally formed cams and th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6953300 | Combining device for suspending object A combining device capable of being embedded into an object comprises: an embedding unit having a first end to be embedded into an embedded object and a second end having an elastic buckling means; a hollow coupling unit having an inner surface which is formed as a ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6915991 | Bottle retainer for a baby A manually bendable strip is made from a stainless steel ribbon within a vinyl sheath. The sheath with the stainless steel ribbon are encased within a casing made from a soft fabric. A central region of the strip is a bottle holder in the shape of an open ended ring... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6712573 | Iron mounting for detachably fixing to a piece of furniture A fitting to be removably fastened to a furniture part includes a body, at least one expanding plug anchored in the body, and a pin-shaped expansion part. The body has a projecting supporting throat to protrude into a cavity in the furniture part. The supporting thr... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6702534 | Spreader dowel A spreader dowel includes a sleeve having an area formed with an internal first thread for engagement by a screw. The sleeve has opposite ends and includes first longitude slots on one end for defining an expansion zone. A spreader piece formed with a con... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6354779 | Self-drilling anchor bolt An anchor bolt is provided which includes a head, a drill portion, and an intermediate shank portion. The intermediate shank portion has a longitudinal cavity formed therein for receiving a mounting set screw. An external thread is formed on the shank por... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6287044 | Fitting A fitting to be detachably fastened to a furniture part includes a fitting body to abut the furniture part, at least one dowel-like expansion sleeve which is anchored to the fitting body and which can be inserted into a drilled hole of the furniture part,... | 09/11/2001 |
| 5993129 | Bolt anchoring device with improved plug portion of bolt A bolt anchoring device for insertion into a bore in a concrete ceiling or the like material is provided. The bolt anchoring device comprises an anchor sleeve and a bolt. The anchor sleeve is first inserted in the bore for its provisional or temporary att... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5938384 | Fastener system Disclosed is a fastener system which includes a shaft having expander retaining structure and a threaded portion thereon. An expander is configured for disposition and engagement in a receptacle at least partially defined by a surface. The expander has a ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5536123 | Adjustable fireproof plug with plug screw A metal plug with a plug screw in a casing for attachment of articles to penetrable material. The plug screw of the plug serves a dual function; fixing the plug in the material and also permitting the variation of the distance of the articles relative to ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5425609 | Anchoring retainer for threaded fastener A number of improvements to anchoring retainers are disclosed. The improvements ensure that the retainers are securely attached to walls, and that they do not move during attachment after being attached by a threaded fastener.... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5401131 | Expansion anchor An expansion anchor including an anchor stem having a holding flange and a lock member having a corrugated portion is inserted into a fitting hole bored in concrete or another rigid material. The anchor is secured in the bore by forcing the lock member to... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5391023 | Machine reamer In a machine reamer a cutter is guided in a guide slot in the main body and is supported at one end against a pin-shaped axial adjuster. The axial adjuster is a hollow cylindrical stop pin whose slotted pin head can be radially expanded by means of a coun... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5065490 | Threaded insert for repairing a nuclear assembly A bolt insert 24 with special bolt 50 provides a fastening method to secure hard metal nuclear reactor parts 12, 14, 16 provided with aligned square EDM produced openings 18, 20, 22. The insert is an elongated square internally threaded member with slots ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5023990 | Device and method for removably retaining components in a smooth bore A device for removably retaining a fluid system component in a smooth bore comprises of body on one end of which the component is mounted and the other end of which comprises a plurality of wings. The interior of the body provides female screw threads int... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4659270 | Expansion dowel formed of an expansion sleeve and a wedge-shaped expansion element 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 ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4445812 | Bolt anchor especially for use in hard materials An anchor which is internally threaded for securing a bolt within a ledged hole in a hard material. The upper portion of the anchor has longitudinal slits dividing the top of the anchor into circumferentially spaced segments having a shape such that the s... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4416048 | Toilet seat mounting arrangement A mounting arrangement for attaching a toilet seat and cover to a toilet bowl is disclosed which facilitates installation without the use of conventional hand tools. The arrangement includes a base having a hinge post for hingedly connecting the seat and ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4259890 | Removable anchor assemblies A removable anchor assembly has an elongated hollow tube including integral upper and lower portions with at least the lower portion exhibiting resilience to lateral deflection of segments of the walls thereof. The lower portion normally changes in a diam... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4147444 | Expansion dowel An expansion dowel includes a cylindrically shaped axially extending sleeve and a spreader for expanding the sleeve. The sleeve has a leading end and a trailing end and at least one axially extending slot formed in the sleeve. For at least a portion of it... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4135432 | Anchor for undercut bore An anchor for insertion into a hole in a wall having an undercut groove extending therearound, the anchor having an elongated body with a bore therethrough, the bore being threaded at its outer end and tapering down in diameter toward the inner end of the... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4015505 | One sided fastener device A one sided or blind fastener assembly including a threaded fastener member inserted through a sleeve member having a tubular body, a head at the outer end thereof and a tapered inner end, and an expansion member including an internally threaded end porti... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3996835 | Expansion anchor An expansion anchor includes an expansion sleeve with a slot formed through the sleeve wall and extending for its axial length and an expansion body which is displaceably positionable through the slot for expanding the sleeve into contact with the wall of... | 12/14/1976 |
