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US 10,323,671 B2Granted
Method for installing an anchor
OwnerDavid C. Pruneaninventor
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Abstract
A method for installing an anchor having: making a hole into the material in which the anchor is to be installed, by using a hammer drill; after associating an anchor driver with the chuck of the hammer drill, using the so created anchor driver-hammer drill first assembly, with the hammer drill in hammer mode, to hammer the anchor into the hole; and, after switching the hammer drill to drill mode, tightening the nut or bolt of the anchor using the anchor driver-hammer drill first assembly, or a second assembly comprising the hammer drill and a socket.
Claims5
A method for installing an anchor comprising:
- making a hole into the material in which the anchor is to be installed, by using a hammer drill;
- associating an anchor driver with the chuck of the hammer drill to create an anchor driver-hammer drill assembly, the anchor driver comprising an integrally formed first portion having a first opening configured to fit onto the nut of a wedge anchor and a second opening configured to receive a predetermined length of the outer end of the wedge anchor's bolt;
- engaging the anchor driver-hammer drill assembly with the wedge anchor and using the anchor driver-hammer drill assembly, with the hammer drill in hammer mode, to hammer the wedge anchor into the hole;
- and, without disengaging the anchor driver-hammer drill assembly from the wedge anchor, switching the hammer drill to drill mode to tighten the nut of the wedge anchor using the anchor driver-hammer drill assembly in drill mode.
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