# US 10,480,561 B2 · Screw chip removal structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,561 B2 - Document ID: US10480561B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/673,434 - Filed: 2017-08-10 - Published: 2018-08-16 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-16 - Applicants: Ying-Chin Chao - Inventors: Ying-Chin Chao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480561B2 ## CPC - F16B 25/103: {by means of a drilling screw-point, i.e. with a cutting and material removing action} - F16B 25/0015: {the material being a soft organic material, e.g. wood or plastic (F16B25/0031 takes precedence)} - F16B 25/0078: {with a shaft of non-circular cross-section or other special geometric features of the shaft} - F16B 25/0084: {characterised by geometric details of the tip} - F16B 25/10: Screws performing an additional function to thread-forming, e.g. drill screws {or self-piercing screws} - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract Disclosed is a chip removal structure of a screw. The screw includes a screw head. A shank extends downward from the screw head. The shank has an outer circumferential surface on which a thread is formed in a surrounding form. The shank has a lower end that is formed with a tapering tail section. The thread is extended to the tapering tail section. The tapering tail section is formed, through cutting or pressing, with two or more chip removal grooves. The spacing distance of the chip removal grooves can be adjusted as desired. The chip removal grooves are set at an inclination angle and any one of the chip removal grooves may exceed or may not exceed a screw center line. The chip removal grooves on the left side are each 0.5 to 4.5 times in width of the chip removal grooves on the right side. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A chip removal structure of a screw, the screw comprising a screw head, a shank extending downward from the screw head, the shank having an outer circumferential surface on which a thread is formed in a surrounding form, the shank having a lower end that is formed with a tapering tail section, the thread being extended to the tapering tail section, wherein the tapering tail section is formed, through cutting or pressing, with two or more chip removal grooves, wherein the plurality of chip removal grooves have an inclination angle of 1°-89° or 91°-179°, wherein the plurality of chip removal grooves are not extended to a bottom of the tapering tail section and are formed on one, same side or two sides of the tapering tail section, and the plurality of chip removal grooves exceed a screw center line of the screw to each form an over-center-line chip removal groove, the chip removal grooves on the left side being 0.5 to 4.5 times in width of a rightmost chip removal groove. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of chip removal grooves are arranged in a reverse direction, with a reverse inclination angle between 91°-179° (as inclining at an angle of 1°-89° in a leftward direction with respect to the screw center line), the chip removal grooves of the right side being 0.5 to 4.5 times in width of a leftmost chip removal groove. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 1, wherein in one of the plurality of the chip removal grooves having the inclination angle of 1°-89°, for a case of two chip removal grooves, the inclination angle is preferably of an angle between 13°-30°, the angle being determined according to a width of the over-center-line chip removal groove associated therewith; and for a case of more than three chip removal grooves, the inclination angle is preferably of an angle between 23°-45°. ### Claim 4 A chip removal structure of a screw, the screw comprising a screw head, a shank extending downward from the screw head, the shank having an outer circumferential surface on which a thread is formed in a surrounding form, the shank having a lower end that is formed with a tapering tail section, wherein the tapering tail section comprises or does not comprise the thread, the tapering tail section or the tapering tail section and a portion of the thread being cut or press from two sides thereof toward a center to form a double-sided cutting tip section in the form of a plate, wherein an upper portion of the double-sided cutting tip section connected to the thread is formed, through cutting or pressing, with at least one chip removal grooves, wherein the chip removal groove has an inclination angle of 1°-89° or 91°-179°, wherein the chip removal groove exceeds a screw center line of the screw to each form an over-center-line chip removal groove, the chip removal grooves on the left side being 0.5 to 4.5 times in width of a rightmost chip removal groove. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of chip removal grooves are arranged in a reverse direction, with a reverse inclination angle between 91°-179° (as inclining at an angle of 1°-89° in a leftward direction with respect to the screw center line), the chip removal grooves of the right side being 0.5 to 4.5 times in width of a leftmost chip removal groove. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 4, wherein the screw shank located above the double-sided cutting tip section is formed, through cutting or pressing, with one or more chip removal grooves, the one or more chip removal grooves being formed on one, same side or two sides of the screw shank above the cutting tip section, the one or more chip removal grooves, which are of straight lines or in a helical form, all exceeding the screw center line, or any one thereof exceeding the screw center line. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 6, wherein the chip removal grooves are the chip removal grooves that are arranged on one side, or all exceed the screw center line, or any one thereof exceeding the screw center line. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 6, wherein the chip removal grooves are helical chip removal grooves that are arranged on one side. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 4, wherein in one of the plurality of the chip removal grooves having the inclination angle of 1°-89°, for a case of two chip removal grooves, the inclination angle is preferably of an angle between 13°-30°, the angle being determined according to a width of the over-center-line chip removal groove associated therewith; and for a case of more than three chip removal grooves, the inclination angle is preferably of an angle between 23°-45°. ### Claim 10 A chip removal structure of a screw, the screw comprising a screw head, a shank extending downward from the screw head, the shank having an outer circumferential surface on which a thread is formed in a surrounding form, the shank having a lower end that is formed with a tapering tail section, wherein the thread is extended to the tapering tail section, the tapering tail section or the tapering tail section and a portion of the thread being cut or pressed from one side thereof toward a center to form a single-sided cutting tip section in the form of a plate or a single-sided tapering tail section plus a portion of the thread, wherein an upper portion of the single-sided cutting tip section connected to the thread is formed, through cutting or pressing, with at least one chip removal grooves, wherein the plurality of chip removal grooves have an inclination angle of 1°-89° or 91°-179°, wherein the plurality of chip removal grooves are not extended to a bottom of the tapering tail section and are formed on one, same side or two sides of the tapering tail section, and the plurality of chip removal grooves exceed a screw center line of the screw to each form an over-center-line chip removal groove, the chip removal grooves on the left side being 0.5 to 4.5 times in width of a rightmost chip removal groove. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of chip removal grooves are arranged in a reverse direction, with a reverse inclination angle between 91°-179° (as inclining at an angle of 1°-89° in a leftward direction with respect to the screw center line), the chip removal grooves of the right side being 0.5 to 4.5 times in width of a leftmost chip removal groove. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of chip removal grooves are formed on one, same side or two sides of the screw shank located above the cutting tip section, the two or more chip removal grooves all exceeding the screw center line of the screw. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The chip removal structure of the screw according to claim 10, wherein in one of the plurality of the chip removal grooves having the inclination angle of 1°-89°, for a case of two chip removal grooves, the inclination angle is preferably of an angle between 13°-30°, the angle being determined according to a width of the over-center-line chip removal groove associated therewith; and for a case of more than three chip removal grooves, the inclination angle is preferably of an angle between 23°-45°. ### Claim 14 A chip removal structure of a screw, the screw comprising screw head, a shank extending downward from the screw head, the shank having an outer circumferential surface on which a thread is formed in a surrounding form, the shank having a lower end that is formed with a tapering tail section, the thread being extended to the tapering tail section, wherein the tapering tail section is formed, through cutting or pressing, with a chip removal groove, the chip removal groove being not extended to a bottom of the tapering tail section, wherein the chip removal groove has an inclination angle between 1°-89°, the inclination angle of the chip removal groove being 8°-25°, the chip removal groove having a width equal to or greater than a radius of an outside diameter of the thread.