Anchor driver
OwnerDavid C. Pruneaninventor
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Abstract
A wedge anchor driver for driving an anchor having a bolt into a surface such that a portion of the bolt is exposed, the wedge anchor driver having a flute extending between a top end and a shaft, the flute housing a plurality of cavities having a first cavity configured to fit onto a first nut, the first cavity having a first socket size; a second cavity configured to fit onto a second nut, the second cavity having a second socket size smaller than the first socket size; and a third cavity configured to receive the portion of the bolt; wherein the anchor driver shaft is lockable into a hammer drill, such that a user can drive the anchor into a corresponding hole with the hammer drill in a hammer mode, and then tighten the first nut or the second nut by switching the hammer to a drill mode.
Claims8
A method of installing an anchor having a bolt into an installation surface such that a portion of the bolt is exposed out of the installation surface, using a hammer drill and a wedge anchor driver comprising a top end;
- an anchor driver shaft at a bottom end;
- a flute extending between the top end and the anchor driver shaft, the flute housing a plurality of cavities comprising:
- a first cavity at the top end, the first cavity being configured to fit onto a first nut of the anchor, and the first cavity having a first hex socket size and a first length;
- a second cavity below the first cavity, the second cavity being configured to fit onto a second nut, the second cavity having a second hex socket size smaller than the first socket size and a second length greater than the first length;
- and
- a third cavity below the second cavity, the third cavity being configured to receive the portion of the bolt;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- drilling a hole into the installation surface;
- associating the shaft with a chuck of the hammer drill to create a first assembly;
- setting the hammer drill to a hammer mode;
- hammering the anchor into the hole using the first assembly;
- switching the hammer drill from the hammer mode to a drill mode;
- tightening the first nut by receiving the first nut into the first cavity;
- and
- tightening a second nut onto the bolt by receiving the bolt into the third cavity and receiving the second nut into the second cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.