Fastening device installing method and installing hole forming mechanism
OwnerChin-Chu Cheninventor
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Abstract
An installing hole forming mechanism includes at least one guiding sleeve and an inserting set. The at least one guiding sleeve includes a bore. The inserting set is detachably coupled to the at least one guiding sleeve and includes at least one spike configured to couple to the bore of the at least one guiding sleeve. The at least one spike includes a tip. When the at least one spike passes through the bore of the at least one guiding sleeve, the tip exposes from the guiding sleeve, and the at least one spike and the at least one guiding sleeve are forced to puncture a shoe such that at least one installing hole is formed on the shoe.
Claims9
An installing hole forming mechanism, comprising:
- at least one guiding sleeve comprising a bore;
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- an inserting set detachably coupled to the at least one guiding sleeve, the inserting set comprising:
- at least one spike configured to couple to the bore of the at least one guiding sleeve, wherein the at least one spike comprises a tip, a neck portion and a spike body, the neck portion is connected between the tip and the spike body, a minimum outer diameter of the neck portion is smaller than a maximum outer diameter of the tip, and the tip, the neck portion and the spike body are integrally formed;
- wherein the tip of the at least one spike passes through the bore of the at least one guiding sleeve to expose from the at least one guiding sleeve, an edge of the at least one guiding sleeve rests on the neck portion, and the at least one spike and the at least one guiding sleeve are operated to form at least one installing hole for installing a fastening device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.