Surface treating member having a fastener
OwnerPeter J. Fritz, Stanley L. Conwellinventors
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Abstract
A surface treating article including a surface conditioning member, a fastener including a generally planar surface and a drive member, and a layer of adhesive between the surface conditioning member and the planar surface of said fastener, where the layer of adhesive includes rotational orientation. The present invention also provides a preferred method of attaching a fastener to a surface conditioning member that includes inducing relative rotation between a fastener and a surface conditioning member with a layer of adhesive in contact with a planar surface of the fastener and the surface conditioning member so as to soften the layer of adhesive and thereafter stopping the relative rotation between the fastener and the surface treating member.
Claims52
A surface treating article, comprising:
- a) a surface conditioning member;
- b) a fastener including a generally planar surface and a drive member;
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- c) a layer of adhesive between said surface conditioning member and said planar surface of said fastener, wherein said layer of adhesive includes rotational orientation.
A surface treating article, comprising:
- a) a surface conditioning member;
- b) a fastener including a generally planar surface and a drive member, wherein said planar surface includes a center portion and an outer portion adjacent said center portion;
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- c) a layer of adhesive between said surface conditioning member and said planar surface of said fastener, wherein said layer of adhesive is bonded more firmly to said surface conditioning member adjacent said outer portion of said planar surface of said fastener than said layer of adhesive adjacent said center portion of said planar surface of said fastener.
A method for attaching a fastener to a surface conditioning member, comprising the steps of:
- a) inducing relative rotation between a fastener and a surface conditioning member with a layer of thermoplastic adhesive in contact with a planar surface of the fastener and the surface conditioning member so as to soften the layer of adhesive to form a bond between the fastener and the surface conditioning member;
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- b) thereafter stopping the relative rotation between the fastener and the surface treating member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.