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US 2012/0057950 A1Published application
Fastener coating formulation
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsChristopher A. Horst, Jyi-Jiin Luo, Wen-Feng Liu, Daniel V. Chin, Daniel P. Birr
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Abstract
A coated fastener has a tip and a coating on the fastener, at least at the tip. The coating is formulated from a solvent-borne resin. The fastener includes one or both of a solids based additive in the solvent-borne acrylic resin and an overcoat on the solvent-borne acrylic resin. A strip of collated fasteners with the coating is also disclosed.
Claims26
A coated fastener comprising:
- a fastener having a tip;
- a coating on the fastener, at least at the tip, the coating formulated from a solvent-borne resin.
A strip of collated fasteners comprising:
- a plurality of fasteners connected to one another by a strip, each of the fasteners having a tip;
- a coating on each of the fasteners in the strip of fasteners, at least at the tip, the coating formulated from a solvent-borne resin that is an acrylic resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.