US 2021/0245346 A1Published application

Method for securing a component to a substrate

AssigneeHilti Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsUlrich ROSENBAUM, Klaudia LICHTENBERG, Kurt OEHRI, Rutvika Kirankumar ACHARYA

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Abstract

In a method for securing a component, a nail having a nail shank and a nail head is provided, a sleeve is arranged on the nail shank, a driving-in element and a guide channel are provided, the nail head and the sleeve are arranged in the guide channel such that a peripheral gap is formed between the nail head and the guide channel, the driving-in element is driven through the guide channel toward the nail head in order to move the nail in a driving-in direction toward the substrate, the sleeve is compressed between the nail shank, the guide channel and the nail head while the nail moves toward the substrate, and a portion of the sleeve is pressed into the peripheral gap between the nail head and the guide channel.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for securing a component to a substrate, the method comprising:

providing a nail having a nail shank and a nail head, wherein the nail head has a head diameter which projects beyond the nail shank,
arranging a sleeve on the nail shank,
providing a driving-in element and a guide channel, wherein the guide channel has an inside diameter which exceeds the head diameter,
arranging the nail head and the sleeve in the guide channel such that a peripheral gap is formed between the nail head and the guide channel,
driving the driving-in element through the guide channel toward the nail head in order to move the nail in a driving-in direction toward the substrate,
compressing the sleeve between the nail shank, the guide channel and the nail head while the nail moves toward the substrate, and
pressing a portion of the sleeve into the peripheral gap between the nail head and the guide channel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/972,652Filed 2 Jul 2019
Priority: EP 18182880.711 Jul 2018
Published: 12 Aug 2021
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Classification15 codes

B25C 1/188
Details and accessories, e.g. splinter guards, spall minimisers: arrangements at the forward end of the barrel, e.g. splinter guards, spall…
B25C 7/00
Accessories for nailing or stapling tools
E04B 1/7633
Details of the mechanical connection of the insulation to the wall: dowels with enlarged insulation retaining head
F16B 15/02
Nails; Staples: with specially-shaped heads, e.g. with enlarged surfaces