Pull-to-set anchoring device
AssigneeUSM Corporation
InventorsGeorge H. Pacharis, Kunissery P. Sadanandan
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Abstract
In a pull-to-set anchoring device for cementatious material in which a nut is disposed upon one end of a stem and a head is formed on the other and a band is disposed on the stem intermediate the head and the nut, the band being arranged to slide into engagement with the cementatious material when the nut is twisted, the improvement including forming a groove on the outer surface of the head and disposing a resilient ring in the groove whereby the band is engaged and expanded to improve the holding characteristics of the device.
Claims6
In a pull-to-set anchor assembly comprising a fastener body having an elongate stem with a head at one end and pulling means at the other end and a reduced axially tapering portion of the stem disposed intermediate of the pulling means and the head, said axially tapering portion having the taper increasing toward the head and terminating as the diameter of the stem is reached and further including a deformable retaining means that is disposed about the tapering portion, said retaining means being greater than the diameter of the stem, said retaining means being arranged to engage an external surface and deform upon actuation of said pulling means wherein an abutment means disposed on the head is arranged to engage and expand the retaining means and limit motion of the stem along the longitudinal axis of the stem, said abutment means comprising an expandable annular member of diameter greater than the diameter of the stem which causes said retaining means to expand.
A pull-to-set anchor assembly comprising a fastener body having an elongated stem with a head at one end said head having a diameter not substantially less than the stem and a reduced axially tapered portion of the stem merging with the head, a member slidably mounted on said portion for radial expansion thereby and a resilient band initially retained on said head and having an outer circumference larger than that of the head, the arrangement being such that upon axial movement of the stem relative to the member when the assembly has been inserted head first in a bore of substantially the same outer diameter as the band, the member is circumferentially enlarged for engagement with the wall of the bore and the band is engageable with the member endwise to limit the relative movement of the stem and member and augment holding capability of the assembly with said wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.