SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION
This class is the locus for the following types of fasteners
when they are adapted for general use and are not sufficiently limited
to use with special articles or structures as to require classification
therewith:
A. An anchoring-type or holding-type fastener which expands
upon receiving a driven fastener or when driven by a tool;
B. A tool driven externally threaded fastener (e.g., bolt, screw);
C. A tool driven internally threaded fastener (e.g., nut);
D. An impact driven fastener (e.g., nail, staple);
E. A tool driven or discrete (i.e., not affixed to workpiece),
headed, elongated-shank fastener adapted to be moved along its longitudinal
axis into coaxial apertures in a workpiece, wherein the headed,
elongated-shank fastener is secured by either (1) a deformable end
(e.g., rivet), (2) means other than threads requiring rotation for
engagement (e.g., Dzus-type or quarter-turn fastener), (3) pivotable
securing means (e.g., toggle bolt), (4) retractable securing means
(e.g., ball detent fastener), or (5) a separate retaining element;
and
F. A tool deformed or tool driven fastener (e.g., cotter pin)
which is closely allied in use with the other fasteners of this
class.
This class is also the locus for a threaded bolt (i.e., externally
threaded fastener) or a threaded nut (i.e., internally threaded
fastener), either singly or interthreaded with one another, which
bolt or nut, or a mating pair thereof, is not free to turn about
the axis of its thread (i.e., its longitudinal axis), by virtue
of being (A) combined with means which restrict its rotation relative to
a coating structure, or (B) combined with means which prevent its
rotation relative to its complementary nut or bolt, respectively,
or (C) combined with means which both restruct its rotation as in
(A) and prevent its rotation as in (B). The bolt and the nut, either
single or together, are associated with a fastening function. This class
also provides for devices (e.g., washers) which are used in conjunction
with fasteners of this class and which perfects the fastening operation
thereof.
This class additionally provides for those subcombinations
(e.g., fastener heads) of its subject matter for which no other
locus exists.
SECTION II - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
If otherwise proper for this class, fasteners capable of either
manual or tool operation (e.g., tacks) are placed in this class
and not in Class 24.
SUBCLASSES
![[List of Patents for class 411 subclass 1]](../ps.gif) 1 | TORQUE RESPONSIVE NUT OR BOLT DRIVING CONNECTION: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein a holding device is either (a) provided
with a driving section which is disconnectable from the holding device
when a twisting force in excess of a predetermined limit is applied
thereto or (b) yieldably urged into engagement with a cooperating element
and moves into a noncooperating position upon the application of
excessive torque.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 402+, | for externally threaded fasteners (e.g., screws
and bolts, etc.) having specific head driving structure. |
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| 2 | Frangible connection: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the holding device is joined to the
driving section by a destroyable member or weakened portion which
ruptures upon the application of excessive torque.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 39+, | for a holding device or anchor provided with frangible
portion. |
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| 4 | Shear pin connecting means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Subject matter wherein the holding device and the driving
section are joined together by a separate element usually disposed
in aligned apertures therein which shears upon the application of
torque in excess of a predetermined limit. |
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| 5 | Axially displaced: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Subject matter wherein the holding device and the driving
section are arranged in axially spaced concentric relationship with
respect to each other and are joined together by the member or weakened
portion. |
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| 6 | Resilient connection: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein a yieldable connection is provided
between the holding device and the driving section by a connecting
means carried by or formed on either the device or the section which
connecting means either is capable of flexing within its elastic
limit or includes a yieldable biasing means which urges the connecting
means to an operative position, whereby the connecting means is
movable to an inoperative, disconnect position upon the application
of excessive torque. |
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| 7 | Racket: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Subject matter wherein the connecting means comprises a
first tooth or toothlike member located on either the holding device
or driving section and a second tooth or toothlike member, or other
structure located on either the holding device or the driving section,
the second tooth, member, or structure being yieldably engageable
and relatively movable with the first tooth or toothlike member. |
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| 8 | WITH MEANS TO INDICATE APPLICATION OF PREDETERMINED STRESS-STRAIN: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein a holding device includes a self-contained
part which functions to permit measuring of, or to denote attainment or
loss of a desired degree of, tension, compression, or torque in
the device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 402, | for externally threaded fasteners (e.g., screws,
bolts, etc.) provided with specific head driving structure. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 73, | Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses for methods of measuring and testing
stresses or strains in a bolt, and for measuring and testing apparatus
not entirely a part of the fastener in situ, particularly
subclasses 141+ for means for measuring a direct push or pull on
a fastener. |
| 116, | Signals and Indicators,
subclasses 200+ for indicator devices not entirely a part of a
fastener in situ to indicate tension or compression thereon. |
| 340, | Communications: Electrical,
subclass 668 for electric signaling devices not entirely a part
of a fastener in situ responsive to and controlled by the tension
or stress in the fastener. |
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| 9 | Axially deformable member or portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Subject matter wherein the self-contained part includes
means having a dimension which lies substantially parallel to the
axis along which the holding device is advanced, which means is responsive
to and indicative of a change in the loading condition of the holding
means by variations in said dimension. |
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| 10 | Deformable washer: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 9. Subject matter wherein the self-contained part is in the
form of an annular or cylindrical member which is altered in height
to indicate the attainment, or loss of a desired degree of tension,
compression, or torque.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 531+, | for washers, per se. |
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| 11 | Resilient: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Subject matter wherein the annular or cylindrical member
is axially resilient to allow an elastic reduction in height.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 544, | for axially resilient washers, per se. |
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| 12 | Coil spring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Subject matter wherein the resilient member is in the form
of a helically wound element which is axially compressed to indicate
the attainment of a desired degree of tension, compression, or torque. |
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| 13 | Color indicator: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Subject matter wherein the self-contained part carries a
distinct color producing a visual indication of the measuring attainment
or loss of a desired degree of tension, compression, or torque in
the device. |
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| 14 | Including gauge means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Subject matter wherein the self-contained part carries or
contains a discrete means for measuring the degree of tension, compression,
or torque in the device. |
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| 14.5 | TENSIONED ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS BY A COAXIAL FORCE APPLYING
DEVICE (E.G., MECHANICAL TENSIONER): |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein the fastener in which an apparatus
applies a stress or pull parallel to an imaginary line through the
longest dimension of the bolt, screw, nail, rivet, etc. and the
apparatus is then removed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 1+, | for a torque responsive nut or bolt driving connection. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 254, | Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or
Pulling Force,
subclass 29 for tie rod tensioner. |
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| 15 | HAVING SEPARATE EXPANDER MEANS: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein the longitudinal extent of a holding
device or an anchor can be increased and means are provided to effect
this increase in dimension.
| | (1)
Note. The increasing means of this subclass includes but
is not limited to a wedge-shaped mandrel, fluid pressure, a screw
(tapered or straight shanked) for applying and expanding force to
the holding device, cooperating sloped faces, etc. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
subclasses 157+ for an auger anchor insertable in the ground; and
subclasses 698+ for an anchor embedded in a settable material,
connected to a subsurface member or conformed to a specially modified
base, and see the note in subclass 698 for the line. |
| 405, | Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, appropriate subclasses for expanding anchors or
holding devices used with tunnels. As between Classes 411 and 405,
Class 405 takes a rock bolt having means to grout it in place or
earth anchors combined with retaining walls or like structures which
are desired to be secured to the earth. In addition, Class 405
takes rock bolts combined with specific roof-supporting systems
or such bolts combined with support plates where the plates have
a roof support, e.g., load-bearing features, hangers, peculiar terrestrial coacting
features, etc. Class 405 is the repository for the support plates, per
se, which are associated with rock bolts. Class 411 takes expanding anchors,
per se, even though they are solely disclosed as being rock bolts
or such anchors associated with nominal roof support plates. |
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| 16 | Helical anchor: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the holding device or anchor includes
a wound means forming a sleeve.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
subclasses 705+ for a socket type anchor having a helical feature
on its exterior surface, and see the note in subclass 698 for the
line. |
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| 17 | Mates with mandrel thread: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the means to effect the dimension
increase includes a member having a helical rib formed on its exterior
surface which member is inserted into and causes expansion of the
spirally wound sleeve. |
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| 18 | With wedge-shaped expander: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein a tapered member is provided for
expanding the spirally wound sleeve.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 24+, | for an anchor or holding device provided with a
double wedge oppositely acting expander. |
| 44+, | for a sleeve type anchor or holding device having
a tapered expander. |
| 75+, | for an anchor or holding device provided with sliding
wedge surfaces. |
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| 19 | Fluent pressure actuated: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the holding device or anchor has
a chamber therein, and expansion is caused by fluent pressure applied
within the chamber.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 391, | for an externally threaded fastener element (e.g.,
a bolt or screw) having fluent pressure separating means. |
| 434, | for an internally threaded fastener element (e.g.,
a nut) having plural moveable parts moved by fluent pressure. |
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| 20 | Explosive: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 19. Subject matter wherein the fluent pressure is created by
the detonation of an explosive charge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 440+, | for an impact driven fastener having explosive driving
means. |
| 532, | for a washer provided with explosive release means. |
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| 21 | Having securing element projecting through aperture in
sleeve: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the holding device or anchor includes
a member which bounds the remainder of the device or anchor and
which is provided with a port through which a portion of the remainder
of the device or anchor extends to effect or enhance the securement
of the device or anchor in place. |
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| 22 | Deformable element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Subject matter wherein the portion of the remainder of the
device or anchor includes means which is bent or otherwise reshaped
to bring it into an operative position to effect or enhance securement
of the holding device or anchor.
| | (1)
Note. The term "deformable element" of this
and the indented subclass is inclusive of a mass of flowable material, including
granular material, which is caused to flow in a desired fashion
when a force is applied to it. | |
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| 23 | Flowable mass: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 22. Subject matter wherein the means which is reshaped includes
a body composed of either (a) a plastically yieldable material,
the overall configuration of which is altered when a force is applied
to the body or (b) a plurality of constituent particles which are
free to move relative to each other when a force is applied to the body. |
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| 24 | Oppositely acting double wedge expander means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the anchor or device includes a pair
of oppositely disposed tapered elements which increase the circumferential extent
of the holding device or the anchor by their relative movement axially
toward or away from each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 44+, | for an anchor or holding device in the form of a
sleeve and tapered expander. |
| 75+, | for an anchor or holding device having sliding wedge
surfaces. |
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| 25 | Outwardly moving: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Subject matter wherein the tapered elements are disposed
within the holding device or anchor and effect expansion of the
device or anchor by moving away from each other. |
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| 26 | Both wedges provided with thread cooperating means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Subject matter wherein a threaded shaft extends between
the tapered elements, and each of the elements either are provided
with thread means which coact with the shaft or are engaged by a
driving member which is provided with shaft coacting thread means
such that upon rotation of the shaft the tapered elements move towards
or away from each other. |
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| 27 | Having rotation preventing means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Subject matter wherein cooperating means are provided on
one of the tapered elements and on the remainder of the anchor or
the holding device to prevent relative rotation therebetween.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 49+, | for an anchor or device in the form of a sleeve
and tapered expander having rotation prevention means. |
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| 28 | Groove and follower: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Subject matter wherein a tapered element and the remainder
of the holding device or the anchor are each provided with either
a groove means or a protuberance means which cooperate to prevent
those members from turning relative to each other when the tapered
elements move toward or away from each other. |
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| 29 | With hold forming means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the anchor or holding device is provided
with means to form an anchor or holding device receiving aperture
in a medium within which the anchor is to be secured or in the elements
or portions to be secured together.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
subclasses 155+ for a device for that class having means to penetrate
the earth. |
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| 30 | Formed on expansible sleeve: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Subject matter wherein the anchor or holding device includes
a substantially cylindrical sleeve which has the aperture forming
means carried at one end thereof. |
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| 31 | Serrated end: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 30. Subject matter wherein the aperture forming means is in
the form of sharp teeth peripherally arranged about the end of the
sleeve. |
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| 32 | Plural expansible segments or sections: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the anchor or holding devices includes
either (a) a single portion or zone, composed of a plurality of
separate, expansible members, which portion or zone can have its
circumferential extent altered or (b) a plurality of spaced portions
or zones each of which can have its circumferential extent altered.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 432+, | for multipart moveable internally threaded fastener
element (e.g., nuts). |
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| 34 | Bulged by axially contracting ends: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the holding device or anchor is expanded
by moving the ends thereof toward each other so as to collapse a
sleeve structure thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 57.1+, | for an anchor or holding device in the form of a
tapered expander with a slotted sleeve or in 63+, with
a plural sectioned sleeve. |
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| 35 | Having wedge-shaped section acting in slot: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Subject matter wherein the holding device or anchor is
in the form of a generally tubular member having an elongated opening
in a wall thereof and including a portion having tapered edge surfaces
adjacent an end of the elongated opening which act against the side
edges of the elongated opening to facilitate bulging of the sleeve
as the ends thereof are axially contracted. |
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| 36 | Twistable sleeve: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Subject matter wherein the holding device or anchor is in
the form of a generally tubular member one end of which is caused
to turn relative to its other end when the member is bulged. |
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| 37 | Bulged portion having additional gripping means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Subject matter wherein the holding device or anchor includes
means carried by and in addition to the expanded portion which means
is forced into penetrating or frictional engagement with a part
into which the holding device or anchor is inserted.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 71+, | for an anchor or holding device in the form of a
tapered expander and a sleeve having external gripping means. |
| 451.1+, | for an impact driven fastener having integral locking
means on its shank. |
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| 39 | Frangible member: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein a weakened area is provided on the
holding device or anchor to facilitate its separation into discrete
parts when sufficient force is applied.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 476, | for a multiple prong impact driven force fastener
having a frangible portion. |
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| 40 | Frangibly connected expander: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Subject matter wherein a connection between the expander
element and the remainder of the holding device or anchor defines
a weakened area which fractures in response to a predetermined force. |
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| 41 | Projecting outwardly from head: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Subject matter wherein the holding device or anchor includes
a head end opposite an insertion end thereof and wherein the expander projects
axially outwardly. |
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| 42 | Sleeve including weakened portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Subject matter wherein the holding device or anchor comprises
a substantially tubular element which includes a weakened area which fractures
in response to a predetermined force.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 449, | for an impact driven fastener provided an axially
collapsible section provided to secure the fastener. |
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| 43 | Frangible mandrel: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Subject matter which includes a member for moving an expander
element wherein the member is formed with a pull portion which is connected
to the remainder of the member by a weakened section which fractures
upon the application of a predetermined force thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 361, | for a headed fastener provided with nonexpanded
deformed collar having a frangible mandrel. |
| 476, | for a multiple prong impact driven fastener provided
with frangible portion. |
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| 46 | Follower captive within groove: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Subject matter wherein the expander and the holding device
or anchor are provided with mating protuberance and slot means having closed
ends whereby the slot means act to hold the expander in the assembled
condition. |
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| 47 | Bridge-type retainer: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Subject matter wherein the means for maintaining the expander
in assembled relationship comprises a section of material spanning
an open end on the holding device or anchor. |
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| 48 | Tongue-type retainer: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Subject matter wherein the means for holding the expander
in assembled relationship comprises an inwardly extending projection
carried by the holding device or anchor with the innermost extremity
thereof being unattached. |
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| 50 | Guide and follower: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Subject matter wherein the expander and the sleeve are each
provided with either protuberance means or cooperating means to
restrain the protuberance in a rectilinear fashion. |
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| 51 | Splines: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Subject matter wherein the guide and protuberance means
are in the form of a plurality of grooves and relatively long, narrow
ribs mating with said grooves. |
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| 53 | Expander type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Subject matter wherein either the cooperating means or the
protuberance means includes wedging surfaces which effect or aid
in the expansion of the sleeve. |
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| 55 | Threaded expander: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Subject matter which includes a mover element wherein the
mover element activates the expander by means of threaded engagement therebetween. |
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| 56 | Stepped expander: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Subject matter wherein the expander includes a plurality
of sections of progressively increasing diameters to effect varying
degrees of expansion of the sleeve. |
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| 58 | Both ends slotted: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 57.1. Subject matter wherein the sleeve is provided with an elongated,
narrow aperture at each of its ends. |
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| 59 | Slot spaced from ends: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 57.1. Subject matter wherein the elongated, narrow aperture has
its ends axially spaced from respective ends of the sleeve. |
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| 60.2 | Threaded expander: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 60.1. Subject matter wherein the expander into the slotted sleeve
in which the wedging surface has a projecting helical rib that matches
with a fastener rib. |
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| 61 | Folded blank type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 57.1. Subject matter wherein the sleeve is formed from a single
sheet of material bent into shape with free edges of the sheet defining
the sides of the elongated narrow aperture. |
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| 63 | Plural-sectioned sleeve: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Subject matter wherein the sleeve comprises a plurality
of discrete, laterally arranged sections.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 432+, | for multipart internally threaded fastener elements
(e.g., nuts). |
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| 65 | Ring or sleeve type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Subject matter wherein the retainer means is in the form
of a ring or sleeve which extends circumferentially of the sections. |
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| 66 | Destructible: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Subject matter wherein the ring or sleeve is destroyed during
expansion of the sleeve. |
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| 67 | Bight type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Subject matter wherein the retainer means comprises a strap
element having its ends secured to the respective sections. |
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| 68 | Tongue and groove: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Subject matter wherein the retainer means comprises a projection
on one section received in a corresponding recess in an adjacent
section. |
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| 70 | Expander having integral pull stem: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Subject matter wherein the expander includes an elongated
section as a unitary part thereof to be gripped by puller means
for moving the expander relative to the sleeve.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 501, | for hollow rivets, per se. |
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| 71 | Sleeve having external gripping means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Subject matter wherein the sleeve is provided with gripping
means on its exterior surface which is adapted to engage walls of
a hole in a part into which the sleeve is inserted which gripping
means prevents rotative or axial movement of the sleeve. |
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| 72 | Circumferential rib: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Subject matter wherein the gripping means comprises a protuberance
which extends around the sleeve.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 455, | for an impact driven fastener provided with integral
locking means in the form of a circumferential rib on its shank. |
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| 73 | And longitudinal rib: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Subject matter wherein the gripping means comprises the
combination of a circumferential protuberance and a protuberance
extending axially of the sleeve.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 452+, | for an impact driven fastener provided with integral
locking means in the form of a longitudinal rib on its shank. |
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| 74 | Struck from sleeve: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Subject matter wherein the gripping means is formed by being
severed and bent out from the walls of the sleeve.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 466+, | for a multiple prong fastener formed by cutting
and forming prongs from sheet metal material. |
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| 75 | Relatively sliding wedge surfaces: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter which includes a holding device or anchor
having a tapered surface thereon engaged by a mating surface on
a second member wherein relative axial movement between the two
surfaces results in a change in the transverse dimension of the
device or anchor. |
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| 77 | Double-faced wedge: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 76. Subject matter wherein the second member includes a pair
of opposed tapered surfaces which mate with surfaces on the holding
device or anchor to produce expansion in laterally opposite directions. |
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| 78 | Having wedge retainer means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Subject matter wherein discrete means are provided for securing
the second member in assembled relationship with the holding device or
anchor. |
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| 80.6 | Sleeve threaded: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 80.5. Subject matter wherein the sleeve with slot which includes
a projecting helical rib designed to cooperatively receive an engaging rod. |
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| 81 | THREADED FASTENER LOCKED TO A DISCREET SUBSTRUCTURE (E.G., PLATE,
RAIL, WHEEL): |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device comprising a fastener in the nature of a threaded
bolt or a threaded nut, or an interthreaded bolt and nut, and means
for either preventing or limiting the turning of the bolt or the
nut, or both of them, about its longitudinal axis relative to a
claimed substructure (e.g., a base, a panel, a surface, an art device
or, more generally, a workpiece) with which one or the other, or
both, is associated.
| | (1)
Note. The substructure is involved with the bolt or the nut
in performing a fastening function; for example, the substructure
may be the recipient of an object which is attached to it by the
bolt or nut, or the bolt or nut may be serving to fasten two or
more substructures together, and so forth, in some instances the
rotation restricting means, or a part thereof, is formed integrally
with the substructure. |
| | (2)
Note. The substructure may not be claimed; however, for purposes
of classification herein, it should be treated as being present
if it performs an indispensable function in restricting the rotation
of the bolt or the nut. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 190+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them to one another against relative rotation. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 238, | Railways: Surface Track,
subclass 262 for a railway track having one or more rails and
wherein, at a butt joint between two sections of a rail, at least one
splice bar is provided and further wherein bolts and nuts, and means
for locking them against rotation, are included for connecting the
splice bar to the abutting rail sections. While this and the indented
subclasses take such structure of the splice bar or rail section
as relates to the locking thereto against rotation of one or more bolts
or nuts utilized in joining a splice bar to one or more rail sections, the
inclusion of, for example, a second, parallel rail, a tie, a tieplate,
a roadbed feature, etc., is sufficient to require classification
in Class 238. |
| 403, | Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for connections between two
or more members which involve greater specificity of the members than
merely the manner in which they are adapted to serve as the coacting substructure
for restricting the rotation of one or more bolts or nuts which
are included in the connection. |
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| 82 | MADE, MODIFIED, OR PREPARED FOR SETTABLE MATERIAL: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the means comprises or includes a quantity
of a substance which is hardenable from a soft or flowable, as-applied state
into a state in which it serves to affix, or assist in affixing,
a bolt or a nut, and, in some instances, one or more additional
elements that are associated with the bolt or nut, to a substructure.
| | (1)
Note. Exemplary of the substances are (a) adhesives for exerting
a force which tends to keep two or more parts from separating such
as (1) a flowable as applied but air hardenable material in the nature
of a glue, (2) a normally hard but heat-softenable and subsequently
rehardenable material in the nature of solder, or (3) a predisposed
film or layer of material which, while essentially set up by the time
of its use, remains tacky on its surface, (b) compositions such
as weld rod or a chemical solvent which, with or without, respectively,
the assistance of heat, molecularly intermingle with and unite two
or more parts, and (c) a material which may be flowable when applied
but which undergoes an increase in volume upon setting up and thus forces
two or more parts into relatively rigid engagement with one another. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 171, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a coacting
substructure wherein the means comprises the adapting of the bolt
or nut to be fused directly to a substructure (i.e., without the
use of additional material) (e.g., a weld nut). |
| 257, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against relative rotation wherein the means includes material
which may be a metallic coating or a quantity of fusible metal. |
| 258, | for the coupled bolt and nut mentioned in the reference
to subclass 257 above, but wherein the means includes a settable
material. |
| 376, | for a headed fastener with a nut, washer, securing
means or cap and wherein the element which is in addition to the
fastener is a cap which is attachable by fusion bonding. |
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| 82.2 | Adhesive coating: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Subject matter wherein the settable material which is
applied to the exterior surface of a nail, bolt, screw, etc. |
| | |
| 82.3 | Adhesive encapsulated: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Subject matter in which the settable material is in the
form of a gelatinous or membranous envelope, pill, lozenge, tablet,
capsule, ampoule, ampule, etc. |
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| 82.5 | TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE OR RESPONSIVE: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fastener in which the amount of heat generated during
torquing or driving causes a change, in some cases detectable, in
the bolt or nail. |
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| 84 | Prefabricated assembly comprising strip or sheet member
carrying plural similar fasteners: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the other element, or at least one of a plurality
thereof, comprises a member which either has a significant longitudinal dimension
(e.g., a channel) or else consists primarily of a planar surface
(e.g., a plate) and which has connected thereto, in a manner which
restricts their rotation relative to the member, a plurality of
either nuts (usually) or bolts, the member and its nuts or bolts
forming an assembly whereby the attachment of the member to a substructure
serves to fasten the plurality of nuts or bolts thereto.
| | (1)
Note. It is commonplace in the art of this subclass to provide
for a limited amount of movement of the nuts or bolts relative to
the member, the purpose ordinarily being to enable a more precise alignment
with their complementary bolts or nuts. | |
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| 85 | Including element for holding fasteners against separation
from member: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 84. Device wherein the assembly is provided with one or more
second, other (i.e., additional) elements for assuring that the
nuts or bolts cannot move away from their rotation restricting relationship
with the member.
| | (1)
Note. A single additional element may suffice to hold a plurality
of nuts or bolts to the member, or, in the alternative, each nut
or bolt may require such an element. On the other hand, the holding
of the nut or bolt to the member may require the cooperation of
a set of two or more, dissimilar, additional elements, and, as in
the previous example, one such set may hold a plurality of nuts
or bolts to the member, or each nut or bolt may require such a set
of elements. | |
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| 86 | Including a series of elements, one element restricting
two fasteners of a plurality, and the remainder each restricting
one fastener: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the means comprises a plurality of elements,
serially arranged more or less parallel to an outwardly facing surface
of the substructure, one of the plurality of elements serving to
restrict two bolts or nuts against rotation, and another, or each
other, of the plurality of elements serving to restrict one other bolt
or nut against rotation.
| | (1)
Note. While the other element, or each of them, receives
the shank of one bolt and engages the head of another (usually adjacent)
bolt, or a nut on that bolt, the one element must engage the heads
of two (usually adjacent) bolts, or the nuts on those bolts. In
order to engage the bolt heads or nuts, the element may be integrally
so configured, or it may utilize an auxiliary portion to furnish
the engagement with one of the two bolt heads or nuts; in the latter
situation, the auxiliary portion may be hinged to its element, or
it may be separable from its element and attachable thereto when
utilized for its intended purpose. | |
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| 87 | Elongate member extending between and interlocking plural
bolts and nuts: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the other element, or at least one of a plurality
thereof, comprises a member which has a longitudinal dimension greatly
in excess of any of its other dimensions (e.g., a bar, rod, strap,
wire) and which spans the distance between, and is held in engagement
with, two or more bolts or nuts, thus preventing relative rotation
of any of the bolts or nuts which it interconnects.
| | (1)
Note. The member, in use, may retain the primarily rodlike
configuration of the material from which it was made, or it may
be looped, reversely bent, etc., which shaping frequently is for
the purpose of engaging more than one flat side of a bolt head or
a nut. | |
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| 89 | Member extending between plural fasteners and restricting
the rotation thereof in one direction more than the other (e.g.,
pawl and ratchet): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the other element, or at least one of a plurality
thereof, comprises a member which extends between two or more bolts
or nuts and engages them in such a manner that rotation of the bolt
or nut in one direction (e.g., unthreading) can be accomplished
only by either the application of an excessive force or the disengagement
of the member, or a portion thereof, from the bolt or nut, whereas
rotation in the opposite direction e.g., threading) requires little,
if any, more force than would be the case if the member was not
there.
| | (1)
Note. Exemplary of the types of member-to-bolt-or-nut engagement
are: (a) the member may engage merely a corner of a flat-sided bolt
head or nut; (b) the bolt, bolt head or nut may be formed with one
or more radial projections for engagement by the member; (c) the
bolt head or the nut may be formed with an axial extension which
carries one or more member-engaging projections; or (d) there may
be present an additional element which is coupled against rotation
to the bolt or nut and which includes one or more member-engaging
projections. |
| | (2)
Note. The member-engaging projections of (d) of (1) Note
may be in the nature of a ratchet, in which event the member functions
as a pawl. | |
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| 90 | Member extending between and engaging flat formed on side
of each of a plurality of flat sided bolts or nuts (e.g., side lock): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the other element, or at least one of a plurality
thereof, comprises a member in the nature of either a single piece
of material or a plurality of pieces related in some fashion to
one another, which member is positioned in such a manner that a
principal surface thereof occupies a plane which parallels, or nearly
parallels, that surface of the substructure with which it is in
a facing relationship, and wherein the member includes a portion
(e.g., an arm or lip extending normally to the principal surface of
the member) for making contact with one or more planar regions formed
on the exterior of, and extending parallel to the principal axis
of, each of a plurality of bolts or nuts.
| | (1)
Note. In the instance of a bolt, the planar region ordinarily
is located on the head, rather than the shank. | |
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| 91 | And element on opposite face of substructure restricting
rotation of a cooperating nut or bolt: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Device provided with a second, other (i.e., an additional)
element which faces a region of the substructure that is opposite
to the region faced by the member, and which element limits the turning
of (a) a nut which is complementary to a bolt whose turning is limited
by the member or (b) a bolt which is complimentary to a nut whose
turning is limited by the member.
| | (1)
Note. Usually, the element is similar in appearance to the
member. |
| | (2)
Note. The bolts may each enter the substructure from one
face thereof, or one or more may enter from one face and another
one or more may enter from the opposite face. | |
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| 92 | Having plural openings or notches engaging a bolt or nut
on two sides: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Device wherein those portions of the member which engage
the planar regions of the bolts or nuts are the radially inwardly
facing edges or walls of two or more passages through the member,
which passages are so located as to be either (a) entirely within
the boundaries of the member or (b) along a boundary thereof and thus
having a periphery which is not a closed figure, and wherein the
edge or wall engages at least two of the planar regions of each
bolt or nut. |
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| 93 | Having plural parts, one of which engages the inwardly
facing surface of a bolt head or nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Device wherein the member consists of at least two coacting
pieces, one or more of which has at least one area which is contacted
by the inwardly facing (i.e., the working) surface of at least one
of the bolt heads or nuts.
| | (1)
Note. In the instance of a bolt which is provided with both
a primary and a secondary nut (i.e., a double nut), and the contact
of the area of one of the pieces is made by the inwardly facing
surface of the secondary, or outer nut, rather than by the inwardly
facing surface of the primary, or inner nut, classification is not
in this area (93+) but is in subclass 96 below, instead. |
| | (2)
Note. In the case of an "undercut" nut, the
inwardly facing surface frequently is the inwardly facing surface
of the larger diameter portion, rather than the corresponding surface
of the smaller diameter portion. | |
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| 94 | Special fishplate engaging inwardly facing surface: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Device wherein that one of the pieces which has an area
contacted by the inwardly facing surface comprises a fishplate associated
with a joint between two railroad rails, which fishplate has been
modified as to become, itself, one of the coacting pieces.
| | (1)
Note. This subclass notes that a fishplate is treated as
comprising only substructure, because the fishplate modifications found
herein could not be ignored. |
| | (2)
Note. On the other hand, "modified" is not
intended to include such commonly occurring fishplate features as
(a) a cavity extending longitudinally of the rail-facing side of
the fishplate or (b) a notch or equivalent provision, located along
a tie-confronting lower lip of a fishplate, for receiving a hold-down
spike. |
| | (3)
Note. The alteration to the fishplate occasionally is merely
the provision therein of a tapped opening for receiving a bolt which
retains another one of the pieces to the fishplate. | |
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| 96 | Having plural parts, one comprising a keeper: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Device wherein the member consists of two or more coacting
pieces, at least one of which functions merely to prevent another
piece, or pieces, from moving out of operative engagement with the
bolts or nuts.
| | (1)
Note. While some of the art of this subclass strongly resembles
that of subclass 94 above, a closer examination will reveal that
the fishplates of this art (96) are not "special" within
the meaning of that subclass (94) and therefore are treated as comprising
only substructure; see (1) Note and (2) Note of subclass 94. |
| | (2)
Note. The part which serves a holding function is, in some
instances, no more than a spike for anchoring a disclosed rail assembly. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 93, | for the reference to this subclass (96) appearing
in (1) Note thereof. |
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| 97 | Unitary member, deformable in whole or in part: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Device wherein the member consists of a single piece of
material which is, at least in part, elastically or plastically
deformable in nature and which undergoes deformation for the purpose
of being placed into, retained in, or removed from operative engagement
with the bolts or nuts. |
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| 98 | And engaging the inwardly facing surface of the bolt heads
or nuts: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Device wherein the member includes, on its surface which
is opposite to its substructure-facing surface, regions which engage
against rotation, in at least one direction, the inwardly facing
surfaces of two or more bolt heads or nuts.
| | (1)
Note. The engagement for restricting rotation may involve
only frictional contact. |
| | (2)
Note. The member may include a bendable portion (e.g., a
tab) for deformation into engagement with a side of a bolt head
or a nut subsequent to assembly of the bolt or nut with the member
and the substructure. | |
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| 99 | Including separable keeper for member: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Device provided with a second, other (i.e., an additional)
element for preventing the member from moving away from that position
in which it makes contact with the one or more planar, sidewardly
facing regions of each of the bolts or nuts. |
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| 100 | Including element spacing member from substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Device provided with a second, other (i.e., an additional)
element for locating the member a slight distance apart from the
substructure.
| | (1)
Note. The additional element sometimes functions as a carrier
for the member, or sometimes to allow relative movement of the member,
or, at other times, for a purpose not related to either of these two. | |
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| 101 | Locked by a piece abutting inwardly facing surfaces of
a plurality of nuts or bolt heads: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the other element, or at least one of a plurality
thereof, comprises a member formed either of a single piece of material
or a plurality of pieces so related to one another as to function
as a single piece, which piece or pieces are positioned in such
a manner that one principal surface thereof occupies a plane which
generally parallels an outwardly facing surface of the substructure
and wherein the opposite principal surface of the piece or pieces contains
regions which engage against rotation, in at least one direction,
the inwardly facing surfaces of two or more bolt heads or nuts.
| | (1)
Note. The engagement for restricting rotation may involve
only frictional contact. |
| | (2)
Note. Occasionally, the regions of the member and the inwardly
facing surfaces of the bolt heads or nuts are provided with formations
which are complementary to one another, and, in some instances,
the formations are of the kind which resist rotation to a greater degree
in one direction of turning than in the other. |
| | (3)
Note. In some instances, the member engages an element which
underlies the inwardly facing surface of a bolt head or a nut and
thus intervenes between the member and the surface. | |
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| 102 | Locked by a piece connecting two consecutive fasteners: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device including two or more elements arranged successively
along one or the other or both faces of a substructure, each element restricting
one bolt or nut but being so associated with at least one other
such element, either directly or by way of a bolt, nut or substructure,
as to restrict two or more successively arranged bolts or nuts.
| | (1)
Note. Frequently, the number of elements in the series thereof
equals the number of bolts or nuts in the series thereof. |
| | (2)
Note. The art of this subclass is neither clearly plural
within the sense of subclasses 84 to 101 above, nor strictly singular
within the meaning of subclasses 103 to 165 below. | |
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| 103 | Multipart nut assembly with one member attached to structure
or substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the other element, or at least one of a plurality
thereof, comprises a member which is connected to, or otherwise
held in contact with, the substructure adjacent to, at or within
either a hole which penetrates the substructure or a pocket which
enters the substructure to an extent less than its thickness and which
member functions to locate and support a single bolt or nut in such
a manner, relative to the substructure, that the longitudinal axis
of the bolt or the nut is in alignment with the principal axis of
the hole or pocket, the purpose of the arrangement being to place
the bolt or nut in a proper position for receiving the nut or bolt,
respectively, which is intended to be placed in threaded engagement
with it.
| | (1)
Note. In a few instances, the member is an assembly of plural
elements functioning as one. |
| | (2)
Note. In locating and supporting the bolt or nut relative
to the substructure, the member restricts, or assists in restricting, the
bolt or nut against axial movement in addition to its usual function
of restricting, or assisting in restricting, the bolt or nut against
rotational movement. | |
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| 104 | Through-passage or recess having laterally extending entry
for inserting member and nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Device wherein the substructure additionally includes a
cross passage which enters the hole or pocket from a side thereof,
which cross passage is for the purpose of moving the member, and
a nut held therein or thereon, into alignment with the axis of the
hole or pocket, and, hence, into alignment with the bolt which will be
placed into the hole or pocket.
| | (1)
Note. The "width" of the member-nut assembly
is greater than the diameter of the hole or pocket, thus, necessitating
the provision of a cross passage for inserting the assembly into
bolt-receiving position. |
| | (2)
Note. The member frequently holds the nut loosely in order
to allow for limited realignment thereof when the bolt is introduced. |
| | (3)
Note. The member-nut assembly hereof is often identified
as a "barrel nut". | |
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| 105 | And a second substructure and means for capturing a complementary
nut or bolt thereto: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Device provided with an additional substructure and with
means for attaching thereto against separation, but not against
rotational or limited longitudinal movement, a nut, or a bolt, which
is intended to mate with the bolt, or the nut, held to the first
substructure by the member.
| | (1)
Note. The second substructure may be in the nature of a panel. |
| | (2)
Note. Included occasionally herein is means (e.g., a thread
lock) for coupling a bolt to its complementary nut. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 167, | for the search notes therein pertaining to thread
locks. |
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| 106 | Having means for coupling a bolt to a nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Device which includes means for restricting the turning
of the bolt relative to the nut, or vice versa, which means may
be the member or a portion thereof or may be the thread structures
of the bolt or nut or the manner in which those structures interengage.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 167, | for the search notes therein pertaining to thread
locks. |
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| 107 | Member anchors bolt in substructure with threaded portion
exposed (e.g., stud bolt): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Device wherein the member holds one part of a bolt in the
hole or pocket in such relation to the surface of the substructure
that another part of the bolt, which is threaded, extends outwardly therefrom.
| | (1)
Note. The first-mentioned part of the bolt may be the head
or a portion of the shank, threaded or unthreaded, while the last-mentioned
part is the shank, or the remainder thereof, and is threaded. |
| | (2)
Note. The bolt of this subclass is commonly referred to as
a "stud bolt". | |
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| 108 | Nut-encompassing sleeve member engaged within through-passage
or recess: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Device wherein the member is tubular in nature and has its
external surface in contact with the sidewall of the hole or pocket,
and wherein a nut is anchored to the substructure by being inserted
into the hollow interior of the member and engaged therewith.
| | (1)
Note. In some instances, the exterior of the nut and the
interior of the member are threaded, and the engagement of the one
with the other is of a threaded nature. |
| | (2)
Note. Occasionally, the external surface of the member is
threaded, in which event the member may be turned into the substructure. | |
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| 109 | Locking ring coaxially related to an elongated, externally
threaded nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Device wherein the member is a circular band or loop and
has, as its axis, the longitudinal axis of a nut, and wherein the
nut has a significant longitudinal dimension and is provided with
an outer surface which is threaded for engaging the sidewall of
the hole or pocket, the circular band or loop supplementing the
sidewall engagement in joining the nut to the substructure.
| | (1)
Note. The band or loop may encompass the nut or it may be
outwardly of an end thereof. |
| | (2)
Note. The sidewall of the hole or pocket may be plain or
threaded. | |
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| 110 | Member comprises a longitudinal key: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Device wherein the member comprises one or more elongated
elements which extend generally parallel to the longitudinal axis
of the bolt or nut and which engage the substructure at the hole
or pocket formed therein and also engage whichever of the bolt or
nut is held in the hole or pocket.
| | (1)
Note. Most typically, the nut takes the form of an internally
threaded sleeve which is recessed into the substructure, and the
key is at least one bar or rod inserted at the juncture of the outer
surface of the sleeve with the wall of the hole or pocket; if two
or more keys are utilized, they are spaced apart therearound. | |
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| 111 | Member includes elastically or plastically deformable portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Device wherein the member includes one or more parts or
regions which are movable, either resiliently or yieldably, to another
position relative to the remainder of the member for either (a)
supporting the bolt or nut in or on the member or (b) connecting
the member to the substructure. |
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| 113 | Plastically deformable portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Device wherein the movable part or region is formed from
such a material that, when released from the moving force, it remains more
or less in the position into which it was moved (i.e., the part
or region is nonresilient).
| | (1)
Note. Typical of the art of this subclass is a member provided
with two or more locating tabs, the tabs being bendable into a position
in which they grip the edge of an aperture formed in a platelike substructure. | |
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| 114 | Locked by pawl and toothed or tooth-like piece: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the other element comprises a member which
engages the substructure in a rotation restricting manner and which
has formed on or in it one or more holes, stepped surfaces, notches,
etc., which holes, etc., receive, at least momentarily as the bolt
or the nut is turned, a pivotal (either about a defined axis or
merely bendable) dog, a reciprocable pin, etc., which is mounted
on or in the bolt head or the nut (e.g., a spring loaded pin slidable
in a cavity formed in the nut eccentrically to the threaded hole
thereof).
| | (1)
Note. The movable pawl most frequently comprises a second,
other (i.e., an additional) element. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 125, | for the reference to this subclass (114) appearing
in (2) Note thereof. |
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| 116 | Head or nut side face held by discrete member (e.g., side
lock): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the other element, or at least one of the
plurality thereof, comprises a member which engages the substructure
and which has at least one portion for contacting (a) either at
least one planar, side surface of a plural-sided bolt head or nut
or at least one formation (e.g., a corner formed by the junction
of adjacent side surfaces, a tooth, etc.) on the side of a bolt
head or nut or (b) a corresponding flat side or sidewardly facing
formation on a second, other (i.e., an additional) element which
is located on the axis of, and is caused to turn with, the bolt
head or nut, which additional element substitutes for the bolt head
or nut insofar as engagement with the member is concerned.
| | (1)
Note. The coaction of the member with the substructure is
an essential aspect of the member"s capability for restricting rotation
of the bolt or nut relative to the substructure. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 90+, | for another body of art of this area (83+)
which is directed to a "side lock", but wherein
a plurality of bolts or nuts is involved. |
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| 117 | Adjunct carried flat or formation: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Device provided with a second, other (i.e., an additional)
element, which has the one or more sidewardly facing surfaces or
formations and is located on the axis of, and turns with, the bolt head
or nut, and wherein those surfaces or formations, rather than the
sidewardly facing surfaces or formations of the bolt head or nut,
are engaged by the member.
| | (1)
Note. If the flats or formations are located on an extension
of the member, rather than on a separate element which is coaxial
with the member, classification is not here in subclass (117) but
is elsewhere in this area (116+). |
| | (2)
Note. Frequently, the sidewardly facing formations of the
additional element comprise a plurality of teeth in the nature of
a ratchet. | |
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| 118 | And thread lock coupling complementary fasteners: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Device wherein the bolt and the nut which is threadedly
engaged therewith are prevented from turning relative to one another
by a locking action which results from either (a) the character
of (1) the thread of one or both or (2) the interengagement of the
thread of one with the thread of the other, or (b) the presence,
in the threaded region, of another element which is neither the
one other element, nor is it the additional element of subclass
116 above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 167, | for the search notes therein pertaining to thread
locks. |
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| 119 | Member having opening or notch engaging a bolt head or
nut on two sides: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Device wherein that portion of the member which engages
the one or more sides or formations of the bolt head or nut is the
radially inwardly facing edge or wall of a passage through the member,
the passage being located either (a) entirely within the boundaries
of the member or (b) along a boundary thereof and thus having a
periphery which is not a closed figure, the engagement, in either
case, involving at least two of the sides or formations of the bolt
head or nut.
| | (1)
Note. In the instance of a hexagonal bolt head or nut, the
engagement of the member therewith usually involves at least three
of the sides or formations. | |
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| 123 | And having specific structure to coact with substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 122. Device wherein the member also has, on or proximate to its
region which confronts the substructure, means for engaging the
substructure in such a manner that any tendency of the member to
turn relative to the substructure is either eliminated or minimized.
| | (1)
Note. The means may be in the nature of pointed or otherwise
sharpened projections which will tend to dig into the member-confronting
surface of the substructure. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 134+, | for a member located at least in part between the
substructure and the inwardly facing surface of the bolt head or
nut, and wherein means is provided for retaining, prior to assembling
two or more of the bolt, nut and substructure with one another,
the member to one of those three components in approximately the
position it will occupy subsequent to the assembly, and further
wherein the means may comprise prongs or tabs on the member which
extend more or less normally thereto and grasp the sides of the
bolt head or nut. |
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| 124 | Projection on member and coacting formation in substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Device wherein the means on the member is in the form of
one or more teeth, ridges or the like, which form axial extensions
of the member, and wherein the substructure has one or more recesses,
grooves or the like for either receiving the teeth, etc., or otherwise
cooperating with them to restrict rotation of the member relative
to the substructure. |
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| 125 | Sheet metal member having resilient pawl distorted therefrom: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Device wherein that portion, or one or more of a plurality
thereof, of the member which engages one or more of the flat sides
or sidewardly facing formations of the bolt head or nut is a pawl
which is elastic in nature and is formed by bending, cutting, punching,
stamping, etc., a part of a sheet metal member away from the plane
of the remainder of the member.
| | (1)
Note. Most typically, the nonplanar part is depressed and
overridden by the corners of a bolt head or nut while the latter is
turning in its tightening direction, subsequent to which the part
springs back into a position whereby it blocks the path of a side
of the bolt head or nut. |
| | (2)
Note. In several respects, the art of this subclass presents
a reversal of parts in contrast with the art of subclasses 114+ above,
the latter art having the pawl carried by the bolt head or the nut. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 114+, | as explained in (2) Note above. |
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| 126 | Member includes means which attempt to penetrate substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 125. Device wherein the sheet metal member includes, on its substructure-confronting region,
means (e.g., one or more pointed protrusions, sharp edges, etc.)
for digging into, or attempting to dig into, the surface of the
substructure in order to either eliminate or else minimize turning
of the member relative to the substructure. |
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| 127 | Member abuts coacting part on substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 125. Device wherein the sheet metal member, or a part thereof,
moves into engagement with, and is blocked by a particular region
(e.g., an edge, a flange) of, or a specific formation (e.g., a lug) on,
the substructure, in order to either eliminate or else minimize
turning of the member relative to the substructure. |
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| 128 | Member, or portion thereof, comprises movable pawl: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Device wherein either the member, or one portion of a member
which has a plurality of portions, comprises a dog, lug, pin, etc.,
for blocking the turning of the bolt head or the nut in one direction
by engaging one or more flat sides or sidewardly facing formations
thereof, but which is pivotable, slidable, deflectable or otherwise
repositionable by the bolt head or the nut to avoid blocking a turning
movement in the opposite direction on the part of either of them.
| | (1)
Note. (2) Note of subclass 125 above is applicable here,
also. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 114+, | as explained in the Note referred to in (1) Note
above. |
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| 129 | Member engages inwardly facing surface of bolt head or
nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Device wherein the contact of a region on the outwardly
facing surface of the member with all or part of the inwardly facing
surface of the bolt head or nut is relied upon to contribute to the
rotation restricting function of the one or more portions of the
member. |
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| 131 | And has specific structure to coact with substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 129. Device wherein the member has means (e.g., a flange, one
or more linear segments on its perimeter, a projection, etc.) for
engaging the substructure, or a particular part (e.g., an edge, a
flange) thereof, or a formation (e.g., a groove, a recess) thereon,
in such a manner that any tendency of the member to turn relative
to the substructure is either eliminated or reduced. |
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| 132 | Lock washer type member located between substructure and
bolt head or nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the other element, or at least one of a plurality
thereof, comprises a member which, or a part of which, lies between
the substructure and that surface of the bolt head or nut which
faces in the direction of the substructure for the purpose of resisting
rotation of the bolt head or nut relative to the substructure.
| | (1)
Note. While the coupling, by the member, of the bolt head
or the nut to the substructure obviously requires the mutual locking
together of all three, the art of this and the indented subclasses
is sometimes concerned only with the cooperative relationship of
the bolt head or nut to the member or of the member to the substructure.
In such instances, it becomes necessary to assume that a suitable
coupling exists at the other interface. |
| | (2)
Note. The location of the member between the bolt head or
nut and the substructure does not necessarily require that the member
have two, oppositely facing, regions of contact but such is frequently
the case (e.g., the member may be a washer). |
| | (3)
Note. "Located between", in its broadest sense,
has been construed to include the instance in which a member merely passes
through, or only protrudes into, the region in which the substructure
and the inwardly facing surface confront one another. Indented
subclass 140, for example, is predicated upon such a construction
of that phrase; in addition, other art involving a somewhat similar, elongated
element type of member, but wherein (a) the member may protrude from
either the substructure or the inwardly facing surface of the bolt
head or the nut, and (b) there is no significant entry of the member
into the inwardly facing surface or the substructure, respectively,
is found in this subclass (132). |
| | (4)
Note. The structure discussed in (3) Note above sometimes
is in the nature of a set screw. On the other hand, subclass 83
above also contains a body of set screw art, which art is distinguishable from
the set screws of this area (132+) on the following basis:
The set screw art of subclass 83 does not involve a traversing
of, nor even an entry into, by the set screw, of the region in which
the substructure and the inwardly facing surface confront one another. | |
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| 133 | Member fixed to bolt shank, and member or bolt fixed to
substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device wherein one or both of the member and the bolt are
either limited in, or fixed against, turning relative to the substructure,
and wherein means is provided, at least on the member, but, more
commonly, on both the member and the shank of the bolt, whereby
the two engage each other in such a manner that the turning of one
relative to the other, at least in one direction, is either eliminated
or severely limited.
| | (1)
Note. The member is sometimes a composite of two or more
coacting elements, one of which elements engages the substructure
and the other of which engages the shank of the bolt. |
| | (2)
Note. The limiting or fixing of the member may involve, for
example, substructure-penetrating formations on the member, while
the limiting or fixing of the bolt may be predicated upon, for example,
the squaring of a portion of the shank for engaging an opening complementary
thereto in the substructure. |
| | (3)
Note. The means on the shank of the bolt may comprise structure
in the nature of a flat, a keyway, a thread, etc. | |
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| 134 | Means holding member to bolt, nut or substructure prior
to use: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device which includes means for retaining the member to
the bolt or the nut or the substructure in approximately the position
it will occupy subsequent to the assembly of at least two of those
three components with one another.
| | (1)
Note. Preassembly represents an effort to insure that the
member (e.g., a washer) will be in the right place (e.g., on a bolt)
at the right time. |
| | (2)
Note. Preassembly with a bolt frequently is accomplished
by forming, or completing the formation of (e.g., bringing the thread"s
crest to its full diameter), the bolt"s thread after the
member has been associated with (e.g., placed upon the shank, adjacent
the head of) the bolt. |
| | (3)
Note. While the member of this subclass is, in most instances,
free to rotate relative to the bolt, nut or substructure with which
it has been preassembled until such time as that bolt, nut or substructure is
tightened against some other one of the components, occasionally
it is found that the type of structural engagement involved in the
preassembly is of a nature which precludes relative rotation. |
| | (4)
Note. It is sometimes found in the art of this subclass,
especially in the instance of the preassembly, with a bolt, of a member
which has variations in its axial dimension, such as a lock washer
with twisted teeth, that the bolt is so proportioned or structured
that the maximum extent to which it can be tightened during assembly
is somewhat less than the extent at which it would flatten the washer"s
teeth into the plane of the remainder of the washer, thus, avoiding the
loss of locking efficiency on the part of the teeth. | |
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| 135 | By discrete element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Device wherein the means for holding the member to the bolt,
nut or substructure comprises a second, other (i.e., an additional)
element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 137, | for a plural element member which may resemble somewhat
the member and additional element of this subclass (135), but see
the reference to this subclass appearing there (137) for an explanation
of the fundamental difference. |
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| 136 | Member comprises looplike element (e.g., washer) interlocked
with additional element, one of them engaging substructure or surface
in other than planar, face to face contact: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device wherein the member is made up of two or more elements
which are so structured as to mechanically interengage, interconnect,
interlock, etc., in a manner which limits, in at least one direction,
the movement of one element with respect to at least one other element,
and wherein one or more of the elements form a closed, or a more
nearly closed than open, circle or polygon, the central axis of
which is in, or approximately in, coincidence with the principal
axis of the bolt or nut, and further wherein one or more of the
elements makes contact with the substructure or with the inwardly
facing surface of the bolt head or nut in a manner which involves
more than that represented by engaging one flat face with another such
face.
| | (1)
Note. In this subclass (136), that element of the member
which is in confronting relation with the inwardly facing surface
frequently is provided with, on its surface-confronting portion, teeth
or equivalent formations for increasing the resistance to turning,
at least in an unthreading direction, of the bolt or nut. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 146, | for the reference to this subclass (136) appearing
in (2) Note thereof. |
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| 137 | Two looplike elements interlocked by laterally introduced
key: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Device wherein the member is made up of two elements which
form a closed, or a more closed than open, circle or polygon, and
another element which is inserted between the two elements by movement
toward, and more or less at right angles to, the axis of the bolt,
the insertion of the other element serving to key the two elements
against rotation relative to one another.
| | (1)
Note. The usual practice in the art of this subclass is to
place the two elements on a bolt and then turn a nut tightly into place
on the bolt. The key is then inserted at the juncture of the two
elements. Having eliminated any possibility of rotation of one
of the two elements relative to the other, it is not expected that
the nut will tend to turn in an unthreading direction. To further
insure the absence of any such tendency, the substructure-confronting
element of the member often includes structure to restrict it in
rotation relative to the substructure, and the element confronting the
inwardly facing surface of the nut sometimes is provided with teeth
or equivalent formations for enhancing its engagement with the nut. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 135, | for another device of this area (132+) which
occasionally utilizes two, more or less annular, elements; in that
subclass, however, one of those elements constitutes the member,
whereas the other element serves to retain the one element (i.e.,
the member) in place. |
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| 138 | Pawl element, movably carried by looplike element, coacts
with ratchet on surface: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Device wherein the looplike element, or one of a plurality
thereof, mounts, supports or otherwise holds another element which
includes a portion for engaging the inwardly facing surface of the
bolt head or nut, which portion is capable of some degree of movement
relative to the surface, and wherein the surface has at least one,
and usually a plurality of, steps or related formations, which formations
constitute a ratchet, whereby the movable portion of the other element
serves as a pawl for engaging the ratchet and restricting the rotation,
in at least one direction, of the bolt or nut. |
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| 139 | Laterally introduced key locks looplike element to surface: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Device wherein an element of the member is a pin, rod, wedge,
etc., which is inserted between, by movement toward and more or less
at right angles to the axis of the bolt, the confronting regions
of the looplike element and the inwardly facing surface of the bolt
head or nut, the element penetrating, at least to some extent, each
confronting region and serving to key the looplike element and the
bolt head, or the nut, to one another.
| | (1)
Note. Frequently, both confronting regions are provided with
a groove, recess, etc., for receiving the element; in the event,
however, that only one region has such a groove, etc., then it is
customary to utilize the element to cut (e.g., by providing it with
a sharpened edge) or otherwise form a channel, notch, etc., for its
reception in the other region. | |
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| 140 | Elongate member moves in longitudinally extending opening
in bolt head or nut to enter substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device wherein the member is a nail, pin, screw, or other
element having length as its principal dimension, which element
is contained by or passes through a recess, or an aperture, respectively,
in, and extending more or less parallel to the principal axis of,
the bolt head or nut, and further wherein the element is intended
to be moved along its longitudinal axis to an extent where a portion
of it enters the substructure while another portion remains in engagement
with the bolt head or nut, and additionally wherein entry of the
element into the substructure is by way of either (a) utilizing a
recess provided therein for receiving it, or (b) having sufficient
force applied to it to cause it to penetrate the surface of the
substructure.
| | (1)
Note. Exemplary of the element of (a) of the definition is
a spring-loaded plunger, while the element found most commonly in
(b) is either a pointed, machine screw which is carried by an off-center, threaded
bore in the bolt head or nut, or a threadless fastener which is
impact driven into the substructure. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 132, | in regard to the reference to this subclass (140)
which appears in (3) Note thereof. |
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| 141 | Locking dog or pawl carried by bolt head or nut and engaging
substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device wherein the member is, in whole or in part, a tonguelike
element which is accommodated in, attached to or otherwise held
by the bolt head or nut and which is pivotably, yieldably, or otherwise
movable, upon commencement of unthreading rotation of the bolt or
nut, into a position in which it engages the substructure in such
a manner as to either block or at least severely restrict movement
in that direction.
| | (1)
Note. The tonguelike element assumes a substructure-penetrating
attitude when called upon to block movement. |
| | (2)
Note. While engagement of the tonguelike element with the
substructure takes place somewhat prior to reaching the tightened
position of the bolt head or nut, it does not, generally, offer
significant resistance to rotation in the tightening direction. |
| | (3)
Note. In some instances, a single bolt head or nut may be
provided with more than one tonguelike element. | |
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| 142 | Key introduced laterally at juncture of surface and substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device wherein the member is in the form of a pin, rod,
wedge, etc., and is inserted between, by movement toward and more
or less at right angles to the axis of the bolt, the inwardly facing
surface of the bolt head or nut and that portion of the substructure
which confronts the surface, and further wherein a portion of the pin,
etc., lies within the surface and another portion thereof lies within
the substructure, thereby serving to key the bolt head, or the nut, to
the substructure.
| | (1)
Note. Most commonly, both the surface and the substructure
include a provision (e.g., a groove) for receiving their respective
portions of the pin, etc.; in some instances, however, at least
one of them lacks such a provision, in which event the pin, etc.,
may be provided with a sharpened, longitudinally extending ridge
(e.g., an edge) for forming a channel, notch, etc., as it is being
moved into place. | |
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| 143 | Formations on either member or surface, and cooperative,
restricting means on the other: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device wherein either the member or the inwardly facing
surface of the bolt head or nut includes at least one formation
(e.g., a groove, ridge, spur, etc.), and the other is provided with means
for coactingly engaging the formation or formations, the engagement
serving to prevent or limit rotation of the member and the surface relative
to one another.
| | (1)
Note. The engagement may be selective in nature. |
| | (2)
Note. A mere corner, edge, etc., of the member or the surface
does not constitute a "formation" within the meaning
of this subclass; a concavo-convex relationship, however, is considered
to be proper for inclusion here. | |
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| 144 | Formations on surface, means on member, one of which presents
a sharp edged configuration: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Device wherein the one or more formations are located on
the inwardly facing surface of the bolt head or the nut and the
means is located on the member, and either the formations or the means,
or both of them, has a sectional configuration which includes points
or lines, which points or lines are formed by the angular intersection
(usually at 90° or less) of regions of the surface or the
member (e.g., a chisel edge, cone, corner, parallel-walled channel,
rectangular tooth, ridge, V-groove, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 143, | for related structure, but wherein none of the engagement
is of, for example, the chisel-edge-to-V-groove type; in other words,
the formations and structures of that subclass 143 tend to be rounded
or otherwise gently undulating in cross section. |
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| 145 | Formations comprise ramplike teeth, means comprises a movable
pawl: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 144. Device wherein the formations on the inwardly facing surfaces
of the bolt head or the nut are in the nature of successive teeth,
each having a configuration consisting of an incline, followed by
a decline, the latter usually being a sharp (e.g., a straight) drop,
and wherein the means on the member, which means is movable in response
to a force applied thereto in a particular direction by a moving
tooth, may comprise (a) a protruding portion of the member, which portion
either is in itself resilient or else is resilient by virtue of
the nature (e.g., the material) of the member, or (b) an attachment
to the member which is movable (e.g., pivotally) relative to the
member.
| | (1)
Note. Exemplary of (a) above is a split washer having one
of its free ends positioned to engage the teeth, which free end
frequently is distorted or otherwise reshaped into a lip-like configuration. | |
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| 146 | And substructure accommodation for member portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 145. Device wherein the member includes structure (e.g., a surface
protuberance, an arm, etc.) for entering or otherwise engaging with
a cavity, slot, etc., provided in the substructure for receiving
it, and which cavity, etc., is located, at least in part, below
the surface of the substructure.
| | (1)
Note. In perhaps its most simplistic manifestation, this
subclass adds, to the split washer example of (1) Note of subclass
145 above, a shoulder, inset into the substructure, for backing
up the other free end of the washer. |
| | (2)
Note. As an alternative to forming the cavity, etc., in the
substructure, a separate plate, attached to the substructure, may
be utilized for providing such a feature; however, patents disclosing
and claiming such an alternative structure usually meet the limitations
of subclass 136 above and so will be found there. |
| | (3)
Note. It is occasionally disclosed in the art of this subclass
that, if the substructure is of wood rather than metal, the requirement
for a cavity, etc., in the substructure may be dispensed with and
the protuberance, etc., merely be forced into the substructure. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 136, | as explained in the reference thereto appearing
in (2) Note above. |
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| 147 | Member comprises washer formed as closed loop or apertured
plate or as split ring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device wherein the member consists of at least one element
in the form of an open-center figure having a principal axis which
generally coincides with the longitudinal axis of the bolt or the
nut and wherein the figure may either (a) form a closed path as
in (1) a ring or (2) a disclike element having an opening more or
less in its center and having axially facing regions of significantly
greater area than in the instance of (1); or (b) form other than
a closed path by having free ends which (1) fall short of meeting one
another or (2) pass one another and extend therebeyond.
| | (1)
Note. In the absence of a locus elsewhere (i.e., in an area
not involving a substructure relationship) for the member, per se,
patents claiming only the member, as well as patents claiming the member
in combination with the bolt, nut or substructure, are included
in this and the indented subclasses. |
| | (2)
Note. A member having some degree of compressibility, but
which compressibility is achieved in a manner not provided for elsewhere
in this area (147+), will be found in this subclass (147). |
| | (3)
Note. Included herein is a collection of art wherein the
outer periphery of the member is given some particular configuration
(e.g., rectangular, square, etc.), which configuration ordinarily
might not be deemed to be particularly relevant to the member"s
description as "an open-center figure forming a closed
or a nonclosed path". |
| | (4)
Note. Also collected herein is a small amount of art disclosing
a washer-to-bolt-thread relationship. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 151, | for the reference to this subclass (147) appearing
in (1) Note thereof. |
| 170, | for a nut and an apertured spacer therefor which
are formed adjacent to one another in a strip of material and are
then placed in axial alignment with one another by folding the strip about
an axis located between the nut and the spacer portions thereof;
while the spacer remains attached to the nut and therefore does
not qualify as an additional element for this subclass (147) and
the indented subclasses, it sometimes functions in a manner related
thereto. |
| 531+, | for washer structure when the washer is not a part
of a rotation restricting arrangement for a bolt or nut. |
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| 148 | Engaging side wall of counterbore in substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Device wherein the substructure is provided with either
a cylindrical or a conical enlargement of a portion of the bolt
shank passage, which enlargement receives either a bolt head or
a nut, and wherein the open-center figure, or one of a plurality
thereof, makes contact with some portion of the inner surface of
the enlargement.
| | (1)
Note. Frequently, the open-center figure is configured to
embrace a bolt head which is formed with an upwardly and outwardly
flared (e.g., a beveled), substructure-confronting surface. | |
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| 149 | Plural, axially adjacent washers, or plural part washer: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Device wherein there are either (a) two or more open-center
figures located next to one another along the axis of the bolt or
nut, or (b) a single open-center figure which is made up of two
or more different components, parts, substances, etc.
| | (1)
Note. Included herein is a device of the kind wherein an
open-center figure is formed in each of the two ends of a strip of
material and the strip then folded about the mid portion of its
length to place the figures in axial alignment. |
| | (2)
Note. In the instance of the single, composite figure, the
several components, parts, substances, etc., usually are readily
discernible as such, even though they may be rather intimately associated with
one another. | |
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| 150 | Having one washer, or washer part, of a more yieldable
nature than another washer, or part: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Device wherein either one of the two or more open-center
figures, or one of the two or more different components, parts,
substances, etc., of a single such figure, is, by composition or
configuration, more bendable, compressible, etc., than another of
the figures or another of the components, etc., of the single figure. |
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| 151 | Split ring having radially outwardly extending end: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Device wherein the open-center figure does not form a closed
path, but, instead, has two, distinct ends, and further wherein
one or both of the ends turn from the remainder of the figure in
a direction away from its principal axis.
| | (1)
Note. Those loops which have free ends but which fail to
meet the requirements of either this subclass (151) or subclasses
152+ below are classified elsewhere in this area on some
other basis, if applicable, or, if not, then in subclass 147 above. | |
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| 152 | Ends of split ring overlap in stressed condition: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Device wherein the open-center figure does not form a closed
path, but, instead, has two, distinct ends, and further wherein
those ends pass beyond one another to the extent that, when the figure
is subjected to an axially directed load as the result of the tightening
of the bolt or nut, they will be superposed relative to one another in
a direction paralleling the principal axis of the figure.
| | (1)
Note. The "stressed condition" limitation
is intended to rule out those open-center figures wherein, in a
relaxed state, the ends appear to overlap, but which ends, upon
the compressing of the figure by the tightening of the bolt or nut,
move apart to the extent that there is no longer any overlap. |
| | (2)
Note. An overlap in a radial sense, that is, where the ends
pass beyond one another but one lies farther from the principal
axis of the figure than the other, is not the type of overlap contemplated
by this subclass. |
| | (3)
Note. (1) Note of subclass 151 above is applicable here,
also. | |
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| 153 | Overlap of at least 180 degrees (e.g., coil): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 152. Device wherein the distinct ends of the figure, having passed
beyond one another, continue along paths in which they are axially
superposed until they have traversed a total path or about 540° or
more.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 147, | for an open-center figure in the nature of a spiral,
or a volute, spring. |
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| 154 | Apertured plate of uniform thickness having undulating
contact surfaces: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Device wherein the open-center figure is in the nature of
a plate penetrated by a hole, and further wherein the plate shows,
in a section paralleling its outer periphery and taken before the figure
has been subjected to the pressure generated by the tightening of
the bolt or nut involved, a series of wavelike formations.
| | (1)
Note. The "prior to being stressed" limitation
excludes those figures which have circumferentially spaced projections
on each of their axially directed, oppositely facing regions, which
projections, if formed alternately on the two regions, may cause
the outer periphery to take on an undulating configuration upon
the application of an axial force to the figure. | |
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| 155 | Apertured plate having arched sectional configuration (e.g.,
concavo-convex): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Device wherein the open-center figure is in the nature of
a plate penetrated by a hole, the center of the hole ordinarily
representing a point on the principal axis of the figure, and further wherein
the plate is curved in cross section in at least one direction or
is otherwise so configured in section as to place its central portion
in a different plane than some or all of its periphery, in order
that it may bend to resist a force applied more or less axially. |
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| 156 | Arched configuration circumscribes aperture: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Device wherein the figure is annular in nature, and further
wherein the sectional curvature is displayed twice by a section
which contains the principal axis of the figure (i.e., the material
on one side of the central opening presents, in section, a mirror
image of the material on the other side of the opening). |
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| 157 | Split ring having opposed ends offset axially: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Device wherein the open-center figure does not form a closed
(i.e., a noninterrupted) path, but, instead, has two, distinct ends,
which ends, although facing more or less toward one another, are
misaligned from one another in a direction paralleling the principal
axis of the figure at such time as the figure is not subjected to
the axially directed loading imposed by the tightening of the bolt
or nut.
| | (1)
Note. The misalignment results most frequently from the fact
that the ends are not directed exactly toward each other; another
example, however, is that of ends which are so formed as to have
a surface area which exceeds the area of a section of the material
and wherein, when forced into abutting contact, the end surfaces
engage as to only a portion of their respective areas. |
| | (2)
Note. The open-center figure of this subclass most commonly
takes the form of a helix of slightly less than one full turn. |
| | (3)
Note. The provision of means (e.g., the spacing of the ends,
the configuration of the ends, etc.) for preventing the tendency,
when handled in bulk, of two or more of the open-center figures
to interlink with one another appears frequently in the art of this
subclass. |
| | (4)
Note. The open-center figure of this subclass is occasionally
provided with a guard for confining the residue in the event of
breakage of the figure. |
| | (5)
Note. The open-center figure of this subclass is sometimes
fabricated from twisted, rectangular or square, bar stock, thus
providing the surface of the figure with upstanding ribs which wind
about it throughout its circumference. | |
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| 158 | Contact surface contains a plurality of generally radially
extending ridges or grooves removed from the ends: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Device wherein the open-center figure is formed with two
or more projections or recesses facing the bolt or nut or facing
the substructure, or with at least one projection or recess facing
the bolt or nut and at least one other projection or recess facing
the substructure, and further wherein the projections or recesses
have a length dimension whereby they traverse, in a direction generally
paralleling that of a radian of the figure, that surface of the figure
which faces the bolt or nut or that surface thereof which faces
the substructure or both such surfaces, and additionally wherein the
plurality of projections or recesses is in addition to any such
projections or recesses as may be present at a location proximate
to either of the free ends of the figure.
| | (1)
Note. The limitation which excludes projections or recesses
at or immediately adjacent the free ends is necessitated by such
extremely common practices as, for example, imparting a chisel-like
shape to an end, bending an end slightly in an axial direction and
thus forming a ridge at the axis of the bend, and so forth. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 157, | for an open-center figure proper for this area (157+)
having projections in the nature of spirally wound ribs, as explained
in (5) Note of that subclass. |
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| 160 | Closed loop having plural variations in the profile of
a contact surface or a peripheral edge thereof: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Device wherein the open-center figure is a closed one of
a more or less circular nature and has regions (e.g., contact surfaces)
which face generally oppositely and which have a radial extent determined
by the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the figure, and
wherein at least one region, or at least one periphery, is formed
with a pattern of recurring changes in the figure"s dimension
in an axial direction (i.e., its effective thickness). |
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| 161 | Variations comprise generally radially extending ridges
or grooves: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 160. Device wherein the pattern of recurring changes in the figure"s
dimension in an axial direction is formed by a plurality of projections or
recesses which traverse one or both regions from adjacent one periphery
of such a region to adjacent the other periphery and, more often than
not, along the shortest path (i.e., a radian) therebetween.
| | (1)
Note. Included herein also, for example, are projections
or ridges which (a) are slightly askew to a radian or (b) describe a
somewhat curved path between the peripheries. | |
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| 162 | Variations comprise circumferentially spaced projections
or recesses inset from both peripheries: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 160. Device wherein the pattern of recurring changes in the figure"s
dimension in an axial direction is formed by a plurality of raised
or depressed portions within one or both of the regions, which portions
are spaced inwardly from the figure"s outer periphery and
outwardly from its inner periphery and are spaced from one another
along an annular path.
| | (1)
Note. In the instance of a figure formed (e.g., stamped)
from thin material, the structure which comprises a raised portion
within one region usually comprises a depressed portion within the
other region. | |
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| 163 | Variations are teeth located along a periphery: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 160. Device wherein the pattern of recurring changes in the figure"s
dimension in an axial direction is formed by a plurality of toothlike projections
positioned at, in or on one or both of the peripheries of the figure.
| | (1)
Note. The teeth frequently owe the bulk of their axial dimension
to being turned or twisted, each about its base. | |
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| 164 | Both peripheries: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 163. Device wherein the tooth like projections are at, in or
on both the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the figure. |
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| 165 | Each twisted about its radial axis: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 163. Device wherein the toothlike projections either are located
along the outer periphery of the figure and extend radially away
therefrom or are located along the inner periphery and extend toward
the figure"s longitudinal axis therefrom, and, in either
instance, the toothlike projections each follow generally the path
of a radian and are each given a twist about the axis of such a radian. |
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| 166 | Design of fastener or substructure restricts rotation: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein the means for either preventing or limiting
turning of a specific bolt or nut relative to its substructure resides
in one or more structural characteristics (e.g., configuration, composition,
etc.) of one or another of the bolt, or the nut, or the substructure.
| | (1)
Note. If the structural characteristic of at least one of
the cooperating members (bolt, nut or substructure) is something more
than a flat (i.e., a bearing) surface, classification is here; however,
if both of any two cooperating members afford no more than surfaces
of a planar nature, and those surfaces are parallel to one other,
classification is elsewhere (e.g., below, as an externally, or internally, threaded
fastener, per se.) |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 81, | for a collection of art wherein the means for preventing
or limiting turning resides in a structural characteristic of a
bolt, nut or substructure, as is provided for in this area (166+),
but wherein a plurality of bolts and nuts are involved. |
| 83+, | for a threaded bolt or nut and means for restricting
the rotation of one or both relative to a coacting substructure
and wherein the means comprises at least one element which is in
addition to the bolt, nut, or substructure and also is (a) movable
relative to the bolt, nut or substructure or (b) separable therefrom
or (c) connected without distortion thereto. |
| 190+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against relative rotation. It is appropriate to observe here
that, while the instances of coupling (a) a bolt and a nut to a
substructure, or (b) a nut to a substructure, clearly are provided
for in this area (166+) and would not get to that area (190+),
the instance of coupling (c) a bolt to a substructure sometimes
presents a less straightforward proposition, because the "substructure" may have
some attributes of a static structure (for 166+), but may
also, in other respects, appear to act very much in the nature of
a nut (for 190+); accordingly, when a situation of that
kind arises, consideration should be given to placing copies of
the patent in both areas (166+ and 190+). |
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| 167 | Lock nut type on fastener: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device wherein there is also provided, on one or the other,
or both, of the bolt or nut, thread structure of a kind which serves
to couple one to the other to restrict rotation therebetween.
| | (1)
Note. The thread lock of this subclass ordinarily is separate
from and not directly related to the means by which the bolt or
nut is restricted in rotation relative to the substructure. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 105, | for the reference to a thread lock appearing in
(2) Note thereof. |
| 106, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a coacting
substructure and wherein the means includes a restricting member
and further wherein the member is preassembled with the substructure
at a through-passage or a recess therein for holding a bolt or nut
in coaxial relation with the through-passage or recess and additionally
wherein means (e.g., a thread lock) is provided for coupling the
bolt and the nut to one another. |
| 118, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a coacting
substructure and wherein the means includes a restricting member
and further wherein the bolt or nut, or a coaxial adjunct therefor,
has a sidewardly facing flat or formation engaged by a portion of
the member (e.g., a side lock) and additionally wherein a thread
lock is provided for coupling the bolt (or nut) to a complementary nut
(or bolt). |
| 168, | for a device of this area (166+), but wherein
the means includes or consists of a thread lock between a bolt and
a substructure, the latter functioning as a nut insofar as the bolt
is concerned. |
| 259+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against relative rotation and wherein the means is proximate
to and involves the region of their threaded interengagement (i.e.,
a thread lock). |
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| 168 | Including a lock thread: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device wherein the rotation restricting means either includes
as a portion thereof, or else consists wholly of, thread structure,
on one or the other or both of the bolt and the substructure with
which it is in threaded engagement, of a kind which serves to couple
one to the other.
| | (1)
Note. The substructure functions here as a nut insofar as
the bolt is concerned. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 105, | 106, 118, and 259+, each as explained in
the reference thereto appearing in subclass 167 above. |
| 167, | for a device of this area (166+), but wherein,
in addition to the means for restricting the rotation of the bolt
or nut relative to a substructure, there is also provided a thread
lock for coupling the bolt to its nut. |
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| 169 | Mass of bolt head or nut offset from fastener longitudinal
axis: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device wherein the mass of either the head of the bolt or
of the nut is not centered on the longitudinal axis thereof, whereby,
when that axis is horizontal or significantly so, there will be
a tendency for the bolt or nut, if properly oriented, to both oppose
turning in an unthreading direction and encourage turning in the
opposite direction. |
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| 170 | Nut and washer type formed from single blank folded over
substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device wherein the nut and structure (e.g., a washer) which
will be axially aligned therewith and positioned between the nut
and the substructure, but which remains integral with the nut, are
formed in a more or less planar length of stock material and folded
one over the other to place the aperture and the threaded opening of
the nut in alignment with one another.
| | (1)
Note. The inherent resiliency of the "hinge" portion
connecting the nut and apertured spacer is sometimes relied upon
to increase the resistance of the nut to turning relative to the
substructure. |
| | (2)
Note. A plurality of spacers for the nut may be obtained
by forming plural apertures in the stock material and then folding
it over the appropriate number of times. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 147, | for the reference to this subclass (170) appearing
therein. |
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| 171 | Bolt or nut adapted to be fused directly to substructure
(e.g., weld nut): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device wherein a bolt or nut is so formed or shaped (e.g.,
with one or more flanges, projections, etc.) or otherwise adapted
to be united by fusion, without the benefit of additional material,
to a substructure, the weld involving a mutual melting and flowing
together of a portion of the material of the bolt or nut and a portion
of the material of the substructure.
| | (1)
Note. The art of this subclass may claim only the subcombination
of the bolt or nut. |
| | (2)
Note. Prominent in the art of this subclass is a "weld
nut" which is, most commonly, a metallic nut having one
or more projections (e.g., lugs) which are intended to be fused
(e.g., by spot welding) to the substructure to unite the nut therewith. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 82, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a coacting
substructure and wherein there is provided additional material which has
a settable state; included therein is the fusible joining of a bolt
or nut to a substructure if additional material (e.g., weld rod,
chemical solvent) is utilized in doing so. |
| 257, | and 258, each as explained in the reference thereto
appearing in subclass 82 above. |
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| 172 | Nut having a portion for attachment to substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device wherein the structural characteristic comprises the
formation of the nut, and of structure for retaining the nut in
a particular relationship with an aperture that is formed in the
substructure for the purpose of receiving the bolt, as a single
element, and wherein the element makes contact with the substructure
at one or more locations on each of its oppositely (i.e., outwardly)
facing surfaces.
| | (1)
Note. Frequently, the substructure of the definition is one
of two panels which are being joined in a facing relationship, the other
panel having an aperture for receiving a bolt as it passes through
that panel enroute to the first panel and its nut. | |
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| 173 | Means to engage extends through aperture: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 172. Device wherein the single element rests, in part, against
one of the surfaces of the substructure and has a portion (e.g.,
an arm, tongue, etc.) which passes through the aperture for the
bolt enroute to establishing contact with the other surface of the
substructure.
| | (1)
Note. The provision and utilization of at least one opening
in the substructure, which opening is in addition to the aperture
for the bolt, for the passage of a portion which is the equivalent
of the portion of this subclass, appears in subclass 172 above. | |
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| 174 | Means to engage grasps an edge of substructure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 172. Device wherein the single element is, at least in part,
U-shaped for the purpose of being forced over an edge portion of
the substructure.
| | (1)
Note. "Edge" refers to an outer boundary
of the substructure, which substructure usually is in the nature
of a panel. | |
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| 175 | And has projection contacting periphery of aperture: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Device wherein the single element includes, on one of the
arms of the U, a detent, finger, lip, etc., directed toward the
other arm for engaging the periphery of the aperture provided in
the substructure for the bolt.
| | (1)
Note. The detent, etc., usually is for the purpose of anchoring
the element until such time as the bolt can be threaded into the
nut portion of the element. | |
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| 176 | Fastener having a deformable portion or deforms substructure
(e.g., prong): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device wherein the structural characteristic comprises the
inclusion in one or more of the bolt or the nut or the substructure
of at least one region (e.g., area, portion, etc.) which is inherently
capable of (a) undergoing a significant change (e.g., a distortion)
in configuration or shape, which change may be either elastic or plastic
in nature, (b) causing such a change in another of the bolt, nut
or substructure, or (c) causing such a change in another, and,
either in reaction thereto or as a result of another force, undergoing
a change in its own configuration or shape.
| | (1)
Note. The capability of one region for causing deformation
in another region usually is a matter of the hardness of one relative
to that of the other. | |
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| 177 | Nut assembled to substructure utilizing cooperating regions
on both: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 176. Device wherein a nut and a substructure, each having a deformable/deformation-producing region,
are joined to one another, and wherein, as a result of the joining,
the region of one deforms, or is deformed by, or both, the corresponding
region of the other.
| | (1)
Note. The assembly with which this and the indented subclasses
are concerned is that of the nut to the substructure prior to the
threading of a bolt with the nut. | |
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| 178 | Nut is externally and internally threaded cylinder: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Apparatus wherein the nut is tubular in nature and is threaded
on its outer surface, as well as internally, the outer thread serving
to engage the nut with the substructure when the nut is inserted
thereinto.
| | (1)
Note. Here, the nut is often the deformation-producing one
of the cooperating members, and may, for example, deform the substructure
by creating, in an untapped bore thereof, a thread mating with its
own thread, or, if the bore is a tapped one, may be provided at
some other location with a projection, such as a flange at its outermost
end, for interfering with, and deforming, a region of the substructure. |
| | (2)
Note. The external thread need not be continuous, and, in
fact, may be fragmentary. | |
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| 179 | Nut penetrates substructure and anchors itself thereto
(e.g., pierce nut): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Device wherein the nut contains a deformation producing
region which, when cooperating with a tool couple in the nature
of a ram and anvil, is adapted to act as a cutter or die and move
against the substructure, or have the substructure moved against
it, with sufficient force to create an opening in the substructure,
which opening may (a) have its periphery, or portions thereof, bent
or otherwise distorted (e.g., swaged) into a recess in an axially
directed surface of the nut for holding the nut fast to an axially
directed surface of the substructure, (b) provide an entrance to
the bore of the nut for the bolt which is to be received by the
nut, (c) be sufficiently large to receive the overall radial dimensions
of the nut and have its periphery forced radially inwardly to fixedly engage
the nut along its radially outwardly facing surfaces and thus hold
the nut in more or less coplanar relationship with the substructure,
or (d) otherwise serve in anchoring the nut to the substructure.
| | (1)
Note. The substructure frequently is in the nature of a panel
whose thickness is less than the axial dimension of the nut. |
| | (2)
Note. The terms "clinching" or "clinch nut" appear
occasionally in the art of this subclass (179). While the act of
fastening a pierce nut to a substructure can properly be described
as clinching, a clinch nut is distinguishable from a pierce nut
on the basis that the former is intended to be anchored at a preexisting opening.
On the other hand, the term "pierce or clinch nut",
when properly applied, denotes a nut which can be utilized either
(a) to pierce an opening and be clinched thereat or (b) to merely
be clinched at an existing opening. Other collections of clinch
nuts are found in subclasses 180 and 183 below. | |
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| 180 | Nut deforms wall of preformed opening in substructure during
assembly: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Device wherein the substructure is provided with an aperture
for the entry, in an axial direction, of the nut, or at least a
portion of the axial dimension thereof, and wherein the substructure
has a deformable region which comprises the periphery of the aperture,
which periphery undergoes a change in configuration, radially, or
axially, during or subsequent to the introduction of the nut thereinto.
| | (1)
Note. The change in configuration may be, for example, (a)
a shearing off of portions of the wall of the aperture by the forcing
thereinto of a nut having a serrated, radially outwardly facing
surface, or (b) a bending out, from the plane of the substructure,
of the material surrounding the aperture (e.g., the substructure
is a thin panel). |
| | (2)
Note. The aperture in the instance of a substructure of greater
thickness than the axial dimension of the nut may have an enlarged
portion for the entry of the nut and another smaller portion for
the passage of the bolt shank. |
| | (3)
Note. It is not intended to include herein deformation of
the substructure which takes place at a location removed from the
periphery of the opening; e.g., by prongs or tangs depending from
a radially outwardly extending flange formed on the nut. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 179, | in regard to the reference to this subclass (180)
appearing in (2) Note thereof. |
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| 181 | Both cooperating regions deformed: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Device wherein the nut and the substructure each include
a region which is capable of undergoing a significant change in
configuration or shape and wherein the regions coact to undergo
such a change as a result of the joining.
| | (1)
Note. The two regions may undergo change simultaneously,
or the change may be sequential. | |
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| 182 | Nonmetallic nut, resiliently deformable during assembly: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Device wherein the nut is formed of other than metallic
material (e.g., of an elastomeric composition) and is elastically
distorted, momentarily or otherwise, while being joined to the substructure.
| | (1)
Note. The joining frequently involves the forcing of a mounting
portion of the nut into an opening in the substructure which is
somewhat smaller than the overall dimensions, radially, of that
portion. | |
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| 183 | Nut assembled to substructure by plastically deformable
region on nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 176. Device wherein a nut which contains a deformable region
is joined to the substructure by the permanent distortion of that
region or a portion thereof.
| | (1)
Note. (1) Note of subclass 177 above is applicable here,
also. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 179, | in regard to the reference to this subclass (183)
appearing in (2) Note thereof. |
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| 185 | Surface extends radially beyond flat sides of bolt head
or nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 184. Device wherein the bolt head or the nut includes a plurality
of planar, sidewardly facing surfaces (e.g., for engagement by a wrench),
and wherein the inwardly facing (i.e., the working) surface of the
bolt head or the nut is given a radial dimension which is greater than
the distance separating opposite ones of the sidewardly facing surfaces. |
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| 186 | And includes resilient flange: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Device wherein the greater radial dimension of the inwardly
facing surface, or a portion of that dimension, is in the nature
of an elastically deformable lip. |
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| 187 | Having axially directed projection or recess: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 184. Device wherein the substructure-confronting surface of the
bolt head or the nut includes at least one formation (e.g., a ridge,
stud, groove, hollow) which is raised or depressed in a direction
more or less normally thereto. |
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| 190 | HAVING STRUCTURE TO RESTRICT ROTATION OF THREADED, MATING PIECES
(E.G., NUT LOCK): |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device wherein an externally threaded element and an internally
threaded element are matingly engaged through the medium of their threads,
and wherein means is provided to restrict (i.e., limit or prevent)
the rotation, in at least the unthreading direction, of one element relative
to the other.
| | (1)
Note. The means may range from as much as a plurality of
discrete members to as little as the configuration of the thread
of one of the elements; in the case of a plurality of such members,
only one of the members may be directly involved in the restriction
of rotation, the other, or others, often serving only an auxiliary function
(e.g., retaining the one in its operative position). |
| | (2)
Note. Infrequently, the internally threaded element consists
of at least two, more or less distinct, cooperating parts (e.g.,
an inner, internally threaded sleeve and, interengaged in some manner
therewith, an outer shell, the latter ordinarily having flat surfaces
for engagement by a wrench), in which instance the mating, threaded
engagement required for this subclass is considered to be that of
the inner part of the composite internally threaded element with
the externally threaded element. |
| | (3)
Note. Classification in this and the indented subclasses
is not precluded by the absence of a combination of the two threaded
elements, as long as it is clear that the coupling means is intended
for use with such a combination. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 81+, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a coacting
substructure. |
| 166, | in regard to the discussion therein of a peculiar
kind of art for which classification in both areas 166+ and
190+ should be considered. |
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| 191 | Structure contacts nut piece side and is fixed to the nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device provided with one or more distinct members which
restrict one of the threaded elements from rotating by bearing against
or otherwise contacting at least one, more or less flat, radially
outwardly facing surface of that threaded element, and which member,
or at least one of them, also contacts the other threaded element
in such a manner as to restrict it, too, from rotating. |
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| 192 | And contacts mating piece side: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 191. Device wherein the other threaded element includes at least
one, more or less flat, radially outwardly facing surface, and at
least one of the distinct members rests against or otherwise contacts
one or more of the surfaces. |
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| 193 | Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the member, or
of a discrete element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 192. Device wherein either (a) an inherent property of resiliency
on the part of at least one of the distinct members or (b) the presence
of a distinct element having such a capability, is relied upon for
either (1) moving the distinct member into or from its rotation
restricting position or (2) keeping the distinct member from becoming
separated from its operative association with one or the other of
the threaded elements. |
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| 198 | Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the member, or
of a discrete element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 197. Device wherein either (a) an inherent property of resiliency
on the part of at least one of the distinct members or (b) the presence
of a distinct element having such a capability, is relied upon for
either (1) moving the distinct member into or from its rotation
restricting position or (2) keeping the distinct member from becoming
separated from its operative association with one or the other of
the threaded elements. |
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| 199 | Member comprises key movable laterally into engagement
with threaded elements: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 198. Device wherein at least one of the distinct members ordinarily
comprises a pin, wedge, clip, dog, etc., which is inserted by movement from
one side of the threaded elements toward, and more or less normally
to, their longitudinal axis, which pin, etc., usually is received
in part in each of the threaded elements and thus forms a positive
interlock therebetween. |
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| 200 | Member comprises key movable laterally into engagement
with threaded elements: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 197. Device wherein at least one of the distinct members ordinarily
comprises a pin, wedge, clip, dog, etc., which is inserted by movement from
one side of the threaded elements toward, and more or less normally
to, their longitudinal axis, which pin, etc., usually is received
in part in each of the threaded elements and thus forms a positive
interlock therebetween. |
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| 201 | Member includes plastically deformable portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 197. Device wherein the distinct member, or one of them, includes
at least one region which, when bent or otherwise reshaped, is adapted
to remain in its changed configuration (i.e., the elastic limit
of the material from which the member is formed has been exceeded).
| | (1)
Note. The reshaping may relate to the retaining of the member
in its operative position, rather than to the member"s function
of restricting rotation. | |
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| 202 | Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the member, or
of a discrete element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 191. Device wherein either (a) an inherent property of resiliency
on the part of at least one of the distinct members or (b) the presence
of a distinct element having such a capability, is relied upon for
either (1) moving the distinct member into or from its rotation
restricting position or (2) keeping the distinct member from becoming
separated from its operative association with one or the other of
the threaded elements. |
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| 204 | Structure is coaxial, distinct member (e.g., washer, key,
or nut portion) that restricts nut piece: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device provided with one or more distinct members having
a capability of restricting the rotation of at least the internally
threaded element, which member (or members) (a) is positioned outwardly,
at least in part, of the internally threaded element (relative to
the head end of the externally threaded element) and (b) cooperates
with that outwardly facing portion of the internally threaded element
to restrict the rotation thereof.
| | (1)
Note. The cooperation of the distinct member with the internally
threaded element may involve anything from the engagement of a flat
surface on one with a similar surface on the other to the interlocking
of rather elaborate formations or both. Infrequently, the engagement
may be that of an axially directed extension on either the element
or the member within an axially facing recess (e.g., an annular
one) in the member or element, respectively. | |
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| 206 | Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or of
a discrete element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 205. Device wherein either (a) an inherent property of resiliency
on the part of the jointed pin, hinged plate, bendable rod, etc.,
or (b) the presence of a distinct element having such a capability,
is relied upon for either (1) moving the jointed pin, etc., into
or from its locking position or (2) keeping the jointed pin, etc.,
from becoming separated from its operative association with one
or the other of the threaded elements. |
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| 208 | And key engageable with aligned formations (e.g., grooves)
in axially outwardly facing portion of each threaded element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Device wherein the jointed pin, hinged plate, bendable rod,
etc., when in its locking position, rests in a channel, recess,
slot, etc., formed in the axially outwardly facing portion of the internally
threaded element and also in a similar formation, representing a
prolongation of the first formation, in the corresponding portion
of the externally threaded element. |
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| 209 | Member includes key, screw, tongue, etc. perpendicular
to threads: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Device wherein at least one of the distinct members ordinarily
comprises a pin, wedge, clip, dog, etc., which is inserted by movement from
one side of the externally threaded and the internally threaded
elements toward, and more or less normally to, their longitudinal axis,
which pin, etc., usually is received in part in each of the threaded
elements and thus forms a positive interlock therebetween. |
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| 210 | Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or of
a discrete element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Device wherein either (a) an inherent property of resiliency
on the part of the pin, wedge, clip, dog, etc., or (b) the presence
of a distinct element having such a capability, is relied upon for
either (1) moving the pin, etc., into or from its locking position
or (2) keeping the pin, etc., from becoming separated from its operative association
with one or the other of the threaded elements. |
| | |
| 211 | With a discrete, resilient element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Device provided with a distinct element or device of a resilient
nature for positioning or retaining the pin, wedge, clip, dog, etc.
| | (1)
Note. Frequently, the distinct element is a coil spring. | |
| | |
| 212 | Including plastically deformable portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Device wherein the pin, wedge, clip, dog, etc., has at least
one region which, when bent or otherwise reshaped, is adapted to
remain in its changed configuration (i.e., the elastic limit of the
material from which the pin, etc., is formed has been exceeded).
| | (1)
Note. The reshaping may relate to the retaining of the member
in its operative position, rather than to the member"s function
of restricting rotation. | |
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| 214 | Member includes screw receivable in an axially extending,
internally threaded bore: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Device wherein the member takes the form of a screw (e.g.,
a machine screw) and engages the axially outwardly facing portion
of the internally threaded element either by way of a head formed
on the screw or by way of an additional member located between,
and cooperating with, the screw and the portion, and further wherein
the externally threaded element is provided with a bore which
is internally threaded and extends more or less longitudinally of
the element, which bore receives at least a portion of the shank
of the screw. |
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| 216 | Member or portion includes an axially disposed key: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Device wherein at least one of the distinct members consists
in large part of a portion resembling a dowel, pin, rod, etc., which
portion is positioned generally parallel to the longitudinal axis
of the threaded elements and usually is received in part in each
of them, thus tending to form a positive interlock therebetween. |
| | |
| 222 | Internally threaded locking member (e.g., jam nut): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Device wherein at least one of the distinct members comprises
a second internally threaded element which is in threaded engagement
with the externally threaded element and is located axially outwardly,
at least in part, of the first (i.e., the primary) internally threaded element.
| | (1)
Note. While the thread gripping locking members of subclasses
246+ below sometimes engage the thread of the externally
threaded element in a manner similar to that of the member of this
and the indented subclasses, the engagement there (246+)
should be, at a maximum, somewhat less that 360°. If the
threaded engagement of the member with the externally threaded element
takes place through 360° or more, classification in this
subclass (222) and the indented subclasses is indicated. | |
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| 223 | Including means associated with at least one of the nuts
for restricting rotation therebetween: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 222. Device which includes means (a) formed on or carried by
one or both of the internally threaded elements, (b) consisting
of another distinct member and located between the elements, or
(c) otherwise associated with the elements, which means limits or
prevents (*) the turning of one of the elements with respect
to the other. (*) It should be observed that, in the jam
nut art, the ceasing of further turning of the internally threaded
elements relative to one another may mean that no greater degree
of coupling can be attained than that which existed at the time
that the two elements commenced to move as one. |
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| 225 | Including a plastically deformable portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Device wherein the member includes at least one region which,
when bent or otherwise reshaped, is adapted to remain in its changed configuration
(i.e., the elastic limit of the material from which the member is
formed has been exceeded).
| | (1)
Note. The reshaping may relate to the retaining of the member
in its operative position, rather than to the member"s function
of preventing relative rotation. | |
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| 226 | Received in axially extending passages or recesses: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Device wherein one portion of the member occupies at least
a portion of a groove, hole, slot, etc., which generally parallels
the longitudinal axis of one of the internally threaded elements,
and another portion of the member occupies a similar formation in
the other element. |
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| 227 | Comprising one or more discrete members serving as a pawl
and ratchet: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Device wherein the means comprises one or more distinct
members of which (a) one is either a pawl (e.g., a biased arm, dog,
finger, etc.) or a ratchet (e.g., a series of teeth of asymmetrical
profile), in which event the counterpart ratchet or pawl, respectively,
is an integral part of one of the internally threaded elements, or
(b) one member is a pawl and another member is a ratchet and each
is carried, at least in part, either by one of the elements or by
yet another member cooperating with that element, and wherein, in
either (a) or (b), the function of the pawl and ratchet is to restrict
rotation to a greater degree in one direction than in the other.
| | (1)
Note. A pawl carried by, for example, a washer constitutes
subject matter for this subclass. | |
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| 228 | Inherently resilient pawl: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 227. Device wherein the source of bias for the pawl is the use
of material (e.g., sheet metal) having a significant degree of elasticity
for fashioning the pawl. |
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| 229 | Axially directed, resiliently biased detent means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Device wherein the internally threaded elements are secured
against relative rotation by spring urged, depressible protuberance
means which are carried by one of the internally threaded elements
and which are adapted to be received in recess means in the other
such elements. |
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| 230 | Canted element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Device wherein either of the internally threaded elements
or a washer in association therewith is wedge-shaped or has eccentrically arranged
protuberance means thereon which causes the elements in the assembly
to become tilted with respect to each other, thereby producing a
binding of the mating threads. |
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| 231 | With means resiliently biasing the nuts apart: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Device wherein the internally threaded elements are urged
in axially opposite directions by a springlike force to cause frictional
binding with the threads of the externally threaded element.
| | (1)
Note. The resilient bias may be inherent in the material
from which the elements are formed. | |
| | |
| 232 | Side lock: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Device wherein the internally threaded elements are secured
against relative rotation by means cooperating with one or more sidewardly
facing, substantially planar surfaces on at least one of the elements. |
| | |
| 233 | Integral deformable means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 232. Device wherein the side lock comprises a portion of the
unitary structures of one of the internally threaded elements, which
portion is deformed beyond its elastic limit into engagement with
a side surface of the other of the internally threaded elements. |
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| 234 | By a discrete element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 232. Device wherein the side lock comprises an element which
is separate and distinct from the internally threaded elements.
| | (1)
Note. Included herein is a side lock which is spring biased
into engagement with the elements. | |
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| 237 | Having a part of one or the nuts extending into a circular,
axially directed recess of the other, and further including, in
the region of the recess, formations cooperating to restrict relative
rotation: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Device wherein one of the internally threaded elements includes
an axially directed portion which enters an axially directed enlargement
of part of the axial dimension of the opening provided in the other
internally threaded element for receiving the externally threaded
element, and wherein the elements include, within the axial dimension
common to both, structural features which coact to limit or prevent
the turning, in at least one direction, of one of the elements with
respect to the other.
| | (1)
Note. Infrequently, another distinct member (see subclass
223 above) is located within the axial dimension common to both
of the internally threaded elements and contributes to the limiting or
preventing of turning. | |
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| 238 | At least one of the formations comprises a surface eccentric
to the longitudinal axis of the nuts: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 237. Device wherein one of the structural features is a surface
generated about an axis (or axes, if of varying curvature) which
is offset from the longitudinal axis of the elements, and further wherein
a slight rotation of one of the elements relative to the other brings
that surface into binding engagement with a surface on the other element,
which latter surface either is not eccentric or, if eccentric, is
of a different eccentricity.
| | (1)
Note. The engagement of the member (here, the secondary internally
threaded element) with the axially outwardly facing portion of the
internally threaded element (here, the primary such element) required
by subclass 204 may be somewhat remote in the art of this subclass (238);
however, the eccentricity proposition involved appears sufficiently
peculiar to the jam nut concept to warrant its inclusion with that
art. | |
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| 239 | Including cooperating formations on the axially opposing
portions of the nuts: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Device wherein both of the internally threaded elements
are formed with, on the portions thereof which occupy an axially
confronting relationship, surface configurations which interact
with each other to limit or prevent the turning, in at least one
direction, of one of the elements with respect to the other.
| | (1)
Note. Infrequently, another distinct member (see subclass
223 above) is located between the internally threaded elements and
contributes to the limiting or preventing of turning (e.g., by providing
one of the confronting sets of surface configurations). | |
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| 240 | Comprising teeth of the ramp and buttress type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 239. Device wherein the surface configurations formed on each
internally threaded element comprise a plurality of projections
of the kind which, in profile, display a gradual slope leading to
the outermost region of the projection followed by a sharp (e.g.,
a perpendicular) drop to a base line. |
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| 241 | Comprising surfaces of a curvilinear nature: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 239. Device wherein the surface configurations formed on each
internally threaded element are rounded or undulating in character.
| | (1)
Note. The interaction of the surface configurations may involve
only certain portions thereof at any one rotational position of
the elements relative to one another. | |
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| 244 | Oppositely threaded: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Device wherein one of the internally threaded elements has
a right-hand thread while the other has a left-hand thread, and
the externally threaded element includes threaded portions mating
with each of them. |
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| 245 | Intersecting threads on the bolt: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Device wherein the right-hand and left-hand threads on the
externally threaded element are formed in overlapping relationship
so as to define a crossed-threaded arrangement. |
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| 246 | By thread-gripping locking element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Device wherein at least one of the distinct members comprises
an element which exerts a tight holding action, usually at circumferentially
spaced locations, upon the thread of at least one of the threaded
elements.
| | (1)
Note. The thread which is gripped by the member ordinarily
is that of the externally threaded element. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 222, | and see (1) Note thereof for the line between the
member of that subclass (222) and the member of this subclass (246). |
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| 247 | Resilient grip: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Device wherein the locking member is urged into engagement
with the threads by spring biasing means.
| | (1)
Note. The spring biasing means may comprise the inherent
resiliency of the material from which the locking member is formed. | |
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| 248 | Split ring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Device wherein the locking member comprises a resilient
element which defines the major portion, but less than all, of a
normally closed figure such as an annulus or a polygon.
| | (1)
Note. The break in the figure sometimes serves to facilitate
assembly of the element with the threaded elements. | |
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| 250 | Wire structure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Device wherein the locking member is formed from a stock
material in the nature of a thin, metal rod which is resiliently
flexible. |
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| 254 | Gripping member is moved radially into engagement with
the threads: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Device wherein the locking member assumes the thread gripping
position upon being moved toward or from, and generally perpendicular
to, the axis of the threaded elements.
| | (1)
Note. The member is sometimes moved into its gripping position
by applying a radially inwardly directed force for constricting
its periphery. | |
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| 258 | Including settable material: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device wherein the means comprises or includes a quantity
of a substance which is hardenable from the relatively soft or flowable state
in which it is applied to at least one of the threaded elements
into a firm or rigid state in which it holds, or assists in holding,
the threaded elements against rotation relative to one another.
| | (1)
Note. Included herein, for example, is the use of an adhesive
to create a force tending to hold two parts together, or the use
of a chemical solvent which, with or without the assistance of a
physical treatment (e.g., heat) molecularly intermingles with and
unites two parts. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 257, | for a threaded bolt and nut coupled against rotation
by means which may include metallic material of a fusible nature. |
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| 259 | Comprising a thread lock: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device wherein the rotation restricting means comprises
either the thread structure of one of the other of the threaded
elements, or the interaction of the threads of one element upon
the threads of the other element, or the action of an additional
element upon the threads of one or the other or both of the threaded
elements.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 167, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a coacting
substructure and wherein the means comprises the structure of the
bolt, nut or substructure and further wherein a bolt-to-nut thread
lock is also provided; see also the search notes of that subclass
for other subclasses of this class which include a thread lock. |
| 222+, | for a coupled bolt and nut which includes a rotation
restricting member which coacts with the axially outwardly facing
portion of the internally threaded element and wherein that member
is an additional internally threaded element, in which art, it may be
observed, the action of one internally threaded element upon the
other, and the resultant reaction of each upon the thread of the
externally threaded element, often is the basis for the coupling
achieved. |
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| 260 | Including a distortable metallic washer or sleeve: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein the rotation restricting means includes a
substantially annular member of more or less readily deformable
metal which is disposed in concentric relationship with the threaded
elements and moves, upon deformation, into tight engagement with
the threads of at least one of the elements. |
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| 261 | In the nature of a dished washer: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 260. Device wherein the member is a washer which is concave on
one of its axially directed faces and is adapted (e.g., by having
a convex, opposite face) to be axially collapsed by the application
of a compressive force, thus causing its inner and outer peripheries
to shift radially, at least one of them moving into engagement with the
threads on one of the threaded elements. |
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| 262 | Including a coil spring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein the rotation restricting means includes a
helically wound resilient wire which grips the threads on one or
both of the threaded elements. |
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| 263 | Differential thread means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein a discrete locking member is provided with
threads which engage complementary threads on either of the threaded
elements causing the mating threads on said elements to be biased
axially into tight, frictional engagement.
| | (1)
Note. The threads on the locking member may be of a different
pitch and/or hand from those on the mating threaded elements. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 312, | in regard to the reference to this subclass (263)
appearing in (1) Note thereof. |
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| 264 | Rocking thread section on the externally threaded element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein the externally threaded element includes
a section of the threads which comprises a separate element,pivotal
between a position wherein the leading threads thereon are within
the confines of the adjacent threads on the element and a second
position, initiated by engagement with the internally threaded element,
wherein at least said leading threads extend radially beyond said
adjacent threads. |
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| 265 | Including a tapered (e.g., conical) surface for wedging
the internally threaded element against the externally threaded
one: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein the rotation restricting means includes a
surface which extends at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis
of the threaded elements, which surface is engaged by the internally
threaded element in such a manner that movement on the part of that
element causes it to be forced into ever-tighter engagement with
the externally threaded element.
| | (1)
Note. The surface is usually one of revolution, such as a
cone, and may be either interrupted (i.e., a segmented cone) or continuous. |
| | (2)
Note. The surface most often is smooth, but is, in some instances,
threaded. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 237, | for a coupled bolt and nut which includes a rotation
restricting member which coacts with the axially outwardly facing
portion of the internally threaded element, and wherein that member
is an additional internally threaded element, and further wherein there
is included a means to restrict the rotation of one internally threaded element
relative to the other one, and additionally wherein the latter means comprises
the extending of a portion of one of the elements into a recess
of the other element, which portion and recess, it may be observed,
sometimes involve a conical interface. |
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| 266 | Segmented internally threaded element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 265. Device wherein wedging of the threads is facilitated by
the internally threaded element being longitudinally split.
| | (1)
Note. The splitting may divide the element into segments
which are separate and distinct. | |
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| 271 | Externally threaded element includes an axially extending
opening in its free end for receiving an expander member: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein the externally threaded element includes,
in that end which is opposite its headed end, a longitudinal bore,
cavity, slot, etc., into which a distinct member of nonuniform thickness
(e.g., a cone, a wedge, etc.) is moved for forcing a portion of
the thread of that element generally radially outwardly against
a corresponding portion of the thread of the internally threaded
element.
| | (1)
Note. While the distinct member ordinarily is a component
of the bolt and nut assembly, in rare cases it is a spreader tool
(e.g., a chisel) which is associated with the assembly only momentarily. |
| | (2)
Note. While the distinct member frequently is driven into
the externally threaded element by axially directed blows, it is
sometimes pulled or pushed thereinto by the turning of the elements into
threaded interengagement. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 325, | for a structurally similar opening and member, but
wherein the expansion of the externally threaded element does not
take place in the region of its threaded interengagement with the other
element. |
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| 274 | Having an element, or with a discrete member, adapted to
cant the assembly: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein either the internally threaded element, the
externally threaded element, or an additional member in association
therewith, is wedge-shaped, has eccentrically arranged protuberance
means thereon, or is otherwise adapted to cause the elements in
the assembly to become tilted with respect to each other, thereby
producing a binding of the mating threads. |
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| 277 | Radially inward distortion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 276. Device wherein the internally threaded element is deformed
in a direction toward, and generally perpendicular to, the longitudinal
axis of the element. |
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| 278 | With discrete means carried by the element for producing
the distortion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 277. Device wherein the internally threaded element carries a
separate means by which the element is deformed.
| | (1)
Note. In the event the discrete means comprises an "additional
internally threaded element" within the meaning of subclasses
222+ above, classification there is proper. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 222+, | as explained in the reference thereto appearing
in (1) Note above. |
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| 279 | Threaded means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 278. Device wherein the distortion producing means comprises
a threaded member which is received in a substantially radially
extending, threaded aperture in the internally threaded element. |
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| 280 | Of cantilevered segments (e.g., castlelated end): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 277. Device wherein the distroted portion of the internally threaded
element comprises sections at one end thereof defined by circumferentially spaced,
axially outwardly facing slots.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 266+, | for an internally threaded element of this area
(259+) which is of the segmented type and wherein a conical surface
is provided for wedging the segments toward an externally threaded
element. |
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| 283 | Impacted areas: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 281. Device wherein the spaced, deformed portions are the result
of impacts applied in the vicinity of each portion, thus causing
the threads there to be forced inwardly. |
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| 284 | Located on the flats of a polygonally shaped element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 283. Device wherein the outer periphery of the internally threaded
element is defined in cross section by a geometric figure comprising
a plurality of angularly related flat sides and wherein the impacted
areas are located on respective ones of those sides. |
| | |
| 285 | Axial distortion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 276. Device wherein the internally threaded element is deformed
in a direction generally parallel to its longitudinal axis. |
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| 286 | With discrete means carried by the element for producing
the distortion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 285. Device wherein the internally threaded element carries a
separate means by which it is deformed.
| | (1)
Note. In the event the discrete means comprises an "additional
internally threaded element" within the meaning of subclasses
222+ above, classification there is proper. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 222+, | as explained in the reference thereto appearing
in (1) Note above. |
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| 287 | By axially directed impacted areas: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 285. Device wherein the distortion comprises areas of the endwalls
of the element having the material thereof compressed in a direction
substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said element,
resulting in the convolutions of corresponding thread portions being
moved closer together to define a reduced pitch in said portions. |
| | |
| 289 | Coiled spring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 288. Device wherein the distorted internally threaded element
is in the form of a helically wound wire. |
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| 290 | Including a region displaceable generally axially relative
to another part of the element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 285. Device wherein the internally threaded element includes
at least one region which is shiftable (e.g., by bending into a
void) in a direction more or less parallel to the longitudinal axis
of the element with respect to another part (e.g., remainder) of
the element for setting up a binding action between at least some
of the threads of that element and the threads of the externally threaded
element.
| | (1)
Note. In most instances, the region includes at least one
thread for engaging the externally threaded element. |
| | (2)
Note. The shifting sometimes results from the advancing movement
of the externally threaded element through the internally threaded
element, but may result, instead, from the region being collapsed
as it is forced against a substructure. | |
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| 291 | Having at least one region formed by a cut, slot, etc.,
across at least one sidewall of the element and extending generally
radially into the element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Device wherein at least one shiftable region is created
by forming a generally planar void (e.g., by a saw cut, by a preformed
lip, etc.) which starts in one or more of the sidewalls and extends
into and part way through the element in a direction more or less
normally to the longitudinal axis of the element.
| | (1)
Note. While the art of this subclass emphasizes the binding
action which results from the threads of the region being moved
axially relative to the threads of another part of the element,
it is occasionally disclosed that this movement (ordinarily by bending)
results in the threads of the region presenting an other-than-exactly-circular
opening for receiving the threads of the bolt. | |
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| 292 | Including a longitudinal locking member: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device which includes a member in the nature of a key which
extends substantially parallel to the axis of the threaded elements
and bites into or binds against the threads of one or the other of
the elements. |
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| 293 | Having a toothed surface: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 292. Device wherein that portion of the key which engages the
threads is formed with protuberance means.
| | (1)
Note. The protuberance means may either mate with or bite
into the threads. | |
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| 296 | Side clutch: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein a discrete locking member bites into the
threads on either of the threaded elements with the locking action
resembling that of a pawl and ratchet except that said threads have
no cooperating notches.
| | (1)
Note. The engagement of the member of this subclass (296)
with the threaded element hereof is somewhat similar to that of
the member and element of subclass 300 below, except that here there
is toothed contact while in subclass 300 there is only line contact. | |
| | |
| 297 | Roller: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 296. Device wherein the locking member is substantially cylindrical
or conical and is disposed in rolling engagement with a cam surface
for moving the member into binding engagement with the threads. |
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| 298 | Ball: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 296. Device wherein the locking member is spherical and cooperates
with a cam surface for moving the member into binding engagement
with the threads. |
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| 299 | Spring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 296. Device wherein the locking member is resilient in nature. |
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| 300 | Tangential locking member: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device which includes a member in the nature of a key which
is carried by the internally threaded element and engages the thread
on the externally threaded element along a straight line disposed
substantially parallel to the pitch of the thread.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 296, | in regard to the comparison in (1) Note thereof
of the member-to-element contact in the respective subclasses. |
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| 301 | Elastic gripping action: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein at least one of the threaded elements or
a member (e.g., a washer, sleeve, etc.) in combination therewith
is composed wholly or partly of an elastomeric material which frictionally
grips one of the threads.
| | (1)
Note. The elastomeric material may comprise a coating of
such material on one or more of the threaded surfaces. | |
| | |
| 302 | Elastic insert: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 301. Device wherein the elastomeric material comprises an element
of that material carried by one of the threaded elements. |
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| 305 | Externally threaded element adapted to be compressed radially
inwardly: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein the externally threaded element is so formed
(e.g., with a threaded portion which has a hollow core, with a threaded
portion which is slotted longitudinally, etc.) that its engagement
with a mating internally threaded element results in at least some
displacement of its threaded surface in a direction toward its longitudinal
axis. |
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| 306 | Resilient element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 305. Device wherein the externally threaded element, or at least
the threaded portion thereof, is sufficiently resilient in nature
(i.e., has a sufficiently high limit of elasticity) that, upon removal
of the internally threaded element, it expands outwardly to its
previous dimension. |
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| 307 | Having threads of different pitch, or a thread of varying
pitch: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein the locking is occasioned by either (a) the
use of a thread frequency on one of the threaded elements which
is greater or less than the thread frequency of the other threaded
element or (b) the use, on one of the threaded elements, of a thread
frequency which is different in one longitudinal region of the element
than in another longitudinal region thereof. |
| | |
| 308 | Involving dissimilarities in the sectional configuration
of the threads: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein the locking is occasioned by a sufficient
departure, on the part of the thread of one of the threaded elements,
from the shape, in cross section, of the thread of the other threaded
element, that the two threads will no longer operatively engage
with one another without binding to one degree or another.
| | (1)
Note. The cross-sectional shape is that displayed by a section
containing the longitudinal axis of the elements. | |
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| 309 | Resulting in the deformation of one thread by the other: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 308. Device wherein one of the threads distorts the other thread
to an extent which exceeds its elastic limit.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 277+, | for deformation of the thread of an internally threaded
element (i.e., a nut) resulting from radially inwardly distortion
of the element. |
| 285+, | for deformation of the thread of an internally threaded
element (i.e., a nut) resulting from axial distortion of the element. |
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| 310 | By integral, interference-producing deviations from a standard
thread shape: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 309. Device wherein the distortion is produced by the presence,
on at least one of the threads, of regions, integral with the material
of the thread, which extend beyond, at one or more locations, the
cross-sectional shape of a standard (e.g., a 60°) thread.
| | (1)
Note. Included herein is art wherein the deviation comprises
the use of different flank angles on the threads (i.e., the included
angle of one of the threads is not the same as the included angle
of the other thread). | |
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| 312 | Including means biasing the threads in axially opposed
directions: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Device wherein the mating threads are forced into frictional
engagement by means urging the respective threads in opposed longitudinal directions.
| | (1)
Note. The means is sometimes a discrete locking member as
in subclass 263 above; if it is, however, it is not a threaded member,
as is the case there (263). | |
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| 313 | Washer having a deformable portion engageable with a threaded
element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device wherein a washer element is provided having a portion
which is bent or otherwise deformed into locking engagement with
one of the threaded elements.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 201, | for a coupled bolt and nut provided with one or
more distinct member which restrict rotation by engaging at least
one, more or less flat, radially outwardly facing surface of the
internally threaded element, and wherein the member, or one of them,
includes a region which is bent or otherwise reshaped, plastically,
into engagement with such a surface, which member frequently is
in the nature of a washer. |
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| 315 | With a member in the nature of a rotation preventing key
movable laterally into engagement with the threaded elements: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device provided with one or more distinct members having
a rotation restricting capability and ordinarily comprising a pin,
wedge, clip, dog, etc., which pin, etc., is inserted by movement
from one side of the threaded elements toward, and more or less
normally to, their longitudinally axis and usually is received in
part in each of the threaded elements, thus tending to form a positive
interlock therebetween. |
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| 316 | And utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or
of a discrete element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 315. Device wherein either (a) an inherent property of resiliency
on the part of the pin, wedge, clip, dog, etc., or (b) the presence
of a distinct element having such a capability, is relied upon for
either (1) moving the pin, etc., into or from its locking position
or (2) keeping the pin, etc., from becoming separated from its operative association
with one or the other of the threaded elements. |
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| 319 | And including a plastically deformable portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 315. Device wherein the pin, wedge, clip, dog, etc., has at least
one region which, when bent or otherwise reshaped, is adapted to
remain in its changed configuration (i.e., the elastic limit of the
material from which the pin, etc., is formed has been exceeded).
| | (1)
Note. The reshaping may relate to the retaining of the member
in its operative position, rather than to the member"s function
of restricting rotation. | |
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| 321 | With an elongated member in the nature of a rotation preventing
key disposed axially of the threaded elements: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device provided with one or more distinct members having
a rotation restricting capability and at least one of them ordinarily
comprising a dowel, pin, rod, etc., which dowel, etc., is positioned
generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the threaded elements
and is usually received in part in each of them, thus tending to form
a positive interlock therebetween.
| | (1)
Note. In a few instances, the member includes a portion which
is adapted to extend into a transverse opening provided in the externally
threaded element. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 216+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
includes a discrete, rotation restricting member which confronts an
axially outwardly facing portion of the nut and further wherein
the member includes, as a substantial part thereof, an elongated,
axially disposed portion in the nature of a key. |
| 292+, | for a member which may closely resemble the member
of this subclass (321) as to appearance or orientation, but which
member is an element of a thread lock. |
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| 322 | And utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or
of a discrete element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 321. Device wherein either (a) an inherent property of resiliency
on the part of the dowel, pin, rod, etc., or (b) the presence of
a distinct element having such a capability, is relied upon for either
(1) moving the dowel, etc., into or from its locking position or
(2) keeping the dowel, etc., from becoming separated from its operative
association with one or the other of the threaded elements. |
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| 323 | And including a plastically deformable portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 321. Device wherein the dowel, pin, rod, etc., has at least one
region which, when bent or otherwise reshaped, is adapted to remain
in its changed configuration (i.e., the elastic limit of the material
from which the dowel, etc., is formed has been exceeded).
| | (1)
Note. The reshaping may relate to the retaining of the member
in its operative position, rather than to the member"s function
of restricting rotation. | |
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| 324 | Elastic gripping action: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device wherein at least one of the threaded elements, in
a region apart from its threads, is composed of or otherwise includes
elastomeric material or other resilient means for frictionally holding
onto a region other than the threads of the other threaded element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 301+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
comprises a thread lock and further wherein one of the threaded elements,
or a member in combination therewith, includes elastomeric material
for frictionally gripping a threaded region. |
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| 325 | Externally threaded element includes an axially extending
opening in its free end for receiving an expander member: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device wherein the externally threaded element includes,
in that end which is opposite its headed end, a longitudinal bore,
cavity, slot, etc., into which a distinct member of nonuniform thickness
(e.g., a cone, wedge, etc.) is moved for forcing a portion of that
element generally radially outwardly, the internally threaded element
being so located on the externally threaded element that the radial
movement does not take place in the region of their threaded interengagement.
| | (1)
Note. See (1) Note of subclass 271 above. |
| | (2)
Note. See (2) Note of subclass 271 above. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 271, | for a structurally similar opening and member, but
wherein the expansion of the externally threaded element takes place
in the region of its threaded interengagement with the other element. |
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| 326 | Pawl and ratchet: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device wherein the threaded elements are locked together
by structure comprising a protuberance on one of the elements, or
on an additional member, cooperating with a series of cam surfaces
and stop shoulders on the other element, or on the member, whereby
relative rotation of the elements is permitted in the tightening
direction but prevented or restricted in the loosening direction. |
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| 328 | Pivoted pawl: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 327. Device wherein the pawl is mounted on the internally threaded
element for rotation about a defined axis. |
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| 329 | Resilient pawl: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 327. Device wherein the pawl is either inherently springlike
or is under the influence of an additional member in the nature
of a spring. |
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| 330 | Washer carried pawl: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 326. Device wherein a substantially annular disc is provided
having a central opening for receiving the externally threaded element
and wherein the pawl is carried by the disc. |
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| 331 | Resilient: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Device wherein the pawl is either inherently springlike
or is under the influence of an additional member in the nature
of a spring. |
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| 332 | Including teeth of the ramp and buttress type on the axially
inwardly facing portion of the internally threaded element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device wherein the means for limiting or preventing the
turning of one threaded element with respect to the other threaded
element includes, on the axially inwardly facing portion (e.g.,
surface) of the internally threaded element, a plurality of projections
of the kind which, in profile, display a gradual slope leading to
the outermost region of the projection followed by a sharp (e.g.,
a perpendicular) drop to a base line.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 227+, | 240, and 326+, for rotation restricting means
which include a ratchet, and with the further observation that a ratchet
frequently has teeth which are of the ramp and buttress type. |
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| 333 | By deformation of a threaded element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Device wherein the means comprises the altering of the initial
condition of one of the elements.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 242, | 271, 276+, 305+, 309+,
and 325, for other instances of deformation or distortion of a threaded
element or the thread thereon. |
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| 337 | HEADED FASTENER ELEMENT WITH NUT, WASHER, SECURING MEANS
OR CAP: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter drawn to an elongated fastening means provided
at one end with an enlargement or related structure in the nature
of a head defining a head and further provided with either a cooperating
internally threaded means, a perforated disk or annular means, a securing
means in the form of an unthreaded means designed to cooperate with
and restrain the fastening means, or means for covering an end of
the fastening means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 81+, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a coacting
substructure. |
| 190+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another. |
| 531, | for the search notes therein pertaining to other
loci for washers. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 24, | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
subclasses 305+ for combined fasteners all of which are of the
Class 24 type. |
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
subclasses 698+ for headed fasteners with in situ static structure
assemblies. See the Search Class reference to Class 411 of Class
52 for the line between Class 411 and that Class 52 subclasses. |
| 238, | Railways: Surface Track,
subclasses 251+ and 310+ for various types of headed fasteners
specially adapted with or for joining railway elements. |
| 248, | Supports,
subclass 239 for projecting pin shelf or scaffold bracket. |
| 278, | Land Vehicles: Animal Draft Appliances,
subclasses 60+ for headed fasteners specially adapted for use
with animal draft land vehicles; and subclasses 96+ for
whiffletree link or clevis connectors. |
| 301, | Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles,
subclasses 9.1+ for detachable wheel connections. |
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| 338 | Lap bolt or fastener: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 337. Subject matter wherein the fastening means contains a longitudinal
cavity adapted to cooperate with and telescopingly receive a securing means. |
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| 339 | Interference fit type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 338. Subject matter where the fastening means and securing means
are secured by the close tolerance fit between their mating surfaces. |
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| 340 | Securing means pivotable about axis transverse to fastener
axis, e.g., toggle bolt, etc.: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 337. Subject matter wherein the headed fastening means is provided
with an unthreaded cooperating restraining means capable of rotating about
an axis which is at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the
fastener.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 402, | Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or
Notch of Sheet,
subclasses 60+ for a device of that class which may include an
elongated fastener with a pivoted end lock. |
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| 341 | And biasing spring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 340. Subject matter further provided with an elastic structure
tending to return to its normal shape after being distorted. |
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| 348 | Ball detent securing means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 347. Subject matter wherein the securing means is in the form
of a metallic sphere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 24, | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
subclasses 211+ for a ball-detent type fastener combined with a
socket to receive the fastener. |
| 29, | Metal Working,
subclasses 271+ for hand manipulatable tools used to align or center
pipes or similar structures. |
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| 349 | Securing means pivotable about axis of fastener: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 347. Subject matter wherein the securing means is capable of
rotating about the longitudinal axis of the headed elongated fastening
means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 24, | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
subclasses 221+ for mating head and socket separable fasteners
wherein the head is rotatable. |
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| 351 | With draw bar or draft key fastener: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 337. Subject matter wherein the fastening means consists of an
elongated bar having a substantially rectangular cross section and
structured for particular use in securing locomotive couplings.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 213, | Railway Draft Appliances,
subclass 62 for cushioned drawbar and cushioned yoked drawbar
connections. |
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| 352 | Metallic resilient securing means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 337. Subject matter wherein the securing means is composed of
a springy metal material such that the fastening means is at least
in part retained in its securing position by the resilient nature
of the material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 372, | for a headed fastener element provided with a washer
or cap wherein a separate means is used to attach or retain the
washer or cap to the fastener element. |
| 516+, | for a resilient metallic sheet or wire formed securing
means, per se. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 24, | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
subclasses 213+ for resilient mating head and socket separable
fasteners. |
| 37, | Excavating,
subclass 457 and 458+ for resilient connections between scoop
buckets and teeth. |
| 74, | Machine Element or Mechanism,
subclass 470 for resilient connections in control lever and
linkage systems; and subclasses 500.5+ for resilient connections
in hand operated flexible control systems. |
| 248, | Supports,
subclass 74 for resilient ring, or clamp pipe, or cable supports. |
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| 353 | Retainer ring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 352. Subject matter wherein the securing means is in the form
of a circular band of metal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 517+, | for retainer rings, per se. |
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| 355 | And apertured bolt: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 354. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
a transverse slot designed to receive the wedge-type securing means. |
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| 356 | Penetrating pin securing means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 337. Subject matter wherein the securing means is in the form
of an elongated pinlike element which is driven through an aperture
or a recess into the material in which the fastening means is used
to secure the fastening means within said material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 439+, | for impact driven fastener, per se. |
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| 358 | Outwardly deflected: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 357. Subject matter wherein means are provided for causing the
pinlike element to be directed away from the fastening means and
into the material in which the fastening means is used. |
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| 359 | Bifurcated: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 358. Subject matter wherein an end of the pinlike element is
formed with a longitudinal slot which permits element portions on
either side of the slot to be deflected in opposite directions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 457+, | for multiple prong impact driven fasteners. |
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| 360 | Deformable securing means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 337. Subject matter wherein the securing means is designed for
and capable of being plastically flowable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 447+, | for impact driven fasteners provided with deformable
integral locking means. |
| 501+, | for plastically flowable or deflectable headed fastener
elements. |
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| 363 | Plural end legs: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 362. Subject matter wherein the end of the fastening means has
plural deflectable end structures. |
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| 364 | Cotter pin fastener: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 363. Subject matter wherein the fastening means consists of wire
structure having semicircular cross section having two legs and
further wherein the means outwardly deflects the legs.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 513+, | for cotter pins fastener elements, per se. |
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| 366.1 | Headed bolt or screw with threads and complementary nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 337. Subject matter wherein the headed fastener with nut wherein
below the enlargement structure is provided an attached rod having
externally projecting helical ribs and further provided with a separate,
cooperatively mating, internally projecting, helical-ribbed perforated block.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 81+, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a structure. |
| 190+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another. |
| 378+, | for externally threaded fastener elements. |
| 427+, | for internally threaded fastener elements. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 24, | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
subclasses 90.1+ for screw threaded buttons. |
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| 366.2 | Flush mount or low profile: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 366.1. Subject matter wherein the headed fastener with nut in
which the enlargement structure and the perforated block are designed
to be even with or slightly extending beyond the external surfaces
of opposed members (e.g., two flat panels) to be joined. |
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| 367 | Having stay bolt spacer sleeve type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 366.1. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is structured
for and used in securing two or more plates or similar members in
spaced relationship and further wherein the washer is in the form
of a metallic cylindrical member which when in its assembled relationship
substantially encloses the stay bolt while lying intermediate the
plates or similar members.
| | (1)
Note. The fastener assemblage of this subclass is typically
used to secure boiler plates. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 370, | for a stay bolt with a bearing washer. |
| 379+, | for threaded stay bolt structure, per se. |
| 505, | for unthreaded stay bolt structure. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 122, | Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers,
subclass 496 for combinations of stay bolts and stay bolt structures
with boiler structures. |
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| 368 | Having washer: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 366.1. Subject matter further provided with a perforated disk.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 531+, | for washers, per se. |
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| 369 | Including sealing means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 368. Subject matter wherein either the internally threaded means
or disk is provided with means or structure which cooperate to prevent
the ingress of fluid between the internally threaded means or disk
and the fastening means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 542, | for sealing washers, per se. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 277, | Seal for a Joint or Juncture, for a generic sealing means or process,
subclass 640 for a static contact seal for other than an internal
combustion engine, or a pipe, conduit, or cable including an anchoring
means extending through the seal. |
| 292, | Closure Fasteners,
subclass 307 for closure seal structure. |
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| 370 | Stay bolt bearing washer: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 369. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is structured
for and used in securing two or more plates or similar members in
a spaced relationship and further wherein the washer is structured
for and used to mount the head of the fastener element within or
to a plate or similar member.
| | (1)
Note. The fastener assemblage of this subclass is typically
used to secured boiler plates. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 379+, | for threaded stay bolt structure. |
| 505, | for an unthreaded stay bolt structure. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 122, | Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers,
subclass 496 for combination of stay bolts with boiler structures. |
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| 372 | And separate attaching or retaining means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 371. Subject matter provided with separate distinct means to
join or maintain the washer or cap with the fastening means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 533, | for a washer provided with means capable of retaining
the washer to a fastener. |
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| 372.5 | Cap over the head: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 337. Subject matter wherein the headed fastener wherein the
enlargement structure is provided with a means for covering. |
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| 373 | Attached cap structure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 371. Subject matter drawn to the configuration of the means for
covering an end of the fastening means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 429+, | for internally threaded fastener element having
a cap. |
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| 374 | By screw means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 373. Subject matter wherein the means for covering is attached
by helical thread structure. |
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| 375 | By crimping: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 373. Subject matter wherein attachment is produced by plastic
deformation of a portion of the cap.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 430, | for an internally threaded fastener element having
a cap crimped thereto. |
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| 376 | By welding: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 373. Subject matter wherein attachment is produced by metallic
fusion bonding. |
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| 377 | Formed by molding: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 373. Subject matter wherein the end covering means is produced
and attached to the headed fastener by use of shapable material. |
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| 378 | EXTERNALLY THREADED FASTENER ELEMENT, E.G., BOLT, SCREW,
ETC.: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter drawn to an elongated fastening means provided
with an exterior helical ridge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 168, | for an externally threaded fastener driven into
a substructure (i.e., a workpiece) and means consisting of, or including,
a thread lock for restricting the rotation of the fastener relative to
the substructure. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 285, | Pipe Joints or Couplings,
subclass 191 for end to side or plate bolt joint. |
| 470, | Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making:
Process and Apparatus,
subclasses 8+ for processes of making externally threaded fastener elements
(e.g., screws, bolts, etc.). |
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| 379 | Stay bolt: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means comprises an
elongated structure designed to have one end attached to a plate
or wall structure with the opposite end attached to and reenforcing
a second plate or wall structure.
| | (1)
Note. The bolts of this subclass are generally used to reenforce
sheets in boiler structures. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 505, | for an unthreaded stay bolt which has a plastically
flowed or deflectable end. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 122, | Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers,
subclass 496 for combinations of stay bolts with boiler structure. |
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| 381 | And telltale bore: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 380. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
a longitudinal extending cavity.
| | (1)
Note. Telltale bores are provided to facilitate visual observation
of a rupture in a stay bolt. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 382, | for a threaded stay bolt without a spherical head
but having a telltale bore. |
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| 383 | Multipart: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is composed of
a plurality of discrete sections wherein each section integrally
includes a portion of a head and a shank or thread structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 469, | for multipart impact driven plural prong fasteners. |
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| 384 | Axially adjustable: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 383. Subject matter wherein the sections include means cooperating
therebetween to permit the longitudinal dimension of the fastening
means element to be varied. |
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| 387.1 | Drill-tip-type end: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 386. Subject matter wherein the pilot end wherein the penetrating
or torqued portion includes means for boring a hole.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 408, | Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool,
subclasses 199+ for drill bits. |
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| 387.4 | Thread-tapping portion or with thread pitch stabilizing
ridge: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 387.1. Subject matter wherein the device wherein the tool or
tool-support includes a body portion having (a) a crest formed in
the peripheral surface thereof, said crest extending along a spiral path
deflected along the tool-axis, and serving to engage the work and
thereby guide the tool during cutting or (b) cutting teeth etching
a helical groove.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 408, | Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool,
subclasses 215+ for pitch-stabilizing ridge. |
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| 387.5 | Having distinct, spaced cutting edges or points (e.g.,
prongs): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 387.1. Subject matter wherein the specific drill tip in which
a plurality of cutting-edges disposed about the tool-axis are separated,
one from the other, when viewed in a direction parallel to the tool-axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 408, | Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool,
subclasses 211+ for inversely angled cutting edge and subclasses
227+ for tool having peripherally spaced cutting edges. |
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| 387.6 | Resembling a twist-drill-type bit tip: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 387.1. Subject matter wherein the specific drill tip wherein
the boring means looks exactly like a rod-like member having a work
engaging point or chisel portion adjacent a fluted section, relief
surface, or deep helical grooves. |
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| 387.7 | Cuttings or chips moved along curved relief channel: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 387.6. Subject matter wherein the device wherein the void area
is of axial dimension and of circumferential dimension so that it
extends helically along the tool-axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 408, | Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool,
subclass 230 for a tool having peripherally spaced cutting edges
with axially extending spiral relief channel. |
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| 388 | Double-ended: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
two distinct end configurations one of which is threaded.
| | (1)
Note. The fastener elements of this subclass usually have
a boss or similar driving structure between the end configurations. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 479, | for impact driven hollow or dowel type fasteners. |
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| 389 | Both ends threaded: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 388. Subject matter wherein each end configuration of the fastening
means is provided with a helical ridge. |
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| 391 | By fluent pressure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 390. Subject matter wherein the means allowing or producing separation
is adapted to operate by the application of a pressurized fluid
or flowable substance. |
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| 392 | Resiliently flexible: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is partially
or entirely formed of a material which permits the bolt to be elastically
deformed radially of the fastening means axis. |
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| 393 | Set screw: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
a thread throughout its length and with a cavity in one end adapted
to receive a driving tool. |
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| 394 | Drive screw: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
a thread of a pitch or shape that allows the fastening means to
be impact driven into the material, substructure or other work to be
fastened.
| | (1)
Note. The thread of the fastener element allows it to be
withdrawn by rotation. | |
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| 395 | Having bore therethrough: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter provided with a longitudinal extending cavity.
| | (1)
Note. The bore is generally provided to allow for lubricating
material to be passed from one area to another. | |
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| 396 | Separate head element: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
a transverse projection or head and further wherein the head and
the remainder of the fastener means are separately formed and the
head is subsequently attached to the remainder of the fastener means. |
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| 398 | Head eccentric with respect to fastener axis: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
a transverse projection, i.e., a head and further wherein the head
is radially offset from the longitudinal axis of the fastening means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 169, | for a bolt which has the center of mass of its head
offset from the longitudinal axis of its shank. |
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| 399 | Head having counter-sinking means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means has a transverse
projection, i.e., a head and further wherein the head includes means
adapted to cut away the material into which the fastening means
is driven so that the head may be sunk flush with or below the surface
of the material. |
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| 400 | Hook head, e.g., J-bolt, etc.: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
a head defining an arcuately formed extension on its shank.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 485, | for a hook head impact driven fastener. |
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| 401 | Elongated head, e.g., hanger bolt, etc.: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
a head comprising a generally elongated portion extending transversely
of the shank and being adapted to having a smaller dimension of
its elongated portion received through a slot in an undercut portion
of the slot upon rotating the bolt substantially 90°.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 248, | Supports,
subclass 59 for pipe or cable supports vertically adjustable. |
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| 402 | Head driving structure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
a transverse projection, i.e., a head, which is further provided
with head driving structure adapted to receive an impelling tool
used to secure the fastening means and further wherein significance
is attributed to the means to receive the tool. |
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| 403 | Socket or slot: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 402. Subject matter wherein the head driving structure consists
of a peripherally closed cavity or a groove.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 81, | Tools,
subclasses 436+ for wrenches designed for insertion into a cavity, e.g.,
a slot, or socket, etc. |
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| 406 | Dovetail: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 403. Subject matter wherein the cavity or groove is in the form
of a fan-shaped mortise adapted to interlock with a mating tenon
tool.
| | (1)
Note. The tenon tool end interlocks with the bolt head by
sliding transversely to the fastener axis into the mortise. | |
| | |
| 407 | Having driver retaining means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 403. Subject matter wherein the cavity or groove includes means
for preventing inadvertent longitudinal movement of the tool.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 81, | Tools,
subclass 459 for wrenches provided with driver retaining means
in the form of a threaded periphery. |
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| 408 | Frictional engagement: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 402. Subject matter wherein the head driving structure consists
purely of frictional resistance between mating surfaces of the head
and impelling tool. |
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| 409 | Wing structure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 402. Subject matter wherein the head is provided with a radially
extending generally flat gripping section.
| | (1)
Note. The heads of this subclass usually have two gripping
sections which are generally designed to be engaged by the fingers
of the user. | |
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| 410 | Plural diverse driving structures: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 402. Subject matter provided with a plurality of discrete different
means adopted to engage with different driving tools.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 81, | Tools,
subclass 461 for wrenches provided with plural, separate, projections
designed to be inserted into a cavity, e.g., a socket, or slot,
etc. |
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| 411 | Thread or shank structure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Subject matter wherein significance is attributed to either
that portion of the fastening means between a head and the helical
ridge, i.e., the shank or the helical ridge. |
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| 412 | Plural threads on single shank: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter wherein the helical ridge comprises plural
distinct helical ridge means concentrically arranged on the shank
of the fastening means with each of the helical ridge means lying
between the adjacent convolutions of one or more of other of said
helical ridge means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 245, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
includes a discrete, rotation restricting member which confronts an
axially outwardly facing portion of the nut and further wherein
the member is in the nature of another nut and additionally wherein
means, associated with one or both nuts, is included for restricting
the rotation of one of the nuts relative to the other and lastly wherein
(a) the thread of one of the nuts is of a different hand than that
of the other and (b) the bolt includes threaded portions mating
with the threaded portion of each of the nuts. |
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| 413 | Of different pitch: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 412. Subject matter wherein the pitch of one of the helical ridges
differs from that of another of the helical ridges over at least
a portion of its length.
| | (1)
Note. Pitch is defined as the distance between the crests
of two adjacent thread or helical ridge convolutions. | |
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| 414 | Buttress thread: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter wherein the cross section of the ridge comprises
a gradual leading flank and an abrupt trailing flank which intersect
to define a relatively pointed ridge crest. |
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| 415 | Of varying thread pitch: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter wherein the pitch of the ridge is not uniform
throughout the length of the ridge.
| | (1)
Note. The variation in pitch may constitute a variance of
any type over any portion of the thread. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 307, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
comprises a thread lock and further wherein the locking results from
the use of (a) a thread of one pitch on the bolt (or nut) and thread
of a different pitch on the nut (or bolt) or (b) a thread on either
the bolt or the nut which has a particular pitch in one increment
of its length and a different pitch in another increment thereof. |
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| 416 | Lobular thread: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter wherein the major diameter of the ridge varies
along the circumference of the ridge.
| | (1)
Note. The major diameter consists of that distance from crest
taken along a line transverse to the fastener axis. The variation
of the major diameter will generally consist of alternating high
and low points in the thread cross section. | |
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| 417 | Circumferentially interrupted thread: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter wherein the helical ridge has a discontinuity
of at least a portion of a depth of a ridge section with the ridge
on either side circumferentially thereof being of full depth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 221+, | and 271+, for a threaded bolt and nut means
for coupling them against rotation relative to one another and wherein
the means includes an axially extending recess in the externally threaded
element. |
| 437, | for an internally threaded fastener element having
interrupted thread structure. |
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| 418 | By longitudinal slot: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 417. Subject matter wherein the discontinuity which causes the
ridge interruption comprises a relatively narrow groove extending
axially of the fastening means. |
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| 423 | Truncated thread: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter wherein the crest of the ridge has its apex
cut, or removed, and replaced by a planar surface.
| | (1)
Note. The planar surface is usually parallel to the fastener
axis. | |
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| 424 | Shank structure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter wherein significance is attributed to that
portion of the fastening means between a head and the helical ridge,
i.e., a shank.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 487+, | for shank structure of impact driven fastener. |
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| 425 | Twisted: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 424. Subject matter wherein the shank is formed by subjecting
it to torsional plastic deformation. |
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| 426 | Tapered: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 424. Subject matter wherein the shank defines a conical surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 489, | for impact driven fasteners having significant tapered
shank structure. |
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| 427 | INTERNALLY THREADED FASTENER ELEMENT, E.G., NUT, ETC.: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter drawn to a fastening means provided with
an internal helical ridge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 527, | for resilient sheet metal fastener securing elements
having helically inclined tongues, e.g., speed nuts, etc., which
act as an internally threaded fastener but wherein the ridge does not
trace a complete helix. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 138, | Pipes and Tubular Conduits,
subclass 96 for internally threaded pipe and tube end protectors. |
| 285, | Pipe Joints or Couplings,
subclasses 386+ for a coupling comprising a screw thimble holding
means; and subclasses 390+ for internally threaded sleeves. |
| 470, | Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making:
Process and Apparatus,
subclasses 18+ for process of making internally threaded fastener elements
(e.g., nuts, etc.). |
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| 428 | Including lubricating means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 427. Subject matter provided with means having or supplying fluid
for reducing friction between mating threads of the internally threaded
fastener element and an externally threaded fastener element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 384, | Bearings,
subclasses 286+ for lubricating sleeves, or liners. |
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| 429 | Having cap: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 427. Subject matter provided with means enclosing one end of
the fastener element.
| | (1)
Note. The enclosing means or cap, usually an ornamental element,
may comprise a separate member attached to the fastener element
or may be a unitary part of the fastener element. | |
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| 430 | Cap crimped onto nut: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Subject matter wherein attachment of the enclosing means
is by the alteration of shape of the enclosing means onto the fastener
element. |
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| 431 | Resiliently retained: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Subject matter wherein the enclosing means or fastener element
is structured to, or is composed of, or provided with means of elastic material
tending to return to its normal shape when distorted thereby securing
the enclosing means and fastener element. |
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| 432 | Multipart: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 427. Subject matter wherein the fastener means comprises a plurality
of discrete sections. |
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| 434 | Moved by fluent pressure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 433. Subject matter wherein the fastener means is further adapted
to separate by the use of a pressurized fluid or flowable substance. |
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| 435 | Wing: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 427. Subject matter provided with driving means in the form of
a radially extending generally flat gripping section.
| | (1)
Note. The wing means usually has two such sections and are
generally designed to be engaged by the fingers of the user. | |
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| 438 | Coil spring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 436. Subject matter wherein the ridge is defined by the convolutions
of a helical resilient element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 29, | Metal Working,
subclass 240.5 for devices which assemble wire coil thread inserts
by rotation. |
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| 439 | IMPACT DRIVEN FASTENER, E.G., NAIL, SPIKE, TACK, ETC.: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter drawn to a fastener provided with an impact
receiving surface adapted to receive an axially applied force which causes
the fastener to penetrate material, substructure, or other work
to be fastened.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 248, | Supports,
subclass 71 for pipe or cable supports provided with penetrating
means; and subclass 216.1 for specially mounted or attached brackets
having piercing means. |
| 439, | Electrical Connectors,
subclasses 387+ for an electrical connector including a contact
with a sharp, piercing or cutting edge. |
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| 440 | Having means to facilitate explosive driving: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter provided with means specially adapted for
allowing the fastener to be driven by fluent pressure resulting
from an explosive charge detonation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 532, | for washer provided with explosive release means. |
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| 441 | Discrete guide or centering means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 440. Subject matter wherein the specially adapted means comprises
an alignment or guiding element mounted on a shank portion of the
fastener wherein the element is structured to engage and cooperate
with an interior surface of a bore of an explosively actuated driving tool. |
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| 442 | Plural attached fasteners: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein two or more of the fasteners are
secured together.
| | (1)
Note. The fasteners are secured in a strip to facilitate
ease of handling, storage, and to render them suitable for use in automatic
driving tools. |
| | (2)
Note. See (1) Note., of subclass 77 of Class 59, Chain, Staple,
and Horseshoe Making, for the distinction between a staple blank
of that locus (59/77), and a staple package of subclasses
340+ of Class 206, Special Receptacle or Package, and a
staple strip of this locus (411/442). | |
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| 443 | Integral strip: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 442. Subject matter wherein the fasteners are attached during
their formation thereby producing a relatively long and continuous
homogeneous fastener structure. |
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| 445 | Attached end-to-end: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 442. Subject matter wherein the fasteners are attached such that
an impact receiving end of a fastener is connected to a penetrating
end of an adjacent fastener. |
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| 446 | Including integral locking means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the fastener is provided with means
unitary thereto specially adapted to prevent or render difficult
withdrawal subsequent to driving of the fastener. |
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| 447 | Comprising deformable portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 446. Subject matter wherein the unitary means comprises a fastener
portion alterable in shape.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 501+, | for a headed fastener having a flowable or deflectable
end (e.g., a rivet). |
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| 448 | Expansible on impact: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 447. Subject matter wherein the alterable portion is radially
expandable in response to the axially applied force.
| | (1)
Note. The axially applied force will simultaneously cause
radially expansion of the deformable portion while causing the fastener
to penetrate the material, substructure, or other work to be fastened. | |
| | |
| 449 | Axially collapsible section: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 448. Subject matter wherein the alterable portion is designed
to collapse upon the application of a predetermined axial force
thereby producing radial expansion of adjacent portions of the fastener. |
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| 451.1 | Comprising protrusion or recess on shank: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 446. Subject matter wherein the integral locking means wherein
the fastener consists of a headed structure provided with a shank
and end portions and further wherein the shank is provided with
either an outwardly extending structure adapted to penetrate the
material into which the fastener is driven or a cavity structure
specially adapted to receive penetrated displaced material. |
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| 451.5 | Shoulder-type protrusion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 451.1. Subject matter wherein the protrusion on shank which includes
a lateral generally flat (perpendicular to the main axis) portion
extending beyond the main body of the fastener. |
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| 452 | Longitudinal rib: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 451.1. Subject matter wherein the outwardly extending structure
comprises a narrow ridge running lengthwise of the shank. |
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| 453 | Spiral rib: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 452. Subject matter wherein the ridge extends in a helical path
about the fastener shank. |
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| 455 | Circumferential rib: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 451.1. Subject matter wherein the outwardly extending structure
comprises a continuous narrow ridge extending about the periphery
of the shank. |
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| 456 | Barb or spur type projection: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 451.1. Subject matter wherein the outwardly extending structure
comprises an isolated protrusion having a pointed part projecting
rearwardly in the direction of the headed structure of the fastener. |
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| 457 | Multiple prong, e.g., nailing plate, staple, etc.: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the fastener is provided with a plurality
of distinct connected penetrating ends.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 16, | Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, etc.),
subclass 16 for strip type multiple prong carpet fasteners. |
| 59, | Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making,
subclass 77 for staple blank structures and process of making
staples. See the notes or Class 59, subclass 77 for the line between
that subclass and this class (411). |
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| 458 | Oppositely disposed prongs: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter wherein two penetrating ends are situated
180° apart.
| | (1)
Note. The fasteners of this and indented subclasses are intended
to have a prong driven into a first workpiece and then have a second
workpiece driven or forced onto another opposed prong. | |
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| 461 | Of sheet metal: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter wherein the fastener is formed from sheet
metal.
| | (1)
Note. The fastener is usually formed by cutting or stamping. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 477+, | for single prong impact driven fasteners formed
from sheet metal. |
| 503, | for sheet metal formed plural legged headed fastener
elements. |
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| 462 | Including stiffening means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 461. Subject matter wherein stiffening means are provided or
a portion of the fastener is shaped to increase the rigidity of
the sheet metal. |
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| 463 | Rib: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 462. Subject matter wherein the stiffening means comprises an
elongated embossment in the sheet metal defining a protruding portion
on one face of the fastener and a recessed portion on the opposing
face thereof. |
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| 465 | Having sawtooth penetrating edge: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 464. Subject matter wherein a penetrating edge of the fastener
is defined by a series of lateral sharp points disposed in parallel
relationship to the alternating ridges and grooves. |
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| 468 | Including opposed prongs defining mirror image of each
other: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 467. Subject matter wherein a penetrating end is struck from
each of a pair of opposed ends of a single opening with the two
penetrating ends being identical to each other while being oriented
180° apart with respect to the direction in which the respective
identical surfaces of the penetrating end faces. |
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| 469 | Multipart: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter wherein the fastener is made of a plurality
of discrete sections. |
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| 471 | Each prong bevelled from a single side toward its opposite
side: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter wherein each of the penetrating ends includes
a first side surface which lies substantially in a single plane
and extends to the extremity of a penetrating point and includes
a second side surface opposing said first surface and having a tapered
portion thereof adjacent the penetrating point being tapered inwardly
in the direction of said point and terminating at the extremity
thereof. |
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| 474 | Plural heads: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 473. Subject matter wherein the fastener is provided with more
than one impact receiving surface. |
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| 475 | Having means to limit penetration short of bridge portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter wherein means connecting the plural penetrating
ends comprises a bridge portion and further wherein spaced from
the bridge portion is a shoulder means specially adapted to maintain
the bridge portion at a distance from the material into which the
fastener is driven. |
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| 476 | Having frangible portion: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter wherein the fastener includes a portion which
is specially adapted to fracture during driving thereof or which
fractures in order to permit removal of the fastener from the material
in which it has been driven. |
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| 477 | Of sheet metal: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the fastener is formed from sheet
metal.
| | (1)
Note. The fastener is usually formed by cutting or stamping. | |
| | |
| 479 | Hollow fastener: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 477. Subject matter wherein the sheet metal is rolled or otherwise
formed into a cylindrical shape. |
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| 480 | Separately attached head: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the impact receiving surface of the
fastener is an initially discrete element which is subsequently
secured to a shank portion. |
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| 481 | Head having central recess: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the impact receiving surface includes
a cavity aligned with the fastener axis.
| | (1)
Note. The cavity may serve a number of functions, e.g., a
nail set, etc. | |
| | |
| 482 | Plural axially aligned heads: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the impact receiving surface comprise
multiple receiving surfaces attached end-to-end concentric to the
fastener axis. |
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| 483 | Wire formed head: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the impact receiving surface comprises
a wire element configured to produce a projection transverse to
the fastener axis.
| | (1)
Note. The wire formed head is often a continuation of the
shank portion of the fastener. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 543, | for wire formed washers. |
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| 484 | Domed head: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the impact receiving surface comprises
a convexly curved surface defining substantially a segment of a
sphere.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 507, | for domed head fastener elements (e.g., a rivet). |
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| 485 | Hook head: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the impact receiving surface includes
an angularly shaped portion adapted to be grasped or to attach an
member thereto. |
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| 489 | Tapered: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 488. Subject matter wherein the planar surface is inclined with
respect to the longitudinal axis of the fastener. |
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| 490 | Stepped shank: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter wherein the shank includes plural sections
of progressingly decreasing diameters in the direction of the penetrating
end of the fastener with each of said sections being of substantially
uniform diameter throughout its length.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 497, | for impact driven fasteners having a stepped end
structure. |
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| 491 | Oval or lobular shank: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter wherein the shank portion is formed with
a cross section defining a curved surface having maximum and minimum
diameters which constitute alternating high and low points on the
periphery of the cross section. |
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| 493 | End structure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter wherein significance is attributed to the
piercing end of the fastener. |
| | |
| 494 | Pyramidal point: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 493. Subject matter wherein the piercing end has the shape of
a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular faces meeting
at a common point. |
| | |
| 495 | Slotted end: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 493. Subject matter wherein the piercing end is formed with a
relatively shallow transversely extending recess. |
| | |
| 497 | Stepped end: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 493. Subject matter wherein the piercing end comprises a series
of sections each successive one of which is of increased transverse
dimension in the longitudinal direction towards the impact receiving
surface. |
| | |
| 498 | Conical point: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 493. Subject matter wherein the piercing end in the shape of
a surface generated by revolving a right triangle about one of its
sides other than the hypotenuse. |
| | |
| 499 | Having a curved surface: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 493. Subject matter wherein the piercing end is in the shape
of a continuous smooth arcuate three-dimensional figure boundary. |
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| 500 | HEADED FASTENER ELEMENT: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter drawn to an elongated fastening means provided
at one end with an enlargement or related structure in the nature
of a head.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 248, | Supports,
subclass 239 for projecting pin shelf or scaffold bracket. |
|
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| 501 | Having plastically flowable or deflectable end, e.g., rivet,
etc.: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Subject matter wherein either the head or an opposing end
of the fastening means consists of a polycrystalline metallic grain
structure which when subjected to an externally applied force is
plastically flowable thereby producing a securing head structure
or deflected end structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 470, | Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making:
Process and Apparatus,
subclasses 27+ for processes of making rivets. |
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| 502 | Plural end legs: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 501. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is provided with
plural plastically flowable or deflectable ends. |
| | |
| 503 | Sheet metal type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 502. Subject matter wherein the fastening means is made or formed
from a planar piece of metallic material. |
| | |
| 505 | Stay bolt: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 504. Subject matter wherein the fastener comprises an elongated
structure designed to have one end attached to a plate or wall with
the opposite end attached and reenforcing a second plate or wall
structure. |
| | |
| 511 | FASTENER SECURING ELEMENT: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter drawn to element structure for use with fasteners
or fastener elements of this class and wherein either the element structure
operates by inherent resilience of at least a portion of its structure
or is in the form of a relatively short piece of wire having a semicircular
cross section.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 301, | Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles,
subclass 111.01 for fastener securing elements specially adapted
for or with land vehicle wheels or axles. |
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| 513 | Cotter pins: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 511. Subject matter wherein the wire is in the form of a relatively
short piece of wire having a semicircular cross section.
| | (1)
Note. The wire is generally folded back onto itself and is
adapted to be inserted into an aperture of a headed fastener. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 96, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a coacting
substructure and wherein the means includes a restricting member
and further wherein the member extends between and engages a flat
formed on a side of each of a plurality of bolts or nuts and additionally
wherein the member has plural openings, or notches engaging the
bolts, or nuts, on two sides thereof, and lastly wherein the member
consists of plural parts, one of which comprises a keeper. |
| 213, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
includes a discrete, rotation restricting member which confronts an
axially outwardly facing portion of the nut and further wherein
the member is in the nature of a key which is movable laterally
into engagement with the threaded element and additionally wherein
the key includes a plastically deformable portion and lastly wherein
the key is an elongated element divided longitudinally (e.g., a cotter
pin, etc.). |
| 320, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
includes a member in the nature of a key which is movable laterally
into engagement with the threaded elements and further wherein the
key includes a plastically deformable portion and additionally wherein the
key is an elongated element divided longitudinally (e.g., a cotter pin,
etc.). |
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| 515 | Having folded back leg: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 513. Subject matter wherein the wire has two legs and a loop-type
head and further wherein one of the legs is bent 180° so
that the leg faces the head. |
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| 516 | Resilient metallic: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 511. Subject matter wherein the element structure is composed
substantially of metallic spring material such that the element
structure is at least in part retained in its securing position
by the resilient nature of that material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 24, | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
subclasses 213+ for resilient mating head and socket separable
fasteners; and subclasses 255+ for resilient clasps not
specially adapted for securing a fastener of class (411). |
| 37, | Excavating,
subclass 457 and 458+ for resilient connections between
connections between scoop buckets and teeth. |
| 74, | Machine Element or Mechanism,
subclass 470 and 500.5+ for resilient connections in
control lever and linkage systems particularly hand operated flexible
systems. |
| 248, | Supports,
subclass 74 for resilient ring, or clamp pipe, or cable supports. |
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| 518 | Having gripper holes: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 517. Subject matter wherein the element structure is provided
with at least two holes to locate and coact with a tool used to
assemble or disassemble the element structure. |
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| 519 | Plural radial sectioned: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 517. Subject matter wherein the band of material consists of
at least two engageable parts.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 539+, | for radially positionable washers. |
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| 520 | Sheet metal: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 516. Subject matter wherein the element structure is formed from
a substantially flat planar piece of metallic material. |
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| 521 | Circular: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 520. Subject matter wherein the material is substantially in
the form of a circle. |
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| 523 | Folded leg having fastener aperture or recess: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 522. Subject matter wherein at least one of the folded parallel
appendages is provided with an opening.
| | (1)
Note. The opening is generally provided to allow a portion
of the headed fastener or piece to be fastened to extend therethrough. | |
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| 530 | Wire or rod formed: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 516. Subject matter wherein the element structure is made from
resilient spring wire or rod material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 24, | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
subclasses 261+ for wire formed clasps not specially adapted for
securing a fastener or fastening means of this class (411). |
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| 531 | WASHER STRUCTURE: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter in the form of an annular element adapted
to be placed beneath the bearing surface of a bolt head, nut, or
the like.
| | (1)
Note. The washers of this and indented subclasses are provided
for sealing, reducing friction, ornamenting, etc. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 132+, | for a threaded fastener (i.e., a bolt or nut) and
means for restricting the rotation thereof relative to a coacting
substructure and wherein the means includes a restricting member
and further wherein the member or a portion thereof is located between
the substructure and the inwardly facing surface of the bolt head
or nut, and see especially subclasses 147+ thereunder wherein
the member comprises a washer formed as a closed loop, or an apertured
plate, or a split ring. |
| 260+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
comprises a thread lock and further wherein the means includes a distortable
metallic element, which element may be a washer. |
| 270, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
comprises a thread lock and further wherein the means includes a tapered
surface for wedging the internally threaded element against the externally
threaded one and additionally wherein the internally threaded element
is segmented and lastly wherein a member, which may be a washer,
is included for carrying the tapered surface and surrounding the segmented
element. |
| 275, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
comprises a thread lock and further wherein one of the elements, or
a discrete member, is adapted to cant the assembly and additionally wherein
a discrete member, which may be a washer, accomplishes the canting. |
| 313+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
comprises a washer having a deformable portion engageable with one
of the threaded elements. |
| 318+, | for a threaded fastener with a nut, washer, securing
means, or cap, and wherein the fastener is a threaded one and is
provided with a nut and further wherein a washer is included. |
| 329+, | for a threaded bolt and nut and means for coupling
them against rotation relative to one another and wherein the means
comprises a pawl and ratchet and further wherein the pawl is carried
by a washer. |
| 332+, | for a headed fastener with a nut, washer, securing
means, or cap and wherein the element which is in addition to the
fastener is limited to being either a washer or a cap. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 16, | Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, etc.),
subclasses 108+ for miscellaneous ferrules, rings, and thimbles. |
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| 532 | Including release means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 531. Subject matter wherein means are provided for permitting
the element to become effectively disengaged from a fastener with
which it is used without having to first remove said fastener. |
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| 534 | Including antifriction means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 531. Subject matter wherein the element includes means adapted
to reduce the resistance to relative rotary motion between two parts
of an assembly in which the element is being used. |
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| 536 | Wear or lost motion compensating means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 535. Subject matter wherein the element includes means which
automatically increases the axial dimension of the element to compensate
for excessive tolerance between the parts of an assembly in which
the element is used.
| | (1)
Note. The excessive tolerances are produced by normal bearing
load wear, lost motion, etc. | |
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| 537 | Having leveling means: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 531. Subject matter wherein the element includes means for compensating
for differences in contour of opposing bearing surfaces on parts
in an assembly in which the element is used. |
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| 538 | Inclined planar face: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 537. Subject matter wherein the compensating means on the element
defines a flat, angled surface which is adapted to mate with an
equally angled and oppositely extending surface on a part in an
assembly in which the element is used. |
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| 539 | Radially positionable: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 531. Subject matter wherein the element includes means which
permits the element to be moved laterally of a shank of a fastener
with which the element is used. |
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| 542 | Sealing: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 531. Subject matter wherein the element serves to prevent the
ingress of fluids between a fastener with which it is used and an
adjacent part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 277, | Seal for a Joint or Juncture, for a generic sealing means or process,
subclass 640 for a static contact seal for other than an internal
combustion engine, or a pipe, conduit, or cable including an anchoring
means extending through the seal. |
| 292, | Closure Fasteners,
subclass 307 for closure seal structure. |
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| 543 | Wire formed: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 531. Subject matter wherein the element is fabricated from an
elongated piece of metal stock having a circular cross section. |
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| 544 | Axially resilient: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 531. Subject matter wherein the element is composed of elastic
material and configured such that it can be axially compressed and
will tend to return to its original shape. |
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| 545 | Corrugated: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 531. Subject matter wherein the element is formed with folds
defining a series of alternating grooves and ridges on the opposed
faces thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 161, | for a washer having ridges or grooves extending
more or less radially across its axially facing surfaces, and wherein
the washer is disclosed as being a component of a bolt-to-substructure,
or a nut-to-substructure, locking arrangement. |
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| 546 | Spacer: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 531. Subject matter wherein the element is in the form of a cylinder
and is used to maintain parts of an assembly in spaced relationship. |
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| 547 | Of folded sheet material: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 546. Subject matter wherein the element is formed of initially
thin flat stock material, which is rolled or otherwise shaped into
a generally cylindrical configuration having an axially directed
opening therethrough. |
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| 550 | Including means providing axial adjustment: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 549. Subject matter wherein the headed elongated fastening means
or the means allowing the axial dimension between the head of the headed
elongated fastening means and the surfaces on the socket member
to be altered. |
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| 552 | And discrete biasing spring: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 549. Subject matter wherein separate means are provided for resiliently
urging the securing means and the cooperating socket member in axially opposed
direction to enhance the engagement therebetween. |
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| 555 | Through-slot for engagement with crossbar: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 554. Subject matter wherein the recess extends transverse to
and entirely through the shank of the headed elongated fastening
means and the cooperating structure on the socket member comprises
a rod entirely transversing a shank receiving opening in the socket
member. |
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CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
The patents in the following collections have been placed
without regard to their original classification or to their claimed
subject matter and are therefore not exhaustive of the art subject
matter but are only example of the art.
| 900 | FASTENER OR FASTENER ELEMENT COMPOSED OF PLURAL DIFFERENT MATERIALS: |
| | Art collection of fasteners or fastener elements made of
plural distinct substances. |
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| 902 | Metal core: |
| | Art collection of fasteners or fastener elements having
a metallic core. |
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| 903 | Resinous exterior: |
| | Art collection of fasteners and fastener elements having
a metal core and a resinous exterior. |
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| 904 | Fastener or fastener element composed of nonmetallic material: |
| | Art collection of fasteners and fastener elements made of
materials other than metal. |
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| 905 | Paper or wood: |
| | Art collection of fasteners or fastener elements composed
of cellulose material. |
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| 906 | Leather or fabric: |
| | Art collection of fasteners and fastener elements made of
a tanned or otherwise skin of an animal or of a woven, knitted,
or felted cloth. |
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| 907 | Elastomeric: |
| | Art collection of fasteners or fastener elements composed
of a rubber or rubberlike substance. |
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| 908 | Resinous material: |
| | Art collection of fasteners or fastener elements composed
of a polymerized synthetic or chemically modified resin. |
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| 909 | Fasteners or fastener elements composed of thermo-responsive
memory material: |
| | Art collection of fasteners or fastener elements composed
of an alloy comprising materials having different coefficients of
expansion whereby the fastener or element is capable of changing
first from one configuration at a temperature to another configuration
at a second temperature by subjecting the fastener or element to
the second temperature. |
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| 910 | Anti-tamper means: |
| | Art collection of fasteners or fastener elements which includes
means for preventing unauthorized removal thereof. |
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| 911 | One-way drive: |
| | Art collection of fasteners or fastener elements wherein
the anti-tamper means includes tool engaging surfaces permitting
rotation of the fastener in the direction of insertion but does not
include surfaces facilitating rotation in the direction of removal. |
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| 912 | ANTI-SPLITTING FASTENER: |
| | Art collection of fasteners or fastener elements provided
with means to prevent the material into which the fastener or element
is driven from splitting. |
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| 913 | SELF-EXPANDING ANCHOR: |
| | Art collection of self-expanding anchors designed to be
inserted into an opening of a part wherein an anchor is provided
with flexible legs of inherently resilience, the legs being radially
inwardly compressible to permit insertion in the opening and radially
outwardly moveable upon release of the compressive force to thereby
engage the wall of the opening or a distal face of the part. |
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| 914 | COATED BOLT: |
| | Art collection of bolt fasteners designed either to be passed
through two or more pieces to be secured together and having a separate
blocking device, e.g.; a nut, or those having a threaded or otherwise
configured shank which engages a corresponding prepared recess in
one of the pieces to be secured wherein a bolt fastener is provided
with a coating. |
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| 915 | BOLT HAVING PACKING JOINT: |
| | Art collection of bolt fasteners designed either to be passed
through two or more pieces to be secured together and having a separate
locking device, e.g., a nut, or those having a threaded or otherwise
configured shank which engages a corresponding prepared recess in
one of the pieces to be secured and further wherein a bolt fastener
is provided with a packing joint. |
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| 916 | BOLT HAVING TENSION FEATURE: |
| | Art collection of bolt fasteners designed either to be passed
through two or more pieces to be secured together and having a locking
device, e.g., a nut, or those having a threaded or otherwise configured
shank which engages a corresponding prepared recess in one of the
pieces to be secured and further wherein a bolt fastener is provided
with a tension feature. |
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| 917 | NUT HAVING TENSION FEATURE: |
| | Art collection of nut fasteners designed to be attached
to the ends of bolts having an opening which is either to correspond
to the thread of a bolt or other similar corresponding structure
to secure the bolt in place in the material to which it is applied
and further wherein a nut fastener is provided with a tension feature. |
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| 918 | THREADLESS NUT: |
| | Art collection of nut fasteners designed to be attached
to the ends of bolt having an opening wherein a nut fastener is
provided with a cooperating structure to secure the bolt in place
in material to which is applied by means other than an internal
thread of the nut fastener. |
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| 919 | SCREW HAVING DRIVING CONTACTS: |
| | Art collection of screw fasteners which have a shank provided
with threads adapted to produce a corresponding internal thread
in material into which a screw fastener is inserted and provided
with a head having means allowing the screw fastener to be engaged
by a rotating device, the means being i the form of nicks, an angular
head, or projecting ribs specially adapted to be engaged by a corresponding shaped
driver to rotate the screw fastener. |
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| 920 | STAPLE: |
| | Art collection of double pointed staple fasteners substantially
U-shaped and usually having legs of equal length designed to span
and hold into place a separate piece or article wherein the legs
pierce the material on opposite sides of the piece or article to
be held. |
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| 921 | MULTIPLE-PRONGED NAIL, SPIKE OR TACK: |
| | Art collection of nail, spike or tack fasteners designed
to be driven by repeated blows or by nailing machines and laterally
displacing materials into which they are forced to thereby be retained
either by friction, clenching, or additionally locking means wherein
a nail, spike or tack fastener is provided with two or more prongs
and further wherein the prongs of fastener are designed to enter
material at or near the same point and to be distinquished from staples
in that they are not adapted to span and secure between two of holding
points and a separate piece of material. |
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| 922 | NAIL, SPIKE OR TACK HAVING LOCKING DEVICE: |
| | Art collection of nail, spike, or tack of fasteners designed
to be driven by repeated blows or by nail machines and laterally
displacing material into which they are force to thereby be retained by
friction, clenching, or blocking means in which a nail, spike, or
tack fastener is provided with a device attach to or made integral
with the fastener to prevent or render difficult its withdrawal. |
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| 923 | NAIL, SPIKE OR TACK HAVING SPECIFIC HEAD STRUCTURE: |
| | Art collection of nail, spike or tack fasteners designed
to be driven by repeated blows or by nailing machines and laterally
displacing the material into which they are force to be retained
by friction, clenching, or additionally locking means and in which
significance is attributed to the head structure of a nail, spike, or
tack fastener. |
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| 924 | COUPLED NUT AND BOLT: |
| | Art collections of assembled fasteners in the form of threaded
nuts and bolts provided with special structures designed to prevent,
or tending to prevent the rotation of a threaded nut and bolt, or
relative rotation of a threaded nut and bolt, or endwise movement
or separation of a threaded nut and bolt. |
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| 924.1 | Deformed: |
| | Art collection under are collection 924 in which either
a nut or bolt is deformed. |
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| 925 | Top stop: |
| | Art collection under art collection 924 in which a special
structure is provided in the form of a stop secured or locked to
the bolt and in which the stop has a portion above the nut which locks
the nut. |
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| 926 | Positive lock: |
| | Art collection under art collection 925 in which the stop
prevents rotation of the nut on the bolt by a positive interlocking
engagement with the nut. |
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| 927 | Side: |
| | Art collection under art collection 926 in which the nut
is locked by a portion of the stop engaging a side of the nut. |
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| 928 | Thread Gripper: |
| | Art collection under art collection 925 in which the stop
is locked to the bolt by its gripping action on the bolt threads. |
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| 929 | Thread lock: |
| | Art collection under art collection 924 in which the nut
is locked to the bolt directly or indirectly by the action upon
the threads. |
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| 929.1 | Coil Spring: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which a nut or
bolt are provided with a coil spring to lock the nut to the bolt. |
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| 929.2 | Distorted washer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which a nut and
bolt are provided with a distorted washer to lock the nut to the
bolt. |
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| 930 | Flowing metal or settable material: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which the locking
action between the nut and bolt is accomplished either by (a) melted
metal or other material capable of harding into a solid state (e.g.,
cement), or (b) a part plastically formed by either the bolt shank,
or the nut into which the shank is threaded, thereby coating between
the threads of the shanks or those on the nuts to prevent relative
rotation. |
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| 931 | Superposed Nuts: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which more than
one nut is placed on a bolt wherein the other nut having some special
construction or adjunct whereby it is adapted to lock the other
nut.
| | (1)
Note. Jam-nuts are included only when they are especially
adapted to serve as jam-nuts. | |
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| 932 | Oppositely threaded: |
| | Art collection under art collection 931 in which one nut
has a right hand thread and the other nut has a left hand thread
and the threads cooperating with a similarly threaded bolt. |
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| 933 | Key or pawl locked: |
| | Art collection under art collection 932 in which the nuts
are locked together by a key or a pawl and ratchet mechanism. |
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| 934 | Side locked: |
| | Art collection under art collection 933 in which the nuts
are locked together by a device engaging their sides. |
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| 935 | Cam or cone grip: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which the threads
of the bolt are gripped by a cam action between the nut or washer
or another part or by the action of a cone and its collecting member
forcing a part of the nut or washer against the bolt threads. |
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| 935.1 | Cam: |
| | Art collection under art collection 935 wherein the threads
of the bolts are gripped by a cam action between the nut and washer
and other parts. |
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| 936 | Canted nut: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which the nut
at its final position tends to bend the bolt at the base of the
nut.
| | (1)
Note. Usually the nut or the washer is wedge shape. | |
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| 937 | Distorted nut: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which either
the whole or a part of the nut is distorted or changed in shape
before, during, or after its application to the bolt, so that the
threads of the nuts grip the threads of the bolt. |
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| 938 | Distorted thread: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which the threads
of the nut or bolt are during or after the application of the nut
bent, crushed, or injured, so as to lock the nut and bolt from relative
rotation. |
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| 939 | Longitudinal key: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which a special
structure is provided in the form of a key having its locking portion
extending longitudinally of the bolt and biting or bending against
the thread. |
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| 940 | Radial key or gib: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which a special
structure is provided in the form of a key or gib which is moved
radially toward the bolt and engages its thread. |
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| 941 | Side clutch: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which a special
structure is provided in the form of a device, not an integral part
of the nut or bolt, which clutched or bites the threads of the nuts or
bolt.
| | (1)
Note. The locking action in most cases resemble that of the
pawl and ratchet, except the part engaged by such device has no
cooperating notches. | |
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| 941.1 | Spring: |
| | Art collection under art collection 941 in which the device
is in the form of a spring. |
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| 941.2 | Roller: |
| | Art collection under art collection 941 in which the device
is in the form of a roller. |
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| 941.3 | Ball: |
| | Art collection under art collection 941 in which the device
is in the form of a ball. |
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| 942 | Tangential key: |
| | Art collection under art collection 929 in which a special
structure is provided in the form of a key in the nut which moves
tangentially to the bolt and bites or binds against the threads thereof. |
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| 943 | Flexible washer: |
| | Art collection of fasteners under art collection 924 in
which the fastener is provided with a washer secured to the bolt
which washer has an interlastic portion turn against the nut after
the nut is screwed on. |
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| 944 | Flexible key: |
| | Art collection under art collection 924 in which the nut
and bolt are held together by a key which is bent after the nut
is seated as to form a connection between notched or slots in the
nut and bolt. |
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| 945 | Cross key: |
| | Art collection under are collection 924 in which the nut
and bolt are lock together by a key which has its locking position
lying transversely of the bolt. |
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| 946 | Spring-seated: |
| | Art collection under art collection 945 in which the key
is forced to its seat by a spring. |
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| 947 | Elastic-gripping action: |
| | Art collection under art collection 924 in which the nut
or a provided washer is composed wholely or partly of elastic material
which grips the threaded or other part of the bolt. |
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| 948 | Longitudinal key: |
| | Art collection under art collection 924 in which the nut
and bolt are locked together by a key whose locking portion extends
longitudinally of the bolt. |
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| 949 | Ratchet and bolt-carried pawl: |
| | Art collection under art collection 924 in which a nut and
bolt are interlocked by a pawl and ratchet mechanism which automatically
locks the nut or bolt from movement in one direction but permits
free movement in the other and further wherein the bolt carries
or holds from rotation a pawl which interlocks with a ratchet teeth
in the nut. |
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| 950 | Rachet and nut-carried pawl: |
| | Art collection under art collection 924 in which a nut and
bolt are interlocked by a pawl and racket mechanism which automatically
locks the nut or bolt from movement in one direction but permits
free movement in the other and further wherein the nut carries the
pawl which rotates with the nut and interlocks with ratchet teeth
on the bolt. |
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| 951 | Flexible: |
| | Art collection under art collection 950 in which a flexible
pawl interlocks with ratchet teeth carried by bolt or by a structure
secured to the bolt. |
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| 952 | Pivoted. |
| | Art collection under art collection 950 in which the pawl
carried by the nut moves on a pivot to lock and unlock. |
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| 953 | Washer-carried pawl: |
| | Art collection under art collection 924 in which a nut and
bolt are interlocked by a pawl and rachet mechanism which automatically
locks the nut or bolt from movement in one direction but permits
free movement in the other and further wherein a washer is secured
to the bolt and carries a pawl which interlocks with a special made
ratchet surface of the nut.
| | (1)
Note. The corner of the ordinary nut are not regarded as
forming a ratchet surface. | |
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| 954 | Wedged slotted bolt: |
| | Art collection under art collection 924 in which the bolt
has a slit or slot in which a wedge shape device moves to cause
the bolt section to expand against the nut.
| | (1)
Note. The wedge type device may be removable from the bolt. | |
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| 955 | LOCKED BOLTHEAD OR NUT: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Art collection wherein a bolthead or nut, hereinafter call
a device, is fastened to an element, hereinafter called a substructure,
so as to prevent rotation of the device.
| | (1)
Note. A fastening means may be part of the device or the
substructure or it may include additional elements. | |
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| 956 | Automatic base clutch: |
| | Art collection under art collection 955 wherein a face of
the device adjacent the substructure is gripped thereto by the turning
of the device into fastening position. |
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| 957 | Biting tooth: |
| | Art collection under art collection 956 wherein the gripping
is affected by one or more projection deforming the surface of the
substructure or the device. |
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| 958 | Coiled washer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 957 wherein the projections
are carried by a washer which is not a closed annulus, surrounding
the bolt shank. |
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| 959 | Bolt-or nut-carried: |
| | Art collection under art collection 957 wherein the projections
are carried by the face of the device adjacent the substructure
of the device, or by the bolt shank |
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| 960 | Friction: |
| | Art collection under art collection 956 wherein the device
is held from rotation solely by the pressure between the substructure
and the face of the device adjacent thereto. |
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| 961 | Pawl and ratchet: |
| | Art collection under art collection 956 wherein a resiliently
urged dog locks the device against movement in one direction permitting
free movement in another. |
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| 962 | Bolthead or nut-carried pawl: |
| | Art collection under art collection 961 wherein the dog
is carried by the device and locks underneath the face adjacent
the substructure. |
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| 963 | Yielding interlocking washer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 961 wherein the device
has a tooth face adjacent the substructure which interlocks with
a resilient washer carrying complimentary teeth. |
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| 964 | Detent: |
| | Art collection under art collection 956 wherein the interface
of the device and either the substructure, or a washer mounted between
the device and the substructure is provided with coacting means
which are resiliently held interengage, but permit force relative
turning in either direction. |
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| 965 | With retainer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 955 wherein the device
has means other than cooperating threads on either the nut or substructure
and the bolt to prevent its displacement from operative position
on the substructure. |
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| 967 | Deformable bolthead or nut: |
| | Art collection under art collection 965 wherein a portion
of the device is changed in shape to contact the substructure and
thereby prevent the separation of the device therefrom. |
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| 968 | Deformable base member: |
| | Art collection under art collection 965 wherein the substructure
is changed into shape to prevent the separation of the device therefrom. |
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| 969 | Deformable retainer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 965 wherein in a separable
holder is changed in shape to prevent the separation of the device
from the substructure. |
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| 970 | Resilient retainer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 965 wherein a holder
has yieldable part coacts with the substructure to prevent the separation
of the device with the substructure. |
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| 971 | And side lock: |
| | Art collection under art collection 965 wherein a side surface
of the device is locked to prevent rotation. |
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| 972 | Distorted: |
| | Art collection under art collection 955 wherein the device
is locked by deforming a portion thereof to engaged the substructure. |
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| 973 | Gravity bolthead, nut or washer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 955 wherein (a) the
device is heavier on one side than the other, or (b) the device
is seated in or carried by a washer heavier on one side than on
the other. |
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| 974 | Side lock: |
| | Art collection under art collection 955 wherein an exterior
sides surface of the device is locked to prevent rotation. |
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| 975 | Rotatable washer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 974 having a washer
which turns with the device as single piece, the locking action
taking place between the washer and the substructure. |
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| 976 | Bent tongue-locked: |
| | Art collection under art collection 975 wherein the washer
is locked to a side surface of the device and a nonelastic washer
portion is deformed to engage a portion of the substructure. |
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| 977 | Pawl-locked: |
| | Art collection under art collection 975 wherein the washer
and the substructure are interlocked by a resilient dog which locks
the device in movement in one direction, permitting free movement
in the other. |
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| 978 | Pawl and ratchet: |
| | Art collection under art collection 974 wherein the device
is locked by a resilient dog against movement in one direction,
permitting free movement in the other. |
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| 979 | Resilient: |
| | Art collection under art collection 974 wherein the locking
means has a part which is yieldable to permit rotation of the device. |
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| 980 | Automatic: |
| | Art collection under art collection 979 wherein the locking
mechanism engages and locks by the mere rotation of the device to
the fastening position. |
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| 981 | Coiled washer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 980 wherein the device
is locked by a washer coiled about the device and having a portion
engaging a side surface of the device. |
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| 982 | Spring-tongued washer plate: |
| | Art collection under art collection 980 having a washer
or plate, and one or more resilient dogs or tabs engaging the side
surface of the device. |
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| 983 | Inelastic tongue: |
| | Art collection under art collection 974 having an element
mounted between the inner face of the device and the substructure
with a deformable portion bent against the side of the device after
it is turned to the fastening position.
| | (1)
Note. The element must lock the device which is directly
seated thereon. | |
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| 984 | Longitudinal: |
| | Art collection under art collection 974 wherein the locking
mechanism is brought to locking position by a final movement longitudinally
of the bolt after the device is turned to the fastening position.
| | (1)
Note. The final locking position alone is considered whatever
previous movement the device is received. | |
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| 985 | Bolthead- or nut-held: |
| | Art collection under art collection 984 in which the locking
mechanism is held in place by the device alone. |
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| 986 | Reversed bolthead or nut: |
| | Art collection under art collection 985 in which the device
is locked by a backward, unfastening turn after moving to the fastening
position. |
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| 987 | Side pin: |
| | Art collection under art collection 984 wherein a pin seated
in the substructure is moved longitudinally of the bolts so as to
stand against a side thereof.
| | (1)
Note. The side may have a groove for the reception of the
pin. | |
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| 988 | Spike-held locking plate: |
| | Art collection under art collection 984 in which the locking
mechanism is of sheet form and is held against the device by a nail
or other driven fastener extending into the substructure. |
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| 989 | Swinging: |
| | Art collection under art collection 984 wherein the locking
mechanism is pivoted to a locking position against the side surface
of the device. |
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| 990 | Washer tongue-held: |
| | Art collection under art collection 984 wherein the locking
mechanism is held in position by an integral portion of a washer
which, in locking position, extends above a portion of the device. |
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| 991 | Transversely sliding: |
| | Art collection under art collection 974 wherein the locking
mechanism is finally reciprocated substantially parallel to the
surface of the substructure after it is turned to the fastening
position so as to lock a side surface of the device. |
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| 992 | Key, plate, or bar: |
| | Art collection under art collection 991 wherein the locking
mechanism is a rod or thin member which passes astride or on one
side of the device, parallel to the surface of the substructure. |
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| 993 | Bolthead- or nut-held: |
| | Art collection under art collection 992 wherein the locking
mechanism is held in place by the device. |
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| 994 | Sliding washer: |
| | Art collection under art collection 992 wherein the locking
mechanism is a washer which is reciprocated to locking position
after the device is seated, the washer having a stop to lock the
side surface of the device. |
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| 995 | Transversely swinging: |
| | Art collection under art collection 995 wherein the locking
mechanism pivots on an axis parallel to the axis of the bolt so
as to engage the side surface of the device. |
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| 996 | Transverse base-locking key: |
| | Art collection under art collection 955 wherein a key extends
substantially parallel to the surface of the substructure between
the base of the device and the substructure. |
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| 997 | Longitudinal fastener: |
| | Art collection under art collection 955 wherein means, parallel
to the axis of the bolt, extends through the device and into the
substructure to hold the device from rotation. |
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| 998 | WITH POSITIVE BOLT LOCK: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Art collection for fixedly, i.e., nonfrictionally, fastening
a bolt from rotation. |
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| 999 | WITH RETAINER (E.G., TETHER): |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Art collection wherein a mass, other than the cooperating
threads on the bolt-shank or the nut or substructure, is provided
to prevent complete separation or loss of an assembled bolt, nut
and substructure, as, e.g., by tethering means, or prevent their
axial or endwise separation while permitting rotation.
| | (1)
Note. The retainer does not prevent the rotation of the bolt
or nut and may even allow its complete withdrawal, the retainer
merely preventing the bolt or nut from being lost by means as, e.g.,
a flexible connector. | |
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CLASS 411,