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US3748949A
US3748949A US00190506A US3748949DA US3748949A US 3748949 A US3748949 A US 3748949A US 00190506 A US00190506 A US 00190506A US 3748949D A US3748949D A US 3748949DA US 3748949 A US3748949 A US 3748949A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B25/00—Screws that cut thread in the body into which they are screwed, e.g. wood screws
    • F16B25/0036—Screws that cut thread in the body into which they are screwed, e.g. wood screws characterised by geometric details of the screw
    • F16B25/0042—Screws that cut thread in the body into which they are screwed, e.g. wood screws characterised by geometric details of the screw characterised by the geometry of the thread, the thread being a ridge wrapped around the shaft of the screw
    • F16B25/0047—Screws that cut thread in the body into which they are screwed, e.g. wood screws characterised by geometric details of the screw characterised by the geometry of the thread, the thread being a ridge wrapped around the shaft of the screw the ridge being characterised by its cross-section in the plane of the shaft axis
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B25/00—Screws that cut thread in the body into which they are screwed, e.g. wood screws
    • F16B25/001—Screws that cut thread in the body into which they are screwed, e.g. wood screws characterised by the material of the body into which the screw is screwed
    • F16B25/0015—Screws that cut thread in the body into which they are screwed, e.g. wood screws characterised by the material of the body into which the screw is screwed the material being a soft organic material, e.g. wood or plastic

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  • This invention relates to threaded members and more particularly to screw threaded fasteners for use in low density materials.
  • low density materials is intended to include materials having a density below about 40 pounds per cubic foot and penetratable by a threaded member. Widespread use of some low density materials as a substitute for natural wood has been hindered by the inability of conventional wood screws to penetrate and hold in such materials. For example, conventional wood screws cause low density particle board materials to crumble between the screw threads and thus prevent the screw from penetrating the material properly. Some low density particle board materials such as Novaply permit conventional wood screws to be driven thereinto, but such screws do not hold well enough in that they loosen or are pulled out under too low a load to make their use practical.
  • Another object is to provide a threaded fastener usable in materials having a wide range of densities.
  • Another object is to provide a threaded fastener that can be driven without requiring a pre-drilled pilot hole.
  • Another object is to provide a threaded fastener that can be made in a single pass by rolling a blank between dies.
  • Another object is to provide a threaded fastener that does not crumble low density particle board between its threads.
  • Another object is to provide an easily manufactured, relatively inexpensive fastener that is rugged and durable.
  • a screw threaded member has sharp-edged, asymmetrical threads of increased surface area and spacing that penetrate and hold the member in materials having a wide range of densities.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of a threaded member in accord with this invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of a portion of the thread from the member shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view of a portion of the member shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view taken along the line 4-4 in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 1 shows how this invention would be applied to a wood screw 1 having a conventional round head 2 with a slot 3 facilitating driving of same, it being understood that this thread system can be used to anchor essentially any type of threaded member, such as a hearing rod having a threaded end.
  • Thread portion 4 is a single, continuous, sharp-edged, asymmetrical screw thread spiraling down the root portion 5 of fastener l and terminating at sharp pointed tip 6.
  • the thread leading angle is 30 and the trailing angle is 15. This results in an included angle at sharp edge 7 of 45 that permits thread portion 4 to bite into and hold well in materials having densities in the range of about 15 to about pounds per cubic foot.
  • the threads do not crumble or damage low density materials, and it is not necessary under most circumstances to pre-drill a pilot hole for member 1 before driving.
  • FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the depth T of thread portion 4 and the diameter R of root 5.
  • Thread depth T must always be at least 30 percent of the root diameter R and preferably is between 30 and 40 percent.
  • the thread system of this invention provides substantially more thread depth than the prior art. This results in a greater thread bearing surface area which reduces crumbling and other damage to low density materials while member 1 is being driven, as well as increasing its holding power thereafter.
  • One factor in achieving this desirable result is that relatively less material is displaced when screw 1 is driven.
  • FIG. 4 shows the relationship between thread surface area and root area for this thread system.
  • This thread system has substantially greater thread surface area than do comparable prior art systems, and this greatly increases the ability of this system to hold in low density materials.
  • This greater thread surface area results from the above relationship between threaddepth T and root diameter R, and from the specific values specified for the leading and trailing angles.
  • the distance between threads is designated D.
  • the thread spacing D be at least double the thread depth T, and
  • screw threaded members in accord with this invention are easily driven into low density materials without damaging such materials and also have substantially increased holding power when compared to conventional structures.
  • Threaded members as disclosed herein are also readily usable in high density materials, and this means that industrial users can reduce their fastener inventories.
  • these threaded members are especially suited for use in mass production operations where they are driven by power rotated tools (as contrasted with hand rotated tools).
  • the threaded members of this invention can be economically manufactured in a single pass between dies in a conventional rolling operation because the metal flows easily and fills out the sharp crested thread when the leading angle is 30 and the trailing angle is 15".
  • a screw threaded member for use with materials having a density in the range from about 15 to about pounds per cubic foot comprising a root portion of predetermined diameter, a single continuous external sharp-edged thread portion having a leading angle of 30 and a trailing angle of 15', the depth of. said thread portion being from 30 to 40 percent of the diameter of said root portion, and the spacing between threads being from 2.2 to 3 times as greatas said thread depth.

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