Patent · US Expired

Self-drilling screw

US4114508A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1977
Grant dateSep 19, 1978
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Expiry dateJan 10, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T408/9093
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drill embodied in a self-drilling and self-tapping screw has a drill-point comprising a first sharp-pointed tip on the drill axis and a second sharp-pointed tip offset transversely of and axially behind the first tip. First and second cutting edges are inclined similarly to the axis on opposite sides thereof and have the first and second tips respectively at their respective leading ends.

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