Abstract: An improved plate/fastener assembly includes an elongated fastener having a first set of threads adjacent the tip and a second set of threads adjacent the head. The first set of threads has a diameter smaller than that of the second. The fastener is employed with a plate which includes a stress plate portion having a hub extending downwardly therefrom. The hub includes an opening extending therethrough which receives the fastener. The first set of threads will engage with a metal roof deck to hold the fastener in place, while the second set of threads engages with the plate to hold the plate in place. The lower face of the plate includes a plurality of ribs adapted to engage with an insulation material to prevent rotation of the plate. Each of the ribs presents a concave configuration in the direction of rotation of the plate to disengage same from the fastener.

Abstract: A barrel assembly includes a housing for attachement to a conventional driving tool. A barrel member having a through bore is slidably attached at one end to the housing and carries a stress plate retaining pad at the other end. A pre-assembled enlongated headed fastener and stress plate combination is inserted into the barrel assembly whereby, during driving, the head of the fastener is slidably guided by the barrel bore while the shank portion of the fastener is rigidly held by the locked stress plate assuring a perpendicular driving alignment between the fastener and the workpiece, such as a roof deck plate. Biasing means normally forces the barrel in an extended position relative to the housing and also permits the barrel and stress plate retaining pad to retract during a plate tapping sequence of the fastener to prevent thread stripping of the stress plate.

Abstract: A fastener having a retaining member with a top portion and an elongated hub extending downwardly from the top portion. A helical groove extends throughout a substantial portion of the length of the hub and the upper end of the helical groove is formed to change the lead between the upper end of the helical groove and at least the uppermost loop of a helical coil mounted in the helical groove to create a tensile load on the hub by a helical coil having at least the uppermost loop located in the helical groove. A helical coil with a plurality of loops has at least the uppermost loop located in the helical groove in the hub, and the end portion of the uppermost loop contacts the portion of the groove formed to change the lead to create a tensile load on the hub to mount the helical coil on the hub.

Abstract: An adapter for a torquing tool includes an elongated body having a bore at at least one end to accommodate a working member such as a drill bit or fastener driver and a coupling means for detachably attaching the body to the tool. The improvement comprises a quick release means internal of the body member to detachably retain the working member within the bore and to the elongated body. The preferred quick release means is a spring loaded shuttle positioned in an opening radially through the body member and in communication with the bore.

Abstract: The adapter for the torquing tool includes an elongated body having a bore in at least one end to accommodate a driver bit and a coupling means for detachably attaching the body to the tool. A depth adjustment bushing is threadably engaged within said bore, with the bushing being externally threaded to engage the bore. The bushing includes a body section and a shank section. An axial passageway extends through the shank section and an axial slot extending through the wall of the shank in communication with the passageway. A screw extends through a radial threaded opening in the body and into the axial passageway through the slot so when the driver bit is housed within the body section and extends into the passageway, it is held in place by tightening the screw. In a preferred form, the passageway has a hexagonal cross section for mating engagement with a hexagonal end section of the driving bit.

Abstract: An adapter for a torquing tool includes an elongated body having a bore at at least one end to accommodate a working member such as a drill bit or fastener driver and a coupling means for detachably attaching the body to the tool so that at least a portion of the adapter is not housed within the tool. The improvement comprises a quick release means internal of the portion of the body member that is not housed within the tool to detachably retain the working member within the bore and to the elongated body and means associated with said bore and said working member for transmitting torque from the tool to the working member. The preferred quick release means is a spring loaded shuttle positioned in an opening radially through the body member and in communication with the bore. The preferred torque transmitting means is a pair of corresponding, opposed surfaces disposed on the bore and working member, respectively.

Abstract: An attachment for a power driven installation tool for a threaded fastener and a stress plate includes a barrel assembly connectable at a first end to the driver and terminating in an outer barrel at a second end. The outer barrel terminates in a stress plate holder and the stress plate holder is free to move with respect to the rest of the tool. In a preferred embodiment, a floating barrel is positioned for slidable movement within the distal end of the outer barrel and a stress plate holder is rigidly secured to the floating barrel and external of the outer barrel.

Abstract: A plastic plate is provided for use with a fastener to secure insulation to a metal roof deck. The plate has a planar portion having a centrally disposed tapered hub portion. The central opening and preferably a clear through hole extends in the plate in the area of the hub. The bottom of the plate includes anti-rotational means for engagement with the insulation during driving of the fastener. The anti-rotational means may be associated with the bottom of the planar portion, the hub or both. The fastener may include two separate and spaced apart threaded portions so that as the fastener first engages the metal deck, the unthreaded portion is within the previously tapped hub portion.

Abstract: The installation tool barrel assembly includes an outer sleeve adapted for connection to the driving tool, an inner sleeve retractably attached within the outer sleeve and a barrel retractably attached to the inner sleeve. A fastener entrant comprises an elongated slot in the inner sleeve wall which increases in depth along its length from a starting point and terminates in an enlarged clear through opening in registry with the inner sleeve bore. The barrel includes a clear through notch in alignment with the slot to receive the fastener in the bore of the barrel. A workpiece pad is positioned at the end of the barrel and includes a jaw assembly having spring bias jaws mounted for slidable engagement on a wear plate. A footpad is provided for holding the workpiece pad against the workpiece during installation.

Abstract: The rail anchor system includes two pins and two clips. Each pin extends through a horizontal transverse bore in a cross-tie. The pins have extensions at each end exposed on both sides of the cross-tie and the bores are parallel to and substantially within the outer edges of the bottom flange of the rail which sits on the cross-tie. Two resilient clips form a part of the system. Each clip has a looped section, a hooked extension extending from one end of the looped section and a lever extension extending from the other end of the loop section. A clip is used on each side of the tie with the loop sections engaging the pin extensions of opposite pins and the lever extensions being locked by opposite pins when the respective hooks are in engagement with the cross-tie.

Abstract: An improved collapsible threaded anchoring device for securing items to a plate-like workpiece is an insert having an upper head portion adapted to engage the working face of the workpiece, an annular cylindrical sidewall which is collapsible and adjacent to the head portion, and a threaded shank portion. The head portion, the collapsible sidewall portion and the shank portion are integrally formed. The improved insert device is adapted for securing to a plastic plate-like workpiece. The improvement comprises a noncylindrical, noncollapsible collar having a cross-sectional width not less than the shank or sidewall portion and interposed between the head portion and the sidewall portion. The collar has an axial thickness slightly greater than the nominal thickness of the plastic workpiece.

Abstract: A setting tool includes an adapter for alternately providing rotary and linear motion of the adapter shaft, which engages the fastener. The adapter includes a housing for attachment to a setting tool such as an air gun. A drive member within the housing is secured to the main drive shaft of the air gun for rotation therewith. The drive member includes a perimetrical helical power screw. The adapter shaft extends through the housing and has a rearward end including means such as splines and a spring loaded detent assembly for rotative cooperation with the drive member. The forward end of the adapter shaft engages the fastener. Biasing means are positioned between the adapter shaft and the drive shaft. An inner sleeve positioned about the adapter shaft is threaded for engagement and movement along the drive member. A pick-up means is secured to the adapter shaft.

Abstract: The barrel assembly for attachment to a standard driving tool includes a sleeve adapted for attachment to the tool, a barrel retractably mounted in the sleeve and a bushing positioned within the sleeve and extending into a barrel bore. The barrel includes aligned entry and exit trackways to accommodate a strip containing fasteners and the bushing is adapted to position the fastener within the bore of the barrel in a first position and then in a second position engage the strip so as to clamp it in place as the driver disengages the fastener therefrom. A carriage assembly can be positioned within the end of the barrel so as to form an internal restrictive bore for the fastener in a first position and an enlarged bore in a second position so as to permit the fastener to pass therethrough.

Abstract: The barrel assembly for attachment to a standard driving tool includes a sleeve adapted for attachment to the tool, a barrel retractably mounted in the sleeve and a bushing positioned within the sleeve and extending into a barrel bore. The barrel includes aligned entry and exit trackways to accommodate a strip containing fasteners and the bushing is adapted to position the fastener within the bore of the barrel in a first position and then in a second position engage the strip so as to clamp it in place as the driver disengages the fastener therefrom. A carriage assembly can be positioned within the end of the barrel so as to form an internal restrictive bore for the fastener in a first position and an enlarged bore in a second position so as to permit the fastener to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A barrel assembly for a fastener driving tool includes an outer sleeve adapted for connection to the driving tool, an inner sleeve retractably attached within the outer sleeve and a barrel pivotally and retractably connected to the inner sleeve. A breech collar is positioned in the inner sleeve and matingly engages the barrel end. Guide fingers extend through the barrel wall into the bore to position and guide the fasteners placed therein. The fasteners are inserted into the barrel bore by pivotally opening the barrel and exposing the barrel bore at the connected end of the barrel.