SCREW
A screw includes a positioning member defined on inclined cutting planes of a drilling portion of the screw for allowing a cutting edge constructed at a convergence of the cutting planes to cut stably and efficiently. A main threaded section formed on a shank of the screw is extended to connect with one end of the cutting edge. The positioning member helps the screw fixedly stand on an object. The cutting edge and the cutting planes allow cutting debris to be swiftly and smoothly extruded therefrom into the main threaded section for avoiding the accumulation of considerable cutting debris. Thereby, the screwing resistance is reduced and the drilling speed is promoted. Preferably, the fastened screw is firmly sunk in the object, and the fastening operation is completed successfully.
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This invention is a continuation of the U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/222,071, filed on Aug. 31, 2011, of which the subject matter is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a fastener design, particularly to a screw capable of reducing the screwing resistance and increasing the drilling speed.
2. Description of the Related Art
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The screw 1 might be smoothly fastened into the object 2 by using the drilling portion 13 to pierce the object 2. However, in practice, the object 2 is forcedly pierced by the tapered drilling portion 13. Thus, fibers of the object 2 are difficult to be severed efficiently. That is to say, the fibers are just simply pushed and thrust by the tapered drilling portion 13, so the screw 1 would be easily impeded by debris resulted from the object 2 while drilling. As a result, the debris can not be timely expelled, and the heaped debris incurs an increasing resistance on the screw 1. Therefore, the operation of fastening the screw 1 is influenced.
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It is therefore the purpose of this invention to provide a screw that is able to timely expel debris, efficiently decrease the screwing resistance, and preferably promote the screwing speed so as to allow the screw to be sunk in an object firmly.
The screw in accordance with the present invention comprises a shank portion, a head portion disposed at one end of the shank portion, a drilling portion disposed at the other end of the shank portion, and a main threaded section with a plurality of threaded units spirally disposed around the shank portion. Two inclined cutting planes are formed on the drilling portion and are connected at a cutting edge. The cutting edge extendedly defines two ends. A positioning member is defined on the cutting planes of the drilling portion for stabilizing the cutting edge to execute cutting. The main threaded section extends toward the cutting edge and connects to one end of the cutting edge for communicating the main threaded section with the drilling portion.
Preferably, a threaded section with a plurality of auxiliary threaded units is disposed around the shank portion, the auxiliary threaded units are disposed between the threaded units of the main threaded section, and a first diameter of the auxiliary threaded units is smaller than a second diameter of the threaded units.
Preferably, a plurality of indented units can be defined on the auxiliary threaded units, and a plurality of slots can be defined on part of the threaded units.
Preferably, the positioning member is integrally protruded outwards from the cutting planes to form a pointed unit.
Preferably, the pointed unit is formed by a plurality of inclined walls to structure a pyramid.
Preferably, the pointed unit is structured into a cone.
Preferably, the positioning member is formed by a plurality of inclined walls that are recessed from the cutting planes, thereby forming a valley on the cutting planes. Each inclined wall and the cutting edge are converged at one point.
Accordingly, the positioning member helps the cutting edge stably stand on a screwing object, which allows the cutting edge to provide a scraping effect at the time of drilling. Further, the cutting planes guide cutting debris to smoothly enter the channel between the threaded units so as to rapidly expel the cutting debris therefrom. Thereby, a large amount of cutting debris is not accumulative in the vacancy of the threaded units, so the screwing resistance could be decreased, and the screwing speed could be increased. Moreover, the screw is favorably sunk in the object for facilitating the further operation.
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To sum up, the present invention takes advantage of the positioning member to help a stable positioning effect at the beginning of the drilling operation, thereby benefiting a stable cutting step. Then the two cutting planes converged at a cutting edge and the connection of the main threaded section to one end of the cutting edge speedily remove the cutting debris generated in the drilling step and avoid a large amount of accumulation of debris within the object. Accordingly, the drilling resistance is decreased, and the drilling speed is increased. Thus, the screw of the present invention could be firmly and smoothly sunk in the object for benefiting a further processing.
While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A screw comprising a shank portion, a head portion disposed at one end of said shank portion, a drilling portion disposed at the other end of said shank portion, and a main threaded section with a plurality of threaded units spirally disposed around said shank portion;
- wherein said drilling portion has two inclined cutting planes which are connected at a cutting edge, said cutting edge extendedly defining two ends, a positioning member being defined on said cutting planes of said drilling portion for dividing said cutting edge and stabilizing said cutting edge to execute cutting; said main threaded section extending toward said cutting edge and connecting to one end of said cutting edge for communicating said main threaded section with said drilling portion.
2. The screw as claimed in claim 1, wherein, a threaded section including a plurality of auxiliary threaded units is disposed around said shank portion and disposed between said threaded units of said main threaded section, and a first diameter of said auxiliary threaded units is smaller than a second diameter of said threaded units of said main threaded section.
3. The screw as claimed in claim 2, wherein, a plurality of indented units are defined on said auxiliary threaded units, and a plurality of slots are defined on part of said threaded units of said main threaded section.
4. The screw as claimed in claim 1, wherein said positioning member is integrally protruded outwards from said cutting planes to form a pointed unit.
5. The screw as claimed in claim 2, wherein said positioning member is integrally protruded outwards from said cutting planes to form a pointed unit.
6. The screw as claimed in claim 3, wherein said positioning member is integrally protruded outwards from said cutting planes to form a pointed unit.
7. The screw as claimed in claim 4, wherein, said pointed unit is formed by a plurality of inclined walls to structure a pyramid.
8. The screw as claimed in claim 5, wherein, said pointed unit is formed by a plurality of inclined walls to structure a pyramid.
9. The screw as claimed in claim 6, wherein, said pointed unit is formed by a plurality of inclined walls to structure a pyramid.
10. The screw as claimed in claim 4, wherein, said pointed unit is structured into a cone.
11. The screw as claimed in claim 5, wherein, said pointed unit is structured into a cone.
12. The screw as claimed in claim 6, wherein, said pointed unit is structured into a cone.
13. The screw as claimed in claim 1, wherein, said positioning member is formed by a plurality of inclined walls that are recessed inwards from said cutting planes for forming a valley on said cutting planes, and each of said inclined walls and said cutting edge are converged at a point.
14. The screw as claimed in claim 2, wherein, said positioning member is formed by a plurality of inclined walls that are recessed inwards from said cutting planes for forming a valley on said cutting planes, and each of said inclined walls and said cutting edge are converged at a point.
15. The screw as claimed in claim 3, wherein, said positioning member is formed by a plurality of inclined wails that are recessed inwards from said cutting planes for forming a valley on said cutting planes, and each of said inclined walls and said cutting edge are converged at a point.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 13, 2013
Publication Date: Mar 6, 2014
Applicants: BIOMATE MEDICAL DEVICES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Kaohsiung City), TAIWAN SHAN YIN INT'L CO., LTD. (Kaohsiung City)
Inventors: KOU-TSAIR SU (KAOHSIUNG CITY), YU-JUNG SU (KAOHSIUNG CITY)
Application Number: 14/078,934
International Classification: F16B 25/10 (20060101);