Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Anthony M Versino

Michael C Dill

Miguel E Mendez Jaquez

Daniel J Stemper

Lawrence S Shelton

Donald E Bergstrom

Genaro Cortez

Graeme Laurence Young

Patrick D Schaefer

Stephen Patrick Moore

Kenneth R Levey

Michael Starozhitsky

Algis P Suopys

Victor Truong

Paul J Storiz

Sakif Bin Ferdous

Isaac H Heskel

Yash Siddhartha

Jeffrey L Trzaskus

Michael Schwitter

Brent A Studenroth

A fastener driving apparatus including an air compressor configured to generate pressurized air at a first pressure level, a drop down air regulator configured to reduce the pressurized air from being at the first pressure level to being at a reduced second pressure level, and a pneumatically powered fastener driving tool configured to receive the pressurized air at the desired reduced pressure level to enable the pneumatically powered fastener driving tool to drive one or more fasteners (such as one or more nails) into an object and a substrate at the desired positions in that object and substrate.

Fastener driving apparatus and methods

A wire strand attachment clip including a wire catch that defines a wire strand receiving and holding area configured to receive a wire strand, and a plurality of attachment arms connected to and extending from the wire catch that are dimensionally and biasingly configured to be positioned on a support post to attach the wire strand to that support post such that the attachment arms engage multiple surfaces of the support post.

Wire strand attachment clip

Various embodiments provide a post-to-beam fastener including a head, a tip, and a threaded shank connected to the head at a first end and the tip and a second end. In various embodiments, threaded shank includes a longitudinal axis extending from the head to the tip, and the tip includes a recess operable to removably receive a drill bit to the fastener.

Post-to-beam fastener

Fastener

A self-drilling anchor assembly including a drill bit and an anchor positioned over and attached to the drill bit. In various embodiments, the drill bit includes a shank, a drill head integrally connected to one end of the shank, and a threaded tail integrally connected to an opposite end of the shank. The tail includes a mechanical engaging structure that is engageable by a tool to rotate the drill bit, and a helical thread formation to facilitate attachment of a securing device such as nut and washer to the tail of the drill bit. The anchor includes an elongated generally tubular body including an inner surface defining a longitudinally extending inner channel, and a head integrally connected to and extending from a first end of the body. The drill bit is configured to remain in the anchor and in the substrate after installation of the anchor assembly in the substrate.

Self-drilling anchor assembly

Anchor assembly drill bit

In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a wall panel blocking bracket including a first base, a first stud side engager connected to and extending upwardly from the first base, a second stud side engager connected to and extending upwardly from the first base, a second base connected to the first stud side engager, a third base connected to the second stud side engager, a first hook extending transversely from the first stud side engager, a second hook extending transversely from the second stud side engager, all configured to partially support a wooden block adjacent to a support beam in any one of a perpendicular orientation, a first position parallel orientation, and a second different position parallel orientation.

Wall panel blocking bracket and method of using same

A fastener assembly for use in an associated fastener driving tool for driving a fastener from the assembly, in sequential order, into an associated substrate, includes a row of fasteners arranged substantially parallel to each other, each fastener having a shank and defining an axis and a collation system formed from a plastic material that is molded onto and adhered to the fasteners. The plastic material defines a collar portion at least substantially encircling the fastener shank and a connecting portion extending between and connecting adjacent collar portions. When the fastener is driven from the driving tool, the collar portion remains adhered to the fastener such that the collar portion penetrates the substrate with the fastener, and the connecting portion includes a preferentially weakened region to influence separation of the connecting portion from the collar at a desired location.

Debris-free plastic collating strip for nails

A nail has a head, a penetrating tip and a shank extending from the head to the penetrating tip. The shank has a circumference and a longitudinal axis. A plurality of rows of deformations formed as teeth are formed in the shank extending outwardly of the shank. The rows are formed in a spiral pattern along the length of the shank from about the head to about the penetrating tip. The rows of teeth are formed parallel to one another and formed at an angle of at least 50 degrees relative to a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nail.

Deformed shank fastener

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Deerfield, IL, United States of America

Anthony M Versino