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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Walter Bunyan, London, GB;
Assignee:
Pilgrim Engineering Developments Limited, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ; B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
85 / ; 29252 ; 29446 ; 254 / ;
Abstract
A self-straining bolt comprises a hollow shank having a flanged and screw-threaded head at one end, a core member, a rod within the shank and secured to the other end of the shank a nut in screw-threaded engagement with the core bears against the shank at the said one end. The bolt is tensioned by means of a tensioning head comprising two coaxial jacking means, one for tensioning the hollow shank by bearing on the core member and the other for tensioning the core member by bearing on the shank head.