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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1995
Artur Fischer, Waldachtal, DE;
fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co KG, Waldachtal, DE;
Abstract
A nail comprises a shank having an expansion portion with two curved expansion limbs defining a free space therebetween, a first straight shank portion and a second straight shank portion located correspondingly before and after the expansion region, the free space being formed as a longitudinal notch starting from the first straight shank portion and extending to the forward end, the notch having a notch base rising in direction toward the forward nail end, and a wedge arranged in the longitudinal notch and bearing against the notch base, the wedge having an upper edge slightly projecting beyond the shank and being displaceable in direction toward and along the rising notch base.