摘要:
A pushpin device of one embodiment preferably comprises a head adapted to allow a user to apply pressure to the head without discomfort. A longitudinally extending fastening member comprises a point at a distal end and is coupled to the head at a proximal end. A base comprises an aperture. The aperture is configured to allow the fastening member to pass through the base as the head moves proximate to the base. An outer member is coupled to the head and the base. The outer member comprises a first position in which the head is spaced from the base and the outer member encloses a longitudinal segment of the fastening member. In a second position the head is proximate to the base and the outer member is deformed, thereby allowing the fastening member to extend through the aperture. The outer member exerts a countering force on the base and the head. One of the head and the base comprises magnetically susceptible material and the other comprises magnetic material. A magnetic force between the head and the base maintains the outer member in the second position in opposition to the countering force.
摘要:
A method and device for providing anti-theft protection for an electrical device installed on a body, such as a vehicle, by fixing to the body an electrical chip having a unique identification number identifying the body, electrically connecting the electrical device to the electrical chip in a manner such that removal of the electrical device from the body automatically interrupts the electrical connection of the electrical device to the electrical chip, and disabling the operation of the electrical device whenever its electrical connection to the chip is interrupted.
摘要:
A system for elastically fastening rails mounted on underlying cross ties. The foot of the rail is clamped by elastically fastening metallic rail spikes anchored in the cross tie. The rail spikes have a shaft portion and a head portion eccentrically arranged thereon, as well as a plastic element arranged in an electrically insulating manner. This fastening system also has a component linkable to the spike for impressing a permanent bending moment on the shaft portion in all stress phases and for permanently clamping the rail spike. This type of fastening system is suitable both for wooden and concrete cross ties. This system may also include a dowel to anchor the rail spike within the cross tie. This invention also impresses a permanent bending stress on the shaft of the rail foot, so that the rail spike extraction forces can be set at a higher level than is normally obtained. The whole system is stressed under working load and without vertical load, is electrically insulated against signal current drain and is useful for fixing the rail foot against longitudinal and lateral forces.
摘要:
An improved railroad spike, configured to resemble a conventional U.S. railroad spike as to its head, shank and tip. The improved spike features (1) a keyhole bore which extends between and through the head and top of the spike, and (2) and a pair of angular V-grooves on the shank in communication with the bore.
摘要:
A corrosion resistant fastening system for use with metallic targets exposed to corrosive, aqueous environments, comprising a fastener and a planar coupon each formed of a corrosion resistant alloy. The fastener is driven through the coupon and into the target by means of a powder actuated tool, whereby the coupon is maintained in intimate contact with the target surface. Corrosion thus preferentially occurs at the interface between the target and the coupon, the interface between the target and the fastener being thereby protected.
摘要:
A spike retainer which may be forcibly driven through an aperture in a tie plate into a wood cross tie includes an upper lip for engaging a flanged base of a rail supported by the tie plate. A movable wedge attached to the spike retainer is forced between the cross tie and the tie plate when a spike is forcibly inserted into the spike retainer, thereby clamping the tie plate and the flanged base of the rail between the upper lip and the movable wedge. The spike retainer is initially inserted into a pre-drilled hole in the cross tie by means of an insertion tool having a channel which permits the spike retainer to be forcibly inserted into the hole without engaging the movable wedge.