Screw, building envelope, and insulating method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9677591-B2
Application number	US-201415031318-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2014
Priority date	Nov 5, 2013
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a screw, comprising a drive, a drilling tip for producing a bore, said bore having a bore axis and a bore diameter, which drilling tip is spaced apart from the drive in a drive-in direction, and a shaft, which extends from the drive to the drilling tip, wherein the shaft has a stop section, which can be fed through the bore when the drive-in direction of the screw is tilted in relation to the bore axis and which has a stop surface for blocking the feeding of the stop section through the bore when the drive-in direction of the screw is oriented parallel to the bore axis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A screw comprising a drive, a drilling tip spaced apart from the drive in a driving direction for producing a bore having a bore axis and a bore diameter, and a shaft extending from the drive to the drilling tip, wherein the shaft has a stop section with a cross-section diameter that does not exceed the bore diameter, which can be fed through the bore produced by the drilling tip when the driving direction of the screw is tilted in relation to the bore axis while the stop section is passed through the bore, the stop section having a stop surface for blocking feeding of the stop section through the bore when the driving direction of the screw is oriented parallel to the bore axis.

2. The screw according to claim 1 , wherein the stop section has a circular cross section.

3. The screw according to claim 1 , wherein the stop section comprises a bend of the shaft.

4. The screw according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft has a first threaded section, having a first thread, between the stop section and the drilling tip.

5. The screw according to claim 4 , wherein the first thread extends opposite to the driving direction up to the stop surface.

6. The screw according to claim 4 , wherein the shaft has a second threaded section, having a second thread, between the stop section and the drive.

7. The screw according to claim 6 , wherein the first thread and the second thread each have an outside diameter, and the second thread has a larger outside diameter than the outside diameter of the first thread.

8. The screw according to claim 6 , wherein the drive comprises a screw head and wherein the second thread extends up to the screw head.

9. The screw according to claim 6 , wherein the drive comprises a screw head and wherein the shaft has a second thread-free section between the screw head and the second thread.

10. A building envelope comprising a wall or a roof having an insulating element mounted on the wall or the roof, the insulating element being fastened to the wall or the roof with the screw according to claim 1 .

11. The building envelope according to claim 10 , further comprising a base plate and a cover plate, wherein the screw fastens the cover plate to the base plate and wherein a distance of the cover plate from the base plate is greater in an area of the screw than a distance between a driving-in end of the drilling tip and the stop surface of the screw.

12. A method for insulating a building wall, comprising a) fastening a baseplate to the wall, b) placing an insulating element against the base plate, c) placing a cover plate onto the insulating element, d) fastening the cover plate to the base plate by a screw comprising a drive, a drilling tip spaced apart from the drive in a driving direction for producing a bore having a bore axis and a bore diameter, and a shaft extending from the drive to the drilling tip, wherein the shaft has a stop section with a cross-section diameter that does not exceed the bore diameter, which can be fed through the bore produced by the drilling tip when the driving direction of the screw is tilted in relation to the bore axis while the stop section is passed through the bore, the stop section having a stop surface for blocking feeding of the stop section through the bore when the driving direction of the screw is oriented parallel to the bore axis.

13. The method according to claim 12 , comprising
d1) drilling a first bore into the cover plate using the drilling tip,
d2) guiding the screw through the first bore in the cover plate until the stop surface bears against the cover plate,
d3) tilting the screw to move the stop section through the first bore,
d4) tilting back the screw until the driving direction of the screw is oriented perpendicular to the cover plate in a region of the first bore,
d5) guiding the screw through the first bore until the drilling tip bears against the base plate,
d6) drilling a second bore with the drilling tip, and
d7) guiding the screw through the first and second bores until the stop section bears against the base plate.

14. The screw according to claim 2 , wherein the stop section comprises a bend of the shaft.

15. The screw according to claim 2 , wherein the shaft has a first threaded section, having a first thread, between the stop section and the drilling tip.

16. The screw according to claim 3 , wherein the shaft has a first threaded section, having a first thread, between the stop section and the drilling tip.

Assignees

• Hilti Ag

Inventors

• Foser Thomas
• Baudy Daniel

Classifications

• F16B25/0078

  with a shaft of non-circular cross-section or other special geometric features of the shaft · CPC title

• F16B25/103 Primary

  by means of a drilling screw-point, i.e. with a cutting and material removing action · CPC title

• E04F13/12

  of metal {or with an outer layer of metal or enameled metal (E04F13/0864 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16B43/001

  for sealing or insulation · CPC title

• F16B25/0063 Primary

  with a non-threaded portion on the shaft of the screw · CPC title