Claims
- 1. A fastener formed from steel wire so as to have a shank, an enlarged head formed at one end of the shank, and a generally pointed tip formed at the other end of the shank, the shank having a ringed portion formed with annular grooves defining annular rings, wherein substantially all of the shank is coated with a thermoset, polymeric material which has a softening point that does not exceed the temperature that the fastener reaches when driven so as to flow upon penetration and so as to resist corrosion, to improve ease of driving the fastener, and to increase holding power of the fastener, as when the fastener is driven through a wooden plywood, or plasterboard workpiece and then through a steel framing member.
- 2. The fastener of claim 1 wherein substantially all of the shank is coated with an epoxy-based material.
- 3. The fastener of claim 1 wherein the ringed portion of the shank is formed with helical grooves intersecting the annular grooves and defining helical ribs.
- 4. A fastener formed from steel wire so as to have a shank, an enlarged head formed at one end of the shank, and a generally pointed tip formed at the other end of the shank, the shank having a ringed portion formed with annular grooves defining annular rings and with helical grooves intersecting the annular grooves and defining helical ribs, wherein the fastener is heat-treated, zinc-plated, and chromate coated and wherein substantially all of the shank is further coated with a thermoset, polymeric material which has a softening point that does not exceed the temperature that the fastener reaches when driven, so as to flow upon penetration and so as to resist corrosion, to improve ease of driving the fastener, and to increase holding power of the fastener, as when the fastener is driven through a wooden, plywood, or plasterboard workpiece and then through a steel framing member.
- 5. The fastener of claim 4 wherein substantially all of the shank is coated with an epoxy-based material.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. Pat. No. 08/472,906, now abandoned, which was filed on Jun. 7, 1995. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/472,906 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/293,003, which was filed on Aug. 19, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,489,179.
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Continuations (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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