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2. Allen (brand) - Wikipedia

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   The terms "Allen wrench" (American English, though "Allen key" is also common in the US) and "Allen key" (British English) [3] are derived from the Allen brand name and refer to the generic product category "hex keys". W.G. Allen [4] filed the first related patent in 1909 for its recessed hex-driven safety screws, [5] a safety improvement over ...

3. List of screw and bolt types - Wikipedia

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   An ASME B18.2.1 compliant cap screw has somewhat tighter tolerances than a hex bolt for the head height and the shank length. The nature of the tolerance difference allows an ASME B18.2.1 hex cap screw to always fit where a hex bolt is installed but a hex bolt could be slightly too large to be used where a hex cap screw is designed in.

4. Hex key - Wikipedia

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   A hex key (also, hex wrench, Allen key and Allen wrench or Inbus) is a simple driver for bolts or screws that have heads with internal hexagonal recesses ().. Hex keys are formed from a single piece of hard hexagonal steel rod, having blunt ends that fit snugly into similarly shaped screw sockets.

5. List of screw drives - Wikipedia

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   Standard 12-point hex socket bits and wrenches fit these screws. The screw heads are typically flanged, and may fit into standard Allen hex socket cap screw counterbores molded or machined into parts to be fastened. Compared to Allen hex sockets, the advantages of these bolts include higher torque capability and the lack of a recess to trap water.

6. Confirmat screw - Wikipedia

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   Confirmat screws on a sheet of the particleboard material in which they were designed to hold. Diagram of a hex-headed confirmat screw, made to be turned with an allen key A confirmat screw holding a butt joint in melamine-coated particleboard. A specialized stepped drill bit and a screw to match it. The screw is covered with a cosmetic plastic ...

7. Bolt (fastener) - Wikipedia

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   Coach screws, or lag screws, for example, are large square-headed screws with a tapered wood screw thread, used for attaching ironwork to timber. Head designs that overlap both bolts and include the Allen, Torx, hexagonal and splined heads. These modern designs span a large range of sizes and can carry a considerable torque.