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2. Hex key - Wikipedia

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   Cap head screws of various sizes Button head screws. Hex keys are best known as "Allen keys" or "Allen wrenches" in English-speaking countries like the UK, Australia, Canada and the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries such as Spain and Mexico (The "Allen" name is a registered trademark, originated by the Allen Manufacturing Company of ...

3. M-LOK - Wikipedia

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   An exception to this is 4 mm hex keys, which are almost the exact same size as 5 ⁄ 32 in (3.97 mm). In many industries, this makes 4.0 mm ( 5 ⁄ 32 in) hex keys preferred for consumer products because end users can successfully use an imperial key on a metric fastener, and vice versa.

4. List of screw drives - Wikipedia

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   The hex socket screw drive has a hexagonal recess and may be driven by a hex wrench, also known as an Allen wrench, Allen key, hex key, or inbus as well as by a hex screwdriver (also known as a hex driver) or bit. Tamper-resistant versions with a pin in the recess are available.

5. Preferred metric sizes - Wikipedia

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   Machine screws with different thread diameters Hex key set with metric sizes from 2 mm to 10 mm according to sizes for use with ISO 262 screw sizes (except 3.5 mm for M6 internal set screw) For each size bolt or screw and type of head, there is a corresponding size driver prescribed by various ISO standards, including:

6. 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 ...

7. 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.