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Robertson screwdrivers are easy to use one-handed, because the tapered socket tends to retain the screw, even if it is shaken. [3]: 85–86 They also allow the use of angled screwdrivers and trim-head screws. The socket-headed Robertson screws are self-centering and reduce cam out. They also stop a power tool when set, and can be more easily ...
Illustration from the 1909 Canadian patent for the Robertson screw. Peter Lymburner Robertson (December 10, 1879 – September 28, 1951) was a Canadian inventor, industrialist, salesman, and philanthropist who popularized the square-socket drive for screws, often called the Robertson drive.
Robertson screwdrivers are easy to use one-handed, because the tapered socket tends to retain the screw, even if it is shaken. [15]: 85–86 They also allow for the use of angled screw drivers and trim head screws. The socket-headed Robertson screws reduce cam-out, stop a power tool when set, and can be removed if painted over or old and rusty.
Paint roller – invented by Norman James Breakey of Toronto in 1940 [7] [18] Robertson screw – invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908; Rotary vane pump – invented by Charles Barnes and patented in 1874; Toggling harpoon – an Inuit tool used by Inuit while whale or seal hunting to impale the animal when thrown
Slotted screws. The earliest documented screwdrivers were used in the late Middle Ages.They were probably invented in the late 15th century, either in Germany or France.The tool's original names in German and French were Schraubenzieher [2] [3] [4] [circular reference] (screw-tightener) and tournevis (turnscrew), respectively.
A lathe of 1871, equipped with leadscrew and change gears for single-point screw-cutting A Brown & Sharpe single-spindle screw machine. Fasteners had become widespread involving concepts such as dowels and pins, wedging, mortises and tenons, dovetails, nailing (with or without clenching the nail ends), forge welding, and many kinds of binding with cord made of leather or fiber, using many ...
One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw is a book published in 2000 by Canadian architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski. [ 1 ] The idea for the book came in 1999 when an editor at The New York Times Magazine asked Rybczynski to write a short essay on the best and most useful common tool of the previous 1000 ...
After failing to interest manufacturers, Thompson sold his self-centering design to Phillips in 1935. [4] Phillips formed the Phillips Screw Company in 1934. After refining the design (U.S. Patent #2,046,343, U.S. Patents #2,046,837 to 2,046,840) for the American Screw Company of Providence, Rhode Island, Phillips succeeded in bringing the design to industrial manufacturing and promoting its ...