Nail packs made of composites having high compressive strength and flexural modules
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1. A plastic nail pack mountable in an automatic nailer and comprising nails made from a plastic composite having a compression strength greater than about 20,000 psi and a flexural modulus greater than about 1.2×
- 106 psiwherein nails from said nail pack, when having a L/d ratio of about 25.5±
0.5 and driven by an industry standard tool designed for 15 gauge metal finish nails, completely penetrate white pine and yellow pine and at least partially penetrate oak.
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Abstract
A continuous nail pack made of ultra-high strength plastic composite materials, for example, thermoplastic or thermoset materials for use in standard nailing machines. The individual nails have sufficient compressive strength and a flexural modulus such that the nail may be used for nailing into commodity woods for construction, furniture making, or for building boats. Further, this nail pack is non-corrodible and provides plastic nails having a length/diameter ratio of a working nail heretofore unavailable.
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1. A plastic nail pack mountable in an automatic nailer and comprising nails made from a plastic composite having a compression strength greater than about 20,000 psi and a flexural modulus greater than about 1.2×
- 106 psi
wherein nails from said nail pack, when having a L/d ratio of about 25.5±
0.5 and driven by an industry standard tool designed for 15 gauge metal finish nails, completely penetrate white pine and yellow pine and at least partially penetrate oak. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- 106 psi
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20. A plastic nail pack mountable in an automatic nailer and comprising fiber-filled polyphthalamide nails, the fiber-filled polyphthalamide having a compression strength greater than about 20,000 psi and a flexural modulus greater than about 1.2×
- 106 psi.
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23. A plastic nail pack mountable in an automatic nailer and comprising polyphenylene sulfide composite nails, each nail having an L/d ratio from about 24 to about 36, and the polyphenylene sulfide composite having a compression strength greater than about 20,000 psi and a flexural modulus greater than about 1.2×
- 106 psi.
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26. A plastic nail pack mountable in an automatic nailer made by a process comprising the steps of:
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selecting a plastic composite having a compression strength greater than 20,000 psi and a flexural modulus greater than about 1.2×
106 psi; andmolding the plastic composite into a continuous pack wherein nails from said nail pack, when having a L/d ratio of about 25.5±
0.5 and driven by an industry standard tool designed for 15 gauge metal finish nails, completely penetrate white pine and yellow pine and at least partially penetrate oak.
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27. A method of making a plastic nail pack mountable in an automatic nailer comprising the steps of:
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selecting a plastic composite having a compression strength greater than about 20,000 psi and a flexural modulus greater than about 1.2×
106 psi; andmolding the plastic composite into a nail pack wherein nails from said nail pack, when having a L/d ratio of about 25.5±
0.5 and driven by an industry standard tool designed for 15 gauge metal finish nails, completely penetrate white pine and yellow pine and at least partially penetrate oak.
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28. A nail formed of a plastic composite having a compression strength greater than about 20,000 psi and a flexural modulus greater than about 1.2×
- 106 psi
wherein said nail, when having a L/d ratio of about 25.5±
0.5 and driven by an industry standard tool designed for 15 gauge metal finish nails, completely penetrates white pine and yellow pine and at least partially penetrate oak. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
- 106 psi
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31. A method of attaching nail penetrable construction materials, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining nail penetrable construction materials; mounting a nail pack in an automatic nailer, the nail pack comprising nails made from a plastic composite, having a compression strength greater than about 20,000 psi and a flexural modulus greater than about 1.2×
106 psi; anddriving a nail from the pack through the materials to be attached wherein nails from said nail pack, when having a L/d ratio of about 25.5×
0.5 and driven by an industry standard tool designed for 15 gauge metal finish nails, completely penetrate white pine and yellow pine and at least partially penetrate oak. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A plastic nail pack mountable in an automatic nailer comprising nails having an L/d ratio of less than about 38, the nails made from a plastic composite having a compression strength greater than about 20,000 psi and a flexural modulus greater than about 1.2×
- 106 psi
wherein nails from said nail pack, when having a L/d ratio of about 25.5±
0.5 and driven by an industry standard tool designed for 15 gauge metal finish nails, completely penetrate white pine and yellow pine and at least partially penetrate oak. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
- 106 psi
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