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2. Toggle bolt - Wikipedia

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   Toggle bolts have wings that open inside a hollow wall, bracing against it to hold the fastener securely. [1] The wings, once fully opened, greatly expand the surface area making contact with the back of the hollow wall. This ultimately spreads out the weight of the secured item, increasing the weight that can be secured compared to a regular bolt.

3. Anchor bolt - Wikipedia

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   A cast-in-place anchor bolt. The simplest – and strongest – form of anchor bolt is cast-in-place, with its embedded end consisting of a standard hexagonal head bolt and washer, 90-bend, or some sort of forged or welded flange (see also stud welding). The last are used in concrete-steel composite structures as shear connectors. [6]

4. Fastener - Wikipedia

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   Structural bolt DIN 6914 with DIN 6916 washer and UNI 5587 nut. A threaded fastener has internal or external screw threads. [7] The most common types are the screw, nut and bolt, possibly involving washers. Other more specialized types of threaded fasteners include captive threaded fasteners, stud, threaded inserts, and threaded rods.

5. Molly (fastener) - Wikipedia

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   Figure 1 of the original patent for the molly bolt, U.S. Patent No. 2,018,251. The molly bolt was patented in 1934 by George Frederick Croessant. [3] Although his patent acknowledges that expandable fasteners of this general kind were already known, Croessant's patent is intended to provide "an improved and adequate anchoring grip that may be retightened if necessary and that will permit ...

6. List of screw and bolt types - Wikipedia

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   anchor bolt: A special type of bolt that is set into concrete, with screw threads protruding above the concrete surface to accept a nut. breakaway bolt: A breakaway bolt is a bolt with a hollow threaded shank, which is designed to break away upon impact. Typically used to fasten fire hydrants, so they will break away when hit by a car. Also ...

7. Wall plug - Wikipedia

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   Other varieties of wall plug are mechanical anchors for heavy duty loads and hollow wall fixings for fixing to plasterboard. The first mechanical anchor, the Rawlbolt, was designed in the 1930s by the Rawlplug company and the first fixing for hollow walls was the Toggle Bolt, which was also designed by Rawlplug in 1941.