Patent ID: 11971059
Assignee: nan
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  E | IPC F

Claim 13:
14. An induction roofing fastener, comprising:
an anchor plate having a flat raised portion, an inner sloped portion, an outer sloped portion, and a depressed portion, wherein the inner sloped portion is secured circumferentially about the depressed portion, the raised portion is secured circumferentially about the inner sloped portion, and the outer sloped portion is secured circumferentially about the raised portion, and the depressed portion having a centrally located hole;
a staple having two or more free ends;
a hollow shank having a longitudinally extending hollow shank body with a flange located at a first end of the hollow shank body and one or more openings located along a free end of the of the hollow shank body opposite to the first end, the flange having a flange raised portion and a flange sloped portion secured circumferentially about the flange raised portion, the flange extending perpendicularly from the first end relative to the longitudinally extending hollow shank body, and the flange having a flange opening located in the flange raised portion continuous with the one or more openings via the hollow shank body;
a heat-activated adhesive layer peripherally applied to the induction roofing fastener along the raised portion of the anchor plate and centrally applied along the flange raised portion of the flange, the heat-activated layer applied pre-installation of the induction roofing fastener; and
one or more heat sink orifices provided on the anchor plate,
wherein the staple is insertable through the flange opening and within a hollow portion of the hollow shank body and two or more free ends of the staple are extendable through the one or more openings along the free end of the hollow shank, and
wherein the hollow shank is configured to be inserted through the centrally located hole of the anchor plate about the free end such that the flange sloped portion of the hollow shank contacts the depressed portion of the anchor plate, and the hollow shank is oriented perpendicularly to the anchor plate,, wherein the induction roofing fastener, after installation into a roofing surface and application of a single-ply roofing layer laid over top, is configured to be directly secured to the single-ply roofing layer via application of heat through the single-ply roofing layer to the heat-activated adhesive layer,
wherein the hollow shank body is rectangular and has a piercing surface along the free end of the of the hollow shank body.