William E Gabriel

US Patent:

6394268, May 28, 2002

Filed:

Sep 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/675221

Inventors:

Michael C. Dill - Elk Grove Village IL
William L. Gabriel - Barrington IL

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

B65D 8524

US Classification:

206347

Abstract:

A collation strip, and a collation strip assembly, comprises a plurality of fasteners upon which a plurality of collar members are disposed, the collar members being interconnected by means of a plurality of web members. Undersurface portions of the collar members are adapted to support the collation strip assembly upon rail members of a tool magazine, and in addition, the collar members have annular guide ring portions which cooperate with head portions of the fasteners so as to guide the fasteners in a two-point axially spaced manner within the nosepiece bore of the tool so as to ensure coaxial disposition of the fasteners within the bore throughout their driven movement through the bore by means of a tool driving blade assembly.

US Patent:

20100183403, Jul 22, 2010

Filed:

Dec 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/644890

Inventors:

Zafar I. Ali - Tinley Park IL, US
Donald E. Bergstrom - Lindenhurst IL, US
William L. Gabriel - Barrington IL, US

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

F16B 15/02
B21G 3/00

US Classification:

411439, 470 34

Abstract:

A nail having an offset head is configured with a multi-step support gusset formed integrally between an undersurface of the offset head and a superior portion of a shank. The head of the nail is relatively thin, and the shank is positioned radially off center of the head. A first portion of the gusset defines an angle relative to the shank axis and the second portion of the gusset defines an angle relative to the shank axis different from that of the first portion. The support gusset reinforces the junction of the shank with the head, supports the toe of the head, and distributes the force of a load on the head through a longitudinal axis of the shank, preventing the toe from bending or yielding and prevents the shank from yielding to the stresses of the load applied.

US Patent:

58755381, Mar 2, 1999

Filed:

Oct 31, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/741946

Inventors:

Frederick A. Kish - Wheeling IL
Parimal M. Vadhar - Buffalo Grove IL
Robert W. Wright - Buffalo Grove IL
William L. Gabriel - Barrington IL
Geronimo E. Lat - Prospect Heights IL

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

B21G 300

US Classification:

294695

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for providing a coating on the exterior surfaces of a plurality of elongate members, such as wires, including positioning a plurality of elongate members substantially parallel to each other, coating the exterior surfaces of each member with a coating, removing any excess coating from desired portions of each member and curing the coating to adhere the coating to each member.

US Patent:

57411042, Apr 21, 1998

Filed:

Jun 5, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/869483

Inventors:

Geronimo E. Lat - Prospect Heights IL
William L. Gabriel - Barrington IL
Henry A. Sygnator - late of Sherwood WI
Henry W. Schniedermeier - Niles IL
Frederick A. Kish - Wheeling IL

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

F16B 1506
F16B 1508

US Classification:

411453

Abstract:

A steel fastener has an elongate shank, an enlarged head formed at one end of the shank, and a generally pointed tip formed at the other end of the shank. A grooved portion of the shank is formed with helical grooves defining helical ribs and with annular grooves defining annular rings. The shank has a cylindrical portion between the grooved portion and the tip and a cylindrical portion between the grooved portion and the head. Each of the annular grooves has a root where deepest and each of the annular rings has a crest where largest. The roots define an imaginary cone diverging toward the tip. The crests define an imaginary cone converging toward the tip. The shank has an exterior surface coated with a polymeric coating, which is formed from an aqueous composition containing a water-based acrylic resin and a water-based polyurethane resin. A zinc layer and a chromate conversion layer are provided between the polymeric coating and the exterior surface of the shank.

US Patent:

58824057, Mar 16, 1999

Filed:

Aug 30, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/704941

Inventors:

Frederick A Kish - Wheeling IL
Parimal M Vadhar - Buffalo Grove IL
Robert W Wright - Buffalo Grove IL
William L Gabriel - Barrington IL
Geronimo E Lat - Prospect Heights IL

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

B05C 1102

US Classification:

118122

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for providing a coating on the exterior surfaces of a plurality of elongate members, such as wires, including positioning a plurality of elongate members substantially parallel to each other, coating the exterior surfaces of each member with a coating, removing any excess coating from desired portions of each member and curing the coating to adhere the coating to each member.

US Patent:

54763517, Dec 19, 1995

Filed:

Oct 14, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/136647

Inventors:

John Binder - Morton Grove IL
Henry W. Schniedermeier - Niles IL
Lawrence S. Shelton - Morton Grove IL
Henry A. Sygnator - Arlington Heights IL
William L. Gabriel - Barrington IL

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

F16B 1502
F16B 1508

US Classification:

411439

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for forming a head, having a controlled predetermined shape, on an end of an elongate member, such as a wire, which is formed into a fastener, where an end portion of the wire is secured in a predetermined position and axially compressed so as to expand a predetermined amount of wire material radially outwardly and thereby form the head on the wire, and where material flow is directed during axial compression so as to provide the controlled predetermined shape of the head.

US Patent:

51789035, Jan 12, 1993

Filed:

Jul 23, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/556943

Inventors:

Geronimo E. Lat - Prospect Heights IL
William L. Gabriel - Barrington IL

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

B05D 108

US Classification:

427446

Abstract:

A metal fastener, suitable for use in connection with wood construction and coated with a polymeric residue produced by removing water from an aqueous dispersion of a film-forming, thermoplastic, predominantly aliphatic polyurethane resin, so as to thereby reduce penetration force, increase withdrawal force, and protect against corrosion, is disclosed. Before the polyurethane coating is applied, a zinc layer is applied so as to coat the fastener, and a chromate conversion layer is applied so as to coat the zinc layer.

US Patent:

55333796, Jul 9, 1996

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/486676

Inventors:

John Binder - Morton Grove IL
Henry W. Schniedermeier - Niles IL
Lawrence S. Shelton - Morton Grove IL
Henry A. Sygnator - Arlington Heights IL
William L. Gabriel - Barrington IL

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

B21G 312

US Classification:

72316

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for forming a head, having a controlled predetermined shape on an end of an elongate member, such as a wire, which is formed into a fastener, where an end portion of the wire is secured in a predetermined position and axially compressed so as to expand a predetermined amount of wire material radially outwardly and thereby form the head on the wire, and where material flow is directed during axial compression so as to provide the controlled predetermined shape of the head.