- A
fastener (US English) or
fastening (UK English) is a
hardware device that
mechanically joins or
affixes two or more
objects together. In general, fasteners...
- Hook-and-loop
fasteners,
commonly known as
Velcro (a
genericized trademark), hook-and-pile
fasteners or
touch fasteners are
versatile fastening devices...
- Dzus
fastener, also
known as a
turnlock fastener or quick-action
panel fastener, is a type of
proprietary quarter-turn
spiral cam lock
fastener often...
- A bolt is an
externally helical threaded fastener capable of
being tightened or
released by a
twisting force (torque) to a
matching nut. The bolt has an...
- hook-and-loop
fasteners,
which de
Mestral invented.
Swiss electrical engineer George de
Mestral who
studied at EPFL
invented his
first touch fastener when, in...
- A
zipper (N. America), zip, zip
fastener (UK),
formerly known as a
clasp locker, is a
commonly used
device for
binding together two
edges of
fabric or...
- Slot ****
drives have a
single horizontal indentation (the slot) in the
fastener head and is
driven by a "common blade" or flat-bladed ****driver. This...
- A snap
fastener, also
called snap button,
press button,
press stud,
press fastener, dome
fastener, popper, snap and tich (or tich button), is a pair of...
- for his
invention of the zip
fastener. It was
originally called a clasp-locker. The
first application was as a
fastener for
shoes and high boots. The...
- A **** is an
externally helical threaded fastener capable of
being tightened or
released by a
twisting force (torque) to the head. The most
common uses...
