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Where you live, Combination-Head Screws are widely used? (europe.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I wonder why this kind of screws are not more popular? Is it really that much harder to produce them or there is some other reason for not being used everywhere? You can use them either with flathead⁤ or ​Phillips head screwdriver, looks like win-win solution?

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[–] [S] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Robertson's efficient manufacturing technique using cold forming for the screw's head is what made the idea a commercial success, so it looks like Canadian popularized it, even though it was patented by US earlier but not commercially manufactured.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    P. L. Robertson invented the Robertson screw and screwdriver in 1906 and received the Canadian patent in 1907 (CA103387, U.S. patent CA103387A) and US patent in 1911 (U.S. patent 1,003,657) for a manufacturing machine. The cold forming was a separate patent.

    Roberston refused to license to the US and Henry Ford because Ford was being a dick.

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