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Apparatus for locking fasteners

US4483066A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1981
Grant dateNov 20, 1984
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53657
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is apparatus for locking and dispensing self-lockable fasteners, comprising a pair of a socket holder and an inserting-part holder. The socket holder comprises a groove for holding sockets of a plurality of fasteners in a series arrangement and a pusher for forcing the plurality of series arranged sockets to an opening at the forward end of the socket holder, and the inserting-part holder similarly comprises a groove for holding inserting parts of the same plurality of fasteners in the same series arrangement as in the socket holder and a pusher for forcing the plurality of series arranged inserting parts toward an opening at the forward end of the inserting-part holder. The apparatus includes also a pressing means operable to press the inserting part of a fastener into the socket of the same fastener, at the corresponding forward end portions of the socket holder and the inserting-part holder.

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