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Fastener dispensing device

US4538754A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 1982
Grant dateSep 3, 1985
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65C7/005
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fastener dispensing device including, in the proximity of a guide groove formed in the main body of the device for feeding a fastener assembly loaded in the device, a feeding mechanism which comprises a movable plate driven through the operation of a trigger of the device to reciprocate in a groove formed at a side of the guide groove for the fastener assembly and a feeder element mounted on the movable plate and formed with a claw part engageable with connection necks of fasteners of the fastener assembly and which, upon completion of dispensing a first fastener, brings a second fastener to the prescribed position rear of a hollow needle mounted in a nose portion of the device, without fail irrespective of a change or an irregularity in the pitch of the connection necks of fasteners.

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