Fastener driving apparatus and methods and fastener supply
US4630766A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 1983 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53839
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fastener supply includes a collated strip of fasteners having laterally extending ears. The fasteners are held together by spaced, parallel, preferably flexible elongated carrier strips, adhered to the ears. A magazine feeds fasteners to an inclined or tilted position in a drive station of a fastener driving gun. The apparatus is manipulated over a lug so that the lug extends through a fastener to be driven and engages a locating surface for gun and fastener alignment. Fasteners are rotated, as they are driven, from the inclined to a perpendicular position with respect to the lug. Methods of driving are included.
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