Driving tool and magazine for tandem-type push-on clips
US4729164A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 4, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53478
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tandem clip system comprising a driving tool and a magazine for push-on clips of the type adapted to engage the post of a workpiece extending through a perforation in an element to which the workpiece is to be fastened. The push-on clips are arranged in tandem fashion in a strip thereof. Each clip comprises an integral part of the next adjacent clip with a line of weakening therebetween. The driving tool is conventional, having a driver and actuating means therefor. The driver is provided with a modified tip for severing the forwardmost clip from its strip and driving it on its respecting work piece post. The tool has a modifed guide body with a drive track for the driver tip. The clip feed mechanism is affixed to the guide body and actuated by the driver tip to advance the forwardmost clip to the drive track after each tool actuation. The guide body also has a clip support assembly for supporting each clip in the drive track including the last clip of a strip. A magazine for the clip strip is removably mounted on and supported by the tool.
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