Collated nail strip
US4877135A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16B15/08
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A substitute strip of collated nails having cylindrical shanks of an uniform diameter, which is smaller than the uniform diameter of the shanks of the nails of a standard strip, and being collated by a pair of tapes. Each tape extends across the nail shanks and is adhered by an adhesive layer to a respective one of diametrically opposed areas on the shank of each nail of the substitute strip. As distinguished from the standard strip, at least one tape of the substitute strip has an outer rib extending along such tape. Because of the outer rib or outer ribs, the substitute strip and the standard tape can be interchangeably fed by a nail-feeding magazine of a rapidly acting, nail-driving tool.
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