Abstract: A screw bunch includes a plurality of screws grouped together in a bunch with the enlarged head end of each screw toward a first end of the bunch and the pointed tip end of each screw toward a second end of the bunch. The screws are held together in the bunch by a band structure that extends around the bunch and that engages with the shanks of a multiplicity of the screws that are located along a perimeter of the bunch. The enlarged head ends of the screws are axially staggered. The band structure may be formed by a shrink wrap plastic band that can be separated from the bunch manually to enable individual retrieval of screws from the bunch for use. A method and machinery for production of the screw bunch is also provided.

Abstract: Even when a storage container is placed upside down by mistake or in an inclined state, stored items are prevented from falling down or being disordered from an arranged state. A container body having a body recess for storing a lower side of the stored item and a lid member having a lid recess for storing an upper side of the stored item and being superimposed with the container body are provided, and the container body is provided with locking portions for locking the stored item at a plurality of points for applying separation resistance from the body recess to the stored item on the inner peripheral surface of the body recess of the container body.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for packaging fasteners such as screws, that is to be worn by a user. The packaging device includes a tray with a plurality of wells, each well accommodating the shank of a respective fastener. An attachment device is used for securing a tray to a user. In a preferred dispensing method, fasteners may be dispensed from the tray using a magnetized screwdriver bit which is placed over the head of the fastener, followed by withdrawing the screwdriver bit with the fastener magnetically attached.

Abstract: The base has elongated clip receiving elements permanently affixed thereto which extend in parallel, spaced relation. Apertures are provided in the base proximate to each of the clip receiving elements. The apertures are adapted to receive elongated rotation preventing elements therein. Each rotation preventing element and clip receiving element proximate thereto is received within the elongated clip opening so as to prevent rotation of the clips during mounting on the base. The rotation preventing elements can be affixed to the base or can be part of a separate fixture over which the base is placed while the clips are mounted. The rotation preventing elements are removed from the base prior to shipping.

Abstract: When an electrical device such as a receptacle switch or the like is fixedly wired into building wiring, it is electrically and mechanically connected to an outlet box inside the wall. The device is fastened to the face of the box by screws. Ordinarily, the opening in the wall for recessing the device has minimal clearance to admit only the device and the device has extending projections that engage the wall surface around the opening so that the device mounts flush with the wall surface. When the opening is oversize, the projections pass through the opening and the workman cannot secure the receptacle firmly and mount it flush with the wall. The invention provides a set of insulated horizontal spacer members mounted parallel to one another and flexibly joined together by flimsy vertical joining elements that are readily broken apart. The workman can break off a portion of the assembly that will provide the necessary total spacing thickness and place it between the projections and the junction box.

Abstract: A succession of electronic circuit board blanks contoured in a board blank strip support electronic parts such as microcomputers and other components thereon and are joined at spaced intervals by narrow joints such as ribs which are spaced considerably apart from the microcomputers which are highly susceptible to stresses. When the board blanks are severed from each other by cutting off the joints, no substantial stresses will be applied to the microcomputers on the board blanks. The board blanks can easily be separated automatically into electronic circuit boards successively.

Abstract: Aligned sets of clips with elongated openings are received on pairs of spaced substantially parallel elements extending from a base. Each of the clip receiving elements has removably mounted thereto a member which serves to prevent rotation of the clips during mounting. The clips are encircled by a band which passes through opposing indentations in the base. After banding, the rotation preventing members are removed by breaking the connecting parts which mount same to the clip receiving elements.

Abstract: The clips are received on spaced elements extending in parallel relation from opposite ends of a base such that sets of two side-by-side clips are situated in parallel planes. Spaced clip retaining elements extend in parallel relation from the intermediate portion of the base. The clips in each set are received between the clip retaining elements to prevent rotation thereof. A removable member is provided for preventing the displacement of the clips until use.

Abstract: In a rack and tie-back clip assembly, the clips are joined in pairs by a cord and are held in a linear array on the rack. The clips can be disengaged in pairs from the rack, the mounting arrangement of the clips on the rack being such that entanglement of the cords does not occur either in storage or during removal of the clips. The rack has bars which sit within slots in the clips so as to prevent rotation of the clips while held in the rack. In a preferred arrangement, each rack holds two rows of clips, the clips lying against each other so as to provide additional stability to the assembly.