Patents Assigned to CONCEPT MACHINE & TOOL, INC.
  • Self-attaching fastener manufacturing apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20140287842
    Abstract: The present invention is an assembly line for continuously manufacturing self-attaching fasteners from a metal rod having a predetermined profile. The self-attaching fasteners are joined together with wires and reeled onto spools for use at a secondary installation site. More importantly the invention is an improved streamline method and apparatus which produces burr-free self-attaching fasteners, without deformation, and joins the self-attaching fasteners and wires together within a die press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: CONCEPT MACHINE & TOOL, INC.
    Inventors: Mark J. GOTTSCHALL, James A. NICODEMUS, Frederick J. RATERMANN