Abstract: A curved screwstrip comprising in combination a plastic holding strap and a plurality of threaded fasteners. The plastic holding strap has a greater mass in its top half than in its bottom half so that shrinking after extrusion will tend to have the holding strap adopt a preferred curved configuration.

Abstract: A plurality of screws (21) are aligned in parallel with each other, and head side portions (21b) of shaft portions (21A) of the screws are fixed, by a band (30) fixed to a strip sheet (31), to be band-shaped connected screws (20). Further, in the band-shaped connected screws (20), the head side portion (21b) of the shaft portion (21A) of each screw (21) is formed with an inverse screw thread (23) formed inverse direction to a screw thread (22) formed at the shaft portions (21A).

Abstract: A clip of fasteners for use in attaching a structural panel to a metal substrate comprises a plastic strip with openings characterized by inwardly-extending ribs for gripping and supporting fasteners that comprise a forward self-drilling portion, a rearward self-tapping thread portion and cutting blade means formed integral with the self-drilling portion. Each fastener has a head with a top surface adapted for driving engagement by a driver tool for rotatively driving the fastener, and a tapered surface having a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutting edges that function to cut away the ribs supporting the fastener as the fastener is rotatively driven through the structural panel to secure the panel to the substrate and create a countersink in the structural panel.

Abstract: A wire nail for use with a powered nail-driving tool has a full-round head with an axis that is offset from an axis of the integrally formed shank. An outer circumferential surface of the shank is at least as offset from the shank axis in one radial direction as a circumferential surface of the head in that radial direction. Accordingly, such nails may be collated shank-to-shank in a strip of wire nails such that adjoining shanks are both parallel and touching. During manufacture of the wire nail, a notch is formed in the shank at the intersection between the shank and the head. The notch and the head axis are disposed on opposite sides of the shank axis from each other. The notch facilitates improved metal flow during the head-forming procedure and results in strong shank to head connections.

Abstract: An upholstery tack strip includes a metal ribbon and a thermoplastic sleeve covering at least a portion of the ribbon. The sleeve includes at least one, and possibly a pair of, lengthwise removed strip section(s) so as to expose a corresponding lengthwise surface of the metal ribbon. The metal ribbon integrally includes nail sections which protrude outwardly from said tack strip. At least one, and preferably both, lateral edges of the metal ribbon are knurled or serrated so as to assist in anchoring the ribbon to the sleeve.

Abstract: A fastener, such as a nail or staple, includes a fastener body having an impact surface and a plug of filler material joined to the impact surface. The plug of filler material fills the hole made by the fastener body when the fastener is driven into a workpiece. Many types of fasteners can be used, such as nails and staples. In the case of a nail, the plug of filler material would be joined to the nail head. In the case of a U-shaped staple, the plug of filler material would be joined to the cross member joining the staple legs. The filler material can be a wide variety of materials such as wood putty, acrylic sealant, fiberglass resin fillers, epoxy adhesives, and plastic.

Abstract: Coil strapped nails and a nailing device using coil strapped nails are provided. The coil may be provided with steel nails (1) having a length of 14 to 25 mm and a shaft diameter of 2 to 3 mm. The nails are held by wires (2,3) 6.5 to 7.5 mm apart, wherein the wires are preferably quenched and tempered. In the center of the coil a wrapping sleeve may be provided having due clearance for the nail heads.

Abstract: A screw band with washers includes a screw band having a plurality of screw holes for screws respectively provided with a washer in advance to be positioned therein. Each screw hole has a pinching surface and a plurality of connect ribs are provided between each pinching surface and the screw band. The screw band further has a plurality of tooth grooves formed in opposite lengthwise sides to be fitted in by a tool and enable the screw band moved forward. A washer is fitted around the shank of each screw, located just under the lower surface of the screw band to sandwich the screw band together with the head of each screw so as to keep each screw vertical to the screw band to enable the screw correctly driven in an object. The diameter of each washer may be larger or smaller than that of the head.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device and method for building a consumable refill that includes the steps of fabricating a plurality of arrays of detachably connected consumable parts along a first direction, stacking the arrays of detachably connected consumable parts along a second direction and bonding the stacked arrays of detachably connected consumable parts at an outer surface formed by one or more aligned marginal surfaces of the detachably connected consumable parts. In one embodiment, a staple refill includes a number of staple wire sheets stacked along a direction normal to a plane of each of the staple wire sheets. The staple wire sheets are bonded at an outer surface formed by one or more aligned marginal surfaces of the plurality of staple wires.

Abstract: A staple or nail gun assembly includes a staple or nail gun, a cap feeding device and a cap having a peripheral rim disposed on its underside, a marginal edge on its upper side adjacent a central portion having the shape of a truncated cone. The staple or nail gun and the cap feeding device are generally disposed at opposite ends of the handle of the staple or nail gun. The cap feeding device includes a base, a cap container and a shuttle, and feeds caps sequentially as they are affixed by the gun. The caps are coaxially stacked by means of a coaxial plastic cord or wire with retaining means at the respective ends or in a tubular container with a flanged end. The caps may also be stacked on a rod or held together by melting.

Abstract: A fastening element having a stem provided, at its opposite ends, with a head and a tip, respectively, and a separate cover element releasably arrangeable on the head.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nail suitable for sheathing which provides an enhanced resistance to failure. The nail includes an enlarged head as well as a shank having surface deformations. Sheathing panels are secured to a framing structure through the use of the nail. The enlarged head provides a first clamping surface that is seated against an exterior surface of the sheathing panel. The framing structure within which the shank is secured is a second clamping surface. Through the provision of an enlarged head and a shank having surface deformations, the ability of the nail to maintain the securement of the sheathing panel to the framing structure element is enhanced.

Abstract: A clip of fasteners for use in attaching a structural panel to a metal substrate comprises a plastic strip with openings characterized by inwardly-extending ribs for gripping and supporting fasteners that comprise a forward self-drilling portion, a rearward self-tapping thread portion and cutting blade means formed integral with the self-drilling portion. Each fastener has a head with a top surface adapted for driving engagement by a driver tool for rotatively driving the fastener, and a tapered surface having a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutting edges that function to cut away the ribs supporting the fastener as the fastener is rotatively driven through the structural panel to secure the panel to the substrate and create a countersink in the structural panel.

Abstract: A magazine has an elongated carrier strip (12) which carries several fastening elements (13) arranged one behind the other. For each fastening element (13), the carrier strip (12) has several receiving surfaces, each receiving surfaces being formed by a support surfaces (1) having an opening (11) and by two side members (2, 3) whose end parts are connected to each other and which jointly form a passage (5). The diameter of the opening (11) and of the passage (5) essentially match the diameter of the shaft (15) of the fastening element (13). Extending from the circumference of the opening (11), there are at least two slits (7, 8, 9, 10) which divide the circumferential area of the opening (11) into two circular ring segments that can be pivoted downwardly into the interior of the magazine.

Abstract: A screw strip is a long strip and has a plurality of receiving holes for receiving a plurality of screws. A periphery of each receiving hole has a plurality of radiated long slits. Two sides of the screw strip have a plurality of slots for pushing a nail gun therethrough. Each of two sides of the screw strip has a plurality of flanges which is matched to the transfer guide groove of a nail gun. By the flanges, when the screw strip passes through the transfer guide groove of a nail gun, it can be positioned so as to prevent the screw strip bends and deforms as the screws pass through the strip.

Abstract: A clip of fasteners for use in attaching a structural panel to a metal substrate comprises a plastic strip with openings characterized by inwardly-extending ribs for gripping and supporting fasteners that comprise a forward self-drilling portion and a rearward self-tapping thread portion. Each fastener has a head with a top surface adapted for driving engagement by a driver tool for rotatively driving the fastener, and a tapered surface having a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutting edges that function to cut away the ribs supporting the fastener as the fastener is rotatively driven through the structural panel to secure the panel to the substrate and create a countersink in the structural panel.

Abstract: A clip of fasteners for use in attaching a structural panel to a metal substrate comprises a plastic strip with openings characterized by inwardly-extending ribs for gripping and supporting fasteners that comprise a forward self-drilling portion and a rearward self-tapping thread portion. Each fastener has a head with a top surface adapted for driving engagement by a driver tool for rotatively driving the fastener, and a tapered surface having a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutting edges that function to cut away the ribs supporting the fastener as the fastener is rotatively driven through the structural panel to secure the panel to the substrate and create a countersink in the structural panel.

Abstract: A wire nail for use with a powered nail-driving tool has a full-round head with an axis that is offset from an axis of the integrally formed shank. An outer circumferential surface of the shank is at least as offset from the shank axis in one radial direction as a circumferential surface of the head in that radial direction. Accordingly, such nails may be collated shank-to-shank in a strip of wire nails such that adjoining shanks are both parallel and touching. During manufacture of the wire nail, a notch is formed in the shank at the intersection between the shank and the head. The notch and the head axis are disposed on opposite sides of the shank axis from each other. The notch facilitates improved metal flow during the head-forming procedure and results in strong shank to head connections.

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 present invention provides a nail suitable for sheathing which provides an enhanced resistance to failure. The nail includes an enlarged head as well as a shank having surface deformations. Sheathing panels are secured to a framing structure through the use of the nail. The enlarged head provides a first clamping surface that is seated against an exterior surface of the sheathing panel. The framing structure within which the shank is secured is a second clamping surface. Through the provision of an enlarged head and a shank having surface deformations, the ability of the nail to maintain the securement of the sheathing panel to the framing structure element is enhanced.

Abstract: A fastening element having a stem provided, at its opposite ends, with a head and a tip, respectively, and a separate cover element releasably arrangeable on the head.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nail suitable for sheathing which provides an enhanced resistance to failure. The nail includes an enlarged head as well as a shank having surface deformations. Sheathing panels are secured to a framing structure through the use of the nail. The enlarged head provides a first clamping surface that is seated against an exterior surface of the sheathing panel. The framing structure within which the shank is secured is a second clamping surface. Through the provision of an enlarged head and a shank having surface deformations, the ability of the nail to maintain the securement of the sheathing panel to the framing structure element is enhanced.

Abstract: A strip-shaped screw magazine having a plurality of spaced from each other connection webs (2, 12, 22) extending between two side walls (1, 11, 21) of the magazine transverse to the longitudinal extent of the screw magazine and defining a plurality of substantially square chambers (9, 19, 29) for receiving each a screw (8, 18, 28), and a sleeve (6, 16, 26) for receiving a stem of the screw (8, 18, 28) and arranged centrally in each of the receiving chambers (9, 19, 29), the receiving sleeve (6, 16, 26) having at least two break points (5, 25) and being connected by at least two support arms (3, 13, 23) uniformly arranged on the circumference of the sleeve with the side walls and/or the connection webs.

Abstract: A collation strip of a plurality of adjacent fasteners interlocked together by a pair of protuberances and a pair of indentations. Each fastener has two protuberances located on one side and two corresponding and aligned indentations located on the other side, wherein the two protuberances of each fastener respectively engaged with the two indentations of an adjacent fastener, thereby interlocking two adjacent fasteners together. In a broader embodiment, each fastener has at least one protuberance located on one side and at least one corresponding and aligned indentation located on the other side wherein the at least one protuberance of each fastener respectively engages with the at least one indentation of an adjacent fastener, thereby interlocking two adjacent fasteners together.

Abstract: Coil strapped nails and a nailing device using coil strapped nails are provided. The coil may be provided with steel nails (1) having a length of 14 to 25 mm and a shaft diameter of 2 to 3 mm. The nails are held by wires (2,3) 6.5 to 7.5 mm apart, wherein the wires are preferably quenched and tempered. In the center of the coil a wrapping sleeve may be provided having due clearance for the nail heads.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for building a consumable part refill, which may be a staple refill, the method comprising the steps of fabricating an array of consumable parts detachably connected along a first direction, stacking a plurality of such fabricated arrays of parts, or staple wire plates, along a second direction, and providing an adhesive bond between adjacent ones of this stacked plurality of arrays.

Abstract: An interlocking shim system having interlocking grooves and teeth. The interlocking shim does not require extraneous tools for the process of installation. The system also includes magnets for placing a shim pack in an uneven environment. Since the interlocking shims can be attached to each other through the interlocking groove members the user can manipulate a connected shim pack, by removing the first interlocking shim. There is also a magnet system in the present invention for aligning the bottom shim in mechanical applications without having to scribe the position for correct placement. The shims interlock for easy removal of shim packs.

Abstract: A screw feed belt assembly includes multiple screws, multiple washers and a belt body. Each of the screws has a head portion on one end of a shank portion. Each of the washers is sleeved on the shank portion of a respective one of the screws and has a diameter not greater than that of the head portion. The belt body includes an elongated back strap, and at least one strip attached to the back strap and cooperating with the back strap so as to confine multiple spaced-apart positioning holes. The shank portion of each of the screws is inserted into a corresponding one of the positioning holes such that the screws are retained on the belt body and such that each of the washers is disposed between the head portion of the respective one of the screws and the strip of the belt body.

Abstract: A fastening device for driving a fastener into a workpiece by effecting multiple blows upon the fastener comprises a housing and a striker assembly movably mounted within the housing. The striker assembly includes a driver assembly adapted to strike the fastener to be driven into the workpiece. A nose assembly is movably mounted on the housing and has a fastener drive track along which the driver assembly and the fastener travel when the fastener is driven into the workpiece. The fastening device has a feed mechanism operatively connected to the nose assembly for mechanically advancing the fastener into the fastener drive track. The fastener drive track has a guide surface adjacent the aperture of the nose assembly to direct the fastener as it is driven into the workpiece. A releasable fastener assembly releasably secures the nose assembly to the housing of the fastening device. A control assembly controls the operation of the fastening device to conserve energy.

Abstract: A method and apparatus shapes and dimensions the flanges of angle plates to ensure that the plates can be stacked without nesting.

Abstract: A carrier strip for fastening elements and including a plurality of ring-shaped receiving members (1) for receiving the fastening elements (5), with the receiving members (1) having each a receiving opening (2) and being arranged one after another and connected with each other, and with each two adjacent receiving members (1) being offset relative to each other in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the receiving opening (2).

Abstract: A continuous impact-driven fastener pack made of ultra-high strength plastic composite materials, for example, thermoplastic or thermoset materials for use in standard impact driving fasteners machines. The individual fasteners have sufficient compressive strength and flexural modulus such that the fastener may be used with commodity woods for construction, furniture making, or for building boats. Further, this fastener pack is non-corrodible and provides plastic fasteners having a length/diameter ratios of a working nail or staple, e.g., heretofore unavailable.

Abstract: A carrier tape for fasteners includes a substantially planar web, a plurality of substantially equally spaced holes formed in the web to receive the stems of the fasteners, and a plurality of spaced, discrete formations integrally joined to the web. Each of the formations is designed to releasably engage the head of a fastener with the stem of the fastener received in a respective hole. The formations are upstanding from a top surface of the web and have an inwardly directed engagement portion spaced from the web which, in use, engages the heads of the fasteners so that the heads are received between the engagement portion and the web. The formations are deformable to allow a fastener driving means to pass downwardly to permit the fasteners to be driven through the web and thereby released from the tape.

Abstract: A sheet of staples (11) are formed by arranging a plurality of straight staples (1) in a row like a sheet of paper, and a staple set (10) is formed as a result of connecting them to each other by gluing a at least uniaxially oriented film (12) on at least one surface of the sheet of staples (11) so that the longitudinal direction of the straight staple (1) coincides with the orientation of the film (12).

Abstract: A tape-connected fastener comprising a plurality of fasteners and a tape. The fasteners are aligned in parallel, and the tape is pasted onto opposite sides of shaft portions of the fasteners so as to connect the fasteners. The tape has tear-guiding means extending from a lower end portion of one fastener arbitrary selected from the fasteners to an upper end portion of a fastener adjacent to the fastener.

Abstract: A threaded fastener having a threaded shank with threads on a forward portion of the shank near the tip of greater size than threads on a rear portion of the shank. A collated screwstrip comprising a plastic holding strap holding a plurality of such fasteners in a row in spaced side-by-side relation with the holding strap in threaded engagement with the smaller rear thread portion of each fastener.

Abstract: An improved driving element, fastener placement system, method of fastening and combination of fastened workpieces are disclosed which include a generally U-shaped, staple-like fastener having a pair of legs spaced from each other by a crown which transversely extends between the upper ends of the legs to connect the legs to each other adjacent their upper ends and space the upper ends of the legs apart by a given distance. Each of the legs also has an opposite lower end which enter the respective workpieces which are to be fastened together. The fastener is positioned with the lower end of one leg in contact with one of the workpieces and the lower end of the other leg in contact with the other workpiece, and the fastener is then forcibly driven into the respective workpieces by a driving element which acts upon the crown in a manner to attempt or tend to shorten the distance between the upper ends of the legs by bending the crown and countersinking the legs and/or crown into the workpieces.

Abstract: A screw feed belt is used to hold a plurality of screws and includes an elongated strap, a plurality of positioning rings, and a plurality of connecting ribs. The strap is made of a flexible material and is formed with a plurality of spaced-apart and aligned openings, each of which is defined by an annular confining wall. The positioning rings are disposed respectively in the openings. Each of the positioning rings has an inner periphery that defines a positioning hole adapted to permit extension of the shank portion of one of the screws and that is adapted to be in frictional contact with the shank portion, and an outer periphery surrounded by and spaced-apart from the confining wall of the respective opening. The positioning hole has a size smaller than the head portion of the screws so that the positioning ring is adapted to permit the head portion to rest thereon when the screw extends through the positioning hole.

Abstract: Since a distance of adjacent rivets held by a conventional blind rivet holder was large, a blind rivet holder which is smaller in the rivet distance, and which can accommodate a larger number of rivets in an accommodation case of a continuous riveter is provided. The blind rivet holder is designed to include: upper and lower tabs T4, T5 which are continuously arranged at minute constant intervals with narrow slits T3 formed at upper and lower ends of a perpendicular portion T2 having feeder slots for the blind rivet holder T; through hole s T41 and T51 provided so that a rivet R can be passed through the through hole s obliquely; and an oblique, U-shaped groove T21 provided so as to connect the slit T3 between the adjacent upper tabs T4 to the slits T3 between the adjacent lower tabs T5 and to permit bending from groove as a border.

Abstract: A collatable cap nail which may be deployed with minimal wasted time and materials. The cap nail comprises a shank having a head at one end and a point at the opposite end. A cap is slidably fit over the shank. A pair of notches are formed at opposite edges of the cap. The notches are sized to receive the shanks of additional cap nails to thereby allow a tightly nestled arrangement of similarly formed cap nails. A strip of adhesive material may be used to join a plurality of cap nails, thereby forming a clip. The clip of cap nails may be loaded into a nail dispensing machine for rapid deployment.

Abstract: An angled strips of brads with a plurality of cohered brads having a shank with a tip portion. A head portion of at least some of the plurality of brads having a bulge protruding forwardly from the leading side thereof and extending at least partially into the trailing side of the head portion of an adjacent brad. An upper leading side portion of the head portions of the plurality of brads offset rearwardly of the leading side of the shank, whereby interlocking of adjacent head portions of the angled strip of brads is reduced. The rearwardly biased head portion is formed preferably with a rearwardly sloped riser portion of a header punch.

Abstract: A cost-effective fastener of the driven type used in strip nail or magazine fed nailing machines with specific useful features for securing laminate flooring. Generally, the fastener has a thickness of between about 0.035 inch and 0.050 inch. The fastener has a shank of rectangular cross-section with a score formed in one side. The score reduces the size of dimples cause by driving the fastener into the flooring. The score also provides for quick identification of the fastener and facilitates removal of the fastener's head.

Abstract: A strip includes a number of holes formed by a number of peripheral walls for engaging with fasteners and includes a number of tapered annular surfaces and shoulders formed between the strip and the peripheral walls. The peripheral walls each includes one or more slits for resiliently supporting the fasteners in place. The slits are each terminated at a coupling portion. The strip includes a number of openings and a number of bulges extended from the tapered annular surfaces for decreasing the contact area between the strip and the fasteners.

Abstract: A tack for holding soft thin membrane-like materials such as roof shingles, roofing felt, or house wrap is produced in collated strips from a stock of band sheet metal. Each tack has a head and a shank lanced out of the head and bent out to leave behind a slot in the head. The shank of a given tack nests within the slot of an adjacent tack in a side by side relationship for collating in strips for use in a tacker tool. The production of the collated strips of tacks includes a progressive punch press operation wherein the stock of band sheet metal is indexed incrementally therethrough in a given indexing direction. At the extreme end of the progressive punch press operation, a completed tack is advanced to and through a collating operation in a given collating direction. In one example, the indexing direction and collating direction are arranged 135.degree. apart.

Abstract: Collated drywall screws are provided for securing drywall to framing members. A collated screw has screws connected to each other by a holding strip. Each screw is received in a fragible sleeve about its threaded shank such that a screw on being screwed into a workplace is separated from the strip by the head of the screw passing through the sleeve breaking the sleeve. The improvement arises in having the head of the screw spaced from the fragible strip by a distance greater than the thickness of the drywall such that a screw is screwed through the drywall in at least partially into the frame support prior to the head of the screw engaging the frangible strip. The increased engagement with the frame member prevents the screw from stripping in the drywall and drawing drywall powder which may clog the power driver after repeated use. The invention provides drywall screws and a method of driving them which reduces the forces a user must manually apply to a power driver.

Abstract: A nail having a shank formed with at least one shallow chipped recess, so as to provide nail recesses of a precise predetermined depth, and a strip of such recessed nails, in which wires are welded to the nails in respective chipped recesses. Two or more such recesses may be formed in each nail.The nails may either be arranged in a diagonally staggered fashion with their heads overlapping, or may be spaced further apart so that they are parallel, with their heads aligned, but in which the heads do not overlap.Also disclosed is apparatus for forming a strip of nails having recesses, and having at least two spaced apart rotary chipping tools, operable to form spaced apart recesses in the nails, at least two wire welding stations aligned with the recesses in the nails and strip wire supplies, and welders to weld the strip wires in the recesses forming the nails into a strip, and a method of forming a wire welded strip of recessed nails.

Abstract: An obliquely collated strip of brads useable in an angled magazine of a fastener driving tool, each brad having a head on one end and a point on an opposite end, the point of each brad of the collated strip of brads having a tip defined by converging first, second and third facets so as to form an edge at an acute angle relative to an axis of the brad, the edge of each brad forming a substantially continuous edge of the collated strip of brads, the head of each brad of the collated strip of brads arranged step-wise relative to the head of an adjacent brad, the step-wise arrangement of heads forming a stepped edge substantially parallel to the substantially continuous edge of the collated strip of brads, the head of each brad of the collated strip of brads being disposed at an angle relative to the axis of the brad, the angle of the head sloping oppositely relative to the angle of the substantially continuous edge of the collated strip of brads.

Abstract: A strip includes a number of holes and three or more bars extended downward from the peripheral portion of each of the holes for resiliently engaging with the fastener and for decreasing the contact area between the strip and the fastener. A cylindrical member is secured to the bottom portion of the bars and includes one or more slits for forming one or more coupling portions and for allowing the coupling portions to be easily broken when the fasteners are punched against the cylindrical member and punched away from the strip.

Abstract: A continuous impact-driven fastener pack made of ultra-high strength plastic composite materials, for example, thermoplastic or thermoset materials for use in standard impact driving fastener machines. The individual fasteners have sufficient compressive strength and a flexural modulus such that the fastener may be used with commodity woods for construction, furniture making, or for building boats. Further, this fastener pack is non-corrodible and provides plastic fasteners having a length/diameter ratios of a working nail or staple, e.g., heretofore unavailable.

Abstract: A strip includes a number of triangular holes each formed by a triangular peripheral wall for engaging with fasteners and for decreasing the contact area between the strip and the fasteners. The triangular peripheral walls each includes three surfaces each having a slit for increasing the resilience of the triangular peripheral walls and for allowing the triangular peripheral walls to resiliently supporting the fasteners in place and for allowing the fasteners to be easily disengaged from the strip when the fasteners are punched relative to the strip.