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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109386 | Fastening clip bar A fastening clip bar, comprising a plurality of fastening clips arranged parallel to each other, an adhesive joining the fastening clips with each other, and at least one elastic tape extending over the fastening clips which is glued together with the same. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7530458 | Connecting fastener The object of the invention is to make it possible to fill connecting fasteners of various thicknesses in a single kind of fastener magazine. A connecting fastener is such that the thickness of a connecting band (13a, 13b) is increased or... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7395925 | Pallet nail with enlarged head A pallet having wooden boards secured together by nails which achieve approved operating characteristics. The nail is embodied in a package secured together by a pair of parallel wires welded to the shanks. Each nail having a shank diameter between 0.078 in. and 0.0... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7374383 | Full-round, offset-head nail 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 c... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7341146 | Screwdriver with dual cam slot for collated screws A screwdriver for driving collated screws including a slide body coupled to a housing for reciprocal displacement in a cycle including a retraction stroke and an extension stroke. A lever pivotably mounted to the slide body carries at one end a cam pin received in a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7237996 | Nut feed system and nut A nut feed system and method of feeding nuts through a nut feed passage which avoids contact between the feed pawl and the nut bore. The end face of the nut includes a nut feed groove extending perpendicular to the nut bore and the free end of the feed pawl is recei... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222735 | Rail packaging A packaging (10) for a component (12) can be attached by means of at least one attachment element (14) to a mounting surface of a superordinate component, whereby the component (12) has an upper surface (12a), a bottom surfa... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7188653 | Steel cord and method for producing a steel cord A first aspect of the present invention relates to a filament (11; 12), especially for reinforcing rubber articles. Said filament (11; 12) features a contact surface (14) and an outer surface (13). In a second aspect, the invention relate... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179989 | Device for locating electric conductor cables A device for locating electric conductor cables that includes a sleeve designed to engage at least one end of a cable. The outer surface of the sleeve includes marks for identifying the cable concerned. The sleeve is flattened, and a section of the sleeve is closed ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7147374 | Combination cosmetic purse and display package A combination cosmetic purse and display package whereby an article to be displayed for purchase may be hung on a conventional point-of-purchase display rod and then that portion of the overall package provided for such purpose removed such that the remaining purse ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134955 | Loop applicator for chub machine An apparatus for attaching a loop to the end of a chub package formed by a chub machine. The apparatus includes a drive sprocket and variable speed drive motor for feeding a roll of loops to a clipping head assembly of the chub machine and positioning the loops sequ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108130 | Strip of fasteners and loader of such a strip for equipment for driving such fasteners A strip includes fasteners (1), each having a shank (2) which is pointed at one end (4) and bears a head (3) at the other end. The fasteners are respectively engaged by their shanks (2) in guide and damping blocks joined together i... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7070050 | Tool holder for compound needles, and shipping unit For keeping knitting tools (2) in readiness and mounting them on knitting machines or other loop-forming machines, a tool holder (4) is provided, which is formed by or contains a transport rail (5). The transport rail (5) has two clamping... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7029220 | Band shaped connected screws with inverse screw threads 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... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014407 | Full-round, offset-head nail 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 c... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6968945 | Cap assembly and cap for automatic fastener driver A cap assembly for an automatic cap feeder and fastener driver comprises a plurality of relatively thin, domed metal discs that can be pierced by fasteners discharged from a fastener driver such as a nail gun without bending the nail or jamming the driver, with the ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6932688 | Apparatus for automatically stuffing food casing A clipping device is provided for closing stuffed food casing with a clip and an apparatus is provided for causing a taped, holding string loops, to be directed toward the clipping device for closing an end of the food casing so that a string loop is transferred dir... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6896135 | Coil strap with nails for use in a nail hammer 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, wher... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6848575 | Fastening element A plurality of fastening elements are arranged parallel to each other, each of the unit fastening elements having a filament section, an inserting head section equipped with a suitable engagement section at one end, and a socket section equipped with a hole for irre... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6832696 | Strip magazine A strip magazine for drive-in elements (2) including a plurality of pairs of retaining webs (3a, 3b), and a respective plurality of pairs of at least partially opposite recesses (6a, 6b) associated with ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6779958 | Attachment element 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. ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6708821 | Fastener collation strip and debris exhaust mechanism For use in a fastener driving tool, a fastener assembly includes a plurality of fasteners arranged in a row, each fastener including a head and an elongated shank and a carrier including a plurality of connected carrier sleeves for receiving and surrounding a portio... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705464 | Belt for collated nails for air-driven nailing gun A belt of collated nails for use with an air-driven nailing gun is disclosed having a plurality of nails, a plurality of flexible nail guide caps connected in series and respectively capped on the points of the nails and adapted to guide the nails into the workpiece... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6679415 | Fastener collation strip having magazine rail-engaging members defining point-contact tip regions A fastener collation strip has pairs of vertically aligned rail-engaging members or projections which have convergent sides disposed within at least two mutually orthogonal planes such that lower and upper tip regions of the rail-engaging members or proje... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6564939 | Plastic fasteners, needles useful in dispensing said plastic fasteners and method of manufacturing said needles A needle particularly well-suited for use in the dispensing of plastic fasteners of the type comprising a filament having a cross-bar at a first end thereof; each of the cross-bar and the filament including a first flat side, the first flat sides of the c... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6561350 | Sticking device A sealing implement has a plurality of single sealing implements having a flexible filament part, an insertion head part having an appropriate engaging part provided on one end part of the filament part, and a socket part having a hole for the purpose of ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6557703 | Coil strap with nails for use in a nail hammer 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... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6427895 | Needle useful in the dispensing of plastic fasteners and method of manufacturing said needle A needle particularly well-suited for use in the dispensing of plastic fasteners of the type comprising a filament having a cross-bar at a first end thereof, each of the cross-bar and the filament including a first flat side, the first flat sides of the c... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6357588 | Slotted clip and method A clip and collected assembly thereof are provided and including a method of forming the clip and clip assembly. The clip is formed with at least one slot that has at least one projection for keeping a resilient cord press fit in the slot therein against ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6318553 | Plastic fastener and needle well-suited for use in the dispensing thereof A plastic fastener and a needle particularly well-suited for use in the dispensing of the same. In a preferred embodiment, the plastic fastener includes a stretched flexible filament having a first end and a second end. A first cross-bar is disposed at th... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6315118 | Dispenser box for cabling accessories, and corresponding loader The dispenser box according to the invention is characterized in that it is formed by two shells (14A, 14B), which are brought face-to-face along a joint surface (S), being duly fastened to one another, and jointly delimiting with one another an accommoda... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6227365 | Molded product display system A molded product display system having an array-of interconnected, tearably releasable, molded plastic parts, and a display card that is preferably supported by the array of plastic parts for display of the parts at the point of sale. The array of molded ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6168362 | Impact-driven plastic fasteners 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... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6086304 | Set of fastening means connected by a connecting means 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... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6071053 | Stick of fasteners 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 transve... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6047823 | Method of maintaining an article of clothing in a folded condition and plastic fastener well-suited for use in said method Method of maintaining an article of clothing, such as a dress shirt, in a folded condition and a plastic fastener well-suited for use in the method. According to one embodiment, the plastic fastener is a unitary structure made of polypropylene and compris... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6044530 | Slotted clip and method A clip and collected assembly thereof are provided and including a method of forming the clip and clip assembly. The clip is formed with at least one slot that has at least one projection for keeping a resilient cord press fit in the slot therein against ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6029814 | Blind rivet holder 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 p... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6009997 | Loop fastener, fastener clip including same and loop fastener dispensing tool A loop fastener well-suited for attaching tags to articles of commerce. In one embodiment, the loop fastener comprises a flexible filament having a first end and a second end. In addition, the loop fastener comprises a socket, the socket having a top surf... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5938024 | Fastener for attaching a button to a garment or like material and fastener clip including one or more of said fasteners A fastener for use in attaching a button to a garment or a piece of fabric and a fastener clip including one or more of said fasteners. In a preferred embodiment, the fastener comprises a U-shaped flexible filament and a pair of transverse feet, the trans... | 08/17/1999 |
