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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7458462 | Die storing and organizing system A die storing and organizing system includes a holder for storing and organizing crimp dies, the holder having a first side and a second, opposite side. The system further includes a plurality of apertures in the holder, each aperture extending from the first side t... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7424770 | Attachment comprising a flexible cord This invention relates to attachments (1) for attachment of a price tag, swing tag or security label to fabric or other articles. The attachment comprises a length of flexible cord (5) fixed to a plastic cross-bar (15) or T-shaped member at one ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7350643 | System and device for keeping bone screws ready A keeping-ready device for bone screws and a keeping-ready system comprising this keeping-ready device are described. The keeping-ready device has a surface, in which a plurality of orifices for accommodating the bone screws is provided. The keeping-ready device all... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7326016 | Fastening element with a washer A fastening element having a stem (11) with a tip (12) provided at one of its ends, a head (13) provided at another opposite end, and a guide cylindrical member (30) mounted on the stem (11) for guiding the fastening element (10... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308983 | Continuously connected fastener stock and method of manufacturing the same Continuously connected fastener stock and a method of making same. The method, in one embodiment involves providing a rotating molding wheel, the wheel being provided with a peripheral impression comprising a pair of peripherally-extending side members interconnecte... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7200984 | Consumable staple refill 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 consu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168601 | Packaging device for fasteners 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 tra... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7118318 | Wire protector and retainer An apparatus for protecting and retaining a wire includes a molded body forming a passage adapted to receive and retain the wire between the molded body and a mounting structure. The apparatus also includes at least three apertures through the molded body where at l... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7090077 | Magazine strip A magazine strip (2) for fastening elements (14) includes a strip-shaped support strap (4), a plurality of uniformly spaced from each other, transporting recesses (8) for a stepwise displacement of the magazine strip (2) in a magaz... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7025551 | Fastener clip for use in supplying fasteners to a fastener driving tool 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-tap... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010851 | Automated machine for setting bendable nailing pins on a frame The machine includes a movable carriage (5) carrying an application gun (8) filled with pins for application, which is movable above a work station composed of a table (1) carrying an endless belt (2). The machine is provided with a rack ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004704 | Flute positioner A flute positioner is provided for positioning a fastener in a tool barrel, and includes a body, a throughbore extending through the body, and at least one holding member extending into the throughbore. One or more extensions may extend radially outward from the bod... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6971515 | Fastener clip and fastener dispensing tool A tool for dispensing plastic fasteners from a fastener clip, each plastic fastener in the fastener clip having a cross bar coupled to a common runner bar by a stub. The tool comprises a gun shaped casing having a front, a rear and a top. A guide groove extends down... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966440 | Tape-packaged headed pin contact A non-intrusive surface mount interconnect that provides a through-hole interconnect to the opposite side of a PCB board. A headed pin (head up/shank down) can be picked by standard placement equipment from a specially configured pocket tape using a hole that is tig... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948747 | Security seal to be pulled through A pull-through security includes a base body and a tongue that protrudes therefrom and can be inserted through a pull-through opening that is arranged in a housing component connected to the base body. A restraint inset is arranged in the housing component. The tong... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6930660 | Display device The present invention provides a display device formed with an array of a plurality of pixels, which comprises: fixed elements with surfaces colored a first color, the fixed elements being arranged in correspondence with the pixels; movable elements with surfaces co... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6811366 | Screw band with washers 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 pin... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6761268 | Screw-holding belt A screw-holding belt (20) has a belt body (2) made from a plastics and having cutouts (8) that are formed at a pitch ‘P’ in and along side edges of the belt body so as to intermittently drive it. Passage holes (5) are formed at the sa... | 07/13/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6676353 | Self-drilling, self-tapping screws 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 rea... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6446801 | Fastener clip A unitary plastic fastener clip comprising a plurality of individual fasteners which are disposed in a substantially parallel, side-by-side, spaced relationship. Each fastener comprises an elongated flexible filament having a first enlarged end and a seco... | 09/10/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6293399 | Fastener clip A unitary plastic fastener clip comprising a plurality of individual fasteners which are disposed in a substantially parallel, side-by-side, spaced relationship. Each fastener comprises an elongated flexible filament having a first enlarged end and a seco... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6209722 | Tee-nut strip with edge membranes A fastener strip with a grip portion, and flanges formed around the grip portion, and a membrane or membranes formed of flexible material, adhesive bonding a membrane to first sides of the flanges, with the fastener in sequential relation along the membra... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6173836 | Fastener clip A unitary plastic fastener clip comprising a plurality of individual fasteners which are disposed in a substantially parallel, side-by-side, spaced relationship. Each fastener comprises an elongated flexible filament having a first enlarged end and a seco... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6062384 | Fastener structure A fastener structure is formed as a collection of a number of fasteners, each fastener having a head, a filament that is connected to the head, and a crossbar, each fastener being connected to a connected to a common linear support element, via a linking ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5984096 | Belt for holding and carrying a row of self-drilling ream screws A belt (10) has cylinders (12) formed integral with a body (11) to hold a row of self-drilling reaming screws (20) each having a head (25), a threaded shank (21), a drill tip (22) and reaming blades (23) disposed on the tip and near the shank. The belt fu... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5931298 | Strip for supporting nails 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... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5918738 | Tee-nut strip with edge membranes A Tee-nut strip having Tee-nuts with generally cylindrical internally threaded sleeves, and flanges formed around one end of the sleeves, and a membrane or membranes formed of flexible material, adhesive bonding a membrane to first sides of the flanges, w... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5878880 | Collated clip assembly A collated stack of U-shaped sheet metal clips, each of which has an arcuate crown portion and first and second parallel leg portions depending from the crown portion. The first leg portion of each clip is juxtaposed immediately adjacent the second leg po... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5810238 | Attachments for double needle attacher To reduce the force necessary to anchor the double "T" bar attachments, the filament of each attachment is made longer than the shortest (perpendicular) distance between the "T" bars to avoid the necessity of stretching the filament beyond its original le... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5682994 | Collated clip assembly A collated stack of U-shaped sheet metal clips, each of which has an arcuate crown portion and first and second parallel leg portions depending from the crown portion. The first leg portion of each clip is juxtaposed immediately adjacent the second leg po... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5593033 | Clip of attachments One or both ends of the connector bar is extended outwardly beyond the main section of the bar to which the attachments are mounted. The extended end provides access to the clip from the exterior of the attacher housing, permitting the clip to be manually... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5564564 | Collated clip assembly A collated stack of U-shaped sheet metal clips, each of which has an arcuate crown portion and first and second parallel leg portions depending from the crown portion. The first leg portion of each clip is juxtaposed immediately adjacent the second leg po... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5544746 | Belt for holding a train of screws A resinous belt is provided for holding a train of screws each having a shank and a head. The belt comprises a series of screw retaining bores formed in the belt at a predetermined pitch longitudinally of the belt. Each screw retaining bore has a diametri... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5452796 | Blind rivet-holding belt for feeding a blind rivet into a continous riveting machine Although the conventional continuous riveting machine was able to use only a special blind rivet having a longer core stem than that of the standard blind rivet provided on the market, the recently developed improved continuous riveting machine is able to... | 09/26/1995 |
