U.S. patent application number 10/055980 was filed with the patent office on 2003-07-31 for fastener carrier having driving facilitating structure.
Invention is credited to Huang, Shih Chung.
Application Number | 20030141208 10/055980 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 27609252 |
Filed Date | 2003-07-31 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030141208 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Huang, Shih Chung |
July 31, 2003 |
Fastener carrier having driving facilitating structure
Abstract
A fastener carrier includes an upright strip having an upright
segment, one or more rings laterally extended outward from the
upright segment for supporting fasteners, and an inclined segment
extended upward from an upper portion of the upright segment and
extended away from the rings. The heads of the fasteners may be
easily moved and engaged over the inclined segment on the upright
strip when the fasteners are rotated or driven by driving tools.
The inclined segment may prevent the heads of the fasteners from
being jammed by the upright strip.
Inventors: |
Huang, Shih Chung;
(Kaoshiung, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Shih Chung HUANG
P.O. Box 63-99
Taichung
406
TW
|
Family ID: |
27609252 |
Appl. No.: |
10/055980 |
Filed: |
January 28, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
206/338 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 73/02 20130101;
F16B 27/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
206/338 |
International
Class: |
B65D 085/24 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A fastener carrier comprising: an upright strip including an
upright segment having an upper portion, and including at least one
ring laterally extended outward from said upright segment, and
including an inclined segment extended upward from said upper
portion of said upright segment and extended away from said at
least one ring, and a fastener including a threaded portion engaged
to said at least one ring, and including a head provided on top
thereof for being driven by driving tool, said inclined segment on
said upright strip being provided for facilitating a movement of
said head of said fastener over said upright strip.
2. The fastener carrier according to claim 1, wherein said upright
strip further includes an upper longitudinal flange offset from
said intermediate segment thereof, and said inclined segment on
said upright strip is provided and coupled between said upper
longitudinal flange and said intermediate segment of said upright
strip.
3. The fastener carrier according to claim 1, wherein said upright
segment of said upright strip includes a lower portion having an
inclined segment extended downward and away from said lower portion
of said upright segment and extended away from said at least one
ring.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a fastener carrier, and
more particularly to a fastener carrier having a fastener driving
facilitating structure.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Various kinds of typical fastener carriers have been
developed for supporting nails or fasteners, or the like, and for
feeding the nails or the fasteners into or through a nailing or
stapling machine. Normally, the fastener carriers comprise a
longitudinal and planer belt or strip having a number of holes
formed therein for threading with the fasteners or nails, and for
allowing the fasteners or nails to be forced and engaged through
the fastener carrier and to be engaged into the work pieces.
However, the belts or the strips of the fastener carriers comprise
a great width that is not good for being operated by the nailing or
stapling machines.
[0005] FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the other typical fastener carriers
10 including a vertical or upright strip 11 having an upper end or
edge 111, and including one or more, such as two loops or rings 12
laterally extended outward therefrom, and substantially
perpendicular to the upright strip 11. A number of fasteners 20
include a threaded portion 21 threaded to the rings 12, and include
a head 22 provided on top thereof for engaging with the driving
tools and for allowing the fasteners 20 to be driven and moved
downward relative to the strip 11 and to be disengaged from the
strip 11. However, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper edge 111 of the
upright strip 11 may engage with the heads 22 of the fasteners 20
and may stop and affect and interrupt the movement of the heads 22
beyond the strip 11; i.e., the heads 22 may not be swiftly moved
beyond or disengaged from the strip 11, and may jam or force onto
the strip 11. Relatively, the strip 11 may even be broken or
crushed by the heads 22 of the fasteners 20.
[0006] The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate
the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional fastener
carriers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
a fastener carrier including a fastener driving facilitating
structure for allowing the fasteners to be effectively forced and
driven out of the fastener carrier.
[0008] In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is
provided a fastener carrier comprising an upright strip including
an upright segment having an upper portion, and including at least
one ring laterally extended outward from the upright segment, and
including an inclined segment extended upward from the upper
portion of the upright segment and extended away from the at least
one ring, and a fastener including a threaded portion engaged to
the at least one ring, and including a head provided on top thereof
for being driven by driving tool. The inclined segment on the
upright strip is provided for facilitating a movement of the head
of the fastener over the upright strip.
[0009] The upright strip further includes an upper longitudinal
flange offset from the intermediate segment thereof, and the
inclined segment on the upright strip is provided and coupled
between the upper longitudinal flange and the intermediate segment
of the upright strip.
[0010] The upright segment of the upright strip includes a lower
portion having an inclined segment extended downward and away from
the lower portion of the upright segment and extended away from the
at least one ring.
[0011] Further objectives and advantages of the present invention
will become apparent from a careful reading of a detailed
description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to
accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] FIG. 1 is a partial exploded view illustrating a typical
fastener carrier;
[0013] FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 2-2 of
FIG. 1;
[0014] FIG. 3 is a partial exploded view illustrating a fastener
carrier in accordance with the present invention; and
[0015] FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 4-4 of
FIG. 3, illustrating the engagement of the fasteners with the
fastener carrier.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0016] Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, a fastener carrier in accordance
with the present invention comprises a vertical or upright strip 30
including a vertical or upright intermediate segment 31, and
including an upper and a lower longitudinal flange 312, 311 offset
from Pi the intermediate segment 31, and including two curved or
inclined coupling segments 314 formed and coupled between the
longitudinal or upper and lower flanges 312, 311 and the upper and
lower portions of the intermediate segment 31. The upright strip 30
includes one or more, such as two loops or rings 32 laterally
extended outward therefrom and extended away from said longitudinal
or upper and lower flanges 312, and substantially perpendicular to
the intermediate segment 31 of the upright strip 30.
[0017] A number of fasteners 40 include a threaded portion 41
threaded or engaged to the rings 32, and include a head 42 provided
on top thereof for engaging with or for coupling to the driving
tools and for allowing the fasteners 40 to be driven and moved
downward relative to the rings 32 and the strip 30 and to be
disengaged from the strip 30. As best shown in FIG. 4, the upper
surface or upper end or upper edge 313 of the upper longitudinal
flange 312 of the strip 30 is offset or disengaged from the
fastener 40 and the rings 32, and the inclined coupling segment
314; is inclined from the upper longitudinal flange 312 toward the
fastener 40 or toward the rings 32, such that the heads 42 of the
fasteners 40 may be easily moved over the inclined coupling
segments 314 provided between the upper longitudinal flange 312 and
the fastener 40 or the rings 32 and may be prevented from being
jammed by the strip 30.
[0018] It is to be noted that the inclined coupling segments 314
provided between the upper longitudinal flange 312 and the fastener
40 or the rings 32 is more important than the inclined coupling
segments 314 provided between the lower longitudinal flange 311 and
the fastener 40 or the rings 32, such that the inclined coupling
segments 314 is not necessarily be provided, but may be optionally
provided between the lower longitudinal flange 311 and the fastener
40 or the rings 32. The upper inclined segment 314 may be extended
upwardly and away from the rings 32, and the lower inclined segment
314 may be extended downwardly and away from the rings 32.
[0019] Alternatively, without the upper longitudinal flange 312,
the inclined segment 314 is good enough to facilitate the
engagement of the heads 42 of the fasteners 40 over the strip 30.
The inclined segment 314 is extended inclinedly away from said
rings 32 and extended inclinedly from the upper portion of the
upright segment 31.
[0020] Accordingly, the fastener carrier in accordance with the
present invention includes a fastener driving facilitating
structure for allowing the fasteners to be effectively forced and
driven out of the fastener carrier, without being interrupted or
affected by the fastener carrier.
[0021] Although this invention has been described with a certain
degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present
disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous
changes in the detailed construction and the combination and
arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
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