Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for severing and inserting collated T-Nuts
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Application No.: US16241892Application Date: 2019-01-07
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Publication No.: US10850337B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Jonathan Wayne Dieter , Stephen R. Selle
- Applicant: Jonathan Wayne Dieter , Stephen R. Selle
- Applicant Address: US OH Painesville
- Assignee: STAFAST PRODUCTS, INC.
- Current Assignee: STAFAST PRODUCTS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Painesville
- Agency: Woodling, Krost and Rust
- Main IPC: B23D33/02
- IPC: B23D33/02 ; B23P19/00 ; B23P19/06 ; F16B27/00 ; B21K1/64 ; F16B37/02 ; F16B37/04

Abstract:
A continuous strip of T-Nuts formed on a common strip of metal. Each T-Nut of the strip of T-Nuts is integrally connected to the next adjacent T-Nut by carry tabs. The carry tabs can be frangible themselves or contain a frangible portion. Each T-Nut includes a cylindrical bore therein and a threaded interior. A mechanism feeds and severs the endmost T-Nut in endwise fashion. The mechanism to feed and sever the endmost T-Nut includes a cutting blade positioned vertically below the frangible portion of the carry tab. A shearing ram having a guide positioned axially in line with the cylindrical bore in the endmost T-Nut is adapted to move vertically from an upper to a lower position to engage the cutting blade with the frangible portion and sever the endmost T-Nut.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190134725A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEVERING AND INSERTING COLLATED T-NUTS Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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