| US 7,516,841 B2 | ||
| Connecting fastener and fastener holder | ||
| Yasutsugu Uejima, Osaka (Japan); and Keiji Yamakawa, Hyogo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, Ill. (US) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/572,363 PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2004, PCT No. PCT/IB2004/003016 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 09, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/028160, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2003-328770 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0029414 A1, Feb. 07, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65D 85/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 206—338 [206/346; 206/347; 411/442] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A fastener holder and a plurality of connecting fasteners which are held by the holder and adapted to be used in association
with a power operated device said holder comprising:
a first elongated body; and
a second elongated body spaced from the first elongated body along a shank of each of the fasteners,
each of the elongated bodies comprising:
a plurality of fastener retaining parts, each of the retaining parts defining a first opening of a through hole that receives
the shank of the respective fastener;
a plurality of gripping parts, each supported by the respective retaining part and extending along the shank of the fastener
and defining a second opening of the through hole; and
a weakened part connecting the respective adjacent fastener retaining parts, wherein
each of the gripping parts engages a greater length of the shank of the respective fastener than the respective fastener retaining
part, and each of the gripping parts of the first elongated body and the respective gripping part on the second elongated
body are physically separate and detached from each other before the fastener is driven into a member; and
when the fastener is driven into the member by the power operated device, said retaining parts and the gripping parts are
adapted to be compressed and remain on the shank of the fastener thereby providing a sealing effect and forming a washer.
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