Apparatus for forming a wire nail

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5154670
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07726058

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A wire nail with a head having a circumferential edge conforming to a complete circle and disposed in a radially offset relationship with respect to a shank. A flat surface on the shank provides a datum indicating where the shank is located. A flat surface on the shank provides a datum for orienting such nail and similar nails. In some embodiments, a tangent plane defined by means of a lower or underside portion of the head is oriented at an acute angle (75.degree. to 85.degree.) relative to the shank. In a strip of such (collated) nails, the flat surfaces defined upon the shanks define an open channel, which coacts with a rib integrally provided upon one wall of a nail-feeding mechanism. In a nail-making machine, two gripping members defining an annular recess and a punch are used to form such a nail from a wire of a malleable metal.

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ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC155 HARLEM AVENUE GLENVIEW ILLINOIS 60025 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bellock, Robert E Arlington Heights, IL 2 29
Binder, John Morton Grove, IL 6 65
Sygnator, Henry A Arlington Heights, IL 19 211

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