Method for the production of a strip for fastening elements
AssigneeHilti Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas Foser, Ho-Tien Chen
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for producing a strip for fastening elements, said strip comprising a plurality of interconnected holders, each of which accommodates a shaft of a fastening element. The holders define a fastening direction in which the fastening element can be driven from the holder into a support by a fastening device. The disclosed method comprises the following steps: a) producing a continuous strip defining a longitudinal direction of the strip; b) making the holders from the strip material by means of a deep-drawing process; c) accommodating the fastening elements in the holders.
Claims13
A method for the production of a continuous strip having a plurality of interconnected holders for temporarily holding fastening elements, each of the plurality of interconnected holders receiving a shaft of a fastening element, wherein each of the plurality of interconnected holders defines a fastening direction, in which a fastening element can be driven by a fastening device from each of the plurality of interconnected holders into a support, wherein the method comprises:
- a) producing the continuous strip, which defines a longitudinal direction of the continuous strip;
- b) producing, by a deep-drawing process, transverse to the fastening direction, the plurality of interconnected holders from a material of the continuous strip, including cutting out an opening in the material of the continuous strip, wherein the cut-out strip material forms one of the plurality of interconnected holders;
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- c) incorporating a fastening element into each of the plurality of interconnected holders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.