Tee-nut fastener feed means for tee-nut fastener setting apparatus

Tee-nut feed apparatus for use with Tee-nut setting apparatus for setting Tee-nuts in a workpiece, a plurality of said Tee-nuts being joined to one another to form a continuous strip of Tee-nuts and being wound into a roll from which they may be progressively unwound, said Tee-nuts including sleeve portions adapted to be embedded in a workpiece and integral face flanges, extending from said sleeve portions and adapted to lie on a surface of said workpiece and including continuous breakable means secured to said face flanges of said plurality of Tee-nuts to join said Tee-nuts into said strip, and said setting apparatus having driver means operable to reciprocate to and fro towards and away from a workpiece, said feed apparatus comprising;

• a horizontal rotatable support table for supporting said roll of Tee-nuts, said Tee-nuts in said roll being adapted to lie with edges of said face flanges lying on said rotary table with said sleeves oriented substantially horizontally;
• bearing means for said table whereby said table is rotatably operable to permit said roll to progressively unwind said strip of Tee-nuts;
• a guide channel for guiding said strip of Tee-nuts along a feed path to said driver means wherein said guide channel is adapted to receive said strip of Tee-nuts from said table in said orientation and wherein said Tee-nuts are rotated through about ninety degrees with said sleeve means extending perpendicular, and said face flanges lying substantially transversely;
• and,
• feed means operable to move said strip along said channel whereby operation of said driver means will separate an endmost Tee-nut from said strip and will drive said endmost Tee-nut into said workpiece.