String of anchor clips

A clip clamping machine having an inlet end and an outlet end, having an elongate magazine in line with said outlet end, having a hammer or striker for pounding a clip at the outlet end into a furniture rail and being adapted to be positioned perpendicular to a furniture rail and an elongate string of sheet metal anchor clips including a series of separate, identical anchor clips assembled end-to-end in a line for being fed through said magazine of said clip clamping machine in a direction perpendicular to a furniture rail to which each clip is affixed, each clip including a flat base portion, an hook shaped end portion, a non-metallic liner positioned in each hook shaped end portion, and a separate, elongate, strip of flexible material, not forming any part of said liner, fixed to each one of said clips to hold said string of clips together in an end-to-end string of clips, whereby a plurality of said clip clamping machines can be arranged perpendicular to a furniture rail so that a plurality of said clips can be discharged in line with each clip clamping machine and fixed at approximately the same time to the rail thereby to decrease substantially the time required for fixing a plurality of clips to the rail.