Pneumatic nailer coiled collation strip
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorWilliam L. Gabriel
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Abstract
A collation strip for use within a nail gun is fabricated from a suitable polypropylene composition and has a relatively large thickness dimension, however, in order to impart enhanced flexibility to the thickened collation strip, the collation strip is provided with a plurality of auxiliary apertures within its spine section, or alternatively within its spine and hinged sections. Such enhanced flexibility permits the collation strip to be utilized under relatively low temperature conditions such that the collation strip will not experience jamming within the nail gun.
Claims26
A nail gun having a magazine incorporated therein, and a collation strip of nails adapted to be housed within said magazine of said nail gun for serially feeding a plurality of nails to a nail-driving location defined within said nail gun, wherein said collation strip comprises:
- a spine section having a predetermined thickness dimension and a longitudinal extent;
- a first hinge section hingedly connected to a first end portion of said spine section and having a first set of pockets defined therein along said longitudinal extent;
- a first set of longitudinally spaced slits defined within said first hinge section for separating said first hinge section into individual first hinge portions within which said first set of pockets are respectively disposed;
- a second hinge section hingedly connected to a second end portion of said spine section and having a second set of pockets defined therein along said longitudinal extent;
- a second set of longitudinally spaced slits defined within said second hinge section for separating said second hinge section into individual second hinge portions within which said second set of pockets are respectively disposed, individual ones of said first and second pockets of said individual first and second hinge portions being substantially co-linearly aligned with respect to each other so as to cooperate together in housing individual shank portions of said plurality of nails to be held within said collation strip;
- a plurality of apertures defined within said spine section of said collation strip for facilitating feeding of said collation strip within said nail gun;
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- a plurality of auxiliary apertures, separate and distinct from said first and second sets of longitudinally spaced slits, defined within said spine section of said collation strip so as to provide enhanced flexibility to said spine section of said collation strip.
A collation strip for holding a plurality of nails within a nail gun, comprising:
- a spine section having a predetermined thickness dimension and a longitudinal extent;
- a first hinge section hingedly connected to a first end portion of said spine section and having a first set of pockets defined therein along said longitudinal extent;
- a first set of longitudinally spaced slits defined within said first hinge section for separating said first hinge section into individual first hinge portions within which said first set of pockets are respectively disposed;
- p1 a second hinge section hingedly connected to a second end portion of said spine section and having a second set of pockets defined therein along said longitudinal extent;
- a second set of longitudinally spaced slits defined within said second hinge section for separating said second hinge section into individual second hinge portions within which said second set of pockets are respectively disposed, individual ones of said first and second pockets of said individual first and second hinge portions being substantially co-linearly aligned with respect to each other so as to cooperate together in housing individual shank portions of said plurality of nails to be held within said collation strip;
- a plurality of apertures defined within said spine section of said collation strip for facilitating feeding of said collation strip within a nail gun;
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- a plurality of auxiliary apertures, separate and distinct from said first and second sets of longitudinally spaced slits, defined within said spine section of said collation strip so as to provide enhanced flexibility to said spine section of said collation strip.
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