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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erich A Schmidt, Lexington, KY (US);
Volker E Schmidt, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Textron, Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B27F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
227116 ;
Abstract
A fastener element is oriented by rolling the element along a friction surface until a projection on the back of the element engages a ledge extending along the path of movement of the element such that the element then slides with a predetermined orientation. Additionally, an orienting element having a sinuous edge for orienting double pronged elements can be retracted.