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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1981
Furutsu Akira, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Bano'k Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ben Clements & Sons, Inc., South Hackensack, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is apparatus for locking and dispensing self-lockable fasteners, comprising a pair of a socket holder and an inserting-part holder. The socket holder comprises a groove for holding sockets of a plurality of fasteners in a series arrangement and a pusher for forcing the plurality of series arranged sockets to an opening at the forward end of the socket holder, and the inserting-part holder similarly comprises a groove for holding inserting parts of the same plurality of fasteners in the same series arrangement as in the socket holder and a pusher for forcing the plurality of series arranged inserting parts toward an opening at the forward end of the inserting-part holder. The apparatus includes also a pressing means operable to press the inserting part of a fastener into the socket of the same fastener, at the corresponding forward end portions of the socket holder and the inserting-part holder.