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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1988
Gordon E Matlock, Sullivan, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A nail end plate for wooden ties comprising a metal plate having a plurality of elongated teeth struck therefrom to create an opening in the plate. Each of the teeth are struck out less than 90.degree. from the plate. The teeth are generally V-shaped in transverse cross-section. The openings are arranged in a plurality of alternating first and second rows. The openings in each of the first rows comprise a plurality of pairs of first and second openings with the openings in the second rows comprising a plurality of third and fourth openings. The first openings in the first row are longitudinally aligned with each other. The second openings in the first row are also longitudinally aligned with each other but are transversely off-set with respect to the first opening. The third openings in the second row are longitudinally aligned with each other. The fourth openings in the second rows are also longitudinally aligned with each other and are transversely off-set with respect to the third openings in the second row. The teeth in the first rows face a first direction while the teeth in the second rows face a direction opposite to the first direction. The teeth of the second openings cooperate with the teeth of the fourth openings to form a plurality of staples. The teeth of the third openings cooperate with the teeth of the first openings to also form a plurality of staples.
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