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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Graeme Young, Hamilton, NZ;
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 15/08 (2006.01); F16B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 15/0015 (2013.01); F16B 15/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an assembly of staples, the staples having a crown portion having at least two legs extending therefrom and one or more barbs protruding from at least one of the legs, the assembly further including at least one strip of collation tape, wherein the staples are collated and connected by way of the at least one strip of collation tape secured to the staples. In one form a portion of the collation tape remain affixed to the staples when driven by driver blade in a powered staple tool and assists in maintaining alignment of the staple in a nosepiece of the tool.