Plastic locking nut in strip form
Abstract
Abstract A PLASTIC LOCKING NUT FOR FASTENING ELEMENTS TOGETHER IS DISCLOSED IN STRIP FORM WITH A HEAD PORTION OF EACH OF A SERIES OF NUTS HINGED TO FACILITATE REELING OF A STRIP OF NUTS AND SERVERING ONE NUT FROM AN ADJACENT NUT FOR INSTALLATION PURPOSES. EACH NUT IS PROVIDED WITH A CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION PERMITTING THE NUT BODY TO BE FORMED ESSENTIALLY BY EXTRUSION WITH THE NUT INCLUDING RESILIENT LEGS OPERABLE TRANSVERSE TO THE NUT BODY IN A SENSE ACCOMMODATING EXTRUSION TOLERANCE AND WITH THE NUT EXTRUSION CUT TO PROVIDE ITS LENGTH DIMENSION AND THUS MADE TO A CLOSE TOLERANCE IN SUCH DIMENSION. EACH NUT INCLUDES A SLIGHT RECESS BETWEEN DEPENDING LEGS AND THE HEAD PORTION TO ACCOMMODATE PLASTIC SCRAPED FROM THE NUT DURING INSTALLATION.
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- 👤 Charles Edward Reynolds
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