TWI312757B - Container for collated strips of fasteners - Google Patents

Description

1312757 IX. INSTRUCTIONS OF THE INVENTION: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improved parallel stripper that can be used for a fixture. [Prior Art] Parallel strips of fasteners, such as nails, are typically packaged in large boxes containing fasteners of the same size. These boxes are often non-heavy, usually made of disposable cardboard and are susceptible to exposure or damage. The use of such boxes is commonly used in large engineering projects, with thousands of parallel fixtures of the same size as a fixed tool. Conversely, smaller engineering items may require fewer fixtures. Smaller projects may require fixtures of different sizes or types. Existing containers that can be used to dispense and distribute fasteners for smaller gauges, such as those described in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 2005/0072,783, are incorporated herein by reference. Such containers are typically in the form of a box and are made of plastic. In addition, some containers include an upper cover that has a portion that is locked in an open position. Some of these containers may utilize internal locators or other spaces to conform to the shape and number of parts to be accommodated. The number or configuration of these spacers or spaces can be varied so that the same size and shape can accommodate parallel strips of a plurality of different types and sizes of fasteners. The outer dimensions of the container can be significantly larger than the available internal space. The shelf space of the retail and the appearance of the product are the main contents of the design of these containers.

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1312757 quantity because the container must be presented to individual consumers. However, many existing containers are cumbersome in appearance, uneven in weight, difficult to carry, and waste valuable shipping and retail space. Therefore, there is a need for a convenient and easy-to-use container for storing parallel strips of various types and sizes of fasteners, and the number of which can be used for small-scale engineering, and has a consumer favorite, and will be shipped and sold at a price. The space for display and/or storage is minimized. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a container that is particularly suitable for transporting, storing, displaying, and utilizing parallel strips of fasteners. The container can include a storage portion (having a bottom plate), a bottom edge, an open end, a pair of generally parallel side walls, and a pair of end walls. The outer portion of the storage portion is generally rectangular in shape and is surrounded by end walls and side walls. The length of the container is between 7 and 1 /2 inches and between 8 and 1 /2 inches, and the height is between 2 and 1 /2 inches and 3 inches. The bottom plate can have a bottom edge that extends downwardly from the bottom plate and is integral with the side walls and end walls. The side walls and end walls may define an open end relative to the bottom plate and may have a gripping flange adjacent the open end for releasably engaging a complementary upper cover. The container may also include a removable upper cover having a tall cap portion, a swivel joint portion, and a clip and locating strap. The elevated cap portion can be stacked on the bottom edge of the storage portion. The rotary joint portion divides the upper cover into an openable portion and a fixed portion, and the openable portion is rotatable about the rotary joint portion. The openable portion can also releasably connect the 6 1312757 fixed portion to lock in an open position. The container can hold parallel strips of various fasteners. The foregoing plurality of parallel strips may include from 13 to 17 fasteners, each strip having from 33 to 38 fasteners and having a length of between about 7 and 3/4 inches and between 8 and 1/4 inch. The parallel strips of the fasteners can be loaded side by side in a substantially vertical direction, and each of the mating strips is in an alternating head up, head down configuration direction and angled directions opposite one another.

These and other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the description and appended claims. [Embodiment] Referring to Figures 1 to 4, a container for a parallel strip of fasteners having a storage portion 10 and a removable upper cover 12 is illustrated. The storage section and the removable top cover can be made of polypropylene or any other durable, sun-resistant plastic. The use of a durable plastic allows the container to be used for extended periods of time for transport, storage, display, and use of fasteners. The storage portion 1 大致 can be substantially transparent or translucent to allow the consumer to view its contents. The removable upper cover 1 2 can be a specific color and includes a corporate identification or other identifier 14 for consumer identification and product support. A label 16 can be placed on one end wall such that when stacked on a shelf, the container does not unnecessarily waste the retail price of the space by the length of the aisle surface. Storage section Referring to Figures 6 and 9, the storage section usually has a rectangular bottom plate.

1312757 20. A bottom edge 22 is neatly extendable from the bottom plate in the direction of the vertical bottom plate. The free edge 24 of the bottom edge can generally form a flat surface for use with another generally flat surface, i.e., a retail shelf, or another overcap, and can support the container and its contents. The bottom edge 22 is between about 1/8 inch and 1 /2 inches deep, and in the better case between 3/inch and 5/1 6 inches, and in the best case It is about 1/4 inch. The bottom plate may be defined by a pair of generally parallel side walls 30, 3 2 having a length between about 8 inches and 10 inches, and more preferably 8 and 1 /2 inches and 9 in length. Another 1 / 2 miles. The sidewall may be spaced by a width of between about 2 inches and a mile, and more preferably between about 1/4 inch and 2 1/2 inch. The bottom plate may also be defined by a pair of end walls 34, 36 to create a storage portion having an open end 38. The height of the side wall ends is between 2 and 1 /2 inches and 3 inches. As shown in Figure 10, the side walls and end walls can be continuous and joined at the circle. The side walls and end walls may also include a push-out of the bottom plate 20 slightly outwardly toward the opening end 38 to provide a wider open end for easy removal of the contents of the reservoir portion. The bottom edge 22 can be continuous with the side walls and the end walls to provide the widest possible support of the container. Because the surrounding size of the storage portion is small, the user can easily hold the container. The side walls and end walls adjacent the open end may also include a clamping flange 40 that may be defined by a short outwardly elongated lip adjacent the open end. The clamping edge 40 is movable along the entire circumference of the open end and is perpendicular to and extends outwardly from the sides 30, 32 and the end walls 34, 36. The side walls and end walls may also include a gripping flange 42 that is positioned below the clamping flange 40 such that when the opening or extension 16 is sideways and the corners are opened, the opening is closed 8 1312757. The container can be more easily held when the upper cover is removed. The gripping flange also prevents a user from accidentally applying an opening force to the removable upper cover. The grip flange 42 is movable along the entire circumference of the open end and extends perpendicularly and outwardly from the side walls and end walls to a greater extent than the clip flange 40. Parallel strips of various fixtures

Referring to Figures 6, 7, and 10, the plurality of parallel strips 50 of the fasteners 5 2 can include between about 10 and 20 parallel strips of fasteners 52 that are tied together by a belt 54. Each of the parallel strips 50 of the fasteners has a length of between about 2 inches and 3 inches. The parallel strips 50 of each of the fixing members may have between about 30 and 40 kinds of fixing members, and when the heads 58 or the tips 60 of the fixing members are in contact with a flat surface 56, each fixing member and The surface 56 can form an angle A between about 5 5 and 65 degrees. The parallel strips of each fastener may have a protruding length L of between about 7 and 1/2 inches and between 8 and 1/2 inches, and in the best case about 8 inches. As shown in Figures 6 and 7, the parallel strips of each of the fasteners can be loaded into a storage portion that is generally parallel to the side walls. The fixing members of the strips can be loaded in an adjacent, side-by-side manner, and they form an alternating head-up, head-down configuration direction, and the head-up direction refers to a parallel strip loaded into a fixing member. In the case of a sheet, the head portion 58 of each fixing member 52 is located at the opening end 38 of the adjacent storage portion; the head-down configuration direction refers to the parallel strip 50 of a fixing member 5 2 , each time The head portion 58 of a fixing member 52 is located at the bottom plate 20 adjacent to the storage portion. This configuration maximizes the use of the container volume and allows for the removal of parallel strips of each fixture from the storage portion.

At 1312757, the heads of adjacent fixtures on adjacent strips do not affect the removal process or the parallel strips of adjacent fixtures have an opposite angle to the other parallel strips, allowing for more even distribution in the storage section. The weight of the parallel strips of various pieces, and enables the user to more easily grasp or remove one end of each of the parallel strips of each fixing member, such as 70, and at the same time, parallel from an adjacent fixing member The interference of the strips reduced to the length of the bottom plate and the side walls may be between about 1% and about 12% of the length of the parallel strips of each of the fasteners, and in a better case about 105% and Between about 1 1 5 %, and in the best case about 110%. Removable Upper Cover Referring to Figures 2, 3 and 8, the removable upper cover 12 can have a common upper cover wall 80 and a clamping wall 82. When the removable upper cover is attached to the portion 10, the upper cover wall 82 can extend slightly beyond the circumference of the flange 42 on the storage portion. At this time, the framing wall 82 may be downward from the upper cover wall 80 toward the grip flange 44 and adjacent to the outer side of the nip flange 8 2 . At the grip flange 44, a gripping edge 84 can be outwardly received by the periphery of the clip wall 8 2 to receive an opening force. In a preferred embodiment, the gripping edge 84 is a vertical clamping wall 8 2 and is closely spaced from the gripping flange 44 and is flush with the gripping edge S4. It may have one or more corner thumb tabs. 86 may extend beyond the gripping flange 44 to further assist in applying an opening force. As shown in Fig. 9, the removable upper cover has an inner surface 80a which, when attached to the storage portion, can face the reservoir. The inner surface 80a of the upper cover wall may have a plurality of positioning strips 90 which are fixedly stored by the sheet phase 72, & The piece is placed between the normal storage clip and the extension near the grip extension straight to the line. The extension 'the surface 10 1312757 80a extends downwardly and is perpendicular to the surface 80a. When the removable upper cover is connected to the storage portion, the positioning belt 90 can pass through the open end of the storage portion and frictionally engage the inner surfaces 3 0 a, 3 2 a of the side walls 30, 3 2 to resist the upper cover. Remove. Similarly, the clip strip 92 can extend inwardly from the inner surface of the sandwich wall 82 and vertically sandwich the wall 82. When the removable upper cover is attached to the storage portion, the clamping strip 92 engages and engages the clamping flange 82 and forms an interference fit to resist removal of the upper cover.

The removable upper cover 1 2 can have an openable portion 1 2 a and a fixed portion 1 2b separated by a rotary joint 95. The rotary joint can be formed by reducing the thickness of the upper cover wall. The rotary joint 915 allows a user to apply an opening force to the thumb tab 86 and the gripping edge 84 on the openable portion to rotatably open the openable portion. When an opening force is applied to the openable portion, the clamping strip 90 on the opening portion 1 2 a and the positioning belt 9 2 can be disengaged from the clamping flange 42 to allow the openable portion to follow the rotary joint 9 5 is rotatably opened while the clamping strip 90 on the fixed portion 1 2 b and the positioning strip 9 2 remain engaged. To assist in this action, the clamping strip 90 and the positioning strip 92 on the fixed portion 12b can collectively be longer than the clip strip 90 and the positioning strip 92 on the openable portion 12a. The swivel joint can be run along the entire length of the removable upper cover 12 to allow the user to retrieve the contents that substantially occupy the entire length of the storage portion 10. Also as shown in Figures 1, 6 and 9, the removable upper cover 12 can also have a tall cap portion s6 which can be stacked on the bottom edge 22 of a storage portion. The elevated cap portion 96 can extend over the wall 80 to a height of between about 1/8 inch and 3/8 inch, and in a better case, 11

1312757 is between 3 / 16 inches and 5 / 1 6 inches, and in the specific example stated, it is about 1 / 4 inches. When stacked on the elevated cap portion, the bottom edge 22 can extend downwardly along the elevated cap portion and its can surface 24 contacts the upper cover wall 80. In the stacked position, there is a maximum side tolerance between the bottom edge and the raised cap portion of approximately 〇 1 and 1 / 8 inch. The elevated cap portion 96 on the fixed portion 12b can also include a recess 9 8 which is bounded by the walls 91, 9 3 and can be moved along the swivel joint to permit the opening portion 1 2 a to rotate The joint 9 5 is rotated around without colliding with the elevated cap portion 96 of the openable portion 1 2 a and the raised cap portion 96 of the fixed portion 12b. The elevated cap portion 96 of the openable portion 12a can have spaced apart concave wall portions 197, 9 9 which are positioned to conform to the recesses 9 8 of the openable portion 1 2 a for further Assist to open the partial green turn and release the groove and the groove 9 8 on the fixed portion 1 2b to lock the upper position in the open position. When the openable portion 1 2 a of the upper cover is rotated toward the fixed portion 1 2b to an angle of about 90 degrees, the openable portion of the upper cover can be releasably locked in the open position. When the upper cover is in the open position, a user can easily remove or insert the parallel strips of the fixture. In addition, when the upper cover is opened, the container of the parallel strips of various fixing members can be poured or screwed upside down so as not to remove the fixed parallel strip without separating the removable upper cover from the storage portion. . Although the above description of the present invention enables a person skilled in the art to make use of the best mode that is presently considered to be the present invention, those skilled in the art can apply the cover of the position of the 96-inch slot. There are various modifications, combinations, and equivalents to the specific exemplary embodiments herein. The present invention should not be limited to the specific embodiments described above, but should include all embodiments of the spirit and scope of the invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is an upper and end diagram illustrating a container according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating an upper cover in an open position. Figure 3 is a reduced top view of the container of Figure 1. Figure 4 is a side view of it. Figure 5 is an end view illustrating two similar stacked containers. Figure 6 is a side cross-sectional view showing two similar containers filled with parallel fasteners and stacked together. Figure 7 is an end cross-sectional view showing two similar containers filled with C and stacked together. Figure 8 is a plan view showing the underside of an upper cover of the container of Figure 1. Figure 9 is a top plan view illustrating the container with the upper cover removed. Figure 10 is a side view illustrating the strips of a fixed piece in parallel. [Main component symbol description] 10 Storage part 12 Removable upper cover 13 1312757 12a Opening part 12b Fixed part 14 Corporate identification mark or other identification 16 Label 20 Rectangular bottom plate 22 Bottom edge 24 Free side 30 ' 32 Side wall 30a, 3 2a Side wall 34, 36 End wall 38 Open end 40 Clamping flange 42 ' 44 Grip flange 50 Parallel strip 52 Fixing piece 54 Band 56 Flat surface 58 Head 60 Tip 70 > 72 Parallel strip end 80 Flat upper cover wall 8 0a Inner surface 82 Clamping wall 84 Grip edge 86 Corner thumb tab 90 Positioning strip 91, 93 Wall 92 Clamping strap 95 Rotating joint 96 Height cap portion 97, 99 Concave wall portion 98 Groove 14

Claims (1)

1312757 X. Patent Application Range: 1. A plastic container comprising at least one storage portion and a removable upper cover; Wherein said storage portion has a substantially rectangular bottom plate, a peripheral bottom edge extending from said bottom plate, and a pair of substantially parallel side walls extending from said bottom plate at an angle substantially opposite to said bottom edge and having a height Between 2 inches and 3 inches and between about 8 inches and 10 inches in length, one of the substantially parallel end walls extending from the floor between the side walls and having a height of about 2 inches and Between 3 inches and a length of between about 2 inches and 3 inches, the side wall and the end wall define an opening end with respect to the bottom plate; wherein the removable upper cover has a high cap portion, which can The stacked devices are on the bottom edge described above. 2. The plastic container of claim 1, wherein the width between the substantially parallel side walls is between about 2 and 1 / 8 inches and between 2 and 5 / 8 inches. 3. The plastic container of claim 1, wherein the height of the cap portion extending to the removable upper cover is between about 1/8 inch and 3/8 inch. 4. The plastic container of claim 1, wherein the bottom edge of the container 15 1312757 has a depth of between about 1 / 8 inch and 1 / 2 inch. 5. The plastic container of claim 1, wherein the bottom edge and the cap portion are respectively sized and configured such that the device provides maximum side tolerance at the bottom edge of the cap portion. The distance between the side walls and the end walls of the individually stacked containers is substantially within the tolerances of between about 0 inches and 1⁄8 inches. 6. The plastic container of claim 1, wherein the bottom edge of the container is substantially continuous. 7. The plastic container of claim 1, wherein the side wall and the end wall are integrally formed with the bottom edge. 8. The plastic container of claim 1, wherein the side wall and the end wall adjacent to the opening end further comprise a clamping flange and a gripping flange located below the clamping flange, and wherein The removable upper cover has a clamping strip for establishing an interference fit with at least a portion of the clamping flange and the positioning strap for frictionally engaging at least a portion of the sidewall and the end wall. 9. The plastic container of claim 1, wherein the removable upper cover has an openable portion and a fixed portion that are separated by a rotary joint. The plastic container of claim 9, wherein the removal upper cover has a closed position and an open position, the closing is removably separated by the openable portion and the fixed portion The combination is defined by the above-mentioned fixed portion and upper joint. The above positionable container refers to the container 17