Apparatus and method of making a heel-less nail

• Main Authors: FERRELL ALVIS H, ALI ZAFAR I, ROBINSON JAMES W, BERGSTROM DONALD E, MCDONALD DANIEL P, GABRIEL WILLIAM L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.01.2016
• Subjects: BLASTING; BUREAU ACCESSORIES; BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS ORMACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS,CLIPS, WEDGES, JOINTS OR JOINTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MAKING NEEDLES, PINS OR NAILS OF METAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS

Disclosed is a die for making a heel-less nail, with first and second grippers, and one gripper having a portion of collinearity for the complementary portions for head and shank