CARRIER TAPE FOR FASTENERS

摘要

A carrier tape (50) for fasteners has a planar web (53) with holes to receive the stems of rivets or like fasteners. Formations (51, 52) upstanding from the web (53) engage the heads of fasteners in the tape (50). A feeder for the tape (50) can engage drive holes in the tape and/or V-shaped slots between respective sections of the formations (51, 52). Cover strips may overlie the tape to restrain the fasteners, or protect the head thereof; and the fasteners may be releasably retained in grommets in the web of the tape.