Patent ID: 11919672
Assignee: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 21:
22. A method of fastening an element to a support structure with the apparatus of claim 19, comprising:
removing a cap from the nose;
inserting a first anchor attached to a first end of a filament into a hollow interior area of the first hollow needle with the filament extending through the slot of the first hollow needle;
inserting a second anchor attached to a second end of the filament into a hollow interior area of the second hollow needle with the filament extending through the slot of the second hollow needle;
piercing a first surface of the support structure with the tip of the first hollow needle and the tip of the second hollow needle such that the tip of the first hollow needle and the tip of the second hollow needle each pass through a second surface of the support structure with a portion of the first hollow needle and a portion of the second hollow needle extending through a thickness of the support structure;
inserting the tip of the first hollow needle and the tip of the second hollow needle through the aperture of the cap;
compressing the support structure between the nose and the outer surface of the second end portion of the cap; and
passing the first anchor through the first open end of the first hollow needle with the first ejector pin and passing the second anchor through the first open end of the second hollow needle with the second ejector pin while the support structure is compressed between the nose and the outer surface of the second end portion of the cap.