Patent ID: 8870510
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: B21F,B21J,B21K,F01N,F16B,F16F,G10K

Abstract:
1. A dispenser for wire mesh preforms for use in forming wire mesh isolators, said dispenser comprising: (I) a flexible strip having a plurality of apertures, and (II) at least one wire mesh preform in one of the apertures, wherein: (a) the at least one wire mesh preform comprises a collar and a shank in a configuration of an unused rivet, (b) the apertures are sized to retain the shank and to allow the collar to be pushed through the aperture, (c) each aperture comprises a plurality of circumferential flexible fingers formed by slits in the flexible strip, and (d) the at least one wire mesh preform comprises: