Patent ID: 8162196

Claim:
Device for processing a belt strap for storing screws with a flat belt that is provided on each opposing longitudinal edge with a flange extending in a longitudinal direction of the belt that projects upward from the belt, such that the belt strap has a flat, U-shaped cross section, and the cross section of the belt strap has a periphery that has a maximum ratio of 11:10 relative to that of the flat, non-flanged belt, the device comprising: a guide device for the belt strap that guides and holds the belt strap, while the screws can be pressed out from the belt strap by a screwdriver from a top side of the belt strap, the guide device ( 3 ) has two guide slots ( 10 ) holding the belt strap ( 2 ) at least in a region of the flange ( 4 ), the guide slots each have an L-shaped cross section and a contact surface ( 5 ) for a bottom side ( 6 ) of the belt ( 20 ) and a guide rib ( 11 ) extending across the flange ( 4 ), wherein a distance (M) of each of the guide ribs ( 11 ) from the contact surface ( 5 ) has a value that is greater than a belt thickness (D) and less than a length (Q) of a corner diagonal ( 12 ) of the belt strap ( 2 ), wherein the corner diagonal extends in the U-shaped cross section between points at which an inner side ( 7 ) of a flange ( 4 ) intersects with a top side ( 9 ) of the belt ( 20 ) and an outer side ( 17 ) of the belt strap ( 2 ) intersects with the bottom side ( 6 ) of the belt ( 2 ).