Patent ID: 8087281

Claim:
A method to make a chain of flanged pins in an end to end format, comprising the steps of: a. feeding wire through a forming die; b. partially severing said wire into a plurality of straight pins separated by breaking points; c. partially advancing each straight pin from said forming die to a heading die having a pre-formed cavity whereby a first portion of said straight pin is located in said forming die and a second portion of said straight pin is located in said heading die; d. securing said first portion of said straight pin in said forming die and securing said second portion of said straight pin in said heading die, whereby a third portion of said straight pin is disposed in a gap defined by a space between said heading die and said forming die; e. closing said gap by horizontally sliding said heading die along a longitudinal axis of said straight pin, thereby causing said third portion of said straight pin to be displaced in said pre-formed cavity forming a flange around said straight pin and forming a flanged pin having a substantially uniform diameter on either side of said flange; f. opening said forming die and said heading die thereby releasing said flanged pin; and g. repeating steps c through f with a next straight pin of said plurality of straight pins.