Retainer
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Nov 4, 2003
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Mar 13, 2003
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Sep 13, 2001
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Sep 13, 2001
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A stud retainer comprising a generally disk shaped body having a periphery, an aperture therethrough and a wing portion extending from said periphery is disclosed and claimed. The disk shaped body includes a crown and the crown is concentric with the aperture. The wing portion extends laterally and transversely from an arcuate portion of the periphery of the disk shaped body. The aperture has an inner diametrical surface and an outer diametrical surface. The inner and outer diametrical surfaces of the aperture are smooth. A delivery track for guiding the stud retainers is disclosed and claimed. The process for making the stud retainer is also disclosed and claimed. The process includes the steps of: punching a hole in the spring steel from a first side of the sheet of spring steel creating a smooth surface on the inlet side of said hole, coining the hole from the other side of the steel creating a smooth service on the outlet side of the hole, embossing the hole from the other side of the steel; and, cutting off the stud retainer from said sheet of spring steel.
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