Abstract
A grooved washer is used on a screw carrier tape and has a ring body. The ring body has an outer side face, a groove, two groove walls, and a perforation. The groove is annularly formed in the outer side face. The two groove walls are oppositely defined in the groove. The perforation is formed through a center of the ring body and through the top surface of the ring body and the bottom surface of the ring body. Moreover, the grooved washer has a metal gasket which is attached to the top surface of the ring body. With the groove, the grooved washer limits the carrier tape to be stuck on the screw carrier tape so that screws are stably located in the positioning apertures without falling from the screw carrier tape and being scattered, so as to improve the convenience in use.
Claims
1. A grooved washer connected with a screw carrier tape, the grooved washer comprising: a ring body having an outer side face; a groove annularly formed in the outer side face and adjacent to a top surface of the ring body; the groove being engaged with the screw carrier tape a base wall being a bottom wall of the groove and adjacent to a bottom surface of the ring body; and a perforation formed through a center of the ring body and through the top surface of the ring body and the bottom surface of the ring body; and a metal gasket attached to the top surface of the ring body and protruded from the top surface of the ring body, the metal gasket having an outer peripheral edge radially protruded from the top surface of the ring body; a restriction part defined on a bottom of the metal gasket and opposite to the base wall, wherein the restriction part is a top wall of the groove, and the base wall and the restriction part limit a carrier tape of the screw carrier tape, so that the grooved washer is stuck on the carrier tape; and a hole formed through a center of the metal gasket and communicating with the perforation.
2. The grooved washer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal gasket tapers from a top end of the hole to the outer peripheral edge.
3. The grooved washer as claimed in claim 2, wherein the ring body is made of rubber or silicone.
4. The grooved washer as claimed in claim 3, wherein the ring body has a coating layer coated on the ring body, and a color of the coating layer is the same as a color of the metal gasket.
5. The grooved washer as claimed in claim 2, wherein the ring body has a coating layer coated on the ring body, and a color of the coating layer is the same as a color of the metal gasket.
6. The grooved washer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ring body is made of rubber or silicone.
7. The grooved washer as claimed in claim 6, wherein the ring body has a coating layer coated on the ring body, and a color of the coating layer is the same as a color of the metal gasket.
8. The grooved washer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ring body has a coating layer coated on the ring body, and a color of the coating layer is the same as a color of the metal gasket.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a grooved washer in accordance with the present invention;
(2) FIG. 2 is a side view of the grooved washer in FIG. 1;
(3) FIG. 3 is a top view of the grooved washer in FIG. 1;
(4) FIG. 4 is an operational and partially exploded perspective view of the grooved washer in FIG. 1, showing the screws set in the grooved washer and mounted on the carrier tape;
(5) FIG. 5 is a side view in partial section of the grooved washer in FIG. 1, showing the screw sets in the grooved washer and mounted on the carrier tape;
(6) FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a grooved washer in accordance with the present invention;
(7) FIG. 7 is a top view of the grooved washer in FIG. 6;
(8) FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a grooved washer in accordance with the present invention;
(9) FIG. 9 is a side view in partial section of the grooved washer in FIG. 8; and
(10) FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional side view of the grooved washer in FIG. 8, showing the screw sets in the grooved washer and mounted on the carrier tape.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
(11) With reference to FIGS. 1, 4, 6, and 8, a grooved washer in accordance with the present invention is used on a screw carrier tape 40, and the grooved washer comprises a ring body 10A, 10B, 10C.
(12) With reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, in a first preferred embodiment of the grooved washer, the ring body 10A has an outer side face 11A, a groove 12A, two groove walls 13A, and a perforation 14A. The groove 12A is annularly formed in the outer side face 11A. The two groove walls 13A are oppositely defined in the groove 12A and respectively disposed adjacent to a top surface of the ring body 10A and a bottom surface of the ring body 10A. The perforation 14A is formed through a center of the ring body 10A and through the top surface of the ring body 10A and the bottom surface of the ring body 10A. Specifically, the ring body 10A is made of a material such as rubber or silicone.
(13) With reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, in a third preferred embodiment of the grooved washer, the grooved washer has the ring body 10C and a metal gasket 20C. The ring body 10C has the outer side face 11C, the groove 12C, a base wall 16C, and the perforation 14C. The groove 12C is annularly formed in the outer side face 11C and adjacent to the top surface of the ring body 10C. The base wall 16C is defined in the groove 12C and adjacent to the bottom surface of the ring body 10C. The perforation 14C is formed through the center of the ring body 10C and through the top surface of the ring body 10C and the bottom surface of the ring body 10C. The metal gasket 20C is attached to the top surface of the ring body 10C and has an outer peripheral edge 21C, a restriction part 22C, and a hole 23C. The outer peripheral edge 21C radially protrudes from the top surface of the ring body 10C. The restriction part 22C is defined on a bottom of the metal gasket 20C and is opposite the base wall 16C. The restriction part 22C is a top wall of the groove 12C. The hole 23C is formed through a center of the metal gasket 20C and communicates with the perforation 14C. The metal gasket 20C tapers from the outer peripheral edge 21C to the hole. The ring body 10C is made of a material such as rubber or silicone. Specifically, the ring body 10C has a coating layer 17C coated on the ring body 10C, and a color of the coating layer 17C is the same as a color of the metal gasket 20C.
(14) When the grooved washer is in use, with reference to FIGS. 1, 4, and 5, in the first preferred embodiment of the grooved washer, a screw 30 passes through the perforation 14A of the grooved washer and passes through the screw carrier tape 40. The screw carrier tape 40 has a carrier tape 41 and a plurality of positioning apertures 42. The positioning apertures 42 are spaced apart on the carrier tape 41 and each of the positioning apertures 42 is formed through the carrier tape 41. The screw carrier tape 40 can be placed with multiple screws 30 thereon. Each of the screws 30 is mounted with the grooved washer. The multiple screws 30 pass through the plurality of positioning apertures 42 respectively. The grooved washer abuts against the carrier tape 41 and the user continues to press the screw 30 on a head of the screw 30 to push the grooved washer into the positioning aperture 42. Thus, a hole edge defined around the positioning aperture 42 protrudes into the groove 12A of the ring body 10A, so that the hole edge of the positioning aperture 42 is located between the two groove walls 13A. The two groove walls 13A of the ring body 10A limit the carrier tape 41, so that the grooved washer can be stuck on the carrier tape 41. When the user carries the screw carrier tape 40 and the screw carrier tape 40 is put upside down, the grooved washer is stably combined with the carrier tape 41, so that the screw 30 is stably located in the positioning aperture 42 without falling from the screw carrier tape 40, so as to improve the convenience in use.
(15) When the grooved washer is in use, with reference to FIGS. 4, 6, and 7, in the second preferred embodiment of the grooved washer, the multiple protrusions 15B of the ring body 10B could grasp a middle portion of the screw 30 when the screw 30 passes through the perforation 14B. Thus, stability of the screw 30 located in the perforation 14B is improved. Accordingly, it is more convenient for the user to carry the screw carrier tape 40.
(16) When the grooved washer is in use, with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10, in the third preferred embodiment of the grooved washer, the grooved washer has the metal gasket 20C. The screw 30 is mounted with the grooved washer and is mounted on the screw carrier tape 40. The multiple screws 30 pass through the plurality of positioning apertures 42 respectively. The grooved washer abuts against the carrier tape 41 and the user continues to press the screw 30 on the head of the screw 30 to push the grooved washer into the positioning aperture 42. Thus, the hole edge defined around the positioning aperture 42 protrudes into the groove 12A of the ring body 10A, so that the hole edge of the positioning aperture 42 is located between the base wall 16C and the restriction part 22C. The base wall 16C and the restriction part 22C limit the carrier tape 41, so that the grooved washer can be stuck on the carrier tape 41. When the user carries the screw carrier tape 40 and the screw carrier 40 is put upside down, the grooved washer is stably combined with the carrier tape 41, so that the screw 30 is stably located in the positioning aperture 42 without falling from the screw carrier tape 40, so as to improve the convenience in use. Moreover, the metal gasket 20C facilitates the user to directly fasten the screw 30 on an outer side of a house or an outer side wall of a roof to effectively block the leakage of liquid or gas. Moreover, with the coating layer 17C of the ring body 10C, a color of the ring body 10C is the same as the color of the metal gasket 20C to improve consistency of the grooved washer with the house or the roof and increase the usage of the grooved washer. The color of the ring body 10C and the color of the metal gasket 20C are not limited to be the same.
(17) Furthermore, because the ring body 10A is made of the material such as rubber or silicone, the ring body 10A has good elasticity. When the user fastens the screw 30, the ring body 10A can be elastically held between the head of the screw 30 and the carrier tape 41 to form a good leak-proof sealing. Because of the material such as rubber or silicone, the grooved washer can be used in a high-temperature occasion.
(18) The grooved washer of the present invention has the following advantages. With the groove 12A, the ring body 10A is stuck on the screw carrier tape 40 when the screw 30 is mounted by the ring body 10A and is placed on the screw carrier tape 40. The ring body 10A limits the carrier tape 41 so that the screw 30 is stably located in the positioning aperture 42 to prevent the screw 30 from dropping, so as to improve the convenience in use.
