Screw strip

Abstract

A screw strip for holding a plurality of screws is flexible, and includes a plurality of interconnected screw-holding strip portions. Each of the screw-holding strip portions includes an annular planar top wall and a plurality of pressed and spaced-apart holding tongues. The holding tongues extend integrally, downwardly and inwardly from an inner periphery of the top wall so as to define a screw-clamping space thereamong, which clamps a respective one of the screws therewithin.

1 . A screw strip for holding a plurality of screws, each of the screws having a shank and a head, said screw strip being flexible and including a plurality of interconnected screw-holding strip portions, each of which comprises: 
 an annular planar top wall having a circular inner periphery, said inner periphery defining a hole that is sized so as to prevent passage of the head of a respective one of the screws therethrough; and    a plurality of pressed and spaced-apart holding tongues extending integrally, downwardly and inwardly from said inner periphery of said planar top wall so as to define a screw-clamping space thereamong, which is adapted to clamp the respective one of the screws therewithin.    
   
   
       2 . The screw strip as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each of said holding tongues extends from said inner periphery of said top wall along a curved path, said screw-clamping space having a diameter that reduces downwardly.  
   
   
       3 . The screw strip as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said screw-clamping space is frustoconical, and has a diameter that reduces downwardly.  
   
   
       4 . The screw strip as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said screw-clamping space includes: 
 a cylindrical larger-diameter top end portion proximate to said top wall;    a cylindrical smaller-diameter bottom end portion distal from said top wall and having a diameter smaller than that of said larger-diameter top end portion; and    a frustoconical intermediate portion having a top end connected to a bottom end of said larger-diameter top end portion, and a bottom end connected to a top end of said smaller-diameter bottom end portion.    
   
   
       5 . The screw strip as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said screw-clamping space includes: 
 a frustoconical top end portion proximate to said top wall and having a downwardly increasing diameter;    a cylindrical bottom end portion distal from said top wall and having a diameter smaller than a minimum diameter of said top end portion; and    a frustoconical intermediate portion having a top end connected to a bottom end of said top end portion, and a bottom end connected to a top end of said bottom end portion.    
   
   
       6 . The screw strip as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each of said screw-clamping spaces has a central line, any two adjacent ones of said holding tongues defining a slit therebetween, said slits in each of said screw-holding strip portions extending radially and outwardly from said central line toward said inner periphery of said top wall.  
   
   
       7 . The screw strip as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said holding tongues of each of said screw-holding strip portions define cooperatively a circular opening thereamong, any two adjacent ones of said holding tongues defining a slit therebetween, each of said slits extending from a corresponding one of said circular openings toward said inner periphery of a corresponding one of said top walls along a tangent direction of the corresponding one of said circular openings.