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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181836 | Rotary fastener magazine A fastener driving tool is provided, including a housing substantially enclosing a power source including a reciprocating piston with a driver blade. A nosepiece is associated with the housing and is configured for receiving the driver blade and for sequentially rec... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172118 | Height adjustable coil nail canister A fastening tool with a magazine housing, a nail plate in the magazine housing and an actuator disposed between the nail plate and the magazine housing. The actuator extends outwardly from the nail plate so as to be movable by a user to cause the nail plate to move ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172119 | Parallel motion stapler Embodiments described herein relate to a stapler that is constructed in a manner such that the handle of the stapler remains at least substantially parallel to the base as the handle is moved downward by a user to actuate a stapling operation. One illustrative embod... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167184 | Magazine for use with a nail driving tool A magazine includes a storage for receiving and storing a plurality of strips of nails, and a driving device for driving the strips along a feeding plane towards an outlet end for feeding the tool with the nails. The storage stores the nail strips in a side-by-side ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8123096 | Driving machine A driving machine including: a driver blade for striking a fastener; and a nose portion having formed therein an injection passage which slidably guides the driver blade, and into which the fastener is fed to be injected therefrom, wherein an injection hole from whi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8091752 | Nail gun with a nail guiding unit A nail gun includes a body, a handle connected fixedly to and extending laterally from the body, a nail ejecting member disposed on the body and formed with a nail discharging passage having opposite inlet and outlet ends, a magazine member connected to the nail eje... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8074855 | Bypass type follower assembly having a latch mechanism on the follower claw A follower mechanism of the bypass type comprises a follower body which is normally spring-biased in the forward direction so as to, in turn, normally bias a strip supply of nail-type fasteners in the forward direction toward a discharge path along which the leading... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8052021 | Braking mechanism for empty nail cartridge of nail gun A braking mechanism for empty nail cartridge of a nail gun includes a guiding plate, a cover plate, a punch rod, a securing slide rod and a nail cartridge. A nail hole and an end hole are defined in the guiding plate having a connecting groove. A nail pusher and a p... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047416 | Fastener feed method and apparatus Fasteners, such as rivets (60), are fed to a fastener insertion tool (1) via a buffer magazine (5) adjacent to the tool. The buffer is movable with the tool and C-frame (6) between an operative position where fasteners can be inserted int... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8033437 | Staple refill, stapler, and cartridge A refill for staples, which can not be removed from a cartridge unless all sheet-type connected staples in a stapler body are delivered. A refill for staples is installed in a detachable manner in a stapler body, and includes a refill body which holds the sheet-type... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8006882 | Staple cartridge in stapler A staple cartridge is detachably arranged in a body of a stapler. The staple cartridge includes a cartridge body for accommodating a staple belt in which a plurality of rod-shaped staples are connected to each other and rolled into a roller-shape and a guide member ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006881 | Magazines in fastener driving tools A magazine in a fastener driving tool includes a magazine body, a pusher, a biasing device and a pusher holding device. The magazine body defines a fastener receiving space for storing a plurality of fasteners therein. The pusher is mounted to the magazine body and ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7992754 | Marker system with marker and installation apparatus A marker installation apparatus is disclosed for inserting a marker of the type having shaft with a bottom end for inserting into a ground surface and an engagement portion of the shaft separated from the bottom end by an insertion portion of the shaft. The apparatu... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7980441 | Setting tool A setting tool for driving fastening elements in a constructional component, includes a muzzle (14), a bolt guide (15) located in the muzzle (14), a magazine (20) for fastening elements (50) and releasably mountable on the tool hou... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7963429 | Mid-zone stapler or pressing tool The mid-zone pressing tool has a base and a pressing assembly, which are pivotally connected at the rear by a transverse shaft. A pair of cantilevers extends forward from each side of an uppermost rear portion of the base. A pair of arms is connected on the distal e... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959049 | Setting tool A setting tool for driving fastening elements in a constructional component, includes a muzzle (14), a bolt guide (15) located in the muzzle (14), a magazine (20) for fastening elements (50) and releasably mountable on the tool hou... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7950555 | Stackable desk-top tape dispenser and stapler A stapler is stacked on top of a roll-type tape dispenser. The tape dispenser top surface and the stapler base bottom surface have complemental three dimensional contours which cause the tape dispenser and stapler longitudinal axes to be in parallel relationship whe... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7942298 | Paper processing tool with force reducing drive arrangement A stapler includes a base member, a magazine for receiving a plurality of staples, and a drive member including a driver blade movable relative to the magazine for ejecting staples from the magazine one at a time. The stapler further includes an input member pivotal... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7922057 | Stapler with built-in staple remover Embodiments include a stapler with a built-in staple remover, the staple remover movable between a non-operational position where it is retracted in a stapler body of the stapler and locked by a locking device and an operational position where it is partly extended ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7900804 | Stapler and staple cartridge A forming plate and a driver plate are held at a front portion of a path of supplying connected staples in a laminated state. A staple in a C-shape formed at an inside of a strike out path formed between a front end face of a supply path and a back face of the face ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7866521 | Magazine for wired-collated fasteners with automatic loading A fastening tool includes a housing assembly having a nosepiece and a magazine assembly that is coupled to the housing assembly. The magazine assembly includes a canister, a door structure, a feed pawl and a follower structure. The canister is configured to hold a p... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866522 | Stapling device Disclosed in a stapling device that is sound, safe, convenient and not easy to get lost and that is applicable to staples of multiple specifications. A casing has a rear end to which an adjustor is set. The adjustor has a fitting portion that is comprised of two or ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7841501 | Cover or boot for the nail advancement mechanism of a fastener-driving tool A cover or boot for use in conjunction with the nail advancement mechanism of a fastener-driving tool is disclosed. The cover or boot covers external surface portions of the nail advancement mechanism of the fastener-driving tool so as to prevent a significant accum... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832609 | Stapler A stapler has a base portion including a rotatable clinching portion, a magazine portion pivotally attached to rotate to a position on the base portion, a push-down portion pivotally attached to rotate to a position on the base portion to be disposed above the magaz... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828184 | Mini desktop stapler A miniature spring-actuated stapler includes a tapered, flat power spring to store energy and eject staples. The power spring pivots at a rear of the stapler housing and includes three co-extensive arms terminating near the striker. As the L-shaped handle of the sta... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7815087 | Nail gun with an angle-adjustable magazine A nail gun includes a body, a handle, a nail ejection member, and a nail magazine unit. The nail magazine unit includes two parallel cranks connected pivotally to the nail ejection member, and a link having two ends connected respectively and pivotally to free ends ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7802710 | Nail pusher that can push nails successively A nail pusher includes a handle, a guide tube mounted in the handle and having a nail guide slot, a nail magazine mounted on the handle, a plurality of nails mounted in the nail magazine, a push member movably mounted in the nail magazine to push each of the nails t... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7753244 | Driving tool and magazine for fastener To upgrade the practicability of the feed of a nail connecting body in a magazine by using a spring. The magazine (4) is provided with (a) a rectilinear loading part (13) which loads the nail connecting body N; and (b) a feed member (34) which i... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748588 | Powered nailing machine A magazine includes guide portions formed at a pair of side walls to be opposed to each other for introducing to guide a portion of a nail shaft portion, an opening portion formed on a base end side of a nose portion relative to the guide portion of one of the side ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748587 | Staple refill, stapler and cartridge A refill for staples, which can not be removed from a cartridge unless all sheet-type connected staples in a stapler body are delivered. A refill for staples is installed in a detachable manner in a stapler body, and includes a refill body which holds the sheet-type... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7726534 | Magazine for a nail-driving powered tool A magazine includes a feeding tray having a nail path to allow passage of one nail strip and a loading space in spatial communication with the nail path and that is adapted for accommodating a plurality of stacked nail strips, a tray cover coupled to the feeding tra... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7721929 | Staple cartridge An opening portion (104) is formed at a rear face of a staple cartridge (103), a slide door (106) is provided at the opening portion (104), and the slide door (106) is maintained at a closing position by a tension coil spring (1... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7703650 | Staple container for electric stapler From top to bottom of an inner wall of a case in which stacked stapled sheets each composed of linear staples connected in parallel are accommodated, horizontal nonreturn projections are successively arranged. A nonreturn lug is attached to a staple pushing plate pu... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703649 | Collations for fasteners of various lengths In one aspect of the invention a collation comprises a plurality of sleeves for supporting and carrying a plurality of fasteners through a magazine, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves have a front and a predetermined length of between about ΒΌ and about 0.4 in... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7641089 | Magazine assembly for nailer A cordless nailer is provided having a magazine assembly with improved features. A pusher assembly is provided having a simplified and efficient construction. A nail retention feature is provided to allow easy loading and unloading of nails into the nailer. ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7621432 | Stapler A stapler has a center of gravity and has a base assembly, a magazine assembly and a trigger assembly. The magazine assembly connects to the base assembly and has a cap. The trigger assembly connects to the base assembly and has a trigger lever and a limiting lever.... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7614537 | Stapler with a movable anvil device A stapler comprises a stapling unit and a base movably connected to each other. The base comprises an anvil, a lower and an upper part with a contact surface which has a staple opening against which a workpiece is placed. The upper and lower parts are movably connec... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7600662 | Fastening driving tool with pivotally mounted magazine and magazine therefor A fastening element driving apparatus includes a barrel for receiving a fastening element, and a handle for attaching a removable magazine which feeds fastening elements to the barrel. A forward part of the apparatus is arranged to cooperate with a supply end of the... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7600661 | Nailing machine and magazine A nailing machine includes a magazine for storing nails, an injection port, a drive mechanism, and a nail detecting lever. The nail detecting lever formed with a detecting end capable of advancing to inside of a nail containing portion is rotatably arranged between ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7597228 | Staple cartridge An opening portion (104) is formed at a rear face of a staple cartridge (103), a slide door (106) is provided at the opening portion (104), and the slide door (106) is maintained at a closing position by a tension coil spring (1... | 10/06/2009 |