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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052022 | Leveraged action stapler A stapler selectively uses enhanced leverage to break a glue bond of a staple to separate the staple from a rack of staples in the stapler. The staple does not press a working surface during this operating stage. The extra leverage stage occurs through a minority of... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7661569 | Stapler A flat-type stapler is provided which can fasten a large number of sheets of paper with a small force and in a smooth fashion. The stapler includes a base portion, a magazine portion, a push-down member, handle supporting members, and a handle portion. The handle po... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7584879 | Positioning device for a hand-held setting tool and having switching means for actuating the actuation switch of the setting tool A positioning device for a hand-held setting tool (10) includes a holder (21), a support (22) for the setting tool (10) arranged at an end of the holder and fixedly connected with an elongate support element (23) extending parallel... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7427008 | Depth adjusting device for a power tool A fastening tool can include a housing and a motor assembly in the housing. The motor assembly can include an output member and a motor for translating the output member. A knob can be rotatably coupled to the housing and include a first surface. An adjustment eleme... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7334715 | Electric fastener driver A stationary annular abutting member 14E is provided with a first projecting section that operates as part of a ratchet mechanism. A rotational flange section is provided with a second projecting section that operates as part of the ratchet mechanism. The fir... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334716 | Stapler capable of cutting staple legs one after another A stapler includes a base, a cover, two clips, a feeding device and a bending and cutting device. The cover is installed on the base. The clips connect the cover with the base. The feeding device feeds staples. The security device ensures normal movement of the cove... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328827 | High-start spring energized stapler A spring energized stapler includes a “high start” design wherein a striker has a rest position above the staple track. A handle is pressed to energize a power spring while the striker remains stationary. At a predetermined position of the handle, the striker is... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322504 | Stapler with an articulated lever assembly A stapler has a base, a magazine, a handle assembly and an articulated lever assembly. The base has a stationary bracket and a recoiling tab mounted to the stationary bracket. The magazine is mounted pivotally to the base and has a frame mounted pivotally on the bas... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314156 | Electric stapler Two slide bases (106) synchronizingly traveled on linear guides (105) arranged upwardly and downwardly in parallel with each other are rotatably attached with a clincher unit (107) and a driver unit (104) and provided with a click stop me... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311236 | Electric stapler having two anvil plates and workpiece sensing controller A stapler includes a double plate anvil with a single piece clincher and a pair of paper guides to sense the presence of the workpiece to reduce jamming. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311237 | Electric stapler Two slide bases (106) synchronizingly traveled on linear guides (105) arranged upwardly and downwardly in parallel with each other are rotatably attached with a clincher unit (107) and a driver unit (104) and provided with a click stop me... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306131 | Stapler with adjustable paper guide A stapler having a housing and a throat defined by the housing and configured to receive a stack of sheets for stapling. The throat separates the housing into a head portion and a base portion. A paper guide is coupled to the stapler, the paper guide being movable b... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7290692 | Stapler safety device to limit motion of striker A safety mechanism to prevent unintended ejection of a staple or fastener in a stapler or fastening tool. A low-start version of the stapler has a handle that when pressed pivots a lever which lifts a striker and energizes a power spring. At the release point, the s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7234621 | Stapler safety device to limit motion of striker A safety mechanism to prevent unintended ejection of a staple or fastener in a stapler or fastening tool. A low-start version of the stapler has a handle that when pressed pivots a lever which lifts a striker and energizes a power spring. At the release point, the s... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228999 | Clincher for stapler In a clincher device 1, 11 of a stapler adapted to be engaged with staple legs S1 which have been ejected from a driver unit by a driver 10 toward sheets of paper and have penetrated through the sheets of paper, thereby to clinch the staple legs... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226247 | Method and apparatus for creating soil or rock subsurface support A subsurface support includes a protective outer member that encases an interior support member. The inner support member may typically be a steel or iron rod which is held within the outer tube as by grout or cement. The outer tube is preferably emplaced by forcing... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222766 | Electric stapler Two slide bases (106) synchronizingly traveled on linear guides (105) arranged upwardly and downwardly in parallel with each other are rotatably attached with a clincher unit (107) and a driver unit (104) and provided with a click stop me... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222769 | Electric stapler Two slide bases (106) synchronizingly traveled on linear guides (105) arranged upwardly and downwardly in parallel with each other are rotatably attached with a clincher unit (107) and a driver unit (104) and provided with a click stop me... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222770 | Electric stapler Two slide bases (106) synchronizingly traveled on linear guides (105) arranged upwardly and downwardly in parallel with each other are rotatably attached with a clincher unit (107) and a driver unit (104) and provided with a click stop me... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222771 | Electric stapler Two slide bases (106) synchronizingly traveled on linear guides (105) arranged upwardly and downwardly in parallel with each other are rotatably attached with a clincher unit (107) and a driver unit (104) and provided with a click stop me... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210608 | Electric stapler Two slide bases (106) synchronizingly traveled on linear guides (105) arranged upwardly and downwardly in parallel with each other are rotatably attached with a clincher unit (107) and a driver unit (104) and provided with a click stop me... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198188 | Hardwood flooring nailer having an adjustable double handle A hardwood flooring nailer destined to be loaded with at least one fastener, the nailer comprising a main rigid frame, and a fastener discharge mechanism attached to the main frame and which can be activated for allowing the nailer to discharge a fastener. The naile... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195141 | Stapler with bending arms which cut the staple legs against a pad A stapler has a base section and a stapling unit. The stapling unit is pivotally attached to the base section, and the base section is pivotally attached to a baseplate. In an initial position, the base section is fixed relative to the baseplate through a releasable... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191928 | Electric stapler Two slide bases (106) synchronizingly traveled on linear guides (105) arranged upwardly and downwardly in parallel with each other are rotatably attached with a clincher unit (107) and a driver unit (104) and provided with a click stop me... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168603 | Hydrogen powered fastener driving tool with onboard generator of hydrogen A hydrogen operated fastener driving tool assembly including a hydrogen generator that is an integral part of the driving tool assembly. The hydrogen generator can use chemicals to generate hydrogen or electrolysis. Additionally, the generator may be disposable. Wha... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165305 | Activation arm assembly method A method for assembling an activation arm assembly for a power tool, such as a fastening tool or nailer. The method includes the mounting of various components of the activation arm assembly on pivot pins and positioning of a pair of arm members to load a spring tha... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159749 | Stapler capable of cutting staple legs A stapler includes a base, a cover put movably on the base, a feeding device for feeding staples, and a bending and cutting device provided between the base and the cover for bending and cutting the legs of each staple. The cutting device includes a seat provided on... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152774 | Nail gun A nail gun includes a shell, a hammering device for firing nails, an energizing device for providing energy to the hammering device, an actuating device for actuating the energizing device and a lever for disabling the actuating device after a nail is fired. The act... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140526 | Stapler A stapling operation can be performed with a comparatively small force. The stapler includes a base frame with a support element, and an operation frame pivotally attached to the support element through a main shaft. A staple pressure lower plate is disposed at the ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124926 | Stapler capable of cutting staple legs A stapler includes a base, a cover coupled to the base, a driver for driving a leading staple from a supply of staples into a workpiece, a handle constructed and arranged to actuate the driver and move the cover towards the base, and a cutting assembly. The cutting ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124925 | Stapler A stapler capable of avoiding defective clinching and buckling of legs even if the stapler is of a vertically-separated type in which a driver unit and a clincher unit are separated vertically is disclosed. This stapler is provided with clincher members (133 ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124922 | Stapler safety guard A stapler or like self-powered tool for dispensing and driving fasteners includes a safety mechanism to prevent unintended ejection of a staple or fastener. A movable hook normally obstructs the path of a staple so that the staple is intercepted and stopped as a spr... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121541 | Stapling apparatus, sheet finishing apparatus, and image forming apparatus equipped with the sheet finishing apparatuses A staple apparatus includes a support tray for stacking sheets into a sheet bundle, a head unit arranged at a position away from the support tray and having a drive device for driving a staple into the sheet bundle, an anvil unit arranged on the support tray for ben... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121443 | Electric nailing apparatus An electric nailing apparatus includes a triggering member, a rotatable rod member including first and second sustaining structures, a transmission rod having a first protrusion structure, a motor member and a ram block sustained against a fixture element via a resi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121440 | Motor-driven stapler having a driver and a cylinder unit that vertically reciprocates A stapler having a driver unit vertically separated from its clincher unit, which has a clincher base with a clincher. The clincher base is disposed to vertically reciprocate, and sheets inserted between the base and driver unit are clamped between the base and the ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7086575 | Magnetically operated driving tool A magnetically operated driving tool includes a body member, first and second stator magnets at opposed ends with like poles facing one another, a movable magnet (traveler), a coupling adjacent each stator coupled to a user-operable linkage, a hammer, and a spring. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7063247 | Power driven equipment utilizing hydrogen from the electrolysis of water Applicant's novel invention relates to a novel hydrogen generator for supplying hydrogen to drive a hydrogen operated engine. The regulator can supply hydrogen to drive an engine for operating the cutter assembly of a lawnmower as well as supply the output of a hydr... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7014091 | Stapler apparatus A stapler apparatus includes a fixed frame, a movable frame pivotably mounted to the fixed frame, a staple driving device, and a staple bending device to bend the staples. A drive mechanism reciprocally moves the movable frame with respect to the fixed frame to clam... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011243 | Stapler apparatus A stapler apparatus includes right and left side frames each opposing the other, a reciprocally moving staple driving member arranged between the side frames, a cam member interlocked to the staple driving member to reciprocally move the staple driving member and a ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997367 | Hand-held nailing tool A handy electric nailing gun includes a firing pin, a firing spring for pushing the firing pin to drive nails into workpiece, an output gear rotatable by a motor through a transmission gear set to retract the firing pin during the first half run of each rotation cyc... | 02/14/2006 |
