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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431186 | Staplers with effort-saving arm assembly A stapler includes a base which has two connection plates on a top thereof and each connection plates include three holes. A magazine has one end pivotably connected to the hole located at the rear end of the base and staples are received in the magazine. A first ar... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7080443 | Solid surface material fabrication station A fabrication station (117) suitable for use mobile unit (1) or as stand alone unit for fabricating solid surface construction materials is provided, as is a method of use therefor. The fabrication station is equipped with climate control units (23,... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6896168 | Framing point driver system A framing point driver system for efficiently driving various framing points into a picture frame. The framing point driver system includes a lever unit, a turret member with a plurality of receiver apertures rotatably attached to the lever unit, a shaft member exte... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6516988 | Connector insertion tool A connector insertion tool includes a pneumatic drive mechanism for connecting two structural members through the use of connectors having two spiked ends oriented in different planes relative to each other. A first pneumatic mechanism rotates a first spi... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6039233 | Wire mesh stapler device A wire mesh stapling device 10 including a pair of handle members 20 pivotally secured together as at 27 by a fastening element 42 which is connected to a bracket member 40 having a lower end 44 which is pivotally secured to a staple feeding magazine 50 f... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5544801 | Fastening device for belt connectors An apparatus for stapling a belt-connecting clip fitted to a belt end has a crimping die, a housing fixable relative to the crimping die and forming a vertical guide, and a hold-down device engageable with the clip on the belt end on the crimping die, hav... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5397045 | Tape stapler A tape stapling device made up of a body (1) with a container or store for a reel of tape, an upper framework (2) connected to the body, with a staple loader (18) housed inside it and with a lever (3,6) and an arm (4) secured to and pivoting on the said f... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5253507 | Method of forming a spacer used to space end to end piping A method of forming undulate protrusions on a split ring with the ring placed in a die to first form a center protrusion and then to form the other protrusions located between the first formed protrusion and the ring ends.... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5170924 | Fastening apparatus for securing belt fasteners to a conveyor belt A belt fastener apparatus and comb assembly is mounted and operable on a frame. The fastener apparatus is particularly applicable to wire loop-type fasteners and includes a locating pin to positively locate the punch and anvil arrangement to inhibit index... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4903881 | Portable fastener setting press A manually operable press for installing fasteners in flexible material comprises a one piece relatively rigid frame of generally C-shape having a vertically extending back portion and a pair of laterally extending and vertically spaced upper and lower le... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4830256 | Stapler actuation In a stapling system with a power driven stapler unit for stapling sheets together by clamping the sheets together with a clamper and driving a staple into the sheets with a staple driver while the sheets are clamped, and clinching the legs of the staple ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4789092 | Apparatus for fastening stirrup-links on a conveyor-belt or the like A portable apparatus is provided with an operating head slidably mounted on a guide plate for successively fastening stirrup-links on the end of a conveyor belt via staples. A movable die within the operating head for clinching the staple ends has a first... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4765177 | Grommet forming fixture A fixture for use with a pull tool to form the parts of a grommet about an opening in material to reinforce the material opening.... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4763825 | Framing tool A framing tool is disclosed for applying fasteners to the interior perimeter of a frame to mount a picture or the like. The framing tool includes a conventional fastener applying instrument that includes a driving means for propelling a fastener into the ... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4485953 | Surgical stapling instrument and cartridge therefor A surgical stapling system comprising a surgical stapling instrument and a staple-carrying cartridge therefor. The surgical stapling instrument comprises a pliers-like instrument having upper and lower handles pivotally joined together. The upper handle h... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4399810 | Skin clip and applier A surgical fastener and applier in which the fastener is formed of a bail portion and consecutive outwardly and inwardly extending arm portions and the applier is formed with jaws mounted for movement in the direction towards and away from each other with... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4315587 | Powered attaching assembly An assembly for inserting attachment members through thick, bulky goods, the attachments being of the type including two end pieces connected by a thin, flexible filament. The assembly includes a fluid powered fastener inserting device, a receiver cylinde... | 02/16/1982 |
