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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7798384 | Probe bar hole driver and remover A slide hammer for driving a probe into the ground includes a probe lifting and removal arrangement in which a slide hammer tube is pivoted away from the probe to function as a lever operating with a clutch arrangement to incrementally withdraw the probe from the gr... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7628305 | Impact fastener tool with cap feed arrangement A manually swingable hammer-type stapling tool having an elongate housing having a striker movably mounted thereon; a staple driving blade mounted on the housing and movable relative to the striker along a staple discharge path when the striker impacts against a sur... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7232050 | Manually actuated fastener driver with fastener cap reservoir and advancement mechanism The invention provides a manually actuated fastener driver device having a fastener cap reservoir disposed in proximity to the driver of the device and a cap advancement mechanism. Upon each actuation, the device delivers a cap and fastener to a work surface, for ex... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7161476 | Electronic tire management system An electronic tire maintenance system is provided for measuring a parameter of a device at a first location. The system includes a sensor for measuring the device parameter and generating a data signal representing the measured parameter. The system also includes a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7100474 | Tool for adjusting rimless eyewear A tool (10) for facilitating the adjustment of rimless eyewear (100) includes two pivotaby connected arms (12, 14) having distal and proximal ends (16, 18). The distal ends (16, 18) of the arms (12, 14) each has a gripping p... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093714 | Removable holding member for stacked roofing washers A roofing washers assembly includes a plurality of stacked roofing washers and a positioning roofing washer is located at an end of the stacked roofing washers. An elongate holding member has a removable end piece connected to a first end thereof and the end piece e... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7073699 | Fastening tool A fastening tool applies parts, in particular plastic parts, to objects. The plastic parts are supplied in the form of a belt in which the plastic parts are linked together by at least one flexible web. The fastening tool transports the belt by a feed mechanism such... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7025241 | Gravity tin tag feeder attachment A device attaches to a roofing nail gun for individually feeding disc-shaped tin tags into centered alignment with the nail gun hammer for safe and accurate center nailing of the tin tag to a host surface. A chute on the device extends from an open top end to a bott... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6908022 | Washer feeding and positioning attachment for fastener driver A pneumatically operated washer feeding attachment for use with a fastener driver of the type having a driver stroke axis and an exit barrel. A delivery channel has an acceleration chamber at one end for receiving washers one at a time from a magazine, and a retenti... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6907647 | Eyelet for reinforcing the edge of a hole in a carrier strip and device for attaching an eyelet to a carrier strip The invention relates to a ringless eyelet (10′) comprising a plate (11) arranged on the display side (23) of the carrier strip (20), and a tube-shaped collar penetrating the hole in the carrier strip. The hem of the collar of the eyele... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6779700 | Cap assembly and cap feeder for automatic fastener driver A cap assembly for an automatic cap feeder and fastener driver comprises a plurality of relatively thin, domed metal discs that can be pierced by fasteners discharged from a fastener driver such as a nail gun without bending the nail or jamming the driver, with the ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6766569 | Adjusting method and adjusting jig of button attaching apparatus Jigs (52 to 57) are respectively set on upper and lower holders (21, 31) of a button attaching apparatus instead of upper and lower dies; relative position of the upper and the lower holders (21, 31) is adjusted while upper and lower spri... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6681976 | Rotary device for a rivet setting machine A rotary device for a rivet setting machine for self-punching rivets that includes a rotatable pick-up device (1) having an angle of rotation lock (2), wherein the angle of rotation lock (2) in the open state allows free rotation of the pick-up device (1)... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6659326 | Washer supply device on a power nailer A washer supply device includes a hollow tubular member connected to a side of a power nailer and an opening is defined longitudinally through the tubular member. A washer transferring member is connected to the power nailer a hole is defined through the ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6634537 | Detachable insulation wire-pressing element of a stapling device A detachable insulation wire-pressing element of a stapling device is disclosed. The wire-pressing element has a wire-pressing section at the center of the element and the bottom face of the wire-pressing section is provided with a wire slot having an ope... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6481610 | Nail gun with washer feeding device A nail comprises a washer delivery device attached to the nail outlet of the nail gun having an internal elongate delivery groove for delivering washer to the nail outlet, a washer receiving device provided on top of washer delivery device in communicatio... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6481611 | Fastener feeding system for a power actuated gun A fastener feeding mechanism for a power actuated gun (10, 310, 410, 510) having a track (16, 316, 416, 516) for holding a plurality of fasteners (18, 318, 636). Fasteners are biased by a spring (32, 372, 672) down the track towards a holding or latch mec... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6212762 | Lumber tagger An apparatus for tagging pieces of lumber including a motor-driven chain for positioning adjacent a lumber conveyor. A stapler is positioned adjacent one end of the chain for affixing a tag to a piece of lumber on the conveyor. A tag feeding attachment ur... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209771 | Apparatus for attaching a security tag The present invention relates to an apparatus for securing a security tag to an article. In one embodiment, the main body portion of the security tag is fixtured in a head while the fastener portion of the security tag is positioned within a fastener-driv... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6205641 | Anvil assembly for a press for assembling a fastener into a workpiece An anvil for a press for assembling a fastener to a plate having an aperture. The press includes a ram assembly for pressing the fastener into the plate aperture. The anvil includes a housing and a pin disposed in the housing. The pin is slidable between ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6196438 | Fixing machine A fixing machine with a machine frame, a feeding tool attached to the machine frame, and a fixing tool also attached to the machine frame is provided. The fixing tool can be operated for fixing by fixing elements moved into a fixing position on a support.... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6142352 | Roofing washer-dispensing and fastener-driving machine In a roofing washer-dispensing and fastener-driving machine, which has a fastener-feeding tube, a fastener-engaging pawl is mounted operatively to the tube, near its upper end. The pawl is pivotable between a normal position wherein the pawl is arranged t... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6131786 | Device for setting rivets, buttons or the like on textiles The device is used for fixing rivets, buttons, etc., which comprises an article lower part and an article upper part, to a fabric. It has a lower gripper (1) supporting the article lower part and a plunger (2) performing the riveting stroke. With the lowe... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6098442 | Fastening device and method and apparatus for supplying fastening elements thereto A fastening device (30) includes a housing (32) and a handle (34) extending from a first side of the housing to assume a pistol-like configuration. A head (38) is located at a forward end of the housing (32) and includes a nose member (40) located between... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6065237 | Pistol A starter pistol for firing blank cartridges is generally in the shape of a typical medium duty upholstery stapler. A magazine having at least one chamber each holding a cartridge is fed into an open channel on the bottom of the device. A trigger is opera... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6061888 | Severing and insertion device for inserting spacers A device and automated method for inserting spacers into grooves of frames. The device and method are particularly useful in the woodworking industry. Resilient substances are severed into sections to form the spacers which are thereafter pneumatically in... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5915615 | Tissue fastening device A manually operated fastener driving device including first and second arm assemblies, each of the arm assemblies having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the proximal portion of the first arm assembly being pivotally coupled to the proximal portio... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5636427 | Hand-held snap fastener closer Closer comprises a cylindrical housing defined by a front end and a rear end, the housing being formed with an axial bore having an enlargement in the front end. An air-driven cylinder is fixedly mounted in the bore and has an axial drive shaft reciprocab... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5636426 | Holding device for fastening components This invention describes a retaining device for holding, guiding and self-actuated releasing of assembly and auxiliary assembly parts, such as nuts, bolts, and rivets, in a device for pressing or attaching the parts to sheet metal, illustrated here with n... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5501001 | Machine for mounting rivets, snaps and the like A device for mounting parts has an upper tool with an upper stamp and a lower tool with a lower stamp. A drive unit for driving the upper and lower tools is provided. A feeding device for feeding parts to the upper and lower tools is present. A gear arran... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5463807 | Attaching machine for attaching fasteners Attaching machine has readily removable upper and lower tool assembly which can be slid out of the machine frame when tools need to be changed. Tool assembly drive means is automatically connected as the new tool assembly is slid into final position.... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5419035 | Snap attaching tool A snap attaching tool for attaching stud and socket type snap assemblies to an edge or intermediate location of a fabric or other carrier material. Separable base, stabilizer and top elements respectively carrying a seat recess with a convex floor, a guid... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5331884 | Fluid cylinder with cooling passages A space (32) is formed between an inner end of a fitting hole (31) formed in a piston (21) and a piston rod (22) and is positioned radially inside a sealing member (24). By circulating a cooling fluid through the space, the majority of heat which is trans... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5231748 | Fastening apparatus Fastening apparatus and method for forming a rivet-type fastener are disclosed for joining two pieces together that is particularly suitable for use in constructing a building. The fastening apparatus utilizes an actuating rod preferably driven by a hydra... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5131639 | Backing plate retainer A backing plate retainer is disclosed for retaining a backing plate for clamping engagement with a fastening element such as a hook and eye fastener. The retainer includes an adapter strip of a given width which is remotely attached to at least one of its... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5014895 | Button applicator with safety apparatus A button applicator with a one-rotation clutch linked to a foot pedal and is released by a disconnecting and connecting mechanism. A safety member is provided between a punch and a die and urged upward. A swing lever is linked to the safety member at its ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4985987 | Fastener attaching apparatus A two prong symmetrical shaped element is connected to a non-symmetrical shaped element on opposite sides of a material by disposing the two prongs in two holes in the non-symmetrical shaped element, which is a hook or an eye. The non-symmetrical shaped e... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4870750 | Device for machine-fastening roofing materials to roofs A method and corresponding apparatus accurately and efficiently fasten roofing materials to a roof. A first stroke of a piston both separates a single roofing screw from a roofing screw magazine and delivers it to a premounting position and separates a me... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4819852 | Automatic fastener assembling apparatus In an automatic fastener assembling apparatus, a device for actuating a drive to initiate the lowering of a punch includes a pivotable actuating lever having at its front end portion a lower sloping edge and at its rear end portion a projection the front ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4789089 | Automatic fastener assembling machine In an automatic fastener assembling machine, an automatic lower-fastener-element supply apparatus includes a guide member horizontally reciprocable in timed relation to vertical movement of a punch, and a die supported by the guide member and movable, in ... | 12/06/1988 |
