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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7611037 | Nail gun hanger The present invention provides a nail gun hanger including a C-shaped bracket and a pivotally attached lever. An inner arm of the lever carries a tooth that engages the bottom surface of a framing member such as a rafter or joist, when the outer arm of the lever sup... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7354037 | Stapler for a finishing device having a variable start pulse A stapler is incorporated in a finishing device associated with a document creating apparatus. The stapler has a control circuit with a memory and is driven by a variably powered motor. An end user inputs the job parameter information at the control panel of the doc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7093353 | Automatic unit for inserting hangers from a strip of attached staples A hanger taken from a strip of hangers is positioned on a fastening and cutting anvil (6) displaceable between a bottom position, in which it retracts below the level of the support plate (1) and a top position, in which it projects above the plate. A ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090110 | Paper locator for a stapler A stapler for binding a stack of sheets includes a base, a staple driving mechanism coupled to the base, and a sheet locating device coupled to the base. The sheet locating device includes a guide having first and second guide members and is movable with respect to ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6981627 | Electric stapler having an apparatus to bend staple legs and the apparatus An electric stapler includes a clinching mechanism and an anvil device. The clinching mechanism bends protruding legs of a staple to fasten objects together. The anvil device includes a stationary frame, a cover and a sliding anvil mechanism. The cover is mounted on... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6954979 | Frame joiner press system A frame joiner press system for efficiently driving a V-nail into two adjacent members of a picture frame. The frame joiner press system includes a base, a plurality of support shafts extending upwardly from the base, a support platform slidably positioned upon the ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6880741 | Nail gun attachment for installation of roof shingles An attachment for a roofing nail gun having a triangular lifting blade having a forward curved “C” shaped lower portion and a flat, vertical upper portion and having mounts on the back in the central portion for attachment to one of several adaptors dimensioned ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6824036 | Adapter for nail gun for installing siding An adapter attached to a fastener driving tool for installing siding on a structure. The adapter has a front face and a back face with an opening formed therebetween. A cavity is formed in the back face and a face plate of the fastener driving tool is received in th... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6776321 | Heavy duty stapler A stapler comprising a base defining a horizontal plane, a cartridge assembly coupled to the base at a cartridge attachment point, the cartridge assembly including a ram, and a lever arm pivotally coupled to the base at a lever pivot axis. The lever arm includes a g... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6732899 | System for dispensing plastic fasteners A system for dispensing a fastener from a reel of fastener stock to couple together two or more objects comprises a module for dispensing the plastic fastener and a mounting stand on which the module is mounted. The mounting stand includes a vertical leg, a first ho... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6719181 | Motor-driven stapler A motor-driven stapler is disclosed which comprises a table (100) arranged as opposed to a staple drive portion for driving a staple and provided movably up and down on a stapler body, and a driver for driving a staple from the staple drive portion to sheets ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715656 | Stapling device A stapling device for positioning a plurality of staples in a paper along a line includes a base having a top side, a bottom side and a pair of opposed side edges. A plurality of parallel and elongated slots is positioned in the top side and each extends through the... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6676002 | Paper guide for stapler A stapler includes a base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an anvil. The stapler further includes a paper guide coupled to the base and movable relative to the anvil between a first substantially locked and immovable position and a second subst... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6651861 | Apparatus for feeding stapling elements to a stapling machine suitable to join strips at an angle An apparatus for feeding stapling elements grouped in sets to a stapling machine which is suitable to insert the elements astride the joint of strips arranged at an angle in order to provide perimetric frames, supporting frames and the like, comprising a ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6644643 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus for processing a sheet bundle includes a stitching unit having a head portion for driving staples into the sheet bundle and an anvil portion for receiving and bending the staples driven by the head portion, a feeding device fo... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6637635 | Clinching mechanism for staplers A clinching mechanism has an anvil composed of first (1), second (2) and third (3) plates arranged in a spaced apart stack with the second plate (2) positioned between the other two. The plates (1, 2, 3) are mounted on a housing (43) so as to be slidable ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6616028 | Device for locking a catch in a stapler A locking device in a stapler adapted to lock a displaceable member carrying a catch for an object to be stapled in an optional position along a bar. The bar extends through a hole in a locking element. The locking element is connected to the displaceable... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6592115 | Stapler with single driving source A sheet postprocessing apparatus includes a magazine unit and a clincher unit. The magazine unit has a driver which is vertically movable relative to a magazine for storing staple sheets. The clincher unit has a clincher holder, a driving mechanism for ve... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6405916 | Apparatus for connecting wooden components Apparatus for connecting wood members with a connector plate segmented from a continuous strip of connector plates. The connector plates have integral nails extending from one face of the plate. The apparatus includes a feeder for feeding the strip forwar... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6398203 | Sheet post-handling device A sheet post-handling device made compact by incorporating a stapling unit within a first side frame and a sheet transferring system in a second side frame. A simple mechanism formed of only one driving motor and a transmission means with sheet transmissi... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6330963 | Apparatus for connecting wooden components Apparatus for connecting wood members with a connector plate segmented from a continuous strip of connector plates. The connector plates have integral nails extending from one face of the plate. The apparatus includes a feeder for feeding the strip forwar... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6283354 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus has a function of stapling sheets together, wherein the sheets are fed from an image forming apparatus one by one after images are formed on the sheets. The sheet processing apparatus includes a stapler to staple the sheets to... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6089434 | Automatic frame maker A fully automated frame maker which makes rectangular frames includes a controller device for controlling a cycle of operation and preferably multiple cycles of operation to form a plurality of frames. The apparatus also broadly includes a framing device ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6010053 | Device for fitting bar components in a frame A device for assembling sash elements (12) in a frame (11) disposes over instruments (8) for clamping the frame (11). An angle template (7) is provided for inserting the sash element (12) which is freely movable on a predefined plane in relation to the cl... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5697133 | Method and apparatus for basting quilts or the like A method and apparatus for basting layers of flexible materials together such as for quilt making includes a spacing member, such as a grid, having openings therein is disposed on a support surface. A backing member or first flexible member is operatively... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5692666 | Alignment guide The device this invention is an alignment device for stapling multiple sheets of paper having a base member with a horizontally disposed stop member, a vertically disposed stop member and an aperture defined in the upper left-hand corner of the base membe... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5626275 | Twin stapler device A twin stapler device has a base, a platform on the base, a cover connected to the platform, and at least two staplers disposed between the platform and the cover. The base and the platform are fastened together. A groove is formed on the front periphery ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5390842 | Underpinning machine An underpinning machine includes a worktable (11) having a central recess (17) housing one or a pair of underpinning heads (20,21; 120). The or each head has a magazine (18,19) of V-nails or wedges associated with it. In a single head version, the underpi... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5357668 | Method and apparatus for positioning a workpiece and tooling A method and apparatus for positioning the top surface of a workpiece in proper relationship with respect to tooling including a fully extended upper clamp bushing, or for positioning the fully extended upper clamp bushing in proper relationship with resp... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5346113 | Rotatable stapler assembly A rotatable stapler assembly for attachment to a machine for conducting a manufacturing step is provided. The stapler assembly includes a support bar, a stapler and an air cylinder assembly. The support bar has top and bottom arms and a middle portion whi... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5249352 | Machine and method for building pallets A semi-automatic, hand-operated, pallet building machine is disclosed wherein a gantry assembly is movably mounted to a pallet bed assembly. The gantry assembly is provided with an operator handle, a pair of roller assemblies, and a hinged, spring-retract... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5141143 | Sheet-stapling device A cam unit (3) with cams (3a, 3b and 3c) is mounted by journals (3d) directly on plastic housing portions (1 and 2). A bracket (5) which is actuated by cam (3a) is slidably arranged on one housing portion (2) together with a back-up (26) and a clincher un... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5133493 | Stapling system having noise reducing work clamp A stapling apparatus for stapling a set of copy sheets in a copier or printer includes a noise reducing clamp mechanism for clamping the set of copy sheets. The noise reducing clamp mechanism includes means for proportionally varying the speed and force o... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4724990 | Fastener-assembling apparatus with safety device A fastener assembling apparatus has a safety device including a vertical elongate rod vertically movably supported by a reciprocable ram and having a feeler disposed adjacent to the path of movement of a punch carried on the ram, the rod being normally ur... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4674732 | Paper binding machine A paper binding machine is disclosed. A paper receiving frame having a channel-shaped section is secured to a base in an inclined manner. A paper binder is provided at the lower end of the paper receiving frame, while a guide frame is provided at the uppe... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4657168 | Wood cross-tie end plating machine An end plating machine comprising a frame having an in-feed portion at one side thereof and an out-feed portion at the other side thereof. A stationary platen is provided at opposite ends of the frame below the in-feed and out-feed portions adapted to sup... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4650104 | Positioning device for button setting machines A positioning device comprises a reciprocably movable support table having a surface extending in a plane above a clinching die of a button setting machine for supporting a garment fabric to which a button is to be attached, and a pair of guide members di... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4645113 | Container making device A box making jig has a rotatable holder which holds side, bottom and end members (usually wooden) in position for stapling together. The holder is held to enable one side to be stapled, the holder is rotated and held to enable the bottom to be stapled, an... | 02/24/1987 |
