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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090109 | Staple gun apparatus for attaching tab The invention comprises a staple gun with highly compact accessory apparatus for attaching a planar tab or label to a fixing surface. The accessory has a housing and a positioning and indexing assembly associated with the housing which is operable to feed and hold a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6932260 | Nailer having positioning effect A nailer includes a gun body, a magazine, a feed plate, a washer barrel, a catch plate, and a locking ring. Thus, the washer is closely positioned between the catch flange of the feed plate and the locking ring, thereby facilitating a user combining the washer with ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6478209 | Feeding and driving assembly for a combination staple-cap fastener A fastener applying device for causing a driven staple to be driven through a disk-like cap to create a staple-cap fastener for securely attaching flexible or deformable materials to a substrate. The device includes an automatic stapler capable of automat... | 11/12/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5329683 | Fastener setting apparatus having reinforcing tape feeder A setting apparatus directs a reinforcing tape in a perpendicular direction to the path of movement of the fabric. It comprises a machine frame, a support plate, a setting punch and die, a reinforcing tape supply under the plate and tape feeding belt for ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5327645 | Tee-nut fastener feed means for tee-nut fastener setting apparatus Tee-nut support assembly to supply Tee-nuts to the driver device of a Tee-nut setting apparatus, and a package of rolled Tee-nuts connected in a strip for such apparatus.... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5323531 | Self-punching tee-nut insertion machine Apparatus for inserting Tee-nuts in a solid wooden workpiece, the Tee-nuts having flanges and threaded sleeves of predetermined length, the workpiece having a thickness greater than the sleeve length. The apparatus has an anvil, an anvil die supported on ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 4916762 | Positive shut-off, metered water control system for flush tanks A device for metering the flow of water into the tank and bowl of a toilet and providing a positive shut-off of the flow. When the toilet handle is turned, a linkage rotates a cam to force the stopper from its seat thereby commencing water flow. Water flo... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4690053 | Roller stamp construction A roller stamp is provided including a die roller to which is affixed a die strip formed of flexible plastic material which encircles the die roller, the ends thereof being adjacent or abutting, said die strip having a central embossed printing surface an... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4434928 | Tape feeding device for stapling machines A stapling machine for hook-and-eye fasteners includes an improved tape feeding device which comprises a roller means having means on its circumference for continuously engaging a reinforcing tape, and means for rotating the roller means in one direction.... | 03/06/1984 |
