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Class 227/82 - WITH MEANS TO FORM MEMBER PRIOR TO PENETRATION OF WORK


Subclass of Class 227 - Elongated-member-driving apparatus
Definition: Device comprising means to shape or fashion a member* before
No. of patents: 44
Last issue date: 03/04/2008


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7337937Stitching apparatus
A stitching apparatus for manufacturing stitching wire staples, in particular annular eyelet staples, for stitching stacked sheet materials, includes a stitching head basic body having a driver for driving the stitching wire staples into the stacked sheet materials ...
03/04/2008
7299921Staple pack
A box-type staple pack (1) formed in accordance with planer dimensions of a staple sheet is provided with an upper face window (3), a bottom face window (4), and a rear face window (5) and is provided with a staple outlet (6) in a ...
11/27/2007
7243830Staple-leg guide mechanism
A guide piece 19 that enters between both legs 2b of a staple 2 is formed integrally on a pusher 16 that pushes a staple 2 as formed into a striking passage 12, an inclined surface 20 that engages with a staple...
07/17/2007
7159746Staple-forming apparatus
A staple-forming and inserting apparatus 10 is provided having an apparatus 22 for movement of the cutter box 20 to allow automatic variations in staple length for one or more staple-forming and inserting apparatus 10 said staple-forming ...
01/09/2007
7143921Staple cartridge for electric stapler
A staple cartridge includes: a cartridge body for accommodating a large number of staples; and a faceplate provided at a front end portion of the cartridge body, for forming a striking passage (211) of striking a staple by a driver, wherein support pieces are...
12/05/2006
7140609Locking/unlocking mechanism
A cartridge apparatus includes a media cassette, face plate and a locking and unlocking mechanism. The locking and unlocking mechanism includes a lock bar, a first post and a second post, and is configured to lock and unlock a cartridge during insertion in a printer...
11/28/2006
7059509Surgical stapling device
A surgical stapling device having a removable staple cartridge is disclosed. The cartridge includes a first opening in the staple-forming end of the housing member to allow access to the a staple and an aligned second opening to allow the lead staple to move thereth...
06/13/2006
7044349Stapler for forming staples to various sizes
A staple forming mechanism having at least first and second configurations. The staple forming mechanism including a bend surface having a first surface width in the first configuration and a second surface width in the second configuration for forming staples havin...
05/16/2006
7032898Wire-stitching apparatus for producing wire stitched print items
A wire-stitching apparatus for producing wire-stitched print items includes a conveying arrangement for supplying folded, printed products in a straddling position; a wire-stitching unit installed at an adjustable distance above the conveying arrangement and includi...
04/25/2006
7032795Stapler for forming staples to various sizes
A staple forming mechanism having at least first and second configurations. The staple forming mechanism including a bend surface having a first surface width in the first configuration and a second surface width in the second configuration for forming staples havin...
04/25/2006
7014091Stapler 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
6986449Staple-former in a stapler
A staple-former (11) in a stapler (1) that uses a driver blade (10) to drive staples (17), preferably into a sheaf of paper (16). The stapler contains a magazine (7) of staple blanks (8). A feed device (6) adva...
01/17/2006
6981627Electric 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
6923360Adjustable stapler and methods associated therewith
Disclosed herein is a stapler for forming staples according to a thickness of a stack and clinching the stack with at least one of the formed staples. ...
08/02/2005
6915937Tool with nosepiece for bending fastener upon installation and fastener therefor
A fastener driving tool having a reciprocating driver blade and a nosepiece, and being configured for sequentially feeding fasteners to the nosepiece for engagement by the driver blade for subsequent driving into a workpiece, each fastener defining a plane, further ...
07/12/2005
6871768Stapler for forming staples to various sizes
A staple forming mechanism having at least first and second configurations. The staple forming mechanism including a bend surface having a first surface width in the first configuration and a second surface width in the second configuration for forming staples havin...
03/29/2005
6739492Stapler for forming staples to various sizes
A staple forming mechanism having at least first and second configurations. The staple forming mechanism including a bend surface having a first surface width in the first configuration and a second surface width in the second configuration for forming staples havin...
05/25/2004
6702172Staple driver with convex edge and pointed protrusions at the ends
A staple driver (9) is provided, which is adapted to be mounted in a stapler for driving staples into a sheaf of papers (11) in order to drive, in a striking motion, the legs of a U-shaped staple (10) through the sheaf of papers (11). The driver (9) has a...
03/09/2004
6681975Electric stapler
A driver unit of a vertically slidable type is constructed by mounting a staple cartridge to a cartridge holder so as to freely slide in a vertical direction, and by urging the staple cartridge toward a clincher unit opposed thereto by a spring. When a cl...
01/27/2004
6554172Staple-forming apparatus
The invention proposes a staple-forming apparatus which is intended for stapling machines for forming staples and may be designed to be smaller than priorart apparatuses. This is achieved according to the invention in that a locking bar (9) for locking a ...
04/29/2003
6321935Clip device for bending a clip plate and clipping a bundle of sheets together with the bent clip plate and method of its use
A clip device is provided which is capable of clipping a sheet bundle with more than a predetermined clipping force independent of the thickness of the sheet bundle. This clip device is equipped with a cartridge for housing a plurality of substantially fl...
11/27/2001
6164513Motor driven stapler with staple leg holding mechanism
A motor driven stapler has a holding mechanism for holding parts of the legs of a staple penetrated and projecting from a pile of sheets. The parts of the legs of the staple penetrated and projecting from the pile are clinched by a clinching plate after h...
12/26/2000
6142353Stapling arrangement for a gathering and stapling machine having a gathering chain
A stapling arrangement of a stapling and gathering machine includes a stapling carriage which is seated on a machine frame and travels with a gathering chain for stapling printed products carried by the gathering chain. At least one stapling head travels ...
11/07/2000
6142354Gathering and stitching machine having variable pitch and a drive device therefor
A gathering and stapling machine includes a gathering chain for conveying printed products and having a variable chain pitch. A stapling device staples the printed products that are conveyed on the gathering chain. A drive device includes a first gear for...
11/07/2000
5794833Cassette for use in a stapler
A cassette (10a, 10b, 11), which contains juxtaposed wire staple blanks releasably interconnected to form at least one strip (8) of staple blanks, is adapted to be used in a stapler for driving staples into an object, such as a sheaf of papers. The staple...
08/18/1998
5788139Stitching machine head and wire cassette therefor
A supply wire cassette is removably mounted on the face plate of a wire stitching machine head. The cassette carries a rotatable reel of wire from which wire is unreeled over a flexible, resilient brake lever through a check pawl and a guide tube, which g...
08/04/1998
5772097Binding device
A binding device accomplishes the transverse binding or stapling of product elements in a folding apparatus that is situated downstream from a rotary printing press. One or more binding cylinders are supported for rotation with, and with respect to, a bin...
06/30/1998
5570832Apparatus for stapling sequential printed sheets positioned straddled one above the other
An apparatus for stapling printed sheets includes a conveying apparatus having a plurality of sequentially spaced, saddle-shaped supports. The printed sheets straddle the sequentially spaced supports. A shaping body is rotatingly disposed on a first axis,...
11/05/1996
5501387Staple cartridge and staple sheet pack
An object of the present invention is to provide a staple cartridge usable for a motor driven stapler wherein the staple cartridge can repeatedly be used to substantially reduce the quantity of disposable waste material, thereby saving a useful resource. ...
03/26/1996
5474221Rotary stapling machine
A rotary stapling machine includes a first rotatable roller, a staple retainer mounted on the first roller to retain a U-shaped staple in a predetermined orientation, and a second rotatable roller having a die. The first and second rollers are adjacently ...
12/12/1995
5454503Electric stapler
An electric stapler comprises a cartridge and an electric stapler main body on which the cartridge is detachably mounted. The cartridge integrally including: an accommodating section for accommodating a plurality of staple sheets in multi-layered form, ea...
10/03/1995
5356125Apparatus for stapling folded printed sheets
A process and apparatus for collecting and stapling printed products is provided. A self-enclosed track of travel for stapling heads extends around a collector drum having a plurality of supports. A stapling head is assigned to each support. The stapling ...
10/18/1994
5257449Method for fastening buttons to textile
A method and an apparatus is described for fastening buttons to a textile fabric or the like, with the fastening threads (1) being collected to form a thin bundle beneath said button before said bundle is forced through the fabric (7), so that after the b...
11/02/1993
5147080Staple forming and stapling machine
A staple forming and driving apparatus utilizes bulk wire as the starting material. The apparatus has a fixed anvil block and movable forming and driving blocks. The anvil block contains an anvil about which a staple is formed and a stripper member which ...
09/15/1992
5098002Stapling apparatus
A stapling apparatus is provided. The stapling apparatus includes a shaft which is swivelably mounted on a supporting part of a stapling head. The stamp is seated rotationally firmly on the shaft. For the purpose of accepting a wire section from a wire se...
03/24/1992
4951860Method and apparatus for storing, dispensing and applying surgical staples
A method and apparatus for storing, dispensing, and applying surgical staples includes a pistol-like tool having a handle portion with a manually movable trigger lever, and a rotatable barrel portion with a staple track for storing staples in parallel, st...
08/28/1990
4738071Manufacture of wooden beams
A timber beam is formed by butt-joining timber lengths (19) using a pair of joining plates (12) each of which extends around three sides of the abutted timber lengths. Each joining plate has a base section (14) and two side sections (16), at least the sid...
04/19/1988
4722467Wire guide apparatus for wire stitching machine head
A cyclical wire stitching machine head includes a reciprocating staple-forming and driving apparatus which is coupled to a wire gripping and feeding mechanism which reciprocates with it. During each cycle of the machine the supply wire is gripped and a pr...
02/02/1988
4708277Stitching head
A stitching head includes a crank rotatable about a longitudinal axis through an oscillatory displacement in each of the opposite drive and return directions of a cycle. The crank has a plurality of crank pins displaced radially from the longitudinal axis...
11/24/1987
4506818Device for the purpose of pushing sections of a wire through a solid body consisting of yielding material
In order to be able to remove the wire from its supply source and in order to be able to prevent a bending of the wire, a wire-feed-clamp (3) can be moved along an alignment element (2) which, in a fixed position, is arranged on a carrier (1), whereby the...
03/26/1985
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