Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7975891 | Stapler To provide a staple using insertion-cutting blades that are manufacturable inexpensively, by which the strength of the insertion-cutting blades that are necessary when penetrating binding sheets is secured and the penetration of a staple through the binding sheets i... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7422134 | Variable outward clinch stapler A pneumatically operated stapler that has a single selectively operable adjusting mechanism that is constructed and arranged to be adjusted within a range of leg deflecting positions is disclosed. The stapler includes a staple leg diverting member that is carried by... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7353975 | Stapler There is provided a stapler in which a cartridge can be mounted on a stapler body in a stable manner without wobbling, and fixing of the cartridge can be released in synchronization with opening operation of a door member. A stapler has a cartridge which is provided... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337937 | Stitching 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 |
| 7299960 | Mini desktop stapler A miniature spring-actuated stapler includes a tapered, flat power spring to store energy and eject staples. The power spring pivots at a rear of the stapler housing and includes three co-extensive arms terminating near the striker. As the L-shaped handle of the sta... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7243830 | Staple-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 |
| 7159746 | Staple-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 |
| 7143921 | Staple 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 |
| 7111378 | Fastener closing Apparatus for closing a fastener includes a first member adapted to engage and bend a fastener toward a closed position, a second member defining a recessed fastener guide adapted to engage and bend the fastener toward the closed position, the recessed fastener guid... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7044349 | Stapler 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 |
| 7032795 | Stapler 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 |
| 7032898 | Wire-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 |
| 7021513 | Staple forming arrangement in a stapler Staple forming arrangement (11) forming part of a stapler (1) in which a workpiece (6), primarily a sheaf of papers, is stapled together. The arrangement includes a bending punch (15), which is driven by a drive mechanism (12,13) a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6986449 | Staple-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 |
| 6968988 | Binding machine for gardening A stopper portion (108c) is formed at an upper end of a picking plate (108) of a tape grasping apparatus. When a driver handle (102) and a clincher arm (107) are closed, the picking plate arranged at the clincher arm is pivoted to ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957756 | Tool 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 ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6923360 | Adjustable 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 |
| 6915937 | Tool 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 |
| 6913181 | Stapler cartridge and stapler apparatus comprising the same A staple cartridge that sequentially draws out rolled staple band material from the staple storage portion includes regulating device that touches the stacked surface of the rolled staple band to regulate the widening and unraveling of the stacked surface. The regul... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902094 | Stapler apparatus A stapler apparatus is equipped with linked staples and includes a staple feed member configured for feeding staples to a driving position, a staple driver operable to drive the staples from the driving position into a stack of sheets, and an anvil unit operable to ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6871768 | Stapler 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 |
| 6772930 | Stapler for flaring staple A stapler for clinching materials together with a generally U-shaped staple. The stapler has an anvil with spaced-apart wedges disposed adjacent a backing plate, and the spaced-apart wedges have respective chamfers that contact legs of the staple and guide the legs ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6739492 | Stapler 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 |
| 6533157 | Tissue stapling attachment for use with an electromechanical driver device A stapler attachment for use with an electromechanical device driver comprises a staple holding member which is spring mounted to a staple closing member, which is, in turn, mounted to a threaded driver element concentrically mounted about a threaded shaf... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6119911 | Stapling device A staple wire cutting element (4) is mounted displaceably on a stapling device (1) in which staple wire segments are shaped into a staple and driven into a sheet stack. A control lever (8) that is in engagement with a radial cam unit (6) engages the cutti... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5996876 | Stapling device A stapling device has a holddown element, a staple forming member, and a staple driving means, which are guided linearly and are movable perpendicular to the upper side of a sheet stack to be stapled. A first pressure spring with a lower spring force is associ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5941440 | Driver of staple hammer Projected portions 17, 18, 19 are formed at three positions in the middle and on left and right ends of the front surface of a driver 13 of a staple hammer. The width of the projected portion 18 in the middle is smaller than the distance between both leg ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5938101 | Skin stapler with movable anvil An improved surgical stapler which allows for the multi-directional release of staples includes a stapler body and a driver contained therein. A magazine is connected to the stapler body and includes a plurality of staples. The magazine also includes an a... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5921455 | Stapling device A stapling device has a stapler and a staple wire cassette detachably attached directly thereto, in which the leading end of the wire emerging from the staple wire cassette terminates directly in the working region of the stapler. The stapler has a base m... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5794833 | Cassette 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 |
| 5788139 | Stitching 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 |
| 5715987 | Constant width, adjustable grip, staple apparatus and method A staple and stapler for injecting the staple in a manner so that the staple maintains a near constant width upon penetration of material to be joined and during staple closure/forming such that material perturbation and staple to staple spacing may be mi... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5690266 | Stapling device The invention relates to a device for stapling to a material (1) at predetermined distances along a web formed by the material with the aid of a stapling cylinder (2), a counterpressure cylinder (3), a forming drum (4) and a horn (5) which extends around ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5662318 | Stapler and sheet-binding system using the same A stapler capable of stapling one or more stapling portions of a sheaf of sheets to be bound with only one movable staple driver in a corner binding manner, one-side binding manner or doublespread binding manner regardless of the width and length of the s... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5150826 | Apparatus for forming and driving staples An apparatus for forming and driving staples in a single stroke includes a former (4) for forming staples from pre-cut lengths of staple wires, a forming block around which each staple wire is bent by the former, and a driver (3) for driving each formed s... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5147080 | Staple 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 |
| 5098002 | Stapling 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 |
| 4887756 | Surgical stapler providing variable degree of staple closure A magazine fed, trigger driven surgical stapler to close a surgical incision. The stapler has an anvil and a staple driving die, an adjustable stop for controlling movement of the staple driving die so that staples can be reformed to a range of closed pos... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4792077 | Apparatus for stapling and creasing paper articles in transit A chain link type stapler operates in transit at about 45,000 items per minute to staple and crease printed paper products. Only two link chains are required and they have a common contiguous path for receiving and clasping the paper products for transit ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4708277 | Stitching 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 |
