Patents Assigned to Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10307899
    Abstract: Torsion control device and method for an electric impact power tool are provided. The electric impact power tool includes a motor, and the torsion control device detects an actual rotational speed of the motor to make the electric impact power tool output a preset torsion value accurately. In the torsion control method, a compensating time is calculated according to a difference between the actual rotational speed value of the motor and a preset rotational speed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hu
  • Patent number: 10093009
    Abstract: The hammer tacker includes a shell, a handle, and a striking mechanism. The shell is made of a mixture of fiberglass and nylon by injection molding. The shell encloses a receiving room and has a bottom opening extending along the longitudinal direction of the shell and communicating with the receiving room. The handle is disposed on the rear end of the shell. The striking mechanism is made of metal and includes a magazine and a striker. The magazine is received in the receiving room. An end of the magazine is pivotally connected to the rear end of the shell, and the other end tends to move outward due to an elastic element. At end of the striker is disposed on the inner wall of the shell. When the magazine is hit upward, the striker strikes the nails out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hu
  • Patent number: 10058986
    Abstract: A stapler having hook includes a main body, a striking mechanism, and a hook. The main body has a first end and a second end. The main body has a receiving portion at the second end. The receiving portion has a positioning portion. The striking mechanism is disposed on the first end of the main body to strike at least one nail out. The hook includes a pivot portion and a hook portion. The pivot portion is pivotally connected to the receiving portion so that the hook is slidable between a first position and a second position. The hook portion is received in the receiving portion when the hook is located at the first position. The hook portion is exposed out of the receiving portion for hanging when the hook is located at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hu
  • Patent number: 9808924
    Abstract: A nail gun of the present invention includes an adjusting portion which has elasticity. The elasticity of the adjusting portion is able to offset a thrust force of a nail pusher pushed by a magazine, so that a nail slot receives a nail only. The nail gun ensures not to shoot two sticks of nails simultaneously. The nail squeezes one side of the adjusting portion in a firing process so that the nail gun can provide sufficient space. Thereby when the nail is thicker, it can be shot by the nail gun. The present invention need not adjust by hand anymore for shooting different thickness of nails. The nail gun can not shoot two sticks of nails simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chu Wu
  • Patent number: 9808923
    Abstract: A nail machine with effort-saving mechanism is provided, including: a shell body; an operating mechanism, disposed on the shell body and including a pressing lever, a driving rod and a linkage, the operating mechanism provided for being operated to move between a first position and a second position; an actuating member, two ends thereof having a sliding portion and an engaging portion respectively; a striking force accumulating mechanism, including a striking board and a force accumulating member, the striking board being movable between an initial position and a releasing position; wherein when the operating mechanism moves toward the second position, the engaging portion is engaged with the striking board, and the striking board moves toward the releasing position; when the operating mechanism is in the second position, the engaging portion is detached from the striking board, and the striking board moves toward the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Apex MFG Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Po-Hung Hu
  • Patent number: 9776313
    Abstract: A hammer tacker includes a shell and a striking mechanism. The shell is composed of two half-shells which are made of a mixture of 30% to 70% of fiberglass and 70% to 30% of nylon by weight by injection molding. The two half-shells enclose an opening at an end of the shell. Each half-shell has a positioning rib portion facing to the other half-shell. The striking mechanism is arranged in the shell and includes a magazine, a striker, an actuator, and a transmission mechanism. The magazine is positioned by the positioning rib portions. The striker is located at the opening and is movable for striking nails out. The actuator is also movable at the opening. The transmission mechanism connects the striker and the actuator together to make them move oppositely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Apex MFG. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hu
  • Patent number: 9533818
    Abstract: A clamping device for a sprayer can is provided, including a shell body. The shell body includes a grip portion and a clamping portion for clamping one end of a sprayer can. The sprayer can is provided with a dispenser valve. The clamping portion includes a circumferential wall, and the circumferential wall defines a space for receiving the dispenser valve and a receiving opening communicating with the space. The circumferential wall is further formed with a window which communicates with the space, and the dispenser valve can spray through the window. The circumferential wall includes first flexible portions and at least one second flexible portion. At least one said second flexible portion is connected between every two adjacent first flexible portions. The second flexible portion is greater than the first flexible portion in flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rong-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 9296098
    Abstract: A nailing device of the present invention mainly includes a striker for driving nails, a restriction mechanism, a power storing mechanism, and an operation mechanism. By cooperation of the components, the striker is kept in position without moving during the course of power storing, and the striker is automatically recovered to an initial position after firing. Thus, nail can fill to the right position accurately in continuous work. For continuously and quickly working, the nailing device is protected from nail jamming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing-Li Wang
  • Patent number: 9221163
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nail guider including a guiding board, at least an assisting member. The guiding board positioned in front of the nail track vertically has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface faces the nail track. The guiding board has at least a vertical penetrating slot thereon. The penetrating slot penetrates the first surface and the second surface of the guiding board. The assisting member includes an assisting end and a pushing end, slides forwardly and backwardly in the penetrating slot. The assisting end protrudes out of the first surface selectively, and the pushing end is located at the second surface. The assisting member used for straightening up nails further comprises at least an assisting surface parallel to the nailing track. The pushing end can be pushed so that the assisting surface can assist and straighten up nails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing-Li Wang, Rong-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 9114517
    Abstract: A nailing device of the present invention includes a main body, a magazine and a nail pusher. The magazine is disposed in the main body for nail units to be seated thereon. The nail pusher is slidably straddled on the magazine to push the nail units forward. The nail pusher has a first side and a second side. Two slanted guiding portions are frontward and outward extended from the two sides respectively, so that the two slanted guiding portions diverge toward a direction nail units being pushed forward. The slanted guiding portions have two guiding surfaces facing each other to guide and position staples, so that centers of different staples of different sizes can locate at the same position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Rong-Yu Wang
  • Publication number: 20140175145
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nail guider including a guiding board, at least an assisting member. The guiding board positioned in front of the nail track vertically has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface faces the nail track. The guiding board has at least a vertical penetrating slot thereon. The penetrating slot penetrates the first surface and the second surface of the guiding board. The assisting member includes an assisting end and a pushing end, slides forwardly and backwardly in the penetrating slot. The assisting end protrudes out of the first surface selectively, and the pushing end is located at the second surface. The assisting member used for straightening up nails further comprises at least an assisting surface parallel to the nailing track. The pushing end can be pushed so that the assisting surface can assist and straighten up nails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing- Li WANG, Rong-Yu WANG
  • Patent number: 8695673
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminator with a corner cutter including a main body, a laminating device and a cutting device. The main body includes a receiving space. The main body is horizontally formed with an entering slot, an exiting slot, a penetrating groove and a corner-cutting recess. The main body having two lateral sides formed between the entering slot and the exiting slot, the corner-cutting recess being disposed at one of the lateral sides. The laminating device disposed in the receiving space includes two rolling rods, a driving portion and two heaters. The two rolling rods are heated by the two heating members. The driving portion drives the two rolling rods to rotate. The cutting device includes a pushing portion and a cutting portion. The cutting device is disposed at one side of the receiving space where corresponding to the corner-cutting recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hu
  • Patent number: 8695860
    Abstract: A nail guiding structure of the present invention is disposed inside of the nail gun having a nail rail. The nail guiding structure includes one or more supporting members and a holding mechanism. The supporting member can move between a first and a second position, wherein the supporting member can move toward the first position to elastically push nails in the air gun, so that the nails can be vertically held in front of the nail rail. The holding mechanism can selectively hold the supporting member, so that the supporting cannot move back to the second position. Thereby, a user can move the holding mechanism to adapt for different thicknesses of nails. Only one nail can move to the front of the nail rail every time when a punching board of the nail gun punches. Consequently, the problems of nail jamming or crookedly stapling are prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing-Li Wang, Rong-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 8281971
    Abstract: A labor-saving stapler of the present invention includes a base, a press arm, a transmission arm, a connection arm, a magazine, a staple pusher, a moving mechanism, a buckling mechanism and a switching mechanism. The magazine is slidably disposed between the connection arm and the base. The moving means moves the magazine outwardly when the switching mechanism is activated. As such, the magazine can be opened by operating the switching mechanism. When the switching mechanism includes a button or the same, users can open the magazine easily with only one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong-Yu Wang, Jing-Li Wang
  • Patent number: 8205778
    Abstract: A nailing device of the present invention mainly includes a main body, a striker, an actuator, a resilient member, a nail slot, a magazine, a guider, an adjuster and a controlling means. The magazine has a main rail and a sub rail parallel to the main rail, and the main rail is substantially as tall as the sub rail. The adjuster has a protrusive portion having a guiding surface facing the magazine. The guiding surface is vertically formed with two parallel longitudinal grooves and has a bottom end. The longitudinal grooves extend toward the bottom end. The controlling means is for selectively pushing the adjuster to flush the guiding surface with a step surface of the guider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co. Ltd
    Inventor: Rong-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 8146789
    Abstract: A hammer tacker of the present invention includes a handle, a magazine, a striker, an actuator, a transmission mechanism and an abutting element. The handle is formed with a head at one end thereof and defines a receiving chamber therein. The magazine is disposed in the receiving chamber to receive nailing units. The striker is linear-slidably disposed in the head to strike the nailing units. The actuator is linear-slidably disposed on the head. The transmission mechanism connects the actuator with the striker for the actuator and the striker to move in opposite directions. The abutting element is pivoted on the actuator. And the actuator moves upward as the abutting element hits an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hu, Qi-Fu Liao
  • Patent number: 8109189
    Abstract: A hole punching device includes two first punching members and a second punching member intermediate the two first punching members. First, second and third lever arms are adapted to render one of the two first punching members, another of the two first punching members and the second punching member to press holes in sheets respectively. The first lever arm has a longitudinal length longer than those of the second and third lever arms, with the second lever arm being longer than that of the third lever arm. Further, the first lever arm actuates the second and third lever arms upon depression of the hole punching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eric Tsai
  • Patent number: 8074854
    Abstract: A safety nailing device of the present invention includes a main body, an actuator, a striking plate and a disengaging means. The main body defines a chamber therein, and an opening is defined on a bottom surface of the main body to communicate with the chamber. The actuator is disposed on the main body and has a controlling end. The striking plate is disposed in the chamber and is movable between a safety position, a starting position and a striking position. The striking plate has a protrusive end and a controlling groove. The protrusive end selectively protrudes out of the chamber from the opening, and the controlling groove is selectively engaged with the controlling end. The disengaging means is for moving the striking plate to the safety position to disengage the controlling end from the controlling groove, so that the travel of the actuator will not lift the striking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hu
  • Patent number: 8038043
    Abstract: A heavy duty stapler comprises a base member; a magazine member, which has a first end pivotally connected to the base member and a second end opposite to the first end, including a firing device provided at the second end thereof, with a firing portion formed from an end of the firing device; a lever arm, which has first and second end, including first and second pivotal sections defined at the first end thereof and a pressing section defined at the second end thereof opposite to the first and second pivotal sections, with the first pivotal section pivotally connected to the base member; a linkage member having a first end pivotally connected to the second pivotal section of the lever arm and a second end opposite to the first end thereof; and a driven member including a first pivotal portion pivotally connected to the base member, a second pivotal portion pivotally connected to the second end of the linkage member and a driven portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Li Wang
  • Publication number: 20110248065
    Abstract: A hammer tacker of the present invention includes a handle, a magazine, a striker, an actuator, a transmission mechanism and an abutting element. The handle is formed with a head at one end thereof and defines a receiving chamber therein. The magazine is disposed in the receiving chamber to receive nailing units. The striker is linear-slidably disposed in the head to strike the nailing units. The actuator is linear-slidably disposed on the head. The transmission mechanism connects the actuator with the striker for the actuator and the striker to move in opposite directions. The abutting element is pivoted on the actuator. And the actuator moves upward as the abutting element hits an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: APEX MFG. CO., LTD
    Inventors: CHIH-WEI HU, Qi-Fu Liao