Abstract: A stapling machine is provided which has markings on part of a constant tension spring visible from the exterior of the machine to provide an indication when the supply of staples within the machine is exhausted. The constant tension spring moves the pusher, and markings are present on part of the constant tension spring which becomes visible in a window provided for that purpose.

Abstract: An improved magazine for a fastener driving tool having a two piece back plate allowing easy access to the drive track for removing jammed fasteners from the tool. The magazine consists of a first fixed rail having a back plate section perpendicular to the rail, and a second rail slidable with respect to the fixed rail, having a second back plate section perpendicular to the rail. When the magazine is in the fastener driving position, the back plate sections provide extra support for the drive track.

Abstract: A device for driving-in stitches, has a magazine for receiving stitches of different widths and having a housing for accommodating stitches, a slider insertable in the housing and having a guiding rail for guiding stitches and a shooting passage with an opening, an end plate mounted on the casing and a stripping plate mounted on the slider and limiting the opening of the shooting passage. The stripping plate is formed as an angular piece with a first leg which limits the shooting passage and a second leg extending substantially perpendicularly to the first leg and abutting against the slider.

Abstract: This cartridge for riveting guns comprises an elongated body in the shape of an inverted U which forms a channel for accommodating and guiding the fastener elements and a slidable lid closing the accommodating channel. The lid has a beak which defines the expulsion channel of the fastener elements. Proximate to the end of the elongated body which is opposite to the expulsion channel the cartridge defines a lateral seat for retaining an elastic body defining an abutment for a protrusion of the sliding lid, proximate to the beak.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stapler and a staple to be used in the stapler, by which a slip or the like can be permanently or temporarily fastened with the staple onto ground paper, corrugated cardboard, or the like so that the slip or the like can be easily removed therefrom without taking off the staple. The staple has one supporting portion and one stapling leg portion bent at one end of the supporting portion substantially perpendicularly thereto. The stapler has a staple accommodating portion, wherein a forward one of the staples is always located at a staple drive-out opening formed at the forward end of the staple accommodating portion. The staple accommodating portion has a body and a staple holder mounted in the body.

Abstract: The invention provides a multi-purpose safety device which can be used in conventional nailing operations to guide the nail to be driven safely, conveniently and quickly at a desired angle and which can be used for measuring angles and inclinations as well as levelling. The invention includes a driving member disposed in a sleeve which in turn mounted on an upper side of a housing, a nail advancing plate at one side of the housing for advancing nails, and a nail guiding body below the sleeve for guiding and positioning a nail beneath the driving member whereby the nail can be driven into an object by the driving member. An angle meter is further mounted in the housing for measuring angles as well as indicating a desired angle by which the nail has to be driven.

Abstract: A cassette type stapler includes a base (10) and a cassette holding member (14) pivotally mounted on the base and having a longitudinally extending hollow portion (24). A cassette member (26) is received in the cassette holding member. A longitudinally extending guide groove (38) is formed on one wall of the hollow portion of the cassette holding member. A guide protrusion (36) is formed on the cassette member and is engageable in the guide groove. An engagement projection (38A) is disposed on the top wall of the cassette member and a resilient locking element (42) cooperates with the engagement projection to releasably hold the cassette member. Longitudinally extending ridges (46) are formed on all the side walls of the hollow portion of the cassette holding member, with the ridges being adapted to frictionally engage the side walls of the cassette member when the latter is inserted into the cassette holding member.

Abstract: A magazine for a power-driven drive-in apparatus for the accommodation of pins or nails, especially headless nails or pins, comprising a guiding channel the roof wall of which is adapted to assume different heights vis-a-vis the bottom wall for adaptation to the lengths of the pins or nails. A side wall of the guiding channel is formed by at least one longitudinal surface of a lamination which is supported in the upper region of the guiding channel to be capable of limited movement along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the guiding channel and is biased by a spring in a direction towards the other side wall.

Abstract: An electric stapler wherein a guide cylinder is fixedly disposed on a base having a groove for bending a driven staple in such a way as to form a slit for inserting papers to be stapled, and in the guide cylinder is disposed a vertically movable block having at its lower end a downwardly projecting blade for driving the staple toward the staple bending groove. The block is always given a downward pull by springs. A working arm is swingably supported by a shaft fixedly disposed at a position spaced-apart from the guide cylinder, the arm being pivotally secured at one end to an upper part of the vertically movable block and having at its other end a pressure receiving portion.

Abstract: A device for punching tacks into a penetrable surface. A long, substantially rectangular body which has a cavity formed lengthwise therein to receive an assembly of tacks. The body connects with a cylindrical punch housing which has a spring-loaded punch on its upper side. The tack assembly is spring-loaded so that the tacks comprised therein are consecutively urged into a punch cavity in said punch housing and at the end of said body, where they can be punched into the penetrable surface by the punch.

Abstract: In an organizing device comprising a stapler and a hole punch, the magazine for the staples is exploitable substantially over its entire length, since the spring for feeding the staples is arranged transverse to the feed direction and is fastened outside of the magazine. Due to this space-saving arrangement of the spring the device can be built very narrow, so that it is quite possible to carry it in a briefcase or to fasten it within a thin ring binder.A first rocking lever operates the hole punch and a second rocking lever operates the stapler. A latch or translatable driver arrangement selectively couples the first and second rocking levers for joint action of the hole punch and the stapler and disengages them for independent action.

Abstract: A device for driving fastening elements, such as nails, staples and the like, includes a magazine extending transversely from a driving unit. A follower is located within the magazine for supplying fastening elements to the driving unit. For filling the magazine with fastening elements, the follower can be secured in a loading position. The follower is secured by a stop pivotally attached to the follower which engages an abutment on the magazine. The follower is released from the loading position by an actuating member movably mounted on the magazine so that it can contact an engagement part on the follower and pivot the stop out of engagement with the abutment.

Abstract: A stapler wherein a staple pushing blade which can be moved up and down from and into a staple guide clearance from which a staple is forced out toward a staple bending groove, and a solenoid having a plunger for moving the staple pushing blade in the vertical direction are provided in a staple container. The staple container is provided with a slider for pressing the staplers toward the staple guide clearance, and a cover member closing an opening at the upper side of the staple container and capable of being moved forward and backward.

Abstract: A reversible feeder shoe and door system for the magazine of a staple driving tool enabling set-up of the tool for right or left handed loading. The tool magazine comprises an elongated rail terminating at its forward end at the guide body of the tool. A row of staples is slidably mounted in straddling fashion on the rail. A feeder shoe, having a substantially symmetrical inverted U-shaped body, is slidably mounted on the rail in straddling fashion behind the row of staples. A resilient member constantly urges the feeder shoe forwardly so that the forwardmost staple of the row is located in the guide body drive track. The magazine may include a U-shaped elongated body in which the track is mounted. An elongated door is provided, swingable between an open position exposing the rail top and a closed position overlying the rail top to prevent inadvertent dislodgement of the staples from the rail.

Abstract: A stapler for attaching a plurality of sheets of paper, or the like, to each other comprises an elongated anvil member, forming a base, an elongated staple magazine member and an elongated driver member, forming a cover, all pivotally connected, at one end, to each other, there being a detent on the magazine member, a longitudinally slidable latch on the cover member lockable under the detent and the usual longitudinally movable, spring urged staple follower. The staple follower moves the latch to release position, near the end of its path, to indicate that the supply of staples is nearly exhausted.

Abstract: A surgical fastener and applier in which the fastener is formed of a bail portion and consecutive outwardly and inwardly extending arm portions and the applier is formed with jaws mounted for movement in the direction towards and away from each other with recesses in the adjacent inner faces of the jaws dimensioned to receive a single fastener therein.

Abstract: A device for forcing railroad car deck planks downward against a support and sidewards against a stop to aid in tying the plank to the support with a clip-like tie member. The device includes an anchor member for being fixedly attached to the support, a body member attached to and extending upward from the anchor member, an engagement member for engaging a portion of the plank, and a jack member for selectively causing the engagement member to force the plank downwards and sidewards relative to the body member.

Abstract: A fastener driving tool including a body having a handle and a head portion. A drive assembly includes a driver blade movable along a drive path defined by a nose assembly located below the head portion. A magazine assembly extends from the nose assembly and includes a frame member fixed relative to the tool body, a first track member slidably movable relative to the frame member and a second track member slidably movable relative to the first track member. The track members define a fastener slideway opened for loading of fasteners by movement of the second track member. The nose assembly includes a nose member mounted on the first track member, and movement of the first track member opens the feed path for removal of a jammed fastener. One track member is J-shaped for slidably supporting points of the fasteners and one side of the fastener shanks. The other track member slidably supports the opposite side of the fastener shanks.

Abstract: A magazine having an upper fastener holding chamber including a floor, a lower housing and a magazine cover that can be adjusted to a number of heights above the chamber floor without such cover being removed or the interconnectors used to secure the cover to the housing being disassembled. Alignment positioning of the magazine cover at a selected height above the floor is accomplished by locating pins and complementary holes.

Abstract: A disposable surgical stapling instrument for forming and implanting surgical staples in the skin or fascia of a patient to close a wound or incision. The instrument comprises an elongated body having a forward portion and a rearward portion serving as a handle portion. The forward portion of instrument body houses a staple driver attached to a staple driver actuator and a return spring for the staple driver actuator. A surgical staple magazine assembly is affixed to the lower edges of the instrument body forward portion. An anvil plate, supporting a tow of surgical staples, is located within the magazine assembly. The anvil plate terminates at its forward end in a coextensive anvil surface. The magazine assembly contains a feeder assembly to constantly urge the row of staples toward the anvil surface to locate the forwardmost staple of the row thereon to be implanted and formed thereabout by the driver and to disengage a formed staple therefrom.

Abstract: A magazine for feeding nails into a nail driving machine is provided with means suitable for adjusting the nail guide passage towards the nail drive channel so as to accommodate nails of different lengths and diameters.

Abstract: A binding system is disclosed for binding volumes comprising a cabinet having a trough herein for the receipt of an edge of a stack of sheets with power compressor means on one side of the trough for compressing the stack of sheets and power operated stapling means on the opposite side of the trough for driving staples through the major plane of said sheets adjacent said one edge while under compression. The cabinet also includes a second power operated stapler for binding smaller or thinner stacks of sheets to produce thinner volumes. An interlock provides that only one of the two power operated staplers may be used at a time. Provision is made for loading the larger of said power staplers through the top of the cabinet and a safety mechanism is provided to insure against ejection of staples from the magazine upward through the loading entryway.

Abstract: Portable office stapler, having a flat box-like configuration with an approximately constant cross-section in the shape of a flattened cake of soap, having mechanical and covering functions, and comprising two parts, including a body containing all of the other moving members and a lid-button pivoted at the front and comprising most of the back for the box-like member, the latter transmitting between said lid-button and an anvil integral with the body all of the forces and reactions required for staple closing. At the front slit is provided for introducing sheets or layers to be stapled with the cooperation thereat of said anvil, a staple-carrying magazine, a feeder, a push-load plate, a hammer, and a staple closing plate. The drive for all of these members is produced by a button acting through a roller on the hammer at a contact location between one pin and the button-pressing zone and between a second pin and the hammer head.

Abstract: A magazine for fastener-driving apparatus includes a guide on which the fasteners are located, a slide movable along the guide under the action of a spring to feed the fasteners into a driving position and a cover which fits over the guide. The cover is displaceable in a direction transverse to the feed direction into a release position to permit the introduction of fasteners into the magazine.

Abstract: A bone stapler including a staple cartridge that, when removed from the stapler, insures that no staple can remain in the stapler, and is held in place by a rotatable locking member that in one position can pass through an opening in a wall of the stapler and can then be rotated to hold the cartridge in place.