With Means To Feed Strip-type Carrier Patents (Class 227/136)
  • Patent number: 8006882
    Abstract: A staple cartridge is detachably arranged in a body of a stapler. The staple cartridge includes a cartridge body for accommodating a staple belt in which a plurality of rod-shaped staples are connected to each other and rolled into a roller-shape and a guide member for guiding the staples at a time of forming leg portions of the staples or after forming the leg portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Futoshi Kameda, Nobuaki Yagi
  • Patent number: 7980439
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nailing machine including: a housing; an ejection section in the housing; an activation lever provided in the ejection section to be movable inside a traveling course; a magazine holding nails; a feeder urging the nails to feed the nails; and an engagement member engaged with the feeder so that, when an amount of remaining nails becomes to a predetermined number, the engagement member is moved toward a first direction to protrude into the traveling course; wherein one of the activation lever and the engagement member includes a slope portion so that the engagement member is further moved toward the first direction through the sliding contact therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Akiba, Yoshimitsu Iijima
  • Publication number: 20110095065
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for selectively orienting material from a coiled supply relative to a fastener driver utilized to secure the material at a work surface. The apparatus includes a mount body having structures adapted to receive and secure the driver and the coiled material supply in a substantially fixed relationship to one another, a material feed orientation arm receiving material fed from the supply and providing the material at an outflow locator adjacent to the drive head of the driver and the work surface when the apparatus is assembled and in use. A pivot stud is affixable to the fastener driver over its drive head and is receivable through openings in the mount body and feed orientation arm so that the outflow locator is pivotable about the drive head to selectively change direction of material feed presentation relative to the drive head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Steven P. Clisset
  • Patent number: 7896212
    Abstract: A gas combustion type coil nailer is provided with (a) a main body (1) which is provided with combustion chamber; (b) a head part (3) which is disposed on the front surface of this; and (c) a magazine 4 which is disposed on the bottom surface of the head part (3) so that it can be attached and detached easily. A coil shaped nail connecting body is loaded onto the magazine (4). The head part (3) is provided with (d) a guide tube (35) through which the rod (17) and the nail n pass; and (e) with a feed motor (47). The nail connecting body N is fed to the guide tube (35) by a feed gear which is driven by the feed motor (47). Power is supplied to the feed motor (47) from a battery. The rod (17) is driven and the nail is fed by separate motive forces so that the nail can be fed reliably without adversely affecting the accuracy and reliability of the driving capacity of the rod (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: JPF Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutsugu Uejima, Keiji Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7866521
    Abstract: A fastening tool includes a housing assembly having a nosepiece and a magazine assembly that is coupled to the housing assembly. The magazine assembly includes a canister, a door structure, a feed pawl and a follower structure. The canister is configured to hold a plurality of collated fasteners and has a first canister portion and a second canister portion that is movable relative to the first canister portion between a closed position and an open position. The fastening tool further includes a coil feeder assembly having an indexing pawl. The indexing pawl advances a fastener into operative engagement with the feed pawl upon movement of the second canister portion from the open position to the closed position. The movement of the indexing pawl may be effectuated by an electric actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Gross, Andrzej R. Wojcicki, Glen V. Steinbrunner, Michael P. Baron, James R. Niblett
  • Publication number: 20100326855
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for feeding fasteners to a fastener driving tool, comprising the steps of determining the number (x) of fasteners required for an operation, assembling a fastener assembly comprising at least two fasteners, wherein the number of fasteners in said fastener assembly is a multiple of the number (x) of fasteners required for the operation and feeding said fastener assembly to said fastener driving tool. The invention also relates to a fastener assembly comprising at least two fasteners, wherein the number of fasteners is a multiple of the number (x). Finally, the invention relates to a fastener comprising attachment means for snap fitting said fastener to another fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ITW SVERIGE AB
    Inventor: Kristian Ostergren
  • Publication number: 20100301092
    Abstract: A staple cartridge is provided with: a refill which houses in a wound manner a staple sheet formed by coupling a plurality of straight staples and includes a guide passage for carrying out the staple sheet; and a cartridge body which includes a feeding passage for guiding the staple sheet carried out from the refill via the guide passage to a position of driving out by the driver. The guide passage is communicated with the feeding passage when the refill is attached to the cartridge body, and the refill is attached to and detached from the cartridge body from a direction different from a direction along which the guide passage and the feeding passage are communicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Futoshi KAMEDA
  • Patent number: 7836970
    Abstract: A manually swingable hammer-type stapling tool having an elongate housing having a striker movably mounted thereon. A staple driving blade is mounted on the housing and movable relative to the striker along a staple discharge path when the striker impacts against a surface. A staple magazine is carried on the housing for containing a clip of staples so that a leading staple of the clip is disposed in a staple discharge path below the driving blade. A cap supply and feeding arrangement is mounted on the housing for positioning a cap in a discharge position wherein it is disposed below the leading staple, which arrangement includes a cap magazine containing a significant number of individual caps, and inertia energy activated feeding mechanism for advancing a leading cap into the discharge position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: National Nail Corporation
    Inventors: Roger C. Bruins, Roger A. Vanden Berg, Ross Kooienga
  • Publication number: 20100258608
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool includes a power source including a cylinder, a piston with a driver blade reciprocating in the cylinder, a tool nose associated with the power source for receiving the driver blade for driving fasteners fed into the nose, and a magazine housing a supply of the fasteners. A magazine feeder mechanism is associated with the magazine for sequentially feeding fasteners into the nose, and the feeder mechanism includes a reciprocating feed piston. A conduit is connected between a port in the cylinder and the feed mechanism for diverting combusted gas for activating the feed piston. The port is disposed in the cylinder a specified distance below a piston prefiring position, and the distance is reflective of a delay of feeding the gas to the feed piston at least until engagement between an end of the driver blade and a head of a fastener in the tool nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Chris H. Porth, Larry M. Moeller
  • Publication number: 20100206935
    Abstract: The magazine comprises storing means for receiving and storing a plurality of strips of nails; means arranged for driving said strips along a feeding plane towards an outlet end for feeding the tool with said nails; said storing means are arranged to store the nail strips in a side-by-side relationship relative to one another, stacked in a position roughly perpendicular to said feeding plane; the magazine further comprising transport means for taking one nail strip out of said plurality of stored nail strips and moving it to a pivoting station arranged for pivoting said one nail strip to be pivoted into said feeding plane; said driving means being arranged for driving the pivoted nail strip from said pivoting station towards said outlet end. The tool is well adapted for manufacturing partitions and wall panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: PASLODE DUO-FAST INDUSTRY BENELUX BV
    Inventors: Gerhard Kuechler, Jacob Lemsom
  • Publication number: 20100200634
    Abstract: A collation comprises a plurality of sleeves for supporting and carrying a plurality of fasteners through a magazine, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves have a front and a predetermined length of between about ¼ and about 0.4 inch, each of the plurality of fasteners have a predetermined length of between about ¾ inch and about 1½ inch and a tip located at a predetermined position from about 0.05 inch behind the sleeve front to about ¼ inch beyond the sleeve front, frangible bridges integrally connecting the plurality of sleeves together in a serial array and facilitating the separation of a leading one of the plurality of sleeves from remaining ones of the plurality of serially arranged sleeves when a drive member of the fastener driving tool drives a leading one of the fasteners disposed within the leading one of the sleeves, and a plurality of protrusions from the sleeves for engaging the rails in the magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Bruce F. Wywialowski, Richard Urban
  • Patent number: 7766206
    Abstract: A hand-held setting tool for driving fastening elements in a workpiece includes a drive-in ram (12) displaceable in the guide (15) in which a receptacle (16) for the fastening elements (23) is located and which has a feeding opening (17) for the fastening elements (23) and located in a region of the receptacle (16), and a displacement device (30) for displacing the fastening elements (23) into the receptacle (16) and controlled by the drive-in ram (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Emanuel Kurth, Urs Mueller, Marc Putzi, Tilo Dittrich
  • Patent number: 7766204
    Abstract: A hand-held drive-in tool driving fastening elements (60), e.g., nails in a workpiece (U) includes a magazine (61) projecting sidewise from the muzzle part (15) and having a spring-biased transporting slide (63) for displacing the fastening elements (60) in the magazine guide channel (62), a safety device (25) including a press-on member (14) secured on the tool muzzle part (15) of the tool, and a device (40) actuatable by the press-on member (14) for positioning of the transporting slide (63) and for displacing the transporting slide (63) against a biasing force of the transporting spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Spasov, Matthias Blessing, Hans Gschwend, Ulrich Schiestl
  • Patent number: 7757921
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a driving machine including: a driver blade for striking a fastener formed into an U-shape; a nose in which a launching passage is formed; and a magazine for feeding the fastener into the launching passage, wherein the magazine has a feeder for urging the multiple fasteners toward the launching passage, and the feeder has first and second convex sections each making contact with and urging respective needle of the U-shaped fastener; the nose has a blade guide for slidably guiding the driver blade; and the blade guide has first and concave sections for accommodating the first and second convex sections, the first and second concave sections being disposed alternately in the sliding direction of the driver blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ishizawa, Masashi Nishida
  • Patent number: 7753244
    Abstract: To upgrade the practicability of the feed of a nail connecting body in a magazine by using a spring. The magazine (4) is provided with (a) a rectilinear loading part (13) which loads the nail connecting body N; and (b) a feed member (34) which is loaded on this rectilinear loading part (13) so that it can slide easily. The feed member (34) is provided with (c) a slider (35) which makes up the main body; and (d) a feed pawl (43). The feed pawl (43) is attached to the slider (35) by the pin (42) so that it can turn freely and so that it can latch onto and be detached from the nail connecting body N and it is energized by the dual purpose compression torsion spring (46) at a latching position. The feel pawl (43) can be latched onto any nail n of the nail connecting body N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Power Fastening Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeo Nagata
  • Publication number: 20100147920
    Abstract: An apparatus for setting fastening elements (5) has a feed drive (21), by means of which the connecting elements (5) can be fed to an installation position, and a setting device which has a setting tool and by means of which a fastening element (5) arranged in the installation position can be ejected to come into engagement with a support part. Also present is a drive mechanism, which is provided with a drive motor that has a rotatable drive shaft (13) and is coupled via a transmission arrangement (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) to the feed drive (21) and the setting device (30), and with a control arrangement for setting the direction of rotation of the drive shaft (13). In one direction of rotation of the drive shaft (13), the transmission arrangement (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) couples the drive motor (12) to the feed drive (21), and in the other direction of rotation of the drive shaft (13), it couples the drive motor (12) to the setting device. The apparatus is therefore relatively easy to handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: A.RAYMOND ET CIE
    Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Lesser, Martin Busch, Patrice Burg
  • Patent number: 7726533
    Abstract: A magazine for a fastening tool drives one or more fasteners into a workpiece. The magazine generally includes an outer case and an inner rail movable relative to the outer case. The inner rail is extendable from the outer case to permit adding the one or more fasteners to the magazine. A bar extends between a front end and a rear end of the inner rail. A pusher bearing slidably receives the bar. A spring biases the pusher bearing toward the front end. A pusher block is coupled to the pusher bearing and disposed over the bar. The pusher block is operable to rock about the pusher bearing as the pusher block is sliding through the inner rail to urge the one or more fasteners toward the front end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Andrzej R. Wojcicki
  • Patent number: 7726535
    Abstract: A stapler for stapling together a workpiece, primarily a sheaf of papers, in which the stapler comprises a stapling unit and an anvil, which interacts with the stapling unit and on which the workpiece is placed, and against which stapling is performed, which stapling unit and an anvil are, driven relative to each other in a reciprocating stapling movement, during which movement stapling takes place, the stapling unit comprises a frame and a staple cassette which houses staple blanks and which is exchangeable, and which is detachably connected to the frame by attachment devices, and the staple blanks are fed one by one to an outlet channel by a feeding device incorporated in the stapler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Isaberg Rapid AB
    Inventors: Ulf Jönsson, Lars-Inge Magnusson, Frank Ambjörnsson, Trygve Gustavsson
  • Patent number: 7721929
    Abstract: An opening portion (104) is formed at a rear face of a staple cartridge (103), a slide door (106) is provided at the opening portion (104), and the slide door (106) is maintained at a closing position by a tension coil spring (107). When the slide door (106) is pushed down, also a pressing plate (109) is moved down by being pushed by the slide door, the opening portion (104) is opened and a staple pack (121) can be inserted into the cartridge. A staple can be refilled to an electric stapler (101) in a state of mounting the staple cartridge (103), and time and labor of attaching and detaching the staple cartridge is dispensed with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Yoshie
  • Publication number: 20100122996
    Abstract: A combination of screw nail gun and nail belt includes a screw nail gun, which has a gun body extending along an axis perpendicular to a nailing surface, a nailing nozzle connected to the front end of the gun body and having a front alignment face, a nail holder connected to the nailing nozzle and defining with the nailing surface an acute angle, and a cover covering the nail holder and defining with the nail holder a nail groove, and a nail belt, which includes a belt body set in the nail groove and a plurality of screw nails fastened to the belt body, one screw nail being positioned in the nailing nozzle for nailing, the screw nail positioned in the nailing nozzle having the head thereof partially protruding beyond the front alignment face of the nailing nozzle to facilitate alignment during nailing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventor: Chung-Yen HO
  • Patent number: 7703649
    Abstract: In one aspect of the invention a collation comprises a plurality of sleeves for supporting and carrying a plurality of fasteners through a magazine, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves have a front and a predetermined length of between about ¼ and about 0.4 inch, each of the plurality of fasteners have a predetermined length of between about ¾ inch and about 1½ inch and a tip located at a predetermined position from about 0.05 inch behind the sleeve front to about ¼ inch beyond the sleeve front, frangible bridges integrally connecting the plurality of sleeves together in a serial array and facilitating the separation of a leading one of the plurality of sleeves from remaining ones of the plurality of serially arranged sleeves when a drive member of the fastener driving tool drives a leading one of the fasteners disposed within the leading one of the sleeves, and a plurality of protrusions from the sleeves for engaging the rails in the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce F. Wywialowski, Richard Urban
  • Patent number: 7703650
    Abstract: From top to bottom of an inner wall of a case in which stacked stapled sheets each composed of linear staples connected in parallel are accommodated, horizontal nonreturn projections are successively arranged. A nonreturn lug is attached to a staple pushing plate pushing the staple sheets by a spring, and the nonreturn lug is engaged with the nonreturn projections of the case. The nonreturn lug and the nonreturn projections are shaped to permit a descent of the staple pushing plate and inhibit an ascent thereof. In addition, a height of an apex of each of the nonreturn projections is reduced step-wise or with no step from top to bottom of the inner wall of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiichi Haramiishi, Koji Morii
  • Patent number: 7681770
    Abstract: A stapler has a table formed with a clincher mechanism at a front end and is rotatably supported on a frame. A pair of locking plates slidably supported along the frame between the table and the frame prevents the clincher mechanism from rotating in a direction in which the clincher mechanism moves toward a staple driving section. Drive cams are provided independently for each of the locking plates to drive the locking plates. The times at which the respective locking plates are pulled out from between the table and the frame by the respective drive cams are shifted from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Kanai
  • Publication number: 20100032326
    Abstract: A screwstrip is disclosed including angled slots which allow a driver of an automated screwdriver to advance the screwstrip. The slots include a leading edge, which may be perpendicular to the line of travel of the screwstrip, and a trailing edge provided at an oblique angle with respect to the line of travel of the screwstrip. A slot including an angled sidewall is more forgiving and prevents misalignment of the driver with the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Scott Park
  • Patent number: 7658309
    Abstract: The nail presser lid structure for a nailer includes a coupling end and a swinging end. The swinging end is provided with a flexible presser, formed of a presser portion and a spring. The presser portion protrudes from the swinging end to press on the closing side of the removable cover. An inclined guide plane is placed outside of the presser portion. When the removable cover presses the inclined guide plane, the presser portion is forced to return and press the spring to accumulate elastic restoring force. When the closing side of the removable cover overpasses the inclined guide plane, the presser portion will recover again and press the positioning portion of the closing side, such that the nail presser lid and removable cover of the nail box are closed flexibly, offering greater operational friendliness and practicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Basso Industry Corp.
    Inventor: Jen-Fang Jang
  • Patent number: 7628305
    Abstract: A manually swingable hammer-type stapling tool having an elongate housing having a striker movably mounted thereon; a staple driving blade mounted on the housing and movable relative to the striker along a staple discharge path when the striker impacts against a surface; a staple magazine carried on said housing and containing a clip of staples so that a leading staple of the clip is disposed in a staple discharge path below the driving blade; and a cap supply and feeding arrangement mounted on the housing for positioning a cap in a discharge position wherein it is disposed below the leading staple, the arrangement including a cap magazine containing a significant number of individual caps disposed in adjacent and joined edge-to-edge relationship to define a connected strip of caps, and an impact activated feeding mechanism for advancing a leading cap of the strip into the discharge position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: National Nail Corporation
    Inventors: Roger A. Vanden Berg, Roger C. Bruins, Ross Kooienga
  • Patent number: 7617959
    Abstract: An adjusting device for a nail gun includes a magazine, a shaft, a disc feeder and a positioning assembly. The shaft is mounted in the magazine and has two sliding grooves longitudinally formed respectively in the shaft and multiple positioning recesses formed on the sliding grooves. The disc feeder includes a rotating disc and a sleeve mounted around the shaft and has two mounting holes each corresponding to a positioning recess. The positioning assembly includes a clamp and an E-clip having two stops. The clamp is mounted in the sleeve and has two clamping arms each having a boss. The stops are mounted respectively in the mounting holes, respectively abutting the clamping arms and held by the E-clip. Therefore the magazine can be adjusted in one direction at multiple stages by pulling up and in the other direction by pressing the clamp that releases the stops for easy adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Testo Industry Corp.
    Inventor: Brad Yang
  • Patent number: 7575143
    Abstract: A portable device for inserting fixing elements into predefined seats in a work piece, the portable device including a drive head; a drive rod extending downward from the drive head; a hollow nose piece slidably fit around a lower end of the drive rod, the nose piece being attached to the head and being movable vertically by a predetermined distance with respect to the head and the drive rod; a magazine mounted on the nose piece at a predetermined angle with respect to a lower face of the nose piece for feeding a first fixing element into a horizontal slot on the lower face the nose piece; and a single-blow drive mechanism providing a force produced by a pressurized fluid to an upper end of the drive rod when the drive mechanism is triggered. The force on the drive rod drives the first fixing element into the predefined seat in the work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Sigma Tool & Machine, A Partnership Between Sigma Tool & Machine Ltd. And Sigma Fasteners, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith G. Bromley, Sung Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 7571843
    Abstract: A staple storage cassette, comprising a staple assembly slidably installed on a cassette rail member across a pair of guide rails vertically formed parallel with each other, a feeder slidably brought into contact with the rear end part of the staple assembly, and a cassette cover member forming a passage in which staples and the feeder are inserted. A stopper is installed and a blade guide hole is formed at the front end part of the cassette cover member, and engagement recessed parts engaged with the elastically engaged claw pieces of the feeder in one direction are continuously formed in the inner surface of the cassette cover member in the longitudinal direction so that the feeder can be moved in the forward direction only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Sebek Limited
    Inventor: Michihito Kumayama
  • Patent number: 7571844
    Abstract: A portable device for inserting fixing elements into predefined seats in a work piece, the portable device including a drive head; a drive rod extending downward from the drive head; a hollow nose piece slidably fit around a lower end of the drive rod, the nose piece being attached to the head and being movable vertically by a predetermined distance with respect to the head and the drive rod; a magazine mounted on the nose piece at a predetermined angle with respect to a lower face of the nose piece for feeding a first fixing element into a horizontal slot on the lower face the nose piece; and a single-blow drive mechanism providing a force produced by a pressurized fluid to an upper end of the drive rod when the drive mechanism is triggered. The force on the drive rod drives the first fixing element into the predefined seat in the work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Sigma Tool & Machine, a Partnership between Sigma Tool & Machine Ltd. and Sigma Fasteners, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith G. Bromley, Sung Hsiang Liu
  • Publication number: 20090194574
    Abstract: A controller controls a first FET to go on and off based on an input signal of a trigger switch and a push switch and controls a second FET to go on and off based on an input signal of a trigger switch, a push switch, and a operation detection switch. The controller then controls the time that the first FET is on for to be longer than the time the second FET is on for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Yukihiro SHIMA, Hideyuki TANIMOTO, Takashi UEDA
  • Patent number: 7530483
    Abstract: A manually swingable hammer-type stapling tool having an elongate housing having a striker movably mounted thereon. A staple driving blade is mounted on the housing and movable relative to the striker along a staple discharge path when the striker impacts against a surface. A staple magazine is carried on the housing for containing a clip of staples so that a leading staple of the clip is disposed in a staple discharge path below the driving blade. A cap supply and feeding arrangement is mounted on the housing for positioning a cap in a discharge position wherein it is disposed below the leading staple, which arrangement includes a cap magazine containing a significant number of individual caps and inertia energy activated feeding mechanism for advancing a leading cap into the discharge position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: National Nail Corporation
    Inventors: Roger C. Bruins, Roger A. Vanden Berg, Ross Kooienga
  • Patent number: 7520106
    Abstract: A magazine bar having an entry and an exit for guiding a line of clips from a clip supply arranged above a separating window of a closure apparatus to the substantially vertically arranged separating window. The magazine bar has a first deflection configuration such that the line of clips can be introduced into the entry from below. A further embodiment is a clip feed arrangement having such a magazine bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Poly-Clip System GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Töpfer
  • Publication number: 20090095788
    Abstract: An engagement-member attaching device that is configured, when a connection member is discharged from a rear portion of a body of the device after an engagement member is removed from an engagement-member train, to reduce a burden imposed on an operator and reliably feed the engagement-member train. In a feed mechanism 70, a feeding member 72 is backwardly pivoted based on an operation force of an operation lever 12 against a biasing force of a feeding spring 74 from its feeding position to its preparation position, and then, with the operation force being released, the feeding member 72 is forwardly pivoted by the biasing force of the feeding spring 74 from its preparation position to its feeding position. A booster 100 is provided between a piston member 22 and the feeding member 72, so that a forward force applied to the piston member 22 is boosted and then transmitted to the feeding member 72.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuya Shimada, Fujio Saka
  • Patent number: 7516532
    Abstract: A method of urging one or more fasteners toward a nosepiece of a fastening tool generally includes placing one or more fasteners into a magazine and moving a pusher block that is pivotally mounted on a pusher bearing toward the one or more fasteners. The method also includes rocking the pusher block about the pusher bearing as the one or more fasteners are fed sequentially into the nosepiece to maintain a pushing surface of the pusher block in substantial abutment with a surface of a last fastener of the one or more fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Andrzej R. Wojcicki
  • Publication number: 20090090762
    Abstract: A portable linear fastener driving tool is provided that drive staples, nails, or other linearly driven fasteners. The tool uses a gas spring principle, in which a cylinder filled with compressed gas is used to quickly force a piston through a driving stroke movement, while a driver also drives a fastener into a workpiece. The piston/driver is then moved back to its starting position by use of a rotary-to-linear lifter, and the piston again compresses the gas above the piston, thereby preparing the tool for another driving stroke. The driver has protrusions along its edges that contact the lifter, which lifts the driver during a return stroke. A pivotable latch is controlled to move into either an interfering position or a non-interfering position with respect to the driver protrusions, and acts as a safety device, by preventing the driver from making a full driving stroke at an improper time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Richard L. Leimbach, Shane Adams, Thomas W. Clark, Michael V. Petrocelli, Teresa Petrocelli
  • Patent number: 7513405
    Abstract: A staple refill which can be stored in a refill storing section in such a manner that the leading one of the sheet-like joined staples wound in roll form is on the upper side and which is adapted to lessen the load on a feeding mechanism for feeding the leading one of the sheet of joined staples in a stapler main body. The staple refill is removably attached to a cartridge installed in a stapler main body. A refill includes a storing section for storing a sheet of joined staples wound in roll form, a discharge port for discharging the sheet of joined staples, and a lead-out passage for leading out the leading part of the sheet of joined staples into the discharge port. The lead-out passage is upwardly bent from the discharge port toward the interior of the storing section, so that the leading part positioned on the upper side of the sheet of joined staples is lead out to the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Max Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kishi, Toshio Shimizu, Kazuo Higuchi
  • Patent number: 7469810
    Abstract: Staple magazine (7) for mounting to a stapler (1) used to staple together a workpiece (6), primarily a sheaf of papers, the said staple magazine comprising a container (8), in which elongated staple blanks (10) in the form of a strip (11) are stored, and a staple forming arrangement (9) comprising a forming punch (19), which bends the elongated staple blanks into the shape of a staple over a forming block (48), and a drive punch (20) with which the staple blanks which have been bent into staple shape for stapling the workpiece are driven into the said workpiece, the staple blanks stored in strip form being fed by a feeder plate (51) to a forming block (48) along a feed path (44) incorporated in the container, and the forming punch and drive punch being driven in a reciprocating bending and drive movement (P) by a drive arrangement (13-16) incorporated in the stapler, the container (8) and the staple forming arrangement (9) being connected to each other by means of releasable connecting devices (22, 23, 34, 35
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Isaberg Rapid AB
    Inventors: Olle Strååt, Marcus Börjesson
  • Patent number: 7455207
    Abstract: A fastening tool includes a housing assembly having a nosepiece and a magazine assembly that is coupled to the housing assembly. The magazine assembly includes a canister, a door structure, a feed pawl and a follower structure. The canister is configured to hold a plurality of collated fasteners and has a first canister portion and a second canister portion that is movable relative to the first canister portion between a closed position and an open position. The fastening tool further includes a coil feeder assembly having an indexing pawl. The indexing pawl advances a fastener into operative engagement with the feed pawl upon movement of the second canister portion from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Andrzej R. Wojcicki, Glen V. Steinbrunner, Michael P. Baron, James R. Niblett
  • Patent number: 7455205
    Abstract: A magazining device (2) for a power tool (4) for driving in fastening elements includes a guide member (6) mountable on the power tool (4) coaxially with the drive-in axis (A), a receiving device (8) projecting from the guide member (6) and having a free receiving cross-section (30) for receiving a support strip (32) with the fastening elements (34), a transporting slide (40) spring-biased along a transporting slide guide (50), which is provided in the receiving device (8), in a direction toward the outlet opening (28) of the receiving cross-section (30) and having a bearing element (44) which extends, in a transporting position of the transporting slide (4), into the receiving cross-section (3) for transporting the fastening elements (34) in a direction toward the drive-in axis (A), with the transporting slide (40) having an open position in which the bearing element (44) opens the receiving cross-section (30) in a direction of a lead-in opening (58), and an element for retaining the transporting slide (40)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Pally, Gerd Daubinger
  • Patent number: 7441683
    Abstract: A clearance is set between a nail feeder and an outer profile portion so that the nail feeder can turn. A pin as a first restriction member that inhibits movement of the nail feeder to an ejection portion by engaging with the nail feeder and can release the engagement with the rotation of the nail feeder is provided to the outer profile portion. The position at which the nail feeder and a spring engage is set in deviation from the position at which the nail feeder and the pin engage, in a reciprocating direction of the nail feeder and in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ishizawa, Hiroki Kitagawa, Masashi Nishida
  • Publication number: 20080251560
    Abstract: The indirect fire device for fixing fasteners (13) in a substrate material of the invention comprises a piston for driving a fastener (13) movably mounted in a barrel and a plug guide (11) for guiding a fastener (13) towards the substrate material. The device is adapted to receive a magazine (19) for receiving a strip (14) of fasteners (13) in order to introduce the fasteners (13) one by one into the plug guide (11). Each fastener (13) is held in a sleeve comprising bridges (16) for connection to another sleeve (15). The plug guide (11) of the device includes a zone having an enlarged circular section (21) at the opening of the magazine (19) leading into the plug guide (11), extending axially over the length (h) of a sleeve (15) increased by the stroke of the plug guide (11) for loading the device (L-L?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: SOCIETE DE PROSPECTION ET D'INVENTIONS TECHNIQUES SPIT
    Inventors: Roland Almeras, Patrick Herelier, Emmanuel Vallon
  • Publication number: 20080210734
    Abstract: In a gas combustion type nail driving device, a head part (3) which is disposed on the front surface of the main body is provided with (a) a guide tube (35) through which a rod (17) and a nail n pass; (b) a main guide body (36) on which the guide tube (35) is disposed; (c) a subguide (37) which makes a pair with the main guide body (36) and forms a nail feed space; (d) a feed motor (48); and (e) a gear unit (46) which is driven by the feed motor (47). The nail connecting body N is fed to the guide tube (35) by the feed gear (73).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: JPF WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutsugu Uejima, Keiji Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7419079
    Abstract: The pneumatic tool has a check valve placed inside that includes an internal and external valve base and traveling valve. The internal valve base has an inlet hole, and an enlarged slot is formed on the external end of the inlet hole. An annular oblique edge is formed between the enlarged slot and inlet hole, and an air hole is placed on the enlarged slot. The external valve base has an outlet hole that is connected to the outside of the pneumatic tool. A protruding tube is formed inside the outlet hole. Interval space is formed between the inside of the protruding tube and the inlet hole for the internal valve base; and the traveling valve can be traveling inside the interval space. The built-in check valve can avoid external force, which extends the shelf life and makes appearance of the product look neater and practical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Basso Industry Corp.
    Inventors: Jack Chen, Jim Wang
  • Patent number: 7416100
    Abstract: A hand-held setting tool for driving fastening elements in a workpiece includes a muzzle member (20) axially displaceable relative to the tool housing (11) in a direction of an operational axis (A) of the setting tool (10), a feeding channel (28) for a fastening element strip (50) and arranged in the muzzle member (20) and opening into a fastening element the receiving chamber (29) provided in the muzzle member (20), and a locking member (40) arranged on the muzzle member (20) and forming a locking section (42) displaceable into the feeding channel (28), and a blocking section (41) for preventing displacement of the muzzle member relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Harald Fielitz
  • Patent number: 7413105
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a pushing device of a drawer type magazine apparatus, especially for use with nail guns, in which the magazine apparatus is coupled to a barrel and includes a magazine unit. The magazine unit is equipped with a fixed magazine and a removable nail loading assembly, which cooperates with a pushing device and a nail pusher. The pushing device is equipped with an accommodating member and a spiral spring, by means of the cooperation of the accommodating member and the spiral spring of the pushing device and the nail pusher, the nails can be pushed precisely and stably with an average thrust, so that the situation of nails slanting or getting nails stuck will not happen. The objectives of promoting the convenience for operators and providing durable nail guns are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Apach Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan Ho, Hsien-Nung Liu
  • Publication number: 20080179372
    Abstract: A hand-held setting tool for driving fastening elements in a workpiece includes a drive-in ram (12) displaceable in the guide (15) in which a receptacle (16) for the fastening elements (23) is located and which has a feeding opening (17) for the fastening elements (23) and located in a region of the receptacle (16), and a displacement device (30) for displacing the fastening elements (23) into the receptacle (16) and controlled by the drive-in ram (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Emanuel Kurth, Urs Mueller, Marc Putzi, Tilo Dittrich
  • Patent number: 7401659
    Abstract: A positioning structure of the transmission device of a screw fastening apparatus is disclosed. The transmission device includes a stopping block, gear body and a braking body. An elastic rim is positioned between the lateral side of the stopping block and the inner face of a mobile seat. The gear body is H-shaped structure and one lateral side is provided with a plurality of slanting holes for corresponding protruded blocks, and the other lateral side is provided with a plurality of engaging holes. One side of the seat plate of the braking body is protruded with a shaft for mounting with the gear body, and the stopping block and the elastic rim are mounted to the hole on the mobile seat, and the seat plate is provided with a plurality of engaging blocks to engage with the engaging holes of the gear body. The other lateral side of the seat plate corresponding to the center of the shaft is a slot to accommodate a spring urging a square-shaped board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Mobiletron Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Chieh Hsu
  • Patent number: 7398904
    Abstract: A fastening element guide device for a power drive-in tool includes a coupling section (14) having a chamber (17) for receiving a matching coupling section (41) of power drive-in tool (40) at least one locking member (21, 22) displaceable between a locking position (28) in which its locking section (23) projects into the receiving chamber (17) for engaging a recess (43) provided on the matching coupling section (41) of the power drive-in tool (40) for lockingly secure the guide device (10) on the power drive-in tool (40), and a release position (29) in which the locking section (43) is withdrawn from the receiving chamber (17) a spring (25) for biasing the at least one locking member (21, 22) to its locking position (28), and an actuation section (24) accessible from outside for manually displacing the at least one locking member (21, 22) from the locking position (28) to the release position (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marco Zurkirchen, Marcel Koelliker, Sven Matthiesen
  • Patent number: 7387228
    Abstract: A magazine with a positioning device for a nail gun includes a magazine that has a nail loading port on one end thereof, and a gliding part that has a protruding part and a locking part. The magazine has fixing parts, penetrating parts and a stopping part. The gliding device has a nail storing part and is inserted into the receiving chamber. The gliding device is fixed by a positioning device, so that the gliding device will not depart from the magazine due to the bounce motion while nailing, and the protruding part and the locking part of the gliding device are not easy to get abrasion. The objectives of providing the operator a safe and secured working environment, prolonging the lifetime of the gliding device and securing the gliding device in position will be attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Apach Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tung-Sung Yeh, Yu-Chuan Ho