Abstract: A laparoscopic surgical staple system comprises a staple, a staple extractor, and methods of applying and extracting such staples. The staples of the present invention are visible through a limited viewport, such as a trocar, and include an extraction member which forms a substantially closed hole through which a hook can be inserted. The staple extractor of the present invention includes a mechanism for grasping and pulling to remove the staple from body tissue, and a hook which can receive and hold multiple staples. The staples are applied by a device which is capable of inserting the staple's legs into a patient's body tissue. Staples are extracted using methods which allow multiple staples to be removed in a single, quick laparoscopic procedure and which reduce the risk of infection to the patient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a staple remover having a pressure-gripping structure which is made to execute a complete staple removing effect by a post-processing staple removing operation in case when such staple remover can not complete the staple removing function as it should. The invention includes at least one groove formed on one of the inner side or outer side staple removing arms for pressure-gripping by biting the staple at the crossing points when the inner side staple removing arm and the outer side staple removing arm are crossed each other. The invention has such effect that not only a utilizing efficiency of the staple remover is increased but also a great convenience is obtained.

Abstract: A tool for installing and removing a staple comprising an elongated body which has an installing head at one end and a base at the opposite end. In between the head and the base is mounted a graspable handle which is to be slideable to exert a hammering force on a collar which is mounted on the body. This collar is to be adjustable longitudinally on the body to any desired position that will be convenient to the user. The head of the tool includes a staple removing device which is to be connected to a staple to effect removal thereof after it has been installed.

Abstract: The specification discloses a staple remover for removing staples from an object. In one embodiment, the staple remover comprises a plastic handle having an elongate gripping portion, a projecting head on a first end of the gripping portion, a cavity extending through the gripping portion from a second end thereof to an opening to the second end, and a passageway communicating between the cavity and the exterior of the handle at a position adjacent the projecting head. The gripping portion and the head are integrally formed together as a unitary, one-piece construction. As a second part, the staple remover includes a metallic clip having a first end which extends into the passageway so that the clip is supported on the handle. The clip has a second end which projects out of the passageway into the head and which is configured to provide a projecting end for being urged under a staple to enable removal of the staple from the object by the application of a force through the clip from the handle.

Abstract: A staple remover has nippers formed on a side of its pivot opposite the staple removing jaws for gripping a staple bar. The nippers are formed by cross-bars connecting opposite flanges of the body members which form the staple remover.

Abstract: A heavy duty staple remover 10 for disengaging embedded staples 30 having a concealed back surface 34 and an exposed back surface 32 comprises a handle 12 having a working end 40 and a manipulating end 42 pivotally connected to the handle 12 proximate to their respective working ends. A pair of generally parallel elongate spaced apart anvils 26 are integral with the working end 18 of the handle 12. The anvils 26 being spaced apart to engage substantially the lateral extremes of the concealed back surface 34 of an embedded staple 30. A tongue 42 adapted to engage the exposed back surface 32 of an embedded staple 30 is integral with the working end 40 of the lever 14. When the handle 12 and the lever 14 are in their normal position, the tongue 42 is disposed between the anvils 26 above a plane formed by the anvils 26, but the tongue 42 pivots between the anvils 26 and through the plane formed by the anvils 26 when the lever 14 is pivoted toward the handle 12 to remove a staple.

Abstract: A staple removing device including a pair of hinged, opposing jaws. Each jaw includes an anvil member that is movable into and out of contact engagement with the other anvil member upon relative movement of the jaws. In one embodiment, the anvil members are used to release a staple that has been partially removed by the jaws. In another embodiment, the anvil members engage the staple simultaneously with use of the jaws to open the staple so as to facilitate complete release of the staple.

Abstract: A tool for the removal of a staple employed for attachment of a cable to a support structure comprises a head member, including a pair of outwardly extending, generally parallel engagement members. The engagement members are spaced apart a distance which is less than the distance between the legs of the staple and which is greater than the lateral width of the cable. A handle member engages the head member in a manner such that the application of a force upon the handle member causes the engagement members to exert a force upon the crown of the staple to move the crown away from the support structure, thereby removing the legs of the staple from the support structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for removing a staple from a stack of sheet goods bound by that staple. The stack of sheet goods is clamped, and the staple is directly engaged at both the crossbar and the clinched legs. The clinched legs are substantially straightened, and the staple is removed by pulling the crossbar away from the stack of sheet goods and the substantially straightened legs through the stack of sheet goods.

Abstract: A hand tool having utility in the extraction of staples, tacks and nails. A thirty degree bend is formed near the distal end of an elongate, rigid shank. The shank widens laterally outwardly distal to the bend, forming a pair of laterally extending wing members that exhibit bilateral symmetry. The shank returns to its original breadth at the distal end of the wings and four parallel claw members extend therefrom. The four claw members are separated by horizontal and vertical slots that divide the claws into a first, upper pair and a second lower pair. The lower pair of claws has a greater longitudinal extent than the upper pair and have a feather edge to facilitate sliding of said lower pair under the crown of a staple. The collective breadth of the lower pair of claws is slightly less than the breadth of a staple so that the crown of the staple is supported at its opposite ends during the extraction procedure.

Abstract: A staple remover for removing a staple from an object includes an elongate member which is progressively forced under a crown of the staple. The elongate member is preferably a larger claw member which cooperates with a smaller claw member in a pincer-like action. A protrusion or expanding member is provided on each lateral side of the elongate member with the distance between the protrusions being greater than the length of the crown of the staple and ending at a distance from the camming surface of the elongate member which is less than the length of a leg of the staple. Preferably, the protrusion extends generally parallel to the associated camming surface from adjacent the tip to a maximum protruding height which occurs where the distance between the associated camming surface and bearing surface is approximately 40 to 60% of the length of a leg of the staple.

Abstract: A tool having a generally horizontal U shaped shaft, the upper portion thereof having a handle attached thereto, and the lower portion of said shaft ending with an upwardly curved blade which tapers to a thin, sharp edge slightly forward of two side tines which are upwardly curved in an arc similar to that of the blade except that said arc turns conversely near the vertices of said side tines so as to form convergences wherein the blade and the side tines, jointly, can engage, grip, and lift a staple from its embedment. An adjustable leverage means is mounted on the lower portion of said shaft so as to provide lift as required to extract staples of various sizes from their embedments.

Abstract: A staple remover for removing staples from stapled materials utilizing an inclined plane in combination with a gripper. First and second jaws are provided, each have two jaw members. The two jaw members of the first jaw are spaced from each other just less than the width of a staple. The two jaw members of the second jaw are spaced from each other less than the spacing of the jaw members for the first jaw so that the second jaw may insert within the first jaw. The first and second jaws are connected together by a pivot and are resiliently biased in an open position. Each of the jaw members of the first and second jaws terminate in a pointed extremity. Each of the jaw members of the first and second jaws further have an upper and lower cam surface which smoothly diverge from each other rearwardly from the pointed extremity.

Abstract: A staple remover is provided comprising two levers pivotally coupled at one end and being movable towards one another at their other ends. A pair of extraction jaws are formed at the movable ends of the levers for engaging the underside of a staple embedded in a material to thereby lift the staple away from the material. The staple remover also comprising an engaging member located adjacent the extraction jaw in one of the levers and forming a slot with said extraction jaw. The engaging member will engage the upper surface of the staple to thereby anchor the staple at a middle portion thereof for clean and uniform withdrawal of the staple ends from the paper.

Abstract: Device for removing a staple from a stapled bundle of sheets by moving the bundle over a supporting element past a staple removing strip. The strip extends above the supporting element at a small acute angle therewith and is fixed to an arm which is rotatably mounted on a shaft positioned at the side of the strip facing away from the acute angle and below the supporting element. The strip is moved upwards when a stapled bundle of sheets, with the legs of the staple facing downwards, is fed between the supporting element and a wedge-like tapered end of the strip, which end presses onto the supporting element. When in this way the staple is positioned in front of the wedge-like tapered end of the strip, the bundle is pulled towards the strip, the end of the strip penetrates between the crown of the staple and the bundle and the staple thereafter is pulled out of the bundle. The pulled-out staple drops in a receiving tray formed beneath the supporting element.

Abstract: A staple removing device includes a pair of jaws having portions which are provided at an angle with respect to a corresponding pair of handles. The pair of jaws are pivotable about a common pivot pin. A palm rest extends from a bracket which is attached to a jaw and a corresponding handle. In operation, the palm rest is positioned generally in line with the jaws and a staple to be removed. Additionally, the palm rest is positioned so that an operator can comfortably apply a pushing force thereon with one hand, while gripping the pair of handles with the other hand. The palm rest is further positioned so that a pushing force applied thereto, by an operator's hand, is transferred along a substantially straight line toward a staple to be removed.

Abstract: A tool serves for pulling staples out of a form base such as upholstered furniture, which is in the form of pliers and differs from well-known pliers by the fact that its mouth is provided with at least two pointed intersecting gripping teeth, clamping surfaces being arranged adjacent to the teeth and a tilt support in the zone of the hinge is provided.

Abstract: A surgical staple remover comprises first and second handle elements pivotally connected to each other. The front portion of the first handle element terminates in a pair of outwardly extending anvil sections having outside surfaces that diverge away from each other in the front to rear direction so that different size staples may be received thereon until the staples contact the diverging outside surfaces thereof. A blade section on the front portion of the second handle element is constructed and arranged for movement toward and away from the anvil sections, and the blade section has a lower concavely curved staple engaging edge. The curved edge engages a staple on the anvil sections with a downward and rearward force to produce a U-shaped bend in the crown of the staple to thereby facilitate its removal.

Abstract: A staple removing device and associated method employing unique clamping devices for the removal of a staple that is broken or partially inserted in an object. The clamping devices are provided to engage the whole or parts of a partially removed staple thereby allowing the staple to be pulled from the object in accordance with the associated method.

Abstract: A staple removing device and associated method employing unique clamping devices for the removal of a staple that is broken or partially inserted in an object. The clamping devices are provided to engage the whole or parts of a partially removed staple thereby allowing the staple to be pulled from the object in accordance with the associated method.

Abstract: A tool used for removal and installation of a fluid coupling retaining pin. The tool consists of long, narrow handle terminating in a body having a flat upper surface and an arcuately curved lower surface, one end of the upper surface being notched to fit under the loop of the retaining pin. The curved lower surface fits against the coupling, acting as a fulcrum for pulling the pin out of its groove. The tool also has sufficient mass so that it may be used to drive the pin into its groove as well.

Abstract: An apparatus for clip-stapling a cover which encloses a pre-fab building construction section which includes a pneumatic driving casing having interchangeable heads, wherein the shape of the head is flat for permanent fastening or flat only in the center resulting in a temporary fastener clip staple that is shaped flat in the center and raised rectangular sections at each end so that a three-pronged tool can be used to easily remove the staple without any injury to the resin plastic cover or the building structure section beneath said cover and including a hand drawn stripping which is housed in a canister that is fitted into alignment with the magazine chamber holding the staples.

Abstract: A skin clip remover for removing skin clips or staples which have been placed into the skin across a wound to close and retain the wound in a closed and healing position comprises a handle element and a trigger element joined together at a pivot point to form a hand operated tool capable of gripping and deforming the crown of a skin clip when the proximal ends of the two elements are forced toward each other to bring together into such gripping and deforming attitude the opposing faces of the distal ends of such two elements which are in the form of a pair of parallel anvil feet at an obtuse angle on the distal end of the handle element and a hawk bill projection at an obtuse angle on the distal end of the trigger element, such obtuse angles opposing each other to form a diamond shaped pocket to entrap the crown of a skin clip for deformation and removal.

Abstract: A staple remover (10) is provided having first and second arms (12, 14). Each of the arms (12, 14) include parallel sidewalls (16, 18, 22, 24) interconnected by a web (20, 26). Structure (28, 30) is provided for connecting the arms (12, 14) such that the sidewalls (16, 18) are slidable within the sidewalls (22, 24). Structure (50) is disposed between the sidewalls (16, 18) of the first arm (12) for engaging a staple between the engaging structure (50) and the web (26) of the second arm (14).

Abstract: A paper knife and staple puller head formed by a thin razor type blade having a cutting edge directed towards the interior, and by a non-cutting guide member arranged at a certain angle in front of the cutting edge of the blade. The guide member terminates with an upwardly directed point, thus forming a staple puller. This head can be applied to a handle body of the paper knife type or to a pocketable body of reduced dimensions.

Abstract: A surgical needle extractor is provided which has a chuck including a penetration portion for penetrating between the claws of a surgical needle. The chuck also has an actuated piece pivotable with respect to the penetration portion of the chuck. The extractor includes a handle to which the chuck is releasably attached. The handle includes pivoting means for pivoting the actuated piece with respect to the penetration portion such that when the penetration portion is inserted between the needle claws, the penetration portion and the actuated piece cooperate to remove the needle. Only the chuck touches the patient's skin, and only the handle is touched by the operator. Accordingly, the handle need not be sterilized each time before use and the chuck is disposable. The actuating rod of the handle is adapted to be hand-operated. The extractor can further include means for releasing the chuck from the handle when a new chuck is desired to be attached to the handle.

Abstract: A pneumatically powered apparatus for removing staples from upholstered furniture and other surfaces is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pivoted staple pulling bit which has a chisel shaped end portion sized for insertion along a surface beneath a staple. A reciprocating plunger having a cam shaped end portion is in communication with the rear portion of the bit. Forward movement of the plunger forces the cam shaped end against the bit pivoting the chisel shaped end portion upward.

Abstract: A surgical staple remover has two pivotally connected arms, each of which is made up of a proximal handle piece and a distal nose piece. All four pieces are held together by a single pivot pin, and the handle and nose pieces of each arm interfit with one another so that both pieces of each arm pivot as a unit about the pivot pin. The nose piece of a first arm includes two, small, laterally spaced members which can be slipped under the backspan of a surgical staple to be removed. The nose piece of the second arm includes a single member which is initially between and above the two laterally spaced members. When the arms are manually squeezed together, the single member bends the center of the staple backspan down between the laterally spaced members and pivots the legs of the staple out of the tissue.

Abstract: A tool which may be used to remove staples having a first and second pivotably connected elements having parallel, spaced-apart members, the second of which is at least partially disposed in the first and has a tongue with a removable concave, bevelled tip and is pivotably connected to a lever and a gripping bar which is parallelpipedic with an S-shape having a striated, convex lower end which is spring biased into contact with each other so that when the tongue is inserted under the head of the staple and a pressure exerted on the lever it causes the means for gripping to pivot until its convex end comes into contact with the head of the staple which is pinched against the tongue and removed without being deformed.

Abstract: In order to simplify production of clip removing forceps used to bend open skin clips, it is suggested that one of the two branch elements encircles the other in the shape of a U in the region of pivotal connection, that one of the two branch elements bears on its side walls facing the other branch element projections arranged at the axis of rotation, that the other branch element has circular recesses to accommodate these projections, that the projections have a circular cross section corresponding to that of the recesses, whereby two opposite side faces of these projections are flattened, and that a groove runs from the circular recess to the edge of the other branch element, the width of this groove corresponding at least to the distance between the flattened sides of the projections but being smaller than the diameter of the circular recess and this groove being aligned such that, in the operating position of the two branch elements, the curved side portions of the projections rest at least partially on c

Abstract: A prying staple remover characterized by a head portion having a curved bottom and top surface, and a pair of side surfaces connecting the bottom surface with the top surface. The side surfaces are each provided with a groove with which the legs of the removed staples may be engaged. The head portion also includes a magnet and magnetic field return assembly which magnetically attracts the bases of the removed staples.

Abstract: A manually operable surgical staple extractor has a first handle element provided with a finger-receiving ring end and a second handle element also provided with a finger-receiving ring end. A first and second front portion of the extractor contain a slot and blade section parallel to an anvil and are pivotally connected by a rivet.

Abstract: A staple remover avoids scattering of removed staples by delivering them in a controlled manner onto a storage rail where they are clearly viewable to indicate when the storage rail requires emptying. A handle pivoted to the storage rail carries on its face opposing the storage rail a textile element which prevents removed staples from traveling toward the forward end of the storage rail and stabilizes the removed staples until they are separated from the storage rail.

Abstract: A manually actuated surgical staple extractor comprising upper and lower handles pivotally joined together and swingable between open and closed positions. The upper handle terminates at its forward end in a pair of thin, flat, laterally extending stops separated by a blade-receiving slot. The forwardmost portions of the stops lie in an obtuse angle to the upper handle and are joined together by a thin, coplanar, forwardly projecting, U-shaped anvil. The lower handle terminates in a thin blade. When the handles are in their open positions, the blade is located in the above noted slot with its lower edge above the anvil. When the handles are shifted toward each other to their closed positions, the blade pivots downwardly so that it passes through the U-shaped anvil to a position therebelow.

Abstract: A top panel of a copying machine is provided with a tray or like means forming a cavity recessed from bordering top surface areas for collecting staples removed from stapled bundles of originals to be copied, and a rigid finger protrudes freely into the cavity for removing the staple from a bundle of originals suitably placed onto and moved over the appliance. The finger has its top surface largely formed flat and tapered to an upturned narrowed tip that projects slightly above the plane of the adjacent top surface areas. By placing a stapled bundle of sheets on the appliance with the staple located ahead of the finger and the bent-over legs of the staple facing upward and then manually moving the bundle over the finger, the tip of the finger can engage between the staple and the sheets, and upon further movement of the bundle the tapered forward portion of the finger pulls the staple out of the sheets.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing staples from paper, card and like sheet-form material is disclosed. The apparatus includes an anvil which deflects downwardly the leading end portion of a sheet inserted into the apparatus. A staple in the incoming sheet abuts against a tongue which causes the tongue to pivot rearwardly. The tongue is then moved towards the anvil to indent the paper adjacent the staple and orient the staple against the front face of the tongue. Next, the tongue is returned to a vertical position and the staple is pressed upwardly into a relieved portion of a rotary knife. The knife then slices off the top of the staple and removes the sliced off portion. Remaining portions of the staple are stripped from the paper as it is withdrawn from the apparatus.

Abstract: A tool for use by one hand for removing staples from upholstered furniture has an upper and a lower pivotably connected and spring biased open needle nose jaws, the lower jaw of which is pivotably connected to a primary handle so that a short arm of the primary handle extending beyond the pivot connecting the primary handle to the lower jaw extends towards the points of the needle nose jaws to act against a short arm of the upper jaw to close the upper jaw against the lower jaw when the lower jaw has been forced under the bridge of a driven staple and the arm pressed down to pry the staple out of the wood in which it has been driven thus clamping the bridge of the staple to the tool during removal.

Abstract: Process and apparatus is disclosed for replacing file folders, such as required in the conversion of a filing system. Apparatus comprises a support for supporting fastened file material next its fastener during and after fastener withdrawal and fastener remover for withdrawing fastener and file folder away from supported file material. The supported material may be clamped to facilitate replacement of new file folders with corresponding fasteners. The process comprises the steps of inserting a support between file material and file folder fastened thereto by a fastener to position the support next to the fastener, clamping the fastened file material, stripping the file folder with fastener away from the supported clamped material, replacing file folder with new folder and fastener, releasing the clamped material and closing the fastener to secure the file material in the replacement folder.

Abstract: An efficient fast-acting device for the removal of staples, particularly those driven into wood by staple guns. Energized by compressed air, thereby minimizing human work, effort and time. Especially useful to upholsterers.

Abstract: A device for removing large staples is disclosed. The staple remover has a blade at one end and a handle at the other connected by a lever arm to aid in the removal of the staples. The blade has a wedge-shaped portion adapted to slide under the staples and a pair of adjacent ears which firmly hold the staples in a fixed position during and after removal.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing staples from cartons has an L-shaped, single piece body having an elongated, slightly arcuate blade member having a thin tip at the forward end and a vertical handle extending upwardly from the rearward portion. The blade is a rigid, wedge shaped member, substantially rectangular in cross-section, with the upper and lower surfaces of the blade being slightly concave in cross-section.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing staples by effecting displacement thereof through documents to effect separation of the staple from the documents.

Abstract: A method for removing staples by effecting displacement thereof through documents to effect separation of the staple from the documents.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a pincer-like staple remover having a pair of elongated arms to which are affixed a pair of complementary jaws. The arms are biased to assume a divergent position relative to the interconnected ends thereof. The jaws are fabricated from a metallic material, each of which utilizes a pair of parallel spaced apart plates. A portion of the jaws, adjacent the staple grasping portions thereof, are fabricated from a non-magnetic plastic material and are bridged by a magnetic plate contacting the spaced apart non-metallic plates. Staples, freed from a grasping position to a paper or cardboard substrate, are magnetically attracted by the magnetic plate and are caused to reside between the non-magnetic plastic walls forming a staple storing cavity there-in-between. The magnetic plate may be slidably removed from its metal plate bridging position, so as to empty the cavity of accumulated staples.

Abstract: A tool for removing U-shaped wire staples has a handle and an elongated rod-like tool which has a pointed lower part for positioning adjacent the bridge of a staple with embedded legs, a horizontal slot above the pointed end for receiving the bridge of the staple, and an upper part for stabilizing the bridge when it is received within the slot. The handle is aligned with the tool so that the rear end of the handle may be struck, forcing the bridge into the slot in a jam-fit grasp and driving the legs of the staple from the material holding them.

Abstract: A staple remover comprising a handle having a main shaft affixed thereto at about a 70.degree. angle, mounted on said shaft is a finger retaining means, wherein said shaft tapers to a point having a slot therein in a plane substantially parallel to mid-handle, and angularly affixed to said shaft is a second shaft which terminates in a slit point.

Abstract: A utility knife and staple remover in combination, wherein the device comprises a split housing designed to be held in the palm of the hand, whereby a slidable, spring-biased, cutter blade is disposed therein, the blade being arranged to lock in a positive manner in either an extended mode or a retracted mode wherein a coil spring causes full retraction of the blade when released from the locked, extended mode. Secured to the knife housing is a staple remover having a concave/convex, lever-aim member, whereby the staple remover can be rocked from side to side when the prongs thereof are engaged with a fixed staple to be removed from a fixture.

Abstract: A hand tool for aiding in the removal of heavier, steel type staples normally used for binding a relatively large number of pages together including a handle with a steel tube having a uniquely shaped working end extending therefrom to allow it to be inserted under the bent end portions of a U-shaped clinched staple and pivoted upward causing bent portions of the staple to straighten thereby allowing the stapled work to be more easily separated.

Abstract: A manually operated surgical staple extractor comprising a pliers-like tool having first and second handle elements pivotally joined together and swingable between open and closed positions. The first handle element terminates at its forward end in a pair of elongated anvils in parallel spaced relationship. The forward ends of the anvils are angled toward each with their front-most tips substantially contiguous. The rearward ends of said anvils are provided with aligned notches, the first handle element providing a steep upwardly and rearwardly sloping surface adjacent each of the notches. The second handle element is operatively connected to a thin blade means shorter than the anvils. When the first and second handle elements are in their open position, the lower edge of the blade means lies above the anvils. When the handle elements are shifted to their closed position, the blade is pivoted downwardly such that its lower edge passes between the anvils to a position therebelow.

Abstract: A combined staple removing and retrieving device that includes two pivotally connected elongate ferrous members of channel shaped transverse cross section that define first and second claws on first ends thereof, which claws at least partially overlap one another when the device is pivoted from a first position to a second position to remove a staple from a number of papers through which the staple extends. The device in a first form includes a permanent magnet means that retrieve a staple and hold it in a first removable position on the device after the first and second claws have removed the staple from a number of papers. In a second form of the invention the claws are permanently magnetized to retrieve a staple after it has been removed from a fastening position. A third form of the invention employs permanently magnetized spring means to not only maintain the first and second members in a first position but to retrieve a staple after it is removed from a fastening position.