Elongated-member-driving apparatus – With means to move or guide member into driving position – Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-22
2001-01-30
Smith, Scott A. (Department: 3721)
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
With means to move or guide member into driving position
Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
C227S147000, C227S120000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06179194
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to staplers and more particularly pertains to a new cartridge fed stapler that is fed with a cartridge containing a plurality of staples.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of staplers is known in the prior art. More specifically, staplers heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 25,896,210; U.S. Pat. No. 2,757,378; U.S. Pat. No. 3,113,317; U.S. Pat. No. 2,524,061; U.S. Pat. No. 2,537,601; and U.S. Pat. Des. No. 288,404.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new cartridge fed stapler. The inventive device includes a head and a handle. The head is for holding a staple driving mechanism and is hollow. The head has a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of opposing side walls. The back wall of the head has a bore therein and is adapted to couple to the handle. The staple driving mechanism is adjacent to the front wall of the head. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the handle is coupled to the bore in the back wall of the housing. A cartridge for holding a plurality of rows of staples is adapted to be removably placed within the staple hammer between the distal end of the hammer and the driving mechanism. At least one spring is located within the handle and is adapted to urge the rows of staples toward the staple driving mechanism.
In these respects, the cartridge fed stapler according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of feeding staples into a head of a stapler via a cartridge containing many rows of staples.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of staplers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new cartridge fed stapler construction wherein the same can be utilized for containing a cartridge containing a plurality of rows of staples.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new cartridge fed stapler apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the staplers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new cartridge fed stapler which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art staplers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a head and a handle. The head is for holding a staple driving mechanism and is hollow. The head has a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of opposing side walls. The back wall of the head has a bore therein and is adapted to couple to the handle. The staple driving mechanism is adjacent to the front wall of the head. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the handle is coupled to the bore in the back wall of the housing. A cartridge for holding a plurality of rows of staples is adapted to be removably placed within the staple hammer between the distal end of the hammer and the driving mechanism. At least one spring is located within the handle and is adapted to urge the rows of staples toward the staple driving mechanism.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new cartridge fed stapler apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the staplers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new cartridge fed stapler which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art staplers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new cartridge fed stapler which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new cartridge fed stapler which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new cartridge fed stapler which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such cartridge fed stapler economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new cartridge fed stapler which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new cartridge fed stapler that is fed with a cartridge containing a plurality of staples.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new cartridge fed stapler which includes a head and a handle. The head is for holding a staple driving mechanism and is hollow. The head has a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of opposing side walls. The back wall of the head has a bore therein and is adapted to couple to the handle. The staple driving mechanism is adjacent to the front wall of the head. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the handle is coupled to the bore in the back wall of the housing. A cartridge for holding a plurality of rows of staples is adapted to be removably placed within the staple hammer between the distal end of the hammer and the driving mechanism. At least one spring is located within the handle and is adapted to urge the rows of staples toward the staple driving mechanism.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new cartridge
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