Elongated-member-driving apparatus – With means to move or guide member into driving position – Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
Patent
1997-12-30
1999-04-06
Smith, Scott A.
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
With means to move or guide member into driving position
Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
227 19, 227120, 227156, 2924356, 7240901, 7240904, A61B 1700
Patent
active
058906428
ABSTRACT:
A clip driver for driving clips each having a back portion, and abutment portions so that the frontmost clip can hold sheets of paper between the opposite ends of the abutment portions, comprising: a driver body for accommodating a plurality of the clips, the driver body including a paper insertion inlet formed at a front end for inserting the sheet-like members to be clipped, a clip insertion hole formed at a rear end for inserting the clips one by one, and a clip path formed to extend from the paper insertion inlet to the clip insertion inlet; a pair of clip opening springs disposed on the driver body near the paper insertion inlet for opening a nip between the abutment portions of the clip in the opposite directions; a slide is disposed in the driver body on the front end side so as to be movable in a front/rear direction for feeding a frontmost one of the clips in the clip path toward the paper insertion inlet over the clip opening springs by a front end of the slide; a handle one end of which is pivotally supported on the rear end side of the driver body rotatably and movably in the front/rear direction while the other end of which is disposed on the front end side of the driver body; and a connection mechanism for connecting the driver body, the slide and the handle to each other so as to move the slide in the front/rear direction in response to the rotation and movement of the handle means.
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