Magazine for use in nail stapler

• US 20030201299A1
• Filed: 05/08/2003
• Published: 10/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mu-Yu Chen
• Original Assignee: Mu-Yu Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Mu-Yu
• Granted Patent: US 6,974,067 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 227/109
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 1/005 for rows of contiguous nails
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/1644 of different shapes
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/1658 of different sizes of staples

Abstract

A nail stapler magazine includes a storing device, a feeding device, a gate and a distinguisher. The storing device is for storing nails and first and second types of staples each including first and second legs. The feeding device is for feeding the nails and the first and second types of staples from the storing device. The nails and the first and second types of staples are fed through the gate. The distinguisher is for distinguishing the nails and the first and second types of staples from one another and ensuring that only one of the nails and the first and second types of staples is fed at a time.

Claims

1. A nail stapler magazine including:

a storing device for storing nails and first and second types of staples each including first and second legs;

a feeding device for feeding the nails and the first and second types of staples from the storing device;

a gate through which the nails and the first and second types of staples are fed; and

a distinguisher for distinguishing the nails and the first and second types of staples from one another and ensuring that only one of the nails and the first and second types of staples is fed at a time.

2. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 1 wherein the storing device includes:

a first member;

a second member connected with the first member so as to define a first space between them for storing the nails and the first legs of the first type of staples, the second member defining a second space for storing the second legs of the first type of staples; and

a third member connected with the second member so as to define a third space between the second and third members for storing the second legs of the second type of staples.

3. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 2 wherein the first and second members both define a plurality of grooves for receiving and guiding the heads of the nails.

4. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 2 wherein the first member includes a rib formed thereon, wherein the second member defines a groove for receiving the rib.

5. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 2 wherein the second member includes a clip formed thereon for clamping the first member.

6. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 5 wherein the clip includes an edge, and the first member defines a groove for receiving the edge of the clip.

7. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 1 wherein the feeding device includes a feeder for feeding the nails and the staples.

8. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 7 wherein the feeder includes a first member put in the first space, a second member put in the second space and a third member put in the third space.

9. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 7 wherein the feeding device includes a spring for biasing the feeder.

10. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 9 wherein the third member defines a groove for receiving the spring.

11. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 9 wherein the feeding device includes a joint for connecting the spring with the feeder.

12. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 11 wherein the feeder includes a tab formed thereon for engagement with the joint.

13. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 12 wherein the joint defines a recess for receiving the tab.

14. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 8 wherein the feeder is made from a strip of metal via a process including:

a step of cutting a reversed L-shaped slit in the strip;

a step of bending a portion of the strip surrounded in the reversed L-shaped slit, thus forming the second member;

a step of bending the strip so as to form an inverted U-shaped element, thus forming the first member and the third member so that the second member is shorter than the first member and the third member.

15. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 14 wherein the feeding device includes an auxiliary feeder put in the second space and a spring put in the second space for biasing the auxiliary feed.

16. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 15 wherein the auxiliary feeder defines a recess for receiving an end of the spring.

17. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 2 wherein the gate includes a first member secured to the first member of the storing device and a second member secured to the second member of the storing device, wherein the first and second members of the gate both define a plurality of recesses corresponding to the grooves defined in the first and second members of the storing device.

18. The nail stapler magazine according to claim 17 wherein the second member of the gate defines a slit corresponding to the second space and a slit corresponding to the third space.