Applicator for C-shaped scalp clips
First Claim
1. An applicator for C-shaped scalp clips which have two legs joined by a bridge and facing clamping jaws at their free ends, rearwardly projecting application surfaces at the regions where the legs and bridge meet, and laterally projecting edge regions adjoining the application surfaces, comprisingtwo applying instruments movable between first and second positions and positioned to engage the application surfaces of a scalp clip and displace them towards one another for opening said scalp clip when said applying instruments are in said second position,a magazine that holds a plurality of the scalp clips arranged one behind the other, with the free ends of one scalp clip resting against the bridge of the adjacent scalp clip, said magazine being open at the end to which the free ends of the legs of the scalp clips point, and guiding the scalp clips for displacement in the longitudinal direction thereof, andmeans for urging the scalp clips towards the open end of the magazine,said applying instruments in the first position being remote from one another, projecting downwardly and upwardly into the feed path of the scalp clips at said open end such that one of said scalp clips moved by said urging means past said applying instruments abuts thereon with said laterally projecting edge regions adjoining the application surfaces and in the second position being closer together with said instruments abutting on the application surfaces of one of said scalp clips held between them and thereby opening said one scalp clip.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An applicator for C-shaped scalp clips, with which a plurality of scalp clips can be applied one after the other without having to insert an individual scalp clip into the applicator after each application. For this purpose, a magazine for receiving a plurality of scalp clips is provided and the scalp clips are arranged one behind the other in the magazine, the free ends of one scalp clip thereby resting against the bridge of the adjacent scalp clip, the magazine being open at the end to which the free ends of the legs of the scalp clips point, the scalp clips being guided in the magazine for displacement in the longitudinal direction thereof and moved towards the open end of the magazine by spring means, and the applying instruments, in a first position in which they are remote from one another, projecting downwardly and upwardly into the feed path of the scalp clips at the open end of the magazine such that a scalp clip which has been moved past the applying instruments abuts thereon with its laterally projecting edge regions adjoining the application surfaces and, in a second position in which the applying instruments are brought closer together, these instruments abutting on the application surfaces of the scalp clip held between them and thereby opening the scalp clip.
-
Citations
18 Claims
-
1. An applicator for C-shaped scalp clips which have two legs joined by a bridge and facing clamping jaws at their free ends, rearwardly projecting application surfaces at the regions where the legs and bridge meet, and laterally projecting edge regions adjoining the application surfaces, comprising
two applying instruments movable between first and second positions and positioned to engage the application surfaces of a scalp clip and displace them towards one another for opening said scalp clip when said applying instruments are in said second position, a magazine that holds a plurality of the scalp clips arranged one behind the other, with the free ends of one scalp clip resting against the bridge of the adjacent scalp clip, said magazine being open at the end to which the free ends of the legs of the scalp clips point, and guiding the scalp clips for displacement in the longitudinal direction thereof, and means for urging the scalp clips towards the open end of the magazine, said applying instruments in the first position being remote from one another, projecting downwardly and upwardly into the feed path of the scalp clips at said open end such that one of said scalp clips moved by said urging means past said applying instruments abuts thereon with said laterally projecting edge regions adjoining the application surfaces and in the second position being closer together with said instruments abutting on the application surfaces of one of said scalp clips held between them and thereby opening said one scalp clip.
-
13. Applicator for C-shaped clips which have two legs joined by a bridge and facing clamping jaws at their free ends, rearwardly projecting application surfaces at the regions where the legs and bridge meet, and laterally projecting edge regions adjoining the application surfaces, comprising
two applying instruments movable between first and second positions positioned to engage the application surfaces of a scalp clip and displace them towards one another for opening said scalp clip, a magazine that holds a plurality of scalp clips arranged one behind the other in the magazine with the free ends of one scalp clip resting against the bridge of the adjacent scalp clip, said magazine being open at the end to which the free ends of the legs of the scalp clips point, and guiding the scalp clips in the magazine for displacement in the longitudinal direction thereof, spring means for moving the scalp clips towards the open end of the magazine, said applying instruments, in the first position being remote from one another, projecting downwardly and upwardly into the feed path of the scalp clips at said open end such that one of said scalp clips moved by said urging means past said applying instruments abuts thereon with said laterally projecting edge regions adjoining the application surfaces and in the second position being closer together with said instruments abutting on the application surfaces of one of said scalp clips held between them and thereby opening said one scalp clip, and, a retaining element dipping into and being displaceable out of the feed path of the scalp clips, said retaining element also being disposed before the applying instruments by approximately the length of a scalp clip and retaining that clip which follows directly behind the scalp clip gripped by the applying instruments.
Specification