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Method and apparatus for stitcher wire loading

  • US 4,898,314 A
  • Filed: 10/20/1988
  • Issued: 02/06/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wire dispensing supply item having a reel of wire that includes a wire end, said supply item being for use with a stitcher having wire cutting means, wire feeding means for feeding said wire end to said wire cutting means, and manually operable coupling means for releasably receiving a handle/mounting member of said supply item, said handle/mounting member, when coupled to said coupling means, being operable to support said wire end in operative relation to said wire feeding means, said supply item comprising;

  • a reel of wire rotatably mounted in a substantially closed housing,a flexible tube having one end connected to said housing, said tube operating to guide said wire end away from said reel of wire,a handle/mounting member connected to said tube at the other end thereof, said handle/mounting member being constructed and arranged to releasably cooperate with the manually operable coupling means of said stitcher, andreleasably wire holding means contained within said handle/mounting member for releasably holding said wire end,the manually operable coupling means of said stitcher being operable to couple said handle/mounting member with said wire end in operating relation to said wire feeding means, and in so doing, to release said releasable wire holding means.

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