Staple magazine for a stapler

• US 5,794,832 A
• Filed: 05/06/1997
• Issued: 08/18/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tung-I Chen
• Original Assignee: Tung-I Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Tung-I
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Scott A.
• Application Number:
  US08/841,826
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 227/109, 227/119, 227/120, 227/135, 227/136
• US Class Current: 227/109
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/1644 of different shapes
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/1651 of T-shaped staples or nails
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/1658 of different sizes of staples

Abstract

A staple magazine for a stapler includes an outer U-shaped frame, and an inner U-shaped frame mounted within the outer U-shaped frame thereby forming two grooves at two sides between the outer and inner U-shaped frames, characterized in that the inner U-shaped frame has two lateral side walls, a large rectangular stop plate and a small rectangular stop plate, the large and small rectangular stop plates being formed at a front end of the inner U-shaped frame and making an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the side walls, the stop plates being of different width and spaced apart by a vertical slot.

Claims

1. A staple magazine for a stapler comprising:

an outer U-shaped frame; and

an inner U-shaped frame mounted within said outer U-shaped frame thereby forming two grooves at two sides between said outer and inner U-shaped frames, said inner U-shaped frame having two lateral side walls, a large rectangular stop plate and a small rectangular stop plate, said large and small rectangular stop plates being formed at a front end of said inner U-shaped frame and making an angle of 90 degrees with respect to said side walls, said stop plates being of different width and spaced apart by a vertical slot.

2. The staple magazine for a stapler as claimed in claim 1, wherein said stop plates are integral with respective lateral side walls of said inner U-shaped frame and have a lower edge just in contact with a front side of a bottom of said inner U-shaped frame.

3. The staple magazine for a stapler as claimed in claim 1, wherein said stop plates are integral with a bottom of said inner U-shaped frame and have two outer edges just in contact with said two lateral side walls of said inner U-shaped frame.

4. The staple magazine for a stapler as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inner U-shaped frame has a lateral side wall formed with a longitudinal rail which concaves inwards to form a back side aligned with an inner vertical edge of said small rectangular stop plate.