Staple magazine for stapler

• US 6,345,754 B1
• Filed: 05/04/2001
• Issued: 02/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lih-Rong Jeng
• Original Assignee: Lih-Rong Jeng
• Inventors: Jeng, Lih-Rong
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Scott A.
• Application Number:
  US09/848,223
• Time in Patent Office: 284 Days
• Field of Search: 227/109, 227/119, 227/120, 227/134
• US Class Current: 227/109
• 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 stapler including an elongated outer casing, an elongated inner casing fixedly mounted inside the outer casing and defining with the outer casing two staple guide grooves, and a top cover plate covered on the outer casing, the guide grooves having different widths for enabling the staple magazine to carry staples/nails of different sizes, the top cover plate having a ridged top wall fitting ridged staples, one upright sidewall of the inner casing having a longitudinally extended protruded portion of smoothly arched cross section protruding toward the other upright sidewall of the inner casing and serving as a guide rail to work with one of the guide grooves for carrying U-nails.

Claims

1. A staple magazine for stapler comprising an elongated outer casing, said elongated outer casing having a horizontal bottom wall and two upright sidewalls at two opposite lateral sides of the horizontal bottom wall of said elongated outer casing, an elongated inner casing mounted inside said elongated outer casing, said elongated inner casing comprising a horizontal bottom wall fixedly fastened to the horizontal bottom wall of said elongated outer casing and two upright sidewalls at two opposite lateral sides of the horizontal bottom wall of said elongated inner casing, the upright sidewalls of said elongated inner casing defining with the upright sidewalls of said elongated outer casing two longitudinally extended grooves adapted to guide staples/nails, and a top cover plate fixedly fastened to the upright sidewalls of said elongated outer casing at a top side and covered over a front part of said elongated outer casing, wherein said guide grooves have different widths for enabling the staple magazine to carry staples/nails of different sizes;

said top cover plate has a ridged top wall fitting ridged staples;

the upright sidewalls of said elongated inner casing and the upright sidewalls of said elongated outer casing have the respective topmost edge disposed at the same elevation;

one upright sidewall of said elongated inner casing has a longitudinally extended protruded portion of smoothly arched cross section protruding toward the other upright sidewall of said elongated inner casing and serving as guide rail means to work with one of said guide grooves for carrying U-nails.