Hammer tacker
AssigneeApex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorChih-Wei Hu
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Abstract
The hammer tacker includes a shell, a handle, and a striking mechanism. The shell is made of a mixture of fiberglass and nylon by injection molding. The shell encloses a receiving room and has a bottom opening extending along the longitudinal direction of the shell and communicating with the receiving room. The handle is disposed on the rear end of the shell. The striking mechanism is made of metal and includes a magazine and a striker. The magazine is received in the receiving room. An end of the magazine is pivotally connected to the rear end of the shell, and the other end tends to move outward due to an elastic element. At end of the striker is disposed on the inner wall of the shell. When the magazine is hit upward, the striker strikes the nails out.
Claims7
A hammer tacker, including:
- a shell, made of a mixture of fiberglass and nylon by injection molding wherein the mixture is composed of 30% to 70% of fiberglass by weight and 70% to 30% of nylon by weight, the shell having a first end and a second end at two opposite ends of the shell along a longitudinal direction thereof, the shell enclosing a receiving room and having a bottom opening, the bottom opening extending along the longitudinal direction of the shell and communicating with the receiving room;
- a handle, connected to the second end of the shell;
- a striking mechanism, made of metal, including a magazine and a striker, the magazine being arranged in the receiving room, the magazine having a third end and a fourth end at two opposite ends along a longitudinal direction thereof, the fourth end of the magazine being pivotally connected to the second end of the shell, the third end of the magazine positionally corresponding to the first end of the shell, the magazine being under an elastic force by an elastic element so that the third end of the magazine tends to move outward away from the striker, an end of the striker being disposed on an inner wall of the shell, an other end of the striker corresponding to the magazine, the third end of the magazine moving toward the striker when the third end of the magazine is hit upward so that nails in the magazine is stroke out by the striker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.