Ergonomic rotary tacker
AssigneeTHD Lap Ltd.
InventorsOfir Rimer, Nir Altman, Shalom Levin, Asaf Levin, Izhak Fabian, Aharon Cohen
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Abstract
A tacker for applying a rotary tack, including a tacker for applying a rotary tack, including a handle with a first trigger assembly and a second trigger assembly, the trigger assemblies being coupled to an articulated applicator arm which is disposed through a drive shaft connected to the handle, the first trigger assembly operative to apply a rotary tack from a distal end of the applicator arm and the second trigger assembly operative to bend the distal end of the applicator arm, wherein a longitudinal axis of the handle is tilted with respect to the drive shaft.
Claims9
A tacker for applying a rotary tack, comprising:
- a handle with a first trigger assembly and a second trigger assembly, said trigger assemblies being coupled to an articulated applicator arm which is disposed through a drive shaft connected to said handle, said first trigger assembly operative to apply a rotary tack from a distal end of said applicator arm and said second trigger assembly operative to bend said distal end of said applicator arm;
- wherein a longitudinal axis of said handle is tilted with respect to said drive shaft;
- and wherein said distal end has partial annular cuts formed thereon so that said distal end is bendable in a first direction and generally rigid in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, said cuts being axially spaced from each other along said distal end, and wherein a portion of said partial annular cuts form a spring, such that a force of said spring moves said applicator arm from a bent position to a straight position;
- wherein said second trigger assembly is attached to said distal end of said applicator arm with pull cables and one of said pull cables is used for bending said distal end and another of said pull cables is used for straightening said distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.