Stapler having a nail guiding mechanism
AssigneeApex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorJing- Li Wang
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Abstract
A stapler is provided, including: a main body, having a nail outlet and a cartridge, an opening of the cartridge communicating with the nail outlet; a nail guiding mechanism, including a guiding plate facing the opening and a biasing mechanism disposed between the main body and the guiding plate, the guiding plate having an upper end away from the nail outlet, the biasing mechanism abutting against the guiding plate and normally biasing the upper end toward the cartridge; a striker, movably disposed within the main body; an operable mechanism, movably connected to the main body, being operable to drive the striker to move toward the nail outlet.
Claims12
A stapler having a nail guiding mechanism, including:
- a main body, having a nail outlet and a cartridge, an opening of the cartridge communicating with the nail outlet;
- a nail guiding mechanism, including a guiding plate facing the opening and a biasing mechanism disposed between the main body and the guiding plate, the guiding plate having an upper end away from the nail outlet, the biasing mechanism abutting against the guiding plate and normally biasing the upper end toward the cartridge;
- a striker, movably disposed within the main body;
- an operable mechanism, movably connected to the main body, being operable to drive the striker to move toward the nail outlet;
- wherein the nail guiding mechanism further includes at least one supporting member, the guiding plate is disposed and movable between the at least one supporting member and the opening of the cartridge, and a part of the at least one supporting member is protrudable to be between the guiding plate and the opening of the cartridge;
- wherein when the guiding plate is urged on a nail, the guiding plate is slant relative to a face of the striker facing the guiding plate, and a lower end of the guiding plate is farther away from the opening of the cartridge than the upper end of the guiding plate;
- wherein the nail guiding mechanism further includes a base disposed in the main body, the nail guiding mechanism further includes at least one supporting assembly including the at least one supporting member and arranged between the base and the guiding plate, the guiding plate further includes at least one through slot, and each of the at least one supporting member is retractably disposed within one said through slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.