# US 11,077,579 B2 · Staple-refill > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,579 B2 - Document ID: US11077579B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/113,248 - Filed: 2018-08-27 - Published: 2018-12-20 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2011-10-13 - Assignees: Max Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Max Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shinpei Sugihara; Futoshi Kameda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077579B2 ## CPC - B27F 7/38: Staple feeding devices - B25C 7/00: Accessories for nailing or stapling tools, e.g. supports (for tools operated by detonation of a cartridge B25C1/18) - B65H 37/04: for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling (adhering replacement to expiring web during change of web roll B65H19/18) - B25C 5/1637: {Supports for the staples being fed} - B65H 2301/51611: involving at least a binding element traversing the handled material, e.g. staple - B65H 2801/27: Devices located downstream of office-type machines - F16B 15/0015: {Staples} - B27F: DOVETAILED WORK; TENONS; SLOTTING MACHINES FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES (hand-held nailing or stapling tools B25C; manufacture of cases, trunks or boxes from wood B27M3/34; connections for building structures in general, e.g. dowels for use in building constructions E04B1/38; jointing elements in general, e.g. dowels in general, F16B {; manufacture of long strips or planks by bonding together pieces of wood, e.g. by glueing, B27M3/0013}) - B25C: HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS (for shoemaking A43D) - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract A staple-refill 11 is provided with: a casing 12 in which a plurality of sheet-type connected staples 10 are stacked; a staple inserting port 14; a staple discharge port 16; a cover member 15 which covers the sheet-type connected staples 10 in the casing 12 from a side of the staple inserting port 14; and a notch portion 18 formed in the casing 12 and extending from an edge of the staple inserting port 14 in an insertion direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A staple-refill comprising: a casing including a front wall, a rear wall, side walls and a bottom wall that define a space in which a plurality of sheet-type connected staples are stacked and accommodated; a staple discharge portion which is formed in the front wall and from which the sheet-type connected staples in the casing are discharged; a cover member which covers the sheet-type connected staples in the casing; a guide boss formed in the cover member; a guide portion which is formed in the side walls and extending in a stacking direction in which the sheet-type connected staples are stacked in the casing, the guide boss being engaged with the guide portion to guide the cover member in the stacking direction; and a notch portion provided in the front wall, the notch portion having an edge extending from an upper edge of the front wall in the stacking direction, wherein the cover member is disposed in the casing such that the notch portion does not, overlap with the cover member as seen in the stacking direction, wherein the notch portion is provided at an upper side of the staple discharge portion in the stacking direction and includes a bottom end which is an end of the notch portion at a side of the staple discharge portion in the stacking direction, and wherein a dimension of the cover member in the stacking direction is larger than a length between a surface of the bottom wall at a side of the cover member and a bottom end of the notch portion in the stacking direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The staple-refill according to claim 1, wherein the guide boss includes a first boss and a second boss respectively formed on opposed end faces of the cover member in a width direction perpendicular to the stacking direction, and wherein the guide portion includes a first guide part and a second guide part respectively formed in the side walls of the casing which are opposed to each other in the width direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The staple-refill according to claim 2, wherein the cover member is provided with an additional guide boss on an end face of the cover member between the opposed end faces, and wherein the casing is provided with an additional guide portion extending in the stacking direction, wherein the additional guide boss engages with the additional guide portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The staple-refill according to claim 1, wherein the notch portion includes an opening through which a push lever for pressing the sheet-type connected staples in the casing via the cover member at a side of a stapling machine or a cartridge passes when the casing is attached to or detached from the staple-refill to/from a main-body of the stapling-machine or the cartridge to be attached to or detached from the main-body of the stapling machine. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The staple-refill according to claim 1, wherein the notch portion is structured such that a push lever passes through an opening of the notch portion, in an attaching/detaching operation of the staple-refill to/from a main-body of a stapling-machine or a cartridge to be attached to or detached from the main-body of the stapling machine, and wherein the push lever is provided at a side of the stapling-machine main-body or the cartridge, and adapted to press the sheet-type connected staples in the casing via the cover member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The staple-refill according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion comprises a guide hole, and wherein the guide boss penetrates through the guide portion to protrude outward, and the guide boss engages with a positioning concave portion of a mounting object that accommodates the casing, the positioning concave portion being positioned at a position corresponding to the guide boss. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The staple-refill according to claim 1, wherein the cover member is provided with a check claw on a peripheral portion thereof, and wherein the casing is provided with a check groove which is engaged with the check claw to prevent the cover member from moving toward the upper edge of the front wall. ### Claim 8 A staple-refill comprising: a casing including a front wall, a rear wall, side walls and a bottom wall that define a space in which a plurality of sheet-type connected staples are stacked and accommodated; a staple discharge portion which is provided in the front wall and from which the sheet-type connected staples in the casing are discharged in a discharge direction; a cover member which covers the sheet-type connected staples in the casing; a guide boss formed in the cover member; a guide portion which is provided its the side walls and extending in a stacking direction in which the sheet-type connected staples are stacked in the casing, the guide boss being engaged with the guide portion to guide the cover member in the stacking direction; and a notch portion provided in the front wall, the notch portion having an edge extending from an upper edge of the front wall in the stacking direction, wherein the notch portion is provided between the staple discharge portion and the upper edge of the front wall in the stacking direction, wherein the cover member is disposed in the casing such that the notch portion does not overlap with the cover member as seen in the stacking direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The staple-refill according to claim 8, wherein the notch portion has the edge continuous with the upper edge of the front wall such that the side walls are more easily deformed in a width direction in which the side walls face each other. ### Claim 10 A staple-refill comprising: a casing including a front wall, a rear wall, side walls and a bottom wall that define a space in which a plurality of sheet-type connected staples are stacked and accommodated; a staple discharge portion which is provided in the front wall and from which the sheet-type connected staples in the casing are discharged; a cover member which covers the sheet-type connected staples in the casing; a boss formed in the cover member; a hole portion which is provided in the side walls, the boss being arranged in the hole portion to allow the cover member to move in a stacking direction in which the sheet-type connected staples are stacked in the casing; and a notch portion provided in the front wall, the notch portion having an edge extending from an upper edge of the front wall in the stacking direction, wherein the notch portion is provided at an upper side of the staple discharge portion in the stacking direction, wherein the cover member is disposed in the casing such that the notch portion does not overlap with the cover member as seen in the stacking direction.