Staple and staple collation
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsDavid S. Koper, Nathan Bandy, Andrew R. Wyler
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Abstract
A staple collation includes a first staple, an identical second staple adjacent the first staple, and an adhesive material coupling the first staple to the second staple. Each of the first staple and the second staple includes a crown section having opposite ends and a pair of leg sections extending from the opposite ends of the crown section. The second staple is offset from the first staple in a first, lateral direction, and the second staple is offset from the first staple in a second, vertical direction that is perpendicular to the lateral direction.
Claims31
A staple collation comprising:
- a first staple;
- an identical second staple adjacent the first staple;
- and
- an adhesive material coupling the first staple to the second staple,
- wherein each of the first staple and the second staple includes
- a crown section having opposite ends, and
- a pair of leg sections extending from the opposite ends of the crown section,
- wherein the second staple is offset from the first staple in a first, lateral direction, and wherein the second staple is offset from the first staple in a second, vertical direction that is perpendicular to the lateral direction.
A powered fastener driver comprising:
- a housing defining a handle portion and a cylinder housing portion;
- a driver blade extending longitudinally along the cylinder housing portion and defining a driving axis;
- a nosepiece;
- a magazine obliquely extending from the nosepiece in both a plane containing the driving axis and a plane that is perpendicular to the driving axis,
- a staple collation housed within the magazine, the staple collation comprising;
- a first staple positioned within the nosepiece, the first staple being aligned with the driving axis,
- an identical second staple adjacent the first staple, and
- an adhesive material coupling the first staple to the second staple,
- wherein each of the first staple and the second staple includes
- a crown section having opposite ends, and
- a pair of leg sections extending from the opposite ends of the crown section,
- wherein the second staple is offset from the first staple in a first, lateral direction, and wherein the second staple is offset from the first staple in a second, vertical direction that is perpendicular to the lateral direction.
A staple collation comprising:
- a first staple;
- an identical second staple adjacent the first staple;
- and
- an adhesive material coupling the first staple to the second staple,
- wherein each of the first staple and the second staple includes
- a crown section having diamond shaped with a first curve, a second curve, and a third curve representing three points of a diamond, the crown section having opposite ends,
- a pair of leg sections extending from the opposite ends of the crown section, and
- a barb projecting outward from each of the leg sections in a widthwise direction.
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