Hammer tacker
AssigneeStanley Black & Decker, Inc.
InventorsThomas Pelletier, Kun-Ta Wu
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Abstract
A hammer tacker includes an outer housing comprising a handle portion and a head portion, the outer housing formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The hammer tacker also includes an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder being slideable between a use position and a refill position. The outer housing having the fiber reinforced polymer material defines a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion, the channel configured to receive the staple holder. The staple holder is slidable along the channel of the outer housing between the use position and the refill position. The hammer tacker further includes a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.
Claims13
A hammer tacker, comprising:
- a die-formed outer housing comprising a handle portion, a head portion, and a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion,
- wherein the outer housing is formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material;
- an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder including a pusher being slidable along the channel between a use position and a refill position;
- the outer housing comprising ribs formed from the fiber reinforced polymer material, a portion of the channel is configured to receive the staple holder,
- wherein the portion of the channel comprises an inverted U-shaped portion,
- wherein the inverted U-shaped portion of the channel is formed from the fiber reinforced polymer material and comprises a top portion and two side portions,
- wherein at least some of the ribs extend from both the top portion and at least one of the side portions of the inverted U-shaped portion;
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- a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.