# US 12,179,328 B2 · Staple removal device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,179,328 B2 - Document ID: US12179328B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/631,185 - Filed: 2020-07-31 - Published: 2022-06-09 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-01 - Assignees: Max Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Max Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Nobuaki Yagi; Katsuya Hakozaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179328B2 ## CPC - B25C 11/00: Nail, spike, and staple extractors (incorporated in hammers B25D1/00) - B25C: HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS (for shoemaking A43D) ## Abstract A staple removing device includes a placing table on which a sheet bundle bound by a staple is placed; a removing part including a tip end portion that can be inserted between the sheet bundle and the staple and is configured to be movable along the placing table between a standby position and a removal position and to be inserted between the sheet bundle and the staple when the tip end portion moves to the removal position; a first motor configured to move the removing part; and an accommodation part configured to accommodate the staple removed by the removing part, wherein the first motor is located below the removing part when the tip end portion is at the standby position, and the accommodation part is located below the removing part when the tip end portion is at the removal position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A staple removing device comprising: a placing table on which a sheet bundle bound by a staple is placed; a removing part located below the placing table, configured to remove the staple from the sheet bundle placed on the placing table, and including a tip end portion that can be inserted between the sheet bundle and the staple and is configured to be movable along the placing table between a first position and a second position and to be inserted between the sheet bundle and the staple when the tip end portion moves to the second position; a first motor configured to move the removing part; and an accommodation part configured to accommodate the staple removed by the removing part, wherein the first motor is located below the removing part when the tip end portion is at the first position, wherein the accommodation part is located below the removing part when the tip end portion is at the second position, wherein the removing part includes the tip end portion, and has a first part configured to remove the staple from the sheet bundle, a second part configured to receive power of the first motor, and a third part located between the first part and the second part, and wherein a dimension in a width direction of at least a portion of the third part is configured to be smaller than a dimension in the width direction of a base end portion of the first part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The staple removing device according to claim 1, wherein the first motor is arranged so that an output shaft is parallel to the placing table. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The staple removing device according to claim 1, comprising: a sheet pressing part having at least a part located above the placing table and configured to be movable toward the placing table and to press the sheet bundle placed on the placing table, and a second motor configured to move the sheet pressing part, wherein the second motor is located below the removing part when the tip end portion is at the first position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The staple removing device according to claim 3, wherein the second motor is arranged so that an output shaft is parallel to the placing table. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The staple removing device according to claim 3, wherein an output shaft of the first motor is arranged to face toward an opposite side to an output shaft of the second motor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The staple removing device according to claim 1, comprising: a housing in which the removing part, the first motor and the accommodation part are provided, and a first pinion part having a pair of pinions connected to an output shaft of the first motor via at least one or more gears and arranged at a predetermined interval in a width direction of the housing, wherein the second part comprises a pair of racks extending in a traveling direction at the predetermined interval in the width direction and configured to engage with the pair of pinions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The staple removing device according to claim 6, comprising: a sheet pressing part having at least a part located above the placing table and configured to be movable toward the placing table and to press the sheet bundle placed on the placing table; and a second motor configured to move the sheet pressing part; and a second pinion part having a pair of pinions connected to an output shaft of the second motor via at least one or more gears and arranged at a predetermined interval in the width direction, wherein the second motor is located below the removing part when the tip end portion is at the first position, and wherein the sheet pressing part comprises a pair of racks extending in a height direction at the predetermined interval in the width direction and configured to engage with the pair of pinions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The staple removing device according to claim 1, wherein the first motor is located directly under the removing part when the tip end portion is at the first position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The staple removing device according to claim 3, wherein the second motor is located directly under the removing part when the tip end portion is at the first position.