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US 12,466,103 B2Granted
Automatic staple loading station
AssigneeKyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc.
InventorsEddy Alfred Herre van der Goot, Tim Reinard Anne Lansing, Max van der Puij
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Abstract
An automatic fastener driving tool with an automatic side-loading magazine can be automatically loaded with fasteners via a high-capacity automatic loading station. The tool and the magazine are moved proximal to the loading station. The magazine door is automatically opened, and the loading station pushes fasteners into the magazine. The magazine door is automatically closed, and the tool and the magazine are moved back to their original position.
Claims10
An automatic fastener loader, comprising:
- an outer housing that includes an inlet loading portion, a main holding portion, and a dispensing outlet portion;
- the inlet loading portion comprises a first opening that is sized and shaped to receive at least one cartridge, the at least one cartridge containing a plurality of fasteners;
- the main holding portion is sized and shaped to contain a plurality of the at least one cartridge;
- and
- the dispensing outlet portion comprises a second opening that is sized and shaped to dispense the at least one cartridge;
- wherein:
- (a) the outer housing at least partially encloses a plurality of movable shelves that each are sized and shaped to hold the at least one cartridge;
- (b) the plurality of movable shelves are connected to a drive system that moves the movable shelves from the inlet loading portion to the dispensing outlet portion, while having the ability to carry the at least one cartridge;
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- (c) as one of the plurality of movable shelves reaches the dispensing outlet portion, the drive system allows the at least one cartridge to be moved through the second opening, and thereby unloaded from the automatic fastener loader
- (d) the at least one cartridge comprises a plurality of fastener strips arranged next to each other, in which the fasteners face in a downward direction.
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An automatic fastener loader, comprising:
- an outer housing that includes an inlet loading portion, a main holding portion, and a dispensing outlet portion;
- the inlet loading portion comprises a first opening that is sized and shaped to receive at least one cartridge, the at least one cartridge containing a plurality of fasteners;
- the main holding portion is sized and shaped to contain a plurality of the at least one cartridge;
- the dispensing outlet portion comprises a second opening that is sized and shaped to dispense the at least one cartridge;
- a motor that is in mechanical communication with at least one chain drive, in which the at least one chain drive includes a continuous chain;
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- a first plurality of movable carriers, and a second, opposite plurality of movable carriers, such that the first and second plurality of movable carriers are positioned so as to not be in contact with each other, and to exhibit an open space therebetween;
- the first and second plurality of movable carriers are connected in pairs to the continuous chain of the at least one chain drive such that each one of the first plurality of movable carriers faces each one of the second plurality of movable carriers, and the chain drive moves the pairs of movable carriers from the inlet loading portion to the dispensing outlet portion, while each of the pairs of movable carriers is operable to carry the at least one cartridge;
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- as one of the pairs of movable carriers reaches the dispensing outlet portion, the chain drive allows the at least one cartridge to be moved through the second opening, and thereby unloaded from the automatic fastener loader;
- wherein:
- the outer housing at least partially encloses the first and second plurality of movable carriers, and the at least one chain drive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.