Retractable staple remover jaws utilizing stapler machine as lever handles
OwnerRobert S. Laurieinventor
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Abstract
A pivotally connected stapler machine is disabled as a staple ejecting apparatus and is converted into pivotally connected lever handles to operate the enabled double jawed staple remover. To disable the stapler machine and enable the staple remover, stapler machine magazine (24), magazine shroud (56) are pushed rearward on base (10) along the hinge pin guide track (18) enabling pivotally connected staple remover jaws consisting of bottom staple remover jaw (38) and top staple remover jaw (44) to open and close concurrently with the squeezing and releasing of the pivotally connected lever handles.
Claims16
A combination stapling machine and tool, comprising:
- a stapler, comprising:
- a base lever having first and second ends;
- a staple driving lever, for driving a staple onto said base lever, said staple driving lever having first and second ends;
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- a pin, around which said staple driving lever and said base lever pivot when said staple driving lever is driving said staple onto said base lever, said pin located proximate said second ends of said levers;
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- a double jawed tool, comprising first and second jaws, said first and second jaws movable between an open and a closed state, wherein said first and second jaws move from said open state to said closed state when said first end of said staple driving lever and said first end of said base lever pivot around said pin in a direction toward each other.
A combination stapling machine and tool, comprising:
- a stapler, comprising:
- a base lever;
- a staple driving lever, for driving a staple onto said base lever;
- a pivot point, around which said staple driving lever and said base lever pivot when said staple driving lever is driving said staple onto said base lever;
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- a first biasing means for helping to pivot said base lever and said staple driving lever away from each other around said pivot point, when said tool is in operation;
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- a double jawed tool capable of single-handed operation by a user of the combination device, comprising:
- first and second jaws, said first and second jaws pivotable between an open and a closed state;
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- a second biasing means for helping to pivot said first and second jaws between said open state and said closed state, in cooperation with said first biasing means;
- wherein said double jawed tool is single hand operable by said user due to the biasing effects of said first and second biasing means in respectfully forcing said stapler levers and said jaws apart against a closing force being asserted against said levers by said user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.