Stapler with feed system for elements to be stapled to a workpiece

A stapler comprising:

• a staple gun having:
• a staple magazine;
• a staple driving head;
• a drive assembly, including a manually operable trigger, for effecting a forwarding movement of the staple driver head in a direction substantially at right angles to a workpiece surface to a stapling position on the workpiece surface such that a staple from the magazine is driven into the workpiece;
• a strip material for attachment with the staples to the workpiece;
• a supply assembly of the strip material arranged including a supply container such that the strip material can be pulled from the supply container, the supply assembly being mounted on the stapler and including a supply guide arranged such that, as the material is pulled from the supply container, the strip material passes across the stapling position and such that, as the staple is driven into the workpiece, both legs of the staple pass through the strip material;
• the strip material having a strength such that, when the strip material is pulled from the workpiece, the staple is pulled from the workpiece with the strip.

A method of wrapping an article comprising:

• providing a supply of an elongate strip material;
• providing a staple gun having a staple magazine, a staple driving head, a drive assembly, including a manually operable trigger, for effecting a forwarding movement of the staple driver head in a direction substantially at right angles to a surface of the article to a stapling position on the surface such that a staple from the magazine is driven into the article;
• mounting the supply of the strip material in a supply container of a supply assembly attached to the staple gun;
• arranging the supply assembly of the strip material such that the strip material can be pulled from the supply container;
• providing a guide on the supply assembly and causing the guide to effect guiding of the strip material from such that, as the material is pulled from the supply container, the strip material passes across the stapling position and such that, as the staple is driven into the workpiece, both legs of the staple pass through the strip material;
• applying a staple to the article to attach the strip material to the article at a selected location thereon;
• pulling the staple gun across the article so as to pull the strip material across the article, periodically operating the trigger to apply staples through the wrapping strip material at spaced positions along the length of the strip material to effect wrapping of the article with a length of the strip material, and cutting the strip material after the wrapping with the length of strip material is completed;
• and, after the wrapping is completed and when it is required to un-wrap the article, pulling the strip material from the article;
• and arranging the strip material to have a strength such that, when the strip material is pulled from the article, the spaced staples are pulled from the article with the strip.