Clip dispensing means and clips and storage means therefore
OwnerAnthony Richard HOWEinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a clip dispenser for the controlled dispensing and fixing of clips for use to position an elongate member such as a cable or pipe with respect to a surface. The dispensing means has a housing having a surface with a dispensing aperture through which a clip including a securing means in the form of, for example, a nail can be dispensed and a driver assembly is provided adjacent the aperture and which can be operated to drive the nail into the surface to which the clip and elongate member are to be fixed. The clips can be provided initially joined together to form a magazine cassette or cartridge from which the leading clip can be separated by the use of the apparatus.
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A dispenser apparatus for dispensing a clip for securing an elongate member in position, said clip including a body portion and at least one securing means, said apparatus including;
- a) a housing having a base portion including an aperture through which securing means are dispensed,
- b) a driver assembly adapted to be movable to contact the securing means of the clip to drive the said securing means of the clip positioned at the aperture into a surface,
- c) a storage means to receive a plurality of said securing means and to allow said leading securing means of the plurality of securing means to be positioned at the said aperture to be driven and dispensed and wherein the longitudinal axis of the storage means is provided at an angle that inclines from at least the portion of the base at which the said aperture is located and/or surface into which the clip is to be fixed.
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A supply of clips, each clip including a body with location means for location of a portion of an elongate member therein and an engagement portion with a channel for the receipt of a securing means in the form of a nail and wherein the clips are arranged with a leading clip joined to the following clip and the successive adjacent clips are joined together to form the clip supply.
A dispenser apparatus for dispensing a clip for securing an elongate member in position, said apparatus including;
- a) a housing having a surface with a base portion including an aperture through which a said clip including a body portion and at least one securing means is dispensed,
- b) a driver assembly adapted to be movable to contact the securing means of the clip to drive the said securing means of the clip positioned at the aperture into a surface, and
- c) a storage means to receive a plurality of clips and to allow a leading clip of the plurality of clips to be positioned at the said aperture to be dispensed and wherein the said plurality of clips are provided as a magazine, cartridge or cassette of the clips.
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Apparatus for the fixing of clips to a surface to retain an elongate member in position with respect to the said surface, each of said clips including a body portion and a nail, said dispensing means has a housing with a dispensing aperture through which a nail of the clip is dispensed and a driver assembly is provided in the housing which is operable to drive the nail into the surface to which the clip and elongate member are to be fixed and thereby fix the clip body portion and elongate member in position, wherein said nails are successively dispensed from a magazine, cassette or cartridge located with the housing and from magazine, cassette or cartridge the leading nail is separated and dispensed by the use of the apparatus and the driver assembly is powered by a power source connected to the apparatus and operates in response to user actuation of actuation means provided on the apparatus to impart a drive force on said nail to drive and dispense the same from the dispensing aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.