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US 2020/0331133 A1Published application
Spare staple storage device
OwnerRobert B. Eisenhauer, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A spare staple storage device including a housing, a retaining mechanism carrier, and a retaining mechanism. The housing having a first end, an opposing second end, and a flat surface adapted to secure to a stapler extending an entirety of a length of the housing between the first end and the second end. The retaining mechanism carrier affixed to the housing. The retaining mechanism carried by the retaining mechanism carrier and adapted to selectively occlude a first opening at the first end of the housing.
Claims20
A spare staple storage device comprising:
- a housing having a first end, an opposing second end, and adapted to secure to a stapler;
- a retaining mechanism carrier affixed to the housing;
- and
- a retaining mechanism carried by the retaining mechanism carrier and adapted to selectively occlude a first opening at the first end of the housing.
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A spare staple storage device comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a first hollow tube having a first end, an opposing second end, and a flat surface adapted to secure to a stapler extending an entirety of a length of the first hollow tube between the first end and the second end;
- a retaining mechanism carrier affixed to the housing and comprising:
- a second hollow tube;
- a retaining mechanism comprising:
- a threaded rod having a first elongate portion carried within the second hollow tube of the retaining mechanism carrier and a second elongate portion positioned outside of the second hollow tube of the retaining mechanism carrier with a ninety-degree angle formed between the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion;
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- wherein the second elongate portion is adapted to selectively occlude a first opening at the first end of the first hollow tube.
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A spare staple storage device comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a hollow, square tube having a first end, an opposing second end, and a flat surface adapted to secure to a stapler extending an entirety of a length of the hollow, square tube between the first end and the second end;
- a retaining mechanism carrier affixed to the hollow, square tube;
- a retaining mechanism comprising:
- a threaded elongate retaining member having a first elongate portion carried by the retaining mechanism carrier and a second elongate portion positioned outside of the retaining mechanism carrier and secured to the first elongate portion to form a ninety-degree angle between the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion,
- an aperture formed in the first elongate portion of the threaded elongate retaining member,
- a tube carried by the second elongate portion of the threaded elongate retaining member,
- a spring having a first end captured by the aperture of the first elongate portion of the threaded elongate retaining member,
- an elongate fastening fixedly positioned to capture the spring and secure a second end of the spring to the retaining mechanism carrier,
- a threaded nut carried by the threaded rod,
- at least one staking dimple located on the retaining mechanism carrier between the threaded nut and the first end of the retaining mechanism carrier, and
- wherein the second elongate portion is adapted to selectively occlude a first opening at the first end of the hollow, square tube;
- an elongate occluding member fixedly positioned to occlude a second opening at the second end of the hollow, square tube;
- wherein the first end of the hollow, square tube has a detent adapted to capture at least a portion of the retaining mechanism;
- and
- wherein the flat surface of the hollow, square tube is adapted to secure to a stapler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.