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US 4,784,370 AGranted
Staple removing device and associated method
OwnerLarry D. Stricklandinventor
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Abstract
A staple removing device and associated method employing unique clamping devices for the removal of a staple that is broken or partially inserted in an object. The clamping devices are provided to engage the whole or parts of a partially removed staple thereby allowing the staple to be pulled from the object in accordance with the associated method.
Claims21
A device for removing a staple from an object comprising:
- a first member,
- a second member which is movably secured to said first member,
- pivot means connecting said first member and said second member,
- said first member having attached a first clamping element,
- said second member having a second clamping element for cooperation with said first clamping element in engaging a staple,
- said first member and said second member each having teeth means adjacent a first end of the longitudinal axis of said staple remover for initiating removal of said staple from the object, and
- said first clamping element projecting generally outwardly from said first member and said second clamping element projecting generally outwardly from said second member, whereby positioning a portion of a staple intermediate said first and second generally outwardly projecting clamping elements, relatively rotating said first and second generally outwardly projecting clamping elements toward each other to engage said staple between said first and second clamping elements, and moving said staple removing device away from said object will effect removal of said staple from said object.
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A device for removing a staple from an object comprising:
- a first member,
- a second member which is movably secured to said first member,
- pivot means connecting said first member and said second member,
- said first member having attached a first clamping element,
- said second member having a second clamping element for cooperation with said first clamping element in engaging a staple,
- said first member and said second member each having teeth means adjacent a first end of the longitudinal axis of said staple remover for initiating removal of said staple from the object,
- said first clamping element projecting from said first member and said second clamping element projecting from said second member,
- said first and second clamping elements projecting from a second end of the longitudinal axis of said staple remover, and
- said second clamping element having a generally angled section and a generally planar section and being attached to said second member, whereby positioning a portion of a staple intermediate said first and second clamping elements, relatively rotating said first and second clamping elements toward each other to engage said staple between said first and second clamping elements, and moving said staple removing device away from said object will effect removal of said staple from said object.
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A device for removing a staple from an object comprising:
- a first member,
- a second member which is movably secured to said first member,
- pivot means connecting said first member and said second member,
- said first member having attached a first clamping element,
- said second member having a second clamping element for cooperation with said first clamping element in engaging a staple,
- said first member and said second member each having teeth means adjacent a first end of the longitudinal axis of said staple remover for initiating removal of said staple from the object,
- said first clamping element projecting from said first member and said second clamping element projecting from said second member,
- said first and second clamping elements projecting from a second end of the longitudinal axis of said staple remover, and
- said first and second clamping elements projecting from said first and second members respectively, at a location intermediate said first and second ends of the longitudinal axis of said staple remover, whereby positioning a portion of a staple intermediate said first and second clamping elements, relatively rotating said first and second clamping elements toward each other to engage said staple between said first and second clamping elements, and moving said staple removing device away from said object will effect removal of said staple from said object.
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