Hammer-type stapler with tab feeder

A manually operated hammer-type stapler having a distal end for attaching a material to a surface comprising:

• a) a staple driver having a staple drive blade moveable along a blade pathway between a raised position to a lowered position;
• b) a striker at the distal end of said stapler;
• c) an elongated handle extending from said staple driver;
• d) an elongated staple magazine beneath and parallel to said handle, said staple magazine having a discharge end adjacent said blade pathway to position a staple beneath said driver blade;
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• e) an elongated tab magazine parallel to and beneath said staple magazine, said tab magazine having a discharge end adjacent said blade pathway to position a tab beneath said driver blade, whereby said driver blade moves from said raised position to said lowered position when said striker engages said surface to drive a staple through a tab and into said surface, said tab magazine further including a tab pusher, to urge a strip of tabs toward said discharge end, said tab pusher including at least one tension spring and a pusher rod.

A manually operated hammer-type stapler with a distal end for attaching a material to a surface comprising:

• a) a staple driver adjacent said stapler distal end, said driver having a staple drive blade moveable along a blade pathway between a raised position to a lowered position;
• b) a striker including a tab stop at the distal end of said stapler and a horizontal bar with a rear face, the rear face of said bar being within a tab pathway and forming said tab stop, said striker being operatively connected to said drive blade;
• c) an elongated handle extending from said staple driver;
• d) an elongated staple magazine beneath said handle, said staple magazine being adapted to feed a staple strip along a staple pathway transverse to said blade pathway, said staple magazine having a discharge end adjacent said blade pathway to position a staple beneath said driver blade;
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• e) a tab magazine parallel to and beneath said staple magazine, said tab magazine having at least one tension spring and pusher rod adapted to feed a planar tab strip along a tab pathway transverse to said blade pathway, said tab magazine having a discharge end adjacent said blade pathway to position a tab beneath said driver blade, whereby said driver blade moves from said raised position to said lowered position when said striker impacts said surface to drive a staple through a tab and into said surface.