Fastener closing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorFrancisc Javier Ramirez Aldana
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Abstract
Apparatus for closing a fastener includes a first member adapted to engage and bend a fastener toward a closed position, a second member defining a recessed fastener guide adapted to engage and bend the fastener toward the closed position, the recessed fastener guide being generally aligned with the first member to receive at least a portion of the fastener from the first member, structure for moving the first member, and structure for moving the second member relative to the first member to move the fastener toward the closed position.
Claims16
Apparatus for closing a fastener, the apparatus comprising:
- a first member adapted to engage and bend a fastener toward a closed position;
- a second member defining a recessed fastener guide adapted to engage and bend the fastener toward the closed position, the recessed fastener guide being generally aligned with the first member to receive at least a portion of the fastener from the first member;
- structure for moving the first member;
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- structure for moving the second member relative to the first member to move the fastener toward the closed position, wherein the structure for moving the first member is adapted to move the first member and the second member simultaneously, and wherein the first member at least partially supports the second member for movement therewith.
A media-fastener closing device, comprising:
- a first receiver defining a first channel for receiving a plurality of ends of a media fastener:
- a second receiver defining a second channel for receiving the plurality of ends of the media fastener from the first channel;
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- a movement device for moving the second receiver, and the second channel, relative to the first receiver to close the media fastener, wherein the first receiver comprises a first surface and the first channel is recessed relative to the first surface;
- further wherein the second receiver comprises a second surface, and the second channel is recessed relative to the second surface, and wherein the movement device is adapted to move the second surface past the first surface to close the media fastener.
A method of closing a fastener, comprising:
- engaging ends of the fastener with a first groove of a first closing member:
- bending the ends of the fastener with the first dosing member;
- engaging the ends of the fastener with a second groove of a second closing member, the second closing member being supported by the first closing member for movement therewith and being movable relative to the first closing member;
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- bending the ends of the fastener with the second closing member to close the fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.