Anvil assembly

Abstract

Abstract Abstract of the Disclosure An anvil against which leg portions of a staple can be pressed to close the staple. The leg shaping surfaces include bottom surfaces of sockets including relatively wide initial contact surface portions having widths that smoothly converge toward adjacent final guide portions of a uniform width so that even the legs of staples that contact the initial contact surfaces at positions spaced from the longitudinal center line of the socket will be guided into the final guide portions and bent closed in alignment with each other.

Inventors

• 👤 Donald L. Hannula
• 👤 Claude A. Vidal
• 👤 Russell J. Redmond

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