US3218700A
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Staple and method of and apparatus for applying it
Assignee: Elastic AG Vorm M Vogel AG
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Filing: 1964-01-20
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Granted: 1965-11-23
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Expires: 1984-01-20
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Arthur Klaus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 11:01
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16B; F16B15/00; F16B15/0015; B; B25; B25C; B25C5/00; B25C5/02; B25C5/0221; B25C5/0257; B65; B65B; B65B51/00; B65B51/04; B65B51/05; B31; B31B; B31B50/00; B31B50/60; B31B50/68; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S411/00; Y10S411/92; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49833; Y10T29/49835
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A METHOD OF STAPLING EMPLOYING A STAPLE HAVING TWO SIDE LIMBS HAVING FREE OUTER ENDS AND BEING INTERCONNECTED BY A WEB, WHEREIN SAID WEB HAS A FOLDED CENTRAL PORTION AND ONE CONNECTING PORTION PROVIDED BETWEEN EACH END OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION AND A RESPECTIVE SIDE LIMB, SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS LYING SUSBTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF DRIVING MOVEMENT OF SAID STAPLE DURING A STAPLING OPERATION, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEP OF FIRSTLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO SAID CENTRAL PORTION TO FLATTEN SAID FOLDED CENTRAL PORTION INTO ELONGATED FORM WHILE DISPLACING SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS OUTWARDLY AT AN ANGULAR POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID DIRECTION OF DRIVING MOVEMENT AND GUIDING THE FREE ENDS OF SAID SIDE LIMBS INTO THE WORKPIECE, AND OF THEN APPLYING FURTHER PRESSURE TO SAID DISPLACED CONNECTING PORTIONS TO CAUSE SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS TO BEND OUTWARDLY UNTIL IT LIES SUBSTANTIALLY IN A COMMON PLANE WITH SAID FLATTENED CENTRAL PORTION.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
148 words
A METHOD OF STAPLING EMPLOYING A STAPLE HAVING TWO SIDE LIMBS HAVING FREE OUTER ENDS AND BEING INTERCONNECTED BY A WEB, WHEREIN SAID WEB HAS A FOLDED CENTRAL PORTION AND ONE CONNECTING PORTION PROVIDED BETWEEN EACH END OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION AND A RESPECTIVE SIDE LIMB, SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS LYING SUSBTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF DRIVING MOVEMENT OF SAID STAPLE DURING A STAPLING OPERATION, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEP OF FIRSTLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO SAID CENTRAL PORTION TO FLATTEN SAID FOLDED CENTRAL PORTION INTO ELONGATED FORM WHILE DISPLACING SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS OUTWARDLY AT AN ANGULAR POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID DIRECTION OF DRIVING MOVEMENT AND GUIDING THE FREE ENDS OF SAID SIDE LIMBS INTO THE WORKPIECE, AND OF THEN APPLYING FURTHER PRESSURE TO SAID DISPLACED CONNECTING PORTIONS TO CAUSE SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS TO BEND OUTWARDLY UNTIL IT LIES SUBSTANTIALLY IN A COMMON PLANE WITH SAID FLATTENED CENTRAL PORTION.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
144 words
A PREFORMED STAPLE COMPRISING A WEB, TWO CURVED SIDE LIMBS INTERCONNECTED AT ONE OF THEIR ENDS BY SAID WEB, SAID LIMBS HAVING OUTER FREE ENDS ADAPTED TO PENETRATE INTO A WORKPIECE, SAID WEB INCLUDING A FOLDED CENTRAL PORTION AND TWO CONNECTING PORTIONS DISPOSED ONE AT EACH END OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID WEB, SAID CENTRAL PORTION HAVING END SECTIONS CONVERGING TOWARD EACH OTHER IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID SIDE LIMBS, SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS INCLUDING AN OBTUSE ANGLE WITH THE RESPECTIVE END SECTION OF SAID CENTRAL WEB PORTION, SAID STAPLE HAVING A DIRECTION OF DRIVING MOVEMENT FOR A STAPLING OPERATION WHICH IS PARALLEL TO THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS, SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS AND SAID CENTRAL PORTION IN ELONGATED FORM HAVING AN AGGREGATE LENGTH WHICH CONSTITUTES THE LENGTH OF THE CROWN OF SAID STAPLE WHEN THE LATTER IS DRIVEN INTO A WORKPIECE.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
144 words
A PREFORMED STAPLE COMPRISING A WEB, TWO CURVED SIDE LIMBS INTERCONNECTED AT ONE OF THEIR ENDS BY SAID WEB, SAID LIMBS HAVING OUTER FREE ENDS ADAPTED TO PENETRATE INTO A WORKPIECE, SAID WEB INCLUDING A FOLDED CENTRAL PORTION AND TWO CONNECTING PORTIONS DISPOSED ONE AT EACH END OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID WEB, SAID CENTRAL PORTION HAVING END SECTIONS CONVERGING TOWARD EACH OTHER IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID SIDE LIMBS, SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS INCLUDING AN OBTUSE ANGLE WITH THE RESPECTIVE END SECTION OF SAID CENTRAL WEB PORTION, SAID STAPLE HAVING A DIRECTION OF DRIVING MOVEMENT FOR A STAPLING OPERATION WHICH IS PARALLEL TO THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS, SAID CONNECTING PORTIONS AND SAID CENTRAL PORTION IN ELONGATED FORM HAVING AN AGGREGATE LENGTH WHICH CONSTITUTES THE LENGTH OF THE CROWN OF SAID STAPLE WHEN THE LATTER IS DRIVEN INTO A WORKPIECE.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
184 words
A STAPLING APPARATUS FOR INSERTING A STAPLE HAVING TWO SIDE LIMBS PROVIDED WITH FREE OUTER ENDS AND HAVING THEIR OTHER ENDS INTERCONNECTED BY A WEB, THE LATTER INCLUDING A FOLDED CENTRAL PORTION AND TWO CONNECTING PORTIONS AT THE ENDS OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION, SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING A BODY PORTION DEFINING AN EJECTION CHANNEL ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A STAPLE AND HAVING A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING TO THE LENGTH OF THE CROWN OF SAID STAPLE WHEN THE LATTER IS DRIVEN INTO A WORKPIECE, TWO DRIVING MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID CHANNEL AND DISPLACEABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND TO SAID CHANNEL IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE LATTER, MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID DRIVING MEANS TO A PRESSURE SOURCE, SAID TWO DRIVING MEANS COMPRISING AN INNER DRIVING MEMBER AND AN OUTER DRIVING MEMBER, COUPLED TOGETHER FOR CARRYING OUT SEQUENTIAL MOVEMENT IN A STAPLE DRIVING OPERATION, THE INNER DRIVING MEMBER HAVING A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING TO THE LENGTH OF SAID CENTRAL FOLDED PORTION OF THE WEB OF SAID STAPLE AND BEING RESILIENTLY MOUNTED IN SAID OUTER DRIVING MEMBER WHICH DEFINES A RECESS FOR RECEIVING SAID INNER DRIVING MEMBER.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
184 words
A STAPLING APPARATUS FOR INSERTING A STAPLE HAVING TWO SIDE LIMBS PROVIDED WITH FREE OUTER ENDS AND HAVING THEIR OTHER ENDS INTERCONNECTED BY A WEB, THE LATTER INCLUDING A FOLDED CENTRAL PORTION AND TWO CONNECTING PORTIONS AT THE ENDS OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION, SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING A BODY PORTION DEFINING AN EJECTION CHANNEL ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A STAPLE AND HAVING A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING TO THE LENGTH OF THE CROWN OF SAID STAPLE WHEN THE LATTER IS DRIVEN INTO A WORKPIECE, TWO DRIVING MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID CHANNEL AND DISPLACEABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND TO SAID CHANNEL IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE LATTER, MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID DRIVING MEANS TO A PRESSURE SOURCE, SAID TWO DRIVING MEANS COMPRISING AN INNER DRIVING MEMBER AND AN OUTER DRIVING MEMBER, COUPLED TOGETHER FOR CARRYING OUT SEQUENTIAL MOVEMENT IN A STAPLE DRIVING OPERATION, THE INNER DRIVING MEMBER HAVING A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING TO THE LENGTH OF SAID CENTRAL FOLDED PORTION OF THE WEB OF SAID STAPLE AND BEING RESILIENTLY MOUNTED IN SAID OUTER DRIVING MEMBER WHICH DEFINES A RECESS FOR RECEIVING SAID INNER DRIVING MEMBER.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1968-11-22 | 1969-05-24 | 1969-11-23 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1972-11-22 | 1973-05-24 | 1973-11-23 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1976-11-22 | 1977-05-24 | 1977-11-23 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |