Clip dispensing and attaching apparatus

Claim 1

A CLIP DISPENSING AND ATTACHING DEVICE FOR CLIPS OF THE TYPE CHARACTERIZED BY RESILIENT LEAVES JOINED AT ONE END AND RESILIENTLY SPREADABLE FROM EACH OTHER AT THE OTHER END TO RECEIVE AND RESILIENTLY GRIP SHEET MATERIAL THEREBETWEEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE LEAVES BEING FORMED AT THE LAST NAMED END TO DIVERGE AWAY FROM THE PLANE OF THE CLIP AND PROVIDE AN OPEN MOUTH ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A SHEAF OF SHEET MATERIAL, WHEREIN THE ENDS OF THE LEAVES AT THE MOUTH OF THE CLIP DEFINE THE LIPS THEREOF, SAID DISPENSING AND ATTACHING DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS SERVING TO DEFINING A CLIP DISPENSING AND ATTACHING STATION, MEANS FORMING A MAGAZINE TO CONTAIN AND DIRECT EACH OF A PLURALITY OF CLIPS TO SAID STATION TO BE ATTACHED TO A SHEAF MATERIAL THEREAT, MEANS AT SAID STATION SERVING TO SUPPORT IN SHEET RECEIVING RELAXED POSITION THAT CLIP WHICH IS TO BE ATTACHED, AND MEANS TO RESTRAIN THE SAME FROM MOVING WITH THE SHEAF DURING ENTRY OF THE SHEAF BETWEEN THE LEAVES THEREOF, THE PENULTIMATE NAMED MEANS SERVING TO PERMIT THE LEAVES TO YIELDINGLY SPREAD DURING ENTRY OF THE SHEAF SO AS TO BECOME RESILIENTLY ATTACHED TO THE SHEAF, AND MEANS FOR RETAINING THE CLIP WHICH IS NEXT ADJACENT TO THE ATTACHED CLIP DURING WITHDRAWAL OF THE SHEAF FROM THE STATION WHILE RELEASING SAID ATTACHED CLIP DURING REMOVAL OF SAID SHEAF FROM THE STATION AFTER THE ATTACHED CLIP HAS ENGAGED THE SHEAF.