Acco Brands Corporation

Acco Brands USA LLC

Heathrow Scientific LLC

Michael F De Rossi

Stephen John Gaynes

Joel G Delman

Melanie Lyn Conklin

David P Adams

Clifford Krapfl

Jimmy-Quang Viet Doan

Donna Ann Piacenza

Linda Pulik

Cory William Worth

Jean Ellen Kiple

Kenneth John Bargo

Cory Worth

Nicole Smokowicz

A powered stapler includes a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion movably coupled to the first portion. The stapler is actuated by creating relative movement between the first and second housing portions. The second housing portion includes an elongated trigger member, that when moved relative to the first housing portion, actuates the powered stapler to drive a staple into a stack of sheets. The stapler is configured to be held in a single hand of the user and can be actuated by the user squeezing his or her hand while holding the stapler.

Powered stapler

The invention provides a pipette device with a pivotable nozzle assembly. The pipette device includes a housing with a barrel portion defining a device axis therethrough. The nozzle assembly includes a pivot mechanism that is rotatably engaged with the housing, and includes pivot bosses that are held captive within a portion of the housing. A pivot selector is slideably retained by a portion of the housing, and is operative to engage and disengage a plurality of indexing holes on the pivot mechanism thereby locking and permitting rotation of the nozzle assembly, respectively.

Pipette device with pivotable nozzle assembly

Colony counter

A stapler having a housing and a throat defined by the housing and configured to receive a stack of sheets for stapling. The throat separates the housing into a head portion and a base portion. A paper guide is coupled to the stapler, the paper guide being movable between a recessed position within the base portion and an extended position. Insertion of the stack of sheets into the throat does not cause movement of the paper guide.

Stapler with adjustable paper guide

Stapler

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Lindenhurst, IL, United States of America

Michael F De Rossi