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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Howard W Biddle, Histon, GB;
Assignee:
Ofrex Group Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
227132 ; 227120 ; 30179 ;
Abstract
A tacker has a magazine to contain staples and a striker movable against a spring biassed to eject the staples from an ejection slot. An integral handle and pawl are provided to engage the striker to move the striker against the spring bias, the pawl being disengageable from the striker to release the striker to enable a staple to be ejected. The arrangement is such that the handle and part of the magazine are spaced apart by such a distance that the handle and the magazine can be grasped by a single hand. The handle, on operation of the device, moving towards the magazine.