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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
William S Fealey, Jamestown, RI (US);
Stanley Fastening Systems, LP, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Abstract
A hammer-type stapler in which the staple driving element and the staple drive track defining structure are constructed and arranged with respect to the frame structure to move through a drive stroke incident to an operator grasping a handle portion and manually impacting the staple drive track defining structure on a workpiece. The direction of guided movement of a staple stick along the staple feed track is at an angle greater than 90.degree. with respect to the direction of the drive stroke of the staple driving element within the staple drive track, the arrangement being such that the leading staple will be driven into the workpiece in the direction of the drive stroke enabling the hand grip portion to be positioned for manual gripping so that the knuckles are spaced from a flat workpiece surface in which a staple has been driven generally perpendicularly therein.