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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2002
Claes Johansson, Åsenhöga, SE;
Isaberg Raopid AB, Hestra, SE;
Abstract
A tacker for driving fasteners ( ) into an object ( ), which optionally consist of U-shaped staples or nails, has a driver ( ) which in an ejecting motion ejects a fastener ( ) and drives it into the object ( ). Catches ( ) are arranged to prevent a nail ( ) fed to an ejecting position from tilting to an inclined position which significantly deviates from the direction of ejecting/driving in. The catches ( ) are movable between a first position in which they extend into the path of the ejecting motion of the driver ( ), and a second position in which they are moved away from this path against spring action. Each catch ( ) is formed don a tongue ( ) which is punched in a plate ( ) and bent to L shape, one L leg ( ) of the tongue extending perpendicular to the plane of the plate and forming the catch and the other L leg ( ) being positioned in the plane of the plate and forming a part which in a resiliently yielding manner supports the catch. The perpendicular L leg ( ) of the tongue ( ) has a ramp surface ( ) for cooperation with the driver ( ) such that the catch is moved away against spring action to its second position directly or indirectly by the driver during the ejecting motion thereof.