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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
Applicants:
Helmut Funk, Remshalden, DE;
Volkmar Schopper, Aichwald, DE;
Horst Schempp, Ostfildern, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberger, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C005/04 ; B27F007/21 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for supplying, centering, and cutting a stapling wire in a stapling device, the subsequent formation of a staple, and stapling a stack of sheets. According to various aspects of the invention, methods and apparatus for feeding a wire to a lever assembly having a horizontally moveable cutter, moving the moveable cutter in a direction transverse to a stapling direction by actuating the lever assembly with the wire, and cutting the wire with the cutter, forming a staple from the wire, and driving the staple into sheets.