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EP1839818B1
EP1839818B1 EP06006231A EP06006231A EP1839818B1 EP 1839818 B1 EP1839818 B1 EP 1839818B1 EP 06006231 A EP06006231 A EP 06006231A EP 06006231 A EP06006231 A EP 06006231A EP 1839818 B1 EP1839818 B1 EP 1839818B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25C—HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
    • B25C5/00—Manually operated portable stapling tools; Hand-held power-operated stapling tools; Staple feeding devices therefor
    • B25C5/10—Driving means
    • B25C5/11—Driving means operated by manual or foot power

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  • the present invention relates to a stapler, and more particularly relates to a staple gun that has a latch assembly to hold the handle easily and conveniently.
  • a conventional staple gun (70) according to Taiwanese patent application No. 090214680 is used extensively with decorations, shoemaking and leatherwear and drives staples (78) into objects. Accordingly, the staple is ejected from the staple gun (70) at a high speed. This may be dangerous if the handle (71) of the staple gun (70) is thoughtlessly squeezed, which ejects a staple (78) from the staple gun (70) and may injure someone. Consequentially, conventional staple guns (70) usually has a protection device to hold the handle (71) against the staple gun (70) when the staple gun (70) is not being used to keep staples (78) from shooting from the staple gun (70).
  • a conventional staple gun (70) normally comprises a housing (74), a handle (71), a pivot pin (73), a staple driver (75), a spring (76), a staple magazine (77) and multiple staples (78).
  • the housing (74) has a front end, a rear end, a top, a bottom, an interior and an opening (741).
  • the opening (741) is formed in the top of the housing (74) between the front end and the rear end and has an edge.
  • the handle (71) is attached pivotally to the housing (74) and has a front end, a rear end, a pivot hole (72) and a locking lip (711).
  • the front end of the handle (71) extends into the interior of the housing (74), and the rear end of the handle (71) protrudes from the housing (74).
  • the pivot hole (72) is elongated, allows the handle (71) to slide slightly into or out of the housing (74) and is formed through the handle (74) near the front end of the handle (71).
  • the pivot pin (73) extends through the pivot hole (72) and is attached to the housing (74) near the opening (741).
  • the locking lip (711) is formed on the handle (71) near the guide hole (72), protrudes longitudinally from the handle (71) toward the rear end, faces the opening (741) and engages the edge of the opening (741) when the handle (71) is depressed and pulled slightly toward the rear to hold the handle (71) against the housing (74).
  • the staple driver (75) is mounted vertically in the interior of the housing (74) adjacent to the front end, is cocked by the front end of the handle (71) and has an upper end and a lower end. The upper end of the staple driver (75) engages the front end of the handle (71) when the staple driver (75) is cocked.
  • the spring (76) is mounted between the top of the housing (74) and the front end of the handle (71).
  • the staple magazine (77) is formed in the interior of the housing (74) at the bottom and has a front end and a staple port. The front end abuts the front end of the housing (74). The staple port is formed in the front end of the staple magazine (77) and aligns with the staple driver (75).
  • the staples (78) are mounted slidably in the staple magazine (77) and are pressed against the front end of the staple magazine (77) so one staple (78) aligns with the staple driver (75) and the staple port and is shot from the staple gun by the staple driver (75) when the handle (71) is depressed.
  • the conventional staple gun (70) has the following shortcomings.
  • the present invention provides a staple gun with the features of claim 1 to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
  • the main objective of the present invention is to provide a staple gun with a latch assembly that can hold the handle of the staple gun easily and conveniently when the staple gun is not being used.
  • a staple gun with a latch assembly (10) in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing (20), a handle (30), a pivot pin (40), a spring (24), a staple driver (60) and a staple magazine (50).
  • the housing (20) is hollow and has a top edge, a front edge, a bottom, two half-casings (21), a handle opening, an optional cover (22) and an optional connector (23).
  • the front edge of the housing (20) may be open.
  • the half-casings (21) are symmetrical and are attached to each other, and each half-casing (21) has a front edge, a rear end, a top edge, a cutout (211), a pivot hole (213), an optional connecting hole (212) and a latch tab (214).
  • the front edge of each half-casing (21) may be open.
  • the cutout (211) is formed in the top edge of the half-casing (21) between the front edge and the rear end.
  • the pivot hole (213) is formed through the half-casing (21) near the cutout (211) and aligns with the pivot hole (213) in the other half-casing (21) when the half-casings (21) are connected to each other.
  • the connecting hole (212) is formed through the half-casing (21) below the pivot hole (213) near the front edge and aligns with the connecting hole (212) in the other half-casing (21) when the half-casings (21) are connected to each other.
  • the latch tab (214) may be rectangular, is formed on and protrudes in from the half-casing (21) below the pivot hole (213) and aligns with the latch tab (214) in the other half-casing (21) when the half-casings (21) are connected to each other.
  • the handle opening is formed in the top edge of the housing (20) by the aligned cutouts (211) in the half-casings (21).
  • the cover (22) is U-shaped, is mounted on the open front edge of the housing (20), connects to the half-casings (21) near the open front edges and has a front edge, two connecting holes (221) and two pivot holes (222).
  • the front edge has an inside surface.
  • the connecting holes (221) are formed through the cover (22), are aligned with each other and correspond respectively to the connecting holes (212) through the half-casings (21).
  • the pivot holes (222) are formed through the cover (22), are aligned with each other and correspond respectively to the pivot holes (213) through the half-casings (21).
  • the connector (23) holds the half-casings (21) together, holds the cover (22) on the housing (20) and is mounted through the connecting holes (221) in the cover (22) and the connecting holes (212) in the half-casings (21).
  • the handle (30) is connected pivotally to the housing (20), protrudes from the handle opening in the top edge of the housing (20) and has an inner end (31), an outer end (32) and a latch clip (33).
  • the inner end (31) of the handle (30) may be U-shaped, is pivotally mounted inside the housing (20) between the half-casings (21) and has two sides, two mounting slots (311), two pivot slots (312) and an optional spring mount (313).
  • the mounting slots (311) may be rectangular, are formed respectively through the sides of the inner end (31) and are aligned with each other.
  • the pivot slots (312) are formed respectively through the sides of the inner end (31) of the handle (30), are elongated longitudinally and correspond respectively to the pivot holes (213) in the half-casings (21).
  • the spring mount (313) is formed on and protrudes up from the inner end (31) of the handle (30).
  • the outer end (32) of the handle (30) protrudes through the handle opening in the top edge of the housing (20).
  • the latch clip (33) is U-shaped, is mounted in the inner end (31) of the handle (30) and has two legs and two latches (331).
  • the latches (331) are formed respectively on the legs and are mounted respectively in and protrude through the mounting slots (311), and each latch (331) has a transverse distal end and an inclined proximal end.
  • the latches (331) engage the latch tabs (214) when the outer end of the handle (30) is pressed down and the handle (30) is pulled slightly out of the housing (20), hold the outer end (32) of the handle (30) down and keep the staple gun from operating.
  • the pivot pin (40) pivotally attaches the handle (30) to the housing (20) and is mounted through the pivot holes (222) in the cover (22), the pivot holes (213) in the half-casings (21) and the pivot slots (312) in the inner end (31) of the handle (30).
  • the staple driver (60) is mounted slidably between the half-casings (21) inside the front edge of the housing (20) or against the inside surface of the front edge of the cover (22) when the front edges of the half-casings (21) are open and engages the inner end (31) of the handle (30) when the staple driver (60) is cocked.
  • the staple magazine (50) is formed in the housing (20) at the bottom between the front end and the rear end, slidably holds multiple staples and has a front end and a staple port.
  • the front end aligns with the front edge of the housing (20).
  • the staple port is formed in the front end of the staple magazine (50) and aligns with the staple driver (60) so staples can be ejected through the staple port.
  • the staple gun as described has the following advantages.

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  1. Heftpistole mit Verriegelungsvorrichtung (10), die aufweist
    • ein Gehäuse (20), das hohl ist und aufweist
    o eine obere Kante;
    o eine vordere Kante;
    o ein Unterteil; und
    o zwei Gehäusehälften (21), die symmetrisch und miteinander verbunden sind, wobei jede Gehäusehälfte (21) aufweist
    o eine vordere Kante;
    o ein hinteres Ende;
    o eine obere Kante;
    o einen Ausschnitt (211), der in der oberen Kante der Gehäusehälfte (21) zwischen der vorderen Kante und dem hinteren Ende gebildet ist, um eine Handgrifföffnung zu bilden, die mit dem Ausschnitt (211) in der anderen Gehäusehälfte (21) zusammen wirkt;
    o eine Schwenkbohrung (213), die durch die Gehäusehälfte (21) neben dem Ausschnitt (211) gebildet ist und mit der Schwenkbohrung (213) in der anderen Gehäusehälfte (21) ausgerichtet ist, wenn die Gehäusehälften (21) miteinander verbunden sind;
    • einen Handgriff (30), der schwenkbar mit dem Gehäuse (20) verbunden ist, von der Handgrifföffnung in der oberen Kante des Gehäuses (20) hervor steht und aufweist
    o ein inneres Ende (31), das schwenkbar in dem Gehäuse (20) zwischen den Gehäusehälften (21) montiert ist und aufweist:
    ■ zwei Seiten;
    ■ zwei Montageschlitze (311), die jeweils durch die Seiten des inneren Endes (31) gebildet und miteinander ausgerichtet sind; und
    ■ zwei Schwenkschlitze (312), die jeweils durch die Seiten des inneren Endes (31) des Handgriffs (30) gebildet, in Längsrichtung verlängert sind und jeweils den Schwenkbohrungen (213) in den Gehäusehälften (21) entsprechen;
    o ein äußeres Ende (32), das durch die Handgrifföffnung in der oberen Kante des Gehäuses (20) hervor steht;
    • einen Schwenkstift (40), der den Handgriff (30) schwenkbar mit dem Gehäuse (20) befestigt und durch die Schwenkbohrungen (213) in den Gehäusehälften (21) und die Schwenkschlitze (312) im inneren Ende (31) des Handgriffs (30) montiert ist;
    • eine Feder (24), die das innere Ende (31) des Handgriffs (30) nach unten drückt und in dem Gehäuse (20) zwischen dem inneren Ende (31) des Handgriffs (30) und der oberen Kante des Gehäuses (20) montiert ist;
    • einen Heftstößel (60), der verschiebbar zwischen den Gehäusehälften (21) in der vorderen Kante des Gehäuses (20) montiert ist und in das innere Ende (31) des Handgriffs (30) eingreift, wenn der Heftstößel (60) gespannt wird; und
    • ein Heftmagazin (50), das in dem Gehäuse (20) am Unterteil zwischen dem vorderen Ende und dem hinteren Ende montiert ist und aufweist
    o ein vorderes Ende, das mit der vorderen Kante des Gehäuses (20) ausgerichtet ist; und
    o eine Heftöffnung, die in dem vorderen Ende des Heftmagazins (50) gebildet ist und mit dem Heftstößel (60) ausgerichtet ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede Gehäusehälfte (21) eine Verriegelungsnase (214) aufweist, die an der Gehäusehälfte (21) gebildet ist und von ihr hervor steht, wobei jede Verriegelungsnase mit der Verriegelungsnase (214) in der anderen Gehäusehälfte (21) ausgerichtet ist, wenn die Gehäusehälften (21) miteinander verbunden sind und
    dadurch, dass das Gehäuse eine Verriegelungsklammer (33) aufweist, die U-förmig ist, im inneren Ende (31) des Handgriffs (30) montiert ist und zwei Schenkel und zwei Nasen (331) aufweist, die jeweils an den Schenkeln gebildet sind und jeweils in den Montageschlitzen (311) montiert sind und durch sie hervor stehen, wobei jede Nase ein quer verlaufendes distales Ende und ein geneigtes proximales Ende aufweist, wobei die Verriegelungen (331) in die Verriegelungsnasen (214) eingreifen, wenn das äußere Ende des Handgriffs (30) nieder gedrückt wird und der Handgriff (30) leicht aus dem Gehäuse (20) gezogen wird.
  2. Heftpistole nach Anspruch 1, wobei
    • jede Gehäusehälfte (21) überdies ein Verbindungsloch (212) aufweist, das durch die Gehäusehälfte (21) neben der vorderen Kante gebildet und mit dem Verbindungsloch (212) in der anderen Gehäusehälfte (21) ausgerichtet ist, wenn die Gehäusehälften (21) miteinander verbunden sind; und
    • das Gehäuse (20) überdies ein Verbindungsstück (23) aufweist, das die Gehäusehälften (21) zusammenhält und durch die Verbindungslöcher (212) in den Gehäusehälften (21) montiert ist.
  3. Heftpistole nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Verriegelungsnase (214) an jeder Gehäusehälfte (21) rechtwinklig ist.
  4. Heftpistole nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Montageschlitze (311) rechtwinklig sind.
  5. Heftpistole nach Anspruch 2, wobei
    • die vordere Kante des Gehäuses (20) offen ist;
    • die vordere Kante jeder Gehäusehälfte (21) offen ist;
    o das Gehäuse (20) überdies eine Abdeckung (22) aufweist, die U-förmig ist, auf der offenen vorderen Kante des Gehäuses (20) montiert ist, mit den Gehäusehälften (21) neben den offenen vorderen Kanten verbunden ist und aufweist
    o eine vordere Kante, die eine Innenfläche aufweist;
    o zwei Verbindungslöcher (221), die durch die Abdeckung (22) gebildet sind, miteinander ausgerichtet sind und jeweils den Verbindungslöchern (221) durch die Gehäusehälften (21) entsprechen; und
    o zwei Schwenklöcher (222), die durch die Abdeckung (22) gebildet sind, miteinander ausgerichtet sind und jeweils den Schwenklöcher (213) durch die Gehäusehälften (21) entsprechen;
    • das Verbindungsstück (23) überdies die Abdeckung (22) an dem Gehäuse (20) hält und durch die Verbindungslöcher (221) in der Abdeckung (22) und die Verbindungslöcher (212) in den Gehäusehälften (21) montiert ist;
    • der Schwenkstift (40) überdies durch die Schwenklöcher (222) in der Abdeckung (22) montiert ist; und
    • der Heftstößel (60) verschiebbar gegen die Innenfläche der vorderen Kante der Abdeckung (22) montiert ist.
  6. Heftpistole nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Verriegelungsnase (214) an jeder Gehäusehälfte (21) rechtwinklig ist.
  7. Heftpistole nach Anspruch 6, wobei
    • das innere Ende (31) des Handgriffs (30) U-förmig ist und überdies einen Federsockel (313) aufweist, der auf dem inneren Ende (31) des Handgriffs (30) gebildet ist und von ihm hervor steht; und
    • die Feder (24) um den Federsockel (313) montiert ist.
  8. Heftpistole nach Anspruch 7, wobei die Montageschlitze (311) rechtwinklig sind.
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PL06006231T PL1839818T3 (pl) 2006-03-27 2006-03-27 Pistolet na zszywki z zespołem zapadkowym
DE602006002720T DE602006002720D1 (de) 2006-03-27 2006-03-27 Heftpistole mit Verriegelungsvorrichtung
EP06006231A EP1839818B1 (de) 2006-03-27 2006-03-27 Heftpistole mit Verriegelungsvorrichtung
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