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Apparatus and method for removing fasteners from documents

US6634267B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 1998
Grant dateOct 21, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/9435
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for removing fasteners (13; 63; 113; 163) from documents (12; 62; 112; 162) with a perforator (5; 55; 105; 155; 205) for perforating documents (12; 62; 112; 162) in the area of the fastener to be removed, wherein the means for separating from the set of documents (12; 62; 112; 162) the fastener to be removed (13; 63; 113; 163) are constructed as a perforator for perforating the set of documents closely along the fastener to be removed. Also disclosed is a method for removing fasteners (13; 63; 113; 163), wherein the fastener (13; 63; 113; 163) is separated from the documents (12; 62; 112; 162) simply and fast in a single operation by perforating the set of documents (12; 62; 112; 162) closely along the fastener to be removed (13; 63; 113; 163).

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