Hammer tacker

US8321981B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John Delneo · Middletown, US
• Robert Jennings
• Stephen R. Crosby · East Windsor, US
• Thomas Pelletier · Wallingford, US
• Robert A. St. John · Cheshire, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2012
• Expiry date: May 12, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B25C5/11
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A stapler capable of dispensing staples therefrom and comprising a head and a handle. The head comprises a staple dispenser configured to dispense a staple from the stapler when a compressive force is applied to the staple dispenser, and a blade carriage that carries a blade and is configured such that the blade is extendable from the head of the stapler and is retractable into the head of the stapler. The handle is attached to the head, and permits the stapler to be swung like a hammer to drive staples dispensed from the staple dispenser.