Staple-refill

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10906201-B2
Application number	US-201715462085-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2017
Priority date	Oct 13, 2011
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

A staple-refill 11 is provided with: a casing 12 in which a plurality of sheet-type connected staples 10 are stacked; a staple inserting port 14 ; a staple discharge port 16 ; a cover member 15 which covers the sheet-type connected staples 10 in the casing 12 from a side of the staple inserting port 14 ; and a notch portion 18 formed in the casing 12 and extending from an edge of the staple inserting port 14 in an insertion direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A staple-refill comprising:
a casing which includes an opened top surface, a front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and in which a plurality of sheet-type connected staples are stacked;
a staple discharge port formed in the front surface from which the sheet-type connected staples are discharged;
a through-hole formed in the rear surface; and
a cover member which is disposed in the casing from the opened top surface while covering the stacked sheet-type connected staples and lowers into the casing as the sheet-type connected staples in the casing are discharged through the staple discharge port to be consumed,
wherein the casing is attached to a cartridge for accommodating the casing such that the rear surface is exposed from the cartridge,
wherein the through-hole is arranged such that an inside of the casing is exposed therethrough when the casing is viewed from a rear side, and the through-hole is arranged at a position where an upper surface of the cover member is exposed through the through-hole when the sheet-type connected staples are completely consumed and the cover member is moved to a lowest position, and
wherein the cover member includes a rear-side end surface having a guide boss formed thereon, the guide boss protruding rearward from the rear-side end surface and disposed within the through-hole.

2. The staple-refill according to claim 1 , wherein the casing is detachable from the cartridge by pulling the rear surface of the casing.

3. The staple-refill according to claim 1 ,
wherein the through-hole has such a size that a user's finger is insertable, and
wherein the casing is detachable from the cartridge by pulling the casing while hooking the finger on the through-hole.

4. The staple-refill according to claim 1 , wherein the though-hole has such a size that a user's finger is insertable.

5. The staple-refill according to claim 1 , wherein the through-hole has a circular shape, a triangle shape, or a pentagon shape.

6. The staple-refill according to claim 1 , wherein the guide boss of the cover member lowers and engages with the through-hole as the sheet-type connected staples in the casing are consumed.

Assignees

• Max Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sugihara Shinpei
• Kameda Futoshi

Classifications

• B65H2301/51611

  involving at least a binding element traversing the handled material, e.g. staple · CPC title

• B27F7/38 Primary

  Staple feeding devices · CPC title

• B25C5/1637

  Supports for the staples being fed · CPC title

• B65H2801/27

  Devices located downstream of office-type machines · CPC title

• B65H37/04

  for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling (adhering replacement to expiring web during change of web roll B65H19/18) · CPC title