Refill

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12529392-B2
Application number	US-202418680046-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2024
Priority date	May 31, 2023
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A refill includes: a bottom wall; a first side wall; a second side wall; and a front wall in which a discharge opening is formed. The first side wall includes, in a part thereof in a stacking direction, a first inclined wall extending in a coupling direction of staples and inclined in an axial direction. The second side wall includes, in a part thereof in the stacking direction, a second inclined wall extending in the coupling direction of the staples and inclined in the axial direction. The first inclined wall and the second inclined wall are inclined in the same direction, and at least a part of the first inclined wall and at least a part of the second inclined wall are formed at the same height from a bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A refill comprising:
a staple sheet obtained by coupling a plurality of staples, each of which extends in an axial direction, in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction; a bottom wall on which a plurality of the staple sheets are stacked and placed; a first side wall facing one end portion of each of the stacked staple sheets in the axial direction and erected in a stacking direction from the bottom wall; a second side wall facing another end portion of each of the stacked staple sheets in the axial direction and erected in the stacking direction from the bottom wall; and a front wall positioned between an end portion of the first side wall in a coupling direction of the staples and an end portion of the second side wall in the coupling direction of the staples and in which a discharge opening for discharging the staple sheets in the coupling direction of the staples is formed, wherein the first side wall includes, in a part thereof in the stacking direction, a first inclined wall extending in the coupling direction of the staples and inclined in the axial direction, the second side wall includes, in a part thereof in the stacking direction, a second inclined wall extending in the coupling direction of the staples and inclined in the axial direction, and the first inclined wall and the second inclined wall are inclined in the same direction, and at least a part of the first inclined wall and at least a part of the second inclined wall are formed at the same height from a bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction.

2 . The refill according to claim 1 , wherein
when a direction toward the bottom wall in the stacking direction is set as a downward direction and an opposite direction of the downward direction is set as an upward direction, the first inclined wall is inclined in a direction approaching the second side wall toward the downward direction, and a height of an upper end of the first inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction is smaller than a height of an upper end of the second inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction, and a height of a lower end of the first inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction is smaller than a height of a lower end of the second inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction.

3 . The refill according to claim 2 , wherein
the first side wall includes a first lower side wall formed to be erected from the bottom wall in the stacking direction, the first inclined wall located on the upward direction of the first lower side wall and formed continuously with the first lower side wall, and a first upper side wall located on the upward direction of the first inclined wall and formed to extend in the stacking direction continuously with the first inclined wall.

4 . The refill according to claim 3 , wherein
a difference between the height of the upper end of the first inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction and the height of the upper end of the second inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction is equal to or larger than a thickness of one staple sheet, and a difference between the height of the lower end of the first inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction and the height of the lower end of the second inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction is equal to or larger than the thickness of the one staple sheet.

5 . The refill according to claim 4 , wherein
a height of the first lower side wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction is equal to or larger than half of the thickness of the one staple sheet.

6 . The refill according to claim 5 , wherein
the first inclined wall is inclined with respect to the first lower side wall by an angle of 10 degrees or more and 30 degrees or less.

7 . The refill according to claim 6 , wherein
the first inclined wall is located in the upward direction with respect to the discharge opening in the stacking direction.

8 . The refill according to claim 3 , wherein
a displacement amount between the first upper side wall and the first lower side wall in the axial direction is set to 6% to 8% of an interval between an inner wall surface of the second side wall and an inner wall surface of the first side wall.

9 . The refill according to claim 1 , wherein
an inclination angle of the first inclined wall is substantially the same as an inclination angle of the second inclined wall.

10 . The refill according to claim 1 , wherein
a length of the first inclined wall is substantially the same as a length of the second inclined wall.

11 . A refill comprising:
a bottom wall; a first side wall erected in a first direction from the bottom wall; a second side wall facing the first side wall and erected in the first direction from the bottom wall; and a front wall positioned between an end portion of the first side wall in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and an end portion of the second side wall in the second direction, and in which a discharge opening for discharging a staple sheet to be placed on the bottom wall in the second direction is formed at a position adjacent to the bottom wall in a third direction that is an opposite direction of the first direction, wherein the first side wall includes, in a part thereof in the first direction, a first inclined wall extending in the second direction and inclined in a fourth direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, the second side wall includes, in a part thereof in the first direction, a second inclined wall extending in the second direction and inclined in the fourth direction, and the first inclined wall and the second inclined wall are inclined in the same direction, and at least a part of the first inclined wall and at least a part of the second inclined wall are formed at the same height from a bottom surface of the bottom wall in the first direction.

12 . The refill according to claim 11 , wherein
the first inclined wall is inclined in a direction approaching the second side wall toward the third direction, and a height of an upper end of the first inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the first direction is smaller than a height of an upper end of the second inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the first direction, and a height of a lower end of the first inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the first direction is smaller than a height of a lower end of the second inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the first direction.

13 . The refill according to claim 12 , wherein
the first side wall includes a first lower side wall formed to be erected from the bottom wall in the first direction, the first inclined wall formed at a position advancing in the first direction with respect to the first lower side wall continuously with the first lower side wall, and a first upper side wall formed at a position advancing in the first direction with respect to the first inclined wall and extending in the first direction continuously with the first inclined wall.

14 . The refill according to claim 13 , wherein
a difference between the height of the upper end of the first inclined wall from the bottom surface of the bottom wall in the first direction and the height of

Assignees

• Max Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shindo Takushi
• Kameda Futoshi
• Kishi Kazuhiko

Classifications

• F16B15/0015

  Staples · CPC title

• B27F7/38 Primary

  Staple feeding devices · CPC title

• F16B15/08 Primary

  formed in integral series but easily separable · CPC title

• B42B5/00 Primary

  Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures otherwise than by stitching (by deformation thereof B31F; by adhesive peculiar to bookbinding B42C9/00) · CPC title