EP1214180B1 - Stapler cassette for packaging and dispensing staplers in particular in an automatic frame assembling machine - Google Patents

Stapler cassette for packaging and dispensing staplers in particular in an automatic frame assembling machine Download PDF

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EP1214180B1
EP1214180B1 EP00962590A EP00962590A EP1214180B1 EP 1214180 B1 EP1214180 B1 EP 1214180B1 EP 00962590 A EP00962590 A EP 00962590A EP 00962590 A EP00962590 A EP 00962590A EP 1214180 B1 EP1214180 B1 EP 1214180B1
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Pierre Cassese
Alain Cassese
Jean Cassese
Philippe Cassese
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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
    • B25C5/16—Staple-feeding devices, e.g. with feeding means, supports for staples or accessories concerning feeding devices
    • B25C5/1686—Staple-feeding devices, e.g. with feeding means, supports for staples or accessories concerning feeding devices using pre-loaded cassettes
    • 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
    • B25C5/16—Staple-feeding devices, e.g. with feeding means, supports for staples or accessories concerning feeding devices
    • B25C5/1679—Staple-feeding devices, e.g. with feeding means, supports for staples or accessories concerning feeding devices comprising storing arrangements for a plurality of staple strips
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27F—DOVETAILED WORK; TENONS; SLOTTING MACHINES FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES
    • B27F7/00—Nailing or stapling; Nailed or stapled work
    • B27F7/17—Stapling machines
    • B27F7/38—Staple feeding devices

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  • the invention relates to a staple box adaptable in particular to an automatic frame assembly machine.
  • the invention provides another type of staple box used to packaging and distribution means for a machine automatic stapling.
  • the invention therefore relates to a staple box for the packaging and distribution of staples as defined in claim 1.
  • notches in an arc of a circle are formed. through each opening in the upper and lower strips of the box.
  • the staple box generally designated by the reference 1 and shown in the figures has the form general of a thin flat case h. In the sense of its depth it has fifteen lanes A, B, C ... O, separated by partitions 2.
  • the corridors are open to the outside. Each of them is fitted with a pusher 4 bearing against the staples who are in the corresponding corridor.
  • each corridor is bordered, always on the rear side, by coders 5.
  • each opening 7 shape, in the upper and lower bands of the box, a notch 8 in an arc allowing the corridor cooperation with the machine head. We see through the openings 7 the ends of the staples 9 stored in the hallways.
  • the pushers 4 hold the staples 9 in side forward position 6.
  • the box thus described being thin easily lends itself to stacking. So in a store of an automatic stapling machine, can be loaded with several stacked boxes. Each box is fitted with identical staples of the same height. On the other hand can stack boxes with different staples height. It is then up to the user to choose the boxes depending on the type of molding to be stapled. When a box is empty, the store reloads a new one automatically. The empty box is then pushed by the new box, until it falls into a receptacle meant for that purpose.

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Abstract

A thin cassette provided with a plurality of passages separated by partitions and open outwards at the front orifices, and at a rear side. On the rear side, each passage is equipped with a driver resting against the staples contained therein.

Description

L'invention se rapporte à une boíte à agrafes adaptable notamment à une machine automatique d'assemblage de cadres.The invention relates to a staple box adaptable in particular to an automatic frame assembly machine.

On sait que les agrafes destinées à fixer entre elles les parties d'un cadre doivent avoir un profil et une dimension adaptés aux moulures utilisées. Pour chacune des catégories ou des tailles d'agrafes, celles-ci sont, au fur et à mesure de leur fabrication, placées les unes contre les autres à l'intérieur d'un chargeur qui se présente comme un réceptacle allongé. Le rôle de ce chargeur est de conditionner ainsi un paquet d'agrafes et de faciliter leur manipulation, mais aussi de servir de distributeur dans les machines à agrafer les cadres. Mais dans les machines automatiques à cadence rapide, ces chargeurs sont nettement insuffisants. On cherche donc à disposer de magasins de distribution de plus grande capacité permettant le conditionnement d'un nombre important d'agrafes, et autorisant leur distribution automatique à un poste d'agrafage d'une machine. On connaít par le US 5575415 une boíte à agrafes de faible épaisseur, à plusieurs couloirs superposés.We know that the staples intended to fix together the parts of a frame must have a profile and dimension adapted to the moldings used. For each of the categories or sizes of staples, these are, as they are manufactured, placed one against the others inside a charger which looks like a receptacle elongate. The role of this charger is to package a package staples and to facilitate their handling, but also to serve as distributor in machines for stapling frames. But in the automatic machines with fast rate, these chargers are clearly insufficient. We are therefore seeking to have distribution stores of greater capacity allowing the conditioning of a number large number of staples, and authorizing their automatic distribution to a post stapling machine. We know from US 5575415 a box staples of small thickness, with several superimposed corridors.

L'invention propose un autre type de boíte à agrafes servant de moyen de conditionnement et de distribution pour une machine automatique d'agrafage.The invention provides another type of staple box used to packaging and distribution means for a machine automatic stapling.

L'invention a donc pour objet une boíte à agrafes pour le conditionnement et la distribution d'agrafes telle que définie dans la revendication 1.The invention therefore relates to a staple box for the packaging and distribution of staples as defined in claim 1.

Avantageusement des échancrures en arc de cercle sont formées par chaque ouverture dans les bandeaux supérieurs et inférieurs de la boíte.Advantageously, notches in an arc of a circle are formed. through each opening in the upper and lower strips of the box.

Des caractéristiques complémentaires, les avantages et les modes préférentiels d'utilisation de la boíte selon l'invention seront mieux perçus à la lecture de la description qui va suivre d'un exemple de réalisation dans lequel il est fait référence aux dessins annexés qui représentant :

  • Figures 1 et 2, des vues en perspective de la boíte à agrafes, respectivement vue d'arrière et vue d'avant.
    • Additional characteristics, the advantages and the preferred modes of use of the box according to the invention will be better perceived on reading the description which follows of an exemplary embodiment in which reference is made to the appended drawings which represent:
  • Figures 1 and 2, perspective views of the staple box, respectively rear view and front view.

    • La boíte à agrafes désignée dans son ensemble par la référence 1 et montrée sur les figures a la forme générale d'un boítier plat de faible épaisseur h. Dans le sens de sa profondeur il dispose de quinze couloirs A, B, C...O, séparés par des cloisons 2. Du côté arrière 3 de la boíte, les couloirs sont ouverts vers l'extérieur. Chacun d'eux est équipé d'un poussoir 4 en appui contre les agrafes qui se trouvent dans le couloir correspondant. En outre chaque couloir est bordé, toujours du côté arrière, de détrompeurs 5.The staple box generally designated by the reference 1 and shown in the figures has the form general of a thin flat case h. In the sense of its depth it has fifteen lanes A, B, C ... O, separated by partitions 2. On the rear side 3 of the box, the corridors are open to the outside. Each of them is fitted with a pusher 4 bearing against the staples who are in the corresponding corridor. In addition each corridor is bordered, always on the rear side, by coders 5.

    Du côté avant 6 de la boíte 1, les couloirs sont également ouverts vers l'extérieur. Chaque ouverture 7 forme, dans les bandeaux supérieurs et inférieurs de la boíte, une échancrure 8 en arc de cercle permettant la coopération du couloir avec la tête de la machine. On voit par les ouvertures 7 les extrémités des agrafes 9 stockées dans les couloirs.On the front side 6 of the box 1, the corridors are also open to the outside. Each opening 7 shape, in the upper and lower bands of the box, a notch 8 in an arc allowing the corridor cooperation with the machine head. We see through the openings 7 the ends of the staples 9 stored in the hallways.

    Les poussoirs 4 maintiennent les agrafes 9 en position avancée du côté 6.The pushers 4 hold the staples 9 in side forward position 6.

    La boíte ainsi décrite étant de faible épaisseur se prête aisément à un empilage. Ainsi, dans un magasin d'alimentation d'une machine automatique d'agrafage, peuvent être chargées plusieurs boítes superposées. Chaque boíte est équipée d'agrafes identiques de même hauteur. Par contre on peut empiler des boítes garnies d'agrafes de différentes hauteur. Il appartient alors à l'utilisateur, de choisir les boítes en fonction du type de moulure à agrafer. Quand une boíte est vide, le magasin en recharge une nouvelle automatiquement. La boíte vide est alors poussée par la nouvelle boíte, jusqu'à ce qu'elle tombe dans un réceptacle prévu à cet effet.The box thus described being thin easily lends itself to stacking. So in a store of an automatic stapling machine, can be loaded with several stacked boxes. Each box is fitted with identical staples of the same height. On the other hand can stack boxes with different staples height. It is then up to the user to choose the boxes depending on the type of molding to be stapled. When a box is empty, the store reloads a new one automatically. The empty box is then pushed by the new box, until it falls into a receptacle meant for that purpose.

    Claims (2)

    1. A stapler cassette for packaging and dispensing staples in particular in an automatic frame assembling machine, the staples being placed, during use of the stapler cassette, against one another inside a loader of the stapler cassette in the form of an elongate receptacle (1), of small thickness, such that said cassette (1) has a plurality of channels (A, B, C, etc.) extending in the direction of its depth, separated by partitions (2), the channels being open towards the outside on the front side (6) via openings (7) and also on the rear side (3) such that, on the rear side, each channel is provided with a pusher (4) bearing, during use of the stapler cassette, against the staples (9) that it contains, characterized in that the channels are arranged one.beside the other.
    2. A stapler cassette according to claim 1, characterized in that notches (8) in the form of an arc of a circle are formed by each opening (7) in the upper and lower portions of the cassette.
    EP00962590A 1999-09-21 2000-09-08 Stapler cassette for packaging and dispensing staplers in particular in an automatic frame assembling machine Expired - Lifetime EP1214180B1 (en)

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    FR9911760 1999-09-21
    FR9911760A FR2798614B1 (en) 1999-09-21 1999-09-21 STAPLE BOX FOR THE PACKAGING AND DISPENSING OF STAPLES, PARTICULARLY IN AN AUTOMATIC FRAME ASSEMBLY MACHINE
    PCT/FR2000/002489 WO2001021364A1 (en) 1999-09-21 2000-09-08 Stapler cassette for packaging and dispensing staplers in particular in an automatic frame assembling machine

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