US 12,466,103 B2
Automatic staple loading station
Eddy Alfred Herre van der Goot, Harderwijk (NL); Tim Reinard Anne Lansing, Almere (NL); and Max van der Puij, Harderwijk (NL)
Assigned to Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/367,058.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/406,177, filed on Sep. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0091979 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B27F 7/38 (2006.01); B27F 7/09 (2006.01); B27F 7/11 (2006.01); B27F 7/34 (2006.01); B27F 7/36 (2006.01)
CPC B27F 7/38 (2013.01) [B27F 7/09 (2013.01); B27F 7/11 (2013.01); B27F 7/34 (2013.01); B27F 7/36 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic fastener loader, comprising:
an outer housing that includes an inlet loading portion, a main holding portion, and a dispensing outlet portion;
the inlet loading portion comprises a first opening that is sized and shaped to receive at least one cartridge, the at least one cartridge containing a plurality of fasteners;
the main holding portion is sized and shaped to contain a plurality of the at least one cartridge; and
the dispensing outlet portion comprises a second opening that is sized and shaped to dispense the at least one cartridge;
wherein:
(a) the outer housing at least partially encloses a plurality of movable shelves that each are sized and shaped to hold the at least one cartridge;
(b) the plurality of movable shelves are connected to a drive system that moves the movable shelves from the inlet loading portion to the dispensing outlet portion, while having the ability to carry the at least one cartridge; and
(c) as one of the plurality of movable shelves reaches the dispensing outlet portion, the drive system allows the at least one cartridge to be moved through the second opening, and thereby unloaded from the automatic fastener loader
(d) the at least one cartridge comprises a plurality of fastener strips arranged next to each other, in which the fasteners face in a downward direction.