A stapler includes a body and a strike plate movably mounted to the body between a rest position and a loaded position. The strike plate is adapted to drive a staple into a target object. The strike plate may be moved from the rest position to the loaded position by a loading mechanism against the bias of a power spring, whereupon the energy stored in the power spring is applied to the strike plate to drive the staple. A stapler may include a lockout which inhibits movement of the strike plate t...

A compact tacker for driving fasteners into a workpiece includes a housing defining a handle and a nose portion. A driver is reciprocally mounted within a drive track defined within the nose portion. The tacker also includes a magazine assembly slideably mounted within the housing including a forward end that is positioned adjacent the drive track such that the driver reciprocates between the nose and the forward end of the magazine assembly. A bistable biasing member is mounted within the housi...

Stapler having a vertically-adjustable cap for selecting a staple-driving force.

A hairsetter having hair rollers heated by support pins on which the hair rollers are mounted, is provided. The hairsetter has a moistening chamber in which one or more rollers can be positioned after they are heated. The moistening chamber has an applicator means such as brushes which receive liquid from a reservoir. When a roller is placed in the moistening chamber, the applicator is activated to deposit the hair treatment liquid in a thin coating on the surface of the hair roller.

A gun-type manually operable tool for firing a fastening element such as a staple into a work piece is disclosed. The tool comprises a driving means including a spring loaded ram means movable through an arming and firing stroke into contact with a staple situated at the driving station of the tool. A movable means engageable with the ram means operates to move the ram means through the arming stroke and release means is provided for automatically effecting disengagement between the ram means an...

A fastening device 100 includes a striker 260 for driving fasteners 129, such as staples 130 and nails 131, from the device and into a workpiece 396. The device 100 includes a fastener feed track 128 and a nosepiece 140 at the forward end of the track to guide the leading fasteners 129 into a discharge space 379 for ultimate driving of the lead fastener by the striker through the discharge space and from the device. The nosepiece 140 is formed with a groove or steep slope 402 adjacent the discha...

A simplified fastening tool which uses the energy stored in a spring to install fasteners by an impact blow is disclosed. A housing body is preferably cast or molded. A one-piece plastic hand lever is pivotably attached to the body where the pivoting action is by sliding in a circular arcuate channel. A staple feeding track is slidably mounted to the bottom of the housing and includes a rear end element with forwardly extending resilient latching elements to secure the track. A hand grip opening...

A hand tool comprises a body (2), a handle member (3) pivotally mounted thereon and an operating member (4) which is displaceable relative to the body between a starting position and a turning position against the action of a force. The handle member (3) comprises an elbow lever element (10) which has a pivot pin (14) resting against a support (15) arranged in the body (2) and which is displaceable along the support perpendicular to the pivot pin (14). The elbow lever element (10) has a first ar...

An impact stapler (100) includes an actuator mechanism (110) comprising a firing lever (180) pivotally mounted on a stapler housing (102) and operable by an operating lever (160) for raising a striker (112) against the bias of an actuator spring (240). The firing lever (180) has a front tip (190) which is positioned to engage a tab (272) on the striker (112) when the operating lever (160) is actuated to raise the striker (112) and which is shifted laterally to disengage the front tip (190) from ...

A manually powered fastening tool that stores and instantly releases the energy of a spring such that it forces a staple or other fastener into an object by an impact blow, wherein the operating handle is hinged near the end of the tool body opposite the end from which the staples exit. A staple ejecting plunger is unstably linked to spring actuating levers such that with the removal of a light holding force, the plunger and actuating levers are de-linked. The tool housing comprises a cantilever...