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Elongated-member-driving apparatus December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/09

20090321492 - Fastener driving tool: A fastener driving tool has a housing, a nose portion, a magazine, a motor, a plunger, a drive mechanism, a trigger switch, a detection switch, an energizing switch, a failure detection circuit. The magazine is configured to store and supply a fastener to the nose portion. The motor is provided... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090321493 - One way valve for combustion tool fan motor: A combustion nailer (10) having a combustion power source (14) defining a fan motor chamber (50) having at least one chamber wall (52, 54) and a motor shaft hole (56). A fan motor (44) is disposed in the fan motor chamber (50) and has a motor shaft (42) projecting through... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20090321494 - Rivet fastening air tool: A rivet fastening air tool for rivets includes a supplying actuator, an implanting actuator, and a switching valve. The supply actuator receives a rivet row, tears off a fragile portion of a front-row rivet, and supplies it in a loaded position. The implanting actuator retains a head portion of the... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090321495 - Electric driving tool: A driving tool that has a driver support base. The driver support base includes a transmitting portion having a V-shape in cross section. The driver support base can be pressed by a press member to cause the transmitting portion to wedge between a pair of left and right drive wheels,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090321496 - Surgical stapling instruments including a cartridge having multiple staple sizes: A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple cartridge may have an annular or linear configuration of retention slots. The tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge may be... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090314817 - Variable ignition delay for combustion nailer: A combustion-powered fastener-driving tool includes a tool housing, a power source associated with the housing and including a cylinder head, a cylinder and a piston reciprocating in the cylinder, a valve sleeve reciprocating relative to the cylinder, a chamber switch and a trigger switch; the cylinder head, the valve sleeve,... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20090314818 - Fastener-driving tool having trigger control mechanism for alternatively permitting bump firing and sequential firing modes of operation: A new and improved trigger control assembly (110) for switching the mode operation of the fastener-driving tool (112) between a sequential mode of operation and a bump firing mode operation. The trigger member (134) is provided with a pair of throughbores (140, 142) for alternating accommodating a pivot pin (144)... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Law Offices Of Steven W. Weinrieb

20090314819 - Hand-operated stapler: A hand-operated stapler comprises an arm, a sliding belt and a blocking member, wherein the arm comprises a front end which acts as an effort, a rear end which acts as a fulcrum, and a load portion in between the front end and the rear end of the arm; and... Agent: Yh Chan

20090314820 - Apparatus for applying surgical fasteners to body tissue: An apparatus is disclosed for endoscopic application of surgical staples adapted to attach surgical mesh to body tissue in laparoscopic hernia surgery. The apparatus includes a frame, and a generally elongated endoscopic section connected to the frame and extending distally therefrom. A staple storage cartridge is removably supported on a... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090314821 - Tool assembly for a surgical stapling device: A surgical stapling device including an independently rotatable tool assembly is disclosed. The tool assembly includes an anvil and a cartridge assembly which are movable in relation to each other between spaced and approximated positions.... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090308905 - Staple-forming apparatus: A staple-forming and inserting apparatus 10 is provided having an apparatus 22 for movement of the cutter box 20 to allow automatic variations in staple length for one or more staple-forming and inserting apparatus 10 said staple-forming and inserting apparatus 10 being provided with a staple crown 105 supporting shoe... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart PC

20090308906 - Cap feeder with grip finger: A cap feeder for a fastener gun. The gun includes a footplate, a fastener magazine holding a supply of fasteners such as staples, a nose, an upright cap magazine for holding a stacked assembly of caps, a cap pusher mounted for reciprocation with respect to the footplate, and a pneumatic-powered... Agent: Russell H. Walker Walker, Mckenzie & Walker, P.C.

20090308907 - Partially reusable surgical stapler: A partially reusable surgical stapler for deploying staples into tissue. The stapler has a body with a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis therebetween. The proximal end includes a handle while the distal end includes a staple cartridge holder and an opposing anvil. The stapler also has... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090308908 - Apparatus for applying surgical fasteners to body tissue: An apparatus is disclosed for endoscopic application of surgical staples adapted to attach surgical mesh to body tissue in laparoscopic hernia surgery. The apparatus includes a frame, and a generally elongated endoscopic section connected to the frame and extending distally therefrom. A staple storage cartridge is removably supported on a... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090308909 - Partially reusable surgical stapler: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method for performing a surgical stapling procedure by providing a stapler comprising a handle and a staple cartridge with an opposing anvil. The staple cartridge contains a plurality of surgical staples. The stapler also has an actuator module for deploying... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090302087 - Adjusting mechanism for control valve of nail guns: A nail gun includes a housing defining a group of receiving grooves and a safety rod. The control valve includes a body and a valve stem slidably received in the body. The body is movably mounted in the receiving grooves and one end of the valve stem is arranged to... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090302088 - Anchor installation tool: An anchor installation tool has an elongated member with a body portion and a head portion. The body portion includes an internal bore to receive a drill bit. The head portion projects from and has a diameter smaller than the body portion. The head portion is coaxial with the body... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090302089 - Compression assemblies and applicators for use therewith: A compression assembly for use in compressing tissue comprising a first portion which includes a first compression element and a second portion which comprises a second compression element, at least one support element, and at least one spring element. Typically the spring element is formed of a shape-memory material. The... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090302093 - Attachable clamp for surgical stapler: A surgical fastener applying instrument including a handle portion, an elongated portion, a pair of jaw members and a removable clamp. One of the jaw members contains a plurality of fasteners arranged in at least one row substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated portion. At least one... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090302090 - Knife lockout mechanisms for surgical instrument: A cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The cartridge assembly includes a channel, a cover, a staple cartridge and a knife. The channel includes a protrusion thereon. The cover is configured for mechanical engagement with the channel and includes a blocking member and a surface... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090302091 - Knife/firing rod connection for surgical instrument: A surgical instrument including a frame, an elongate portion, a firing rod and an end effector is disclosed. The elongate portion extends distally from the frame and defines a longitudinal axis. The firing rod is disposed at least partially with the elongate portion and is proximally and distally translatable with... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090302092 - Surgical stapling instrument with independent sequential firing: An end effector for a surgical fastener applying instrument including a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The second jaw member includes first and second cartridges each containing a plurality of surgical fasteners, wherein each of the first and second cartridges is configured to move independently with respect... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090294502 - Fastener driving tool: A fastener outlet assembly for a fastener driving tool includes: an outlet passage arranged to expel fasteners from the assembly to a workpiece during use, the outlet passage having one or more walls; and a detector arranged to detect whether a fastener is present in the outlet passage. The detector... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090294503 - Cam-actuated pneumatic switch mechanism system for controlling the timed spacing of fasteners drive from hand-held fastener-driving tools: A fastener-driving tool has a cam-actuated pneumatic switch mechanism system operatively incorporated thereon which is adapted to control the timed driving or discharge of fasteners out from a hand-held fastener-driving tool and into a substrate at predeterminedly spaced positions with respect to each other. The arrangement is particularly adapted for... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Law Offices Of Steven W. Weinrieb

20090294504 - Fastener driving tool: A fastener driving tool arranged to drive fasteners into a workpiece includes a support, a pair of sub-assemblies movably mounted on the support, each sub-assembly comprising a motor and an associated flywheel, and a nose part retractable relative to the support. The tool is arranged such that, in use, when... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090294505 - Fastener driving tool: A fastener driving tool arranged to drive fasteners into a workpiece includes a support, at least one wheel movably mounted on the support, a driver arranged to contact and he guided by the wheel when the wheel is in an operative position in use, a nose part retractable relative to... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090294506 - Setting tool: A setting tool for driving fastening element in constructional components includes a setting mechanism having a combustion chamber (111) for generating expanding gases, a piston guide (117) adjoining the combustion chamber (111), a bolt guide (116) adjoining the piston guide (117) in the setting direction (140), and a drive piston... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090294507 - Fastener supply assembly: A fastener supply assembly for a fastener driving tool includes an outlet passage arranged to expel fasteners from the assembly to a workpiece during use, a magazine comprising a plurality of supply channels arranged to hold fasteners and supply them to the outlet passage, and a channel selector. The channel... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090294508 - Fastener driving tool: A fastener driving tool arranged to drive fasteners into a workpiece includes at least one electric motor having a central stator and an external rotor arranged to rotate around the stator. The rotor may be in the form of a flywheel. The tool includes an energy transfer member such as... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090294510 - Clinch positioning mechanism of stapler: A clinch positioning mechanism of a stapler is provided. The clinch positioning mechanism includes a driver unit and a clincher unit. The driver unit includes a driver for driving out a staple, and a guide piece. The clincher unit includes a clincher for bending and clinching a leg portion of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090294509 - Method and apparatus for applying conveyor belt lacing: A press for attaching a fastener to belting. The press includes a support structure, an anvil, a punch and a clinching block. The anvil is fixedly positioned on the support structure. The punch and the clinching block are attached to the support structure such that they are movable between a... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.