Patent ID: 6834731
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
Tab and label stapler apparatus comprising a staple gun means, a tab and label feeding attachment connected thereto and tab and label magazine;wherein the staple gun means is associated with said apparatus and operable to deliver a penetrating fastening means into a fixing surface; wherein a tab and label magazine provides a receptacle for a plurality of planar material segments useful as labels and tabs; wherein the tab and label feeding attachment retains the tab and label magazine; wherein the tab and label feeding attachment comprises a depressible contacting means and an indexing means; wherein the depressible contacting means and the indexing means are mechanically linked so that the indexing means positions a planar material segment between the penetrating fastening means and the fixing surface when the depressible contacting means is depressed as it is contacted against the fixing surface; wherein the indexing means moves to a retracted position when the depressible contacting means is released; wherein the retracted position is suitable for indexing a subsequent planar material segment; and wherein the staple gun means operates to force the penetrating fastening means through a planar material segment positioned by the indexing means into the fixing surface.