Patent ID: 7909217
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A stapler for driving successive staples into a workpiece, each staple having a crown and legs extending from opposite crown ends, the stapler comprising: a drive track; a magazine assembly constructed and arranged to supply successive leading staples into said drive track; a staple driver mounted in said drive track for movement through successive cycles including: a staple leg diverter constructed and arranged for lateral movement out of and into said drive track, said staple diverter deflecting the legs of a driven staple during the drive stroke; and a one-piece selectively operable adjuster operatively associated with the staple leg diverter, the one-piece selectively operable adjuster being constructed and arranged to be adjusted laterally with respect to the drive track within a range of leg deflecting positions to affect the lateral movement of the staple leg diverter, wherein the different leg deflective positions effects an amount to which the diverter will deflect the legs of the driven staple during the drive stroke, and wherein rotation of the one-piece selectively operable adjuster both moves the adjuster and retains the adjuster in an adjusted position within the range of leg deflecting positions.