Patent ID: 8006374
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B42F,B43M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A paperclip fastening apparatus for holding a plurality of paperclips and positioning a paperclip on one or more sheets of paper, the paperclips each having a first half loop, a second half loop and an inner half loop positioned between the first and second half loops and nearer to the first loop than the second half loop, said apparatus comprising: a support having an upper surface, a front end and a rear end, a track being positioned in said upper surface; a driving plate being positioned on said upper surface and having a proximal end with respect to said front end, said proximal end being slidably movable toward and away from said front end, said driving plate having a first slot therein and a second slot therein, said first and second slots configured to receive the second half loop and the inner half loop of one of the paperclips; a housing being attached to said support and extending upwardly therefrom, said driving plate being slidable through said housing and engaging a lowermost one of any paperclips positioned in said housing, said driving plate being positionable in a receiving position having each of said first and second slots positioned in said housing or in a deployed position having said first and second slots positioned out of said housing between said housing and said front end of said support, said housing including a perimeter wall having a top edge, said top edge defining an opening extending into said housing, said housing having a top wall removably mounted on said top edge to selectively close said opening; a mounting being attached to and extending downwardly from said top wall, said mounting extending from said top wall to said driving plate when said top wall is positioned on said top edge, said mounting being configured to receive a plurality of aligned ones of the paperclips and gravity feeding the paperclips onto said driving plate; and said perimeter wall having a front wall facing said front edge, said front wall having an aperture extending therethrough adjacent to a bottom end of said perimeter wall, a flange being attached to an inner surface of said front wall below and adjacent to said aperture and extending inwardly of said housing, said flange abutting the first half loop of a lowermost one of the paperclips when the paperclips are positioned in said housing, said flange forcing the first half loop upwardly when the second half loop and inner half loop of an associated one of the paperclips are placed in said first and second slots and forced toward said front end and under said flange by said driving plate.