Patent ID: 6302310
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
A device for feeding staple or nail caps for use in conjunction with a hand-held automatic stapling or nailing gun, each cap having a diameter, the device comprising:a base including a cap feeding chamber and a cap holding chamber connected by a channel extending into said cap feeding chamber and cap holding chamber and said channel extending between said cap feeding chamber and cap holding chamber a distance at least twice a diameter of each cap;a cap holding container having a generally cylindrical interior configuration being axially disposed substantially perpendicular to the base, the container being operatively associated above the cap feeding chamber for feeding individual caps sequentially from the container into the cap feeding chamber, one cap at a time; anda shuttle sliding within the channel of the base, operable reciprocally from a position outside the cap feeding chamber toward the cap holding chamber to a position substantially filling the cap feeding chamber to move a single cap from the cap feeding chamber through the channel towards the cap holding chamber by a distance substantially equal to a diameter of the cap.