Year: 1879

page_text: We HOLMES BOOTH and HAYDENS of 25 Park Place in the City County and
State of New York in the United States of America Merchants, a Corporation
organised ander the Laws of the State of Connecticut in the said United States
and the registered Proprietors of Letters Patent granted to Herbert John Haddan
dated February 25th 1879 N° 756 seek leave to amend the Specification and
Drawings of such Letters Patent as shown in red ink in the certified Queen's
Printers' copy of the original Specification and the certified Office copy of the
Drawings hereunto annexed by (referring to page 3) striking out the words "two
Sheets of" in line 13; by striking out the word and figures "Fig. 27" in line 34;
by striking out lines 35 to 39 inclusive; by striking out the figures, "30," "31,"
"32," "33," "34" and by substituting therefor the figures, "27," "28," "29,"
30," "31" in line 40; by striking out lines 42 to 52 inclusive and by inserting
in line 54 after the word "end" and before the word "with" the words " with an
anvil a and at the other"; by (referring to page 6) striking out line 56 (the last
line) of this page; by (referring to page 7) striking out lines 1 to 7 inclusive and
by striking out lines 55 to 57 inclusive; by (referring to pages 8, 9, 10 and 11)
striking out the whole of said pages 8, 9, 10 and 11; by (referring to page 12) striking
out lines 1 to 9 inclusive; by striking out the word "fourthly" from line 10 and
substituting therefor the word "further"; by striking out lines 23 to 57 inclusive ;
by (referring to page 13) striking out lines 1 to 12 inclusive; by striking out
claims 3 and 4; by re-numbering the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth claims
"3," "4," "5" and "6" respectively and by striking out claim 9; by (referring to
page 14) striking out claims 10 to 23 inclusive and by renumbering the Twenty
fourth claim "7"; by (referring to page 15) striking out claims 25, 26 and 27;
by (referring to Sheet 1 of the Drawings) striking out figures 27 to 29 inclusive
and figures 35 to 51 inclusive; by inserting the reference figures "21" "21" in
Figures 17 and 18; by striking out the words and figures "(2 sheets-sheet 1)" at
the right band top corner and substituting therefor the word and figure "1 sheet";
by (referring to Sheet 2 of the Drawings) striking out the whole of this sheet.
Our reasons for making this amendment are as follows:-
That since we became Proprietors of the said Letters Patent we have discovered
certain slight omissions from the Specification and Drawings thereof and that

page_text: certain portions of the invention described in the said Specification do not possess
such an amount of novelty as to render it advisable for us to retain any claim
thereto and we therefore desire to insert the parts omitted and to disclaim such
other portions in the manner bereinbefore pointed out.
In the Matter of an Application by Holmes Booth and Haydens for leave to amend
the Specification and Drawings of Letters Patent N° 756 of 1879 :
DECISION OF THE DEPUTY COMPTROLLER.
I hereby grant leave to the above named Holmes Booth and Haydens to amend
the above mentioned Specification and Drawings in the manner proposed.
J. CLARK HALL,
Deputy
Comptroller.
J. CLARK HALL,
Deputy Comptroller.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of the Firm of Herbert and
Company, Solicitors of Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster,
Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
INSERTING AND CLENCHING METALLIC STAPLES, FASTENERS, AND SUCH LIKE,
AND IN THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF." A communication from abroad by
George Washington M.Gill, of the City and State of New York, United States
of America.
Sealed the 19th August 1879, and dated the 25th February 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION filed by the said Herbert John Haddan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th February 1879.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR INSERTING AND CLENCHING, METALLIC STAPLES,
FASTENERS AND SUCH LIKE, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF.”
A. com-
munication from abroad by George Washington McGill, of the City and State of
New York, United States of America.
The principal object of my Invention is to effect the insertion and clenching of a
staple in sheets of paper, pamphlets or other articles to be bound, by one continuous
and instantaneous operation or movement of the device.
The Invention is arranged first as a hand-press; and consists of a bed-plate
furnished at its front end with a clenching anvil, and at its rear with a pillar,
in which is pivoted one end of a lever-arm, the other end of which is provided with
the mechanism for inserting the staples in the articles to be bound, and which, in
connection with the anvil, clenches the staple in said articles.
Secondly, It is arranged in a pair of pliers, one jaw of which contains the staple
inserting mechanism, and the other the anvil.
Thirdly, It is arranged in a self-feeding cylinder, which in a modified form is
adapted to insert double pointed carpet tacks.
And Fourthly, The Invention relates to an improved construction of metallic
staples by means of which the punctures made by the staple legs in the papers, or
other articles, bound by the same, are protected from fracture.
If the apparatus is arranged as a hand press, the end of the press lever which
touches the anvil forms an approximately vertical casing or hollow cylinder, pro-
vided internally with grooves running parallel to the axis of the cylinder and
receiving the shanks of the metallic staple. A piston is vertically movable in the

page_text: said casing, provided with feathers running in the grooves of the casing and with a
spring which presses the piston upward. The lower part of the bore receives the
staple with its shanks placed parallel to the axis of the piston, so as to pierce the
paper when the piston is pressed down by hand. The sheets of paper or other
material to be bound are placed upon the anvil of which the top surface is hollowed
out and provided with one or more shallow horizontal grooves which receive the
points of the shanks after having pierced the paper, and bend or clench them hori-
zontally. If the apparatus takes the shape of pliers, the upper jaw replaces the
press lever, holding the upper part of the piston while the lower jaw receives the
clenching anvil, and a supplementary upper jaw carries a grooved open case in which
the feathered piston moves, and into which the staple is inserted, the two upper
jaws being kept apart by a spring. If the apparatus is constructed as a self-feeding
cylinder the lower part of the staple inserting case or cylinder which receives the
piston has a lateral opening through which the staples are automatically introduced.
For this purpose the said casing is provided with two flanges running parallel to
its axis for nearly the whole length of the casing and forming the two sides of a
channel of which the casing forms the bottom. The cross section of this channel
corresponds in size and shape to the staples and is therefore preferably a rectangle
or a trapezium. A staple guide of about the same length and shape as the channel,
consisting of a central plate and two flanges, is hinged near the bottom of the
casing so that it may either be placed into the channel or let down into a nearly
horizontal position to receive and form a saddle for a number of staples. The
improvement in the shape of staples consists in making the central part or body
of the staple wider than the shanks and bending the shanks at an oblique angle
to it.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Herbert John Haddan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st
August 1879.
"
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents of 67 Strand in the City of Westminster Civil Engineer. IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR INSERTING AND CLENCHING METALLIC STAPLES
FASTENERS AND SUCH. LIKE, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF,”
A coin-
munication to me from abroad by George Washington M°Gill of the City and State
of New York United States of America.
•
The principal object of this Invention is to effect the insertion and clinching of a
metallic staple in sheets of paper, pamphlets or other articles to be bound, by one
continuous and instantaneous operation or movement of the device.
In the accompanying two-Sheets of Drawings Fig. 1 represents a side elevation
of the device in perspective, consisting of a bed plate A, anvil a, clinching
anvil E, lever pillar B, lever C, case D, plunger F, spiral spring G, and screw
gauge J, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the device and Fig. 1' is a front view of
the lower part of the cuse D. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bed plate, clinching anvil
plate and lever pillar. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the case 1) with the plunger F
inserted. Fig. 5 is a bottom view and vertical section of the face of the plunger F,
enlarged.
Fig. 6 is a cross section of the anvil a with its clinching blade E¹ inserted and
also a side view in perspective of the clinching blade, and Fig. 10 is a perspective
view of this anvil complete.
Fig. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. and 13 show the clinching anvil plate E, constructed in a
manner that the one and same blow which inserts the staple in the object being
bound will clinch its penetrating points on the other side of the same. Figs. 14.
16. 17. and 18, represent different forms of staples which the device is adapted to
insert, and Fig. 15 represents a staple as applied by the device, binding together the
several sheets of paper. Fig. 19 represents a side elevation of the case D, modified
for a purpose hereinafter described and Figs. 20. 21 and 22 represent modifications
in those parts of the device correspondingly lettered in the other Figures. Figs. 23
and 24 represent two different modes of stapling pamphlets. Fig. 25 represents &
four legged staple adapted to be used in this device modified as hereinafter
described; and Fig. 26 represents the said staple with its shanks clinched. Fig.-97

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is a top view of the anvil and blade E' showing a reversal of its mortising or
grooving. Fig.-98-is-a-cross-section-of-the-same-with-a-staple-entering-its-grooves,
and Fig. 29-represents a staple applied in-binding, having its shanks elinehed
by being spread apart, by this reversed grooving of the face of the elinching
blade-El
Figs. 30. 27 31. 28 32. 29 35. 30 and 34 31 represent a further modification in
the construction of those parts of the device correspondingly lettered in the other
Figures.
Figures 35-36 and 37 represent-two-other forms-of-elinebing-anvils.—Fig. 38
is-a-plan-view-of-a-metallie-washer-adapted-to-be-used-with-two-pronged staples.
Figures-39-to-46-inclusive-and-Figures 47-to-51-inclusive both respectively-repre-
sent-the-Invention embodied in-two different-forms-of-pliers. Figures-52-and-53
represent-the-staple-inserting mechanism, shown in the form of pliers-illustrated in
the-last-series-of Figures, adapted-and-applied-in-a-hand-lever-press. Figure 54-is
n-front elevation of the ease D of Figure 1 separated-from-the-lever C of that
Figure--and--of-a--size--adapting it-to-be-used--as-a-hand-tool--independently.
Figures-55-to--62 inclusive represent the device and-its-parts-arranged-as-a-self-
feeding-eylinder,-and-Figure-63
represents-the-device-so-constructed-attached-to-a
carpet-stretcher. Figures-64.-65-and-66-represent-holders-for-the-staples.
This Invention as first herein described consists of a metal bedplate A provided
at one end with an anvil a and at the other with the morticed pillar B connected
together by a gauge consisting of a screw-bar J, upon which a thumb screw nut j
revolves, intented and adapted to regulate in binding the line or point of stapling.
In the mortised pillar B is pivoted one end of a lever-arm C, arrangend to swing
up and down therein, the other end of which is provided with the vertical case D,
in which is arranged the staple driving mechanism. The anvil a is provided with
a steel clinching plate E' having its surface mortised or grooved to clinch the staple-
legs after the same have been driven through the articles being bound or equiva-
lently arranged without the plate E, as bereinafter described. The rear or hinging
end of lever C is provided with the shoulders 1 and 3 to rest against corresponding
shoulders 2 and 4 in the pillar B to prevent it from being thrown too far back or
dropped too far forward or down, which latter check is only required where the
anvil or pillar is made adjustable, as will be explained hereinafter.
The staple inserting mechanism consists of the case D, plunger F, and spiral
spring G, which are constructed and put together as follows: The case D is pro-
vided with a cylindrical chamber H, running vertically through its center and
divided into the sections 6, 6 and 7 by different degrees of diameter, its lower
section 7 being furnished with the staple grooves d, d, cut vertically in its opposite
sides.
The plunger F which is intended to be moved up and down in the chamber H,
consists of a cylindrical metal rod, having at its base an enlargement or foot, 8, which
latter is provided on opposite sides with the feathers g. g. The upper end of the
plunger is provided with a cap F1 secured thereto by the screw connection f. The
cap being removed, the capping end of the plunger is run up through the
chamber H, its foot occupying the upper portion of section 7 and the feathers g. g.
in the grooves d. d. The spiral spring G is placed over the upper end of the
plunger and its lower portion surrounding the same passed down into section 5 of
the chamber H.
The cap F is secured to the plunger which locks both it and the spring G, in the
case D, as shown in the Drawings.
The first coil of the upper end of the spring G enters an annular groove in the
under surface of the cap F, for its better security. The office of the spring G is to
hold the plunger up in the chamber H as shown in the Drawings and to bring it
back to that position so soon as pressure is removed from its cap.
The plunger F is of a length that in connection with its spring & on being
pressed upon the bottom of its foot 8 will clear or pass down a little below the
bottom of the case D. The bottom of the case D rests upon the surface of the anvil

page_text: plate E. The bottom part of the case D as shown in Figs. 1. 2. 4 and 30 27 is
beveled transversely to leave open the base of the chamber H, and to assist the eye
of the operator in inserting the staple at the required point or line.
The device is operated as follows: The lever C is raised until its shoulder 1
rests on shoulder 2 of the pillar B, which brings it on a slant back of the pillar_B,
turning upward and exposing to the operator the grooved base of the chamber H.
A metallic staple of suitable size is inserted in the grooves d. d. in the foot of the
case D, with its shanks pointing outward.
The articles to be bound are laid upon the face of the anvil plate E, and the
case D dropped upon them, its weight holding them upon the anvil without pre-
venting their being moved to any point desired under the case without the latter
again being raised. The cap of the plunger being now struck or pressed upon its
feathered foot 8 is forced down upon the head of the staple, driving the shanks of
the latter down out of the guiding and supporting grooves or staple seats d. d.
through the articles placed upon the anvil.
The points of the staple shanks after passing through the goods are bent in
towards each other and clinched up against the under side of such articles by being
further driven by the plunger into the mortices or grooves of the anvil plate E,
which accomplish this end by being shaped as follows:
The face of the anvil plate E, is chamfered out to form a shallow channel or
sunken chamber, e, with a flat bottom and flaring sides, as shown in Figs. 7. 8. 9. .
11. 12 and 13 which are drawn on a large scale to better illustrate their
formation.
The flaring channel or ditch e commences at its top with a diameter slightly
wider than the staple seat or chamber d. d, in the case D and with the position of
which it corresponds, and flares sufficiently to make the diameter of its flat bottom
less than the diameter of the case-chamber H proper, as shown in the Drawings.
The bottom of the channel e is crossed by the transverse groove h, which is made
slightly wider than the grooves d. d of the staple seat, and with the position of
which it corresponds and of a depth to correspond to the thickness of the metal in
the staple used. This cross-groove extends into the flaring sides of the ditch or
channel e and has its ends curved sharply downward from the upward portion of
said flare, as shown in the Drawings.
The points of the shanks of the staple, on being driven through the articles being
bound, strike the flaring sides of the channel e above the cross-groove h, as shown
in Fig. 8, where a represents the staple, and continuing down into said cross-
groove h, are bent inward by its quickly curved ends and guided on the same line
towards each other by the grooves proper, and the papers or other materials being
bound, being forced down in the channel e by the face of the plunger further clinch
and bend the lower parts of the shanks of the staple until they lie flat against the
under surface of such goods, with their points turned into the same.
The curved or chamfered ends of the cross-groove h, where the latter is sunk in
the face of the anvil proper, and independently of the channel e, will be found
somewhat too shallow to properly bend and clinch the staple shanks up flat against
the under surfaces of the articles being bound.
The office of the channel e is to admit the portion of the goods clasped by the
staple being forced down into said channel and thereby assist in the clinching of
the staple shanks as herein before described. The channel or chamber e may be
made round or cup shaped as shown in Fig. 9 wherein a plan or face view and a
cross section of the anvil-plate is shown, or the face of the plate may be chamfered
out to form a channel or ditch with flaring sides as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Fig. 7
being a plan or face view and Fig. 8 a cross section showing the position of the
staple shank when entering its flaring channel and cross groove as before described,
or the anvil plate may be given this form in the manner shown in Figs. 11. 12
and 13 wherein Fig. 11 represents a perspective view of the anvil plate channeled
and grooved in a manner equivalent to the other Figures. Fig. 12 being a top or
face view, and Fig. 13 a cross section. The ends of the cross groove h of the anvil

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plate are represented in the Drawings flaring outward as well as upward. The
object of their outward flare is to overcome any slight displacement of the staple
shanks in passing through the articles being bound.
The cheapest and consequently the preferable way of constructing this form of
anvil plate is shown in Figs. 1. 2. 3 and 6 wherein the upper surface of the anvil a
is chamfered or ditched from front to back as before described and provided with
a transverse slot, in which is inserted a blade E¹.
This blade is ditched deeper than the face of the anvil, so that on being inserted
in its transverse slot they jointly form the cross-groove h, for the reception and
clinching of the points of the staple as before described.
In a press having both its anvil and lever pillar stationary as shown in Figs. 1
and 2 the face of the anvil ought to occupy a line sufficiently low to cause the
case D when it rests upon it to point out a little obliquely therefrom leaving to
the thickness of the object bound to bring it to a vertical position, or a position
slightly oblique in an opposite direction which arrangement facilitates the proper
working of the device and the insertion of staples in urticles of considerable
thickness.
•
The face of the plunger F is provided with the cross groove or grooves ①
extending across it on a line with and partially into the face of its feathers, its
office being to assist in holding the staple in firm position while being inserted in
the articles being bound and throw the pressure of the plunger principally upon
the shoulders of the staple shanka.
The feathers g. g. may be cast or wrought on the foot of the plunger F, or the
base of the plunger may be provided with a cross slot having a steel plate
inserted therein with its ends projecting beyond the sides of the plunger as feathers
therefor, as shown in Fig. 5.
The enlargement of the base of the plunger (foot 8) and the consequent enlarge-
ment of the diameter of the lower portion of the case chamber H (section 7) may
be omitted as the shoulders of the feathers g. g. will serve the same purpose which
is to properly limit the upward movement of the plunger in the case chamber H
and the case-chamber and plunger may be made of a form other than cylindrical
without interfering with the proper working of the device, so long as the shape of
one corresponds to and fits the other.
The compound Figure 14 represents two staples, one made of flat wire with
round-pointed shanks and the other made of round wire with pin-pointed shanks.
Figure 16 represents a staple with V shaped shanks to facilitate their insertion in
the articles bound. Figure 18 represents two staples each having their body
portion extended on one side to form a ring with which to hang or suspend the
papers or other articles to which the staple may be affixed. The tops of all the
staples are of the same length and the shoulders of their shanks of the same width
to admit of their entering the staple grooves d. d. in the case D, and the shanks of
them all flare outward to assist by pressure their retention in said chamber on the
case D being lowered.
Figs. 19. 20. 21 and 22 represent a modification in parts of the device to enable
it to receive and insert a staple on lines crossing each other at right angles and
adapt it to bind pamphlets sheet music and other papers in manner as shown in
Figs. 23 and 24. Fig. 23 representing a pamphlet bound by having the staple
passed through the inner margin of its folded leaves and clinched thereon, and
Fig. 24 represents a pamphlet bound by having the staple passed through the
center or fold of its sheets and longitudinal therewith, its cblinching points occupying
the inside of the fold.
To accomplish this latter mode of hinding the entire foot of the case D is made
cylindrical in form as shown in Fig. 19, and not beveled to open the base of the
chamber H, as shown in the other Figures, and the section 7 of said chamber H, is
provided with an extra pair of staple grooves d' d' for the reception of a staple on
a line longitudinal with the press, as shown in Fig. 20, which is a bottom view of
the case D, having its chamber H so grooved, and a similar view of the plunger F

page_text: inserted therein and correspondingly feathered as is separately shown in Fig. 21.
g. g being its extra feathers.
The face of the anvil plate E is provided with a corresponding extra groove /¹
as shown in Fig. 22.
A two pronged staple being placed in the grooves d. d. in manner similar to
that heret fore described, the pamphlet to be bound as shown in Fig. 24 is placed
on the anvil with its center fold over the groove h¹. the staple case lowered and the
staple inserted and clinched in the fold of the pamphlet by a blow upon the plunger-
cap as herein before described.
This latter mode of stapling is especially adapted to news and illustrated papers,
sheet music copy-books &c. where it is desirable to have the leaves open to their
full extent.
The vertical chambers i. i. i. i. Figs. 19 and 20 on the outside of the foot of the
cnse D, are intended for ornamentation and to assist the eye of the operator in
getting the articles to be stapled in proper line under the staple.
Four-pronged staples, such as shewn in Figs. 25 and 26 may be inserted with a
press thus modified, and the press may be similarly modified to receive and insert
staples of any number of prongs.
Fig. 28 represents a face view of the anvil blade E' with its channelling-or
grooving reversed, so-as-to-spread the staple legs from each other instead of bending
them-in-us-shown-and-described-in-the other Figures.--Fig.-97-being-a-longitudinal
section-of--the same taken on its line-x.-x.-and-showing-a-staple-S-entering the
grooves-while-Fig. 29-represents several sheets of paper bound with a staple so
applied.
The-advantage of this mode ofelinebing consists-in-its-admitting the use of
Caples-with-long-or-short-shanks-in-binding-articles-of-the-same-bulk-or-thickness.
Figures 30, 27 3+, 28 30, 29 53, 30 and 34 81 represent a modification in parts
of the device by means of which the lever pillar B or the anvil-plate E, or both
are made adjustable, to admit of their being raised or lowered according to the
thickness or bulk of the object through which the staple-shanks are being driven,
causing the shanks to pass through such object in a direct vertical line which
greatly facilitates their insertion and the after clinching of their ends or pints
on the anvil plate. In a press having a short lever arm, this construction will be
found of advantage in binding objects of considerable volume or thickness.
The adjustable anvil shown in Fig. 30 27 is constructed as follows:
In the anvil a is formed the vertical cylindrical chamber a¹ running down
through it and the bed plate A (represented in dotted lines in the Drawings) and
having its interior surface screw thread-d to receive the screw base 10 of the anvil
plate E which is inserted therein. The anvil plate is raised and lowered, as
desired by it in opposite directions. It is set with the cross grooves of its
clinching face under and corresponding with the staple seat d. d. of the case D and
is secured in such position by the set screw nut 11.
Figure 3 28 represents the face of the anvil plate, with its clinching grooves
crossing each other in manner similar to that shown in Fig. 22, the object of such
arrangement in the present instance being to bring one of its cross grooves on a
line under the staple seat d. d. of the case D with every quarter revolution of the
anvil plate.
In Figure 32 29 the anvil is represented constructed somewhat on the principle of
a screw or monkey wrench, and possesses the advantage of having a fixed up-and-
down movement which obviates the necessity, on each change in the height of the
anvil plate, of setting its face grooves to correspond to the staple seat in the case D.
In this instance the anvil proper consists of the upright 12, connecting the upper
and lower jaws 13 and 14. These jaws are pierced by a square hole or socket,
through which passes the base 10 of the anvil plate E, which in this instance is
made square, with threaded corners to receive the set screw nut 11, set between
the jaws, and by means of which the plate is raised, lowered, and set in position.
In a similar manner, and as an equivalent to the adjustable anvil and to secure

page_text: similar results, the pillar B of the device may be made adjustable as is shown in
Fig. 33 80 wherein the pillar is made in two pieces, its upper section in which the
lever C is pivoted being provided with an extension, 15, similar to the base 10 of
the anvil plate described in Fig. 32 29 and its lower section constructed in a manner
similar to the anvil proper in said Figure and operated therein by a corresponding
set screw nut 11, or the pillar may be constructed as shown in Fig. 34, 31 wherein
the base-extension 15 of its upper section is made without the screw edges described
in the last Figure, and is inserted in a square socket or chamber running vertically
through the high or inner portion of the lower section of the pillar, and is moved up
and down therein by the screw bolt 16. The headed or lower end of the bolt is
fixed in the lower or outer portion of the lower section of the pillar so as to admit of
its being vevolved therein but not removed therefrom. The other end of the bolt
enters a screw chamber 17 in the upper or adjustable section of the pillar as shown
in the Figure by dotted lines. Revolving the screw bolt in one direction will raise
the upper or adjustable section of the pillar and a reverse movement will lower it.
The--elinehing--anvil-may-be--constructed--us--shown--in-Figures--35-and-30,
Figure-35 being a top--or plan view-and-figure-36-n vertical section. In this
form of anvily-the anvil plate 17 is made with a circular body which fits into a
circular socket or anvil seat, on the bed plate A, and is-adapted-to-move-up and
down therein-on--a fixed vertical line, it is chambered-out--on-its-underside--to
receive-the-spiral spring-18-on-which-it-sits-and-is-held-from-vertical displacement
by the head of the pillar 19, which passes vertically through its center-and-is
secured-in-the-bed plate. The top of the anvil plate is held by the spring above
the top-surface of the pillar 19, and is provided-with-inclined bending slots of
grooves 20,-20, running into its central aperture over the head of the pillar 19.
When a staple is inserted-in-goods-placed-on-this anvil and its shanks driven
through the same, they enter the bending grooves-20,-in-the-anvil plate,-and-are
forced-down inwardly over the head of the pillar-19,-and-as-the-anvil-plate sinks
with-the-pressure-applied, the pillar-19-being-rigid its head-elinebes the staple
shanks-up flat-on-the-underside-of-the-articles-being-stapled.
"
Figure-37-is-a vertical-sectional-view-of-another form of clinching anvil, the
anvil plate 17-is-upheld-as-before by a spiral spring 18, which is here shown
applied-outside-of the-anvil, the-pin-21 limiting its upward movement.-A-trans-
verse-slot in the anvil plate is provided at each-end-with-pivoted elinehes-22,-22,
whose-free-end-rests on the anvil-head-23. On the staple legs being driven-down
upen these clinches their incline bends the legs inwardly, and-as-the-anvil-plate
sinks the clinches assume-a-horizontal-line-thereby-elamping the staple-legs-up-flut
against the articles being-bound.
It-is--not-considered--that--the-two-last--described modes of constructing the
elinching-anvil-are-as-good-in-principle-or-operation as are the modes-hereinbefore
described, neither-are-they-elaimed-as forming part-of-the-present Invention.
Figure 38,-represents a washer made of sheet metal-of suitable thickness-and
adapted to be set on the face of the anvil-and-held-in-position-thereon by pro-
jeeting points-or-pins-formed-or-set-in-the-anvil blade, as shown in Figure 3 at 23¹.
The-washer is placed on the anvil so that the anvil pins 25¹ will enter the outer
holes-24 of the washer, and-hold-it-in-such position-over the anvil-clinching-blade
that-when-the-staple is inserted-by-the-machine-in-goods-pluced in position on the
anvil,-its-shanks on-being forced through said goods, will enter the holes-25 of the
washer-and-be-bent in under its body-portion-and-pointed into its central slot 26,
thereby-elamping the washer to the other side of the-papers-or-other-articles-bound
and-serve-a-similar purpose on the back of said-papers-that-the-wide staple head
shown in Figure-17-does-on-the-front-of-them-as will be hereinafter-described.
The Invention-as-secondly-herein-described-consists-in-its-arrangement-in-a-pair
of pliers, one jaw-of-the-pliers-being provided-with-the-staple-inserting-mechanism
and-the-other-jaw-with-mechanism-to-elineh-the-staple-legs; and-Tigures-39-19-46
inclusive, and Figures 47-to-51-inclusive, both respectively, represent-the-Inven
tion-thus-embodied-in-two-different-forms-of--pliers. The-pliers-shown-in-the-first

page_text: series of Figures differing somewhat-in-construction from that shown in the last
series,-as-will-be-bereinafer-fully described. The upper jaw in both pliers-is
provided with the staple inserting mechanism and the lower jaw with the staple
elinching-anvil.
In-the-pliers-shown in Figures-39 to 46 inclusive 27 represents the-upper jaw,
98 the lower jaw, 29 a supplemental jaw or tongue, hung upon-the-pivot that
connects-the-upper-and-lower-jaws,-and-31-the-plunger.
The upper jaw-27 serves the same office as does the vibrating-lever-G of the
press Figures, the supplemental jaw-08-that of the ease D and the-lower-jaw-27
that-of-the-bed-plate-A-and-anvil.
Figure-39-is-a-side-elevation-of-the-pliers with its jaws open; Figure 40-is-n
similar view of the pliers-partially-in-section, Figure 41 is a front-or-end-view
of the pliers-with-its-jaws-closed-upon several-sheets-of-paper-in-the-act-of-stapling
the same, Figure-42-is-a-perspective-view of the plunger-31-detached, Figure 49
is a similar view of the supplemental jaw-99, Figure, 44 is a similar view of the
lower-or-anvil jaw-98 and Figure 45-is-a-similar-view-of-the-upper jaw-27. The
compound Figure-46-is-a-detached-plan-view-of-the-under-side-of-the-front-end of
the supplemental jaw 29 with the plunger-inserted-therein,-and-also-a-plan-view
of-the-face-of-the-plunger. The-supplemental jaw-29-the-plunger-31-in-connee-
tion-with-the-upper jaw 97 form-the-staple-inserting mechanism, and the anvil 32
in-the-front-of-the-lower-jaw-the-staple-chlinching-mechanism. The-front-or-free
end-of-the-jaw-29 is-provided with-the-open-ease-go-in-which-the-plunger 31-moves
vertically-the-feathers on the sides of the same occupying-corresponding-vertical
staple guiding grooves-on-the-inner-side-of-the-ease-in-manner-similar-to-that-shown
and-described-in-ease-D-of-the-press-figures.
The plunger-g-is-provided with-a-T-shaped-head-to-admit-of-its-being-inserted
and-held-in-the slotted front of the upper jaw-27-without impeding its vertienl
movement. After being so inserted its body portion is placed in the ease-go-of
the supplemental jaw-and-the-ring-end-33 of the latter inserted in a chamber-34
monieed-in-the-inner-portion-of-the-circular joint of the upper-and-lower-jaws-for
that purpose. The jaws are now-put-together--and--secured by the pinion--or
serew-35.-The-joint chamber-34-in-left-open-in-front-of-36-to-receive-the-neek-33¹
of-the-ring-end-33-of-the-supplemental jaw-and-the-opening-is-of-a-length-to-limit
the-movement of the said jaw and prevent it separating itself from the plunger
when-the-pliers-are-opened. The spiral-spring-97, inserted between-the-upper-and
supplemental jaws,-is-to-held-the same apart and thereby lift the plunger in its
seat-in-the-ease-30,-when-the-pliers-are-open-to-admit-the-inserting-of-a-staple-in
the guiding grooves-of-the-said-ease.
The operation-of the-device-thus-constructed is as follows: The-pliers-being
opened-and-a-staple inserted in the guiding grooves of the case-30-with its shanks
pointing outwards, the goods to be stapled are placed between the jaws and the
pliers-closed-by-squeezing its handles together; this movement enuses the front-end
of the upper jaw-to-press-down-on-the-shoulder-of-the-plunger-and-the-plunger-to
deseend in its-seat in the ease-30-and-force-the staple out of its guiding grooves
driving-its-legs through the articles between the jaws and into the transverse groove
in the clinching anvil-32-which-bends-and-clinches-them up against the articles
stapled, in manner-similar-to-that-hereinbefore-described in the-press-figures, and
as-is-shown-in-Figure-4+.
The face of the plunger--31-is provided with the cross groove O formed as
described-in-the-press-plunger-and-for-the-same-purpose.
The pliers shown in Figures 47 to 31-inclusive-are-so-arranged that the front
end-of their upper jaw-performs the part of the plunger-of-the-pliers herein last
described;-and-a-vertically moving-saddle-placed-thereon,-and-containing-the-staple
guiding grooves performs-the-functions-of-the-supplemental jaw-29-and-its-ease-30
of said-last-described-pliers.
Figure 47-is-a-perspective view-of the-pliers open, Figure-48 is a side-view-of
the-samer Figure-49-is-a-front-or-end-view-of-the-pliers-with-its-jaws-elosed un

page_text: several-sheets-of-paper-in-the-act of stapling-the-same-Figure-50-is-a-perspective
view-of-the-face of the front end of the upper jaw of the pliers with its saddle
removed, and Figure 51-is-a-plan-view-of-the-same-furnished with-its-saddle. The
front-end-of-the-upper jaw of the pliers-is-furnished-with-a-wide-face-38-which is
slotted-on-each-side-or-cheek, vertically, to receive-the-saddle-39,-which-is-inserted
therein with-its-arms pointing downward,-and-held-therein-by-the-free-end-of the
flat-spring-40, the other end of which is secured-to-the-upper jaw-of the-pliers-by
the-serew-4. The slotted checks of the face 38 are furnished with vertical
feathers 49-which-enter-corresponding-staple guiding grooves formed-in-the-inner
cide of the arms of the saddle. When this is done and the jaws of the pliers
connected by the-pin-43, a staple-is-placed in the guiding grooves-of-the-saddle-39
with its legs pointing outwards, the-goods-to-be-stapled placed between-the-jaws-of
the-pliers-and-its-arms-brought together, which movement forees-the-staple-out-of
the guiding grooves of the saddle and through--the-articles-being--bound, in-a
manner-similar-to-that-described in the other form-of-pliers. The central-portion
of the face-38 of the upper jaw-is-made-to-project-beyond-the-rest-of the-same-so
ns-to-enter-and-force-the-articles-being-stapled into-the-channel-c-of-the-elinehing
anvil-on-the-lower-jaw-to-assist-in-the-elinebing-of-the-staple-legs, as hereinbefore
deseribed-in-the-press-figures.
The last described manner of constructing the staple-inserting--inserting
mechanism is shown arranged-in-a-hand-lever-press--in--Figures 52-and-53
Figure 52 being a side-elevation of the device se arranged-and-Figure 58-a-plan
view-of-the same, with-its-saddle 45 and the front part of its saddle-spring 40¹
removed. A-represents-the-bed-plate,-a"-the-elinehing-anvil and 43-a-vibrating
lever-arranged to vibrate in the pillar 44. The central portion of this lever is
shaped-and-morticed-in-a-manner-similar-to-the-face-38-of-the-plier-jaw-37'-and-is
furnished with a similarly constructed--saddle-45, provided with staple-guiding
grooves, and-operates in inserting a-staple, in a manner similar-to-the-pliers last
herein described. The object of this construction of the device is to produce-a
hand-press-that-will-insert-staples-by-continuous pressure-applied-to-its-lever-arm
Figure-54-represents the ease D of Figure-1-separated from-the-lever-Gy-and-of
a-size-adapting it to-be-used as a hand tool to-drive-and-insert-staples-and-double
pointed-tacks-anywhere-and-irrespective-of-their-elinching.
instead of the blow-required-in-the-presses-herein-first-described.
The Invention-as-thirdly herein-described is shown in Figures-55-to-62-inclusive,
representing-the-device and its parts-arranged-as-a-self-feeding-cylinder, adapted-to
be used with or without a stand and a clinching anvil, Figure 55 being a side
elevation of the-device-so-arranged, partially in section showing the construction
and arrangement of its automatic feed-and-a-sectional longitudinal-view-of-a
modified form of bed plate and seeket for holding-the-same-in-position-over-the
elinching-anvil. Figure-56-is-a-front-longitudinal-elevation of the device-showing
the staple-magazine with its automatic-feed-and-guide-removed. Figure 57 is a
cross-sectional view of the device taken on-the-line-x-x of Figure 55, and
Figure 58-is-a-similar view on the line-3,-y, of said Figure. Figure 59 is-a
vertical-sectional-side-elevation of the automatic-staple feed separate.-Figure-60
represents--the-form of blank-from-which-the travelling feeder is formed and
Figure-61-represents-the-same-formed-complete.-Figure-62-is-a-plan-view-of-the
bed-plate-or-stand for the device.
The staple magazine consists of the vertical trough or conduit 47-extending
along-one-side-of the device for nearly its entire-length, cast in-and forming part
of-the-ense-D-as-shown in Figures-55-and-56.--In the magazine-47-so-formed,-is
inserted-the-feed-guide-48 which is made of a form-corresponding-to-that-of the
interior-of-the-magazine and in the base of which it is hinged-on-the-pinion-49,-as
shown in Figure 55. The magazine-47-terminates in the opening-50-leading-into
the-guide-foot of the device, for the passage of-the-staples. The plunger F'-in this
instance-is-provided-with-a-foot-51-made in form-as-shown in Figures-55-and-58
to-fit-and-move-up-and-down-in-the-correspondingly-shaped-vertical-chamber-52-in

page_text: the-base of the case-D³-as shown-in-said Figures. The object-in-making the foot
of the plunger of this shape is to enable-the-automatie-feed-to-supply the device,
and the device-to-drive, or insert, one-staple-at-a-time, which it does in a manner
which will be hereinafter fully-described. The feed guide 48-consists of a lever
provided with a chamber open on the back-and-running vertically through its
entire-length, the-outer surface-of-the-closed-portion of which is made-of-a-form to
correspond-with-the-form-of-the-staples shown in Figure-14,-and-admit-of-the-same
being placed crossways upon it and sliding down thereon in that position.-The
inner side of this tube or feed guide 48 or that side upon which the-staple-head
Fests-is-provided-with-a-longitudinal-slot 53-for-the-reception of the neek 54 of the
staple-feed-shown in Figure-6.-This-slot-commences in the top-of-the-guide-48
by-a-eireular-hole-55-to-admit the button head of the neek of the staple feed-and
terminates in the base of the chamber of the guide 48 at the point marked 56
in Figure 59-to-prevent-the--front-of-the-staple feed passing beyond the foot
of the guide-48.-The-staple-feed-consists of a piece of spring metal-blanked as
shown in Figure-60.-Its-neek-is-formed by bringing its pertion-54-together in-a
T-form-turning its semicircular ends to form a dise-and-capping the same-with-n
metallic button-head to bind the two-parts-of-its-neck together. The front-end-of
the feed-is-then-bent to the form of a staple as shown in Figure 62, which com-
pletes-its-construction. The feed-so-formed is placed upon-the-feed-guide-48 by
placing its front or staple shaped-end over the same-and-running its button head
through the round-hole 55 in which the vertical clot-53-begins-and-moving-it
down-so-that-its-neck-54-will-occupy-and-slide-in-said-slot. The metal-in-the front
end-of-the-feed-may be doubled on the dotted line of Figure 60, so as to correspond
in thickness with its shoulders-58 and the thickness of the metals in-the-staples.
The-body-portion-59 of the feed is left of a single thickness of metal-and is out
narrow-to-increase-its-elasticity.
The-interior-surface-of-the-staple-magazine-and-the-outer-surface of the guide 48
are-so--shaped-in-respect to each other that when-they-are-hinged-together--as
described-and-the-guide-locked-in-position-they-jointly-form-the-staple-chamber-60
or-staple-magazine-proper-to-receive-and-earry-the-staple-in-a-horizontal-position
and feed them-to-the-inserting-hammer-or-plunger-foot-51-in-a-vertical-or-upright
position--with-their--shanks--or--legs--pointing--downwards; the latter--end-being
accomplished-by-the-curvature-of-said-chambers-60.
The operation-of-the-automatie-feed is as follows:-The-guide-48-being-binged
in-the-base-of-the-magazine-on-the-pinion-49-it-is-lowered to the position-in-which
it is represented by the dotted lines 61 of Figure 55-and-the-staple feed-placed
upon it as before described. The-end-of-a-narrow-elastic band-62-is-then-placed
over-the-button-63-in-the-chambered-portion-of-the-guide, and the-band-stretched
down and brought around the hook-64-in-said-chamber-and-its-other-end-plaeed
around-the-neek 54 of the staple-feed-which-latter-is-then-drawn-up-in-the-slot-60
and-plaeed-in-its-seat-65.-The guide is then brought up into its position in the
magazine-47 as shown in Figure 55, where it is locked by the spring bolt-67-in
the top of the magazine. (In Figure-55 the upper portion of the guide-4S-is
shown-partially-in-section.)-The-staple-feed-being now lifted from its seat 65,
and drawn down against the staples-by its-elastie-band-62,-forces-the-same down
in the staple-channel or chamber 60, causing the lowest staple-to-pass-through
the opening-50-into-the ease D³-proper-where-it-occupies the head-of-the-T-shaped
chamber-52, immediately under the driving plate--68 of the plunger foot, and
pointing downwards. It is manifest now-that-a-blow-on-the-head-of-the-plunger
will-drive-the-staple-from-the-device and insert-it-in-the-articles beneath-its-foot;
and the plunger-foot-51-being-again-lifted by the spring-G-above-the-opening 50,
another staple is forced down into position in the same by the staple feed, and so
on until all the staples in-the-magazine are exhausted. The foot of the guide 48
is-rounded-off-at-69,-and-the-base-of-the-magazine-chamber at 70, to prevent the
staples-eatehing-therein-while-being-operated-upon-by-the-plunger-feet.

page_text: The opening 50-in-the-base of the magazine widens out-at-its-base-to-correspond
with the flaring foot-of the-guide-48, which fare-is-to-correspond-to-the bend or
fare of the staple legs, this staple being-given-the-latter-to-make-the-staple-stand
of itself-in-the-head-of-the-chamber-52, by means of--the-elasticity thus imparted
to-it. The-portion-of-the-chamber 52 below the opening 50-curves-downwardy-or
flares in, as shown by the dotted lines 71 of Figure-56, so as to bring the staple
legs-in-straight-vertical-position-while being driven in the articles being bound.
The-form-of-stand shown in Figures 62 and 55 consists of-a-V-shaped-base-A
and-pillar B², the latter being piereed through its entire length by the vertical
square chamber-70 for the reception-of-the-supplemental foot 73 of the-device,
which is made-of-a-corresponding size and is attached to the-euse-D³-by-being
secured-by-serews-to-its-body-arms-marked-54-in Figure 57. The base-plate-A'-of
the-stand is provided-with-the-elinebing-anvil-a² and the-device-is-held-in-proper
position-over-the-same, by-the-square-form of the foot 73 and the chamber-72 in
which it--rests, which also admits of the device being raised and lowered on the
insertion-beneath-it-of-the-goods-to-be-stapled, without altering its correct-position
over-the-elinebing-anvil. Instead-of-providing-the-ease-D²-with-the-supplemental
foot 73-and-the-pillar-B-with-the-chamber-78, the pillar may be made solid and
provided-with-a-collar-open in front and its inner-surface-provided-with-octagonal
vertical-faces--corresponding to those of the oase D' or the face or front-of-the
pillar-may-be-provided with a suitable-shaped tongue-or-T-shaped-extension-and
the-back-of-the-case-D-with-a-correspondingly-shaped-vertical-slot-to-enable it to
move-up-and-down thereon, either-of-which-form-of-construction-will-accomplish
the-same-end,-which-may-also-be-secured-in-many-other-equivalent-ways.
The-device-as-last-described may be-used-to-great-advantage-for-inserting-staple
or-double--pointed-taeks in laying carpets on floors by attaching it to a carpet
stretcher-as-is-shown-in-part-in-Figure-63,-where-75-represents-the-blade-of-the
earpet-stretcher-and-76-its-handle.
The Invention as fourthly further herein described consists of the improved form
of staple shown in Figure 17, which represents a staple having both ends of its
head, or body portion, wider than its shanks to protect from fracture the points of
puncture made by its shanks in the papers or other articles bound by it, and its
shanks bent outward at oblique angles from.its head and in a manner to form the
shoulders 21 21 to adapt the staple to be received and operated in my staple inserting
machine herein before described.
A staple provided with almost any shape or struck up form of head may be
inserted, with the staple inserting devices herein described, by mortising out the
face of the plunger F, so that the bottom of its feathers will always rest on the top
of the shanks or shoulders of the staple.
The open slot D' in the face of the case D, Figure 11 gives room for an enlarged
or extended head of the staple as shown in Figure
18.
Figures-645-65-and-66-represent-the-fifth-part-of-this-Invention-which-consists-of
a-convenient-sheet-metal-holder-for-the-staples,-to-admit-of-their-ready-placement
on the guide-48-of the-automatic-feed.--Figure-64-represents-the-holder-made-of-a
strip-of-sheet-metal-folded-so-as to-form-the-two-jaws-76-and-77, the-upper jaw 76
overlapping the other. The staples are placed on the lower jaw in the manner
shown-at-79-in Figure 65, the upper jaw folded-down-on-them-and-its-extension-78
turned-in-under-the-end-of-the-lower jaw, thereby-securing the-staples between the
same.--In-Figure 65 the lower jaw-is-made-wide-and is bent to form the swings 80,
to protect the staple-legs-from-being-bent-out-of-shape. The head 81 formed in
the upper jaw, is-to-increase-its-rigidity. Figure 66 is a cross-section of Figure 65
showing-a-staple-riding-its lower jaw-and-held--in position-thereon by the
top-jaw.
The vibrating arm C-of Figure 1 may be modified-to-form-a-self-feed-to-feed
staples-to-the-staples inserting-mechanism in its case-Dr-in-manner-similar-to-that
shown-in-Figure-55-&o.

page_text: Figure-67-represents Figure-54-having-its-ease-made-smaller-and-provided-with
a-handle-extension C', to facilitate its being held-in-the-band-and-used-in-a-manner
similar-to-Figure-54.-Its free end is provided with a grooved nose 82, to enable
said-end-to-be-used-conveniently-for-bending-down-or-elinching-the-shanks-of-the
staple-inserted-by-its-other-end.
Figures-68-and-69-represent-another form of anvil intended-to-spread-the-staple
shanks-as-illustrated in Figures 27, 28-and-29-Figure-68-being-a-plan-view-of-the
anvil-and-front-end of the bed-plate-A, of the press-and-Figure-69-a cross-vertical
section-of-the-same-taken-on-the-line-x-x-of Figure 68,-and-representing-a-staple-s
in-position-over-the-staple-spreader.-The-navil-a-is-provided-with-a-vertical
chamber-a-narrowed-at-its-top-at-83; in this chamber is inserted-from-the-under
side-of-the-bed-plate-A-the-staple-spreader-84, the-top-of which projects above-the
anvil-a,-where-it-is-held by means of its base-or-foot-85, spiral-springs-86-and-base
serew 87-The spreader vibrates vertically-in-the-chamber-a'-and-is-held-up-therein
by the spring 86. It vibrates on a fixed vertical line-in-the-chamber by means of
the end-of-the-serew-SS-occupying a vertical groove-out-in-one-side-of-it-as-shown
in-Figure-68.
The spreader-is-provided on its opposite sides with bevelled-grooves-or-slots-89,
which correspond in position--with--the--shallow-flat,--transverse grooves hy-on
opposite-ends-of-the anvil-a.
The manner in which the staple legs are clinched by this form of anvil is as
follows. The staple-s being driven-down-through-the-articles being stapled as
before described, the points of its shanks enter the bevelled grooves 89 of the
spreader which-bends them-outward into the shallow transverse grooves-h, in the
anvil-face-and-the spreader sinking in its chamber-a-by-the-pressure-applied-in
inserting-the-staple, brings the goods being stapled-down-flat-upon-the-top of the
anvil-a-which-bends the staple legs-up-fat-against-the-under-side-of-said-goods,-as
is--illustrated in Figure 29 of the Drawings. On the pressure applied--by the
operativ-in-inserting-the-staple-being removed, the-spring-86-raises-the-spreader-in
its-chamber, in position for-the-reception-of-another-staple.
The-office-of-the-base-serew-87 is to close the bottom of the chamber-a¹-and
hold-the-spring-86-and-the-spreader-in-position-therein.
CLAIMS.
1. The vibrating lever C, case D, chamber H, with grooves d. d, plunger F, with
feathers g. g, and spring G, in combination with the anvil a, having on its fuce a
sunken channel e. and transverse groove h, all constructed and arranged to operate
substantially as described.
2. In combination with the vibrating lever C. case D, carrying the staple inserting
mechanism described, and the anvil a, and gauge J. j, all substantially as and for
the purpose described.
3. In a staple inserting machine-constructed to operate substantially as herein
described, the staple guiding grooves-d.-d.-opening vertically-into-the-opposite-sides
of a wide chamber-Hy-to-adapt-the-machine-to-receive and insert-a-metallie-staple,
having its head-or-body-portion-wider-than-its-shanks, substantially-as-described.
+. In a staple inserting machine-constructed-to-operate-substantially as described,
an-open-slot D'-in-the-face-of--the-case-D-to-adapt it to receive and insert a
suspending staple-having-an-extended-or looped head-as-herein-set-forth.
5. 3. In combination with the case D, and plunger F, with mechanism substantially
as described for receiving and inserting a staple, an anvil a, having in its face a
sunken channel or concavity e, with a shallow flat transverse groove h, having its
ends curved upward into the flaring sides of said channel or concavity, so that a
single blow upon the plunger will insert and completely clinch the shanks of the
staple, as herein set forth.
6. 4. In a staple inserting machine, constructed to operate substantially as herein
described, the face of the anvil a, so sunken or concaved as to adapt it to receive

page_text: below its top surface the foot of the plunger F. and that portion of the article being
bound to assist in the clinching of the staple legs, substantially as herein set forth
and described.
7. 5. In a staple inserting machine constructed to operate substantially as herein
set forth, a plunger F, with four feathers fitting into four guiding-grooves as shown,
in combination with an anvil having across its concave face two grooves h¹. h¹. as
shown, for the purpose of inserting and clinching a two pronged staple on transverse
lines or a four-pronged staple, substantially as described.
8. 6. In a staple inserting machine constructed to operate substantially as described,
the case D adapted to receive and hold a staple and containing mechanism for
inserting and clinching the same, as described, inounted on the end of a vibrating
lever adapted to be raised to and stand in a suitable position for placing the staple
therein, substantially as shown and described.
9.-In-a-staple-inserting-machine-constructed-to-operate-substantially as described,
the plunger having the lower-portion-of-its-opposite sides provided with--the
feathers-g.-g.-to-fit and move in-the-vertical-grooves-d-d, formed in the opposite
sides of the chambers H, and its face-mortised-or-grooved in a manner to throw the
pressure-of-the-plunger principally-upon-the-shoulders-of-the-staple-being-operated
upon-substantially-as-shown-and-described.
10. The ease D-containing the staple-inserting mechanism constructed to operate
substantially-as-described,-detached from the vibrating lever C and-adapted-to-be
used-alone-as-a-hand-tool-as-herein-described.
++-A-staple-inserting device embodied in a pair of pliers-one jaw of the same
being provided-with-the-staple-inserting-mechanism-and-the-other-with-mechanism
for-clinching the staple legs, substantially as described.
+9.-In-a-staple-inserting pliers,-the-supplemental-jaw-29-having-its-free-end-pro-
vided-with-the-chamber 30-containing-the-staple-guiding grooves and-its-other-end
pivoted-in-the-joint-of-the-pliers, and operating-in-connection-with-the-plunger-3+y
jaws-27-and-28, spring 37-and-elinebing anvil 30, substantially in the manner-and
for-the-purposes herein-set-forth-and-described.
+9-In-a-staple-inserting pliers, the chamber-34 mortised in its-central-joint-and
adapted-to-receive the ring-33-and-neck-331-of-the-supplemental jaw-29; and the
front-end-of-the jaw-27-slotted longitudinally-to-receive-the-neck-of-the plunger-31
for the purpose of alternately raising and lowering the plunger-vertically-in-the
ebamber-go-independent of the vibratory-movement of said chamber, substantially
as-and-for-the-purposes-described.
44.-In-a-staple inserting pliers the jaw-37' provided with an enlarged projecting
face-98 having its checks slotted vertically-and-otherwise adapted to receive the
arms-of the-saddle 39, containing staple guiding grooves, substantially as-and-for
the-purposes-described.
+5. In a staple-inserting pliers, the-saddle-39-arranged-to-move-vertically-in-the
front-end of the jaw-37',-and-operating in conjunction-with-that-jawy-spring-40-and
the-anvil-jaw-37,-substantially-as-and-for-the-purposes-described.
46. In-a-staple inserting lever-hand-press-the-vibrating-lever-43-provided-with-a
projecting handle 49', and--slotted vertically through a central enlargement--to
receive--and operate--the--saddle-455-containing the staple guiding groves and
operating-in-combination with the-spring-40', pillar-44, bed-plate A",-and-anvil-a",
substantially-as-and-for-the purposes-described.
+7. In-a-staple inserting-device-constructed substantially-as-first-herein-described
the-automatic staple-feed-consisting of the magazine 47 terminating at its base-in
the-chamber-52-in the manner-herein-shown-and-for-the-purposes-specified.
48. In a staple-inserting device the magazine-47-provided with a correspondingly
shaped open tubular guide 48, hinged arm-operating therein-so-as-to-form-the-staple
chamber 60, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-set-forth-and
described.
+9. In a staple inserting device, the guide 48,-provided with a vertical slot-53,
staple-feed-R,-with-feed-stop-56,-and-feed-seat-65-all-constructed-and-arranged to

page_text: operate in connection with each other, substantially in the order and manner herein
set forth-and-described for the purposes specified.
20. In-a-staple-inserting device-the-magazine-47-and guide 48, constructed and
arranged as shown to receive and carry the staples down in a horizontal position
and feed-them-to-the-inserting hammer or plunger foot 51, in a vertical or upright
position with their chanks pointing downwards, substantially as herein described.
21. In-a-staple-inserting device, the staple feed R, having a staple-shaped front
and rigid neek 54 connected together by a narrow-elastie-body 59 to enable it to
pase freely through-the-curved staple-chamber-60, as herein shown and described
for the purposes-specified.
22. In-a-staple--inserting device--the-combination and--arrangement--of--the
plunger foot 51 plunger F, chamber 52, magazine 47, and guide 48, to-operate
in-connection with themselves, the-staple feed R, and staples placed in the staple
chamber-60,-substantially as herein set forth-and-described.
23. In combination with a cylindrical self feeding staple inserting machine con
structed-to-operate substantially-as-described,-the-carpet stretcher 75, 76-as herein
shown.
24. 7. A metallic staple having both ends of its head or body portion wider than
its shanks, to protect from fracture the points of puncture made by its shanks in
the articles bound by it, and its shanks bent outward at oblique angles from its
head, and in manner to form the shoulders 21 21, to adapt the staple to be received
and operated in a staple inserting machine, substantially as described.
25. A device for holding staples-consisting of a strip of metal folded-so-as-to
form-an-upper-and lower jaw, the lower jaw made of a width to enable the staples
to ride thereon, and the upper or clamping jaw provided with a projecting lip
adapted to be bent in under the free end of the under jaw to lock the jaws together,
substantially-as-and-for-the-purposes described.
26. The staple inserting devices-combined with an extension-handle-represented
in Fig. 67-substantially as and for the purposes-described.
27. The anvil devices-for-spreading the staple shanks-as-represented-in Figures
68-and-69-substantially-as-and-for-the-purposes-described.
In witness whereof I the said Herbert John Haddan have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Sixth day of August A.D. 1879.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of the Firm of Herbert and
Company, Solicitors of Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster,
Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
INSERTING AND CLENCHING METALLIC STAPLES, FASTENERS, AND SUCH LIKE
AND IN THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF." A communication from abroad by
George Washington McGill, of the City and State of New York, United States
of America.
Sealed the 19th August 1879, and dated the 25th February 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION filed by the said Herbert John Haddan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th February 1879.
Herbert John HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer.
"IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR INSERTING AND CLENCHING METALLIC STAPLES,
FASTENERS AND SUCH LIKE, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF." A com-
munication from abroad by George Washington McGill, of the City and State of
New York United States of America.
The principal object of my Invention is to effect the insertion and clenching of a
staple in sheets of paper, pamphlets or other articles to be bound, by one continuous
and instantaneous operation or movement of the device.
The Invention is arranged first as a hand-press; and consists of a bed-plate
furnished at its front end with a clenching anvil, and at its rear with a pillar,
in which is pivoted one end of a lever-arm, the other end of which is provided with
the mechanism for inserting the staples in the articles to be bound, and which, in
connection with the anvil, clenches the staple in said articles.
Secondly, it is arranged in a pair of pliers, one jaw of which contains the staple
inserting mechanism, and the other the anvil.
Thirdly, it is arranged in a self-feeding cylinder, which in a modified form is
adapted to insert double pointed carpet tacks.
And, Fourthly, the Invention relates to an improved construction of metallic
staples, by means of which the punctures made by the staple legs in the papers, or
other articles, bound by the same, are protected from fracture.
17

page_text: If the apparatus is arranged as a hand press, the end of the press lever which
touches the anvil forms an approximately vertical casing or hollow cylinder, pro-
vided internally with grooves running parallel to the axis of the cylinder and
receiving the shanks of the metallic staple. A piston is vertically movable in the
said casing, provided with feathers running in the grooves of the casing and with a
spring which prosses the piston upward. The lower part of the bore receives the
staple with its shanks placed parallel to the axis of the piston, so as to pierce the
paper when the piston is pressed down by hand. The sheets of paper or other
material to be bound are placed upon the anvil of which the top surface is hollowed
out and provided with one or more shallow horizontal grooves which receive the
points of the shanks after having pierced the paper, and bend or clench them hori-
zontally. If the apparatus takes the shape of pliers, the upper jaw replaces the
press lever, holding the upper part of the piston, while the lower jaw receives the
clenching anvil, and a supplementary upper jaw carries a grooved open case in which
the feathered piston moves, and into which the staple is inserted, the two upper
jaws being kept apart by a spring. If the apparatus is constructed as a self-feeding
cylinder the lower part of the staple inserting case or cylinder which receives the
piston has a lateral opening through which the staples are automatically introduced.
For this purpose the said casing is provided with two flanges running parallel to
its axis for nearly the whole length of the casing and forming the two sides of a
channel of which the casing forms the bottom. The cross section of this channel
corresponds in size and shape to the staples and is therefore preferably a rectanglo
or a trapezium. A staple guide of about the same length and shape as the channel.
consisting of a central plate and two flanges, is hinged near the bottom of the
casing so that it may either be placed into the channel or let down into a nearly
horizontal position to receive and form a saddle for a number of staples. The
improvement in the shape of staples consists in making the central part or body
of the staple wider than the shanks and bending the shanks at an oblique angle
to it.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Herbert John Haddan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st
August 1879.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents of 67 Strand in the City of Westminster Civil Engineer.
"IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINEKY FOR INSERTING AND CLENCHING METALLIC STAPLES,
FASTENERS AND SUCH LIKE. AND IN THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF." A com-
munication from abroad by George Washington McGill of the City and State of
New York United States of Americn.
The principal object of this Invention is to effect the insertion and clinching of a
metallic staple in sheets of paper, pamphlets or other articles to be bound, by one
continuous and instantaneous operation or movement of the device.
In the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings Fig. 1 represents a side elevation
of the device in perspective, consisting of a bed plate A, anvil a, clinching
anvil E, lever pillar B, lever C, case D, plunger F, spiral spring G and screw
gauge J, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the device and Fig. 1 is a front view of
the lower part of the case D. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bed plate, clinching anvil
plate, and lever pillar. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the case D, with the plunger F
inserted. Fig. 5 is a bottom view and vertical section of the face of the plunger F
enlarged.
Fig. 6 is a cross section of the anvil a with its clinching blade E' inserted and
also a side view in perspective of the clinching blade, and Fig. 10 is a perspective
view of this anvil complete.
Fig. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. and 13 show the clinching anvil plate E, constructed in a
manner that the one and same blow which inserts the staple in the object being
bound will clinch its penetrating points on the other sido of the same. Figs. 14.
16. 17. and 18 represent different forms of staples which the device is adapted to
insert, and Fig. 15 represents a staple as applied by the device, binding together the
several sheets of paper. Fig. 19 represents a side elevation of the case D, modified
for a purpose hereinafter described and Figs. 20. 21 and 22 represent modifications
in those parts of the device correspondingly lettered in the other Figures. Figs. 23
and 24 represent two different modes of stapling pamphlets. Fig. 25 represents a
four legged staple adapted to be used in this device modified as hereinafter
described; and Fig. 26 represents the said staple with its shanks clinched. Fig. 27
is a top view of the anvil and blade E¹ showing a reversal of its mortising or
grooving. Fig. 28 is a cross section of the same with a staple entering its grooves.
and Fig. 29 represents a staple applied in binding, having its shanks clinched
by being spread apart by this reversed grooving of the face of the clinching
blade E.
Figs. 30. 31. 32. 33. and 34 represent a further modification in the construction
of those parts of the device correspondingly lettered in the other Figures.
Figures 35. 36 and 37 represent two other forms of clinching anvils. Fig 38
is a plan view of a metallic washer adapted to be used with two pronged staples.
Figures 39 to 46 inclusive and Figures 47 to 51 inclusive both respectively repre-
sent the Invention embodied in two different forms of pliers. Figures 52 and 53
represent the staple inserting mechanism, shown in the form of pliers illustrated in
the last series of Figures, adapted and applied in a hand-lever-press. Figure 54 is
a front elevation of the case D of Figure 1 separated from the lever C of that
Figure and of a sizo adapting it to be used as a hand tool, independently.
Figures 55 to 62 inclusive represent the device and its parts arranged as a self-
feeding cylinder, and Figure 63 represents the device so constructed attached to a
carpet-stretcher. Figures 64. 65 and 66 represent holders for the staples.
This Invention as first herein described consists of a metal bedplate A provided
at one end with the morticed pillar B connected together by a gauge consisting of

page_text: a screw-bar J, upon which a thumb screw nut j revolves, intended and adapted to
rogulate in binding the line or point of stapling.
In the mortised pillar B is pivoted one end of a lever-arm C, arrangend to swing
up and down therein, the other end of which is provided with the vertical case D,
in which is arranged the staple driving mechanism. The anvil a is provided with
a steel clinching plate E' having its surface mortised or grooved to clinch the staple-
legs after the same have been driven through the articles being bound or equiva-
lently arranged without the plate E, as hereinafter described. The rear or hinging
end of lever C is provided with the shoulders 1 and 3 to rest against corresponding
shoulders 2 and 4 in the pillar B to prevent it from being thrown too far back or
dropped too far forward or down, which latter check is only required where the
anvil or pillar is made adjustable, as will be explained hereinafter.
The staple inserting mechanism consists of the case D, plunger F, and spiral
spring G, which are constructed and put together as follows: The case D is pro-
vided with a cylindrical chamber II, running vertically through its center and
divided into the sections 5, 6 and 7 by different degrees of diameter, its lower
section 7 being furnished with the staple grooves d, d, cut vertically in its opposite
sides.
The plunger F which is intended to be moved up and down in the chamber H
consists of a cylindrical metal rod, having at its base an enlargement or foot, 8, which
latter is provided on opposite sides with the feathers g. g. The upper end of the
plunger is provided with a cap F secured thereto by the screw connection f. The
chamber II, its foot occupying the upper portion of section and the feathers g. g.
in the grooves d. d. The spiral spring G is placed over the upper end of the
plunger and its lower portion surrounding the same passed down into section 5 of
the chamber H.
The cap F¹, is secured to the plunger which locks both it and the spring G, in the
case D, as shown in the Drawings.
The first coil of the upper end of the spring G enters an annular groove in the
under surface of the cap F', for its better security. The office of the spring G is to
hold the plunger up in the chamber H as shown in the Drawings and to bring it
back to that position so soon as pressure is removed from its cap.
The plunger F is of a length that in connection with its spring G, on being
pressed upon the bottom of its foot 8 will clear or pass down a little below the
bottom of the case D. The bottom of the case D rests upon the surface of the anvil
plate E. The bottom part of the case D as shown in Figs. 1 2. 4 and 30 is beveled
transversely to leave open the base of the chamber H, and to assist the eye of the
operator in inserting the staple at the required point or line.
The device is operated as follows: The lever C, is raised until its shoulder 1
rests on shoulder 2 of the pillar B, which brings it on a slant back of the pillar_B,
turning upward and exposing to the operator the grooved base of the chamber H.
A metallic staple of suitable size is inserted in the grooves d. d. in the foot of the
case D, with its shanks pointing outward.
The articles to be bound are laid upon the face of the anvil plate E, and the
case D dropped upon them, its weight holding them upon the anvil without pre-
venting their being moved to any point desired under the case without the latter
again being raised. The cap of the plunger being now struck or pressed upon its
feathered foot 8 is forced down upon the head of the staple, driving the shanks of
the latter down out of the guiding and supporting grooves or staple seats d. d.
through the articles placed upon the anvil.
The points of the staple shanks after passing through the goods are bent in
towards each other and clinched up against the under side of such articles by being
further driven by the plunger into the mortices or grooves of the anvil plate E,
which accomplish this end by being shaped as follows:
The face of the anvil plate E, is chamfered out to form a shallow channel or 5
sunken chamber e, with a flat bottom and flaring sides, as shown in Figs. 7. 8, 9.

page_text: 11. 12 and 13 which are drawn on ก large scale to better illustrate their
formation.
The flaring channel or ditch e commences at its top with a diameter slightly
wider than the staple seat or chamber d. d, in the case D and with the position of
which it corresponds, and flares sufficiently to make the diameter of its flat bottom
less than the diameter of the case-chamber H proper, as shown in the Drawings.
The bottom of the channel e is crossed by the transverse groove h, which is made
slightly wider than the grooves d. d. of the staple seat and with the position of
which it corresponds, and of a depth to correspond to the thickness of the metal in
the staple used. This cross-groove h extends into the flaring sides of the ditch or
channel e and has its ends curved sharply downward from the upward portion of
said flare, as shown in the Drawings.
The points of the shanks of the staple, on being driven through the articles being
bound, strike the flaring sides of the channel e above the cross-groove h, as shown
in Fig. 8, where represents the staple, and continuing down into said cross-
groove, are hent inward by its quickly curved ends and guided on the same line
towards each other by the grooves proper, and the papers or other materials being
bound, being forced down in the channel e by the face of the plunger further clinchi
and bend the lower parts of the shanks of the staple until they lie flat against the
under surface of such goods, with their points turned into the same.
The curved or chamfered ends of the cross-groove h, where the latter is sunk in
the face of the anvil proper, and independently of the channel c, will be found
somewhat too shallow to properly bend and clinch the staple shanks up flat. against
the under surfaces of the articles being bound.
The office of the channel e is to admit the portion of the goods clasped by the
staple being forced down into said channel and thereby assist in the clinching of
the staple shanks as herein before described. The channel or chamber e may be
made round or cup shaped as shown in Fig. 9, wherein a plan or face view and a
cross section of the anvil-plate is shown, or the face of the plate may be chamfered
out to form a channel or ditch with flaring sides as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Fig. 7
being a plan or face view and Fig. 8 a cross section showing the position of the
staple shank when entering its flaring channel and cross groove as before "escribed,
or the anvil plate may be given this form in the manner shown in Figs. 11. 12
and 13 wherein Fig. 11 represents a perspective view of the anvil plate channeled
and grooved in a manner equivalent to the other Figures. Fig. 12 being a top or
face view, and Fig. 13 a cross section. The ends of the cross groove of the anvil
plate are represented in the Drawings flaring outward as well as upward. The
object of their outward flare is to overcome any slight displacement of the staple
shanks in passing through the articles being bound.
The cheapest and consequently the preferable way of constructing this form of
anvil plate is shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6 wherein the upper surface of the anvil a
is chamfered or ditched from front to back as before described and provided with
a transverse slot in which is inserted a blade E¹.
This blade is ditched deeper than the face of the anvil, so that on being inserted
in its transverse slot they jointly form the cross-groove h, for the reception and
clinching of the points of the staple as before described.
In a press having both its anvil and lever pillar stationery as shown in Figs. 1
and 2 the face of the anvil ought to occupy a line sufficiently low to cause the
case D, when it rests upon it to point out a little obliquely therefrom leaving ta
the thickness of the object bound to bring it to a vertical position, or a position
slightly oblique in an opposite direction which arrangement facilitates the proper
working of the device and the insertion of staples in articles of considerable
thickness.
The face of the plunger F is provided with the cross groove or grooves
extending across it on a line with and partially into the face of its feathers. its
office being to assist in holding the staple in firm position while being inserted in

page_text: the articles being bound and throw the pressure of the plunger principally upon
the shoulders of the staple shanks..
The feathers g. 9. may be cast or wrought on the foot of the plunger F, or the
base of the plunger may be provided with a cross slot having a steel plate
inserted therein with its ends projecting beyond the sides of the plunger as feathers
therefor, as shown in Fig. 5.
The enlargement of the base of the plunger (foot 8) and the consequent enlarge.
ment of the diameter of the lower portion of the case chamber H. (section 7) may
be omitted as the shoulders of the feathers y. g. will serve the same purpose which
is to properly limit the upward movement of the plunger in the case chamber H
and the case-chamber and plunger may be made of a form other than cylindrical
without interfering with the proper working of the device, so long as the shape of
one corresponds to and fits the other.
The compound Figure 14 represents two staples, one made of flat wire with
round-pointed shanks and the other made of round wire with pin-pointed shanks.
Figure 16 represents a staple with V shaped shanks to facilitate their insertion in
the articles bound. Figure 18 represents two staples each having their body
portion extended on one side to form a ring with which to hang or suspend the
papers or other articles to which the staple may be affixed. The tops of all the
staples are of the same length and the shoulders of their shanks of the same width
to admit of their entering the staple grooves . d. in the case D, and the shanks of
them all flare outward to assist by pressure their retention in said chamber on the
case D being lowered.
Figs. 19 20. 21 and 22 represent a modification in parts of the device to enable
it to receive and insert a staple on lines crossing each other at right angles and
alapt it to bind pamphlets sheet music and other papers in manner as shown in
Figs. 23 and 24 Fig. 23 representing a pamphlet bound by having the staple
passed through the inner margin of its folded leaves and clinched thereon, and
Fig. 24 represents a pamphlet bound by having the staple passed through the
center or fold of its sheets and longitudinal therewith, its chlinching points occupying
the inside of the fold.
To accomplish this latter mode of binding the entire foot of the case D is made
cylindrical in form as shown in Fig. 19, and not beveled to open the base of the
chamber H, as shown in the other Figures, and the section 7 of said chamber H, is
provided with an extra pair of staple grooves ₁d for the reception of a staple on
a line longitudinal with the press, as shown in Fig. 20, which is a bottom view of
the case D, having its chamber H so grooved, and a similar view of the plunger F
inserted therein and correspondingly feathered, as is separately shown in Fig. 21.
gg being its extra feathers.
The face of the anvil plate E is provided with a corresponding extra groove h¹.
as shown in Fig. 22.
A two pronged staple being placed in the grooves d. d. in manner similar to
that hereinbefore described, the pamphlet to be bound as shown in Fig. 24 is placed
on the anvil with its centre fold over the groove h¹. the staple case lowered and the
staple inserted and clinched in the fold of the pamphlet by a blow upou the plunger-
cap as herein before described.
This latter mode of stapling is especially adapted to news and illustrated papers,
sheet music copy-books &c. where it is desirable to have the leaves open to their
full extent.
The vertical chambers i. i. i. i. Figs. 19 and 20 on the outside of the foot of the
case D, are intented for ornamentation and to assist the eye of the operator in
getting the articles to be stapled in proper line under the staple.
Four-pronged staples, such as shewn in Figs. 25 and 26 may be inserted with a
press thus modified, and the press may be similarly modified to receive and insert
staples of any number of prongs.
Fig. 28 represents a face view of the anvil blade E' with its channeling or

page_text: grooving reversed, so as to spread the staple-legs from each other instead of bending
them in as shown and described in the other Figures. Fig. 27 being a longitudinal
section of the same taken on its line a. r. and showing a staple S entering the
grooves while Fig. 29 represents several sheets of paper bound with a staple so
applied.
The advantage of this mode of clinching consists in its admitting the use of staples
with long or short shanks in binding articles of the same bulk or thickness.
Figures 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 represent a modification in parts of the device by
means of which the lever pillar B or the anvil-plate E, or both, are made adjustable,
to admit of their being raised or lowered according to the thickness or bulk of the
object through which the staple-shanks are being driven, causing the shanks to pass
through such object in a direct vertical line which greatly facilitates their insertion
und the after clinching of their ends or points on the anvil plate.
In a press
having a short lever arm, this construction will be found of advantage in binding
objects of considerable volume or thickness.
The adjustable anvil shown in Fig. 30 is constructed as follows:
In the anvil is formed the vertical cylindrical chamber a running down
through it and the bed plate A (represented in dotted lines in the Drawings) and
having its interior surface screw threaded to receive the screw base 10 of the anvil
plate E which is inserted therein. The anvil plate is raised and lowered, as
desired by it in opposite directions. It is set with the cross grooves of its
clinching face under and corresponding with the staple seat d. d. of the case D and
is secured in such position by the set screw nut 11.
Figure 1 represents the face of the anvil plate, with its clinching grooves
crossing each other in manner similar to that shown in Fig. 22, the object of such
arrangement in the present instance being to bring one of its cross grooves on a
line under the staple seat d. d. of the case 1) with every quarter revolution of the
anvil plate.
In Figure 32 the anvil is represented constructed somewhat on the principle of
a screw or monkey wrench, and possesses the advantage of having a fixed up-and-
down movement which obviates the necessity, on each change in the height of the
anvil plate, of setting its face grooves to correspond to the staple seat in the case D.
In this instance the auvil proper consists of the upright 12, connecting the upper
and lower jaws 13 and 14. These jaws are pierced by a square hole or socket,
through which passes the base 10 of the anvil plate E, which in this instance is
made square, with threaded corners to receive the set screw nut 11, set between
the jaws and by means of which the plate is raised, lowered, and set in position.
In a similar manner, and as an equivalent to the adjustable anvil and to secure
similar results, the pillar B of the device may be made adjustable, as is shown in
Fig. 3, wherein the pillar is made in two pieces, its upper section, in which the
lever C is pivoted being provided with an extension, 15, similar to the base 10 of
the anvil plate described in Fig. 32 and its lower section constructed in a manner
similar to the anvil proper in said Figure and operated therein by a corresponding
set screw nut 11, or the pillar may be constructed as shown in Fig. 34, wherein the
base-extension 15 of its upper section is made without the screw edges described
in the last Figure, and is inserted in a square socket or chamber running vertically
through the high or inner portion of the lower section of the pillar, and is moved
up and down therein by the screw bolt 16. The headed or lower end of the bolt
is fixed in the lower or outer portion of the lower section of the pillar so as to
admit of its being vevolved therein but not removed therefrom. The other end of
the bolt enters a screw chamber 17 in the upper or adjustable section of the pillar
as shown in the Figure by dotted lines. Revolving the screw bolt in one direction
will raise the upper or adjustable section of the pillar and a reverse movement will
lower it.
The clinching anvil may be constructed as shown in Figures 35 and 36, Figure 35
being a top or plan view and Figure 36 a vertical section. In this form of anvil,
the anvil plate 17 is made with a circular body which fits into a circular socket or

page_text: anvil seat on the bed plate A, and is adapted to move up and down therein on a
fixed vertical line, it is chambered out on its underside to receive the spiral spring
18 on which it sits, and is held from vertical displacement by the head of the
pillar 19, which passes vertically through its center and is secured in the bed plate.
The top of the anvil plate is held by the spring above the top surface of the pillar
19, and is provided with inclined bending slots or grooves 20, 20, running into
its central aperture over the head of the pillar 19. When a staple is inserted in
goods placed on this anvil, and its shanks driven through the same, they enter the
bending grooves 20, in the anvil plate, and are forced down inwardly over the
head of the pillar 19, and as the auvil plate sinks with the pressure applied, the
pillar 19 being rigid its head clinches the staple shanks up flat on the underside
of the articles being stapled.
Figure 37 is a vertical sectional view of another form of clinching-anvil, the
anvil plate 17 is upheld as before by a spiral spring 18, which is here shown applied
outside of the anvil, the pin 21 limiting its upward movement. A transverse slot
in the anvil plate is provided at each end with pivoted clinches 22, 22, whose free
end rests on the auvil head 23. On the staple legs being driven down upon these
clinches their incline bends the legs inwardly, and as the anvil plate sinks the
clinches assume a horizontal line thereby clamping the staple legs up flat against
the articles being bound.
It is not considered that the two last described modes of constructing the
clinching anvil are as good in principle or operation as are the modes herein before
described; neither are they claimed as forming part of the present Invention.
Figure 8, represents a washer made of sheet metal of suitable thickness and
adapted to be set on the face of the anvil and held in position thereon by projecting
points or pins formed or set in the anvil blade, as shown in Figure 3 at 231. The
washer is placed on the anvil so that the anvil pins 231 will enter the outer holes 24
of the washer, and hold it in such position over the anvil-clinching-blade that when
the staple is inserted by the machine in goods placed in position on the anvil, its
shanks, on being forced through said goods, will enter the holes 25 of the washer
and be bent in under its body portion and pointed into its central slot 26, thereby
clamping the washer to the other side of the papers or other articles bound and
serve a similar purpose on the back of said papers that the wide staple-head shown
in Figure 17 does on the front of them as will be hereinafter described.
The Invention as secondly herein described consists in its arrangement in a pair
of pliers, one jaw of the pliers being provided with the staple inserting mechanisin
and the other jaw with mechanism to clinch the staple legs; and Figures 39 to 40
inclusive, and Figures 47 to 51 inclusive, both respectively represent the Invention
thus embodied in two different forms of pliers. The pliers shown in the first series of
Figures differing somewhat in construction from that shown in the last series, as
will be hereinafter fully described. The upper jaw in both pliers is provided with
the staple inserting mechanism and the lower jaw with the staple clinching anvil.
In the pliers shown in Figures 39 to 46 inclusive 27 represents the upper jaw,
28 the lower jaw, 29 a supplemental jaw or tongue hung upon the pivot that
connects the upper and lower jaws, and 31 the plunger.
The upper jaw 27 serves the same office as does the vibrating lever C of the
press Figures, the supplemental jaw 28 that of the case D and the lower jaw 27
that of the bed plate A and anvil.
Figure 39 is a side elevation of the pliers with its jaws open; Figure 40 is a
similar view of the pliers partially in section, Figure 41 is a front or end view
of the pliers with its jaws closed upon several sheets of paper in the act of stapling
the same, Figure 42 is a perspective view of the plunger 31 detached, Figure 43
is a similar view of the supplemental jaw 29, Figure, 44 is a similar view of the
lower or anvil jaw 28 and Figure 45 is a similar view of the upper jaw 27. The
compound Figure 46 is a detached plan view of the under side of the front end of the
supplemental jaw 29 with the plunger inserted therein, and also a plan view of the
face of the plunger. The supplemental jaw 29, the plunger 31, in connection with

page_text: the upper jaw 27 form the staple inserting mechanism, and the anvil 32 in the
front of the lower jaw the staple clinching mechanism. The front or free end of
the jaw 29 is provided with the open case 30 in which the plunger 31 moves ver-
tically the feathers on the sides of the same occupying corresponding vertical
staple-guiding grooves on the inner side of the case in manner similar to that
shown and described in case D of the press figures.
The plunger 31 is provided with a T shaped head to admit of its being inserted
and held in the slotted front of the upper jaw 27 without impeding its vertical
movement. After being so inserted its body portion is placed in the case 30 of
the supplemental jaw and the ring end 33, of the latter inserted in a chamber 34
morticed in the inner portion of the circular joint of the upper and lower jaws for
that purpose. The jaws are now put together and secured by the pinion or
screw 35. The joint chamber 34 is left open in front of 36 to receive the neck 331
of the ring end 33 of the supplemental jaw and the opening is of a length to limit
the movement of the said jaw and prevent it separating itself from the plunger
when the pliers are opened. The spiral spring 37, inserted between the upper and
supplemental jaws, is to hold the same apart and thereby lift the plunger in its
seat in the case 30, when the pliers are open, to admit the inserting of a staple in
the guiding grooves of the said case.
The operation of the device thus constructed is as follows: The pliers being
opened and a staple inserted in the guiding grooves of the case 30 with its shanks
pointing outwards, the goods to be stapled are placed between the jaws and the
pliers closed by squeezing its handles together; this movement causes the front end
of the upper jaw to press down on the shoulder of the plunger, and the plunger to
descend in its seat in the case 30 and force the staple out of its guiding grooves
driving its legs through the articles between the jaws and into the transverse groove
in the clinching anvil 32, which bends and clinches them up against the articles
stapled, in manner similar to that hereinbefore described in the press figures, and us
is shown in Figure 41.
The face of the plunger 31 is provided with the cross groove O formed as described
in the press plunger and for the same purpose.
The pliers shown in Figures 47 to 51 inclusive are so arranged that the front end
of their upper jaw performs the part of the plunger of the pliers herein last
described, and a vertically moving saddle placed thereon, and containing the staple
guiding grooves performs the functions of the supplemental jaw 29 and its case 30
of said last described pliers.
Figure 47 is a perspective view of the pliers open, Figure 4S is a side view of
the same, Figure 49 is a front or end view of the pliers with its jaws closed on
several sheets of paper in the act of stapling the same, Figure 50 is a perspective
view of the face of the front end of the upper jaw of the pliers with its saddle
removed, and Figure 51 is a plan view of the same furnished with its saddle. The
front end of the upper jaw of the pliers is furnished with a wide face 3S which is
slotted on each side or cheek, vertically, to receive the saddle 39, which is inserted
therein with its arms pointing downward and held therein by the free end of the
flat spring 40, the other end of which is secured to the upper jaw of the pliers by
the screw 41. The slotted cheeks of the face 38 are furnished with vertical
feathers 42 which enter corresponding staple-guiding grooves formed in the inner
side of the arms of the saddle. When this is done and the jaws of the pliers
connected by the pin 43, a staple is placed in the guiding grooves of the saddle 39
with its legs pointing outwards, the goods to be stapled placed between the jaws of
the pliers and its arms brought together, which movement forces the staple out of
the guiding grooves of the saddle and through the articles being bound, in a manner
similar to that described in the other form of pliers. The central portion of the
face 38 of the upper jaw is made to project beyond the rest of the same so as to
enter and force the articles being stapled into the channel e of the clinching anvil
on the lower jaw to assist in the clinching of the staple legs, as hereinbefore
described in the press figures.

page_text: The last described manner of constructing the staple inserting inserting mechanism
is shown arranged in a hand lever press in Figures 52 and 53, Figure 52 being a
side elevation of the device so arranged and Figure 53 a plan view of the same,
with its saddle 45 and the front part of its saddle spring 40 removed. A represents
the bed plate, all the clinching anvil and 43 a vibrating lever arranged to vibrate
in the pillar 44. The central portion of this lever is shaped and morticed in a
manner similar to the face 38 of the plier jaw 371 and is furnished with a similarly
constructed saddle 45, provided with staple guiding grooves, and operates in
inserting a staple in a manner similar to the pliers last herein described. The object
of this construction of the device is to produce a hand press that will insert staples
by continuous pressure applied to its lever arm instead of the blow required in the
presses herein first described.
Figure 4 represents the case D of Figure 1 separated from the lever C, and of a
size adapting it to be used as a hand tool to drive and insert staples and double
pointed tacks anywhere and irrespective of their clinching.
The Invention as thirdly herein described is shown in Figures 55 to 62 inclusive,
representing the device and its parts arranged as a self feeding cylinder, adapted to
be used with or without a stand and a clinching anvil, Figure 55 being a side
elevation of the device so arranged, partially in section showing the construction
and arrangement of its automatic feed and a sectional longitudinal view of a
modified form of bed plate and socket for holding the same in position over the
clinching anvil. Figure 56 is a front longitudinal elevation of the device showing
the staple magazine with its automatic feed and guide removed. Figure 57 is a
cross sectional view of the device taken on the line × × of Figure 55, and
Figure 58 is a similar view on the line yy, of said Figure. Figure 59 is a vertical
sectional side elevation of the automatic staple feed separate. Figure 60 represents
the form of blank from which the travelling feeder is formed and Figure 61
represents the same formed complete. Figure 62 is a plan view of the bed plate or
stand for tho device.
The staple magazine consists of the vertical trough or conduit 47 extending
along one side of the device for nearly its entire length, cast in and forming part of
the case D as shown in Figures 55 and 56. In the magazine 47 so formed, is
inserted the feed guide 48 which is made of a form corresponding to that of the
interior of the magazine and in the base of which it is hinged on the pinion 49, as
shown in Figure 55. The magazine 47 terminates in the opening 50 leading into
the guide foot of the device, for the passage of the staples. The plunger F in this
instance is provided with a foot 51 made in form as shown in Figures 55 and 58
to fit and move up and down in the correspondingly shaped vertical chamber 52 in
the base of the case D as shown in said Figures. The object in making the foot
of the plunger of this shape is to enable the automatic feed to supply the device,
and the device to drive, or insert, oue staple at a time which it does in a manner
which will be hereinafter fully described. The feed guide 48 consists of a lever
provided with a chamber open on the back and running vertically through its
entire length, the outer surface of the closed portion of which is made of a form to
correspond with the form of the staples shown in Fig 14, and admit of the same
being placed crossways upon it and sliding down thereon in that position. The
inner side of this tube or feed guide 48 or that side upon which the staple head
rests is provided with a longitudinal slot 53, for the reception of the neck 54 of the
staple feed shown in Figure 61. This slot commences in the top of the guide 48
by a circular hole 55 to admit the button head of the neck of the staple feed
and terminates in the base of the chamber of the guide 48 at the point marked
56 in Figure 59, to prevent the front of the staple feed passing beyond the
foot of the guide 48. The staple feed consists of a piece of spring metal blanked
as shown in Figure 60. Its neck is formed by bringing its portion 54 together in
a T form turning its semicircular ends to form a disc and capping the same with a
metallic button-head to bind the two parts of its ucck together. The front end of
the feed is then bent to the form of a staple as shown in Figure 62, which com-

page_text: pletes its construction. The feed so formed is placed upon the feed guide 48 by
placing its front or staple shaped end over the same and running its button head
through the round hole 55 in which the vertical slot 53 begins, and moving it
down so that its neck 54 will occupy and slide in said slot. The metal in the front
end of the feed may be doubled on the dotted line of Figure 60, so as to correspond
in thickness with its shoulders 58 and the thickness of the metals in the staples.
The body portion 59 of the feed is left of a single thickness of metal and is cut
narrow to increase its elasticity.
The interior surface of the staple magazine and the outer surface of the guide 48
are so shaped in respect to each other that when they are hinged together as
described and the guide locked in position they jointly form the staple chamber GO
or staple magazine proper to receive and carry the staple in a horizontal position
and feed them to the inserting hammer or plunger foot 51 in a vertical or upright
position with their shanks or legs pointing downwards; the latter end being
accomplished by the curvature of said chambers 60.
The operation of the automatic feed is as follows: The guide 48 being hinged
in the base of the magazine on the pinion 49 it is lowered to the position in which
it is represented by the dotted lines 61 of Figure 55, and the staple feed placed
upon it as before described. The end of a narrow elastic band 62 is then placed
over the button 63 in the chambered portion of the guide and the band stretched
down and brought around the hook 64 in said chamber, and its other end placed
around the neck 54 of the staple feed which latter is then drawn up in the slot 60
and placed in its seat 65. The guide is then brought up into its position in the
magazine 47 as shown in Figure 55, where it is locked by the spring bolt 67 in
the top of the magazine. (In Figure 55 the upper portion of the guide 48 is
shown partially in section.) The staple feed being now lifted from its seat 65
and drawn down against the staples by its clastic band 62, forces the same down
in the staple channel or chamber 60, causing the lowest staple to pass through
the opening 50 into the case D² proper where it occupies the head of the T shaped
chamber 52, immediately under the driving-plate 68 of the plunger foot, and
pointing downwards. It is manifest now that a blow on the head of the plunger
will drive the staple from the device and insert it in the articles beneath its foot;
and the plunger foot 51 being again lifted by the spring G above the opening 50,
another staple is forced down into position in the same by the staple feed, and so
on until all the staples in the magazine are exhausted. The foot of the guide 48 is
rounded off at G9 and the base of the magazine chamber at 70, to prevent the staples
catching therein while being operated upon by the plunger foot.
The opening 50 in the base of the magazine widens out at its base to correspond
with the flaring foot of the guide 48 which flare is to correspond to the bend or
flare of the staple legs, this staple being given the latter to make the staple stand
of itself in the head of the chamber 52, by means of the elasticity thus imparted
to it. The portion of the chamber 52 below the opening 50 curves downward, or
flares in, as shown by the dotted lines 71 of Figure 56, so as to bring the staple
legs in straight vertical position while being driven in the articles being bound."
The form of stand shown in Figures 62 and 55 consists of a V-shaped base A
and pillar B³, the latter being pierced through its entire length by the vertical
square chamber 72 for the reception of the supplemental foot 73 of the device,
which is made of a corresponding size and is attached to the case D² by being
secured by screws to its body arms marked 74 in Figure 57. The base plate A² of
the stand is provided with the clinching anvil a² and the device is held in proper
position over the same, by the square form of the foot 73 and the chamber 72˚ in
which it rests, which also admits of the device being raised and lowered on the
insertion beneath it of the goods to be stapled, without altering its correct position
over the clinching anvil. Instead of providing the case D with the supplemental
foot 73, and the pillar B with the chamber 72, the pillar may be made solid and
provided with a collar open in front and its inner surface provided with octagonal

page_text: vertical faces corresponding to those of the case D2 on the face or front of the
pillar may be provided with a suitable shaped tongue or T shaped extension and
the back of the case D° with a correspondingly shaped vertical slot to enable it to
move up and down thereon, either of which form of construction will accomplish
the same end, which may also be secured in many other equivalent ways.
The device as last described may be used to great advantage for inserting staple
or double pointed tacks in laying carpets on floors by attaching it to a carpet
stretcher, as is shown in part in Figure 63, where 75 represents the blade of the
carpet stretcher and 76 its handle.
The Invontion as fourthly herein described consists of the improved form of
staple shown in Figure 17, which represents a staple having both ends of its head,
or body portion wider than its shanks to protect from fracture the points of punc-
ture made by its shanks in the papers or other articles bound by it, and its shanks
bent outward at oblique angles from its head and in a manner to form the shoulders
2121 to adapt the staple to be received and operated in my staple inserting machine
herein before described.
A staple provided with almost any shape or struck up form of head may be
inserted, with the staple inserting devices herein described, by mortising out the
face of the plunger F, so that the bottom of its feathers will always rest on the top
of the shanks or shoulders of the staple.
The open slot D' in the face of the case D, Figure 1', gives room for an enlarged
or extended head of the staple as shown in Figure 18.
Figures 64, 65 and 665 represent the fifth part of this Invention which consists of
a convenient sheet metal holder for the staples, to admit of their ready placement
on the guide 48 of the automatic feed. Figure 64 represents the holder inade of a
strip of sheet metal folded so as to form the two jaws 76 and 77, the upper jaw 76
overlapping the other. The staples are placed on the lower jaw in the manner
shown at 79 in Figure 65; the upper jaw folded down on them and its extension
78 turned in under the end of the lower jaw, thereby securing the staples between
In Figure 65 the lower jaw, is made wide, and is bent to form the swings
SO to protect the staple legs from being bent out of shape. The head 81 formed in
the upper jaw, is to increase its rigidity. Figure 60 is a cross section of Figure
65 showing a staple riding its lower jaw and held in position thereon by the
top jaw.
the same.
The vibrating arm C of Figure 1 may be modified to form a self feed to feed
staples to the staples inserting mechanism in its case D, in manner similar to that
shown in Figure 55, &c.
Figure 67 represents Figure 54 having its case made smaller and provided with
a handle extension C, to facilitate its being held in the hand and used in a manner
similar to Figure 54. Its free end is provided with a grooved nose 82 to enable
said end to be used conveniently for bending down or clinching the shanks of the
staple inserted by its other end."
Figures 68 and 669 represent another form of anvil intended to spread the staple
shanks as illustrated in Figures 27, 28 and 29, Figure 68 being a plan view of the
anvil and front end of the bed plate A, of the press, and Figure 69 a cross vertical
section of the same taken on the line of Figure 68, and representing a staple s
in position over the staple spreader. The anvil a is provided with a vertical
chamber a narrowed at its top at 83; in this chamber is inserted from the under
side of the bed-plate A the staple spreader 84, the top of which projects above the
auvila, where it is held by means of its base or foot 85, spiral springs 86 and base
scrow 87. The spreader vibrates vertically in the chamber a¹ and is held up therein
by the spring 86. It vibrates on a fixed vertical line in the chamber by means of
the end of the screw 88 occupying a vertical groove cut in one side of it as shown
in Figure 68.
The spreader is provided on its opposite sides with bevelled grooves or slots 89,
which correspond in position with the shallow flat, transverse grooves on opposite
ends of the anvil a.

page_text: The manner in which the staple legs are clinched by this form of anvil is as
follows: The staples being driven down through the articles being stapled as
before described, the points of its shanks enter the bevelled grooves 89 of the
spreader which bends them outward into the shallow transverse grooves in the
anvil face, and the spreader sinking in its chamber a' by the pressure applied in
inserting the staple, brings the goods being stapled down flat upon the top of the
anvila, which bends the staple legs up flat against the under side of said goods, as
is illustrated in Figure 29 of the Drawings. On the pressure applied by the
operativ in inserting the staple being removed, the spring SG raises the spreader in
its chamber, in position for the reception of another staple.
The office of the base-screw 87 is to close the bottom of the chamber a¹ and hold
the spring 86 and the spreader in position therein.
1. The vibrating lever C. case D. chamber H, with grooves dd plunger F, with
feathers 9.g. and spring G, in combination with the anvil a, having on its face a
sunken channel e, and transverse groove h, all constructed and arranged to operate
substantially as described.
2. In combination with the vibrating lever C. case D, carrying the staple inserting
mechanism described, and the anvil a, and gauge . j, all substantially as and for
the purpose described.
3. In a staple inserting machine constructed to operate substantially as herein
described, the staple guiding grooves d. d. opening vertically into the opposite sides
of a wide chamber H, to adapt the machine to receive and insert a metallic staple,
having its head or body portion wider than its shanks, substantially as described.
4. In a staple inserting machine constructed to operate substantially as described,
an open slot D. in the face of the case D, to adapt it to receive and insert a sus-
pending staple having an extended or looped head as herein set forth.
5. In combination with the case D, and plunger F, with mechanism substantially
as described for receiving and inserting a staple, an anvil a, having in its face à
sunken channel or concavity e, with a shallow flat transverse groove h, having its
ends curved upward into the flaring siles of said channel or concavity, so that a
single blow upon the plunger will insert and completely clinch the shanks of the
staple, as herein set forth.
6. In a staple inserting machine, constructed to operate substantially as herein
described, the face of the anvil a, so sunken or concaved as to adapt it to receive
below its top surface the foot of the plunger F. and that portion of the article being
bound, to assist in the clinching of the staple legs, substantially as herein set forth
and described.
7. In a staple inserting machine constructed to operate substantially as herein
set forth, a plunger F, with four feathers fitting into four guiding-grooves as shown,
in combination with an anvil having across its concave face two grooves h¹. h'. as
shown, for the purpose of inserting and clinching a two pronged staple on transverse
lines or a four-pronged staple, substantially as described.
S. In a staple inserting machine, constructed to operate substantially as described,
the case adapted to receive and hold a staple and containing mechanism for
inserting and clinching the same, as described, mounted on the end of a vibrating
lever adapted to be raised to and stand in a suitable position for placing the staple
therein, substantially as shown and described.
9. In a staple inserting machine constructed to operate substantially as described,
the plunger F, having the lower portion of its opposite sides provided with the
feathers g, g, to fit and move in the vertical grooves d. d. formed in the opposite
sides of the chambers H, and its face mortised or grooved in a manner to throw the
pressure of the plunger principally upon the shoulders of the staple being operated
upon substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 10. The case D containing the staple inserting mechanism constructed to operato
substantially as described, detached from the vibrating lever C..and adapted to be
used alone as a hand tool as herein described.
11. A staple inserting device embodied in a pair of pliers, one jaw of the same
being provided with the staple inserting mechanism and the other with mechanism
for clinching the staple legs, substantially as described.
12. In a staple inserting pliers, the supplemental jaw 29 having its free end pro-
vided with the chamber 30 containing the staple guiding grooves and its other end
pivoted in the joint of the pliers, and operating in connection with the plunger 31,
jaws 27 and 28, spring 37 and clinching anvil 32 substantially in the manner and
for the purposes herein set forth and described.
13. In a staple inserting pliers, the chamber 84 mortised in its central joint and
adapted to receive the ring 33 and neck 331 of the supplemental jaw 29, and the
front end of the jaw 27 slotted longitudinally to receive the neck of the plunger 31
for the purpose of alternately raising and lowering the plunger vertically in the
chamber 30, independent of the vibratory movement of said chamber, substantially
as and for the purposes described.
14. In a staple inserting pliers the jaw 371 provided with an enlarged projecting
face 38 having its cheeks slotted vertically and otherwise adapted to receive the
arms of the saddle 39, containing staple guiding grooves, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
15. In a staple inserting pliers, the saddle 39 arranged to move vertically in the
front end of the jaw 371, and operating in conjunction with that jaw, spring 40 and
the anvil jaw 37 substantially as and for the purposes described.
16. In a staple inserting lever hand press the vibrating lever 43 provided with
a projecting handle 43' and slotted vertically through a central enlargement to
receive and operate the saddle 45, containing the staple guiding grooves, and
operating in combination with the spring 40', pillar 44, bed plate A", and anvil a",
substantially as and for the purposes described.
17. In a staple inserting device constructed substantially as first herein described
the automatic staple feed consisting of the magazine 47 terminating at its base in
the chamber 52 in the manner herein shown and for the purposes specified.
18. In a staple inserting device the magazine 47 provided with a correspondingly
shaped open tubular guide 48 hinged arm operating therein so as to form the staple
chamber 60, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth and
described.
19. In a staple inserting device, the guide 48, provided with a vertical slot 53,
staple feed R, with feed stop 56, and feed seat G5, all constructed and arranged to
operate in connection with each other substantially in the order and manner herein
set forth and described for the purposes specified.
20. In a staple inserting device the magazine 47 and guide 48 constructed and
arranged as shown to receive and carry the staples down in a horizontal position
and feed them to the inserting hammer or plunger foot 51, in a vertical or upright
position with their shanks pointing downwards, substantially as herein described.
21. In a staple inserting device, the staple feed R, having a staple shaped front
and rigid neck 54 connected together by a narrow elastic body 59 to enable it to
pass freely through the curved staple chamber 60, as herein shown and described
for the purposes specified.
22. In a staple inserting device the combination and arrangement of the plunger
foot 51, plunger F, chamber 52, magazine 47, and guide 48, to operate in connection
with themselves, the staple feed R, and staples placed in the staple chamber 60,
substantially as herein set forth and described.
23. In combination with a cylindrical self feeding staple inserting machine con-
structed to operate substantially as described; the carpet stretcher 75, 76 as herein
shown.
24. A metallic staple having both ends of its head or body portion wider than
its shanks, to protect from fracture the points of puncture made by its shanks in

page_text: the articles bound by it, and its shanks bent outward at oblique angles from its
head, and in manner to form the shoulders 22, to adapt the staple to be received
and operated in a staple inserting machine substantially as described.
25. A device for holding staples consisting of a strip of metal folded so as to
form an upper and lower jaw, the lower jaw made of a width to enable the staples
to ride thereon, and the upper or clamping jaw provided with a projecting lip
adapted to be bent in under the free end of the under jaw to lock the jaws together,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
26. The staple inserting devices combined with an extension handle represented
in Fig. 67 substantially as and for the purposes described.
27. The anvil devices for spreading the staple shauks as represented in Figures
68 and 69 substantially as and for the purposes described.
In witness whereof I the said Herbert John Haddan have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Sixth day of August A.D. 1879.
H. J. HADDAN. (...)