Patent ID: 7290693

Claim:
A cable holding assembly for a cable stapler, said cable stapler having a magazine for accommodating an array of staples, and a driving blade running perpendicular to said magazine and driving a foremost staple out of said cable stapler, each of said staples having a retaining body and a built-in nail, said cable holding assembly housed inside a slot in front of and parallel to said driving blade, said cable holding assembly comprising: a spring blade configured along the wall of said slot flexibly protruding into the inside of said slot; a resistance blade positioned at a top of said slot; at least a holder blade having an H-like shape with arched portions at two vertical ends, each having an appropriate height matching the gauge of a specific type of cable; wherein, when said holder blade is inserted into said slot, said spring blade keeps said holder blade inside said slot and a curved bottom edge of said resistance blade is pressed against said arched portion at a top of said holder blade so that said arched portion at a bottom of said holder blade is extended out of said slot.