US Patent Class 227
ELONGATED-MEMBER-DRIVING APPARATUS



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  DF  CLASS NOTES
1  DF  WITH RANDOMLY ACTUATED STOPPING OR DISABLING MEANS
2  DF  WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SENSED CONDITION
3  DF  .~ Responsive to work feed means
4  DF  .~ Responsive to position of work support or anvil
5  DF  .~ Work-responsive
6  DF  .~.~ Position of work
7  DF  .~.~.~ Control initiates driver-actuation
175.1  DF  SURGICAL STAPLER
175.2  DF  .~ With lockout
175.3  DF  .~.~ Responsive to a condition or position of a staple magazine
175.4  DF  .~.~.~ Lockout prevents firing of a spent staple magazine
176.1  DF  .~ With magazine
177.1  DF  .~.~ Including biasing means
178.1  DF  .~.~ Multiple driving means
179.1  DF  .~.~ Tubular driving path
180.1  DF  .~.~ With cutting means
181.1  DF  .~ With means to position a mating-member in alignment with driver
182.1  DF  .~ With means to prevent partial drive cycle
8  DF  WITH INTERLOCK MEANS
9  DF  EXPLOSIVE-TYPE DRIVING MEANS
10  DF  .~ With plunger
11  DF  .~ With protective shield
12  DF  STRETCHING TOOL WITH MEANS TO FASTEN FLACCID WORK TO RIGID BASE
13  DF  .~ Including mechanical means to apply force to stretching tool
14  DF  WITH MEANS TO CEMENT WORK OR MEMBER
15  DF  WITH MEANS TO POSITION "MATING-MEMBER" IN ALIGNMENT WITH DRIVER
16  DF  .~ Strip-type "mating-member"
17  DF  .~ With means to form "mating-member"
18  DF  .~ Comprising feed means for "mating-member"
19  DF  WITH MEANS TO ASSEMBLE PLURAL PIECES OF WORK
20  DF  .~ With means to deform work
21  DF  .~.~ Including cutting means
22  DF  .~.~ Including means to rotate work
23  DF  .~.~.~ With die-shaping means
24  DF  .~.~.~ With end-inserting or clamping means
25  DF  .~.~ Means to buckle flaccid work
26  DF  .~ With means to place member between workpieces (e.g., dowels, etc.)
27  DF  .~ With drilling or punching means
28  DF  .~ With means to sequentially secure layers (e.g., heels, etc.)
29  DF  .~.~ With work clamp
30  DF  .~ With driver acting through clamp jaw
31  DF  .~ Bight attaching means (e.g., buttons, etc.)
32  DF  .~.~ Including means to insert member in bight
33  DF  .~.~.~ With member-forming means
34  DF  .~.~.~ After member is applied to a workpiece
35  DF  .~.~.~.~ Single pointed member
36  DF  .~.~.~.~ With work feed means
37  DF  .~.~ With work feed means
38  DF  .~.~.~ With means to actuate driver
39  DF  .~ Work conveyer means
40  DF  .~.~ Including common means to shift and clamp work
41  DF  .~.~ Pivoted work carrier
42  DF  .~.~.~ Plural pivotal axes
43  DF  .~.~ Including means to align member-aperture with member
44  DF  .~.~ Endless conveyer
45  DF  .~.~.~ Including magazine-type work supply means
46  DF  .~.~.~ With reel-type work supply means
47  DF  .~.~.~.~ Including work cutting means
48  DF  .~.~ Including magazine-type work supply means
49  DF  .~.~.~ With means to rotate work
50  DF  .~.~.~ With means to move assemblage to fastener station
51  DF  WITH MEANS TO HEAD MEMBER
52  DF  .~ Driver or heading means located within tubular work
53  DF  .~ Common tool to drive and head member
54  DF  .~ Pointed or edged tool
55  DF  .~ Heading tool extends within hollow portion of member
56  DF  .~.~ Simultaneously used heading tools
57  DF  .~.~ With work feed means
58  DF  .~.~ With means to form opening in work for member
59  DF  .~.~.~ Heading means also acting as opening former
60  DF  .~.~ With pilot pin
61  DF  .~ Anvil
62  DF  .~.~ Die
63  DF  WITH MEANS TO WITHDRAW MEMBER
64  DF  WITH MEANS TO SHAPE WORK OR CUT PRODUCT
65  DF  .~ Buckling of flaccid work
66  DF  .~ Deforming means with rectilinear reciprocating motion
67  DF  .~ Means to form opening in work for member
68  DF  .~.~ Driver also acting as punch
69  DF  .~.~ Rotatable cutting tool
70  DF  .~.~ Plural cutting tools (e.g., awls, etc.)
71  DF  .~.~.~ For dual openings
72  DF  .~.~.~ With pivoted tool carrier
73  DF  .~.~ Including work-feeding means
74  DF  .~.~.~ Cutting tool having work-feeding motion
75  DF  .~.~.~.~ With pivoted tool carrier
76  DF  .~ Cutting means
77  DF  WITH MEANS TO DEFORM MEMBER REMOTE FROM THE WORK SURFACE AFTER WORK PENETRATION
78  DF  SELECTIVE ALTERNATIVE APPLYING MEANS
79  DF  WITH MEANS TO CUT MEMBER AFTER PENETRATION
80  DF  .~ From material of indefinite length
81  DF  DRIVING MOTION OF DRIVER HAS COMPONENT IN DIRECTION OF MOVING WORK (I.E., FLYING DRIVER)
82  DF  WITH MEANS TO FORM MEMBER PRIOR TO PENETRATION OF WORK
83  DF  .~ Deflector
84  DF  .~ With means to vary length of members
85  DF  .~ With offset tools to deform members (e.g., bending, drawing, etc.)
86  DF  .~.~ With cutting edge on driver
87  DF  .~.~ With driver acting through offset tools
88  DF  .~.~.~ Including retractable forming bar
89  DF  .~.~.~.~ With movable member-holder
90  DF  .~.~.~.~ Pivoted
91  DF  .~.~.~ Including diverse means to sever and apply member
92  DF  .~ With opposed tools to form member (e.g., forging, swaging, etc.)
93  DF  .~ Severing means sole member former
94  DF  .~.~ Including plural diverse severing operations
95  DF  .~.~ With feed means for concatenated members
96  DF  .~.~.~ Pivoted feed means
97  DF  .~.~ Severing means moves member to driver
98  DF  .~.~ With reciprocating member carrier to driver
99  DF  WITH MEANS TO CONVEY WORK OR PRODUCT RELATIVE TO DRIVING STATION
100  DF  .~ Interrelated conveying and driver-actuating means
101  DF  .~.~ With means to move both the conveyer and a driver carriage
102  DF  .~.~ With means to vary timed relationship between conveyer movement and driver actuating means
103  DF  .~.~ Plural conveying means
104  DF  .~.~ With compound movement of work holder
105  DF  .~.~ With rotary movement of work holder
106  DF  .~ Work holder moves in curved path
107  DF  WITH MEANS TO MOVE OR GUIDE MEMBER INTO DRIVING POSITION
108  DF  .~ With work-penetrating clenching tools
109  DF  .~ Adaptable to dispense different sizes or quantities of members
110  DF  .~ With positionable driver
111  DF  .~.~ Including means to move driver carriage
112  DF  .~ Fluid-contact member-feed means
113  DF  .~ Magnetic member-feed and/or holding means
114  DF  .~ Including means other than the driver to separate leading member from a supply
115  DF  .~.~ Interrelated separator elements
116  DF  .~.~ Rectilinear motion
117  DF  .~.~ Rotary
118  DF  .~.~.~ Oscillating separator
119  DF  .~ With means to assure correct orientation of member(s)
120  DF  .~ Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
121  DF  .~.~ With means to prevent partial drive cycle
122  DF  .~.~ With means to cut jammed member
123  DF  .~.~ With removable or resiliently urged (antijam) noseplate
124  DF  .~.~ With interrelated driver and work clamp
125  DF  .~.~ With means to disable urging means
126  DF  .~.~.~ By lock means
127  DF  .~.~ With magazine closure
128  DF  .~.~.~ Pivoted magazine cover
129  DF  .~.~ With means to actuate driver
130  DF  .~.~.~ Fluid pressure means
131  DF  .~.~.~ Magnet or solenoid
132  DF  .~.~.~ Spring
133  DF  .~.~.~ Inertia means
134  DF  .~.~ Spring-retracting means
135  DF  .~ Including carrier feed means for a plurality of members
136  DF  .~.~ With means to feed strip-type carrier
137  DF  .~.~ Rotary
138  DF  .~ Driver actuates member-feed means
139  DF  .~ With means to guide member
140  DF  WITH MEANS TO SUPPORT MEMBER AND/OR WORK RELATIVE TO DRIVER
141  DF  .~ Driver moves work, member held stationary
142  DF  .~ With means to vary the length of the tool stroke
143  DF  .~ With means to move elements of tool-pair during driving
144  DF  .~.~ Pivoted tool element
145  DF  .~ Curved driver path
146  DF  .~ Spring-actuated driver
147  DF  .~ Impact-type driver
148  DF  .~ Comprising means to angularly orient member
149  DF  .~ Bias-type member holder
150  DF  .~ Means to guide moving work
151  DF  .~ Work immobilizer
152  DF  .~.~ Means to clamp work
153  DF  .~.~.~ Interrelated with driver-actuation
154  DF  .~ Work support
155  DF  .~.~ Including clenching means
156  DF  MISCELLANEOUS
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CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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901  DF  SURGICAL CLIP APPLIERS
902  DF  SURGICAL CLIPS OR STAPLES