Title: Combined staple removing and retrieving device

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1. A staple removing and retrieving device, comprising:

a. first and second elongate ferrous members of channel shaped transverse cross sections that have first overlapping pivotally connected end portions and second end portions that define first and second pairs of claws, said first and second claws having inwardly disposed first and second concave edges, said second concave edges being insertable beneath the crown portion of a staple when said first and second claws and first and second members are in a first position in which said first and second claws are spaced from one another, said first concave edges moving under said crown to remove said staple when said first and second members and first and second claws move towards a second position in which said first and second jaws overlap;

b. a permanent magnet of such size as to be disposed within the confines of said first member adjacent said first pair of jaws; and

c. means for holding said permanent magnet within said first member to permit said magnet to magnetize said first pair of jaws to cause said staples to removably adhere to said first pair of jaws when said first and second elongate members and first and second pairs of jaws pivot from said second to said first position.

2. A staple removing and retrieving device as defined in claim 1 in which said means is a film of pressure sensitive adhesive on at least one surface of said permanent magnet that bonds said permanent magnet to an interior surface of said first elongate ferrous member of channel shaped transverse cross section.

3. A staple removing and retrieving device as defined in claim 1 in which said means is pressure exerted by said first pair of claws to frictionally grip said permanent magnet therebetween.
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Inventors: Bertolet, Carol F. (Anaheim, CA, US)

Application Number: 502273
Filing Date: 1974-09-03
Publication_date: 1976-08-17
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 254/28
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3528643	Sep, 1970	Munson et al.	254/28.
3598367	Aug, 1971	Ghibely	254/28.
3630486	Dec, 1971	Foitle	254/28.
3761057	Sep, 1973	Nembhard et al.	254/28.
3766647	Oct, 1973	Steiner	30/6.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Smith, Al Lawrence
Assistant Examiner: Watson, Robert C.
Attorney: Babcock; W. C.