ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,103, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc. (Cincinnati).
"Automatic staple loading station" was invented by Eddy Alfred Herre van der Goot (Harderwijk, Netherlands), Tim Reinard Anne Lansing (Almere, Netherlands) and Max van der Puij (Harderwijk, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic fastener driving tool with an automatic side-loading magazine can be automatically loaded with fasteners via a high-capacity automatic loading station. The tool and the magazine are moved proximal to the loading station. The magazine door is automatically opened, and the loading station pushes fasteners ...