ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,670, issued on July 15, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Binding machine" was invented by Masatoshi Asai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binding machine includes: a magazine configured to hold a staple that has a first leg portion and a second leg portion and that is opened between the first leg portion and the second leg portion; a driver configured to push the staple held in the magazine in a forward direction with an opening portion facing forward and configured to move the first leg portion and the second leg portion in the forward direction of the magazine; and a displacement portion configured to bind an object to...