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2. Swingline - Wikipedia

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   The Swingline 747 Rio Red The Swingline Commercial Desk Stapler A staple remover. Swingline was founded in 1925 in New York City by Jack Linsky. [2] At that time, it was known as the Parrot Speed Fastener Company and opened its first manufacturing facilities on Varick Street, and in Long Island City in 1931. [2]

3. Staple (fastener) - Wikipedia

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   Most kinds of staples are easier to produce than nails or screws. The crown of the staple can be used to bridge materials butted together. The crown can bridge a piece and fasten it without puncturing, with a leg on either side, e.g. fastening electrical cables to wood framing. The crown provides greater surface area than other comparable ...

4. Staple remover - Wikipedia

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   Staple remover. A staple remover (also known as a destapler) is a device that allows for the quick removal of a staple from a material without causing damage. The best-known form of staple remover, designed for light-gauge staples, consists of two opposing, pivot-mounted pairs of thin, steep wedges and a spring that returns the device to the open position after use.

5. Staple gun - Wikipedia

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   A manual staple gun An electric stapler. A staple gun or powered stapler is a hand-held machine used to drive heavy metal staples into wood, plastic, or masonry.Staple guns are used for many different applications and to affix a variety of materials, including insulation, house wrap, roofing, wiring, carpeting, upholstery, and hobby and craft materials.

6. Threaded insert - Wikipedia

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   TIME-SERT insert. A threaded insert, also known as a threaded bushing, is a fastener element that is inserted into an object to add a threaded hole. [1] They may be used to repair a stripped threaded hole, provide a durable threaded hole in a soft material, place a thread on a material too thin to accept it, mold or cast threads into a work piece thereby eliminating a machining operation, or ...

7. Stapler - Wikipedia

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   A stapler is a mechanical device that joins pages of paper or similar material by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and folding the ends. Staplers are widely used in government, business, offices, workplaces, homes, and schools. [1] The word "stapler" can actually refer to a number of different devices of varying uses.

8. Self-tapping screw - Wikipedia

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   Self-tapping screws can be divided into two classes: [3] those that displace material (especially plastic and thin metal sheets) without removing it, known as "thread-forming" self-tapping screws, and self-tappers with sharp cutting surfaces that remove the material as they are inserted, termed "thread-cutting" self-tapping screws.

9. Speed nut - Wikipedia

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   Most types are designed for either machine screws or sheet metal screws. Some nuts do not attach to the workpiece. Some nuts do not attach to the workpiece. These are usually shaped as either a rectangle, a flange nut , or a hex nut ; the rectangular speed nut is also known as a flat-style speed nut.