Process for manufacturing roll staple with wire strip

Abstract

A roll staple manufacturing process enabling production of a high yield of staples at an effectively reduced manufacturing cost including the steps of providing a wire strip consisting of multiple wires arranged side-by-side; holding the wire strip in place with a holding unit; cutting the wire strip with a staple forming module to provide multiple staple banks; using a push module to push the staple banks from the holding unit to a guide rail set; applying an adhesive element to the staple banks while the same are continuously moved forward by the guide rail set; using a counting element to count the wires of the staple banks passing therethrough, and cutting the staple banks with a cutting element when the number of the wires passed through the counting element reaches a preset value, so as to provide a staple strip; and winding the staple strip on a winding element to form a roll staple.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A process for manufacturing a roll staple with a wire strip, comprising the following steps:
 providing a wire strip consisting of a plurality of wires arranged side by side;   holding the wire strip in place with a holding unit;   cutting the wire strip with a staple forming module to provide a plurality of straight-staple banks;   pushing the straight-staple banks with a push module, so that the straight-staple banks are sequentially moved from the holding unit to a guide rail set to be supported thereon and closely arranged side by side;   applying an adhesive element to one surface of the straight-staple banks while the straight-staple banks are supported on and continuously moved forward by the guide rail set, such that the straight-staple banks are bound to one another by the adhesive element;   causing the straight-staple banks that have been bound together by the adhesive element to pass through a counting element, which counts the wires of the straight-staple banks passing through the counting element; and then cutting the straight-staple banks with a cutting element each time the number of the wires passed through the counting element reaches a preset value, such that a section of the closely arranged straight-staple banks that contains the preset number of wires is separated from the rest of the straight-staple banks to form a straight-staple strip; and   finally, winding the straight-staple strip on a winding element to provide a roll staple.   
     
     
         2 . The roll staple manufacturing process as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding unit is configured for holding an end of the wire strip in place. 
     
     
         3 . The roll staple manufacturing process as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, in the step of cutting the wire strip with the staple forming module to provide a plurality of straight-staple banks, the staple forming module also forms pointed staple ends on at least one of two cut ends of the respective wires in the wire strip; and the straight-staple banks so provided are identical in length to contain a plurality of cut-size wires that respectively form a straight staple. 
     
     
         4 . The roll staple manufacturing process as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive element is a segment of adhesive tape which is heated and bonded to the straight-staple banks. 
     
     
         5 . A process for manufacturing a roll staple with a wire strip, comprising the following steps:
 providing a wire strip consisting of a plurality of wires arranged side by side;   holding the wire strip in place with a holding unit;   cutting the wire strip with a staple forming module to provide a plurality of bent-staple banks;   pushing the bent-staple banks with a push module, so that the bent-staple banks are sequentially moved from the holding unit to a guide rail set to be supported thereon and closely arranged side by side;   applying an adhesive element to one surface of the bent-staple banks while the bent-staple banks are supported on and continuously moved forward by the guide rail set, such that the bent-staple banks are bound to one another by the adhesive element;   causing the bent-staple banks that have been bound together by the adhesive element to pass through a counting element, which counts the wires of the bent-staple banks passing through the counting element; and then cutting the bent-staple banks with a cutting element each time the number of the wires passed through the counting element reaches a preset value, such that a section of the closely arranged bent-staple banks that contains the preset number of wires is separated from the rest of the bent-staple banks to form a bent-staple strip; and   finally, winding the bent-staple strip on a winding element to provide a roll staple.   
     
     
         6 . The roll staple manufacturing process as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the holding unit is configured for holding a partial area of the wire strip in place, such that the wire strip has two end portions located outside the holding unit. 
     
     
         7 . The roll staple manufacturing process as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein, in the step of cutting the wire strip with the staple forming module to provide a plurality of bent-staple banks, the staple forming module also punches the wire strip to form pointed staple ends on at least one of two cut ends of the respective wires in the wire strip; and the bent-staple banks so provided are identical in shape and size to contain a plurality of cut-size wires that respectively form a bent staple. 
     
     
         8 . The roll staple manufacturing process as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive element is a segment of adhesive tape which is heated and bonded to the bent-staple banks.