Spring-wire clip applicator and method, and spring wire clips useful therewith

摘要

An applicator for applying, to a plurality of sheets, spring-wire clips made of bent spring-wire having first and second end sections joined together by an elastically-deformable wire juncture section. The applicator includes a holder for holding a plurality of the spring-wire clips to feed them sequentially to a sheet-clipping station, with the wire juncture section facing one side of the station; a driving member at one side of the sheet-clipping station for engaging the clip and for driving the clip towards another side of the sheet-clipping station; and at least one deflector located to engage at least one of the end sections of the clip driven by the driving member. The deflector deflects the engaged end section away from the other end section to receive the sheets at the other side of the sheet-clipping station to be clipped by the driven clip.