PLASTIC FASTENER DISPENSING HAND TOOL HAVING AN ANVIL

摘要

A hand tool (1) for dispensing plastic fasteners. The hand tool has a gun shaped casing (10) with a barrel portion (15) and a handle portion (20). The casing has a needle assembly opening (16) at the front of the barrel portion and a trigger slot (21) at the front of the handle portion. The hand tool further has a hollow needle (75) disposed on one end of a needle assembly (105). The needle assembly is slidably movable back and forth between a retracted position disposed substantially within the casing and an extend position disposed substantially out of the casing through the needle assembly opening. The hand tool further has a trigger (40) that is pivotally mounted within the casing that extends out from the trigger slot. The trigger is capable of moving the needle assembly between the retracted and extended positions. The hand tool further has an anvil (45). The anvil has a needle guard (50), a main portion (55), and a fabric slot (52). The fabric slot separates the needle guard from the main portion.