HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS (for shoemaking A43D)

Description

B25C encompasses hand-held and manually-operated tools designed for driving nails, staples, or similar fasteners into materials. This subclass covers both non-powered mechanical devices (such as claw hammers, nail guns operated by manual trigger mechanisms, and hand staplers) and portable power-driven variants used for fastening applications. The classification includes the tool mechanisms themselves, driving systems, and structural designs that facilitate repetitive or single fastening operations in construction, carpentry, and assembly work. Related fastening processes and the fasteners themselves are addressed in separate classifications.

7 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B25C 1/00 Hand-held nailing tools (hammers per se B25D; nailing machines B27F7/02); Nail feeding devices
B25C 11/00 Nail, spike, and staple extractors (incorporated in hammers B25D1/00)
B25C 13/00 Nail straightening devices
B25C 3/00 Portable devices for holding and guiding nails; Nail dispensers
B25C 5/00 Manually operated portable stapling tools; Hand-held power-operated stapling tools ( details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F5/00; stapling machines B27F7/17); Staple feeding devices therefor (staples F16B15/00)
B25C 7/00 Accessories for nailing or stapling tools, e.g. supports (for tools operated by detonation of a cartridge B25C1/18)
B25C 9/00 Nail punches

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B25, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

FANUC JP 3,700
ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,293
LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,871
HILTI LI 2,424
FANUC 2,406
KAWASAKI HEAVY IND JP 2,103
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,854
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION US 1,825
MAKITA CORPORATION JP 1,677
SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,513