Clip applicator

Claim 1

IN A CLIP APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING CLIPS OF U-SHAPE HAVING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED APART PARALLEL SIDE ARMS AND AN INTERCONNECTING REAR EDGE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY PORTION, A CLIP RECEIVING GUIDEWAY IN SAID BODY PORTION DIMENSIONED TO HAVE A WIDTH CORRESPONDING TO THE WIDTH OF THE CLIPS FOR RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF CLIPS IN ALIGNED END TO END RELATIONSHIP IN A COLUMN, JAWS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID BODY PORTION AND POSITIONED IN ADVANCE OF THE GUIDEWAY, SEATS ON THE JAWS FOR RECEIVING THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE SIDE ARMS OF THE FOREMOST CLIP WHILE THE ADJACENT END PORTION OF THE GUIDEWAY SUPPORTS THE LATERAL EDGE PORTIONS OF THE CLIP ARMS, MEANS FOR DISPLACEMENT OF THE COLUMN OF CLIPS FORWARDLY TO POSITION THE FOREMOST CLIP IN POSITION OF USE BETWEEN THE JAWS COMPRISING A SLOT EXTENDING LENGTHWISE THROUGH SAID BODY PORTION IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE GUIDEWAY SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF AND DIMENSIONED TO HAVE A WIDTH LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE GUIDEWAY, AN ELONGATE PUSHER ROD DIMENSIONED SLIDABLY TO BE RECEIVED WITHIN SAID GUIDEWAY AND HAVING A PROJECTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND DIMENSIONED TO HAVE A WIDTH LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE SLOT TO EXTEND OUTWARDLY THROUGH THE SLOT TO BEYOND THE BODY PORTION, SAID PUSHER ROD BEING LOCATED IN THE GUIDEWAY REARWARDLY OF THE COLUMN OF CLIPS FOR ENGAGEMENT OF THE REARMOST CLIP OF THE COLUMN TO EFFECT FORWARD DISPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE COLUMN OF CLIPS RESPONSIVE TO MANUAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE PROJECTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY ON THE BODY PORTION.