Patent ID: 6494356
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
A stapler comprising:a base part having a front area and a rear area, and including an anvil in its front area and a mounting block in its rear area; a staple magazine connected fixed against sliding with the base part, comprising a slide guide and including a head part and a rear part, wherein the rear part is mounted on said mounting block limitedly pivotable about a transverse pivot axis; a staple pusher guided slideably in the slide guide of the staple magazine and spring-biased via spring means towards the head part; a cap part limitedly pivotable relative to the base part and relative to the staple magazine about said axis transverse with respect to the staple magazine, the cap part including a magazine cover, the cap part carrying a staple driver having a stroke extending into the head part of the staple magazine; and a locking mechanism for releaseably fixing the cap part in the operating position to the staple magazine against sliding, wherein the cap part including magazine cover, taking along said staple pusher, is slideable relative to the staple magazine and the base part along said slide guide between an operating position and a loading position.