Patent ID: 6681975
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: B27F

Abstract:
An electric stapler for binding a document, comprising:a clincher unit including a clincher driving mechanism and a clincher for bending legs of a staple; and a driver unit including a cartridge holder fixed to a frame of said electric stapler, a staple cartridge loading staples and mounted to said cartridge holder so as to freely slide up and down, a driver plate incorporated in said cartridge holder for ejecting the staple, a spring for urging said staple cartridge toward said clincher unit opposed thereto, wherein said clincher unit and said driver unit are separated from each other and arranged in a vertical direction, and a document is inserted and bound between said clincher unit and said driver unit, and a wherein said clincher driving mechanism and said clincher are arranged such that said clincher of said clincher unit slides said staple cartridge so that the staple in said staple cartridge are ejected by said driver plate in said cartridge holder.