Patent ID: 6942136
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A staple apparatus to staple stacks of paper of different thickness for a stapler having a base with a cavity and a staple opening, a mounting bracket attached to the base, a stapling mechanism with a staple driver guide and a lever with a proximal end and a distal end pivotally mounted on the mounting bracket and the apparatus comprising: an inner base having a top and adapted to be mounted in the cavity in the base; a sliding bracket mounted slidably on the top of the inner base; a cutting anvil mounted on the top of the inner base, adapted to be located below the stapling opening and having a top and two opposite side cutting edges; a cutter mounted on the top of the inner base and the cutter comprising a cutter actuator adapted to be mounted on the distal end of the lever; wherein the bottom protrusions of the bending templates are respectively moved by the articulated arms to shear excess length off the pointed legs of the staple by the side cutting edges as the articulated arms approach each other, and the top protrusions of the bending templates bend respectively the uncut pointed legs of the staple.