Patent ID: 7946462
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: B27F

Abstract:
1. An electric stapler comprising: a base frame; a driver unit attached to the base frame so as to be vertically reversed from a regular posture to a vertically reversed posture that is 180° from the regular posture; a lock mechanism that locks the driver unit in the regular posture and the vertically reversed posture; a detection switch that is turned ON when the driver unit is positioned in the regular posture and turned OFF when the driver unit is positioned in any position other than the regular posture; and a fixation releasing handle provided on the driver unit, wherein the lock mechanism is disengaged and the driver unit rotates by pulling up the fixation releasing handle in both the regular posture and the vertically reversed posture, wherein the electric stapler is operable when the driver unit is in the regular posture and is inoperable when the driver unit is in any posture other than the regular posture, based on a state of the detection switch, wherein the driver unit includes a main frame, a slide frame, and a lever, wherein the main frame, the slide frame, and the lever integrally rotate with the driver unit with respect to the base frame.