Patent ID: 8348117
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A stapler for dispensing staples from a staple rack having a front-most staple and staples behind the front-most staple, the stapler comprising: a body including a track chamber open at a bottom thereof; a track to guide staples disposed within the body; a handle movably attached to the body; a striker linked to the handle transmitting a force to move staples out from the body; wherein the staple rack is positioned on the track such that the front-most staple is cantilevered from a front end of the track and glued to a second staple, and the second staple is supported on the track behind the front-most staple, the front-most staple being positioned below the striker in a striker highest position; wherein the track includes a channel form normally extending within the track chamber along a length thereof, the track supports staples on top of the track behind the front-most staple from inside the rack, the channel form of the track being narrower than the staple rack; wherein the track channel is narrower than the track chamber wherein a gap extends along the track length between an exterior of the channel and an interior of the track chamber, the gap extending vertically from a top of the track chamber to a bottom of the track chamber; wherein the track includes an open position with the track channel moved to extend out from the track chamber; wherein a tab extends outward from the channel at a bottom front of the track across the gap, the tab including a terminal rear edge at a front of the track; and wherein the second staple being substantially unsupported by the top of the track on at least one side of the staple against the force transmitted from the striker on the cantilevered front-most staple, the second staple being supported by an element of the track from below a leg of the second staple.