Patent ID: 7850054
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: B27F

Abstract:
1. A stapler comprising: a cutter unit including a fixed cutter member and a movable cutter member that is movable relative to the fixed cutter member to cut a tip portion of a staple leg projected from a back face side of a sheet; an opening portion formed at the cutter unit; a pair of chutes arranged on a lower face side of the cutter unit that connects to the opening portion, the pair of chutes being symmetrically formed in both sides directions relative to a center line of the stapler; a containing portion formed at a rear lower portion of the stapler to collect the tip portion of the staple leg being cut; and guide case portions, wherein the tip portion of the staple leg cut by the cutter unit is discharged to the lower face side of the cutter unit by way of the opening portion and is guided to both sides of the stapler by the chutes, and wherein the tip portion guided by the chutes is guided to the containing portion by way of the guide case portions, wherein the tip portion is discharged to the lower face side of the cutter unit by way of the opening portion, and wherein the guide case portions are formed at both side faces of the stapler.