Patent ID: 8002161
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A stapler comprising: a base; a magazine part configured to store a staple and rotatably supported by a rear end portion of the base; a handle part comprising a driver configured to strike the staple accommodated in the magazine part toward sheets of paper, the handle part being rotatably supported by the rear end portion of the base; and a clincher part comprising a clincher groove configured to fold legs of the staple which has been struck by the driver and has penetrated through the sheets of paper, the clincher part being provided on a front portion of the base, wherein a width of the clincher groove in a front and rear direction is larger than a width of a side face of the staple, wherein the clincher groove is defined by a front upright wall, a back upright wall, and a bottom face extending from the front upright wall to the back upright wall, the bottom face comprising first and second flat face sections, the first flat face section extending from the front upright wall and transitioning into the second flat face section, and the second flat face section extending to the back upright wall, the second flat face section is substantially perpendicular to a direction in which the staple is struck, and the first flat face section is inclined such that a front side of the first flat face section is higher than the rear side of the first flat face section.