Patent ID: 7607648
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: B26F,B42B

Abstract:
1. A staple hole forming apparatus configured to facilitate binding a plurality of sheets with a staple having two legs, the staple hole forming apparatus comprising: a fold blade; a pair of pins extending from the fold blade and spaced from each other by a distance substantially equal to a distance between the two legs of the staple; and a pin receptor positioned opposite the pair of pins relative to a sheet path through the staple hole forming apparatus, the pin receptor being positioned to mate with at least one of the pair of pins; wherein one of the pair of pins and the pin receptor is configured to move towards and mate with the other of the pair of pins and the pin receptor causing the pair of pins to penetrate a sheet extending between the pair of pins and the pin receptor to form two holes in the sheet, and further wherein each of the two holes is configured to receive one of the two legs of the staple.