Patent ID: 7066370

Claim:
A cassette for a stapler stored with a multiplicity of juxtaposed staples each having a pair of opposed needle legs, comprising: a cassette body formed slender with a channel-shaped cross section and having a staple guide slit opened in the upper face thereof, through which the blade for extruding staples stored on the upper face of the leading end portion is moved up and down; a staple holder fitted in the channel-shaped open face of said cassette body and including a staple extrusion groove opened below said staple guide slit of the cassette body and at a position to confront the staple guide slit, and a pair of guide walls erected for supporting said needle legs; a feeder pushing said staples on said guide walls toward the staple extrusion groove of said staple holder; a spring for urging said feeder toward the staple extrusion groove of said staple holder; and a guide rod for guiding the movement of said feeder, characterized in that said staples on said guide walls, while being pushed by said feeder, are extruded from said staple extrusion groove by the up-and-down movements of the blade.