Patent ID: 7992755

Claim:
A staple feeding mechanism in a stapler, the staple feeding mechanism comprising: a driving mechanism for reciprocating at least one of a driver unit and a clincher unit from a home position before a binding operation to the same home position through a clinch completing position where clinching legs of a staple, said driver unit forming a pair of legs for each bar-like staples and driving a formed C-shaped staple by a driver, said clincher unit being opposite to said driver and including a clincher bending the legs of the staple, thereby binding sheets; a staple feeding member arranged in said driver unit or said clincher unit moving for a stapler body, and the staple feeding member including a feeding piece feeding said staples toward a driving path of a staple cartridge; a guide member arranged in said driver unit or said clincher unit, and guiding a feeding operation of said staple feeding member; and a fulcrum member arranged in said stapler body in a positioned state, and causing said staple feeding member to make the feeding operation in a positional relationship therewith as said driver unit or said clincher unit moves, wherein at said home position, said feeding piece is retracted from said staple cartridge by said fulcrum member and said guide member, and wherein before said driver unit or said clincher unit drives out the C-shaped staple, said staple feeding member completes the feeding operation of said staple.