Patent ID: 7178709

Claim:
A stapling device for dispensing staples, comprising: a handle pivotably attached to a housing body; a striker slidably disposed in the body proximate to a front end thereof; a track disposed beneath the striker within the body for holding the staples, wherein the striker is biased to move toward the track to impact the staples; a lever having a front end, a back end, a pivot axis therebetween, wherein the pivot axis pivotably engages the body, the handle selectively engages the lever, and the lever front end selectively lifts the striker against the striker bias; a re-set spring including a coiled torsion spring having a first arm and a second arm, the re-set spring urging the lever back end away from the track and lowering the lever front end to re-engage the striker; wherein the re-set spring pivotably engages the body at a first end of the first arm, and the re-set spring presses the lever at a second end of the second arm; and the first arm includes a bent segment that extends into a hole of the body, the hole being larger in diameter than a wire diameter of the re-set spring and defining a pivot axis for the first spring arm, wherein the bent segment has at its distal end a further bent portion, and the bent portion presses into a wall of the hole.