Patent ID: 8261957

Claim:
A paper-pressing table lock mechanism of a stapler comprising: a table link rotatably provided in a base; a paper-pressing table provided on the table link; a movable clincher provided on a leading end of the paper-pressing table; a fixing pin projecting on a side surface of the table link; a fixing plate linearly slidable with respect to the fixing pin and engagable with the fixing pin to lock the table link in a paper-pressing state; a driver that drives a staple to sheets of paper to be stapled pressed against the paper-pressing table; a clincher link that is rotatably provided in the base so as to press the movable clincher of the table link in the paper-pressing state from an opposite side of the driver and that clinches each leg of the staple penetrating the sheets of paper to be stapled; a clinch lever that presses the clincher link; and a pressure reducing mechanism that temporarily reduces the pressure by the clinch lever with respect to the clincher link; wherein the table link and the fixing plate are separate members, and the table link and the fixing plate are relatively movable to each other.