Patent ID: 7140526

Claim:
A stapler comprising a base frame having a paper receiving front end portion with a staple receiving board, and a non-paper receiving rear end portion, a support element erected from the non-paper receiving rear end portion of said base frame, an operation frame having a front part extending toward the front end portion of the base frame and a rear part extending toward the non-paper receiving rear end portion of the base frame, said operation frame further including an upper part extending upwardly away from said base frame, said operation frame being pivotally attached at the rear part directly or indirectly to said support element through a main shaft, a staple magazine movable with the operation frame, a staple pressure lower plate disposed at the front part of said operation frame for upward and downward movement relative to said staple magazine, and said staple pressure lower plate being raisable and lowerable in said staple magazine to drive staples stored in the staple magazine, one by one, between said operation frame and said base frame in accordance with rotation of said operation frame about said main shaft so that sheets of paper disposed between said staple magazine and the staple receiving board are stapled on the staple receiving board, said stapler further comprising a handle frame disposed at the upper part of said operation frame, the handle frame having a front end part extending away from the rear end portion of said base frame, and a rear end part extending toward the rear end portion of said base frame and being pivotally attached to said support element such that said rear end part is located above said main shaft, and an intermediate element having opposite ends, one end being pivotally fastened to said handle frame between the front end part and the rear end part of the handle frame, and offset from the main shaft, and the opposite end of the intermediate element being pivotally fastened to said operation frame in offset relationship from one end of the intermediate element and the mainshaft such that a downward force on the handle frame is transmitted through the intermediate element to the operation frame.