Patent ID: 8579173

Claim:
A stapler ( 1 ) by which a workpiece ( 11 ) is stapled together with a staple ( 5 ), which stapler comprises a stapling head ( 2 ) accommodating staples and a driver ( 6 ) and connected pivotably by a pivot pin ( 4 ) to a bottom part ( 3 ) which comprises a lower element ( 9 ) and an upper element ( 8 ) which are connected to one another in such a way that they can be moved towards and away from one another (P) and which in an initial state, the lower element and the upper element are held fixed in a locking position at a distance from one another by a locking device ( 17 ) that prevents the lower element and the upper element from moving towards one another, with forming means ( 14 , 15 ) arranged between the upper and lower elements, which forming means, when the staple has been fully driven into the workpiece at an insertion area ( 26 ) by the driver, bend the staple legs towards the workpiece as a result of the upper and lower elements moving towards one another when the locking device is released by an activating means ( 22 ), which is part of the locking device ( 17 ), being acted upon by an unlocking means ( 7 ) disposed on the stapling head, CHARACTERISED in that in a longitudinal direction (L) of the stapler the activating means ( 22 ) of the locking device ( 17 ) is situated at a greater distance from the pivot pin ( 4 ) than the insertion area ( 26 ) of the staple.