Patent ID: 7559448

Claim:
A stapler comprising: a cartridge, wherein connected staples constituted by aligning and connecting a number of staple members in a straight shape are charged in the cartridge; a striking portion formed with a striking path at a front end portion thereof; a magazine, wherein the cartridge is mounted in the magazine; a staple supply mechanism formed in the magazine for supplying the connected staples of the cartridge to the striking portion; a forming plate that forms the staple member supplied to the striking portion in a C-shape; a driver plate slidable in the striking path; a clincher mechanism that folds and bends a leg of the staple member penetrated through sheets to be bound along a back face of the sheets to be bound; a movable anvil capable of advancing into the striking path; a staple guide that guides the connected staples to the striking portion; and a fixed anvil formed at a front end portion of the staple guide, wherein the fixed anvil protrudes into a plane in which the forming plate moves up and down, wherein the forming plate is capable of forming the staple member which is arranged above a portion of the movable anvil advanced into the striking path and the staple member which is successive to the staple member above the fixed anvil simultaneously in the C-shape; and the driver plate strikes out the formed staple in the striking path from the striking path after the forming plate is operated.