Patent ID: 7234622

Claim:
A box-shaped cartridge for a stapler, that contains a plurality of sheet-shaped staple connecting bodies in which a plurality of linear staples are continuously connected to each other, and is composed of one piece of sheet-shaped member having a thickness smaller than the height of a protrusion provided in a magazine portion of the stapler, the box-shaped cartridge comprising: a plurality of first cutouts provided in the cartridge overlapping a bottom surface and a side surface distributed along opposing side surfaces for engaging with the protrusion in the magazine portion, wherein the protrusion lifts up the sheet-shaped staple connecting bodies in the cartridge when the cartridge is accommodated in the magazine portion; a pair of second cutouts equivalently formed in a front surface and a rear surface of the cartridge adjacent to the bottom surface, for passing therethrough at least one sheet of the sheet-shaped staple connecting bodies lifted up by the protrusion; a hole formed in a top surface roof portion of the cartridge for freely passing therethrough a pressing member of the stapler; and a pair of third cutouts located adjacent to the pair of second cutouts, wherein a feeding mechanism of the stapler is engaged with one of the sheet-stapled staple connecting bodies through at least one of the third cutouts so as to feed the one of the sheet-stapled staple connecting bodies.