Patent ID: 8622273

Claim:
A stapler having: an anvil plate such that documents can be placed on the anvil plate; an anvil arm having a rear region and a front region carrying the anvil plate; a bearing block in the rear region of the anvil arm and having a transverse axis; a staple magazine able to be pivoted, in limited manner, on the bearing block about the transverse axis, the staple magazine having: a stop plate; a magazine front end; a bottom wall; a first side wall running from the magazine front end toward the bearing block; a second side wall running from the magazine front end toward the bearing block; a staple exit slot disposed at the magazine front end, having a slot front end, extending transversely through the bottom wall and between the first and second side walls, delimited via the stop plate towards the slot front end, and closed toward the first and second side walls; a first prong projecting from the bottom wall at the first side wall, disposed on a first side of the staple exit slot, tapered in a first direction toward the anvil arm, and forming a first guide element for staples exiting the staple exit slot; and a second prong projecting from the bottom wall at the second side wall, disposed on a second side of the staple exit slot, tapered in a second direction toward the anvil arm, and forming a second guide element for the staples exiting the staple exit slot; a driver for passing the staples through the staple exit slot; and a driver arm able to be pivoted, in limited manner, about the transverse axis, relative to the staple magazine and the anvil arm, and carrying the driver.