Patent ID: 8157143

Claim:
A stitching device for producing stitching wire staples for stitching stacked sheet materials, the stitching device comprising: a stitching head base body; a cutting box fixed to said stitching head base body, said cutting box including a movable knife slide; a control device for controlling movement sequences of the stitching device, for automatically cutting off the stitching wire; said stitching head base body, said cutting box and said knife slide cooperating to permit said movable knife slide to be displaced relative to said stitching base body for cutting off the stitching wire; and an operating device being separate from and detachable from said stitching head base body, said cutting box and said knife slide, said operating device having a handle and a lever to be inserted through at least partly aligned openings formed in said cutting box and said knife slide to permit the stitching wire to be cut off manually.