Patent ID: 7044350

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a stapler having a staple pusher; a cartridge attached to a storing section of said stapler, said cartridge including: a take-out opening; a guide groove part for guiding a staple toward said take-out opening; a spring for urging said staple in said cartridge toward said take-out opening; and an insertion hole formed on an upper portion of said take-out opening to allow said staple pusher to be inserted into said cartridge; and said staple being accommodated in said cartridge and having: a right shoulder part and a left shoulder part against which said staple pusher is to abut; leg parts extending substantially perpendicularly from said shoulder parts; and an arbitrarily-shaped pattern part located between said right shoulder part and said left shoulder part and being inclined with respect to said leg parts, a thickness of said pattern part being smaller than a width of each of said leg parts; wherein said guide groove part is shaped and arranged to guide lower ends of said leg parts toward said take-out opening.