Tacker

A stapler capable of applying staples perpendicularly to interior portions of large flat areas, said stapler comprising a magazine, a quantity of staples mounted in said magazine so as to be individually ejected therefrom, means defining an ejection slot adjacent one end of the magazine, means to bias said staples within the magazine to said one end thereof, a striker movable within said ejection slot to eject said staples, spring means for biassing said striker to a staple ejecting position and an integral handle and pawl adapted to engage said striker and move said striker against said spring bias, said pawl being subsequently disengageable from the striker to release the striker, the arrangement being such that the handle and part of the magazine are spaced apart by such a distance to enable the handle and the magazine to be grasped by a single hand so that the user's fingers extend beneath the magazine, the handle, on operation of the device, moving towards the magazine and wherein said ejection slot extends downwardly, and guide means communicating with said ejection slot and extending downwardly from said magazine opposite said handle a distance equal to or greater than the thickness of a user's fingers extending about the lower surface of said magazine for guiding individual staples ejected from the magazine by the striker.