Combination hole punch and stapler

In an organizing device for travel, office, school and the home, comprising a hole punch having a first rocking lever and at least two punches, a stapler integrated into said hole punch for stapling together documents being processed by means of an initially U-shaped staple of conventional design and having a magazine for accommodating a plurality of said initially U-shaped staples and including stop means for said plurality of initially U-shaped staples, spring means for pressing the plurality of initially U-shaped staples against said stop means in said magazine, a substantially flat insertion plunger for inserting a staple of said plurality of initially U-shaped staples and bearing against the stop means into the documents being processed and a second rocking lever operatively connected with said substantially flat insertion plunger, a base pivotably connected to said first and second rocking levers and having a forming anvil for closing the legs of said staple upon a rear side of the documents being processed and at least two bores defining female die members for said punches of said hole punch, the improvement which comprises:

• said magazine having a longitudinal axis and a head defining said stop means;
• said spring means being mounted transversely to said longitudinal axis of said magazine for feeding said plurality of initially U-shaped staples sequentially arrayed in said magazine toward said head;
• anchor pins mounted laterally of said magazine;
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• a spiral spring defining said spring means being loadable in tension and engaging at said anchor pins for advancing said plurality of initially U-shaped staples toward said head defining said stop means in said magazine.

In an organizing device for travel, office, school and the home, comprising a hole punch having a first rocking lever and at least two punches, a stapler integrated into said hole punch for stapling together documents being processed by means of an initially U-shaped staple and having a magazine for accommodating a plurality of said initially U-shaped staples and including stop means for said plurality of initially U-shaped staples, spring means for pressing said plurality of initially U-shaped staples against said stop means in said magazine, a substantially flat insertion plunger for inserting a staple of said plurality of initially U-shaped staples and bearing against the stop means into the documents being processed and a second rocking lever operatively connected with said substantially flat insertion plunger, a base pivotably connected to said first and second rocking levers and having a forming anvil for closing the legs of said staple upon a rear side of the documents being processed and at least two bores defining female die members for said punches of said hole punch, the improvement which comprises:

• said magazine having a longitudinal axis and a head defining said stop means;
• spring means mounted transversely to said longitudinal axis of said magazine for feeding said plurality of initially U-shaped staples sequentially arrayed in said magazine toward said head;
• said substantially flat insertion plunger comprising a spring steel component;
• an upper component defined by said spring steel component being longitudinally translatably guided upon said second rocking lever;
• said substantially flat insertion plunger having a rear leg defined by said spring steel component;
• said substantially flat insertion plunger having a bent end defined by said spring steel component;
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• said upper component and said rear leg and said bent end of said substantially flat insertion plunger defined by said spring steel component being constructed as spring elements for retaining said second rocking lever and said substantially flat insertion plunger in a raised position.

In an organizing device for travel, office, school and the home, comprising a hole punch having a first rocking lever and at least two punches, a stapler integrated into said hole punch for stapling together documents being processed by means of an initially U-shaped staple and having a magazine for accommodating a plurality of said initially U-shaped staples and including stop means for said plurality of initially U-shaped staples, spring means for pressing said plurality of initially U-shaped staples against said stop means in said magazine, a substantially flat insertion plunger for inserting a staple of said plurality of initially U-shaped staples and bearing against the stop means into the documents being processed and a second rocking lever operatively connected with said substantially flat insertion plunger, a base pivotably connected to said first and second rocking levers and having a forming anvil for closing the legs of said staple upon a rear side of the documents being processed and at least two bores defining female die members for said punches of said hole punch, the improvement which comprises:

• said magazine having a longitudinal axis and a head defining said stop means;
• spring means mounted transversely to said longitudinal axis of said magazine for feeding said plurality of initially U-shaped staples sequentially arrayed in said magazine toward said head;
• said base being provided with an insertion aperture;
• an arresting spring having a rearward end bent up in ramp-like fashion and an arresting aperture;
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• said magazine being constructed as a cassette which is insertable into said insertion aperture in said base and comprising said arresting spring.

In an organizing device for travel, office, school and the home, comprising a hold punch having a first rocking lever and at least two punches, a stapler integrated into said hole punch for stapling together documents being processed by means of an initially U-shaped staple and having a magazine for accommodating a plurality of said initially U-shaped staples and including stop means for said plurality of initially U-shaped staples, spring means for pressing said plurality of initially U-shaped staples against said stop means in said magazine, a substantially flat insertion plunger for inserting a staple of said plurality of initially U-shaped staples and bearing against the stop means into the documents being processed and a second rocking lever operatively connected with said substantially flat insertion plunger, a base pivotably connected to said first and second rocking levers and having a forming anvil for closing the legs of said staple upon a rear side of the documents being processed and at least two bores defining female die members for said punches of said hole punch, the improvement which comprises:

• said magazine having a longitudinal axis and a head defining said stop means;
• spring means mounted transversely to said longitudinal axis of said magazine for feeding said plurality of initially U-shaped staples sequentially arrayed in said magazine toward said head;
• said magazine of said stapler being arranged in a base portion rigidly connected to said base and forming conjointly with said base a slot for accommodating documents;
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• said substantially flat insertion plunger being translatably mounted transversely to an insertion direction of said plurality of initially U-shaped staples for precisely vertically guiding said substantially flat insertion plunger during the insertion of each said staple of said plurality of initially U-shaped staples into the documents.