A punching mechanism for sheet materials comprising a base including a first side;
- at least one frame disposed on said first side of said base and including an access formed in a middle portion thereof and a pair of wall members extended forward therefrom;
- a lever having a first end pivotally coupled between said wall members and including a second end;
- a biasing means for biasing said second end of said lever upwards;
- a block slidably disposed between said wall members of said frame and including an upper end;
- at least one link including a lower end pivotally coupled to said upper end of said block and including an upper end pivotally coupled to said lever to cause upward and downward movements of said lever, said block including a recess and a cavity formed therein and in communication with each other, said recess of said block being in communication with said access of said frame when said block moves upwards, and each of said wall members including at least one hole formed therein;
- two plates each disposed between said block and a respective wall member and including at least one protrusion formed on an outer surface thereof for engagement with said hole of said wall members to retain said plates in place, and each of said plates including a rib extended inwards from a front portion thereof for engagement with said block to prevent said block from moving outward of said wall members;
- a rod for punching said sheet materials, said rod having an upper end engaged in said cavity of said block and including a bore longitudinally formed therein and in communication with said recess of said block;
- a a cover engaged on a rear portion of said frame to define a space with said frame, said cover including two hooks formed on a bottom thereof, said base including two depressions formed therein for engagement with said hooks of said cover to provide for coupling said cover to said base, said cover including a mouth formed in a rear and lower portion thereof, and a cap provided for enclosing said mouth to permit removal of residual of said sheet materials when punched by said rod;
- a support including a first end fixed to said block so that said support moves in concert with said block and including at least one extension laterally formed on a second end thereof, said extension having an orifice formed therein;
- a post carried by said extension parallel to and spaced from said rod and having an upper end portion slidably extended through said orifice of said extension, said post including a foot fixed on a bottom thereof;
- a spring engaged on said post to create a bias between said support and said foot to bias said post downwards to press against said sheet materials on the base before said rods punch said sheet materials;
- a pair of parallel racks each including an outer end extendible oppositely outward beyond said base and including an inner end located within said base;
- and a gear rotatably disposed in said base and engaged with said racks simultaneously so that said racks are caused to move outwards and inwards of said base simultaneously, whereby when said rod is pressed downward by said lever to punch holes in said sheet materials, residual of said sheet materials punched by said rod moves upward through said bore of said rod and said recess of said block and said access of said frame and into said space and is collected within said space.