Electric stapler

An electric stapler comprising:

• a stapler body having a driving-out portion;
• a driver attached to said stapler body, for driving a staple from said driving-out portion while reciprocating;
• a table mounted in said stapler body, said table reciprocating in conjunction with a driving mechanism by which said driver is reciprocated, sheets of paper to be fastened together being held between said table and said driving-out portion when said table reciprocates;
• clinchers mounted on said table, for clinching ends of the staple which has been driven into the sheets by said driver and has passed through the sheets;
• first detecting means for detecting that said table is in a home position;
• and
• second detecting means for detecting when said table has returned to a position where the sheets are released from being held therebetween;
• wherein after the sheets are held between said table and said driving-out portion, the staple is driven thereinto by said driver and then said clinchers are actuated.