Apparatus for moving a stapler to a stapling position

Abstract

The present invention provides an apparatus capable of selectively stapling one of opposite corners of the sheets, as well as a side of the sheets. And, the apparatus for moving a stapler to a stapling position comprises a track board having a guide slot, wherein the guide slot includes a longitudinal portion parallel to a side of the sheets and a plurality of slant portions slanted toward the corners of the sheets at ends of the longitudinal portion; a carrying means for fixing the stapler to upper portion thereof, the carrying means being moved along the guide slot and having a plurality of protrusions passing through the guide slot; a guide bar being disposed under the track board in parallel to the longitudinal portion, the guide bar being longer than the longitudinal portion; a driving means for providing a driving force; and a moving means, joined to the driving means, being moved along the guide bar by the driving force, the moving means having a plurality of circular arc-shaped openings for confining the protrusions moving along the longitudinal portion and providing a rotation passage of the protrusions at ends of the longitudinal portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.