Stapler with variable staple english
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuya Sato
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Abstract
A staple apparatus of the present invention comprises a staple wire unit for storing a staple wire as a roll-like form which provides a staple with which a stack of sheet materials is bound, a feeding roller for feeding the staple wire which is stored in the storage section in accordance with a stacked amount of sheets, a cutting device for cutting the staple wire fed by the feeding roller to form a staple, a conveying clip for conveying the staple formed by the cutting device to a predetermined position, and a stapling apparatus bending the staple conveyed by a conveying clip to the predetermined position to staple the stacked sheet materials.
Claims21
A stapling apparatus comprising:
- a storage section for storing a staple wire as a roll-like form which provides a staple with which a stack of sheet materials is bound;
- feeding means for feeding the staple wire which is stored in the storage section in accordance with a stack amount of sheet materials;
- cutting means for cutting the staple wire fed by the feeding means to form a staple;
- conveying means for conveying the staple formed by the cutting means to a bending position;
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- stapling means for bending the staple conveyed by the conveying means to the bending position and stapling the stack of the sheet materials.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier for carrying an image;
- image forming means for forming an image on the image carrier;
- transferring means for transferring the image which is formed by the image forming means on the image carrier to a transfer medium;
- a discharging section for allowing the transfer medium with the image transferred by the transferring means thereto to be discharged;
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- a stapling apparatus provided on the discharging section and binding the transfer medium stacked on the discharging section by a staple, wherein
- the stapling apparatus comprises a storage section for storing a staple wire as a roll-like form which provides a staple, feeding means for feeding the staple wire which is stored in the storage section in accordance with a stack amount of transfer medium, cutting means for cutting the staple wire fed by the feeding means to form a staple, conveying means for conveying the staple formed by the cutting means to a bending position, and stapling means for bending the staple which is conveyed by the conveying means to the bending position and stapling the stacked transfer medium.
A stapling apparatus comprising:
- a storage section which stores a staple wire as a roll-like form which provides a staple with which a stack of sheet materials is bound;
- a feeding roller which feeds the staple wire which is stored in the storage section in accordance with a stack amount of sheet materials;
- a cutting device which cuts the staple wire fed by the feeding roller to form a staple;
- a conveying device which conveys the staple formed by the cutting device to a bending position;
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- a bending die unit which bends the staple conveyed by the conveying device to the bending position and staples the stack of the sheet materials.
A stapling method in a stapling apparatus comprising:
- feeding a staple wire which is stored as a roll-like form in a storage section in accordance with a stack amount of transfer medium;
- cutting the fed staple wire to form a staple;
- conveying the cut staple to a bending position;
- bending the staple which is conveyed to the bending position;
- and stapling a stack of transfer medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.