Stapler
AssigneeMax Co., Ltd.
InventorShinpei Sugihara
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Abstract
A stapler is provided with a driver support part which supports an actuating mechanism of a driver; a clincher support part which is arranged apart from the driver support part in an up/down direction and to which a clincher is fixed; a positioning member provided in a vicinity of one of the clincher support part and the driver support part; a first positioning element provided on the positioning member; and a second positioning element provided on the one of the clincher support part and the driver support part. The driver support part and the clincher support part are simultaneously movable in a right/left direction by substantially the same amount. In cooperation with a clamping operation, the first positioning element and the second positioning element engage with each other.
Claims8
A stapler comprising:
- a driver support part that supports an actuating mechanism of a driver for driving a staple toward sheets of paper;
- a clincher support part that is arranged apart from the driver support part in an up/down direction, and to which a clincher for clinching the driven staple is fixed;
- a positioning member provided in a vicinity of the clincher support part;
- a first positioning element provided on the positioning member;
- and
- a second positioning element provided on the clincher support part,
- wherein the driver support part and the clincher support part are configured to be simultaneously movable in a right/left direction by substantially the same amount;
- wherein the driver is configured to carry out a stapling operation, after a clamping operation of clamping the sheets of paper between the driver support part and the clincher support part;
- wherein the first positioning element and the second positioning element are configured to engage with each other in cooperation with the clamping operation;
- wherein the positioning member is movable toward the clincher support part;
- and
- wherein the positioning member is configured to move toward the clincher support part in cooperation with the clamping operation, thereby to engage the first positioning element and the second positioning element with each other.
A stapler comprising:
- a driver support part that supports an actuating mechanism of a driver for driving a staple toward sheets of paper;
- a clincher support part that is arranged apart from the driver support part in an up/down direction, and to which a clincher for clinching the driven staple is fixed;
- a positioning member provided in a vicinity of one of the clincher support part and the driver support part;
- a first positioning element provided on the positioning member;
- and
- a second positioning element provided on said one of the clincher support part and the driver support part,
- wherein the driver support part and the clincher support part are configured to be simultaneously movable in a right/left direction by substantially the same amount when the first positioning element and the second positioning element are disengaged from each other;
- wherein the driver is configured to carry out a stapling operation, after a clamping operation of clamping the sheets of paper between the driver support part and the clincher support part;
- and
- wherein the first positioning element and the second positioning element are configured and wherein the positioning member is movable toward the clincher support part in cooperation with the clamping operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.