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Apparatus for moving a stapler to a stapling position

US6164511A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1999
Grant dateDec 26, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2408/1222
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

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.

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