Title:
STAPLER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1999/047312
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A stapler capable of ascertaining from the outside the remaining quantity of a set of staples already held in a case and the length of the staples. The side walls (10B, 10C) of the case (10) of the stapler are provided with rows of openings comprising a plurality of through holes (15) and arranged along side portions of a guide rail (20) in the case (10). When a mark (47) is provided on a feed slide (43), the position of the feed slide (43) can be ascertained easily, and the remaining quantity of a set of staples (30) is judged from the position of the feed slide (43). Out of these through holes (15), the holes above a staple discharge portion (10D) are formed as vertically elongated through holes (15A) so as to enable the length of the staples (30) to be ascertained.
Inventors:
NAGAI MIKIO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1998/001162
Publication Date:
September 23, 1999
Filing Date:
March 18, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NAGAI WORKS CO LTD (JP)
NAGAI MIKIO (JP)
NAGAI MIKIO (JP)
International Classes:
B25C5/02; B25C5/16; (IPC1-7): B25C5/16
Foreign References:
| JPS3729009Y1 | 1962-10-27 | |||
| JPS6357082U | 1988-04-16 | |||
| JPS62172573U | 1987-11-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Goto, Masaki (3-1 Kasumigaseki 3-chom, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, JP)
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