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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1986
Yoshiyuki Ebihara, Tokyo, JP;
Etona Company, Limited, , JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a stapler comprising a base formed with an anvil at its forward end, a frame containing a set of staples and forwardly biasing the set of staples to position the forwardmost one of the staples at a location coincident with a staple driving aperture formed in the frame at its forward end, and a handle pivotally mounted on the frame on the opposite side to the base, the handle including an actuating member formed thereon at its forward end and which extends downwardly from the handle, the actuating member adapted to move through the staple driving aperture in the frame and to drive the forwardmost staple from the frame toward the anvil on the base when the handle is pivoted toward the frame, at least the handle being injection molded integrally with the actuating member from a plastic material, the actuating member including a body having a plate-shaped cross-section and thick-walled reinforcing portion extending along the length of the body of the actuating member.