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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2003
Kazuo Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Max Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an electric stapler which is attachably and detachably provided with a staple cartridgeattached and detached to and from a magazine portion of a stapler main bodyand in which in the staple cartridge, sheet-like staples a each constituted by connecting a number of staples in a straight form in a sheet-like shape are contained in a cartridge main bodyin a stacked shape, and the sheet-like staples a are successively guided out to outside of an opening portion of a lower end portion of a front wall of the cartridge main bodyfrom the sheet-like staple a at a lower end portion, an engaging plateengaged with the sheet-like staple a at a topmost portion is arranged at an upper portion of the cartridge main body, an inner side or an outer side of the cartridge main bodyis provided with position detecting mechanismfor detecting a position of the engaging plate, and a remaining amount of the sheet-like staples a is detected based on detection of the position by the position detecting mechanism