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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Katsunori Manabe, Tokyo, JP;
Katsunori Manabe, Tokyo, JP;
MAX Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driver structure configured to drive a U-character shaped staple including a pair of leg portions configured to pass through a bundle of papers and a crown for connecting the leg portions, the driver structure including a blade edge disposed to be in contact with the staple, first projecting parts provided at opposite end portions of the blade edge and disposed to be in contact with a corner between the crown and each of the leg portions for pressing the leg portions perpendicularly when the pair of leg portions pass through the papers, and second projecting parts provided on the blade edge in vicinity of the first projecting parts and configured to hold the crown in vicinity of the pair of leg portions when the pair of leg portions pass through the bundle of papers, each of the second projecting parts having a corner portion to engage with the crown.