JPH11188658A - Stapler - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stapler which can facilitate removal of a handle cover and an arm cover. SOLUTION: This stapler is provided with a magazine 11 storing staples, a metallic handle 20 which is pivoted at the rear end of the magazine 11 and involves a driver 21 for driving the staple, at its front end part, a metallic clincher arm 40 which is pivoted at the rear end of the magazine 11 and involves a clinch part 44 for clinching the driven staple, at its front end part, a resin handle cover 25 fitted at the handle 20, and a resin arm cover 50 fitted at the clincher arm 40, and the handle cover 25 and the arm cover 50 are fitted detachably at the handle 20 and the clincher arm 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magazine for storing staples formed in a U-shape, a metal handle pivotally supported at the rear end of the magazine and provided with a driver, and a punch-out by the driver. The present invention relates to a stapler including a metal clincher arm for clinching a staple, a resin handle cover attached to the handle, and a resin arm cover attached to the clincher arm.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A stapler shown in FIG. 15 is conventionally known. In FIG. 15, reference numeral 1 denotes a metal magazine for storing staples (not shown) formed in a U-shape, and a metal handle 2 is pivotally attached to the rear of the magazine 1. A driver 3 for punching staples stored in the magazine 1 is attached to the tip of the handle 2. The handle 2 is fitted in a resin-made handle cover 4 and is covered with the handle cover 4.

In FIG. 13, reference numeral 5 denotes a metal clincher arm pivotally attached to a rear portion of the magazine 1. A clincher portion 5A for clinching a staple punched out by a driver 3 is formed at the tip of the clincher arm 5. Have been. An arm cover 6 made of resin is attached to the clincher arm 5.

[0004]

By the way, in such a stapler, the handle 2 is provided inside the handle cover 4.
However, the handle cover 4 could not be removed from the handle 2 unless a tool was used because there was no portion to catch a finger. Further, since the arm cover 6 is attached to the clincher arm 5 by caulking the projection 6A, the arm cover 6 cannot be removed from the clincher arm 5.

Therefore, when disposing of the staples, the staples must be discarded with the resin covers 4 and 6 attached, and the staples cannot be separated and discarded into resin parts and metal parts. was there.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a stapler in which a handle cover and an arm cover can be easily removed.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a staple formed in a U-shape is accommodated and a staple at which a staple is punched is provided at a tip end. A magazine, a metal handle pivotally supported at the rear end of the magazine and having a driver at a tip end for driving staples from the punching portion, and a metal handle pivotally supported at the rear end of the magazine and from the punching portion. A clincher arm made of metal having a clinch portion for clinching the ejected staples at a tip thereof, a resin handle cover attached to the handle, and a resin arm cover attached to the clincher arm. A stapler, wherein the handle cover and the arm cover are detachably attached to the handle and the clincher arm. Characterized in that attached to.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the handle has a top plate extending in the front-rear direction and side plates formed on both sides of the top plate, and the clincher arm extends in the front-rear direction. The handle cover includes a bottom plate portion and side plate portions formed on both sides of the bottom plate portion, and the handle cover includes a cover top plate portion that covers a top plate portion of the handle, and a cover side wall portion that covers the outside of the side plate portion of the handle. A cover protruding rearward from a handle top plate at a rear end of the cover top plate portion; an engagement portion engaging the rear end of the handle top plate at the protrusion; The side wall portion is provided with a lower end engaging portion that engages with the lower end of the side plate portion of the handle, and the arm cover is formed on both sides of the cover bottom plate portion covering the lower surface of the bottom plate portion, and the cover bottom plate portion. A cover side wall portion that covers the outside of both side plate portions; -The side wall portion has an upper end engaging portion that engages with the upper end of the side plate portion of the clincher arm, and the rear portion of the cover bottom plate portion has a projection that engages with a hole formed in the bottom plate portion of the clincher arm. It is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that a pair of cuts extending forward from the rear end of the cover top plate portion are provided in the cover top plate portion of the handle cover at positions sandwiching the projecting portion.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a notch is provided at a position surrounding the projection, and a portion surrounded by the notch is elastically deformable.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A stapler according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A stapler 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 accommodates a staple (not shown) formed in a U-shape and is formed of a metal magazine 11 extending in the left-right direction, and is pivotally attached to a rear portion of the magazine 11. Together with a driver 21 for ejecting staples stored in the magazine 11 at the tip.
And a metal clincher arm 40 pivotally attached to the rear of the magazine 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, the handle 20 has a top plate portion 22 extending in the left-right direction, and side plate portions 23, 23 continuously formed on both sides of the top plate portion 22. A handle cover 25 is detachably attached to the handle 20 to cover the handle 20.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the handle cover 25 is formed in a housing shape extending in the left-right direction and having an open lower surface and a rear portion. The cover side wall portions 27, 27 are formed continuously at both ends of the cover top plate portion 26 and cover the side wall portions 23, 23, and are formed continuously at the tip portions of the cover top plate portion 26 and the cover side wall portions 27, 27. And a front wall portion 28.

A handle 2 is provided at the rear of the cover top plate 26.
0 is formed on the top plate 22 of the handle 20.
A step portion (engaging portion) 30 that engages with the rear end 22A of the second 2 is formed. The cover top plate 2 is provided on both sides of the protrusion 29.
6, a pair of cuts 31, 3 extending forward from the rear end 26B.
1 is formed, and the protrusion 29 can be elastically deformed.

As shown in FIG. 6, the side plates 23, 2 of the handle 20 are provided at the lower part on the front side of the cover side plates 27, 27.
Engaging claw (lower end engaging portion) 32, 32 that engages with the lower end of 3
In the lower part on the rear side of the cover side wall parts 27, 27, engaging claws (lower end engaging parts) 33, 33 for engaging the lower ends of the side plates 23, 23 of the handle 20 are provided. Have been. These engaging claws 32 to 33 are attached to the handle 20.
And the stepped portion 30 of the cover top plate 26 is connected to the rear end 2 of the top plate 22 of the handle 20.
The handle cover 25 is attached to the handle 20 by engaging with the handle 2A.

As shown in FIG. 7, the clincher arm 40 includes an arm portion (bottom plate portion) 41 extending in the left-right direction, and side plate portions 42, 42 formed on both sides of the arm portion 41.
It has a pair of connecting portions 43, 43 formed at the rear of the side walls 42, 42 and pivotally attached to the rear of the magazine 11. The driver 21 is provided at the tip of the arm 41.
A clincher portion 44 for clinching the staples punched out by the above is formed, and a hole 45 is formed in the rear portion. An arm cover 50 is detachably attached to the clincher arm 40.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the arm cover 50 includes a bottom plate 51 extending in the left-right direction, and the bottom plate 51.
And a front wall 53 formed at the tip of the bottom plate 51. Bottom plate 51
A rib 54 extending in the front-rear direction and abutting on the lower surface of the arm portion 41 of the clincher arm 40 is formed at the center of the arm, and a projection 55 fitted into the hole 45 of the arm portion 41 is formed behind the rib 54. Have been. Reference numerals 56 and 57 denote ribs abutting on the lower surface of the arm portion 41 of the clincher arm 40.

A U-shaped cutout 58 is formed at the rear of the bottom plate 51 so as to surround the projection 55, and a portion surrounded by the hole 58 is an elastically deformable portion 59 that can be elastically deformed.

As shown in FIG. 10, the clincher arms 4 protrude inward from the front upper ends of the side walls 52, 52.
Engaging claws (upper end engaging portions) 60, 60 engaged with the upper ends of the 0 side wall portions 42, 42 are provided along the front-rear direction. The engaging claws 60, 60 and the ribs 54-57
The arm cover 50 is fixed to the clincher arm 40 by the and the projection 55.

Next, how to remove the handle cover 25 and the arm cover 50 will be described.

To remove the handle cover 25, see FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, first, the rear part of the projecting part 29 of the cover top plate part 26 is hooked up with a finger and lifted slightly upward, and the step part 30 of the cover top plate part 26 is moved to the rear end 2
Remove from 2A. At this time, cuts 3 are formed on both sides of the protrusion 29.
Since the projections 29 are elastically deformed as shown in FIG. 11, the stepped portion 30 can be easily removed from the rear end 22 </ b> A of the top plate 22 of the handle 20.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12, the handle cover 25 is slid forward with respect to the handle 20 to remove the handle cover 25 from the handle 20. In addition,
The handle cover 25 may be assembled in the reverse order.

FIG. 13 shows how to remove the arm cover 50.
As shown in (1), first, the elastic deformation portion 59 of the bottom plate 51 of the arm cover 50 is moved downward by hooking it with a finger, and the projection 55 inserted into the hole 45 of the arm portion 41 is removed. At this time, since the elastically deformable portion 59 is surrounded by the cut 58, the elastically deformable portion 59 is elastically deformed as shown in FIG. 13, so that the projection 55 can be easily removed from the hole 45.

Then, as shown in FIG. 14, the arm cover 50 is slid forward with respect to the clincher arm 40, and the arm cover 50 is removed from the clincher arm 40. The assembly of the arm cover 50 may be performed in the reverse order.

As described above, since the handle cover 25 and the arm cover 50 can be easily removed from the handle 20 and the clincher arm 40, when disposing of the stapler, each of the resin covers 25 and 50 and the metal parts are removed. The handle 20, the clincher arm 40, the magazine 11 and the like can be separated and discarded.

Further, covers 25, each having a different color,
It is also possible to prepare a plurality of 50 and replace them with covers 25 and 50 of a color that suits one's preference.

[0028]

As described above, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the handle cover and the arm cover can be easily removed. It can be discarded separately from metal parts. Further, it is possible to replace the cover 25, 50 with a color that suits the user's preference.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the handle cover can be easily removed.

According to the present invention, the arm cover can be easily removed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the appearance of a stapler according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a configuration of the stapler shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a handle cover is attached to a handle of the stapler.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a handle cover.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the inside of a handle cover.

FIG. 6A is a sectional view of a handle cover. (B) It is sectional drawing of a handle cover.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a state in which an arm cover is attached to the clincher arm.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an arm cover.

9 is a vertical sectional view of the arm cover shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the arm cover.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing how to remove the handle cover.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing how to remove a handle cover.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view showing how to remove an arm cover.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing how to remove an arm cover.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a conventional stapler.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Magazine 20 Handle 21 Driver 25 Handle cover 26 Cover top plate part 27 Side wall part 29 Projection part 30 Step part (engagement part) 32 Engagement nail (lower end engagement part) 33 Engagement nail (lower end engagement part) 40 Clincher Arm 41 Arm (bottom plate) 42 Side plate 45 Hole 50 Arm cover 51 Bottom plate 52 Side wall 55 Projection 60 Engagement claw (upper end engagement)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A magazine for accommodating staples formed in a U-shape and having a punching-out portion at the front end where the staples are punched out, and a staple pivotally supported at the rear end of the magazine and punching out staples from the punching-out portion. A metal handle provided with a driver at the tip, a metal clincher arm pivotally supported by the rear end of the magazine and having a clinch at the tip to clinch staples punched from the punching portion; A stapler comprising: a resin handle cover attached to a handle; and a resin arm cover attached to the clincher arm, wherein the handle cover and the arm cover are detachably attached to the handle and the clincher arm. Stapler characterized by that. 2. The handle has a top plate extending in the front-rear direction and side plates formed on both sides of the top plate. The clincher arm includes a bottom plate extending in the front-rear direction and the bottom plate. A side plate portion formed on both sides of the handle portion, wherein the handle cover has a cover top plate portion covering a handle top plate portion, and a cover side wall portion covering the outside of the handle side plate portion; A protrusion protruding rearward from the top of the handle is provided at a rear end of the top plate, and an engagement portion is provided at the protrusion to engage with a rear end of the top of the handle. A lower end engaging portion that engages with a lower end of the side plate portion, wherein the arm cover is formed on both sides of the cover bottom plate portion that covers a lower surface of the bottom plate portion, and outside the both side plate portions. And a cover side wall portion that covers An upper end engaging portion engaging with an upper end of the side plate portion of the clincher arm is provided, and a projection engaging with a hole formed in the bottom plate portion of the clincher arm is provided at a rear portion of the cover bottom plate portion. Item 1. Stapler. 3. The stapler according to claim 2, wherein a pair of cuts extending forward from a rear end of the cover top plate portion are provided in the cover top plate portion of the handle cover at positions sandwiching the projecting portion. 4. A stapler according to claim 2, wherein a cut is provided at a position surrounding said projection, and a portion surrounded by said cut is made elastically deformable.