ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,657, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Stapler" was invented by Masashi Shimamura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stapler for performing binding processing of binding a sheet with a staple, the stapler includes: a driver unit configured to drive the staple to the sheet; a bending unit configured to bend a staple leg of the staple that is driven by the driver unit and penetrates the sheet; a single motor configured to operate the driver unit and the bending unit; a coupling portion coupling the driver unit and the bending unit on one side in a direction orthogonal to a sheet passing direction of the sheet...