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Stapler anvil

  • US 4,717,063 A
  • Filed: 08/25/1986
  • Issued: 01/05/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A stapler comprising a base, a frame, and a handle with each having a forward end portion, an intermediate portion and a rearward end portion, the frame being pivotally mounted on said base at substantially the intermediate portion of said base, the handle being pivotally mounted on said frame at the rearward end portion thereof, at least said base being made of a plastic material, said base having a surface facing said frame at the forward end portion thereof, said base having a recess formed in said surface, said recess being defined by plural walls, and a metallic anvil element being pressed into said recess on said base, said anvil element having at least one side wall and having at least one pointed projection extending outwardly from said side wall of said anvil element, said pointed projection biting into the material of said base at a corresponding side wall of said recess to hold said anvil element within said recess.

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