How do staplers work ?
An explanation written by
Lachlan Kenneally
Parts which make up a stapler
1=metal head
2=magazine
3=anvil
4=base
5=staples
6=pin
7=springs
8=hanger
Introduction
A stapler is a very helpful and useful tool. It can be
used in many places e.g. Work or at home.
Staplers are a school utensil.
Description
• Staplers vary in shape. They can also be
different colors and sizes. Staplers have 8
parts to them. It consists of mainly the head
(1)and the base (4). The magazine (2) is
connected to the head and holds the staples
(5). The hangar (8) connects the head to the
base. At the back of the stapler is
the pin which lets the head swing
up to load staples.
Description of stapler parts 2
• Inside the stapler are springs (7). One spring
pushes the staples down the magazine to
reload the stapler. The other pulls the stapler
back up after it has stapled the document. On
the base there is an anvil (3) which is a metal
plate that the staple is forced into. This makes
the staple bend and hold the pages together.
How it works!!!
• The body is opened which causes the spring to move with the body.
Then the staples are loaded.
• The thing you want to staple is placed on the metal plate called the
anvil. When pressure is applied to the top of the stapler the magazine
is pushed down on the paper, the front staple is moved down the
magazine.
• The two points of the front staple are forced through the paper and
contact the anvil. The ends of the staple are forced into a groove on
the anvil. Pressure forces the staple to bend and locks the pages
together.
When and where it is used
• The stapler’s main use is to bind documents
together. It is used in lots of places like home,
work and schools.
• Staplers are even in the medical world for
example in surgery to hold human
tissue together.
Conclusion
• The stapler is a tool made up of 8
main parts.
• Its main use is to bind various things
together.