The Past and Present of the Stapler

Elizabeth Chiliberti

Old-Fashioned Stapler Albert J. Kletzker 1868 Made out of sheet metal Invented in the US Make it easier to attach

papers together 1200 C.E. industrious

group first to observe pages using ribbon and wax

first to bind pages- upper-left corner

Kletzker Staple Insertion Machine

Old Fashioned Stapler Transfers

Energy Transfe

rs

Spring is

pressed

down

Blade is pressed into paper

elasticmotion

Chemical

sound

Metal Staplers

Press down handle

Modern Day Stapler Easier to hold papers

together Some electric some

regular metal stampings and

spring type parts automatic arm triggers

when paper is inserted 1877 Henry R. Heyl

made device would insert and clinch

a staple in one step considered true

inventor of stapler known today

Electric Stapler

Stapler

Modern Day Stapler Transfers

Press down handle

motion

Elastic

Chemical

Sound

Spring is

pressed

down

Energy Transfers For

Regular StaplerMetal Staplers

Staple is pressed into

paper

Energy Transfers For

Electric Stapler

Motion

ElectricStapler automatically staples

Papers placed in stapler

Sources http://www.officemuseum.com/stapler_gallery_magazine.ht

m http://www.amazon.com/Swingline-Standard-Stapler-Versio

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www.officemuseum.com/stapler_gallery_single_staple.htm http://www.officesupplyblog.com/interesting-facts-history-of

-the-stapler/

http://www.officedepot.com/a/top-categories/electric-stapler/