Patent attributes
A clincher device is provided with a thin plate piece disposed between a guide surface of a clincher member for bending and guiding legs of a staple and a rear surface of sheets of paper. The legs of the staple penetrating through the sheets of paper are guided and bent along a lower surface of the thin plate piece. The clincher device is further provided with an operation piece protruded upward from the clincher device. The operation piece is operated via the sheets of paper by a staple driving portion which is operated to approach toward and separate from the clincher device. The operation piece moves the thin plate piece relative to the staple after a completion of a binding operation of the sheets of paper so that the thin plate piece sandwiched by the legs of the staple is pulled out from the legs of the staple.

