Why are staplers designed so that they can push the ends out as well as in if you turn the metal base around?
Oh my god…
fiddles with her stapler
I never noticed that! :o
Good question. O_O
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Well, it’s a little-known fact that…
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My WAG - when you make an in-to-out staple (as opposed to the more traditional out-to-in staple) it is easier to remove the staple. So, if you need a temporary hold, flip the metal plate around.
Judges?
It is a lot easier to remove the staple, but if it comes out overly easily it defeats the purpose of putting it there. And backwards staples, at least on thin stacks of paper, basically just fall out.
This may not be the most engaging of intellectual discussions, but doesn’t some one have an idea? Where are all the stapler experts?!?!
Sigh… Google yields
see http://www.calcampus.com/stapler/index.htm
WORLDS MOST ASKED STAPLER QUESTIONS:
#1 Q)Every stapler I have ever seen in my life (with the exception of those tiny little ones) has a switch to make the tangs on the staples bend in or out. I have yet to figure out what the advantage is to having the staples bend out. More puzzling to me is the fact that all stapler companies seem to feel that this is an important feature of a stapler, but I have yet to meet anybody who uses the bend out option, or even knows why it’s there. So why is the switch on there?
A) This is called the Pinning/Stapling switch. It is located on the anvil. The pinning function is a carryover from the time before staple removers. It makes the staple form a relatively straight form. You can staple two pieces of paper together then pull out the staple. Good for temporary fastening. It’s kind of a paperclip competitor. You can also use it when sewing. Instead of using pins, you just staple. There is also one used on Hotchkisses and some Bates staplers that makes one end go in and one go out. You pull the side with the crimped down staple to get the staple out.
Google rocks!
BTW, great question. I always wondered about the staple thingy turning around.
The next time I get really pissed with anyone at work, I’m just going to turn their stapler plate around.
Wow I never knew you could do that!! Heehee that’s cool.
Let’s be among the stapler elite here, don’t call it the stapler plate. Call it the anvil.
go a’s!
toast those old yankees.
will heredia come through again?
can the a’s hit pettite on 3 days rest?
we shall see!
So, does this mean that the A’s and Yankees will be playing baseball with staplers?