Stapless Stapler

How can this possibly hold two (let alone several) pieces of paper together?

I'll pay 6 bucks for one just to see how they work, and if it works just as well as an old-fashioned stapler, I'll probably keep using it. The best part is that you don't need replacement staples all of the time.

Just fyi these types of staplers are very common in Japan. They prefer it to having metal in the paper. The one downside is that your average cheap american stapler can easily do 10 sheets of paper at once. These cheap one's can't and may be limited to 3 or 4 sheets max. I've been meaning to pick one up for a while now.

i have a different looking staple-free stapler that i picked up at a museum shop. i think CB2 carries the same type. it staples by punching out a strip and makes a little slit underneath, then weaves the strip into the slit... if that makes any sense.

Just FYI, you can get a somewhat bigger stapler of this type from J-List.com (the larger one can staple up to 7 sheets):

http://www.jbox.com/SEARCH/Sun-Star%20Paper%20StitchLock/1/

I was happy with a similar staple-less stapler for the first ten minutes. Then I tried to staple a few extra pages, you know, just to see, and *pop* something broke and it stopped working altogether.

While the box did say that it would only bind four sheets at a time, it didn't say that it would *kill it* to try more...

The one bind it made was really nice looking, though; it was neat the way it tucked the flap through the slot it cut. One staple saved?

For what it's worth, a device without staples would be, for what I can figure out, described as staple-less, pure and simple, for two reasons:

1) Suffixes in English usually don't contract with their root words. For example, see:
http://onelook.com/?w=*leless&ls=a

2) If we had "stapless", the pronounciation would become STAHP-less (compare with STAY-pull). The "STAHP" sound would obscures where the word "stapless" originates from since "staple" has the STAY sound we've come to know and love. Hence, staple-less would keep the original punctuation and cause less confusion.

End pedantry.

Here's my stapleless gizmo, from the excellent (but kinda pricey) GarrettWade tool catalogue...

http://tinyurl.com/7xbl9

It kind of has a vaguely old school design, which I'm ok with that this time around. Plus, it works like a charm.

I have an antique (or at least somewhat old) metal version of this device which was made in Japan, and it works fine up to 3 or 4 sheets of paper. I haven't thrown away the regular stapler, though, as I still need it for larger stacks of paper. Also, an advantage to a regular stapler is that you can remove and re-staple when necessary. Still, reducing material use is a goal of sustainability, and widespread regular use would mean less staples in landfills.

I wonder if the materials used to produce this "non-stapler" meet cradle to cradle design criteria? These devices will wear out. What happens when they do? Can they be disassembled and remade into new products, or are they destined for the landfill?

Yeah, make sure to NOT post pictures of what the actual "staple" looks like, since noone has ever seen one, why would you post something like that?

What's the big deal? We had one back in the 1960s. It cut an elongated tab into the paper, with two slits below it perpendicular to the tab, and threaded the tab through the slits.

Pretty neat, but it couldn't handle more than five or six sheets. And unlike a staple, which can be removed leaving only two tiny holds, this pretty much mutilates the pages beyond any hope of restoring them to their original state.

These have been around for at least 40 years. There's a good reason they never caught on big.

I'd call it a staplelesser just because it is cute and lessens the use of staples. :)

Hey guys.
I think the best part of staple-less stapling is that i could put the result straight through the shredder (and then the compost) when it's use by date came up. I really hate the fiddly chore of pulling staples out.

Here's some video showing the device in action.

http://www.virtualstapler.com/gallery/paperstapler.asp

It's simple enough to consumerize a core press that punches a pair of third-pi rotated 3/4 circle slits, pokes that stack down as the knife comes out, then punches a pair of back-textured slits that push more paper over the depressed bit. That would hold a moderately thick paper stack. Even better, you can thread in undesired hair and scare it outta ever growing back, plus stitch-bind in one step. Or you can show your true confidence in your tattoo professional of choice by getting 12 Prince Alberts in one 20 minute session with that tool.

Now, to staple 30+ sheets, you want to waffle the edge a bit to get stability, so a pneumatic press is called for. Or a staple. You -did- print 30 sheets, after all.

That, and an actual proofer for inkjet printer settings to fake preprint things and show how things (envelope printing) would be damaged, would be neat. Even just to say 'no, that version of Mellel is -never- going to print that tyvek thing.'

You can find it in France at 5 € at the following URl:

http://www.toutallantvert.com/agrafeuse-sans-agrafes-p-153.html

These little gadgets are amazing--i'm a a recruiter, I recycle a LOT of resumes--they work like a charm, and I don't waste staples! Papers stick together very well.

My mother picked up one of these at a garage sale.

At first I thought it was one of those silly arts-n-crafts things that cuts frilly patterns into paper.

When I discovered what it actually was, I was amazed at its ingenuity.

I didn't have a use for it at the time, but now that I have to staple 2 sheets of paper together all day, I'd rather have one of these.

Actually this type of device has been around for over 95 years.The stapleless stapler was first patented in the United States in 1910. Two separate companies developed devices that bound paper by a cutting and weaving method. The Clipless Stand Machine and Bump's New Model Paper Fastener, for some reason they never became as popular as the fasteners that used staples. Now, stapleless staplers are are manufactured by scores of office supply companies.
Here is my favorite:
http://www.gyroscope.com/d.asp?product=STAPLER

Unlike staplers that use staples, these machines don't jam or break as often, if used as directed. Papers fastened with a stapleless stapler can be easily pulled apart, only leaving a tiny, curved incision that's barely noticeable. For those Tree-huggers concerned about excess waste, these gadgets don't squander resources of metal and they make paper easier to recycle or pass through a paper shredder.

Ehhh, I'm kinda late to post a comment on the stapless stapler thing, but a... here ya go. There's a video showing how one of those thingies work.

http://www.virtualstapler.com

These are also useful in settings where there are limits on sharps, such as a residential treatment center.

There is a cheaper model now available,
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.680~r.30909880

Really cute :)

i think this thingy is hecka awesome!
~i am the bomb~

I ordered a free sample of this stapler and am currently in the process of sending my free sample back to the company! I thought I could use it to save resources (staples.) But the thing came packaged in so much plastic that I'd have to go through an awful lot of staples to make up for the packaging. Layer upon layer of plastic bubble wrap.

And the thing doesn't even work! The pages pull apart very easily. Ridiculous!

The idea is a great one, but I too wonder how well paper on paper holds up. I'll have to go look for a physical sample

this is frakin sweet

I cant believe this! I bought it and it works. Stapless stapler one for the record books kids. We can save the earth one small change at a time! I love this stuff!!!!!

This is the one that I have been using and it works like a charm.

I bought a similar product a few years ago as an impulse buy, I think at The Container Store. It's such an ingenious idea! I was inspired to invent a spin-off to this idea: the tabless tab.